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LOCATION OF SIGNAL STATIONS.
12. Park and Church Streets, Newton.
13. Sargent and Centre Streets, Newton.
14. Washington and Jewett Streets, Newton
15. No. 1 Engine Station, Newton.
16. Church and Centre Streets, Newton.
17. Pearl and Thornton Streets, Newton.
18. Newtonville Avenue and Howard Street, Newton.
112. Washington Street and Waverly Avenue, Newton.
113. Waverly Avenue and Vernon Street, Newton.
114. Eldridge and Vernon Streets, Newton.
115. Centre and Elmwood Streets, Newton.
117. Washington and Channing Streets, Newton.
21. No. 1 Truck Station, Newtonville.
23. Washington and Walnut Streets, Newtonville.
24. Chapel and Watertown Streets, Nonantum.
25. Lowell and Watertown Streets, Newtonville.
Walnut Street, opposite High School, Newtonville.
26. 27. Highland Avenue and Allston Street, Newtonville.
28. Walnut and California Streets, Newtonville.
212. Watertown and Parsons Streets, Newtonville.
231. Washington Park, Newtonville.
241.
Adams and Middle Streets, Nonantını.
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Waltham and Washington Streets, West Newton.
32. River and Pine Streets, West Newton.
0:34. Waltham and Derby Streets, West Newton.
35. No. 2 Engine Station, West Newton.
36. Fuller and Washington Streets, West Newton.
Hillside Avenue and Otis Street, West Newton.
37. Webster Street and Webster Place, West Newton.
313.
331. Margin Street and B. & A. R'y Station, West Newton.
4. No. 5 Hose Station, Aburndale.
41. Auburn and Charles Streets, Riverside.
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Woodland Avenue and Grove Street, Aburndale.
43. Ash and Islington Streets, Auburndale.
44. Lexington and Freeman Streets, Auburndale.
45. Auburn and Greenough Streets, Auburndale.
421. Hancock and Fern Streets, Auburndale.
ɔ̃. No. 6 Hose Station, Lower Falls.
51. Washington and Concord Streets, Lower Falls.
52. City Farm, Waban.
53. Grove Street and Pine Grove Avenue, Lower Falls.
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54. Entrance Cottage Hospital, Woodland.
6. No. 7 Hose Station, Upper Falls.
61. Chestnut and Winter Streets, Upper Falls.
62. Chestnut and Oak Streets, Upper Falls.
63. Mechanic and Elliot Streets, Upper Falls.
64. Walnut and Lincoln Streets, Highlands.
65. Cook and Boylston Streets, Highlands.
7. Station Street and Glen Avenue, Newton Centre.
71. Walnut Street and Cemetery Gate.
72. Centre and Pelham Streets, Newton Centre.
73. No. 3 Engine Station, Newton Centre.
74. Beacon Street and Laurel Avenue, Newton Centre.
74. Cypress and Paul Streets, Newton Centre.
8. Beacon and Hammond Streets, Chestnut Hill.
81. Ward Street and Waverly Avenue, Newton Centre.
82. Kenrick Street and Waverly Avenue, Newton.
83. Kenilworth Street and Waverly Avenue, Newton.
9. Brookline and Dedham Streets, Oak Hill.
81 Clark and Parker Streets, Oak Hill.
SPECIAL SIGNAL STATIONS.
224. Nonantum Worsted Mills.
226. High School.
312. City Hall.
336. Woodland Park Hotel.
442. Lassel Seminary.
512. Paper Mills, C. F. Crehore & Son.
612. Pettee Machine Works.
641. Gamewell Fire Alarm Works.
SIGNALS.
1-Blow for test at 11.45 A. M. and 5.45 P. M. ; Sundays, 12.15 P. M.
1-1-Two blows will be given when the companies in service at fires have "made up."
Should an alarm occur from another station before this signal is struck, companies answering Second will immediately answer on First; companies answering Third will answer Second.
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SCHOOL SIGNALS.
3-3-3 Once.
