The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-11-08
Chief Engineers Report.
OFFICE OF CHEF ENGINEER, l. +. d.
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OFFICE OF CHEF ENGINEER, 7 F. d.,
PlacervIIlr, Oct. 3i>t, l>f2.
To TIE lion. Mayor amt Common CoHacH of tie
city 4f WacerriHe:
Grnllemrn-Mv report for the quarter end,
ny Ott. 3lst, is herewith submitted.
FIRES ANp ALARMS.
Aug Sd. ,i2, = o'cluck, 4. NJ False alarm.
Neptune Engine Co. aud Hope Hook and Lad
der Co. ont
Aug. loth, 1852, III O'clock. A. w.
Alarm of hrr, caused by burning soc; N the
stove pipe ni Cary ll"use kitchen. Depart
nrnt all out. M damage.
Ang l'rI, lSf2, III, o'clock. p N.-Alarm
of tire caused by The burning at grass on the
premise, at ogden Sluire>, E>I, on the north
side at llangupwn Creek. Department al uu;.
No damage.
Aug. 18th, 1862, |! o'clnck, r. a.-Fal>e
alarm. Department all on.
Aug. 2glh. ls';2, = o'clnrk. A. Still alarm
OF Fire IN Chinatown. Fire eAuugul>hrd by
the inhabitants uf that lcality, The work OF
AN incendiary. Damage nominal. Depart
ment not out.
sept. LIST, ST.. u'cl,ck, A. M-Flre occur
red III unop CAPPED frame budding ut Lacey y
HnG>elt. lncalrd on Main street. near liz"
M"nntj y House. The work Of AN lncendmry.
Damage numiual. Department all ont. Com
lidrncr Engine Co, M. |. in service
Sept. 29ih, l>62, O'Clock, p. M.-Alarm OF
I've ON Sacramento street, in rear ut Pioneer
Sag" Cas- blacksmith shop. caused bv work
m"n setting w"g tire. Department all out.
REcAPITtLArIoN.
+, ON April 7th IT, Ottnhrr 3lSt. there have
been lwu nrc> and five aidInis, with nothing
more than n"nlnal da~agtS.
NAMES OF COMPANIES AND NUMBER OF MEMBERS.
The Department is now composed of the fol-
lowing named Companies, wi h an aggregate
number Of lih members, the names OF whom
are hereto attached.
Confidence Engine CO., No. !, Alex Hunter,
ESD, Foreman, Is members This Company
own first class Jefitrs and second class Az
new engine, III former If which is now in ser
vIrp--uiSo, II good host-carridge. Their house
is located ON Main street, near Stony Point ana
Is company property. -.--
Neptune Engine Co, No. ,, }. NJ. Grantham,
Esq, Foreman, ~ members. THIS Company
own and use second class Zimmerman Engine,
and IL good ho>e-carriage. Their house l. H..
Gated on Cnuma street, aud Is cunpuny prog.
eriv.
Ioung America Engine Co.. No. ., Daniel
Dunn, Esq, Foreman. 81 members. This
Company own and use II third class Rogers
Engine, with good h"sr-carlIagc, Their
house is lpcatcd On sacramento street, near
the Orleans Hotel, for %bich they pay rent.
Hope Hook aud Ladder, Co. No. /, NJ. X
Shearer, Esq. Foreman, II members. This
Company own and Use good Truck, with all
the necessary, hOnkS, axes, ladders, &c. Their
house is located on Centre street. Oppnsite the
City Black, and is the property of the CITY.
REcAPIrrLNTIoN.
There are now in the Department, four En-
gineS, &c, as follows:
One first class LETTERS Engiu',
One second class Agmew
One second class Hurnrm1n rrEnr
One third class Rogers engine,
One truck, with necessary HNtures,
Three Hose Carriages.
Z" go - h sap9g ,s,6'ctefer. ''"~-
HOSE.
There are now in the Department, ! 800
f.ct NJ l. Double Riv eted Leather Hose, lte'u
feet If which Is old. aud 500 ieet new, which
is distributed Ms follows:
Confidence Ma |, 204t feet new. $50 feet old.
Neptune N".2 2n0 feet new, 4uJ feet old.
Young America M. 3. lV0 It. new, 2jV fl. old.
| would state in this cnnurctI"n, that the
hose ordered from the East in Nav last ar
rived here few weeks since. The same was
thoroughly tested BY the Department, and
proved itself Of excellent quality. All the hose
has row attached 10 it the new patent coup
linys, Of MesSrs Button h Blake, and am
pleased to be able to state that 1t works well
and is highly satisfactory tn the Department.
and would respectfully suggest 10 your hon
Orable body the Importance of ordering, al IN
early dav an aditiunal 5uO feet Of new hose, ni
the same kind as we have just received. as the
old hose now on hand cannot be implicitly re-
lied upon in case of heavy service.
CIsTERHs AND THEIR VARIOUS CAPACITIES.