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Hydrants.
The recommendations for additional hydrants of 1891 are herewith renewed :
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Shaw, between Lander and Winthrop streets.
Clyde and Walnut streets.
Walnut, between Edinboro and Lowell streets.
Washington, between Perkins and Prospect streets. Watertown and Bridge streets.
Highland and Valentine streets.
Watertown and West streets.
Hillside ave., between Chestnut and Mt. Vernon streets.
Watertown, between Adams and Nevada streets.
Centre street, opposite national bank.
Washington and Eddy streets.
Church, between Centre and Eldridge streets.
Eddy, between Washington and Watertown streets.
Centre, between Ward street and Clinton place.
Margin and Chestnut streets.
Centre and Rice streets.
Lexington and Orris streets.
Centre, between Pelham and Beacon streets.
Auburn street and Woodland avenue.
Centre and Cypress streets.
Auburn, between Melrose and Woodbine streets. Willow and Lyman streets.
Maple street and Berkeley place.
Elliot between Oak and Chestnut streets.
Hillside avenue and Alpine street.
Prospect, between Washington and Temple streets.
Trowbridge and Centre streets.
Beacon and Sumner streets.
Additional hydrants, and if necessary a larger main, should be provided for Crafts street in the Planing Mills and lumber district. Two hydrants widely separated, and the third so located as to prevent quick work, are entirely inadequate for the reasonable protection of these risks.
The completion of the "high service" has improved the situation on the high levels somewhat, but not to that
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extent that will warrant the dispensing with any of our steam fire-engines. The additional pressure afforded through this system for effective fire streams is quickly reduced to the minimum when two or more hydrants are required.
Owing to the introduction of sewage in Wards 1, 2 and 7, a new experience has been opened up to both the Fire and Water Departments. Frequent, but unavoidable mis- haps to water mains, necessitating the shutting off of large districts for repairs, clearly shows that until the completion of this important work, engines and long lines of hose must be the main dependence in such emergencies.
Recommendations.
I would recommend that immediate provision be made for the change of Headquarters from City Hall to No. 2 Station for the following reasons :
That the interests of the property owners require a prompt attendance of the chief officers of the department in case of fire which under the existing order cannot be given, immediate change should be made at the above station, to provide suitable office rooms and for the proper care of the Chief's team. More room is also a necessity for the proper re-arranging of the apparatus.
No more opportune time exists for these proposed changes than the present, and the need is urgent. Your attention is earnestly called to this matter.
Acknowledgements.
My acknowledgements are respectfully tendered the Mayor, Hon. Hermon E. Hibbard, and to Alderman Frederic M. Crehore, Chairman, Alderman Luke, and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Fire Department, for their earnest support, and courteous treatment of requirements of the service.
To the Assistant Chief, Walter B. Randlett, and the
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employes, officers and members, my sincere thanks are ex- pressed for the harmony and strict attention to duty, which has characterized their services ; and to the Heads of De- partments and their assistants for the courtesies of the year.
Appropriations and Expenditures.
Appropriation $40,612 00
Expenditures 41,472 00
Itemized as follows :
Salaries, permanent and call force . 22,837 86
Fire alarm and telephone maintenance, in- cluding four signal stations and erecting same . 1,610 08
Hay and grain
3,088 80
Coal and wood
1,053 71
Purchase and exchange horses
650 00
Extra horse hire (winter service, etc.,) 616 00
Shoeing 471 33
Repairs apparatus .
494 74
Vacations and 4th of July
511 61
Medical attendance and medicine for horses 206 64
Incidentals
1,114 62
Ninety-five hundred dollars ($9,500) of the above appropriation was specially ordered by the City Council for the purchase of new apparatus and equipments, including the maintenance of the same for the six months ending December 31, 1891, as follows :
One 3d size Babcock aerial truek.
One No. 4 Champion chemical engine.
Two pair horses, harneses, etc.
Salaries, three permanent and ten call men.
The total expenditure from the above item amounting to $8,816.61.
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Electrical Department.
This department embraces the Fire and Police Tele- graph, also all private lines used by the several city bureaus.
