Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-11

| street, from Jones to the missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway, by John Ratican, and
attested by the city engineer, was refer
| red to the claims committee.
| Marshal Maddox petition asking for of
| fee, TO cost not exceeding SIS per month,
| was granted. and rooms in the Gauze build
| ing, west of and opposite the city hall, were
| selected.
The fire committee recommended electric
| lights In fire-halls instead of gas, as mat
/ ter of economy, and the same was referred
| to the committee with power to act.
In regard to a j. Anderson's petition to
place an iron box on sidewalk in which to
place powder. instead of in house, there
was lengthy discussion, and finally it was
referred to the fire committee and city at
torney to draft an ordinance covering it.
The following was read by Alderman
Montgomery. the same signed by the COM
mittee:
Fort WORTH, TEX, Nov. 8, 1921.
Hon. Mayor and Board OF Aldermen, City Of
Fort Worth.
GENTLEMEN to instructions
from this honorable body in executive ses-
sion, Your committee on fire department
have had under consideration the advisable
ity Of recommending paid department for
the city Of Fort Worth. Your committee
has written to several cities in the state of
Texas asking information as to their fire
departments, but only two thus far have
responded-DallaS and San Antonio. The
data and comparisons we here make are
based upon information received from Dal-
las, being something more in detail than in
formation from San Antonio.
The fire department of this city
is composed principally of a volunteer serv-
ice of l15 men. divided into six companies
as follows: Protection No. l, an engine
and hose company, located at city hall; E.
NJ Daggett engine and hose company,
located at Fifteenth and Houston streets;
Peter Smith hose company No. 3, located
at Central hall: Thornton hose company
No. 1, located on South Side; Tucker hose
company, located on fuckers hill, ands
hook and ladder company located at Central
hall. Out of the above number of men
there are fifteen who are constantly IN the
employ of the city and are paid regular
salaries, divided and paid as follows:
One chief, per month 800 90
One assistant chief, per month. 49,. 80 90
Two engineers per month. .......... % %
Seven drivers, per month. ........... 90 10
One tlllerman, per month. % %
Two laddermen, per month. ....... 60 10
One extra man, per month. ......... 60 90
We have sixteen horses TO be cared for
and fed. The value of our apparatus, in
GLIDING everything. is Si3,240G4.
We have two engines, three hose reels
and one hose wagon, one hand hose reel
and one aerial truck.
The fire department of Dallas is paid
one, composed of thirty-three men and six
teen horses. They have two engines in
active service and one in reserve,
three hose reels and one in reserve.
Their entire expense last year was
S3i. l37, divided as follows:
Salaries, 500 900.
Gas bill, $l53.
Horse feed, 5000, and other minor ex-
penses making up the remainder of the total
sum. CIhe above figures are not exact. but
nearly so. By comparison we have the
same number of horses, with difference in
our favor in horse feed of about $500 We
have the same number of fire stations, with
difference in gas bills against us of 1857
It is but due, however, to say that the price
of gas in Dallas is S1.g0 per 1850 feet, and in
Fort Worth s.. 90 per 1000 feet.
a paid department, with the requisite
number of men TO man our present
apparatus, would be sufficient for
a few years 10 co me, with possibly the ad-
dition of a chemical engine and it also
manned-that is il Dallas is properly pro-
tected now, and that city is taken as q
criterion. A paid department with our
present apparatus properly manned would
require thirty-three men, composed and
paid as follows: