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1 2 inch 7 343' 3"
227.95
1.63
2 inch 3 482' 3"
110.73
451.76
562.49
1.17
(1 extension)
6 inch 3 168' Fire Services
774.78
774.78
4.61
SEWER CONNECTIONS
Total connections January 1, 1930. . 1,702
Buildings served 1,914
Connections added during 1930. .... 54
Buildings served. 54
Total connections January, 1931. . . 1,756
1,968
STREET LIGHTING
The following is a list of the number and kind of lights in use January 1, 1931:
Kind
Number
Cost
1000 C. P.
86
$92.04 each
Sunset to 11:30 P. M.
1000 C. P.
29
43.80 each
11:30 P. M. to sunrise
100 C. P.
59 30.00 each All night lights
60 C. P.
1171 20.00 each All night lights
50 C. P.
20 20.00 each
All night lights under railroad arches
PUMPING RECORDS Totals Per Month
Month
Hours Pumping
401 hrs
99,300
34,346,000
February
356 hrs.
84,400
27,636,000
March
392 hrs. 45 min.
91,700
29,441,000
April
371 hrs. 30 min.
85,600
28,456,000
May
407 hrs. 15 min.
98,300
35,470,000
June
410 hrs.
101,000
38,156,000
July*
427 hrs. 45 min.
103,900
39,107,000
August*
427 hrs. 45 min.
101,950
38,063,000
September
393 hrs. 45 min.
$5,400
33,424,000
October
245 hrs.
64,200
17,566,000
November
186 hrs. 15 min.
58,900
15,187,000
December.
224 hrs. 45 min.
60,750
17,060,000
Totals.
4,243 hrs. 45 min.
1,045,400
353,922,000
App. Cost per Foot
Size
No. Feet
1 inch
48 2161' 1"
$952.69
$1,011.29 331.86
56' 6"-1 inch
Coal consumed lbs.
Gallons Pumped Ventiri Meter
January
*Rotor Pump worked.
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PUMPING RECORDS Daily Averages Per Month
Month
Hours Pumping
Coal Con- sumed, lbs.
Venturi Meter
January
12 hrs. 56 min
3,203
1,107,935
February
12 hrs. 43 min.
3,014
987,000
March.
12 hrs. 40 min.
2,958
949,710
April
12 hrs. 23 min.
2,853
948,867
May
13 hrs. 8 min.
3,171
1,144,193
June
13 hrs. 40 min.
3,366
1,271,866
July*
13 hrs. 47 min.
3,352
1,261,516
August*
13 hrs. 47 min.
3,289
1,227,839
September
13 hrs. 8 min.
3,180
1,114,133
October
7 hrs. 54 min.
2,071
566,645
November
6 hrs. 12 min.
1,963
506,233
December.
7 hrs. 15 min.
1,960
550,323
Totals
11 hrs. 38 min.
2,865
969,688
*Rotor Pump worked.
PUMPING RECORDS Wading River
Kilowatts
Month
Days
Hours Pumping
Used
Gallons Pumped
September
2 days
20 hrs. 15 min.
1,810
1,188,000
October
28 days
223 hrs.
28,700
16,806,000
November
27 days
193 hrs.
30,180
16,095,000
December
26 days
194 hrs.
27,450
14,640,000
Totals
83 days
630 hrs. 15 min.
88,140
48,729,000
PUMPING RECORDS Wading River Daily Averages for time as noted.
Kilowatts
Gallons
Month
Days
Hours Pumping
Used
Pumped
September
2 days
10 hrs. 7 min.
905
594,000
October
28 days
8 hrs.
1,025
600,214
November
27 days
7 hrs. 8 min.
1,118
596,111
December
26 days
7 hrs. 28 min.
1,056
563,077
Totals*
27 days
10 hrs. 55 min.
1,36S
784,467
*Average figured as of three months.
EMERGENCY PUMP AT WADING RIVER (Figures obtained from Chief Engineer by means available.)
Month
Gallons Pumped
February
4,659,408
March.
. 5,346,750
April
1,783,872
August .
3,185,360
September
4,997,280
Total
19,972,670
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COMPARATIVE YEARLY RAINFALL REPORT 1925-1930
1925
1926
1929
Month
Rain
Snow
Rain
Snow
Rain
1927 Snow
Rain
1928 Snow
Rain
Snow
Rain
1930 Snow
January
3.72"
16.75"
2.87"
5.50"
2.51"
13.50"
2.17"
0.75"
4.45"
11.00"
3.24"
7.50"
February .