An aggregate of 175 miles of overhead wire requires the constant supervision of Assistant Chief Walter B. Randlett, and his assistant George G. Perkins. The duty is both arduous and exacting, but the exceptional service rendered upon all the lines is especially creditable to their faithfulness. I would recommend additional signal stations as follows :
Pearl street school building (private).
Waverley avenue and Durant street. Centre and Ward streets.
Crystal street and Norwood avenue. Lincoln and Bowdoin streets.
Hartford and Erie streets. Lincoln street and Meredith avenue. Elliot and Chestnut streets. Central street and Woodland avenue. River and Elm streets. Highland and Chestnut streets. Prince and Berkeley streets.
For details pertaining to this department together with the recommendations accompanying the same, you are respectfully referred to the report of the operator in charge, herewith annexed.
REPORT OF THE FIRE AND POLICE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT.
FIRE ALARM HEADQUARTERS, NEWTON CENTRE, Dec. 31, 1891.
Henry L. Bixby, Chief of Fire Department :
SIR :- I herewith submit a brief report upon the con- dition and working of the fire alarm for the year ending this date. The force of the department remains the same as last year, namely, one operator and one lineman.
There is at present under my charge the following apparatus, all of which is in good condition.
One four circuit repeater with suitable switches and galvanometers for testing, ninety signal stations, nine tower strikers, seventeen mechanical gongs, eight electric trips, twenty-five tap bells, fourteen relays, twenty-two protectors, three hundred cells gravity battery, one hundred cells open circuit battery, and one hundred and forty-five miles wire.
The system has worked very satisfactory during the year, fifty-four bell alarms having been sent in correctly, with one exception, and this was received on part of its circuit, so that all necessary apparatus was called. The cause of its failing to go through the repeater was grounded lines during storm. A large amount of work has been done on the lines in the way of repairs and extension. Box seven (7) loop has been extended to Jackson street, and thirty-two (32) to Lexington street. New drop loops have been run
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to thirty-five stations, and all copper and wire connections soldered, the balance will be re-wired as soon as possible. Several switches have been placed at convenient points on No. 3 circuit, and by their use trouble can be located much more quickly. All long loops on other circuits will be supplied next year. The following is a summary of labor performed :
Boxes moved 6.
Wire taken down two miles.
New poles set 111. Poles moved 25. Poles taken down 25.
New iron wire strung No. 9, three and a half miles.
66 66 No. 10, four and a half miles.
66 66 66 No. 12, two and a half miles.
" cov. iron wire strung No. 10, one mile.
" copper wire strung No. 12, one half mile.
About 1,000 feet Clark covered No. 14.
All stations painted and varnished.
NEW INSTRUMENTS ADDED.
One fifteen inch gong. One tap bell.
Four magnetors.
Four electric trips.
Three protectors.
One full set telephone instruments.
By order of City Council, four signal boxes were purchased, and three have been placed in circuit as follows :
341. Cherry and Derby streets.
321. River and Lexington streets.
721. Station and Jackson streets.
The fourth, 227, which is to be located corner of Otis and Murray streets, will be placed in circuit as soon as location of poles is settled.
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TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT.
Telephone Department.
The services in this department has been improved during the year by building a line from No. 3 to No. 1 Stations, and from No. 2 to No. 5, and cutting out Beacon, Walnut, and Washington streets, in order to make a belt- metallic circuit. This we find has reduced the induction somewhat, makes a clearer line so that the service is very much improved during the day, and some better nights. The line now makes a complete circuit of the city, taking in twelve instruments and twelve extension bells.
Police Signal.
The system cared for by this department consists of forty miles of wire, one hundred cells gravity battery, fifty cells open circuit, and twenty street stations connected at Headquarters with four relays, one four circuit register and time stamp, four call back instruments, one eight inch gong and indicator, one stable transmitter, one six inch gong, and one trip; also private telephone line eight miles wire with eight stations. A considerable amount of work has been done in this department other than the general care. The changes made at Headquarters and building stable required a complete re-wiring of the system. For the details of its working, I would respectfully refer to the City Marshal's report.
I would recommend the following changes :
That suitable protectors with fuses be placed at Police Central Office for the better protection of the instruments against high currents.
