Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-18

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OverheatiDg.............................. 1zo
Electric ..............".."...". %
Lightning .......... ..........".......... 20
Firaworka p
SPARKS from lOcOmOtive............ 70
Other causes known........:......... 453
Unknown ................. 2S6
The tota loss reported is 81, ,466. .737,
of which Minneapolis contributed
over one-third, $500, ,765, and In con-
nectiou with St, Paul, Duluth.
Winona and saltwater, 81 ,405,6&: a
little over one half the loss OF the
state.
There are in use in the departments
reporting 66 steam fire engins, 40
hand engines, 81 chemical engines,
273 hose carts aud wagons, 11S hook
and ladder trucks; manned by 736
paid men aid 1904 volunteers.
The cost of maintaining the fire
departments was $724, ,427, and the
amount invested in fire department
PROPERTY other than water supply
was $2.Ol3,450
A number of communications from
absent members were read. and then
the topics were taken up. ,
The first topic was-"The dut:: In
rela ton to the protection Of proper
ty from water, as we'll as fire.
Chief Morris, OF Crookston. read a
paper on this topic, and urged care
on the part of firemen in the use of
water. He said that firemen should
not mistake the building where the
fire was for the fire, but that the
men in charge of the department
should see that the streams were
directed to the fire. He recommend
ed the use of chemical fire eAtingutsh-
ers, If the fire was reached In Its
incipiency. "Water in large volumes
should only be used where all hope
of saving any part of the property
threatened, has disappeared, and
that extreme should be resorted to
with the end in view of saving ad'
joining property"
Topic No. 2 was; "Should not the
size of thread in hose connections be
uniform in all departments, and the
advantages"
The Chaska delegates presented
brief but good reasons why all hose
connections should be OF uniform
size and thread. =
The Como department urged uni
formity, and had local example OF
the disadvantages where the thread
was different from that used In
nelghboring departments. Como
uses the government standard OF s
to the inch. while st. Paul uses q
thread of 6 to an inch.
Fairmont also urged reasons fol
uniformity, and recited experiences
in which the operation of the depart
ment had been hindered by reason o1
attempting to use hose borrowed
from a neighboring town during 8
fire. The borrowed hose had
smaller connection.
Long Prairie delegates also read 8
brief paper in line with the preced
ing ones.
Topic No. 3 was, 1.-THE evil ofsocia
visits of fire companies by which
towns and cities are left wholly Of
partially unprotected"
Benson delegates took the grount
there was NO danger Of a community
being left unprotected, as only {
small portion of department wa
ever known to leave their homes OF
such social visits. 1t was believed
that such social visits were OF mucl
benefit to the firemen, and In NJ
event did it interfere as whole II
doing any necessary work.
Grand Rapids suggested that nj
more than one-tbird of the firemel
be allowed to absent themselves a
once. As Grand Rapids was over Z
miles from any other department, n
local harm was expected from fire
men leaving on social visits in larg
numbers.
Topic No, 4-''The benefit of In