2.08"
.25"
3.70"
21.00"
2.81"
13.50"
3.63"
8.25"
3.25"
15.75"
2.56"
7.25"
March.
4.97"
2.94"
5.25"
.74"
2.28"'
7.00"
4.33"
6.00"
3.40"
April.
2.67"
2.10"
1.00"
1.98"
4.40"
7.49"
1.00"
1.97"
May
1.77"
2.91"
2.76"
1.96"
3.46"
3.57"
June
1.59"
1.82"
2.37"
3.96"
1.82"
2.87"
July .
5.23"
3.41"
3.88"
5.23"
1.30"
2.94"
August.
1.59"
3.58"
11.16"
2.23"
1.11"
1.61"'
September
3.94"
1.05"
3.93"
4.66"
4.68"'
0.43"
October .
3.90"
5.32"
4.84"
3.58"
2.44"
4.58"'
November
4.70"
5.47"
4.12"
1.82"
2.00"
2.99"
2.00"
4.08"
December
4.35"
2.00"
2.86"
17.25"
4.65"'
50"
2.75"
75"
4.51"
10.50"
2.23"
6.00"
Totals
40.51"
.19.00"
38.03"
50.00"
45.75"
27.50"
38.67"
18.75"
41.83"
46.25"
33.48"
20.75"
ANNUAL REPORT
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ANNUAL REPORT
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Attleboro, Mass., Jan. 20, 1931
To the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council:
I herewith submit my report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1930.
Not
Adjusted Sealed Sealed
Con- demned
Platform scales over 5,000.
3
7
3
Flatform scales 1,000-5,000
42
96
Counter scales over 100.
1
1
Counter scales under 100.
22
77
Beam over 100.
1
3
4
Spring scales over 100.
4
28
3
Spring scales under 100
22
116
9
Computing scales under 100.
36
89
Personal Weighing .
5
Prescription
4
Avoirdupois Weights
13
612
Apothecary
101
Troy
19
Liquid.
6
Oil Jars
149
Dry Measures
12
Gasoline Pumps
18
198
1
Kerosene .
11
24
Oil Pumps
12
67
51
Quantity Stops on Pumps
400
874
Yard Measures
23
585
2511
70
1
Fees Collected.
$250.78
From State to City for licenses
525.00
Local licenses by Sealer
20 @ $5.00
100.00
20 sets of plates @ $.50
10.00
$885.78
I recommend that this department be put on a full time basis. Several complaints that reached this department through the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Bureau were adjusted satisfactorily to the complaining channels and the citizens making complaint.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL O'CONNELL,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Electrical Inspector
To His Honor the Mayor and the Municipal Council:
I herewith submit my report as Electrical Inspector for the year ending December 31st, 1930.
Appli- cations Permits
Inspec- Re-Inspec- Total
January
132
132
176
69
245
February.
66
66
88
57
145
March
104
104
139
98
237
April.
112
112
150
116
266
May
100
100
134
111
245
June
120
120
160
91
251
July
81
81
108
125
233
August
105
105
140
125
265
September
153
153
204
138
342
October.
129
129
172
121
293
November
110
110
147
92
239
December
136
136
182
67
249
1,348
1,348
1,800
1.210
3,010
The following improvements have been made during the past year of 1930 in the way of removing a large number of poles along the highways of the city. All poles and overhead wires on Sanford Street have been abandoned and taken down thereby making a vast improvement to the appearance of that street. All poles and wires on County Street from the Bronson building to Wall Street have been removed. Two poles on Wall Street, two on South Main (near R.R. arch) and one on Bank Street have also been removed.
Because the Interstate Street Railway Company abandoned its trolley lines many poles and overhead wires have been removed in various parts of the city.
If money can be appropriated this year for the cost of illuminating the white way standards on Wall Street, every existing pole and wires may be removed on the above mentioned street.
The work of this office has increased to the point where it is absolutely necessary that it should have separate transportation and not have to depend on the Fire Alarm truck. Time and time again we are having to stop operations on one job or the other for lack of transportation facilities for this department. I think you will agree with me that it is very unwise from an economical stand- point to further allow this condition to continue to exist. Trusting that some consideration can be given during the coming year to relieve this condition.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Office Expenses
$275.00
Small car for Wire Inspection transportation . 650.00
I wish at this time to extend my sincere thanks to His Honor the Mayor, the Municipal Council and all officials and citizens for their courtesy and hearty co-operation extended to this office during the past year of 1930.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH H. NEWCOMB, Electrical Inspector.
tions
tions
Inspections
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ANNUAL REPORT
Fire Department
MAYOR Fred E. Briggs
COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Frank J. Nerney, Chairman
John A. Thayer
William A. Brennan
BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
William E. Sweeney, Chairman
Chief Fred A. Clark, Clerk Asst. Chief Leonard Gould
PERMANENT MEN Located at South Main Street Station
Chief Fred A. Clark
22 Hayward St.
Asst. Chief Leonard Gould.
