The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-12
ir oeEaiNo Is ANNEXED.
some OF the Police and Fire Arrange.
ments Probable.

ments Probable.
In view Of the possible annexation oil
Deering a PRESS reporter interviewed
two gentlemen yesterday as TO what or,
rangements would h We to be made in the
police and fire departments should the
proposed bill now pending before the leg.
islature have passage.
A man closely identified with tbs police
department aid: "If Deering is annexed
by this act 1t will be necessary for the
credit of this city to give to her adequate
and suitable police protection. My Idea Of
how this should be accomplished Is AZ
follows, would make the police station
at woodfords sub station In charge OF q
police serge ant. Four and possibly i've
officers would be required to patrol that
section around Woodfords, Deering Center
and Morrills including part OF East Deer
ing and part of Stroudwater. Two at
least of this number should te mounted.
The city would have to provide these men
with horses though in the summer time
they would undoub tedly prefer to ride
wheels which they would of course pro-
vide themselves with. The section OF
East Deering nearest Portland could be
incorp orated into the police beats In the
eastern part of the city and connected
with the Portland police station by sly
nal service with patrol boxes. Stroud
water would also be joined to the Port
land office by police signal service. l do
not think that this change would cost
very much more than it now costs to
police ID eering and 1t would give to that
tine residential portion adequate proteo-
ton and far better police service than 1t
now enjoys.
The man connected with the fire depart
ment and well versed in Its req uirements
thus expressed his views: 1--WE could give
Deering line fire protection with only
slight cost TO Portland and In fact Port.
land itself would he materially benefited
by the change. This proposition l now
make is only for temporary service which
might be sufficient for few years or I'M
til the cities felt rich enough TO branch
out little. l figure that 1t would only
be necessary for Portland to purchase one
more fire engine so give Deering tne pro-
lection for we could utilize some of the
spare apparatus now on our hands
would take engine five and put 1t at
Woodfords with a permanent captain, en-
gineer and driver A hose wagon would
also be placed there with a permanent
driver. l would put engine six which is
d t,tD ha hos "A "
house with three permanent men, inolud-
ing hose wagon. Then l would buy for
the central fire station in Portland a
brand new, extra number one Amoskeag
fire engine, such as Is now used in the
big cities. We need u much heavier en-
any way because the larger the engine in
this section the less danger there would
be If some of the danger cen tiers in the
busy part of the town got on fire.
Truck one l would put out into Decring
at some con venient point and fit up our
spare truck to take Its place in Portland.
Ibis together with a change in the nm
ming card of the Portland fire department
so that engines one ard two could go out
into DeeriDg at the fire alarm and others
on the second alarm would give that city
tine protection. The hose houses at Nor
riIls and East Deering might also be
retained With twelve extra permanent
men not only would Deering be better
protected than it now is but Portland
would also be far better protected because
it would have a large reserve force to call
upon If we lad big ire to handle here
in town. Eventually of course DeeriDg
as well as Portland would require one or
two extra chemical engines, but with the
long runs that these engines would have
now in Deering to cover the city they
would be useless as fire would get too
much start for them 20 be Of much uss.
A local assistant engin ser would also
be stationed in Deering with team so
that he conld quickly reach every point
in the city and he of course would be
reinforced by the engineers from Port
land This would be my idea with a few
notifications, for the tire protection of
Deering.