Morning Session at 7.15 or 8.15 a. m.
Afternoon Session at 12.45.
W. B. RANDLETT, Ass't Chief. No. 3. Engine Station.
H. L. BIXBY,
Chief of Fire Department. Room A, City Hall, Office Hours : 2 to 5 P. M.
STATEMENT OF DETAILS OF FIRES AND ALARMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1888.
Jan. 24. - Station 35. 10.41 p. M. Douglass Street. Two-story frame dwellng, 12 x 24. Owned by Thomas Johnson, occupied by Jno. Brown. Loss. $275. Insured. Cause, over-heated stove. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A : Hose 2, 4, 5, 6, and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Jan. 25. - Station 4. 1.10 P. M. Lexington and Walcott Streets. Two-story frame dwelling, 25 x 50. Owned by G. L. Johnson, and occupied by W. B. Purman. Loss $3.378. Insured. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4. 5. 6, and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Jan. 27. - Station 73. 7.18 A. M. Cedar Street. Two- story frame boiler-house, 12 x 12. Owned and occupied by Alfred Morse. Loss $300. Not Insured. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A ; Hose 4, 7, and Truck 1. Chief and Assis- tant Chief.
Jan. 27. - Station 37. 9 A. M. . Otis and Forest Streets. Two and a half story frame dwelling, 28 x 40. Occupied by George L. Clark. No damage. Cause, thawing water-pipes. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A; Hose 2, 4, 5, 7, and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
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Feb. 4. - Station 312. 2.03 P. M. Cherry and Webster Streets. Three-story frame dwelling, 30 x 60. Owned and occupied by Edward Upham. Loss $2,150. Insured. Cause, defective open grate. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4, 5, and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Feb. 9. - Station 62. 4.34 P. M. Needham Street. One- story frame, 12 x 14. Shop. Owned and occupied by United States Fire Works Manufactury. Loss $250. Cause, hot coals dropped from stove. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A; Hose 7: 1 Truck. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Feb. 25. - Station 73. 8.59 A. M. Sumner Street. Three-story frame dwelling, 30 x 40. Owned and occupied by - E. W. Noyes. Loss $175. Insured. Cause, plumbers lamp. Apparatus present : Engines 3 und A; Hose 4, 7, Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Feb. 25. - Special call, 22. Brighton District, Boston. Assistance rendered. Apparatus detailed : Engine and Hose 1. Chief.
March 9. - Station 64. 3.31 P. M. Woodward Street. Grass land. Cause, locomotive sparks. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A; Hose 4, 7, and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
March 9. - Station 71. 9.49 P. M. Homer Street. Two and a half story frame dwelling, 25 x 40. Owned by A. W. Rolfe. Occupied by Woodman and others. Loss $950, Total. Out of water limits. Partial insurance. Cause, over- turned lamp. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A ; Hose 4. 7. and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
March 24. - Station 17. 4.48 P. M. Thornton Street. Two-story frame dwelling, 15 x 30. Occupied by George S. Noden. Slight loss. Cause, careless use of matches by children.
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Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A; Hose. 4 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
April 6. - Station 26. 1.15 P. M. Clyde and Walnut Streets. Grass land. Cause, careless use of matches by children. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A; Hose 2, 4 Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
April 10. - Station 42. 3.50 P. M. Vista Avenue. Three-story brick dwelling, 40 x 50. Owned and occupied by E. B. Haskell. Loss $50. Insured. Cause, Hot ashes in wooden barrel. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A; Hose 2, 4, 5, 6, and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
April 13 .- 12 M. Crescent Avenue. Grass land. Cause, locomotive sparks. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4, 5, 6, and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
April 17. - Station 45. 10.30 A. M. Crescent Avenue. Grass land. Cause locomotive sparks. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A Hose 2, 4, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
April 19. - Telephone. 11.40 A. M. Allston Street. One-story frame, 12 x 14. Stable. Loss $10. Not insured. Cause, locomotive sparks. Apparatus present : Chemical A and Driver Dexter, Hose 4. Chief.
