The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-11
MORE FIRE BOXES WANTED.
Demands Pour in on the Fire BOARD
Erona ALL Paris of fhe CITY.

There was a large crowd of spectators pres
ent last evening at the meeting OF the rare
Commissioners Mills and Brennan, IN the ap-
sence of Commissioner Cone. thought it best
the trials go until Mr.. Cone arrived.
The clerk then read the following commune
cations from the Detwiller Fire WORKS Conn-
pany, asking the Board to erect a IRE DON
nearer to their buildings at West SIDE avenue
and Morris Canal, as the nearest one is dnoui
one mile away. Letters were also received
from the following people in regard to fire
boxes and for permits to keep haptha oi
their premises
store naptha in his own house; F. &. Otto d
Sons, of Sherman avenue, asking LOT ire
boxes in their neighborhood. The next comnu-
nication, accompanied by a large list OF names
from the Twelfth Ward Association, asked LOT
more fire alarm boxes. 49,
When Commissioner Brennan had heard the
above letters read by the clerk he STOOD up
and said that he might as well state now tnat
the Board was doing its utmost IN the mater
of better equipping the city with fire alarm
boxes and that it was only a FEW Weeks ago
that an order for half a dozen was SEM ana
thew are expected to arrive in a few Gays,
When theAboXes arrive they Will be olstrlp-
uted to the best advantage. The COMMISSION
er. continuing, said that Board did not nave
a great deal of money and as soon as more is
appropriated it will be used TO buy more boxes,
A communication from the New YORK ana
New Jersey Globe Gas Light Company for
permission to store. naptha in such large GUAM
titles of eight barrels in five different places
in the city was referred to the Fire Marshal.
He will make an investigation and report at
the next meeting. The places this company
wishes to store this dangerous article are as
follows:-wayne and Factory streets, Hatch
and West Side avenues, Olean avenue, south
of Sip avenue; st. Paul's and Bonner ave
nues, and Carlton and Germania avenues.
Messrs. Brinckman and Hauck sent a letter
thanking the fremen for the able way in
which they worked at the Day q o,Donneil
cooperage fire during last week. Commission
er Brennan then said
in regard to this letter l wish also to
state that never before, to my knowledge, did
1 see the men work so earnestly and l want
to thank Chief Denmead and all the officers
of the department for their work at this fire.
Every engine that attended it was in first
class condition., and there were over seven
thousand feet of hose stretched and not one
piece of it gave out"
The report of the Chief Engineer, for the
month of January, showed that ffty-eight
alarms had been received, of which twenty
mine were telegraph alarms. Report for two
weeks ending" February 9:-Total number of
alarms, 80; total number of telegraph alarms,
IS. The total loss for January was 81, 2OS;
total insurance, $685.; total insurance paid,
$12, 1873.
The trial of William Costigan was then
taken up, and he pleaded guilty to INVESTIGATION
and after getting a severe reprlmand by the
Commissioners he was fined thirty days pay
and was told he had one more chance. The
Board then adjourned.