National Republican., 1878-11-02
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Its Showing for tho Past Year-The An
nual Rpport.

nuhi REPORT.
The Fire Commissioners have submitted their
annual report os the Fire Department for the year
ended June 90 1873, from which the following syn
| opsis ia taken Total expenditures 81, ,S52.O6,
The estimates for the ensuing year are sli7,iD.
They call attention to the fact that some action
should be taken to pension and provide for hremen
disabled In the service. and state that there are
several men now In the Department unable to per.
form active duty and provision should he made for
them Rt once. They notify the Commissioners that
the seventh annual convention Of fire engineers
VIII be held In this city In september next and as
other cities have made special effort to entertain
them when there In attendance In convention they
recommend hcapprupfntion OF sl,ub for that pur.
cml good conduct OF the officers and men of the
city department. aud their thorough dcCipinc and
efficiency.
CHIEF FNGISEER's REPORT.
From Chicf Engineer CfUnin's annual report IN Q
following data l. taken
Numter ofnarms, Is. Of which Gi were actual
itcs. false alarms. ? tcs, alarms and caused 10y
burning chilnncys estimated losses 5000. IN.
surauCc. siGInN. As compared with the prey lou,
year large reduction in lircs and losses Is shown
The apparatus on hand consists of i engines h s.
carriages. old md new hook and lldler, the in,.
mcr completely out Of repair. aud the remainder
I'm good working order. The houses Of No / and
company need general repairs No. need. a
new house. and he suggc.s that the Old Town Hall
De 50 altered hS 10 suit the PURPOSES. The Depart.
mcnt is amply supplied with hose, having 500
feet 81 cauvA, In god condition lN feet In fair
and 100 feet In bad Of leather there is 6n feet
| -u,,d and 7OQ feet had
| There are twenty eight horses on hand, Of which
number twenty are fit for service To increase the
| water supply he recommends that the old uinc.
inch plugs be altered 10 ten.inCh lie call, Gttun.
Iiun 10 the nvcvs'ily for reusCapes on large build
ing. Throughout the city aud repeats the suggestion
made ina former report
TIREALARM TELEGRAPH
Superintendent II. Il. Miles OF the hte.alarm
teleg hph, reports follows: Expense Of the ser
vice Tor the year sias.7O which l. below the c.tl
mate made There were seventy five alarms trans.
United by Telegraph. viz. In November Is perem'
| Urr. Il, January Il. February i; March, I: April
O. May June, = a decrease Of 81 In the proceed
ing year. There are now = alarm stations, al which
| automatic s!guhl boxes are placed
| The wires for this service are not less thin l2j
| miles III length, oil charged and worked 10y bat
| ECry uf some ~ cells The telegraph Is in good
woiSimg order, but the limo Oi poles On the George,
| town circuit will have ~ be replaced by new one,
ere another year expires The estimate Of eN prn,c,
| int the next year Il $50 He recommends the
| 'rratCn VI lJny additional LCXcs, which will pro
| mote the efficiency Of the department. He point,
Out the mvCessitv for an Increase In the working
| Quo Cau'cd by the increase Of the dimension
| nj the deuatlmcut aud should the additional EN-
| r'pre"- .nC furnished further appropriation o
s.92o VIII be required
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