That fire alarm circuit No. 1 be rebuilt from railroad crossing on Centre to Clarke street, and changed from Clarke to Centre street through to Walnut.
That new poles be set on twenty-eight (28) and thirty- four (34) loops. I would call your attention to the necessity 2
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of increasing the number of circuits from four to eight. This would require an entire change in the office instruments with the possible enlargement of the battery room. I would also suggest that a full set of instruments for electrical measure- ments be purchased for this office.
Respectfully submitted,
W. B. RANDLETT, Operator in Charge.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT VETERINARIAN.
Henry L. Bixby, Chief of Department:
SIR .- In making my annual report of the condition of the animals of the department, I have nothing of very special moment to report.
The general health throughout the year has been good and only one horse has been seriously sick, namely, one of the pair on Chemical B., that died from rupture of the stomach. The near horse on No. 3 Engine formerly on No. 1 Engine was taken lame in March, and after treatment for several weeks was put into service again and has done his work since without any return of the trouble and bids fair to last for years.
I would call your attention to the horses attached to No. 2 Truck, and would suggest that better service would be obtained from horses more adapted to the service, and those sound in wind and body. The near horse of the pair is a whistler, and but a short run or even a short sharp trot is necessary to pump him out, and then the balance of his work can be but poorly done. The off horse is not, in my opinion, adapted for the service being too much upon the giraffe order and also being easily and unreasonably excited at common objects. Neither of these horses are good feeders, and although I have endeavored to get them to eat more and better, my efforts have not been very successful; even the influence of the "Newmarket " powders was not sufficient.
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I would in view of this statement of facts suggest to you and the Fire Department Committee whether it might not be for the interest of the department to exchange these horses.
I would also suggest that it has sometimes seemed to me that an extra horse in the department would in many respects be advisable. In cases of sickness, of accident, of lameness, there is of course a vacancy which must be filled and that at once too, as you very well know there is often trouble in getting a horse, and when got is oftentimes about as well fitted for the place as one of the regular horses would be for the track. An extra horse would be immediately available, would have been in service, would know what was expected from him, and could do it, and when not in service on the apparatus could be used by the Assistant Chief upon line work and thus relieving his horse from some of his duties.
If there was such a horse belonging to the department there are many times when one of the regular horses could be laid off for a few days when necessary, or in cases where not actually prevented from doing service he has been kept on, and thus better results would be obtained from the treatment. Such a horse would have to be a good one, but I do not think as a matter of finance the city would be the loser.
I have made the usual visits during the year, and in addition fifty-three extra visits, namely :
Corns .
1
Galled shoulder
1
Shoeing
6
Shoe boil
1
Lameness
11
Colic .
1
Indigestion or poor feeding
11
Broken knee
1
·
.
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VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.
I desire to acknowledge the assistance and co-operation which I have received during the year from the various members of the department as well as from yourself and the Assistant Chief.
Yours respectfully, MADISON BUNKER, Department Veterinarian.
STATEMENT OF DETAILS OF FIRES AND ALARMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1891.
Jan. 4. Station 5. 8.30 P. M. Hamilton street. Two- story frame dwelling, 15x30, owned by W. B. Atherton, un- occupied. Loss $150. Insured. Cause, incendiary.
Jan. 9. Station 13. 1 A. M. Lombard street. One- story frame, storage, 12x12, owned by E. S. Converse. Loss $50. Cause, ignition from hot ashes.
Feb. 23. Station 24. 8.30 P. M. Watertown and Adams streets. Two-story frame tenement, 20x40, owned by John Barry, occupied by Chris. Bradley. Loss $10. Cause, hot ashes in wooden box.
Feb. 28. Station 4. 3 A. M. Woodland avenue and Central street. Three-story frame dwelling, 40x60, owned and occupied by N. W. Farley. Loss $260. Insured. Cause, hot ashes in wooden box.
March. 9. Special 22. 8.27 P. M. Brighton District, Boston. Samuel Hano Mfg. Co.
March 15. Station 14. 1.17 P. M. 140 Jewett street. Two-story frame dwelling, 40x40, owned by C. S. Dear- born. Loss $10. Insured. Cause, defective gas jet.
