The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-01

at the present time consists of one
chiefs buggy, one hose wagon in SER
vice, one hose wagon extra, one Bah
cock S0-galon chemical engine. one
Seagraves hook and ladder in service,
one Michigan aerial ladder out of COM
mission, one hose reel extra in South
| Butte, one hose jumper kept at the city
| corral.
| There are at the present time in SER
| vice in this department seven horses,
| all in the best possible condition
! Harness.
I The harness in this department is in
| first-class condition and consists of one
| set of single swing harness, three sets
| of double swing harness, five extra col
! lars and eight harness hangers.
The department at the present time
has total of $500 feet of 21a Inch cot
| ton and rubber hose, as follows: 1,5OO
feet of the first-class cotton hose, 1000
| feet of the second-class cotton hose
| loo feet of the third class cotton and
| rubber hose. We have also on hand one
deluge set, complete. We have trans
ferred to the street and alley depart
ment this year 100 feet Of old hose, and
200 feet to the sewer department.
Expenses.
April 1898, s3.53S.SS; May, s3.563. 90:
June. $500 .5S; July SO. 722. %; August,
$3.50 81 September, A,067 .oS; October,
$4,3l6.4S November, 4,O6S O4: Decem-
Der. s4,06572; January, 1899, $4194.5S;
February. s4,049; March, s4,O74O6. To-
tal SAL, 025.26.
Inventory of Chiefs Office
One writing desk, $40; one desk chair
81: one daily fire record book, SIS; 80
| inf lot
head envelopes and stamps, $3.50; one
! student electric stand lamp, S. one
cuspidor, $3.50; one ink bottle, so cents;
one pint Pauls' writing fluid. 50 cents;
one folding bed, $2l; one office chair,
So; one time book and one waste
basket, $3.50; one feather duster $1.50.
Total $5S.
Fire Alarm System. Etc.
One firm alarm system, $3.50; seven
| horses, $1,050; two hose wagons and
four hand chemicals, s110O; one Sea-
graves hook and ladder and two hand
chemicals, $1,000; one aerial truck,
$4,000: one double 40 gallon Champion
chemical, $4,000 one chiefs buggy,
s23S; three double sets of hanging har-
ness $500; one single set hanging har-
ness, $75; one hose reel, $3.50; 1.5O0 feet
first-closs cotton hose, $1,000; 1000 feet
second class cotton hose, $500: 1,50O
| leet unlTu-CldSS cOllO1l ana ruDDeT nose,
$340; 800 feet first-class chemical hose,
$3.50; one deluge set. complete, $75;
seven horse blankets, $56: seven Ian
terms, $35; six play pipes and tips. 500;
four Callahan nozzles 800; two East
man holders and tips, $50; one ball noz-
zle, $50. Total, $20,075.
Supplies and Tools.
Seven boxes chemical charges, s35;
six brooms, $500; nine axe handles So;
eight sponges, Sc: one and one-half
| boxes Neverslip corks. So rs; five feath-
err busters, $3.50; three bars harness
soap, SO: one bar CASTLE soap go cents;
four boxes stove polish, SO cents: four
channels skins, 81: 80 cakes soap, IS;
one pint glycerine, 70 cents; one pint
arnica, so cents; one salamander, 81;
one iron bench screw. IS cents; one
three-quarter gauge, 65 cents; one rip
saw, S1.75: one level, rs cents: one
ratchet brace, $3.50: one wood jack
plane, rs cents; one smoothing jack
plane, Is cents; one set d2) bits. $3.50
one bevel, IS cents: one marking gauge,
% cents: one spoke shave, 35 cents
three chisels, $1.10: one set ne-eighth
steel letters, $12.25; four currycombs,
50: two brushes, IS; II rubber coats,
$6S; 16 helmets, $12S; two Vagen-Bader
smoke helmets, 5000; five spanners, ST.;
seven axes, 81; one step ladder, IS; four
| WTGHcileS, DO eight DuchelS,
$3.20 three hay hooks, $1.50; SO feet
garden hose, 81; one-half barrel bicar-
Donate soda, so: five gallons sulphuric
acid, SO cents; extras in store room OF
fire alarm system, $S0.S5; 10 chairs, SO;
one can coach oil, 50; one door chain,
IS: two wagon jacks. SIS; one hose
expander, $12; one bedding box, 81; one
city map, framed $3.50; three fire
alarm cards, framed. So; one copper
cnaJ oil pan 81. 16 iron beds and mat
tresses, $3.50: two sliding poles, $40; six
cuspidors, 81: two extra bits. 81; so
pounds metal polish. SIS; one pair extra
lines (old), $3.50; $50 feet one-half inch
rope, 50. Grand total, $2o,943.3o.
Report of superintendent Of fire alarm
for year ending April 30, 1899:
John F. Flannery, chief engineer
Butte city fire department.: Dear sir
AS superintendent of thesdre alarm sys-
tenn for the year ending April l, 1899, I
herewith submit my report.
1--WE have added two new boxes,
which makes in all As fire alarm sta
tons. The following is a list of the
property I have had in charge: One
Gamewell fire alarm system. This sys-
tenn consists of II miles of No. 10 w. p.
wire, divided into four circuits, includ-
ing poles, fixtures and cross arms: one
four circuit repeater, one restorer, one
tower bell. one tower striker, two IA
| inch. gongs two indicators, 46 street
, boxes 6S gravity cells, "a La Clanch
!, cells, five galvanometers, four line cut
outs, one switchboard, four Morse tel
. egraph keys, five lightning arresters
one 10-inch gong, one siX-inch gong-all
service.
Material in storeroom for mainten-
, ance of system is as follows: so zines, %
coppers, 40 pounds bluestone, IS jars