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Lincoln st., north-east cor. Kendall st.
east side, opp. Garden st.
south-east c. Harrington av.
north-east cor. Forest ave. Lincoln street, opposite Perkins street. Linwood place, south side, front of S. J. Brimhall's residence.
Lunelle st., north-west cor. Lafayette street.
Lyon street, north-east cor. Bates street. Main st., east side, cor. Lincoln square, north of hay scales.
Main street, north-east corner of court to Court Mills.
Main street, east side, front of No. 57.
north-east cor. Market st. front of Exchange Hotel.
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Main st., near north-east cor. School st. between School and Thomas streets, front of No. 147.
Main st., east side, north of Thomas st. east side, front L. R. Hud- son's.
Main st., east side, cor. Layard place. south-east corner Central st.
north-east cor. Exchange st.
66 front of north-west corner of Mechanics Hall.
Main street, front of south-west corner Union block.
Main st., north-east corner Foster st. east side, opposite Elm street. north-east cor. Mechanic st.
east side, opp. Pleasant street.
east side, opposite north-west corner of Old South Church.
Main st., north-east corner Park street. " east side, opp. Chatham st.
north-east corner Allen court.
front of south end of Scott's block.
Main st., north-east cor. Myrtle street. north-east cor. Madison street. east side, front of No. 674.
north-east cor. Charlton st.
north-west cor. Wellington st. north-east cor. Hermon street. east side, opp. Piedmont st. north-east corner Benefit st. corner Allen street. cor. Hammond st. east side, opp. Claremont st. 66 corner Kilby street.
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opp. Downing st.
Beaver street.
66 north-east corner Tirrell st. east side, at north-east corner of L. Coes' estate. at Webster square.
Manchester st., south side, opposite C. Baker & Co.'s lumber yard.
Manchester st., south-west cor. Bridge st., at Russ & Eddy's shop. Maple st., west side, near corner Maple place.
Mason st., west side, opp. school house. " corner Austin street.
May street, south side, front of No. 19. - south-east c. Woodland st.
corner Kingsbury street. Maywood st., north side, west of Wood- land street.
Mechanic st., south side, front of Crompton's block.
Mechanic street, north side, in depot platform.
Mechanic st., south-west corner Carlton street.
Mechanic st., south side, near steamer house.
Mechanic st., south-west cor. Church street.
Mechanic st., south-west cor. Spring st. Mendon st., west side, opposite No. 13. Merrick st., south-west cor. Larch st. Mill street, east side, front of A. G. Coes' barn. east side, at Newton street. Millbury street, north-west corner of Lamartine street.
Millbury st., west side, opp. Foyle st. ... north-west cor. Lafayette street.
north-west cor. Ellsworth street.
north-west cor. Sigel st. west side, opp. Worth st. Milton st., corner Edgeworth street. Mt. Pleasant st., opposite Allen street. Mulberry st., south-east cor. Mulberry street court.
6 west side, front of Lunatic Asvlum.
Myrtle st., north side, near south-east corner Stevens' block. north-west corner Portland street.
Nashua street, at Ames Plow Co. Newbury st., south-east cor. Congress street. south-east cor. Chatham street.
Newton street, south-east cor. Pleasant street.
east side, front of No. 11, between Pleasant and Chandler streets. north-east cor. Chandler street.
" 66 north-east cor. Border st. Newton st., north-east cor. May street. north-east corner Charlotte street.
' in square, front of L. Coes' shop and opp. Beaver st. east side, opp. Coes street. Norfolk st., north-east cor. Hawkins street.
" south-east corner Ascension street.
North street, north side, front of No. 45. north-west cor. Milton st. North Ashland st., north-east cor. John street.
north-east cor. Home street.
" north-east cor. Dix street. Oak avenue, between Kendall and Catharine streets. Orange street, east side, front of No. 28. north-east cor. Plymouth street.
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Orange street, north-east cor. Madison street.
Orcad street, north side, at south-west corner Chas. Wood's estate. north side, east of Beacon st., front of No. 57.
Orient street, north-west corner Chrome street.
Park street, south side, front of No. 37. south-west corner Orange street. south-west cor. Salem st. south side, front of Gates' block.
Penn Avenue, north-west cor. Clarkson street.
north-west corner Ætna street.
Piedmont street, east side, bet. Main and Chandler sts.
66 north-west cor. Larch street.
Pink street, west side, front of Nos. 16 and 18.
