The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-12

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 Annual reports of the various depart noents of the Montgomery city govern menr are being filed daily with Actins Mayor C. P Mcintyre for transmission to the annual meeting of the City Coun- citl which will be held next week.
 The report of City Engineer D. ". Ford, shows more building in Mont gomery than ever before in one year the report of Fire Chief John Y. Browder makes a good showing Tor the firemen and other departments report activity throughout the year just closed.
 The report of the police department and waterworks department have not been completed.
 The Fire Department.
 Fire Chief Browder shows that dur ing the year the department answered 235 alarms, 210 by telephone and twen- ty-1ve by street boxes.
 The department expended during the year s41,5Ss.3s including $13,7o0 for the purchase of two hose wagons, one chemical engine. one metropolitan steamer, 4,000 feet of hose, six horses and partial payment for the storage battery and switch board for the fire alarm system. The expenditures for the year under consideration were much greater than heretofore owing to tho increased equipment.
 The fire chief gives in the narrowest detail the present equipment Of the department which is more complete than ever before in the history of the department.
 Referring to the live stock under control of the department Chief Brow der says:
 twenty-five head of horses compose the live stock of the department Twenty -one of these horses are in tx- cellent condition, but the other four have been in the service for number of years and, being very old. are used only in case of emergency.
 T am gratified to say, in connection with the matter of live stock that Mir. J. B. Cook, as in the past, has given this branch of the service his most careful attention at all times in con sequence of which we have in service at the present time the best stock that we have ever had in the department during my administration"
 The fire chief dwells upon the ef- ficiency of the Gamewell Fire Alarm System noting that during the year there was purchased and installed at fire headquarters a six-circuit switch board and storage battery. He conn menus City Electrician B. A. Blakey and adds that due to his efficiency and careful attention, the department has had no trouble whatever with It's cleo trical apparatus.
 Speaking of the houses of the de- partment the fire chief sayss
 q am gratified to report that owing to the attention at all times given the various houses by the members of the different companies, all are in fairly good repair.
 "The members of the department are at all times repairing, painting, etc. thus keeping the houses in fairly good shape.
 "The two additional houses contract ed for one in West End and one in North Montgomery, are not quite conn pleted at this writing. but no doubt | will be ready for occupancy before the end of October We are keeping up the work of in- spection, as In previous years and the | results derived therefrom amply repay tor the time devoted to this work" Fire Losses During Year. The report Is accompanied by table showing the losses by fire during the year divided Into months. The total loss on buildings during the twelve months was S93.306T7, on contents S115, ,006.26. a total of $20S,313.03. The heaviest loss for any single month of the year was in November, 1904, when the total loss on buildings and con- tents reached s41,150.t6. Explaining the table the fire chief says:
 T include losses occurring from all alarms answered by the department although many of the fires were in the new territory, fin localities where water was not obtainable, hampering the de- partnent in such manner as to pre- vent our saving great many losses"
 Appended to the statement of losses Is a table showing insurance and other interesting statistics as follows:
 Insurance paid on buildings during year. sS4.9s1.77.
 Insurance paid on contents, s1oo.- sg126.
 Total insurance paid s1s5.s73.03.
 Fire losses above insurance losses, $22, 40.
 Value of buildings at risk during the year, $1,2S1.711.
 Value of contents at risk, $646,136.91. Total property at risk during year $1.927, ,s4791.
 The classification of alarms and fires during the year was as follows: Frame