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King st., north-east corner Queen street. south-east cor. Woodland st. west of Shepard street.
King street, corner Prince street.
Kingsbury st., north-west cor. Queen st. west side, opp. Shepard st. Lafayette street, corner Lodi street. 60 Grosvenor street.
Lagrange st., north side, between Main and Beacon streets.
Lake street, east side, opp. Baker st. south-east cor. Mill street. Lamartine st., south side, front of school house.
Lamartine st., north side, opp. Langdon street.
Lamartine st., north side, opp. Lodi st. north side, opp. Grosvenor street.
Lamartine street, south side, opp. Sargent street.
Larch st., north-west cor. Russell street. Laurel st., north east cor. Hanover st. north-west cor. Carroll street.
66 66 Edward street. south side, near Eastern ave.
Ledge st., north-east cor. Waverley st. Leicester st , east side, opp. Mill street. 66 north side, 100 ft. west from Lake street.
Leicester st .. front of Hunt's mill.
at Darling's mill, in yard. Wright Bottomly's mill, in yard east of same.
Leicester street, 3 at Ashworth & Jones' mill.
Leicester street, 2 at Jas. Smith's mill. corner of road leading to reservoir.
Leicester st., front of W. T. Brown's. Liberty st., north-west corner Arch st. 66 Glen st.
west side, opp. Newport st.
Lincoln st., east side, opp. Worcester Nashua depot.
Lincoln st., north-east corner Linwood place.
Lincoln st., north-east cor. Kendall st.
east side, opp. Garden street.
66 south-east c. Harrington av.
66 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 st. 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, corner Hancock street. Main street, corner Gardner street. Main street, east side, front of No. 57. 66 north-east cor. Market st., front of Exchange Hotel.
Main st., near north-east cor. School st. 66 between School and Thomas sts. front of No. 147.
Main st., east side, north of Thomas st.
east side, front L. R. Hudson's.
east side, cor. Layard place.
66 south-east cor. Central street.
north-east cor. Exchange street. 66 front of north-west cor of Me- chanics Hall.
Main street, front of south-west corner Union block.
Main st., north east corner Foster street. 66 east side, opposite Elm street.
66 north-east cor. Mechanic st.
66 east side, opp. Pleasant street.
east side, opp. north-west cor. Old South Church.
Main st., north east corner Park street. 66 east side, opp. Chatham street.
north-east corner Allen court.
front of south end of Scott's block.
Main st., north-east corner Myrtle street. 66 north-east cor. Madison street.
east side, front of No. 674.
north-east cor. Charlton street.
66 north-west cor. Wellington st.
6 north-east cor. Hermon street. east side, opp. Piedmont street.
66 north-east corner Benefit st.
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Main st., north-east, corner Allen street. 66 cor. Hammond st. 66 east side, opp. Claremont st.
corner Kilby street.
opp. Downing street.
Beaver street.
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60 north-east corner Tirrell street. east side, at north-east corner of L. Coes' estate. at Webster square.
Manchester st., south side, opp. C. Baker & Co.'s lumber yard.
Manchester st., south-west cor. Bridge street, 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 cor. Woodland st. corner Kingsbury street.
Maywood st., north side, west of Wood- · land street.
Mechanic st., south side, front of Cromp- ton'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 st. 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.
Mill street, east side, at Newton street. Millbury street, north-west cor. of Lamar- tine street.
Millbury st., west side opp. Foyle street 66 north-west cor. Lafayette st.
66 north-west cor. Ellsworth st.
66 north-west cor. Sigel street.
66 west side, opp. Worth st.
Milton street, corner Edgeworth street. Mt. Pleasant st., opposite Allen street. Mulberry st., south-east corner Mulberry street court.
66 west side, front of Lunatic Asylum.
Myrtle st., north side, near south-east cor. Stevens' block.
Myrtle st., north-west cor. Portland st. Nashua street, at Ames Plow Co. Newbury st., south-east corner Congress street.
south-east cor. Chatham st. Newton st., between Pleasant and Elm sts.
66 south-east cor. Pleasant st.
east side, front of No. 11, be- tween Pleasant and Chand- ler streets.
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north-east cor. Chandler st.
Border street.
May street.
