St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-16
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Board Fire Commissioners.

Proceedings Board Fire Commissioners.
Regular Meeting.
OFFICE BOARD FIRE COMMISSIONERS, I
ST. PAUL, May II, 1885.
The Board of Fire Commissioners of the
| City of ST. Paul met at o'clock D. m. puT-
suant to adjournment.
Present: Commissioners Parker, Prender-
CAST, Warner, Watson and President Delano
-.
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From H. w. Foote, agent Fire Extin-
guisher Manufacturing Company of Chicago
relating to the overhauling and repairing
of No. hose carriage. On motion of
| Commissioner Prendergast, the Chief
| Engineer was instructed to forward hose
| carriage to works as requested.
From Edward P. Ahen, agent of fire
extinguisher, asking for the appointment of
| committee from the Board to witness test
| and for examination of same. On motion
of Commissioner Prendergast the President
appointed as such Committee:
| Commissioners Prendergast and Watson.
| On motion Chief Engineer was added to
said Committee.
From E. B. Preston & Co., Chicago, re-
garding hose carriages being manufactured
| for Department. Filed. The Secretary was
| instructed to write parties requesting that
they be forwarded as soon as possible.
From LaFrance Engine Company. FL
mira, N. Y, relating to needed repairs on
boiler of Engine No. 1. Commissioner
Parker and Engineer Tubbesing made
| statements regarding the unreliablity of
the boiler in it's present condition. The
engine was declared out of service, old No.
3 taking its place. Commissioner Parker
was requested to communicate with La
France Engine Company, giving full par
ticulars regarding condition of boilers, and
requesting them to send one Of their ex-
perts to rectify the difficulty.
REPORTS.
| To the Board of Fire Commissioners:
Your Committee, to whom was referred
the matter of ascertaining price of suitable
lots for location of Chemical Engine house
in Rice Street District, recommend the pur-
chase of lot at corner of Marion and
Edmund streets, being westerly Is feet by
1O6 feet of lots and 2. block 3, Robertson
& Van Etten's addition, for the sum of
81, 500. Respectfully submitted,
J. j. WATSON,
T. r. DELANO.
Committee.
On motion of Commissioner PrendergaSt
report was adopted and purchase ordered
as recommended.
| Commissioner Watson from Committee
on Horses stated it was necessary to have
pasturage for ailing and disabled horses and
presented proposition from T. L. Smith,
residing on Dodd road West st. Paul, who
agreed to pasture Department horses for 81
a week per head. Committee recommended
the proposition be accepted. On motion of
Commissioner Parker the Committee were
empowered to make all needed arrange
ments for pasturage.
From Chief Engineer reporting the fol-
lowing suspensions: May 2, William
Dwyer, Watchman of Engine Company No.
2, cause, asleep on duty: May 4, E.. Roche,
Pipeman of Engine Company No. 1, cause,
drunk.
Transfers-H. McFayden from Watch
man of Engine Company No. to Pipeman
OF No. in place OF Roche.
Appointments-May 2, Isadore Lynch as
Waterman of Engine Company No. in
place of Dwyer; May 4. b. Gallagher as
| Waterman of Engine Company No. in
| Il.
completed testing the hose in service; 20
sections were burst and repaired, 2 sec
lions of American Jacket were burst and re-
turned to the agent, 1 section of N. Y. B.
& P, Co. test hose burst and returned to
agent, 1 section of Hercules burst and
returned to agent. / have condemned as
| unfit for service section Of Akron in SER
vice since November, 1878: 2 sections of
| Akron in service since September, 1880; 1
section of Akron in service since April,
1882: section of Akron in service since
November. 1882 Of the 1000 feet on hand
for reserve 75O feet has been placed in En-
CINE Company No. 1, and $50 feet to replace
! above AIMED condemned hose leaving bal
| ance of 900 feet of hose on hand in store.
would recommend that the amount of hose
in store be kept at 2, 600 feet, for the reason
we have 1900 feet Of hose that is from five
to eight years in service and is not strictly
reliable, but think will last until fall and do
service in the companies where 1t is now
placed. It will be necessary to have 900
feet more of hose for each OF the new hose
carriages, so as to have change OF hose.
Very respectfully,
JOHN T. BLACK, Chief Engineer.
On motion of Commissioner Parker re-
port was adopted suspensions and trans
| fers concurred in and appointments con-
| firmed.
From Superintendent of Fire Alarm
Telegraph, reporting that he had
| forwarded to Committee OH Fire De-
partment of City Council q
map showing proposed locations for addi-
tional fire alarm boxes. The secretary re-
ported sale of condemned property amount-
ing to sc. 65. and presented City Treasurer's
receipt for same filed. Also presented the
following bills duly approved:
| w. F. Bailey & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50 "a
w r Fifeld & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1874 81
| prenderpast Bros ............ 81 90
/ 4 a. Draper & Co. 8 95
| Allen. Moon & Co.. 81 04
| Rannev q Hodgmsr. 2 90
| 81 Parl Rock & Stationery Co.. 3 II
Akron Rubber Works ....... 1853 25
| ID A. Stewart & Co. Is 90
| John Martin Lumber Co.. ........ 25 OF
Gutta Percha Rubber Co. Is 90
+ r. Preston & Co. ........ SO 90
| Moritz Walter. 10 go
| Capital iron Works -. ..... 20 90
nr q q. Berkman s. Son. ..... rs 80
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