The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-22
he fire insurance companies represent,

the fire insurance companies representa-
Al tne same time we should appreciat,
any statement of your views which YOU
may. desire to make on the subject which
would be given due weight by the COM
niittee.
Inviting response to this communica-
ton at your early convenience, and also
adyices OF any action which may be
taken thereupon, we are,
Yours very truly
Q. G. LITTLE, Chairman.
Ihe recommendations made were as
foIioMs:-
Summary of recoTnmendations. Jersey
City, n. ]. Inspected January 26, 1891;
rle.lnlsspeefted REL IS ef December 49, 1892 and octo-
Fire Department.. The Fire Depart
ment is deficient in the number of com
panies. apparatus and permanent fire.
men; the services should be radically i'm
proved, and rendered efficient by tue
apolishment OF the present unreliable
system Of call men; the manual force of
the department should be increased, and
be full, paid. with six hosemen and six
laddermen at each. station, and a per-
manent captain or foreman to be the re,
exact proper discipline.
z An additional fire company and APP
paratus, to be located at Marion, as re-
quested by the Fire Commissioners.
B. An additional fire company and chem
ical engine, to be suitably located near
the dividing boundary line Of Hoboken and
A. An additional fire company and ap-
paratus, to be suitably located in the old
section, known as Hudson; this entirely
frame section, without adequate protec-
ton.
Water supply-Bayonne, Arlington,
kearny and Harrison, supplied from the
same source as Jersey City, are not ade-
quately protected; a better supply is
needed, mains extended and fire hydrants
furnished.
Municipal ordnances-Thes enactment of
suitable building laws, providing for the
erection of battlement fire walls, to ex-
tend at least u inches above the roofs of
buildings, and preventing the erection of
frame buildings within the business and
resident sections of the city The pro-
visions OF the law should be strictly en-
forced by board of building inspectors
The Fire Department as constituted at
present consists of fifteen engine com
panies of five permanent men each. and
seven hosemen-at-call;f eight hook and
ladder companies, of four permanent men
each and seven truckmen-at-can Under
the full paid department plan there will
be eight men to each company and the
Republicans will have the appointment
of no less than seventy-five men. The
annual salary list of the Fire Department
is now S35,500. Under the new scheme it
will be s1S2,300. an annual increase of
s46 700.
By making the change in the depart-
ment at this time there will be a de-
ficiency in the salary account until the
beginning of the fiscal year. December,
of 1921 81. To meet that emergency the
Board of Finance has been requested to
set aside the sum required for the proper
maintenance
The Board of Finance meets tonight and
it IS reported that provision will be
made for the payment of the salaries of
the seventy-seven men to be appointed
II the Board does take action tonight tha
FIRE Commissioners viii make as n1an5,
OF the appointments at their disposal as
possible. Each engine company now has
one foreman at $500 a year, one engineer
at sl,lOo, q stoker at $1,000, steamer
drlyer at Sl.oO9 a tender driver at 81 900
hoseman at $780, and seven hosenen vi t.
call at 500 each. :
Under the new arrangement the com,
panies VIII have a captain at 81, 200 an en-
glneer at ll00, a stoker at 81, GOO, a steam
er driver at S1,e00 tender driver AZ
Si,gGO and three permanent hosanlen al
SS50- The hook and ladder companies now
nave 2 foreman at $500, d tiIIer1nan 81
" ,eo0 driver at $1,000, two permanent
call at s1O0. = q :
The result, it is claimed. Of the abolition
OF the Buffalo system and substitution 81
q PAID department will be a sweeping ro
auctlon IN insurance rates in the city.