Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-21
REGARDING FIREAIEN.
Recommendations Offered Since the
 Inspection on February %

4 Recommendations Offered Since the
 Inspection on February 9.
 I. The services of. the present force of volunteer firemen of Compa- nies 4, , and 6 should be dispensed with and replaced by suitable num- Der of fully paid, regular service fire men.
 ?. A double constructed fire sta- ton (No Al should be erected and cen trally located within the Brooklyn dis trict, for the suitable housing of per manently employed tiremen, horses and apparatus; also the same descrip- tion of station for Company No on Baldwin street. ill the Abrigador dis trict.
 8. At each of Stations Nos 4 and , there should be the following perman- ently employed force of iremen: l captain, stoker for steamer, drivers and 3 hosemen for the steam fire en- zine companies. and q captain; driver, tillerman, and 2 permanent laddermen for the hook and ladder truck and combination chemical and hose wagon companies.
 1. At Station No 6, on East Main street. there should be the following force: 1 captain, l driver, and per manently employed firemen, and com bination chemical and hose wagon.
 5. No 1 combination chemical and hose wagon company should be q fully paid company of men. No ? engine company, and hook and ladder com pany No 1 should each consist of s fully paid regular men. 8 substitute call fire4nen should be assigned to each station.
 6 At each of Stations Nos and , there should be a steam fire engine, hook and ladder truck. combination chemical hose wagon, and 6 horses.
 [. There is necessity for organiz- ing and locating a fire company in the northwest resident section with com bination wagon and necessary equip menu.
 s. I would suggest that the present second and third-class steam fire en- zines be transferred to Stations Nos and ], and be reTsaced by the same number of modern constructed second class engines for service in the busi- ness and manufacturing districts; also additional hose should be carried on the wagons doing duty in the business section, and larger wagon should be placed at Station No 1.
 3. There is an urgent necessity for revision of the fire limits, and 1 recommend the following revised linn it's: Beginning at Grove street and center of North Willow street, thence east to Bishop street, thence through the center of North Square to point 100 feet east of Cherry street, then following that line southerly to Bald win street, thence southerly on line of Mad River to the east wall of the dam at the Waterbury Button company's works to point 100 feet south of Washington avenue. thence westerly in same line to center of South River side street to point 100 feet south of the south line of Bank street, thence on same line to center of Wash ington avenue, thence northerly to a point 100 feet north of the north line of Bank street. thence northeast to the New England railroad. following the center of railroad to 100 feet west of Judd street, thence north in straight line to the center of West Grove street, thence easterly to the place of beginning. The erection of frame buildings should be prohibited within the revised fire limits.
 10. Additional fire hvdrants are re- quired on Burton street. and through out the north and northwesterly resi- dent districts
 Il. The pipe on the short block be- tween Bank street and South Main street, connecting the 12-inch main on those two streets, is only inches, while the Bank street main, from Grand to Meadow streets. is but s inches: the short stretch from Bank to South Main streets should be in- creased to F inches, and q 12-lnch main substituted for the block be- tween Meadow and Grand street, on Bank street; on Grand street, north, between Bank and Leavenworth streets. a 12-inch main should be sub stituted in place of the present 6-inch pipe.
 F. Four-inch diameter steamer connecting discharge outlets should be placed on all fire hydrants within the business and manufacturing districts
 13. That an ordinance be adopted, regulating the storage and sale of oils, aOrnb nb11SffI1lac afd ov1,1oeix,ac