Pleasant street, north side, front of Rog- ers' block.
north side, near front of Dr. J. M. Rice's bl'k. north side, opp. High st. north side, opp. Univer- salist church. north side, opp. Clinton street.
north west cor. Linden street.
66 north side, between Lin- den and Ashland sts., front of No. 107.
north-west cor. Ashland street.
north side, opp. Crown street.
66 north-east cor. West st. north-east cor. Fruit st. north-east cor. Sever st. north side, opp. Merrick street.
north-west cor. Russell street.
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north side, opp. Bellevue street.
north east cor. Hudson street.
66 north side, opp. Abbott street.
Plymouth street, north side, opposite Assonet street.
Pond strect, north-west cor. Beach st.
north-west corner of right angle in Pond street. Portland street, east side, front of No. 28.
Portland strect, north-east corner Madi- son street.
Prescott strect, north-west cor. Concord street. north-west cor. Lexing- ton street.
east side, opposite south end of Washburn & Mocn's.
east side, between War- ren T'hread Co.'s and Richardson's shop.
- west side, at cor. Wash- burn & Moen's drive- way, near bridge.
north-east cor. Prescott street place. north-east cor. Redding court. south-east cor. North st. Prospect street, south side, opp. Hano- ver street.
south side, opp. No. 33. south-west cor. Mulberry street.
Prescott street, at Whitcomb's envelope factory.
Witherby, Rugg & Rich- ardson.
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Ames Plow Co.
Providence street, at junction of Provi dence and Water streets.
west side, north-east corner S. D. Hard- ing's estate.
north-west cor. Wa- verley street. north -west cor. Harri- son street.
near north-west cor. Pattison street.
front of No. 104.
north-west cor. Win- throp street.
.€ south west cor. Union avenue.
Queen street, west side, opp. Davis st. Reservoir street, north-west cor. Eliza- beth street. north-west cor. Eastern avenue.
Richards street, west side, 900 feet from Main street.
66 west side, 1,300 feet from Main street, opposite Cleveland's residence. Ripley street, south of J. H. Walker's. Salem strect, west side, front of No. 23.
west side, front of No. 39.
North west cor. Myrtle st.
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Salem street, north-west corner Madison street.
front of City Stable.
Salisbury street, north side, opp. Boyn- ton street. north side, opp. West street. north side, north of Highland Military
Academy.
Salisbury street, corner Forest street.
Grove street.
School st., south side, front of Steamer No. 3 house.
Shelby street, north side, front of No. 33. opposite Mulberry street. Shrewsbury st., north-west corner Mul-
berry street.
north side, front of Dr. Brackett's.
at junction of Shrews- bury and East Wor- cester streets.
south-west cor. Larkin street. south-east cor. Cross st. south-west cor. Lyon street.
Sigel street, north side, between Mill- bury and Lodi streets.
Sigourney street, corner Edgeworth.
Southbridge st., east side, at N. & W. R. R. crossing. south-west cor. Madison street.
east side, front of No. 128.
south-west corner Salem street.
66 east side, between Salem and Hermon streets, front of No. 180.
east side, opp. Hermon street. east side, opp. Junction foundry.
north-east cor. Lafayette street. north-west cor. Ham- mond street.
east side, north from No. 390. east side, opp. South- gate street.
east side, front of No. 456. north-east cor. Wash- burn street.
north-east corner Colton ton street.
north west corner Cam- bridge street.
Southgate street, south-west cor. Grand street.
66 west side, front of School house.
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front of D. S. God- dard's shop, south side of N. & W. R. R.
South Irving street, west side, opposite Lovell's court.
State street, south-west cor. Main st. Sudbury street, north-east cor. Eden st. Summer street, east side, south of Bel- mont street.
east side, front of
school house.
east side, front of Edw. Earle's residence.
north-east cor. Arch st. east side, opp. School street. west side, opp. Laurel street. south-east cor. Laurel st. south-east corner East Central street. east side, opposite Ex- change street. east side, bet. Charles and Howard streets. east side, between How- ard and Bridge sts. south-east cor. Fulton street. north-west corner Me- chanic street.
Sycamore street, north-west cor. Beacon street.
Temple street, south side, front of No. 57. south side, west of church.
Thomas street, south side, front of No. 9.
north side, front of No. 58.
north-east cor. Union street. north side, east of R. R. north-east cor. Sum- mer street.
Tirrell st., north side, front of No. 11. Trumbull st., west side, between Front and Park streets. . Union street, at Market street.