April 25. - Station 65. 10.45 A. M. Cook Street. Grass land. Cause, locomotive sparks. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A ; Hose 4, 7 and Truck 1. Chief.
April 26. - Station 27. 4.55 P. M. Alpine Street. Grass land. Careless use of matches by children. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
April 28. - Station 54. 10.25 A. M. Washington and
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Beacon Streets. Grassland. Cause, careless burning ofrubbish. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A ; Hose 2, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
April 30. - Station 226. 10.55 A. M. Grass land. Cause, careless use of matches by children. Apparatus present : Engines 1 andA ; Hose 2, 4 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
May 3. - Station 35. 3.55 P. M. Prospect Street. Two and a half story frame dwelling, 20 x 28. Owned and occupied by Thomas Johnson. Loss $45. Cause, defective flue. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A; Hose 2, 4, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
May 6. - Station 64. 12.21 P. M. Chester Street. Wood-land. Cause, unknown. Apparatus present: Engines 3 and A ; Hose 4, 7 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
May 24. - Station 36. 4.10 p. M. Washington Street. Cord wood. Loss $25. Cause, locomotive sparks. Appara- tus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
June 6. - Station 17. 9.21 P. M. Jewett and Gardner Streets. Two-story frame stable, 30 x 30. Owned by Richard Morrisey and occupied by R. J. Morrisey, P. J. Mahoney and A. D. Ford. Loss $1200. Insured. Cause, Incendiary. Apparatus present : Engines1 and A; Hose 4 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
July 3. - Station 44. 2.36 P. M. Auburndale Avenue. Grass-land. Cause, unknown. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
July 4. - 1.30 A. M. Special signal station 612. Pettee Machine Works. Cause, false. Apparatus present : Engines
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3 and A ; Hose 2, 4, 7 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
July 4. - Station 61. 7.53 A. M. Boylston and Chestnut Streets. Two-story frame dwelling, 36 x 40. Owned by M. A. Dresser and occupied by George Mathews. Loss $185. Insured. Cause, fire crackers. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A; Hose 7 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
July 4. - Special call. 2-2. Watertown. Assistance rendered. Apparatus detailed : Engine and Hose 1. Chief.
July 16. - Station 91. 2.46 P. M. Boylston and Jackson Streets. Wood-land. Cause, careless use of matches by children. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A; Hose 7 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
July 17. - Station 35. 8.31 P. M. Webster Street. Grass-land. Cause, unknown. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A : Hose 2, 4, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Aug. 1. - Station 63. 1.40 A. M. Elliott and Mechanic Streets. Cause, false. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A ; Hose 7 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Aug. 20. - Station 312. 9.57 P. M. Cherry Street place. Two-story frame dwelling, 28 x 30. Owned and occupied by M. Burns. No damage. Cause, burning wood in coal-hod. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A; Hose 2, 4, 5 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Sept. 25. - Telephone. 11.30 A. M. Washington and Cherry Streets. Four-story brick. 50 x 100. Stores and tene- ments. Owned and occupied by J. H. Nickerson, G. F. Barthol- meiz and others. Loss $25. Insured. Cause, defective oven. Apparatus present : Chemical A. Assistant Chief.
Oct. 13 .- Special call 2-2. 7.30 A. M. Brighton
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District, Boston. Apparatus detailed : Engine and Hose 1. Chief.
Oct. 21. - Telephone. 9.20 P. M. Russel place. Two- story frame dwelling, 28 x 30. Owned by W. G. Fellows. Loss $50. Cause, defective open grate. Present : Chief, hoseman Stacy of Chemical A.
