The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-09-29
ENGINE COMPANY NO. l


Has charge of the following property:
One Apparatus - No. 3 Clapp q
Jones engine; l hose reel; number of
horses, 2; $50 feet rubber hose Second
hand), 900 feet rubber hose new,
bedsteads, hanger and double har-
ness, 80 feet garden hose, brass pipe
for hydrant, = two and half inch vs.,
is hose spanners, suction spanners,
necessary tools.
ENGINE COMPANY NO. ?.
One Apparatus-seco class Amos
keag, l hose reel and L horse reel, 8
horses, 2050 feet rubber hose, Is bed
steads, ! hanger and double harness, l
hanger and single harness, 100 feet
garden hose, > two and half vs., II
hose spanners, = suction spanners, q
lanterns, l clock, Is chairs, tools, etc.
HOSE COMPANY.
One two-horse (Schenck) hose
wagon, two Babcock's eXtinguishers,
80 feet rubber hose, two lanterns,
one double hanger and harness, tools.
VOLUNTEER COMPANY NO. 5.
The property belonging to said COM
pany: One No. Clapp Il Jones en-
CINE with hose reel and suction hose,
one coal cart and all tools.
Government property at said house
600 feet new rubber hose, 400 feet
second-h hand rubber hose, 80 feet gar
den hose, one large lantern and re-
Hector, one canvas cistern, hook and
ladder truck.
SPARE APPARATUS.
One second-class Amoskeag engine,
No. 4.
One hose reel with $50 feet rubber
hose, always kept ready for work, in
first-class order.
One double tank, so gallons f; each
chemical engine complete, with lad
ders and tools, in first-class condition.
One large hook and ladder truck,
ladders, ETC., in good order; one new
boiler at government warehouse, one
y. p. jacket, four spare coils copper,
two sets of grates-all for second-class
Clapp & Jones.
STORES.
Rubber hose, Maltese cross, 1000
feet; one pair hind wheels for No
engine, at Wright & Sons shop; COM
plete set of tools for all necessary
work /; lot small stores, coal, wood,
| etc. one case axes three pieces sue
ton hose 10 feet long, 4 inch; two
pieces, Z feet each, suction hose, 2:
| inch.
VIOLATIONS OF LAW.
May !. In fire limits, new shed
erected by Ali on Nuuanu street (up-
rights of wood.
| May 3. On Hollis property, Nuu-
anu street, new room built of lumber,
also re-shingled the whole of back oil
building.
May 4. On Alakea street on prop.
erty of Union Iron Works, two small
wooden buildings erected.
Since then no violations have occur
red to my knowledge.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
The city has been quite fortunate in
not having any large conhagratior
| during my term of office.
The only disastrous fire during sale
term being the residence of J. NJ
Nivas, on the plains, which took
place on the morning of March %, a
| 1:35 a. NJ. The fire was well under
way when the department was mott
fled. Engine Co. No. l responded tC
this alarm, and had a stream on the
building in fifteen minutes after the
alarm was turned in, which saved the
adjoining house owned by Mr.. Lu
Marks.
DUTIES OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
In regard to the storage of kerosene
oil, according to Chapter LXNIIl
Session Laws of 1890, the duty of in
speeding stores and premises where
oil is stored, is under the supervision
of the fire marshal, and in abolishinE
that office the duties heretofore per
formed by him in regard to kerosene
oil should have been transferred t.
the chief engineer, as it is at present
no one has the power to remove any
lots of oil over the amount allowed by
law.
Also, power should be given him
in cases where persons have a lot o
straw or other infiamable materia
stored within the city limits, whereby
the property of others may be en-
dangered, to have the same removed
at their expense, if not removed in s
given time.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
l hereby recommend that one o
the steam fire engines be placed or
the plains with a team of horses
which can be so regulated that i
their services are needed in town il
case of a large fire, they can be t
work in the town inside of fifteel
minutes after the alarm is sounded.
1 further recommend that the
chemical engine be placed in commits
sion for the better protection of prop
erty in this city, in place of Chins