The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-03
RUNS JUDGEMENT AGAINST UNION jim HILL IN A NEW MOVE
MADE N|NETYF|vE RUNS
Chief Metz Hands in Report Tor
The Year

The following semi-annual and an
nual reports of Fire Chief Metz, was
read 20 the council last night:
WALLA WALLA, Wash, June 80, %
To the Honorable Mayor and CITY
Council:
Gentlemen-I herewith sumbit to you
nv semi-annual report of the condl-
tions of the fire stations; also my an
nual report of the workings of the de-
partment during the year, and which
also contains an estimate of the cost
of maintaining the department for the
ensuing year.
The temporary headquarters are IN
as good condition as is possible under
the circumstances. No. station should
be painted throughout and a FEW minor
repairs made; otherwise this station
is in good condition.
The fire department at present con-
sists of 90 men. as follows: Chief. as
sistant chief two captains, two engi-
neers. electrician, 10 drivers and pipe
men.
During the year ending June 80. 1907.
the department has answered go
alarms of which Ct were telephone
alarms. IS were box alarms and 16
were still alarms. The causes of the
fires We're as follows:
Unknown. Il: lamp explosions. 4;
boys and matches. 5: overhe0ted stoves
s: fues 10: rubbish. 3: defective fur
naces, ,; fiving enlbers. 1: gas explo-
sions. 2: plumbers torches. 4; hot
ashes /: defec- i've chimneys. 4 alco-
hOl explosions. |: sparks from engine.
.: sparks from chimneys, 2: cigars
and cigarettes. 4: false alarms, 5;
burning grease, /: acetyline gas eX-
plosions /: electric iron, /: fumiga-
ton. |: ammonia tank explosion, /:
spontaneous combustion, 2: mice and
matches l. candles 3: hot shafting
box. /; tramp BONFIRE 1.
In answering these alarms the de-
partment travelled 1872 miles. laid 24.4OO
feet of hose. sacked 376 feet of lad
ders, used IA tanks of chemicals, and
10 extinguishers; the actual time work.
ing at fires was Sc hours and 55 min
utes. Seventee of these fires occurred
in brick or stone buildings, GO in
frame buildings. eight in rubbish piles
and five We're false alarms.
The value of the buildings and con-
tents at risk. $356.50O; loss on build
ings. $12.5S7.10: insurance on buildings,
$192.S50: insurance recovered, $9.556.5 so:
uninsured loss. s3,03O6O: value of
contents at risk. $1S4,400: loss on
contents. $71.S00; insurance recovered.
S5.41O.6O: uninsured loss, $3,746.90; to-
tai value of buildings and contents at
risk, $4,000; total loss on buildings
and contents 21,744.6O; total insur-
ance on buildings ana contents $264,-
5000; total insurance recovered. S14.-
96110: total uninsured loss. $6,777.5O.
1T affords me great pleasure to be
able to commend to you the officers
and members of this department. who.
by the prompt and faithful disc arge
of their duties, have prevented several
very serious fires. and kept the fire
losses low during the past year. In
conclusion, | wish to thank the MAYOR.
the councilmen (and especially the
fire committee) the water department.
the marshal and his assistants. the
city clerk and all the city officials for
the many cOurteSies extended me in
the discharge of my duties.
Respectfully submitted,
civilian METZ.
Chief Fire Department"