Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-18

Pins, 800. 800
Kerite wire. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Is 90
Office Wire. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10 90
Tools Observation-Disclosures. so 90
Labor. Observation-Disclosures. 500 90
One six circuit notwithstanding re-
peater, giving the two circuits
now in use in exchange. .... 1900 90
One Bradley galvinomiter and
Rheostad for measuring lines, in
struments, testing insulation, etc. 125 90
One spring gong for Chief En-
glneer. ................ 1UO w
will have to take out all the old boxes
and clean, oil, solder connections, and rein
sulate them, all of which I can do in the Office
with the necessary tools. l find many of the
streets which would like to put wire on,
taken up on both sides by the Telegraph
companies, thereby compelling me to go
two or three blocks out of the way in Or
der to find a street Hhereon I can set
poles.
While do not know what rights the city
has reserved for its use in granting franch-
Use to the Telegraph, Telephone, Electric
Light, and other companies, would rec
ommend that all companies having poles
in the city of st. Paul be required to leave
the tops of said poles for the use of the
city for Fire Alarm purposes, thereby saw
ing the city hundreds of dollars in the way
of poles, etc. This believe to be entirely
practicable.
Respectfully,
j. r. JENKINS,
Supt. Fire Alarm Tel.
st. Paul, April %, 1888.
To the Common Council of the City of st.
Paul.
The Board of Fire Commissioners have
had under consideration and investigation
the present condition and Immediate re-
quirements of theiFire Departmental as
the rapid growth aud necessity of the city
requires.
By order of the Board 1 herewith trans
nit to the Council the report of Charles N.
Parker, our Committee on Machinery and
Tools, said report receiving the unanimous
approval of this Board as expressing our
individual and official opinion, and the
Board of Fire Commissioners do respect
fully request that your honorable body will
take such action in the premises as will
enable this Board to carry the recommen-
dations contained in the report of Commits
sioner Parker into effect as soon as prac-
ticable, believing that the business and
property interests of the city requires it to
be done.
Respectfully submitted,
F. R. DELANo,
President of Board Fire Comm'rs.
May Is, 1883.
The following is the report of Commits
sioner Parker, referred to in the foregoing:
To the Board of Fire Commissioners of
the City of st. Paul.
GENTLEMEN: You have referred to me for
examination the recomm endations made
by Chief Black as to certain improvements
in the machinery and apparatus of the
Fire Department, and having fully con-
sidered the matters so referred, beg leave
to report:
l. As to Relief Valve and Controlling
Nozzles.
1 recommend that these be purchased
for each of the engines as early as prac-
ticable, and am satisfied that a great say
ing Of property from damage from water
will be secured in their use. The object of
these inventions is to give instantaneous
and absolute control to the pipeman as to
where and when he will permit the dis
charge of water at his command and to
protect iremen in dangerous places from
the writhing and kicking of the hose IN
der unrelieved pressure, and this object is,
in my opinion, fully accomplished by their
use.
Chief Fire Marshal Sweenie, of Chicago
says of them: 81 can cheerfully recommend
them to all fire departments, and consider
that no well-organized department should
be without them. They answer all that
is claimed for them, and work at any pres
sure or temperature. By their use dam
age by water has been reduced many
thousands of dollars. We shall have all
our engines equipped with the same before
the end of the year." find that the cost
of these inventions will be about $4,000.
2. AS to the purchase of an additional
hose cart, to be used as supply hose cart.
This, under the running card recently
adopted, becomes very necessary, and
should be secured as early as practicable.
For the safety of the city, it is arranged
that only two of the engines should ans
wer to call from the outlying districts of
the city; but owing to the large amount OF
hose usually required IN such cases and es-
pecially so in West st. Paul, it is neccessa- |
ry that all the hose carts except No. 5, |
should respond to such calls. For instance,
in case such call should be from West st. |
Paul, engines Nos. 1 and 3, and all the |
hose carts except No. 8, would respond.
If, while so engaged, fire should break
cut in the heart of the city, Nos. 2 and 4