Oct. 28. - Station 24. 9.03 A. M. Adams Street. Two- story frame dwelling, 24 x 28. Owned and occupied by Mary McNamara. Loss. $10. Cause, lighted pipe in clothing. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4, and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Nov. 1. - Station 53. 1.10 P. M. Pine Grove Avenue. Wood-land. Cause, locomotive sparks. Apparatus present: Engines 3 and A ; Hose 2, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Nov. 3. - Station 14. 8.50 P. M. Second, 8.54 P.M. Church and Richardson Streets. Two and a half story frame planning mill, 60 x 120. Owned by Mrs. A. D. Lewis and occupied by A. Fitzpatrick, and McDuff Brothers. Loss $4,275. Insured. Cause, overheated shafting. Apparatus present : Engines 1, 3 and A ; Hose 2, 4, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Nov. 4. 5 P. M. Evergreen Avenue. Grass-land. Cause, unknown. Extinguished by Assistant Foreman Kimball. No. 5 Hose.
Nov. 7. - Still. 3.30 P. M. Concord Street. Grass-land. Cause, unknown. Apparatus present : No. 6 Hose. Captain Early.
Nov. 12. - Station 27. 1.29 P. M. Highland Avenue. Two-story brick dwelling, 30 x 40. Owned and occupied by D. C. Heath. Loss $370. Insured. Cause, careless use of
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matches by children. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Nov. 13. - Station 31. 8.12 A. M. Washington and Waltham Streets. One-story frame shed, 10 x 12. Slight damage. Cause, children playing with matches. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4, 5 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Nov. 19. - Telephone. 1.40 P. M. Washington and Chestnut Streets. Two-story frame store, 20 x 30. Owned by J. W. French & Son and occupied by S. F. Cate and One Lung. Slight damage. Cause, gas leak. Apparatus present: Chemi- cal A. Chief.
Nov. 28. - Station 42. 4.50 A. M. Seminary Avenue. One-story frame green-house, 12 x 30. Owned by Charles C. Bragdon. Loss $200. Cause, defect in furnace. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A; Hose 2, 4, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Dec. 3. - Station 71. 7.34 P. M. Beacon Street. One- story frame stable, 15 x 30. Owned and occupied by Michael Riley. Loss $450. Total. Out of water limits. Cause, unknown. Apparatus present : Engines 3 and A ; Hose 4, 7 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Dec. 12. - Telephone. 4.45 P. M. Hyde Avenue, Three-story frame dwelling, 30 x 50. Owned and occupied by Robert A. Reid, M. D. Loss $50. Insured. Cause, ignition window draperies from gas jet. Apparatus present : Engine and Hose 1. Chief.
Dec. 13. - Station 65. 9.33 P. M. Boylston Street. Two-story frame dwelling, 28 x 35. Owned by Mrs. Clapp and occupied by Darius Cobb. Loss $75. No insurance. Cause, ignition clothing from stove. Apparatus present :
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Engines 3 and A; Hose 4, 7 and Truck 1. Chief and Assis- tant Chief.
Dec. 24. - Station 4. 12.31 P. M. Crescent Avenue. Grass-land. Cause, locomotive sparks. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A ; Hose 2, 4, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Dec. 25. - Station 42. 4.50 P. M. Vista Avenue. Grass-land. Cause, locomotive sparks. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A; Hose 2, 4, 5, 6 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Dec. 26. - Special signal station 231. 8.12 P. M. Walnut and Otis Streets. High School building. Cause, test of Roger's Auxiliary system before his Honor, the Mayor and the school board. Apparatus present : Engines 1, 3, and A; Hose 2, 4, 5 and Truck 1. Chief and Assistant Chief.
Dec. 29. - Telephone. Washington and Fuller Streets. One-story frame summer house. Loss 25. Ignited from torch. Apparatus present : Chemical A. Chief.
Dec. 29. - Station 15. 10.28 P. M. Watertown. Apparatus present : Engines 1 and A; Hose 4 and Truck 1. · Chief and Assistant Chief.
ORDINANCES RELATING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ORDINANCE XIII. Fire Department.
SECTION 1. A Fire Department is hereby Department established.
established. Charter § 7.
There shall be a Chief of Fire Department, an Assistant Chief, who shall be operator of the fire alarm under the direction of the superintendent telegraph, three steam fire-engine companies, four hose companies, and one truck company.