March 16. Verbal. 3.20 P. M. Beacon and Hammond streets. Woodland.
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March 17. Verbal. 4 P. M. Central street. Grass. Cause, locomotive sparks.
March 18. Telephone. 10.30 A. M. Boylston and Elliot streets. Grass. Cause, locomotive sparks.
March 18. Telephone. 5.13 P. M. Prince street. Geo. W. Howlett. Dwelling.
March 18. Station 334. 5.18 P. M. Prince street. Three-story frame dwelling, 40x50, owned by Geo. W. Howlett, unoccupied. Loss $1,085. Insured. Cause, care- less smoker.
March 24. Station 76. 6.54 P. M. 56 Crescent avenue. Three-story frame dwelling, 30x40, owned by D. F. Young, occupied by J. Edward Harlow. Loss $157. Insured. Cause, ignition curtains from gas jet.
March 25. Station 61. 2.15 A. M. Chestnut and Summer streets. Two-story frame store and tenement, 18x36, owner Win. Lowe, occupant Win. Chambers. Loss $142.50. Insured. Cause, explosion kerosene stove.
March 25. Station 541. 9.35 A. M. Washington and Beacon streets. One-story frame Hospital Morgue. No loss. Cause, ignition escaping gas.
March 26. Station 312. 5.14 A. M. Davis Court. Two-story frame dwelling, 15x28, owned by Mrs. Seth Davis, occupied by John Cavanagh. Loss $208.75. Insured. Cause, sparks from open flue.
March 28. Station 641. 3.12 P. M. Lake avenue and Hyde street. Grass. Cause, locomotive sparks.
March 30. Station 47. 9.57 A. M. Woodland avenue and Washington street. Grass. Cause, set by children.
March 31. Verbal. 12 M. and 1.15 P. M. Clinton Place and Marshal street. Grass. Caused by children.
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DETAILS OF FIRES.
April 1. Station 81. 2.30 P. M. Ward and Sumner streets. Grass. Caused by sparks from bonfire.
April 2. Station 231. 8.35 P. M. 29 Norwood avenue. Two and a half story frame dwelling, 30x40, owned and occupied by Patrick Linnehan and Mrs. Cody. Loss $426.50. Insured. Cause, careless smoker.
April 6. Station 231. 2.01 P. M. Washington Park. Grass. Cause, careless burning over of lawns.
April 9. Station 9. 1.25 P. M. Dedham and Brook- line streets. Woodland. Cause, bonfire.
April 9. Station 53. 1.25 P. M. Pine Grove avenue. Woodland. Cause, locomotive sparks.
April 11. Station 712. 2.10 P. M. Morton street. Two and a half story frame dwelling, 30x40, owned and occupied by G. H. Morse. Loss $222. Insured. Cause, ignition of woodwork from lamp.
April 11. Station 224 "P." 5.05 P. M. Chapel street. Nonantum Worsted Mills. Cause, a test alarm given by Mayor Hermon E. Hibbard. The entire department answers to this Station on First.
April 13. Station 62. 10.53 A. M. Walnut and Hyde streets. Bonfire. Cause of alarm, fire getting beyond con- trol.
April 18. Telephone. 12.57 P. M. Prince and Sewall streets. Rubbish. Cause, set by children. No damage.
April 20. Station 91. 12.08 P. M, Station and Jack- son streets. Woods. Cause, set by children. No loss.
April 24. Station 74. 2.02 P. M. Crystal street and Lake avenue. Brush fire. Cause, set by children. No loss. April 29. Station 35. 10.30 A. M. Washington street and Simms Court. Two-story frame dwelling, 25x30,
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owned and occupied by Chas. Simms. Loss $195. Insured. Cause, sparks in wood box.
April 29. Station 71. 11.54 A. M. Cemetery avenue. Two-story frame dwelling, 15x30, owned and occupied by Daniel Coleman. No loss. Cause, chimney fire.
April 29. Station 4. 2.03 P. M. Staniford street. Two-story frame dwelling, 25x30, owned and occupied by Otto Sours and Mary Kelley. Loss $123.25. Insured. Cause, sparks in wood box.
