The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-07
CHIEF ENaINEER,s REPORT.
He Justly Compliments the Brigade
Upon Efficient Service.
He Suggests Changes in the Matter
Of Officers and Asks for
~. More Hydrants.

Attic regular yearly meeting MI.
McMurphy is again unanimously
chosen to fill the position Of Chief
Engineer.
BUTTE CITY, Nj. r, Feb. 4. 1885.
To the members of the Butte Fire
Brigade:
GENTLEMEN: 1 herewith submit
my second annual report IS Chief
Engineer Of the Butte Fire Brigade
No. l, for the year ending February
4, 1885:
In this, my second report, 1 shall
respectfully submit suggestions and
recommendations for such action as
Is in my opinion necessary to further
increase the facilities for fighting fire
In the outer limits of the city.
The apparatus belonging to this de-
partment is all in first-class order,
and has at all times received close
attention.
During the year our department
has responded to thirteen alarms,
and at all times have the fires been
confined strictly to the buildings IN
which they have originated. Our
members have generally responded
to the calls, and have manfully stood
at their post Of duty.
1t affords me much pleasure to say
to you, gentlemen, that at last we
have good comfortable quarters in
which to place u apparatus. the
city government having provided
this room as a general hose house for
the use of all. The hose carts Of this
brigade are at present distributed as
follows Jumper Nc. l, In alley in
rear Of Hamilton's lodging house, to
be run out on Utah street.
Jumper No. 2, at Pavilion on West
Granite.
Carriage Nc. 3 will at all times 6e
In this room, and at all times after
active service the jumpers will be
Kept in this room for drying and
cleaning the hose and for such repairs
as are necessary.
On August s0th, 1884. l issued an
order dividing Jul brigade into three
separate companies, with the appa-
ratus located as stated, and COM
manded az follows Jumper No. l,
Foreman, Simon Hauswirth. Jumper
No. 2, Captain, G. 8. Knowles, Car
rage No. 8, Captain, VIM. Newman.
Since MI. Newman has left the town,
I have placed Carriage No. 8 under
the direction of Captain A. B. Grace.
and I would recommend, for the
coming year, that, instead of electing
three sets Of off ;e1s, that you will
elect one Foreman, one Assistant
Foreman and one Second Assistant
Foreman, one Secretary and one
Treasurer, de signaling your Assist
ant foremen and Captains Of certain
carts or jumpers relative to location,
and all to be under the direction of
the foreman in time of service. /
would further suggest that efforts he
used by the Fire Department to Sc
cure, through the City Government,
the placing of four more bydrants as
follows: One on the corner of Wye
ming and Broadway, one on the cor
ner of Wyoming and Park. and one
on the corner of Montana and Silver
streets, and one on the corner of Main
and Silver streets. These hydrants
are an absolute necessity. as the in
or. ase Of our population, and the ex-
tention of the 81 tiled or built up por-
ton of the city, render additional
protection absolutely essential. This
is partit ularly so as to the east and
south ends of the city. Either these
hydrants must be placed in the near
future, or one thousand feet of hose
must be added to our apparatus. AS
these portions of our city have in
creased very rapidly during the past
Y ar, and many buildingr have been
erected to the *, RENE boundary
thereof.
The | sses by fire FIR the past year
have BET N $34, 900, the bulk of which
was occasloned by the burning OF
Boyce's planning mill, just beyond
the city limits. l here append a list
of fires for the year, showing their
location, date, building, by whom &C.
cupied, by whom owned, cause OF
fire, and appropriated loss. l have
not attempted to compile the iDsur-
ance, as it was not essential, and not
at all times obtainable. At all the
fires stated, both departments have
performed service, and have worked
together tremendously:
g $..S:;E;s