88 Forest St.
Captain Bert E. Riley
21 Bicknell St.
Lieutenant Joseph O. Mowry
5 Second St.
Lieutenant Herbert E. Knight
15 Angell St.
Albert W. Andrews 287 So. Main St.
Frank E. Barney
9 Gustin Ave.
Francis J. Barrett.
60 Pearl St.
Charles E. Barrett
34 Hope St.
Eustace H. Benson.
301 So. Main St.
William A. Demers.
928 Park St.
Lawrence Flanagan
14 Solomon St.
Charles I. Gay.
15 Emory St.
Peter Godfrey
206 Wilmarth St. So. Main St. Brown St. 31 Adamsdale Ave.
Herman F. Gorman
Nelson B. Lees.
William J. Lees.
William Lovenbury
27 Olive St.
John Ludgate
707 Newport Ave.
Harry E. Morris.
562 Newport Ave.
William A. Wheaton
63} Emory St.
Located at Union Street Station
Captain Hiram R. Packard.
8 Hope St.
Lieutenant Herbert E. Brown 154 County St.
Craig C. Pope
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Lieutenant Albert N. Knight
10 Lafayette St.
Harold Cassidy
2 Hazelwood Ave.
Joseph I. Claflin
47 Lexington Ave.
John E. Galvin.
40 Horton St.
Joseph W. Hearn
53 Thacher St.
Ralph L. Hopkinson
6 Benefit St.
John J. McGilvary
16 Martin St.
Delphis J. B. Paradis
16 James Ct.
Ferbert C. Parker
163 North Ave.
Edward M. Paton.
859 So. Main St.
William E. Riley
96 Park St.
Charles E. Stewart
12 Parker Ct.
Located at South Attleboro Station
Captain Roy M. Churchill. 531 Newport Ave.
Lieutenant William F. Ahern 103 Emory St.
Henry E. Charon
5 Sturdy St.
William Coupe
411 Newport Ave.
Clifford E. Dieterle
496 Newport Ave.
Manuel Duigmedgian
105 Parker St.
Frederick W. S. Moore
54 Brownell St.
Joseph A. Smith
45S Newport Ave.
John B. Stafford . 48 Oakridge Ave.
Herman M. Thurber
532 Newport Ave.
Located at Hebronville Station
Peter Gagner 27 Knight Ave.
CALL MEN
Charles C. Monroe Engine Co. 1
168 Union St.
Orrin W. Clark
Ladder Co. 3
31 Summer St.
Earle C. Whitney Ladder Co. 3
91 Falmouth St.
Frank J. Lyle
Fose Co. 2
26 Torrey St.
Albert C. Parker Fose Co. 2
9} Grove St.
Arthur B. Read ยท
Fose Co. 2
3 King St.
J. Everett Foyle
Tose Co. 5
767 So. Main St.
Andrew L. Murphy
I ose Co. 5
Bliss Ave.
Garnett W. Ousley
Hose Co. 5
212 So. Main St.
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Report of Board of Fire Engineers
To His Honor, the Mayor and Municipal Council:
We have the honor of submitting the annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 20, 1930, together with such recommendations as we think necessary for increasing the efficiency of the Department.
ORGANIZATION
The Department consists of :
4 Engineers-2 Permanent, 2 Call
44 Officers and men-Permanent
9 Call-Men
FIRE STATIONS AND APPARATUS
Central Fire Station, South Main Street, Station No. 1
2 Ahrens-Fox Triple Combinations
1 Ahrens-Fox City Service Ladder Truck
2 Chief's Cars
1 Supply Car
Union Street Fire Station, Union Street, Station No. 2
1 Kelly-Springfield Combination Hose and Chemical
1 Seagrave Tractor drawn 75 foot Aerial Ladder Truck
1 Knox Combination Hose and Chemical, "In Reserve" .
South Attleboro Fire Station, Station No. 4
1 Ahrens-Fox Triple Combination
1 Seagrave City Service Ladder Truck
1 Kelly-Springfield, Rebuilt, Combination Hose and Chemical
Hebronville Fire Station, Station No. 5
1 Federal Combination Hose and Chemical
APPARATUS
3 Ahrens-Fox Triple Combinations
3 Hose and Chemical Trucks
Ladder Trucks
2 Chief's Cars
1 Supply Car
In Reserve
1 Knox Combination Hose and Chemical Truck
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IMPROVEMENTS
New tires and wheels on Ladder No. 3.
