The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-01-01

tnan Richmond 1apNaih W. ~. Ai'Sho -
chief engineer. There are four steamers, M
follows: A, Il. G. and D. commanded re-
spcclircly by NJ. I. Phillips, >. IL. Hcrndon,
u. A. Pnrks, and J. J. King. Company N Is
the liook-and-Laddcr truck, Washington
Hall. BROAD street, G. r. Minor commander
and Company is the Church Hill Truck
and-liose Company, in command oil u. w.
Taylor. There are scventy.two men, includ-
ing the iorcmcp. tire-police, Sc. There are
four helpers for stationary men; for the en-
einrs, four engineers, five ostlers, one tillcr-
man. aud fourteen horses; five thousand feet
of rubber hose and six hundred feet Of
leather hose in use. Since tho 1st Of JAN
uary. 1873. tvo thousand FIVE hundred
feet of rubber and leather hose haze been
purchased for the city. There are twenty
tiyc .irc.aIarm boxes, located a. follows:
No. . nj the First uoicc-sIation.
No. } at the SauSnd policc.>to!lon.
No. nj the Third policc-staiion.
No. : at the cnginc-hou>c, Third stteeI
near Broad.
No.Gatthc Hook-and-Iaddcrh honSc. hrcau
street between Tenth and Eleventh.
NJ. nj the cugine-housc, Eightccn'!
stree! near franklin.
so. l. ut Rockets.
No. Sacthe corner Of Twelfth ,nI Main
streets.
No. IS at The corncr Of Tenth and BYRD
streets.
No. l5 nj the corner OF First and Car,
streets.
No. &c .: Tie corner Of inc and Alair
streets.
No.l- a. The corncI of Third a&c DIVA
Str"cl..
~. u 1t the corner Of Iwcn:y-t;its' and
RroaG >tIri'i>.
No. % at tnr ynrncr ci T.yep'ee%ih and
MM-'Htn ~nnc.,,
~v";' " 81
y a-niu. 80 "ri>.
~. 25at ac corner of Seventh au' Cana
! rut,.
No.-G., IA, corner ol FiIln aid Main
| stress.
No. Il =. .Ac corner Of Fourteenth and
Main streets.
No. - at the corner Of Twcnty.sccond and
Nam streets.
No. 81 at the corner of Thirteenth and
Cary streets.
No. 81 at the AlmshouSc.
No. &c at the Tredcgar lron-WorkS.
No. II, on Tenth street between Main and
Cary.
-No. fA at lHc CoTUtI vi bioau sNSSt ehe
Jail alley.
No. 43 at the corner Of Pine and Spring
streets.
EXpLASArIoN.-If the alarm is turned in
at Box No. !. the bells will strike Seren in
quick succession il at Box No. II, tue bells
| will strike one, and after pause OF few
seconds strike scren if at Box 20, the bells
will strike t,co, and after a pause ttre ;
=, hnll, xr,Sn St~Il Yhy-D and
after pause sic if at Box Al, the bells will
strike four, and after pause one.
During the past year the Department has
been called out forty-one times for fires and
alarms. One was false alarm; three were
for inspection and review: one was for a
fire, the loss Of which was $1,000; one OF
81 900; one of $4,000; one of $4,000; two
of 81 600; thirty were for burning chin
news and insignificant fires, and one for the
bnrial of very worthy member OF the De-
partmcnt. The total loss of property during
the year amounts to so, l15, which is unpre-
cedentcdly small. The greater portion OF this
loss was covered by Insurance. Inere were
no fires which created any excitement or
alarm; and our excellent firemen have cause
to congratulate themselves upon the faithful
and uutirng mauner i'll which they have dis
charged their duties.
The Board OF Control Of the Department
mceis once each month in The truch-house on
Broad street. Their duties are to audit
bills. make changes in the Department, dis
charging and appointing men. The Board
also meets four times year for tie pafpo>e
OF assessing fines, dc. There are some things
yet wanting to make this department OF the
city government perfect-among which. sew
eral fire-boxes are needed, as we'll as 3 large
alalm.b bell in the heart of the city.
Fires during the Year.
Fires occurred during theyear us follows:
January, ); February, l; March, April,
); May, L; June, 6; JIly,2; August, 3; Sep
tember, 3; October. >; November, 4; De-
cember, 9. Total, Al.