The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-13

the leak to q roof. bursting OF water
pipe, or anything that demands lmme-
diate attention.
We have in service eleven steam IRE
engines, eleven one horse hose lenders,
two two horse double tank chemical en-
gines. five hook and ladder trucks. nve
ofieer's wagons one supply wagon Que
telegraph wagon n three coal supply
wagons
Engines Nos. g., 8. 6 aud I, are compare
lively new engines, those OF NOS: .
having been furnished during the last u.s.
| cal year. They are Of the La France
make and in condition for any service re-
| Quired OF them.
Engines Nos. 1, 4, 8. 9, 10, II and 10 are
in good order.
Engine No. ID ia a small third class
harp tank engine located at Greenvllle,
and when pumps receive n general over
hauling, Will perform all the service re-
quired.
A new engine is needed in place of En-
| CINE No. 5, as her boiler Is q source OF
considerable annoyance and expense.
Our spare engine is a third class harp
tank engine and needs rebuilding.
Our hose tenders have had more or less
repairs to them during the past year. but
most of them have doue service for over
twenty years and have almost outilved
their usefulness.
The Board of Finance has appropri-
| htCu a SuuL 6uu4NAOuu " PoiSb~o 1870
new hose wagons and when these are
procured it will place this branch OF the
service in a far better condition.
We nave purchased and placed in COM
mission during the past year an aerial
truck. In the house of Hook and Ladder
Co., No. 1.
Trucks Q. 8 and 5 have been rebuilt and
are in good condition..
We have one spare track. the old one
form erly used by Hook and Ladde Co.,
| No. l..
Since our last years. report a new en-
CINE company has been organized ana
| located in that section of our city known
as Greenville. The apparatus has been
placed in the house with Hook and
| Ladder Co. No. Ain Linden avenue.
A new house is urgently needed in that
section. as the present qaurter5 are en-
| tirely too small to accommodate DOM
companies comfortably.
In our opinion that section of our city
formerly known as Hudson City. is in.
Adequately protecsed from the danger OF
fire, and "a new engine company should De
organized and located there.
We have in the Department. 20:350 feet
of ~ fire hose and 300 feet of l inch
| chemical hose. OF this amoun 1900
| feet is cotton, rubber lined, and $500 feet
rubber. Ali the one inch hose is rubber.
We have asked the Board of Finance
| for an APPROPRIATION to purchase 6.0O0 rect
| of additional hose. If we receive the
same this branch OF the service Will pc IN
| the best of condition.
We nave in use seventeen sets double,
one set of triple, II sets of single swing
lug harness, with seven sets OF single mar
| ness, all of which is in fair condition.
During the year 421 alarms were re-
ceived-245 by the fire alarm telegraph,
| and 1T6 by telephone and other sources.
This is in excess of the previous year
OS9D of thirGy-five. and OF the year 1890
of 100.
The losses by fire amounted to S62S, 933.
with an insurance paid on the same OF
$5s4,811.
We again renew our recommendation
| in regard to establishing Il Central once
| system for receiving and transmitting
fire alarms. The adoption of this system
| will, the superintendent of Telegraph re-
ports, cost about twenty-five thousand
| dollars. We consider that this expendl-
ture would be small, compared with the
| advantages to be gained In the increased
| efficiency of the Department and the bet
ter protection of the lives n properties
of our people.
For particulars as to the fire alarm
| telegraph, we respectfully refer you TO
the report Of the Superintendent OF TeIe-
graph.
we respectfully refer your Honorable
| Body to the report of the Clerk of this
Board for a detailed statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures OF this Depart
ment during the last fiscal year. The re
port shows:
Receipts From appropriations by
| Board of Finance, $156. 693 81; monies re-
ceived from rent, fees for permits, etc.,
$707, 95, making a total of $l57, 40l.52.
ExpendiJures--The expenditures were
as follows: For salaries. $l06. S04. 50; for
general claims, $40. CSC. SO: for pensions,
S555; for one aerial truck, 1900; for Two
new steamers, $1,000; for horse and
wagon for Superintendent. 5000; fol-
hose. s. .09S. So; for repairs to Engine 4,
1854 .55, and for repairs to Engine houses.
81, 149. 10. Amount transferred to Board
of Street and Water Commissioners by
Board of Finance, Sc. S50.S1.
We earnestly Call your attention to the
fact that no ordinance has been passed
compelling the erection of fire escapes.
We can but repeat what we said in our
last report, that we deem the furnishing
of such structures to be of the priinest
Importance, and that their absence would,
in the event of fire In one OF our large
factories or tsnements, inevitably result
in a fearful loss OF life.
In concluding this report we desire tt
tie nder our thanks 10 the officers and mel
of this department for the zeal and ef1c
iency displayed by them In the discharge
of their duties, also to the clerk OF thlI
Board for his prompt %attention to his
duties.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM F. KERN,
President.