The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-05-23

i1dihpeItVlle flfe department was
presented by Chief Engineer George
w. Arnett 10 the Common Council at
their monthly meeting of the 9TH inst.
The manual force of the Department
consists of one Chief Engineer, two
Assistant Engineers and one hundred
and eighty-fye men divided as follows
Union No /, IS; llibernia No. ;, So;
Fleet Wing No. ), 10; Columbia No.
4, IS. The Fire Patrol comprises one
captain, one lieutenant and ten men,
equally divided from above number.
Apparatus owned 10y the various
'mpanies at the time this report was
nude, March 3ISt, are No. /, one
lhrd class steam engine. one second
c,aSs steam engine, and one two-wheel
hose cart; No ,, one hind class steam
engine and one two wheel hose cart;
No 3, one hook and ladder truck,
equipped; No 4, one chemical engine
equipped with Two fifty gallon tanks
All the fire houses are supplied with
eXtingushcts and ate in place ON en-
gines and hose carts.
There ATE 1850 feet of hose in use
At the lttesent time, No having $50
feet, No. 900 feet Goo feet non=ser
viceahlc), No. /, 500 ieet
The property of each company IS in
first class condition. the cNtcnors kept
in good repairs and the interiors neat
and tim, thus manliestng the pride of
the members The value OF the prop
erty follows: No |. steamer, new,
81, 200; steamer old, $500; carriage,
$50; property, $1,000 total, $o,7so.
No. ,, steamer, $1,000; carriage 500;
property S. 900 total, 6,Ioo. No. 5,
truck. $3.50, property, $},o5o
81 $50. No. 4, chemical engine,
$1,000: carriage, $500, property, $1,000
total, s., 500.
The supply Of water is from Thirty
one hytlrants from the l.ambertville
Water Company. Water is also Access
IDLE from the Delaware river, the Del.
aware and Rarltan feeder and eleven
private hydrants, also the fire wharf
erected along feeder between Button
wood and Film streets.
The expense of the department for
the year 1905 was water, $7I4; appro-
priation,$2,S5o, coal and wood 500. 50,
repairs, including fire plugs, $64. 81;
sundlies, $5a so; hose $50, winters
team hire, SIS total, $tI5sta.
| have 4 record of ten fires during the
yeai that have been taken care OF by
the Department Some of them would
have been disastrous had not the De
partment been equal 10 them They
were as follows;
Aplil /, l O'Clock, A. NJ, Thomas
Blnchotl' 5 blrn loss $500 full, insur
ed, cause unknown
April IS, 10 4, NJ Napoleon Smiths
house, Hue, slight
May STA. Nj, count, bridge, slight,
cause unknown.
july y a. NJ NitiN istN > itdi',
loss $1,000, cause unknown.
July IT, PPM, 2. II. II. ronndhouse,
loss 5000, fully insured, cause eNplo
sion OF gasolens
August II, 9 A. NJ, Smllh x Sous
Co. VINE mill, slight
November 8, S p. NJ, {, Nj Peuec's
store, slight
March |. l. A. NJ, Lambert II Ser
geants row IN Hook, loss 5000,
March 4, a. NJ, Lambert IT, Scr
geanls row IN look, slight
There was loss To insurance com
panies Of $LIoo, to property owners OF
81, goo. As FIRE insurance has adVan-
ced, would recommend that we in
stal in ON city fire alarm We can
save in insurance four cents Ia each
$Ioo bv having an alarm system.
While our city has had no serious
fires ior number oil years, It Is be
cause the manufacturers have put m
ire pumps, chemical eNtlngnishcrs, ctc.,
and they practically take care OF them
selves.
would recommend that the pur
chase OF SIX hundred feet of p inch
hose be purchased and that James
A. Rritton combination hose washer he
purchased ior Nos. and ;, rs hose
will last longer when clean
-Four deaths have occurred in the
Department during the year William
Conway, No. +, August 8, Matthew
Masterson, No. ,, November l. Michael
Carmody, No. , December -; Jas.
Mangau, No. ,, March II
Respectfully yours,
GFoRGE W. ARNFrf,
Chief Engineer