Two new Baker Cellar pipes.
Fifteen hundred feet of one and one-half inch hose.
New grinding machine.
Old hose replaced by fifteen hundred feet of new.
New kitchen in Central Station and South Attleboro Station.
Enlarged kitchen at Union Street Station.
SALARIES
Chief .
$2,500.00 per year
Asst. Chief
2,400.00
per year
Semi-Permanent man, Hebronville.
828.12
per year
Call-men, in center
200.00
per year
Call-men, Hebronville.
140.00
per year
Permanent Men
Captains.
$5.50
per
day
Lieutenants.
5.25
per
day
2nd Year men
5.00
per day
2nd Six months men
4.75 per day
1st Six months men
4.50
per day
FIRE RECORD
Taking into consideration the amount of property at risk we consider the actual loss small.
The department, including all companies, has laid 48,950 feet of hose, raised 2,411 feet of ladders, used 868 gallons of chemical, 57 gallons of foam, 2 pyrenes, water cans 568 times and the booster pumps 75 times.
The department has responded to the following alarms, which is 129 more than the year 1929.
Alarms from boxes
90
Still alarms. . 350
Assembly calls
14 Total 454
Classification
Ash bin.
3
Automobile
22
Awning
1
Brush .
235
Building
55
Chimney
44
Dump.
17
Electric wire
3
Escaping gas
1
False. 13
Gain Entrance
1
Gas heater.
1
Grease.
2
Hay stack.
1
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Inhalator
2
Motor
1
No fire.
23
Oil burner
5
Oil stove 4
Oil tank
1
Railroad sleeper
1
Rescue animal
7
Sprinkler .
9
Tar barrel.
1
Washing street
1 Total 454
Calls for Assistance
Rehoboth twice; Wrentham, Norton, Seekonk once each.
FIRE LOSS
Value of Buildings at risk .
$256,070.00
Value of Contents at risk
147,450.00
$403,520.00
Insurance on Buildings
324,070.00
Insurance on Contents.
134,500.00
458,570.00
Loss on Buildings
16,909.79
Loss on Contents.
10,261.87
27,171.66
Insurance paid on Buildings and Contents.
26,423.66
FIRE PREVENTION
It has been our endeavor in the past to inspect buildings in our City as fre- quently as our limited force of permanent men would allow, and we are in hopes that some future day our department will be large enough to establish a regular system of inspections without crippling the regular fire fighting force. There has been five hundred inspections this year.
Fire prevention is recognized as a most important function of a paid Fire Department, but until the time arrives when we can have more men so as to make frequent inspections, it will be necessary for us to depend upon the co- operation of our Citizens to help in every way they can and, if possible, to observe the following suggestions which we have to make. If these suggestions are carried out a great many fire hazards will be eliminated.
1 .- Don't fill kerosene lamps or oil heaters while lighted. Fire and explosion will inevitably follow by kerosene vapors becoming ignited.
2. Don't look for gas leaks with a lighted candle, match or open flame. Notify the Gas Co., let them find the leak.
3. Don't go into dark closets or storage closets with a lighted match or candle to find you way. Use a flash light.
4 .- Don't have lace curtains in close proximity to gas jets. An open window, a slight breeze, the curtain and gas jet come together, and a fire results.
5. Don't put hot ashes in wooden receptacles, or against wooden partitions or dumb waiters. Hot ashes will set fire.
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6. Don't leave lighted cigarettes or cigars around on tables or in receptacles as these two are a great menace and have been the cause of many fires.
7. Don't have open fireplace unprotected. Put wire screen in front of fire- place, as sparks are likely to fly out and set fire to carpet or clothing.
8. Don't do any electric wiring that is connected to your light service as this is against the law, it violates a State Law.
9. If you blow a fuse in your light system be safe and call an electrician as the fuse serves as a safety valve and indicates that something is wrong with your wiring or that the load on some circuit is too heavy.
10. Don't leave the current switched on in an electric flat iron, or gas turned on in a gas iron when not in use. These conditions have caused disastrous fires in households.
