, 1873-04-27
NUMBER 25l.
OUR FIRE Department.
Report Of marshal Williams fo-
the Year Ending March
81, 1878.

The Department in Excellent Condition
and Everything Working
T. Satisfactorily.
Our Flre-Alarm System the Mos
Complete in the Country.
ne e1ee Marshala report for the year ending Mich
ii, 1873 WIS submitted to thu Bo.ri NJ 1olica ..n~
oaS. de sa5a the effective force Of the Department
"o40'o VI zo1 men, including the officers Fire X:r-
'7' ano members OF the Fro Alarm Telegraph corps
aAo *pparatus Is divided {ollowa: TWENTY stem,
n1e engines, with hosoc carts threa B,bcoctaef.rt.
tns nro engines; four hook and ladder trucks :
t"o lose elevators three supply hosecars four fral
"'gons; one supply truck; Azc-a1arn, 1rachinerg
complete, aud two repair wagons. The salse Of tht
II se including real estate, buildngs etc.
d,r;nn s5raed t at $So The total number of hrcs
yeaE 1oss, s68ooe9 Ths machinsry had been draa.n 1
.12s5 miles aud worked !, 80 $3.50 hours All tbs
50 srea the yesr corr q rfPas had had
have the been IN Rood con-. ane
auch delay occasoned in reachin1 nres on ~
count OF distractions building materials &C. in the
1trees, and many accidents had occurred BY Ills neg
n8ence OF the proporty-ownerB. The Marshal caia
upon tho Board Of Police to take immediate sepe to
remedy this eTil. Three fro engines, three Bal
cot Of 81, 72a76. They were iocxtod At eeairahl
eeo1ss s5sssP0n FL bad rot been called
speoex No. had done good service. The two hose
na 10 ha1 mot been uss but
alluding 70 the inspection Of the department.
F Py the Mayor, Board Of Police, and 1oard 'tf Il
star inspection 10 made every yeaz Believing tnas
the force wu be benefited by it, one hundred md two
herr 5rx
better stock. All the animals vera Affected 6q tb9 ba
ep,;zo1t1c; only four dod from It's eects yet tha
aha1 thinks they will not recover. Only the best
horses ahould b purchased for the Department. There
hose. and ooo more was needed for he cooiua
year. Although the Fire Insurance Patrol did nof
ho o 3 oad 1st to s duty qts. to ~
ance they had rendered, having by energy and
Rrompnsss ss.sd 1.rge amount of property tonr
ct hrsa. The supply Of water had been much better
than heretofore and there Htte c.uao for cornf
operations. The supply would Be- increased when t6s
1G-tnch main On Adams street 1s couuecte1 with tha
ssi9sh main On 1.sAlle street Ths e va tnforned
Gf wster would be equal to III demands. Is urged
that tower be erected In the business por<
to strike alarms Of fire and the hours Of the day and
uight Che buildings erected during the year f3r en-
crebs a. ha md
for repairing tho buildings in 1se is necessarily ill.,
easeo on ACCOUNT OF tha limited appropriations MADE
!ast year. No accidents Of a serious naturo
had occurred to the members Of the department.
nn0ugn tasy s.d peEfo1med their duty re and taken
mor and now in had greatly improved the morale
and discipline Of the men. With few exceptions
Marshal believes that tho citizens hive reason to feel
proud OF ne organization: aud confident Of its eAi-
aaa psse 5aEaot h
points IN relaaon to the fire ordinance, tie Marshal
t1f 4s4 thf F1s Warden. had p1sEed
is large that violations of the rs ordinance haya
Re asfs fot 19 f w thoroughly
that all be instructed to report dangerous Wiz
and buildings claed to be unsafe to the office before
personal inspection. lie also recommends th.t an
ordnance be passed compelling the cleaning Of Chin
to the zoo as es
than hftyone a1arms had been given during tie yer
to the ns and aa to Il. 59@n II s1sst
oartment, by being unnecessarily called out Sparks
rom locomotives had caused fires which destroyed
'orattona would dcsise SONS means to confne The
eart: T.. In tho 9mote,staeks, render them
bs The p.ssed Ms 1eo1ss ths: an
teeP thsir pTensss adder long sna st1ons ae1
enabled to protect their property from dying sparks
i'd cnders. After recommending tho purchase Of
uidings given in the estimates, which have alresdy
cen published in THE TRIBUNE, the Marshal shows
appliances
.pply hose caEta, hook and ladder tzncEs, and
YER steamer; PHILADELPHIA. has 2o steamers a.: j
ucks; Cincinnati, 20 steamers and 1 trucks st,
ouis, Il steamers and trucks Chicago 20 ntcaR:-
= tru;1s 11 supply eart. and chemical engines.
wood Previous to the grea. nro oS 1871, tbs nun,
II OF buildings within the city limits catimnted to
Ss,Ss sSa i9ssdeS 1as M thu, ~
uldings had increased since then, yet many manu-
mills and 1amber-yards aro being contin-
eds increased protection. Owing to The southwest
y winds prevalent IN TIE spring, he had asked for
city, not only to protect the great Lumbar md max
acturng interests there, but to guard against repe-
hon Of another 0ctober9.
During r April there wore 50 fires and faso alarms;
q nsarsnse Inss s1s rs *7?l 49, My % fires and
slss ies, ;'is ss t. ST.
gust q 51s arss md f.lse ,arms los.
rms loss, $11 $50 insurance, sl31, $50. October,
aFes re- and 6fase sla1ns loss, $19* 1856 insurance,
y 5ss a9a 1ss y
uazy, 81 ares and 3 false alarms !; lo.s, s13s, ,465
ms los: nsa1s1:e, s,5s;o. @ M March us s
4os II aa5m 1ea aaS es*
!; insurance, 81 763,2 ,275. .
:sEsls.sns's %? children PLAYING with Matches
nd boilers, ID incendlarsm md supposed incen- n
Ism, % damp explosion, 81 powpcz explosion,
pontaneous combustion, S; sparks from chimney,
sparks from locomotive, 5; sparks from nre en-
; l; oyerheattng stoves and furnaces, &C., 40;
thing, 2; unknown, 68.
10 F1ro WsEdena issued 5,965 notices, and dlscov-
6,070 violations Of tho hfe ordinance.
71HE-ALARA TELEGRAPH.
10 Superintendent Of tho F1re-A1arm TELEGRAPH
r. ;a mat he h1s reason to b aatisaod With the
dng Of tho lines during the year, although tle
owed machinery in use until recently was not al
could be desired. With the ncr apparatus an 1n-
sed sense Of security ts felt and, unless line
bed, there Was Attlo chance Of awrong number
received On the Departments gongs or bells.
neW repeater" for sounding alarms il tho mort
plete instrument Of the kind eyex manufactured
"zegtster" for receiving and recording box hg-
H. next to tho one in use in New York, the largest
80 in any drea1azn telegraph Office tn the eoun-
having capacity OF stxteen lines, and ia
cl Of beauty and exactueso Thirty boxes had been
d during the year, but there were yet number
c=t1ons Vhere theJ arc needed All the boxes
vii hod at e1r1v and ha nj.