The Portland daily press., 1886-11-06

little protection.
LISBON, LISBON FALLS AND LIvEHMohH
FALLS.
Lisbon and Lisbon Falls have nothing
better than hand engines. Lisbon rahS -
negotiating for a steamer. -, -
The people Of Llvermore Falls Will ash
the Legislature for q village charter, with .
view to procure better water supply
LINCOLN.
Lincoln has one fire engine called the
Little Giant" The village has no , Qtnfa .,il1 IR
paratus. There Is no reservoir. Inc Dullu- Dsn
ings ON the business street are near togetngtt'
! There are In the village about 600 ihhaD,s.
ants. There Is grist, a saw ana pup
mill, and also large sole leather tanhs!y'
MACHIAs.
Maehias has two hand engines and a force
| pumn driven nv water, and located In the
central or business part OF the town. Ahslo mere
are seven reservoirs very conveniently situ-
ated. On three streets the nouses Gao g.. ,2a 21a.o
near together, and these streets are u dlner-
| emf parts OF the town. The population Is
300. Saw mills and other lumber mills are
in three portions Of the town.
NORTH BERWICK.
North Berwick has one Zimmerman fire en-
gine hand, "A feet Of suction hose, 1000 feet
| of leading hose, and ladders and hooks.
| There Is one reservoir, conveniently situated
in the business part OF the village. lt Is "A
feet deep. The houses and stores In the
south part Of the village are compact, and a
fire would be likely to make clean sweep II
1t had good headway. The population Of
the village Is about 800. The North Berwick
Company, manufacturers of woolens. have
fire brigade Of their employees with force
I pumps. But their factory Is apart from the
village. The local newspaper says; 1T Is
| conceded upon every hand that were a fire
to gain headway In the business portion OF
the town no effort the citizens could put forth
would save L"
NORWAY AND SOUTH PARIS.
| Norway has one hand engine, one reser-
voir, and 81 hydrants Of the waterworks,
| conveniently situated. In some parts Of the
village six streams can be turned onto one
/ block. The population Of the village Is
| 2300 There are two shoe shops, one tan
| merry, two paste shops, two Touring mills and
several other small shops.
The Norway water works extend also 10
/ South Paris. AT the latter place they have
one hand engine, SO hydrants, 80 pounds
pressureJ eight reservoirs, fairly well l0cat-
ed. The waterwOrks cover the whole village.
The population IS 300. There are two large
shoe factories and some mills.
oRoSo.
Orono has three hand tubs" and 500 feet
Of hose, hooks and ladders, and what Is
\ equivalent TO p reservoirs. The houses are
not dangerously close together The popu-
lation is about 1900. There are several saw
mills In the place, no other. The citizens
are now cOntemplating.a system Of water
works IL Is proposed to build reservoir
| on Benn0ch Hin which will furnish a head
of one hundred and fifty feet This reser-
v9ir could be filed from never failing springs
Of water in and about the hill. IL is thought
that an abundance Of the purest sping water
can be pumped into the reservoir by wind
mill power at small expense.
OAKLAND.
Oakland has one hand FIRE engine beside
powerful force pump at each end OF the viii
| lage. II IS well supplied with reservoirs
and natural advantages for water supply.
| The population Is 1000 There Is consider
able manufacturing.
PHILLIPS.
Phillips has one hand FIRE engine. which Is
Il thought to be inadequate TO such an emer-
/ gency as might arise. Since farmlngtOn's
/ fire the citizens have bestirred themselves
and II Is proposed 10 have a steamer or a
system OF waterworks. 1t Is thought that
/ with a reservoir on Philbrick Hill suitable
/ head Of water could be secured. Adley Pond
Is proposed as place from whence water
may be taken.
PIrTsToN.
Pittston has one hand fire engine and two
reservoirs conveniently located. The main
portion Of the village where the stores are Is
| pretty thickly covered with buildings. The
population is about 1000. There Is one steam
mill and one water mill.
PIrTsFIELD.
Pittsfeld Is very we'll protected against
fires. There Is one square on which all the
places Of business are situated, which i3
| very thickly set with buildings; otherwise
than this the houses are scattered as in all
/ country villages There Is one hand tub.
and five hydrants, SO that In ease Of a dre
| anywhere In the square eleven streams
/ could be thrown with ease upon 10. The
rest Of the village Is protected by means OF
reservoirs, Of which there are seven, located
at different places. These are kept filed
| with water, so that a stream thrown by
means Of the hand tub would reach build
ings over 1900 feet away from each OF them.
There are two w0olen mills, one saw mill
and grist mill. The two first named are
supplied with pumps and hose, so that they
protect themselves and the other buildings
that are situated around and near them. The
population Of the village IS about 1000.
PREsQUE ISLE.
Presque Isle has a Remington engine.
| worked by horse power, also large hre
pump in the mill and 1900 feet Of hose. There
are no reservoirs. Water Is drawn from the
stream. Waterw0rks, however, are COM
menced and will be completed IN early
spring, when hydrants will be put In posi-
tion for instant use. The dwelling houses
are not SO near together as 70 give a fire
clean sweep unless It Is very dry time and
with high wind. The population Of the VII
lage is about 500. There are saw and grist
mills, carding mill, starch factory, machine
shop, etc.
Richmond has two hand engines, and com
plete system of water works In course Of con-
struction, which will be in operation this
fall. There Is steam fire pump at the cot
/
conveniently placed, with the Kennebec riv-
or along the principal business portion Of
the village. In the business portion the
buildings are quite close together; In other
portions more scattered. With a strong
wind, a fire could probably do considerable
damage The population Is somewhere near
1000. or a little above. There Is a shoe fact0-
ry, cotton mill, a saw mill, a planning mill
and brass foundry, not much used; al on
the river bank. There are also two grist
mills, a trunk mandatory, a furniture
mandatory and marble works.
sAccARAPPA, CUMBERLAND MILLS AND
wOoDFoRDs
Saccarappa, Cumberland Mills and Wood
fOrds are protected by hydrants on the water
} works, and so long as their hose and hose
well protected.
SOUTH BERWICK.
South Berwick has three 'hand- tubs" two
! reservoirs situated for the convenience OF
/ the stores only. The houses are near
/, enough together to allow good sweep OF
fire. The population Is 265S. There are two
, cotton and wo0len) mills, and one shoe fac
tory, In addition Il may be said that the
much space owned by the company
. sEARsPoRT.
! Searsport has one hand engine. a good
I one. There are six reservoirs with all fthe
water wanted. There are twelve hundred
, inhabitants. There Is one spool mill and
I
T. wALDODORO.
I I The fire apparatus Of WaldobOro consists
: Of one Smith hand engine in good order; one
Button hand engine in fair order, and a mod
crate supply Of hose. There Is one reservoir
centrally located, and portion OF the village
! can be reached from the river; but a large
y part Of the village would be dependent on
q wells and cisterns In case Of FIRE. On Main
IS street the houses are quite near together and
e the business part Of the village Is pretty
5 well crowded The population Is about 1900.
n There are several mills in the place.
q Waldobro village suffered from a serious
r FIRE IN 1876 and in August 1854 The entire
/. business part Of the town was burned with
d one ship and one barque on the stocks. Sew
G enty families were burned out No village
In Maine has a better location for water
supply, but 1t Is not improved.
v WINTHROP.
n Winthrop has a fine system OF watei
Q works, the supply coming from the stream
|, running between Lakes MaranOcOOk and
It Annabescook The thickest portion Of TN
3 village Is piped and hydrants are located a
e various points In the basement OF N,
y Winthrop Mills Company's wooden min Is