The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-12-28

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SUPPLIES O1g HAND.
Amount OF food: 13C. bushels of oats,
"a bales of hay, l bushel of cora. %
lbs. OF byap; St gallons OF metal polish,
IL small size boxes of harness polish.
EXPENDITURES.
The expenses of the department for
the year are as follows:
To amt paid regular en-
plOyees.. ................ A,oV7'1L
To an2't paid call fremen. ll76o
6. g. feed hill horses 1886 SO
6 81 for horseshoeing 1890
/" Is of freight paid on
h2Y and oats go. ........ Ll.lO
To amt paid repairing har-
ness, etc.. ......... $500" ~
To amt paid on hardware
account. ............'....' IN
10 am 7 paid Variety Works
/ Co., saw dust and lumber. 1880
To amt paid Cleaner Fig.
I Co. tor polls ..... 1900. 20
/ To amt paid G. Bernd 4 Co.
/ for bride, etc. ......... Io90
| To amt paid Fabric Fire 49,.
| Hose 90. 1910
To amt paid Hale Harness
Supply Co., snaps, etc.. z oO
| ~ an pdiu On ulk5SOAA0A
eous accounts, such as new
furniture, bedding, coal,
Oil, soap, etc. ,............ 81 10
Total S2,046 80
The personnel OF the present force is
as follows: w. +. SHELTON, Chief;
mem bers, Messrs. Kenney and Chris
Tue: call men, J. D. Bush, John Cope
land, Clyde Dozier, and Homer Lowe.
Colored call men; Gum Burch, Nick
Ross. Jim Kendrick and Arthur Har-
ris.
EQUIPMENT.
The equipment OF the department as
it exists is as follows: One Two horse
hose wagon, with capacity of loo feet
of hose: one hose reel, with Capacity OF
500 feet of hose; one hook and ladder
truck, one Silsby steam fire engine,
one double set swinging harness, two
single sets swinging harness, three
horses, 2. POO feet of fire hose in good
condition, 1000 feet of fire hose IN bad
condition. one flexible shaft horse
clipping machine, one roller-tep desk.
Since taking charge of your tire
department on the Oath of last August
| | have endeavored to look carefully
toto all matters pertaining to it, and
1t may not be Inappropriate at this
time to call your attention 10
some badly needed improvements;
The station house now being used
bv YOUR department is really danger
Gus, it being SO constructed that 1t
would be very easily blown down, and
In fact it is entirely too small to be
conveniently used as station house
| fer your fire department. | earnestly
recommend that a new station be Quilt
as soon as practical.
beg to call your attention to the
very small salaries and to the very
small force of paid men now applicable
to this department and | earnestly rec
commend such increase of salaries as
| will in a measure be commensurate
with the duties of the men. In all
we'll regulated paid fire Departments
each member is allowed at least two
DAYS off every month, but owing to
YOUR small force of paid fremen it
would BE dangerous for me to try to go
throu h even "a hours without the
! full force of paid men. With present
! force we just have men enough TO take
| the teams out of the house, and in case
| If a fire alarm during our meal hours
I'VE are forced to leave one OF the
/ apparatus N the station until man can
come from some distance away and
bring it. This is liable to cause US at
any time to lose thousands OF dollars
worth of property. II we have to leave
any of the apparatus in the station 1t IS
of course always the hook and ladder
| truck, and many time ladder is the
! first thing that we need, and maybe by
| having it when we arrive at a fire we
| would be able TO save the property on
| fire, while for US TO wait until man
could go from his boarding house to
the station and bring the ladder truck,
the property on fire might then. be
doomed and beyond our power TO save
it.
1 desire to say in behalf OF the
present force 'ot iremen that their
conduct has been very good, always
polite, sober and neat in their appear
ance, and with but few exceptions
have been very obedient and attentive
to their duties.
l feel under many obligations to
your honorable body, especially the
fire committee, for the interest they
have taken in the department, the
kind words of encouragement they
have spoken and the cOurtesies they
have always shown me during the
time | have served them. Respect
fully submitted,
w. P. SHELTON, Chief.