The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31
DEPARTMENT IN GOOD SHAPE.
LEGAL firs Equipmsas In Better coadi'
ton Than Ever.

Chief Engineer Harvey W. Sanders Of
the nru,,.ehcre Orc depsr@eat has upon
request, prepared q list Of the bell and
.till alarms received at the steamer house
sinfe Jan. |, 1911. II makes q Particular
" good showing. says The local GORE
.i.osdent III the Springfield Republican.
There have been n alarms since. tina,
date, - siill alarms and eight bell alarms,
The only tires which resulted IN losses
in excess ai si0co were ON Feb, =, when
William fanninss barn vas burned
June 10, when the Cheney house on Ma.
pie street, WAS practically destroyed, and
on July IL, when ID. :, fratts barn ON
Western avenue was struck by lightning.
The Cheney house Was on The extreme
limit 81 Tie village and both the ran
ming aud Pratt barns were some distance
outside the village limits, Other than
,hcsa the largest loss Was ON Feb. 4, when
the department responded 10 a still alarm
from Dr. George x. Roberts, house ON
Main street, where electrical apparatus
and other property valued at $40 were
burned. and the only other loss approach.
ing this one IN amount was ON March :
when the Swift beef house near the rail-
road station Was damaged 10 the amount
Of SIS, the department responding 10
bell alarm. The total losses within the
village limits will not exceed 800: II,
The bell alarms since Jan. J, lgui, 9TH
or than those already mentioned, have
been as follows: March u, Thomas Mar
tins house ON Elliot street; April, J,
brush lire ON Cedar street; June ~, Hen
~ Clark's house on Maple street; July
1, false alarm; Jan, ?, 1905, Matercuic
building ON Elliot street. The stu
alarms, excluding those already men
- IA IA.
nell's house on Elliot street; Feb. 10, two
calls 10 John Blake's house in Morning
side cemetery; Feb, ~. O. Grants house
ON Bullock street; March 4, the Baptist
church; March Q, Freeman SCOTS house
ON High street; March 10, Mrs. Mary
Murray's tenement on Elliot street;
March 10, the Central Vermont tool
house; April %, brush fire on Harms
place; May 4, G. i. Nason's house on
South Main street; July q, ID. ;. Pntts
barn, second call; Sept. ., j. T.. Bush |
nell's store on Flat street; Oct. q, II. q.
Clarks house ON Maple street; Oct. -,
the Brattleboro House; Dec. %, the Wa
tercure building; Jan. 2, lNs, the stearns
building in rear OF the Watercure buiid'
ing; Jan. 8, John Blake's house IN Morn
ingside cemetery; Jan. IL, Michael fiem-
ing's house on Vernon street. In many !
instances tntft was no iperf the "'"' aH' |
being given on account OF the burning
out OF chimneys.
The fire department at the present
time is in better condition than 1t has
ever been before. There is a man and a
pair OF horses at the engine-house all the
time and three men and two pairs oil
horses at night The three steamers and
the combination chemical and hose wag-
on are in excellent condition, and new
hose has been bought recently. The fire
alarm system has just been thoroughly
overhauled by the new superintendent,
Joseph Brockington, who has put In
about six miles of new wire, including
new line TO the Brattleboro Cabinet com
pany's factory ON Vernon street. From
three TO four miles Of this new wire re-
places old and worn.out wire which was
causing much trouble. The system has
been equipped with new arms and new
brackets and every precaution has been
taken to prevent trouble. Superintend'
ent Brockington would like to see the
system divided into three circuits and
equipped with new switchboard and
storage batteries instead Of the present
ground batteries, and then il a wire gave
out on any one circuit the whole system
would not be impaired as now happens.
This improvement would cost from $1,000
to 1920 and it is possible that the mat
ter may be brought before the voters at
their next meeting