11. Don't use gasoline, naptha or benzine in a room with open fire or flame. Their use under such conditions will cause explosion and fire. If they must be used, use them in open air, and then there is danger. Use Carbon Tetrochloride in place of gasoline, and use it out of doors.
12. Don't have storage closets under stairways. A fire in such a closet would prevent your using the stairway as a means of escape.
13. Don't neglect to have chimney flue cleaned out once a year. Soot ac- cumulations cause fires in chimneys. A chimney fire causes sparks to fly over the neighborhood.
14. Don't depend on the landlord to keep your home free from combustible rubbish or other fire hazards. You live there and should inspect it and see that a preventable fire cannot occur.
15. Don't block the fire escapes or hallways with utensils or articles that should not be allowed there. This is a violation of the Law, and besides you might need free passage tonight if fire occurs in your home.
16. Don't keep matches loosely about your home and within easy reach of children. They should be kept in a metal box out of their reach.
17. Don't allow rubbish to collect in your cellar. A spark from the furnace or a match might ignite it. The danger of fire from spontaneous combustion is always present where this condition exists. Rubbish heads the list for causes of fire.
18. Don't hang clothes near a fire to dry. They might catch fire.
19. Don't let a furnace or stove become overheated. A little care and attention will prevent a bad fire.
20 If you should discover a fire in your home, shut the door to the room or rooms if it is possible to do so, thus stopping the spread of the fire. RING IN A FIRE ALARM AS SOON AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. DON'T DELAY.
21. Co-operate with your fire department. You can do so, especially in the winter time, by keeping the hydrant in front of or near your premise clear of snow. The fire department may need to use it.
WARNING! When in a place of public assembly, such as a theatre, dance hall, boxing club, etc., note the nearest exit and passageway from your seat. In case of fire you should know its location, you should walk, not run, and prevail upon people near you to keep cool and follow you in a quiet manner to the nearest exit.
In event you are trapped in your own home or building by smoke, remember that smoke always rises, and that there is usually a layer of fresh air just above the floor. In many cases people have saved their lives by this knowledge, and anyone can take advantage of this if he does not get excited and lose his head at a fire.
LEARN THE LOCATION OF YOUR NEAREST FIRE ALARM BOY
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RECOMMENDATIONS
We recommend that six permanent men be added to the department.
We again recommend that three Lieutenants be raised to Captains, making six Captains and two Lieutenants. This recommendation does not increase the number of officers.
We again recommend that a drill tower be erected in the yard of the Union Street property, so that the men can be trained properly in handling equipment. One of our officers is a graduate of the Boston Fire Department Drill school but has no facilities for training the men properly.
We recommend for your consideration the purchase of a triple combination to replace the Kelly truck now located at Union Street station. This piece of apparatus was built for commercial purposes and not for fire department apparatus and has never been satisfactory for fire department work.
We recommend one thousand dollars for necessary repairs on the South Attleboro ladder truck. New wheels and tires, painting and engine repairs.
We wish to draw your attention to the fact that a number of pieces of appara- tus in the department have about outlived their usefulness; one piece in Union Street station has been in service 19 years; Hebronville piece 17 years; Hose 4, South Attleboro, 16 years and should be replaced as soon as possible.
EOSE
The total amount of two and one-half inch hose in the department is 13,450 feet. Of one and one-half inch hose 1,500 feet. Chemical hose 2,000 feet.
HEBRONVILLE HOSE COMPANY
The resignation of Peter Gagner as driver of Hose 5 has been received and accepted. His position as janitor of the new Hebronville school prevents him from continuing as a driver.
During the years that we have had a semi-permanent man at Hebronville we have paid him $828.12 per year.
Because of the shortage of men in the village during the days it has been impossible to maintain this company with a full crew of call-men. Further we find only one logical man, now a call-man in this company, who could fulfill the duties of a driver for this company.
The only possible way we can obtain his services is to increase the pay to $1,200 per year to insure his being in the village at all times.
There is an insurance ruling that any property more than two miles from a fire station is taxed higher premium and the maintenance of this company cer- tainly would save more than its cost.
We would, therefore, recommend that the salary of a semi-permanent man at Hebronville be $1,200 per year.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Triple Combination $12,500.00
Six Permanent Men 10,131.00
Drill Tower
1,000.00
Three Captains.
273.75
Hebronville Chauffeur
371.88
Repairs South Attleboro Ladder Truck.