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Charlotte st.
in square, front of L. Coes' shop and opp. Beaver st. east side, opp. Coes street. Norfolk st., north-east cor. Hawkins st. 66 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 corner Dix street.
Oak ave., between Kendall and Catharine streets.
Orange street, east side, front of No. 28. 66 north-east cor. Plymouth street.
Orange street, north-east cor. Madison st. Oread street, north side, at south-west corner Chas. Wood's estate. north side, east of Beacon st., front of No. 57.
Orient st., north-west corner Chrome st. Park street, south side, front of No. 37. 66 south-west corner of Orange street.
south-west cor. Salem st. 66 south side, front of Gates' block. Penn Avenue, north-west cor. Clarkson street.
north-west cor. Ætna st. Piedmont street, east side, bet. Main and Chandler streets.
66 north-west cor. Larch st. Pink street, west side, front of Nos. 16 and 18.
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Pleasant street, north side, front of Rog- ers block.
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north side, near front of Dr. J. M. Rice's block. north side, opp. High st. north side, opp. Universa- list church.
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66 north side, opp. Clinton street. 66 north-west cor. Linden st. north side, between Lin- den and Ashland sts., front of No. 107.
north-west cor. Ashland street.
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north side, opp. Crown st. north-east cor. West st.
north-east cor. Fruit st.
66 66
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north-west cor. Russell st. north side, opp. Bellevue street. north-east cor. Hudson st. north side, opp. Abbott street.
Plymouth street, north side opp. Assonet street.
Pond street, north-west cor. Beach street. north-west corner of right angle in Pond street.
Portland street, east side, front of No. 28. 66 north-east cor. Madison street.
Prescott street, north-west cor. Concord st. north-west cor. Lexington street.
66 east side, opp. south end of Washburn & Moen's. 66 east side, between War- ren Thread Co.'s and Richardson's shop.
66 west side, at cor. Wash- burn & Moen's drive- way, near bridge.
66 north-east cor. Prescott street place. 66 north-east cor. Redding court. south-east cor. North st.
Prospect street, south side, opp. Hanover street.
Prospect street, south side, opp. No. 33. south-west cor. Mulberry street.
Prescott street, at Whitcomb's envelope factory.
66 Witherby, Rugg & Rich- ardson.
66 Ames Plow Co.
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Providence street, at junction of Provi- dence and Water sts.
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west side, north-east corner S. D. Hard- ing's estate.
66 north-west cor. Wa- verly street.
66 north-west cor. Harri- son street.
66 near north-west cor. Pattison street.
front of No. 104.
66 north-west cor. Win- throp street.
66 south-west cor. Union avenue.
Queen street, west side, opp. Davis st.
Quinsigamond Village, connected with force pumps at Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
Reservoir street, north-west cor. Eliza- beth street,
north-west cor. Eastern avenue.
Richards street, west side, 900 feet from Main street. west side, 1,300 feet from Main street, opposite Cleveland's residence. Ripley street, south of J. H. Walker's. Sargent street, corner of Gold street.
Salem street, west side, front of No. 23.
west side, front of No. 39.
66 north-west cor. Myrtle st.
north-west cor. Madison st.
66 front of City Stable.
Salisbury street, opp. Highland Military Academy.
Salisbury street, north side, opp. Boyn- ton street.
north side, opp. West st. north side, north of
Highland Military
Academy.
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66 north-east cor. Sever st. north side, opp. Merrick street.
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Salisbury street, corner Forest street. corner Grove street.
School street, 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 Worces- ter streets.
66 south-west cor. Larkin st.
south-east cor. Cross st. south-west cor. Lyon st.
Sigel street, north side, between Millbury and Lodi streets.
Sigourney street, corner Edgeworth.
Southbridge street, opp. College street. Southbridge st., east side, at N. & W. R. R. crossing.
south-west cor. Madison street.
east side, front of No. 128. south-west cor. Salem st. east side, between Salem and Hermon streets, front of No. 180.
66 east side, opp. Hermon street.
east side, opp. Junction foundry.
north-east cor. Lafayette street.
north-west corner Ham- mond street.
east side, north from No. 390.
east side, opp. Southgate street.
east side, front of No. 456.
66 north-east corner Wash- burn street.