April 30. Station 46. Grove and Central streets. Three-story frame dwelling, 40x50, owned and occupied by E. F. Miller. Loss $151.50. Insured. Cause, ignition of gas leak.
May 1. Verbal. 11.10 A. M. Tremont street and Waverley avenue. Rubbish on dump grounds.
May 4. Station 421. 3.20 P. M. Central street. Grass. Cause, locomotive sparks.
May 4. Station 47. 4 P. M. Woodland avenue. Woods. Cause, set by children.
May 4. Station 73. 5.17 P. M. Station and Beacon streets. Two-story frame stable, stores, etc. £ No loss. Cause, sparks from painter's lamp.
May 4. Telephone. 11.09 P. M. Wellesley Hills. Wood yard. Boston and Albany R. R. Call unnecessary.
May 8. Station 7. 11.24 A. M. Glen avenue. Two- story frame, shops, stable, and storage-shed, 30x100. Loss $25. Insured. Cause, locomotive sparks.
May 9. Telephone. 2 P. M. Beacon street and Glen avenue. Grass. Cause, locomotive sparks. No loss.
May 10. Station 65. 3.12 P. M. Winchester street. Woods. Cause, set by children. No loss.
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DETAILS OF FIRES.
May 12. Station 53. 9.39 A. M. Pine Grove avenue. Woods. Cause, locomotive sparks. No loss.
May 13. Station 73. 2.52 p. M. Station and Beacon streets. Two-story frame stable, 24x28, occupied by James M. Woodbridge. Loss $75. Insured. Cause, sparks from bonfire.
May 14. Station 34. 3 P. M. Waltham and Derby streets. Woods. Cause, careless smoker.
May 24. Station 73. 10.08 P. M. Station and Beacon streets. Three-story brick stores and tenements, owned by Daniel A. White. No damage. Cause, careless use matches.
May 26. Telephone. 9.13 A. M. Pine Grove avenue. Plank walk at Boston and Albany R. R. Station. Loss $25. Cause, locomotive sparks.
May 30. Station 241. 9.36 P. M. West street. Two- story frame dwelling, 28x30, owned and occupied by Mrs. Wm. Fall. Cause, broken lamp.
June 14. Telephone. 4.45 P. M. Station 112. 4.46 P. M. Washington and Grassmere streets. Three-story frame dwelling, 30x40, owned and occupied by George H. Hastings. Loss $85. Insured. Ignition window draperies from gas jet.
June 17. Station 16. 9.46 A. M. Oakland street. Lumber. Damage slight. Cause, children playing with matches.
June 22. Station 31. 12.15 P. M. 1235 Washington street. Two-story frame dwelling, 28x30, owned by Mrs. Seth Davis, occupied by Patrick McCarty. Loss $20. Insured. Cause, children playing with matches.
June 22. Verbal. 2.32 P. M. Chestnut and Fuller streets. School of Children's Aid Society.
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June 25. Station 17. 9.04 A. M. Gardner street. Two-story frame dwelling, 28x30, owned by Mrs. Mary Murray, occupied by Patrick Fay. Loss $50. Cause, chil- dren playing with matches.
June 27. Station 52. 2.40 P. M. Chestnut and Fuller streets. Three-story frame Reformatory, 40x60, owned by Children's Aid Society. Loss $2,714. Insured. Cause, defective chimney.
July 3. Special 2-2. . Brighton District, Boston. Lumber Docks. Granville Fuller and Sons.
July 4. Station 74. 12.57 A. M. Lake avenue. Two- story frame dwelling, 30x40, owned by D. S. Farnham, un- occupied. Loss $2,000. Insured. Cause, incendiary.
July 19. Telephone. 7.35 P. M. Chestnut street, and Boston and Albany R. R. Bridge. Bonfire. Call unneces- sary.
Station 52. 7.38 P. M. For above fire.
Aug. 3. Telephone. 9.30 A. M. Prince street. Three- story frame dwelling, 40x40. No loss. Cause, smoke from chimney.
Aug. 20. Station 52. 3.53 P. M. Beacon street and Boston and Albany R. R. Two-story frame stable, 28x30, one-story frame shed, 15x18, owned by E. L. Collins, oc- cupied by Chas. Hale. Loss $2,900. Insured. Cause, care- less smoker.