Each steam fire-engine company shall consist of Number men eleven men; to wit, a foreman, an assistant fore- and officers. man (who shall also be clerk), an engineman, a driver, a fireman, and six hosemen.
Each hose company shall consist of six men; to wit, a foreman, an assistant foreman ( who shall also be clerk ), and four hosemen.
Each truck company shall consist of thirteen men; to wit, a foreman, an assistant foreman ( who shall also be clerk ), a driver, and ten truckmen.
SECTION 2. The Chief of Department shall be Chief responsible for the discipline, good order, and Duties. proper conduct of the officers and men constituting
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the Department, and for the good condition of all houses, reservoirs, hydrants, wells, engines, hose, hose-carriages, hooks and ladders, trucks, and all apparatus and furniture thereto belonging, and connected with the Department. He may suspend May suspend. any officer or member; and shall forthwith refer his case to the board of aldermen for its action. He shall have the superintendence and, under the direction of the Joint Standing Committee on the Fire Department, the control of the engine and other houses used by the Department, of the furniture therein, and of the engines and apparatus, as well as of all other property appertaining to the Department.
Superinten- dence and control of houses and apparatus.
Sole command of members.
SECTION 3. The Chief of Department, or, in his absence, the Assistant Chief, shall have sole and absolute control and command of all the other members of the Department and of other persons present at fires.1 The officer in command of the company which first arrives at a fire shall be the
Fire-wards, etc., may order build- ings to be pulled down.
1 PUBLIC STATUTES- SECT. 3. The fire-wards, or any three of them, present at a place in immediate danger from a fire, or, where no fire-wards are appointed, the selectmen, or mayor and aldermen, present, or, in their absence, two or more of the civil officers present, or, in their absence, two or more of the chief military officers of the place present, may direct any house or building to be pulled down or demolished. when they judge the same to be necessary in order to prevent the spreading of the fire.
Engineer to have power of fire-wards un- der Sect. 3.
SECT. 4. In cities and towns which, by vote of the City Council, or of the legal voters respectively, have accepted the provisions of this section, or of chapter two hundred and one of the statutes of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the engineer of a Fire Department in command at a fire shall, to the exclusion of all other persons, have the power conferred by the preceding section.
Acceptance.
Stat. 1873, chap. 201. Accepted Feb. 12, 1877.
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officer in command untill the Chief of Department or the Assistant Chief arrives.
SECTION 4. The Chief of Department shall Rolls. keep rolls of the companies, specifying the name, age, occupation, and residence, and the date of the admission and discharge, of each member of the department ; and he shall keep an accurate account of all property belonging to it.
He shall at the close of each three months. and Reports o oftener if required, make to the city council a fires, etc. detailed report of the condition of the Fire Depart- ment, of losses and accidents by fire, with the causes thereof, as well as they can be ascertained. and of the description of the buildings and other property destroyed or injured, the amount of insurance, and the names of the owners.
SECTION 5. The foremen shall preserve order Foremen. and discipline in their respective companies, and shall promptly report in writing the name of any member guilty of misconduct to the Chief of Department, who shall, if he thinks it proper. report thereon to the mayor and aldermen.
The foremen shall cause to be kept by the Rolls. respective clerks rolls of the companies, specifying the time of admission and discharge of each member, together with the age, residence, and occupation of each member, and a record of all the city's property intrusted to their care. Their rolls and record-books shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Chief of Department. and they shall furnish him with copies or abstracts thereof at his request.
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Care of ap- paratus, etc.
SECTION 6. It shall be the duty of the men permanently employed in the Department to keep the apparatus committed to their care, and the several buildings in which the same is deposited, and all things intrusted to their care, clean, and in order for immediate use, and to wash and dry the hose of the entire Department when required so to do : and they shall clear the snow from the sidewalks and driveways connected with the houses under their charge.
Companies not to leave city, except.
