The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-11

Repairing buildings and
rents .-.-...... .....-........ $50
Office supplies ........... ISIS
81. OK. 80
Hay on hand. 1s1s tons q
$500 .......... ---......... So 90
Oats, PCS bushels q CSC. SIS AZ Is
Total expenses ....... slss4s.Os
APPARATUS
There IS located at No / Fire Station:
One two-horse wagon; one two-horse
double 0-gallon chemical engine; one
two-horse and size Aureus steam fire en-
CINE; one fire chiefs buggy; one Eastman
deiuge set and 200 feet Of hose. 600 feet
OF which IS unreliable.
There is located at No Fire Station:
one two-horse hose wagon: one two
horse city service hook and ladder truck.
and 1000 feet of good hose.
There is located at No. fire station:
one two-horse hose carriage; 500 feet OF
good hose, 200 feet of unreliable hose
WATER SUPPLY
The American Water Works and Guar
antee company are the owners OF the
water works of this city The plant
consists of 81 miles of mains, including
the mains located at Paramount, the size
Of mains ranging from s inches 20 Il
inches in diameter. There are pa n.y.
drants throughout the city. The pumping
capacity IS as follows:
One Gaskell compound Condeas-
ing pump ...........................5 5000 coo
One Gordon compound duplex
pump ........ .....................- 100000
Two Smith, Vale & Co. s1ngle-ac-
ton pump ......-...................S 5000. 600
-Four Walker single-action pumps 100000
One Dean single-acuon pump ~, 90. 900
total $4,000. ........-......,......150 COZ. 600
New mains have been ordered by the
city as followsI
From Chicago avenue ON Oak and Ma
pie west TO Campbell. south to Elm;
three hydrants TO be located.
North from Murdoch avenue on En-
poria 200 feet; two hydrants to be To-
Gated
From Price street south on Ellis ave
nue. one block: one hydrant 10 be located.
West on Ninth street to Water north
to Tenth street; two fire hydrants to be
located
From kellogg south on Emporia to In
dIarapolis: two hydrants to be located
From Central south on Wabash to Sec
ond street, 1900 feet; two hydrants TO be
located.
Hydrants, valves and all material for
these additional lines but the pipe is here
and the pipe expected daily. when the
work will be pushed to completion. There
has been much complaint from the resi-
dents Of Paramount because of no press
ure IN the mains after o'clock in the
evenings. and upon inquiry. I find that
the water company bank their fires and
no one remains at the pumping station
at night This condition is serious. and
should a fire occur during the night the
water service would be inadequate and
disastrous results would follow. In each
Of my annual reports for the past five
years I have recommended that an add
tional lead from the pumping station u
the West Side be laid in order that bet
ter fire pressure could be had. and that
In case of an accident 10 the one lead
now furnishing water we would have
means Of obtaining sufficient water in
case Of fire.
HOSE.
We have 1000 feet Of good hose. 900
feet OF which was purchased December
q, 1896. and 1000 feet was purchased No
vember %, 1898 We have 90 feet OF
unreliable hose that was purchased in
the fan Of 1875, and l. 300 feet Of worthless
hose purchased in 1894 There is 20 feet
nF T-fprh chpro4ru1T
feet OF Pinch linen hose fairly good.
During the year the department lad a.
fires "a. 80 feet OF hose. as follows: BY
companies from No. Fire Statfon. $50
feet; by companies from No Fire Sta
ton. 1920 feet; by companies from No
4 Fire Station, $50 feet: total 81 80 feet
HARNESS.
There are seven Gets OF double. and orA
set Of single. harness In the depart n srt,
which have been IN service from ELEVEN
70 thirteen years, ali IN good condl ton.
with the exception 81 harnes on two sets.
which should be replaced with new ones
as soon as possible.
HORSES
There are thirteen head % hprs~s n
the department. all IN good cond4 ion and /
sertcea5le- During the year two houses !
were condemned and sold. and one horse /
died Three horses were purchased a. a |
cost OF t3s7.5o. The cost . feed each !
horse per month was IA The cost for |
saoelng each horse per month was |
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AERIAL LADDER
TIE Chicago Fire ExtfnglssasnT corn-
7any are row building so- the e.fy an /
aerial hook ard ladder truck ~sth a5-1a,t 1
sxseos5oa ladder and tEru-taAIe april
aaces. ths u1ost usefgI q ru0fer- eQ-1t5,- /
-neut known 20 TIE Ere servfoA TIE a. I
;t9n o. TIE osty c111ncl IN making tbs 1
purchase was 6Ue % the recy-u1nesSa.toss 4
u the Ere martial. The prac-ican5fty. /
-s@t0lness sad necessity % sueh Al /
equipment N cur department ziu - fully 4
md practically deru0gstraeass whas the
truck arrives and IS ready sor serTscs-
FTREMASs RELIEF FUND
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