Aug. 21. Telephone. 10.30 A. M. Ruins above fire.
Aug. 31. Verbal. 5 P. M. Beacon street and Lake avenue. Two and a half story frame dwelling, 30x50, owned and occupied by Andrew F. Leatherbee. Loss $75.90. Insured. Cause, defective flue. Extinguished by Assistant Chief Randlett.
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DETAILS OF FIRES.
Sept. 4. Verbal. 10 A. M. Park and Vernon streets. Cause, broken gas main ignited.
Sept. 4. Special 2-2. 9.40 A. M. Watertown. Shade Roller Works.
Oct. 6. Telephone. 7.30 P. M. Somerville. Request for detail apparatus and men at fire at J. P. Squire & Sons. Details from Companies 1, 2, 4, 5, Trucks 1 and 2, in charge of Capt. Waterhouse with No. 2 Engine.
Oct. 11. Station 24. 1.40 P. M. 17 Chandler street. One-story frame storage shed, junk. Loss $327. Insured. Cause, careless smoker.
Oct. 20. Station 24. 1.45 A. M. 16 Chandler street. One-story frame store, grocery, 20x25, owned and occupied by Chas. McGonigle. Loss $175. Insured. Cause, incen- diary.
Oct. 25. Telephone. 4.34 P. M. 391 Walnut street. Three-story frame dwelling, 40x40, owned and occupied by F. S. Rollins. No loss. Cause, defect in furnace.
Oct. 31. Station 23. 2.50 P. M. 876 Washington street. Two-story frame store and tenements, 30x50, owned and occupied by E. W. Hodgson. Loss $60. Insured. Cause, locomotive sparks,
Oct. 31. Verbal. 5 P. M. Washington and Nonantum streets. One-story frame oil shed. Sewer Department. Cause, explosion of lamp.
Nov. 3. Station 8. 2.17 A. M. Brookline. Stable. Cause alarm, supposed to be in city.
Nov. 7. Telephone. 6.35 P. M. Cherry street. One- story frame shop, 12x18, owned by J. H. Nickerson, occupied by Winslow Fiske. Loss $15. Cause, ignition curtain from gas jet.
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Nov. 18. Station 35. 9.33 P. M. Prospect and Curve streets. Two-story frame dwelling, 20x30, owned by Napoleon J. Holmes, occupied by Jas. A. Wilson. Loss $492.50. Insured. Cause, unknown, supposed incendiary.
Nov. 30. Telephone. 4.15 P. M. Central street. Two and a half story stone dwelling, 28x40, owned by Henry Mather, occupied by W. A. Lockett. No loss. Cause, hot ashes in wooden ash barrel.
Dec. 5. Station 73. 1.53 p. M. Station and Beacon streets. Two and a half story frame stores and tenements, owned by Horace Cozzens, occupant Mrs. Campbell. Loss $50. Insured. Cause, children playing with matches.
Dec. 6. Telephone. 7.15 P. M. Beacon street and Agawan Road. Woodland. Cause unknown.
Dec. 11. Station 171. 6.09 P. M. Fayette street. One-story and half frame stable, 24x50, owned by Harriet Crocker, occupied by Horace G. Crocker and W. J. Woden. Loss $966.75. Insured. Cause, incendiary.
Dec. 14. Telephone. 2.30 P. M. Charles street. Grass. No damage. Cause, set by children. Dec. 14. Verbal. 2.50 P. M. Washington and Greenough streets. Woods. No loss. Cause, set by children.
Dec. 14. Station 13. 3.14 P. M. Sargent street and Park avenue. Grassland. No loss. Cause, bonfire getting beyond control.
Dec. 27. Station 23. 2.03 P. M. Highland avenue. Two and a half story frame dwelling, 30x60, owned by Peter Tancred. Loss $75. Insured. Cause, children playing with matches.
APPENDIX.
SALARY LIST.
Officers.
Chief of Department, per year . . $1,700 00
Assistant Chief of department, per year
. 1,500 00
Employes.
Engineer of engines, per year . $1,000 00
Drivers (2 horses), per year 800 00
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