1,000.00 $25,276.63
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APPRECIATION
We wish at this time to thank His Honor the Mayor, the Municipal Council, the Committee on Fire Department, and the Police Department for their assis- tance and to the Officers and men for the able manner in which they performed their duties.
Also at this time we wish to thank Dr. Kent for his attendance and services rendered to our men injured at fires.
Respectfully submitted,
Board of Fire Engineers:
WILLIAM E. SWEENEY, Chairman CHIEF FRED A. CLARK ASST. CHIEF LEONARD GOULD CRAIG C. POPE
ESTIMATED EXPENSES
Salary of Chief .
(1)
$ 2,500.00
Salary of Asst. Chief
.(1)
2,400.00
Salary of (3) Captains
(1)
6,022.50
Salary of (5) Lieutenants.
(1)
9,581.25
Salary of (36) Permanent Men
(1) 64,703.12
Salary of (12) Callmen
(1)
2,160.00
$87,366.87
MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT
Autos
(2)
$ 3,500.00
Hose.
(2)
2,000.00
Wearing Apparel
(2)
300.00
Stations . .
(2)
3,500.00
All Other Maintenance
(2)
50.00
$ 9,350.00
HYDRANTS
(3)
OTHER EXPENSES
Light and Power
(4)
425.00
Phone
(4)
475.00
Water
(4)
150.00
Fuel .
(4)
1,500.00
Insurance on Buildings
(4)
200.00
Incidentals.
(4)
50.00
Necessary expenses within Mass. for securing infor-
mation to improve department service. (4)
50.00
$ 2,850.00
$99,566.87
.
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Superintendent of Fire Alarm
To the Board of Fire Engineers:
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my annual report as Superintendent of Fire Alarm for the year ending December 31st, 1930.
The Gamewell Fire Alarm System is in use and is in as good working order as may be expected and it consists of the following:
One steam whistle. Pumping Station, South Attleboro
One Diaphone Horn with compressed air equipment. . Central Station
One Excelsior Punch Register Central Station One Peerless Take-up Reel. Central Station One tower bell and striker. Union Street Station
One tower bell and striker South Attleboro
One tower bell striker. Hebronville
One tower bell striker (In storage) . Union Street Station
One tower bell (In storage) South Attleboro Central Station One indicator
One indicator. Union Street Station One indicator South Attleboro
One indicator (In storage) Union Street Station One Excelsior Punch Register . Union Street Station
One Excelsior Punch Register. South Attleboro
There are 28 tappers and gongs located as follows: one in the Police Station, Telephone Office, office of the Superintendent of Public Works, Water Works Barn and the balance in the residences of the members of the Department and in the factories and shops where the call men are employed.
We have 112 fire alarm boxes connected to the system, 106 of these being street boxes and 6 of which are owned privately by the following concerns:
The Interstate Street Railway Co. Box No. 31-41 North Ave.
Bay State Optical Company. Box No. 851-46 Pine St.
A. B. Cummings Company Box No. 652-53 Falmouth St.
The Reenforced Paper Co. Box No. 751-55 Starkey Ave.
The Watson Company .. Box No. 515-67 Mechanic St.
Larson Tool Company Box No. 554-32 Olive St.
The Fire Alarm Headquarters is located in the Union Street Fire Station and contains the following :
One twelve circuit storage battery switch board
One twelve circuit protector board
One ten circuit repeater
436 Cells of storage battery
One 1 KW Generator set
One gasoline driven 1} KW Generator
One Excelsior punch register
One peerless take-up reel
One Excelsior time and date stamp
One six circuit storage battery switch board (In storage)
One six circuit protector board (In storage)
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ANNUAL REPORT
During the past year we have made a good start on extending our under- ground system. Cable has been run down County Street to East Fourth Street thereby eliminating all overhead Fire Alarm wires on Wall Street. Two poles on South Main Street and one on Wall Street being abandoned and taken down together with a large number on County Street. The system has also been extended along North Main Street from Park Street to the Interstate Street Railway Crossing and all of the poles and overhead wires on Sanford Street have been taken down. Cable was also run on Pank Street from Sanford Street to Dean Street eliminating the use of one pole on Bank Street.
There is at present about 100 miles of line wire in the system. A large amount of the old overhead wire on Pleasant and all on Lindsey Streets has been renewed and the line placed in excellent condition at this point.
Owing to the Interstate Street Railway Company discontinuing their direct current service to this office, a gasoline driven generator had to be purchased. This machine is connected to the battery system and is furnishing excellent service, safeguarding the system from any serious break downs that the local power company may have to their transmission lines.
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