Union st., at Lincoln sq.
changed from
" at Court Mills. ‹
old
location
of Union st. Union street, at south-west corner Lin- coln square. east side, opposite Court Mills.
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Union street, north-west cor. School st. "
south-west cor. Thomas street. north-west cor. Central st. south-west cor. Exchange street.
west side, near centre of Merrifield's building. north-west cor. Foster st. west side, opposite Man- chester street.
under Nashua R. R. bridge.
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west side, opp. southwest cor. of Rice, Barton & Co.'s shop.
Vernon street, north-east corner Water street.
corner Winthrop street. north east cor. Jefferson street.
north-east cor. Pattison street.
north-east corner Union avenue.
Vine street, north-east cor. Cherry st.
north-east cor. Foundry st. Wachusett st., between Dix and High- land streets.
Wall street, south-west cor. Suffolk st. 6 6 south-west cor. Norfolk st. Walnut street, south-east cor. Maple st. Winslow street, corner Larch street. Wyman street, corner Hollis street. Ward street, north-west cor. Foyle st.
north-west cor. Taylor st. north-west cor. Richland street.
north-west cor. Endicott street.
Washburn street, east side, front of No. 16.
Washington street, east side, opposite Orange street school- house.
north-west cor. Ply- mouth street.
south-west cor. Gold street.
north-east cor. Spruce street.
north-west cor. La- fayette street.
Water street, west side, opp. Ledge street.
west side, near north end of stone ware manuf. west side, opp. Harrison street.
west side, near north-east cor. of Hamilton's tape factory.
corner Green street.
Webster strect, west side, front of school- house.
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" opp. driveway between marble shop and Cur- tis' mill.
west side, opp. Curtis ct., south end of mill.
west side, opposite north- west cor. of cemetery.
Wellington strect, north-west cor. South Irving street.
West street, east side, opp. Cottage st. north-east cor. Cedar street.
= west side, north of Technical school, front of No. 146. William street, north side, opp. Everett street.
south side, opp. North Ashland street.
north-east cor. West st. Winter street, north side, opp. Pond st. Woodland street, east side, north of Oberlin street.
" north-east cor. Loudon street.
north-east cor. Haw- thorne street.
Wyman street, east side, front of No.13.
Allen's Fire Arms Manufactory, in yard rear of shop.
Ames Plow Co., Salisbury street, stand pipe and hose and Hall's sprinkler.
Adriatic Mills, two hydrants east of mill, with hose attached in yard. " two hydrants, in yard west, of mill, with hose attached. " two places in mill to at- tach hose.
Bay State Shoe Co., Austin st., in yard, pipe and hose on each floor of shop.
Baker's, Manchester street, pipe with hose attached in centre of building.
B. & A. R. R. freight house, pipe with hose attached.
Buttrick & Whipple, Main street, stand pipe and hose.
Court Mills, corner Union street, one in court, south of mill. four inch, in building, with hose on each floor. Crompton's foundry, Mechanic st., hy- drant with hose in foun- dry.
Crompton's Loom Works, Green street, in yard, west of foundry. Coes' Wrench Shop, hydrant with hose attached at boiler house.
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Wm. Dickinson, in yard, hose in build- ing. Edward Earle, in yard, south-west of house.
Ethan Allen's Estate, Main street, in yard, north of house.
Fox Mills, two hydrants, in yard, force pump pipe connected with city water pipe.
C. L. Gorham & Co., Main st., stand pipe and hose.
Gas Works, three hydrants in yard.
Heald & Britton, hydrant and pipe in foundry with hose attached.
A. H. Hammond, Claremont street, hose at east end of barn.
Holy Cross College, hydrant in yard ; also, one at barn, hose and stand pipe in building.
Industrial School, in yard east of build- ing.
Junction Shop, four hydrants east of building.
" five pipes, in building, with hose attached on each floor.
Keyes' Planing Mill, pipe with hose at- tached on each floor.
Merrifield's, hydrant with hose attached in engine room.
Exchange street, pipe in centre of building, with hose on each floor.
Cypress street, pipe in cen- tre of building, with hose on each floor.
Foster street, pipe in west wing, with hose on each floor.
Mechanics Hall, pipe in south stairway, with hose attached, one nozzle above the roof.
New York Steam Engine Co., in yard south side of shop.
D.W. Pond, in yard north side of shop. Providence Engine House, in yard north-east of house.
Rice, Barton & Co., pipe in building, with hose on each floor.
W. W. Rice, Franklin square, stand pipe and hose.
Russ & Eddy, Manchester street, stand pipe and hose.
