St. Paul daily globe., 1894-03-13
LACK OF FIRE ESCAPES
At THE SCHOOLS. HOSPITALS AND
CHURCHES OF ST PAUL.
vACKsoN,s ANNUAL REPORT.

Thirty of the Public Schools Have
No Fire Escapes-Six Private
and Parochia1 Schools, One
College and Three Large Hos
pitfalls Have No Escapes-To
Enforce Rule.
The feature of the meeting OF the
board of fire commissioners last evening
was a report submitted by Chief Jack
son calling attention to the lack of fire
escapes Oh the public and parOchial
school buildings. hospitals, semnaries
and colleges throughout the city. The
report was prepared at the request of
President Stilwell, of the board. and aft
er reading it the matter was referred To
a special committee of three, with in
structions to have the attention OF the
proper authorities called to it. PreSl-
dent Stlwell said the matter was one OF
vital Importance, and the board OF edu-
alton should at once take steps looking
the correction of the error. The re-
)ort gave the style and construction Of
zach of the buildings. the number OF
persons attending the schools or occupy
Ing the structures and the style, If any,
Of the fire escapes.
The public schools having no fire
escapes are the Ramsey, Longfellow,
Baker, Hancock. Tlden, Murray. Sib-
ley, Harrison, Fisher. Van Buren,,
Cleveland, Grant, Ericsson, Lincoln,
Washington, Rice, Scheffer. Jackson,
Adams, Monroe, Smith, German. Web
ster, Neiil. MaXfield. Irvine, Lafayette,
Douglass and Garfield.
The humboldt. Franklin. Jefferson.
Madison. Hendricks. manual training
and high schools are supplied With two
iron fire escapes.
OF the parochial and private schools
having no fire escapes are: st. Johns,
Sacred Heart, Zion, Assumption, Cathe-
dral, st. Bernard and Hamline univerS-
ity. Neither St. Luke'S. st. JOseph's.
nor the city hospital has fire escapes of
any kind. Other private schools. while
supplied with one or more fire escapes,
are really not much better off in NUM-
Der of cases, the escapes being simply
bars Of iron built in the brick walls III
the form of a ladder. and in the case of
fire would be of no practical use to the
occupants.
The annual report of Chief Jackson
for 1898 was presented. From this the
following figures are taken: Number
of alarms. Cos; total losses. S5l3,SS4-55,
of which Sl1S. 1872 So was on buildings
and 1896, 6l.72 on contents; the insur-
in, rnnnd 90 Scf tNNl
of which 81, lU4, 600 was on buildings
and S1,22l. 900 OH contents. The depart
ment was in good condition, and i'll.
ciuded 1S4 men and Ill horses in addi-
tion to the apparatus and $4,000
feet of hose During the year
there were five fires outside the
reach of wafer, the total loss
beiGg sl3,5O0. The chief recommended
building an engine house near the cor
ner of South Robert street and Indiana
avenue. He also called attention TO the
need of better fire protection in the
vicinity of University avenue and ST.
Albans street, and suggested the placing
of hose carts in Chemical Engine
Houses Nos 6 and 4. The report also
placed the valuation of the apparatus
and equipment at S130,O00; fire alarm
system, $4,000, and all other property
outside of realty at $4,000.
The secretary reported the total eX-
penditures of the department for last
year at S207,Q32. divided as follows:
Salaries, Sl67.599; feed, SS,5S1: fuel,
s6.6S2; hose. s2,270; horses, 81, 125; re-
pairs to. apparatus, S75S; repairs to
engine houses, s2,611; fire alarm system,
Sl,69S; miscellaneous, s2,67G. In addition
to the above the note for S11. 800, which
was given for salaries due in 1892, has
been paid. and this was included in the
total.
In reply to a question of President
Stilwell the secretary said the expenses
thus far this year were SS40 less than