The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-11
so MONTGOMERY ST.

provemenrs,. needing only o steam neaffnE ~
s Rsla'dIs. needs eRs fSs asaiIfiEs those Of No. ! q
n now GOOD h cSnsitI esp'iEHs f. and T e, e. Nc g ! have nS rs : sfs
taken possession OF their new house on Linden Ay&
Fhs 81 Bai iIG 1h1laa e Il nas and I'd Iae c %G Ne 3 l neecs sgs -
ana VIII require alteration for the accomm0datkoo
needs general repairs. The hose depot and baattssry
room are IN good condisIon. The coal depot % Eris
e parsmen n ssihaeaa d 5susrsss has BEEN es'g gee Saaax e. s I'd
y anishea IN good style; It has an additionai stall,
new bathroom and supply room has been CO :
s SosTa las ST bs ses s sresnE nS0i il a ne f1sw s Il sSe SO SrI uss
Ing.
Engines /. s.e, =, s and Ii are in good condition. 4
Y w6 IA y srs e5 bssDe 1 5nat 4 needs sos a 2 y g q ch hina whs e
need Of general repairs. No : also requires sonsi&
cradle repairs, The hose-tendere are IN fair conp8
tatasx eeslgn-. All the hook and iaader fruc7S
repairs. New steam snsi heaters err; Z have wa' 6een ne saopi 4 IN
engine j. !, A 3 { I E z f IL sbs II is snf ss wSsp I, re o ssa ssss Z.
can Pc ns trnnsfsrrsd t. NOS when every company
efths Old ones which have seS Been sss II use ssa since shs is7s
Each compsny Is now supplied with a sliding pole
nut to the best possible advantage
HOSE.
ton nose, and 1850 feet Il rubber hose ia good conndi.
ton. We have also at the hose depoE about S,4Ol
must b, c~ondemned. $50 feet o. Finch rubber hose
divided between trucks . and s.
We have sixteen q6] sets Of double swinging ana
sixteen 40 seIs OF single harness in active services
which are all in fair order.
FIRES, ALARMS, ETC.
DURING the year 251 alarms were received, 1888 by
The IRE alarm telegraph, 4 by the telephone, ana I0a
the losses by Gre amounted 70 s4o7.44s, WITH an In.
me department iabors under some serious disad.
vantages, because Of the oid-time style OF ire ny
drants IN. some sections OF our city, which may have
been so0u enough Wien hand engines s-cse s:ss<
s xleei pa sn arr ssr Y l ne faSa b bn cosae e on y, W.. 5ai tas
bility OF obtaining therefrom, on account Of the
water, which. our powerful engines could pump ron
MIGRANTS OF larger outief, to the corresponding In.
the Commute suf sn' Unfort u tel l0 sSess sn infe Ssofni e. 2
drants are n the most thiclziy populated sections
ciplined our men, no matter how indus.
trieqs, energetic and courageous they NAV BE-.
how well supported in Gre exCinauishing apparatus.
s aBls e sgil1tie +. and tnro Their ays slroit 4, S Will g 4 2 consider !.
not Afforded them, for procuring the necessary
In this connection may % mentioned the Ore alarm
5ps ss sssp Il me R Ear snsn 6re i alSrm Tss ss,ss raEs SYSTEM snIs
few improvements during thar time: me system d
not adapted TO a city OF this size, We should substk
tem. The Importance Of the IRE alarm telegraph
does not appear to be appreciated at its full value. it
mated. the grsat deslderatum in fire Department
ssrsles 4 e ss ss soo 70 as sue ps eoaIb1laer and % " E.t sos s5is,sp ps
% 81 %n.cS e Il he turn al'rR We + sesd ina liz nSss
improved IRE alarm telegraph system. such a sss-
certainly pay for itself in a c5mparatlveiv short
time, and might do 80 in one year. and under 0rd-
our people untold losses.
Tie system here has been adopted
IN many OF the large cities of the Unlre1 States. It
would prevent mixed aiarms and dsuole alarms.
s II y ,s sstlmased mat a. s6, sss wo sr p n : this
vt,cufd be saved Dy. the saving on battery material
alone, For particulars as 10 the fire alarm teleRraph
Wn would respectfully refer Won 10 the reunrf af the
superintendent Of telegraph.
report or the clerk of this board for y detailed state
ment during the last fiscal year. The report shows:
From appropriations oy tre board Of nnane. ana
taxst q oas luna y,Si s sEnedi two Thousand on hun.
s are ~ nf y . aollars ie s@saes,l ,s9s i ana ' pss1D, process E 2,
hundred ana hfty-four dollars and 1ity cents.
faps, hsanared and four dollars and 8fty cents
dollars and four cents iss2.OSi oI
and d. s ssssnts s ii5,~s ao oMsass anu Sa0as sieh ! ! To naa esnss
ts20.S76 81 making q total o. one hnadred and I'VE
sighty-eight cents ts1os, 35s So. leaving . Balance d
.eltysseyen collars and s,xty-two cents az d9l q
and to the credit OF general account, $4S GO.
There are in this uerartmsnt forty-stx ue, horses,
Of which forty-fve H5) are doing active uuty.
year. Durins that lay period ROD i RS' cases Of au sieEn sns s sna
laineness have received me iicai and surgical treat
ment- Seven of our horses died during the past
year.
v hile it is a source of qualification to us that dnr.
ing the many long hours Of the constant and cour.
aSeous discharge of perilous duty. in all sOrts OF
our brave and faithful men throu snout the past year;
while numerous accidents have happened 70 them
OF sorrow that sickness has removed from among "a
three OF our faithful force, who will never again re-
sp0nd TO our fire alarm.
In Concluding our report, we extend our thanksM
the ofiieers and men o. thus department for. the zeal
and oniciency ~aispiayed by thsm IN the discharge "
their duties during the past year, also to the CLERK o.
tins board iorh his uniform COURTESY toward us and
prompt attention to mis- iutfes.
Respectfully submitted,
knezsSx JOHN CONWAY Y, president.
Co. JAS. H. HENDERSON,.
adjourned. CHARLES ESTERBROOKs oierx.