State Lunatic Asylum, in yard near south end of building.
State Lunatic Asylum, in yard near north end of building.
D. Tainter, Gardner st., pipe in tower of mill, with hose on each floor.
Taylor's block, Main street, stand pipe and hose.
Union Water Meter Co., pipe on each floor, with hose attached.
Washburn & Moen Wire Works, hy- drants with hose attached.
Washburn Iron Co., Rolling Mill, hy- drant in mill.
Worcester Academy, Providence street, in yard south of building.
Wood, Light & Co., pipe on each floor, with hose attached.
J. H. Walker, Water street, pipe and hose.
Witherby, Rugg & Richardson, Salis- bury street, have hose on each floor. Worcester & Nashua R. R. freight house, two places with hose attached.
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AN ORDINANCE
CONCERNING THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER.
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Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of Worcester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
SEC. 1. The Fire Department of the City of Worcester shall consist of a Chief Engineer, four Assistant Engineers, and of as many engine men, hose men, hook and ladder men, and other persons, to be divided into companies, as the number of engines and the number and quantity of other fire apparatus in service belonging to the City, shall from time to time require.
SEC. 2. The Engineers shall, on or before the first Monday of January, in each year, organize themselves as a board of Engineers by choosing a Clerk by ballot. They shall, at such times as they may by their by-laws determine, hold such meetings as may be necessary for the prompt transaction of all busi- ness coming before them, and a majority of the whole Board shall be necessa- ry to constitute a quorum. They may make such rules and orders for their government, as a Board of Engineers, as they may see fit, and make such rules and regulations in addition to this ordinance for the better government, disci- pline, and good order of the Department and for the extinguishment of fires, as they may from time to time think expedient, the same not being repugnant to the laws of the Commonwealth, or to any ordinance of the city, and being subject to the approval of the Mayor and Aldermen, and to amendment or re- peal by said Engineers at any time, subject to such approval.
SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of said Engineers, whenever a fire shall break out in the City, immediately to repair to the place of such fire, and to carry with them a suitable badge of their office; to take proper measures that the several engines and other apparatus be arranged in the most advantageous situations, and duly worked for the effectual extinguishment of the fire; to require and compel assistance from all persons, as well as members of the department, in extinguishing the fire, removing furniture, goods or other merchandise from any building on fire, or in danger thereof, and to appoint guards to secure the same ; and to suppress all tumults and disorders. It shall also be their duty to cause order to be preserved in going to or returning from fires, and at all times when companies attached to the department are on duty.
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SEC. 4. Whenever it shall be adjudged at any fire, by three or more of the Engineers, of whom the Chief, if he be present, shall be one, to be necessary, in order to prevent the further spreading of the fire, to pull down or other- wise demolish any building, the same may be done.
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Engineers to inquire for and examine into all shops and other places where shavings or other combustible materials may be collected and deposited, and at all times be vigilant in taking care of the removal of the same, whenever, in the opinion of any two of them, the same may be dangerous to the security of the city from fires, and to direct the tenant or occupant of said shops or other places, to remove the same; and in case such tenant or occupant shall neglect or refuse so to do, to cause the same to be removed at the expense of such tenant or occupant.
SEC. 6. It shall also be the duty of said Engineers to take cognizance of all buildings in the city in which steam engines are used, and of all buildings in the city in process of erection or alteration, and to make a record of such thereof as in their judgment may, from any cause, be dangerous, and report the same to the Mayor and Aldermen forthwith. It shall also be the duty of said Engineers to cause prosecution to be instituted in all cases of violation of the laws in relation to the erection of wooden buildings, or of any other law or ordinance in relation to the Fire Department, and for the prevention of fire within the limits of the city.
SEC. 7. Engineers upon complaint to them, or upon their knowledge of any defective chimney or hearth, within the city of Worcester, shall cause the same to be examined, and shall order the same either to be repaired or taken down, as they shall deem expedient; and if the owner or owners of any such chim- ney or hearth shall wilfully neglect to repair or take down the same, after hav- ing been notified by the Clerk of the Board of Engineers, it shall be the duty of the Board of Engineers, and they shall have full authority to cause such defective chimney or hearth to be repaired or taken down, and the owner or owners of the same shall pay the whole expense of repairing or taking down such chimney or hearth.
SEC. 8. The Engineers, officers and members of the several companies regularly appointed, shall wear such caps, badges, or insignia of office, when on duty, as the Board of Engineers may from time to time direct, and no others, to be furnished at the expense of the city; and no other person or persons shall wear the same at any time, except under such restrictions and regulations as the said Engineers may direct.
