St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-17
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Board Fire Commissioners.
Special Meeting.

ST. PAUL. Feb. Is. 1856. (
Board of Fire Commissioners Of the City
of st. Paul met at 1880 o'clock y. N, pur-
suant TO adjournment.
Present: Comm ssioners Parker. Prem
dergast, Warner, Freeman and President
DelanO.
Board met under special call to consider
ACCESSIBILITY Of recommending increase Of
fire apparatus. President Delano submitted
the following recommendations:
OFFICE BOARD FIRE COMMISSIONERS. !
CITY OF ST. PAUL. Feb. Is. 1885. I
To the President and Common Council Of
the City Of ST. Paul..
The Board of Fire Commissioners have
| had under special consideration the present
actual requirements of the Fire Department.
and said Board unanimously and respect
! fully request your honorable body n order
! the following additions and increase 10 be
made TO the Fire Department force of this
city. tO-wit:
First-That lot be purchased. building
erected thereon. at some point between
Broadway and KittsOn streets and Fourth
and Seventh streets. and first-elass steamer
and hOse company be equipped and placed
in service therein.
SecOnd-Purchase two first-class engines
and place one in No. 4 house, corner Of
Broadway and Tenth streets. and one In
No. 8 house, corner Ramsey and Leech
streets, putting the present No. engine
into No. house.
Thind-Purchase one new turntable truck
and place the same in No. house, 10 take
the place of the present No. hook and
| ladder truck.
Fourth-Build an addition to No. house
and place the present No. 1 hook and lad
der truck therein.
Fifth-Build an addition 10 No. 8 house.
| in the Sixth ward, and place new hook
and ladder truck therein for service In
J Sixth ward.
Sixth-Build an addition to No. house
| i'm the Fifth ward and place a new hook
and ladder truck therein for service on the
Dayton bluff district.
Seventh-Place the present No. engine
| in No. Z house. and exchange the present
No. engine 1.-THE La France) in part pay
nent for one of the new first-claSs engines
proposed in second item.
Eighth-SelL exchange or rebuild the
present No. formerly No. 1
and now in service eighteen years.
and place the same, If rebuilt. in service by
building an addition to either the Randolph
street or Edmunds street engine houses.
The Board of Fire Commissioners also
request you TO so amend the building ordi-
nance as to require every building. either
brick, stone or wood, of three stories high
erected within the fire limits to be provided
with an iron stand-pipe, with ladder at
tachments standard couplings for Fire De-
partment service.
This Board is also of the opinion that the
mercurial fire alarm. as now put in and
operated in this city. Is success, and this
Board strongly recommend and urge upon
the business houses and upon all persons
who are using rooms where fires are likely
TO occur to have this alarm placed therein
| I'm order to notify the Fire Department Of a
| fire in many cases several minutes before
they would be otherwise notified through
the ordinary street alarm box. and thus in
many cases arresting destructive confiagra-
tons by enabling the department TO be on
hand at the earliest possible moment, and
at once master the situation.
Ii early notice of a fire can be given TO
the department SD that the same can be
controlled and extinguished by our chemical
| engines, large amount of property will be
saved and extensive confiagTatiOns pre-
vented.
The buildings erected within the city In
the past three years. with the prospect of
what Is TO be done i'm 1885, call special at
tention of this department and of the City
| Council to what would be the situation
were two OF three fires TO require attention
at the same time. For instance. if when the
late Ryan building fire was in full force. and
at time when from thirty TO sixty minutes
every available piece of apparatus was la
active service, and most of il working to
full capacity, when it was a reasonable ex-
pectation on the part of the officers and
men of the Department. as well as Of the
| Of cd in hee
or adjacent blocks that the fire would pass
beyond the control of the firemen. what
could have been done had another alarm
been given for fire in another business
block or thickly-built residence portion of
the city? This Is question on a subject
that requires the most careful considera-
ton on the part of those who are directly
ehargeable with the expenditure of public
funds and responsible for the protection of
the property of the city and the citizens.
The Board of Fire Commissioners are OF
the opinion that the force and equipment
of the st. Paul Fire department should be
such as to enable Ii to handle and control
two such fires as the Ryan" at the same
moment Of time.
Estimated cost Of increase as recon-
mended from $50. 900 to SIS. 900.
On motion of Commissioner Freeman
section was amended to read as follows:
Purchase lot, erect building on the sum.
nit near Seventh street dayton bluff dis
trict) to accommodate chemical engine,
hook and ladder truck and hose company:
sell present property occupied by Chemical
| No. 2.
On motion of Commissioner Prendergast
the above recommendations as amended
were adopted. and considered as the report
of Board. and same ordered forwarded
to the City Council.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From LaFrance Engine company, Elmira.
n. Y, stating they would take in exchange
the. rotary LaFrance engine and furnish an
extra frst-class piston engine of best Quail
ity for the sum of SO. 500, or 81, 900 les:
then price list. On motion of Commits
sioner Parker communication laid on table.
The matter of purchasing map showing
location of water mains for use of depart
ment was on motion of Commissioner
Parker referred to chief engineer to ascer-
tain cost and report at next meeting OF
| board.
Chief engineer reported the need of new
nozzles. On motion of Commissioner Prem
dergast referred to committee on machinery
with power 10 act.
+. r. DELANo, President.
WILLIAM 0'GoRMAN. Secretary.
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