66 north-east cor. Colton st. north-west corner Cam- bridge street.
Southgate street, south-west cor. Grand street.
west side, front of School house.
Southgate street, front of D. S. Goddard's shop.
south side of N. & W. R. R.
South Irving street, west side opposite Lovell's court.
State street, south-west cor. Main street. Sudbury street, north-east cor. Eden st. Summer street, east side, south of Bel- mont street.
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east side, front of School house.
east side, front of Edward Earle's residence.
north-east cor. Arch st.
east side, opp. School st.
west side, opp. Laurel st.
south-east cor. Laurel st. south-east cor. East Cen- tral street.
east side, opp. Exchange street.
66 east side, bet. Charles and Howard streets. -
east side, between How- ard and Bridge streets. south-east cor. Fulton st. north-west cor. Mechanic 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 st.
north side, east of R. R. north-east cor. Summer st. Tirrell street, north side, front of No. 11. Trumbull street, west side, between Front and Park streets.
Union street, at Market street.
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changed from
Union st., at Lincoln sq. old location at Court Mills. ) of Union st.
66 at south-west cor. Lincoln square. east side, opp. Court Mills, north-west cor. School st.
south-west cor. Thomas st.
north-west cor. Central st. south-west cor. Exchange street.
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Union street, west side, near centre of Merrifield's building.
north-west cor. Foster st. west side, opp. Manchester street. under Nashua R. R. bridge. west side, opp. south-west cor. of Rice, Barton & Co.'s shop.
Vernon street, north-east cor. Water st.
corner Winthrop street.
north-east cor. Jefferson st. north-east cor. Pattison st. northeast corner Union avenue.
Vine street, north-east cor. Cherry street. north-east cor. Foundry st.
Wachusett street, between Dix and High- land streets.
Wall street, south-west cor. Suffolk st. 66 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 street. 66 north-west cor. Taylor st.
66 north-west cor. Richland st.
north-west cor. Endicott st.
Washburn street, east side, front of No. 16.
Washington st., east side, opp. Orange street School-house.
north-west corner Ply- mouth street. south-west cor. Gold st.
66 north-east cor. Spruce st. north-west cor. Lafay- ette street.
Water street, west side, opp. Ledge st.
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west side, near north end of stone ware manuf. west side, opp Harrison st. west side, near north-east cor. of Hamilton's tape factory. corner Green street.
Webster street, west side, front of School- house.
opp. driveway between marble shop and Cur- tis' mill.
66 west side, opp. Curtis ct., south end of mill.
Webster street, west side, opposite north- west cor. of Cemetery. Wellington street, north-west cor. South Irving street.
West street, east side, opp. Cottage st. 66 north-east cor. Cedar street.
66 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 Ober- lin street.
66 north-east cor. Loudon street.
north-east corner 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 lose 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. Crampton's foundry, Mechanic street, hydrant with hose in foundry.
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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William Dickinson, in yard, hose in building.
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 street, 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.
66 Cypress street, pipe in centre of building, with hose on each floor.
66 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, Salisbury 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.
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 business coming before them, and a majority of the whole Board shall be necessary 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, discipline, 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 repeal 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 supress 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.
SEC. 4. Whenever it shall be adjudged at any fire, by three or more of the Engi- neers, of whom the Chief, if he be present, shall be one, to be necessary, in order to pr vent the further spreading of the fire, to pull down or otherwise demolish any building, the same may be done.
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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 build- ings 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 defec- tive 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 chimney or hearth shall wilfully neglect to repair or take down the same, after having 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 con- tained, may with the approval of the Mayor, grant to any officer or member 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 advice and consent of the Board of Alder- men, 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 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 measures for extinguishment of fires, protection of property, preservation of order and observance of laws, ordinan- ces and regulations respecting fires. And it shall be the duty of said Chief Engineer to examine into the condition of the engines and all other fire apparatus, and of the engine and other houses, 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 circumstances 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 descrip- tion of the same, together with the names, ages and residence of the officers and
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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 alterations, 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 communications relating to the affairs of the Fire Department; to keep, or eause 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 aseer- tained, 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 oceu- pants, 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 insurbordination 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 reinstated by said Chief Engineer.
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