St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-26
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings of the Board of Fire
Commissioners.

Proceedings of the Board of Fire
Commissioners.
Office Board Fire Commissioners,
st. Paul, March "a, 1896.
regular meeting of the Board OF Fire Com
missionerS was held on March oath 1896 at &
o'clock p. m.
Present - Commissioners Clark, Warner,
Prendergast. President Freeman. Absent
Commissioner Mitsch
The minutes of the preceding meeting were
read and approved.
communication was received from W. R.
Mcleod explaining cause of false alarm from
mercurlal box at Smith & FarwelPs store
Accepted and referred to Superintendent Fire
Alarm, with power to act.
communication was received from Mann
helmer Bros. giving prices on carpet for CEN
trail station. On motion of Commissioner
Clark, referred to Commissioner Prendergast
and Chief Engineer, with power to act.
communication was received from the City
Attorney approving form of contract of the
Board with the Northwestern Telephone Ex-
change Co. for furnishing the Board telephone
service until March 1st 1897. Accepted and
ordered placed on file.
A communication was received from the
VaJen Bader Co. regarding the 'Bader Pat
ent Smoke Protector" Accepted and ordered
placed on file.
The Chief Engineer reported as follows:
designations.
March 15th-G. H. Gillian, second pipeman
OF engine Company No. 3, resigned.
March 1Sth-Thomas Wilkinson, first truck
man Of Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, re-
signed.
Transfers.
have transferred Andrew Cosgrove. second
pipeman of Engine Company No 10, to second
pipeman of Engine Company No. g. vice GILL
ham, resigned. Also Edward Low, second
truckman of Hook and Ladder Company No
= 10 hrst truckman of same company vice
Nllkenson, resigned. Also Joseph Conley
thlrd p1peman of Engine Company No / to
seventh truckman of Hook and Ladder Com
nttipr lr.,-
zeal Company No. 6, to third pipeman of En-
CINE Company No. 1, vice Conley, transferred
Also John p Kill, fifth truckman of Hook and
Ladder Company No. 6, to driver of ChemicaI
No. 3, vice Quinn, transferred. RS
Appointments.
have appointed John Griffen and assigned
MIN to Engine Company No. 10 as third pine
man, vice Gillian, resigned Also J. A. Gra-
Velle, and assigned him to Hook and Ladder
company No. as sixth truckman, vice Will
kensOn, resigned.
March 20 at II :37 a. m. we received false
alarm from mercurial box 153, located at Smith
G FarwelPs, corner Sixth and Minnesota
streets.
During the month of February the depart-
T ment responded to forty-seven alarms. The
loss was $42, ,24S.5O. OF this amount S33, ,907. 80
was the loss at the street car barns.
1hey were occupied as follows: Dwellings,
20; pook and stationery, /; stables 5; whole
L
4: shavings vault, /; restaurants 2; car barn,
i; saloons, z; notions, /; smoke houses 2;
furniture, l. tailor, 1: commission, 1; tene-
ment, /; church mission, / gents furnishing
]; wagon factory, !. Causes for the same were
as follows: Unknown, 7; horse kicked lantern
over, l. isnited from kerosene oil lamp 1;
overheated stove, /; electric wires 1; children
playing with matches, !; overheated range /:
sparks from furnace. L; grease dripping ON
embers, l; carelessness thawing water pipe
L; false alarms, /; chimney fires, C; oyerheat-
1 SmOuldprOey m
previous fires, >; explosion of gasoline stoves
z; lncendiary 2; hot ashes. l; defective chin
neys, 4; supposed incendiaTy, g. explosion of
kerosene oil lamps, =; carelessness with
matches, g.
The report of the chief engineer was ac-
cepted and ordered placed on file
The report of the superintendent of fire
alarms was received, accepted and ordered
placed on file, and the matter of department
poles used by the water board was referred
to superintendent of fire alarms, with in
structions to confer with the superintendent of
water board.
The reports of the Master Mechanic Vet
erinary Surgeon and Secretary were received
accepted and ordered placed on fle
On motion of Commissioner Clark the COM
mittee on horses and veterinary surgeon were
authorized to purchase horses in the market
when needed, and when such horses could be
purchased cheap.
The pay roll for the month of March, 1885,
amounting to $13, ,19061 was approved and re-
ferred to the city comptroller.
observation-disclosures Clark, Warner, Prem
dergast, President Freeman-4.
Nay5-0
The following bills were allowed and re-
ferred to the Committee Claims to be sent
to the city comptroller if found to be correct:
Craig Oil Co., $19.06; Electrict Engineering
Co., $500; Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Co.,
$101S; Gribben Lumber Co., $66.O0; August
Hammer, $6.75: Kenney Bros, $3.50; C. Ma
thias, $40; John Martin Lumber Co., s1.09;
N. w Engineering Co.. $3.50; N. w. Hard
ware Co., s6.7S; Ogden, Merrill & Greer
$0.13; Robert Goss Co.. $1.O0; Standard Oil
Co.. $23. .23. Total. S231.77.
dergast, President Fireman..
Nays-0
The Chief Engineer reported in regard to
department gas BILL which ordered paid
The annual report of the Board. including
the annual reports of the Chief Engineer and
heads of departments, read by the Sec
retary and approved by the board, and that
of the Superintendent of Fire Alarm was
ferred to the Committee on Machinery and
the President to consider it's recommenda-
tious and report to the board
On motion of Commissioner Prendergast the
thanks of the board were rendered to the
Chief and Assistant Engineer, Superinten-
dent of Fire Alarm. Secretary and officers
and members of department for services rem
dered.
Adjourned.
GEORGE w. FREEMAN,
President.