, 1906-01-31
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
Recommendations to the Wild
wood Borough Council By
Special Committee

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We, you special committee appoin-
ted to examine and report on the con-
dition and need of fire fighting facil-
tiles in our fire department, would re-
spectfully submit the following report
and recommendations:
We find that the present fire appa-
ratus consists of one first-class Stewart
hose wagon, one small two wheel hose
reel, 1900 feet of hose in good condi-
ton, one hook and ladder truck of very
inferior grade with not sufficient lad
ders, and four hand %grenades.
We also find from the reports of our
former water committees that the wa
ter supply and pressure are entirely in
adequate, and further, that it is i'm
possible for the Wildwood Water COM
pany to give us the proper pressure,
owing to the fact that the plumbing in
the cottages would bedamaged thereby.
Under these conditions, in the judg-
ment of your committee, the present
fire company would be utterly power
less to cope with even a fire of small
dimensions.
We also find that the present fire
quarters are not large enough or prop
erly arranged for the housing of the
apparatus and that it would necessi-
tate the outlay of considerable money
to alter the present quarters to conform
tn tho napda of tho aomn
After a very careful consideration of
the matters and the * penditures of
the Borough during the past year,
which we have taken from the Bor-
ough books, we find that W. can make
certain recommendations which if car
ried into effect will relieve many of the
embarrassing situations without the eX-
penditure of one penny more than dur
ing the past year and within the linn
its of the budget as adopted for the
coming year. Our recommendations
are as follows:
l. The purchase of a team of horses.
2. The creation of an office of n
paid fireman.
3. The purchase of a combination
chemical wagon and some additional
ladders.
4. The installation of the Gamewell
Fire Alarm System.
5. The piping of the streets with
high pressure fire mains.
6. The proper housing of the fire
apparatus, which would necessitate the
disposal of the present Borough hall
property and the building of a new
one on the park plot between Wild
wood and Oak avenues, the first floor
of which could be used for fire purpo-
SEES and the upper floors for city pur-
poses.
Recommendations Nos. l aud 2 may
seem rather extravaganza to those who
are not acquainted with the facts in
the case but when the duties of this
paid fireman and the team of horses
are defined it can clearly be seen that
it will be a great money saving propo-
sition with far better results than have
ever before been accomplished with the
same amount of money.
During the past year the labor on the
street work cost 5 $50
Borough hall janitor, 125
Flushing the sewers, about, 400
Gathering the papers from streets, so
$1425
Your committee feels that the paid
fireman with a team of horses could
with ease perform all the duties in con-
nection with the above items of ex-
pense and at the same time render in
valuable services in case of fire, as the
horses would be stabbed in the fire
house, and it could be made the duty
of the fireman to sleep at the fire house,
being relieved when necessary by one