SEC. 9. Whenever any fire occurs out of the city it shall be the duty of only such and so many of said Engineers to repair thither as shall have been designated for such purpose by the chief Engineer.
SEC. 10. The Board of Engineers, notwithstanding the provisions herein contained, may with the approval of the Mayor, grant to any officer or mem- ber of the Fire Department, if they shall think it compatible with the interests of the Department, a vacation not exceeding two weeks in any one year, upon such terms as they shall think expedient. And the Mayor, with the ad- vice and consent of the Board of Aldermen, may, if he sees fit, whenever any officer or member of the Fire Department shall not by reason of such vacation, or sickness, or otherwise, attend to his duties in the department, appoint a
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substitute to act in his place during his absence, and such substitute shall be entitled to the pay of the person absent while he shall thus act.
SEC. 11. The Chief Engineer shall have the sole command at fires, over all other Engineers, and all officers and members of the Fire Department, and all other persons who may be present at fires ; and shall direct all proper meas- ures for extinguishment of fires, protection of property, preservation of order and observance of laws, ordinances and regulations respecting fires. And it shall be the duty of said Chief Engineer to examine into the condition of tlie engines and all other fire apparatus, and of the engine and other liouses, and the reservoirs belonging to the city, and used by the Fire Department, and of the companies attached to the said Department, as often as circum- stances may render it expedient, or whenever directed so to do by the Mayor and Aldermen, or by the committee on the Fire Department, and annually to report the same to the City Council, and oftener if requested. Also to cause a full description of the same, together with the names, ages, and residence of the officers and members of the Department, to be published annually, in such a manner as the City Council shall direct; and whenever the engines or other fire apparatus, engine or other houses, used by the Department require altera- tions, additions, or repairs, the said Chief Engineer, under the direction of the Joint Standing Committee on the fire department, shall cause the same to be made. And it shall be, moreover, the duty of the Chief Engineer to place on file all returns of officers, members, and fire apparatus, made by the respective companies, as hereinafter prescribed, and all other communica- tions relating to the affairs of the Fire Department; to keep, or cause to be kept, fair and exact rolls of the respective companies, specifying the time of admission and discharge of each member, and also a record of all accidents by fire, which may happen within the city, with the causes thereof, as well as can be ascertained, and the number and description of the buildings destroyed or injured, the amount of insurance upon the same, together with the names of the owners or occupants, and report the same once in each year, to the City Council. He shall have the superintendence and control of all the engine and other houses used for the purposes of the Fire Department, and of all the furniture and apparatus thereto belonging, and of the horses, engines, and all the fire apparatus belonging to the City, and over all the officers and members of the several companies attached to the Fire Department. He shall be responsible for the discipline, good order and proper conduct of the whole Department, both officers and men, and for the care of all houses, engines, hose carriages, hook and ladder carriages, furniture and apparatus thereto belonging.
SEC. 12. The Chief Engineer shall have power to suspend any officer or member of the Department for insubordination or disorderly conduct, for such length of time as he may deem proper, provided, that such suspension shall be reported by him to the Mayor and Aldermen at their next meeting after said suspension, unless such officer or member shall have been previously rein- stated by said Chief Engineer.
SEC. 13. All supplies for the use of the Department shall be drawn on requisition upon the Chief Engineer; and it is hereby made the duty of the Foreman of each and every company to see that all necessary supplies are
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kept constantly on hand, to secure the proper working of the apparatus in their charge, and all supplies shall be drawn by the Foreman of the several companies.
SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of the Chief Engineer or the Assistant Engineer in command, to order from the ground all fire associations or fire companies not belonging to the Fire Department. And no such fire associa- tion or fire company, or any member thereof, shall act in any fire in said city as a fire company or as a fireman. Provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not apply to fire companies belonging to other Fire Depart- ments.
SEC. 15. In the absence of the Chief, the Assistant Engineer next in rank shall act with full powers, and their seniority in rank, and all questions rela- tive thereto, shall be determined by the Mayor and Aldermen.
SEC. 16. The Clerk of the Board of Engineers shall perform such duties as the Mayor and Aldermen or Chief Engineer may from time to time direct ; and also such other duties as the Board of Engineers by their rules and orders may from time to time determine. He shall have the care and custody of all books, records, papers and documents belonging to the Board; and he shall deliver the same to his successor in office.
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