SECT. 7. No company shall leave the city in case of a fire in another city or town, except by order of the Chief or Assistant Chief of Depart- ment.
Members not to be trans- SECT. 8. No member shall be transferred from ferred, except. One company to another, except by order of the Chief of Department.
Badge.
SECT. 9. Every member of the Department shall wear at every fire such a badge as the Chief of Department shall prescribe; and no person without such badge shall, except by permission of the officer in command, enter within lines formed at a fire by such officer.
Shavings and other combus- tible material. l'uh. Stats., chap. 104, $$ 1-12.
SECT. 10. The Chief of Department shall ex- amine all places where shavings or other combustible materials are deposited or collected ; and shall see to the removal of the same, whenever, in his opinion, the same are dangerous ; and shall direct the owners, tenants, or occupants of such places to remove the same, which they shall do forthwith; and, in case of refusal or neglect, he shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owners, tenants, or occupants.
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SECTION 11. The Chief of Department shall Inspection of observe all buildings in which steam-engines are Chief buildings by used, and all buildings in process of erection or alteration, and make a record of such of them as in Steam his judgment may be dangerous, and report thereon engines to the mayor and aldermen forthwith. Whenever, in the opinion of the Chief of Department, any camphene Camphene, or other explosive or inflammable fluid or material etc should be removed, he shall forthwith notify and direct the owner, tenant, or occupant of the premises upon which the same are situated, to remove the same, which he shall forthwith do. In case such tenant, owner, or occupant shall refuse or neglect so to do, the Chief of Department shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owner, tenant, or occupant. No person shall obstruct the Chief of Department in carrying out the provisions of this section.
SECT. 12. The Chief of Department shall, Chief to pre- on the last day of each month, prepare a pay-roll of pare pay-roll, all persons regularly employed in the Department, and present it to the committee on the Fire Deparment for their action. On the last day of June and of December in each year, the clerk of each company shall make a roll, bearing the full name, age, occupation, and residence of every member of the company, specifying also the number of times the company has been called out, and the attendance of each member, to which shall be appended the following certificate : -
"We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that, according to the best of our knowledge and belief, the foregoing persons are members of - company, and that said company had consisted of - members during the last six months ; that during that time they have performed all the duties incumbent
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upon them as firemen, have been present at every turnout of the company, or been duly excused ; and that they are entitled to all the privileges and pay of firemen."
Certificate of pay-roll.
The certificate shall be signed by the foreman and clerk, and shall be delivered to the Chief of Department.
The Chief of Department shall examine these rolls, and if they are found correct, shall approve them, and present them, with the pay-rolls of the several companies, to the committee on Fire Department for their action.
Fire-alarm telegraph.
Keys.
SECT. 13. The Chief of Department shall have the care and management of the rooms, apparatus and machinery connected with the fire-alarm telegraph, and shall determine to whom shall be intrusted the keys of the signal-boxes. He shall prepare rules and directions for giving alarms of fire through the telegraph.
Signal-boxes.
SECT. 14. No unauthorized person shall open any of the signal-boxes, except in case of fire, or interfere with the wires or the poles or other supports of the wires.
False alarms.
SECT. 15. The Chief of Department shall see that every person raising a false alarm of fire is prosecuted.
Gambling.
SECT. 16. No gambling shall be allowed in any building occupied by the Fire Department, nor shall spirituous liquors be kept or used there.
Water from hydrants, etc.
SECT. 17. No person shall draw water from the reservoirs or fire-hydrants, except in case of fire, and except as otherwise provided; 1 nor shall any engine, hose, or truck be taken out of the city without permission of the Chief or Assistant Chief.
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No part of the apparatus shall be taken from the city, unless to a fire, without special permission from the mayor and aldermen.
SECT. 18. No occupant of any building or roon in which there is a hatchway or trap-door shall suffer the same to be left open at night.
SECT. 19. Any member of the department Disabled injured or disabled while on actual duty shall receive members. pay for the time lost in consequence, not exceeding three months.
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