Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-03

| Chief SnaEs'S Annual Report.
| Mayor kilduf presided at the regular
meeting of the fire board last night. All
| the members We're present The monthly
bills, amounting to S1,72l,7S, were APP
| proved The resignation of ID. J. Markert
was read and accepted and on recommend
| alton of Chief Snagg Edward Munson was
| appointed to fill the vacant position Ii
was voted that a Taper be put in the
| house of the chief engineer to wake him
| up ut night when n fire occurs. The COM
mlttee appointed at a previous meeting 10
| lCok through the different hose houses and
see what improvements We're needed made
its report. 1t WAS voted to advertise for
bids for doing this work, the bids to be
| opened April 16 at o'clock.
During the wear there have been forty
two alarms sent in from signal box s. liz
twenty nine of which the services of thu
department were required, and two still
alarms in both of which services were per
formed hv one or more companies The
toss by fire during tn" wear WAS Sl13. 9ol :
"A; total insurance. Sl07 ,3Ol 81.
During the year the fires have been from
The following causes: Inc ndlHrv, Z:
himneys. >; unknown, 3; match,s. ::
children playing with fire. :; combustion.
2; OIL stove. l ; baking oven, l; hot ashes
l; japaning oven. l boiler. / stove. l; de
tecrlve CONSTRUCTION, / candle. l.
During the year buildings and additions
have be- en- erected within the fire limit at
Al, estimated cost of Sl3, 900. The chiet
tested different grades of Kerosene oil and
found them to stand the test 10 de-
Grees. NJ required by the ordinance. No
tees have been given the ow4 erS. prnprle-
tors etc. of buildings which come within
III" provisions of an act of the senate and
house of repre- sentatives, passed at the
january session. 1898, requiring kn"tteo
rope or other better appliance to be placed
within such buildings tor use as FIR" 80
cape and the law is being complied with IN
every case.
A tahulated inventory and valuation o.
department property is appended: In orl+t
it is rs follows: Phoenix, No l, S11,9l3;
Citizens. No 2, SIC 613; Monitor, No 3.
SsO50; Protector, No 4, s14, 535; Ros.
HILL, No s. Sl2 $50; Brass City, No 6, &c.
$50; Mutual Hook and Laid Co. No
Sl3, $40; fire alarm telegraph, So. 500; mis-
cellaneuus. 81 $50; total. SlO2 $50.
In the table showing the alarms re-
sponded to by each company it appears
that Phoenix. No l, responded to AZ
alarms and was "a times in service; Citi-
Zens. No 2, A alarms e still alarms) and
was % times In service; Monitor. No 3, II
alarms and times in service; Protector,
No 4. 6 alarms and times in service;
Rose Hill, No S. IL alarms and 6 times in
service; Brass City. No 6. Is alarms and
times in service; Mutual Hook and Ladder
company, AZ alarms and "a times in ser
vice. The three horse companies were,
therefore. II times in service and the four
volunteer companies 81 times.
The expenditures of the department for
the wear wera 40 foIlows. Salaries 81 S7T
40; light. $3.50. AZ; fuel SS25.9 80; feed. l.
35l 81; horse shooting. $244,75 stable,
$143.22; veterinary surgeon. $139.75; fire
alarm. 1895 81; new hose. 5000; incidentals.
81 343 81; appropriations to companies,
81 ,050; total, SIS, $3.50.