Daily inter mountain., 1900-05-07


| shows that the department responded to
152 alarms, the loss being as follows:
LOSS on building ..........$ 22,771
1 INSURANCE OH Same ..... 55S,2
| Loss on contents 2l,3lO
| Insurance on same ............... 341, 100
Insurance paid ..... -. -. ...... 1880
Eighty-three frame and sixty eight
brick buildings We're subjected to fire.
| One alarm was false
! During the year the department laid
! % $50 feet of hose; raised 1,615 feet of
| ladders; travelled 1,24114 miles; worked rs
hours and II minutes at fires; chemicals
consumed, 736 gallons; water consumed,
| 51O,l25 gallons.
| '"The apparatus of the department was
not in the best of condition at the begin
ming of the year and it required some lit
| tie money to place the department in it's
present condition.
II have no hesitancy in saying that
the department at present is fully up to
| the standard and that a thorough inspec-
ton will bear me out. The apparatus
consists of one chiefs buggy, one hose
wagon in service, one hose wagon in re-
serve, one Champion S0-galon chemical
| engine, one Seagraves hook and ladder
wagon ,one Champion hose and chemical
wagon, all in service; one Michigan aer-
| ial ladder wagon, out of service entirely;
! one extra hose reel in South Butte.
| service, all in the best possible condition.
"The harness in use consists of one sin
| gle swing, four sets of double swing har-
ness, two extra collars and ten harness
| hangers. all being in good order.
"The department at the present time
has total of 5000 feet of two and one
half inch cotton and rubber hose, as fol-
| lows: Two thousand feet of first class
| cotton hose, 1.500 feet of second class cot
ton hose. $500 feet of third class cotton
and rubber hose There is also on hand
one deluge set, complete.
i "There has been transferred to the en-
gineer's' department this year $50 feet of
second class hose and 100 feet of the old
hose to the street and alley department;
| there is also about 1000 feet of hose
awaiting condemnation"
There are 49 alarm stations, three be-
ing recently added. The old gravity bat
terry system has been replaced with the
improved storage system, which is more
reliable and less expensive, I have also
moved the repeater from the tower to my
office Considerable work was done by
the telephone company in changing the
wires for the better location of boxes, in
volving considerable expense to us. The
fire alarm system consists of the follow
ing property:
One Gamewell fire alarm system; 16A
miles of No. 10 w. p. wire, divided into
four circuits: one repeater; one restorer
one tower bell; one tower striker; three
14-inch gongs three indicators; 40 street
boxes: Sc storage cells: "a La Clancf
bells; five galvanometers: four line cut.
outs: one switchboard: four Morse tele.
graph keys; five lightning arresters; one
10-inch gong: one six-inch gong, and one
storage battery switchboard, all in ser.
vice and in good working order.
Material and tools on hand include
"Seventytwo jars (battery); one poke
galvanometer: one magnetic; one hydro
meter: two pair of climbers; one monkey
wrench; one Stillson wrench; one aliga
tor wrench: one brace; one hammer; one
come along and strap; and one connec
tor. The system is in perfect working or
der"