The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-18
ron wATnRwoRsks
AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
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Plugs--yew EhGise II sugsesteA
= Ier. the North Montgon1ery
: f.&7ss uepartnsent. 7,

In vifdieation OF, the waterworks
and Fire Departments OF the city OF
Montsomery. ~ regards the alleged
detective hre plugs the special COM
nittec or the Council. appointed, to In
vestiGate conditions reported. at the
Migrant or plug. in Montgomery, that
cannot be opened by one man.
sLs-It IL our opinion" said the report.
that the trouble heretofore has been
dnefto the hremen trying to open them
I'M the wrong way"
/ The committee condemned the re-
ports Of inadequacy Of departmental
supplies. which went abroad some time
ago, and declared that there Is none OF
the deficiency as was .agitated.
The Impression had been circulated
that many Of the hre plugs were de-
dcient; that they could not be opened
at times of necessity. The investigat-
ing committee. however. declared that
there was nothing deficient as regards
the IRE department supplies.
Several. Recommendations were made.
however,. that the greatest efficiency of
the IRE department. may be acquired.
The iCommitfeess Report.
" The report In full Of the investigat-
Ing committees u:
= montgomery, Ala, May II. 1909.
80 the. Honorable City Council Of
Montgomery:
"Gentlemen--we, the undersigned.
your COMMITTEES appointed to invests
gate and, report upon the, alleged In
adequacy of. departmental supplies for
the IRE department, and also alleged
in the city. OF Montgomery. beg TO re-
port as follows:
We have personally inspected a
number.sof IRE hydrants in the city.
and, while they are. hard to open. itsis
our opinion that there 10 not a hydrant
IN the city of Montgomery which cam
not be opened by one man. II 10 our
opinion. that thestroubie heretofore has
been due to the,firsmer trying toAopen
them in the wrong way. ia
I'VE respectfully recommend that the
nremeh at the different, stations be
given regular Instructions relative to
the opening and closing OF plugs. II b
our opinion that each IRE station sh ouid
hold monthly drills, which should con-
sists OF instructions In opening plugs.
handling and connecting hose, etc.
+ We farther recommend that. each
hydrant In the city should be opened al
least once every three months; the re-
sponsibflity for this, we believe. should
rest with the lWaterworks Department
and we therefore recommend that when
man IL sent from the Waterworks
Department to inspect these MIGRANTS
that the Chief OF the Fire Department
shall be notified. and he shall detail q
man from the station N the neighbor-
hood In which the inspection Is made
to accompany the waterworks inspec-
tor 49,.
y 1--WE recommend that the Water
works Department shall transmit
A,lfouRh the Mayor, to the Council q
quarterly report, showing the copdi-
ton Of the MIGRANTS inspected durina
|. the quarter.
1--WE recommend that the are engine
in Use now at the, North Montgomery
station. shall be replaced with new
one. and, Ia our opinion, an engine Of
the second sizs will be sufacient fol
this station, s.
I'VE. also recommsnd that the hose
wagon In North Montgomery be re-
placed at once With combination
wagon. - et,el1j itt5r,
I'VE RECOMMEND ttat the, old engine
at North Montgomery station. also the
hose wagon, be advertised, for sale.
! I'VE find that our previous recon-
niendAtion relative TO non adjustable
sbanners have been carried out and
we believe this to be an improvement
In the service. and we recommend that
further precautions be taken to see
that an adjustable spanners are taken
from the fire stations.
with the improvements recommend
ed herewith. we believe that our IRE
department will be as good, IL not bet
ter, than any city Of its size In the
United StateA n
s<att. Makes Record Run.
I9It seems Sproper<to us to report that
we called the Scott Street fire station
by. telephone. TO q plug at the corner
OF south Hull Street and Burton Ave-
nue.. The run from the station to the
plug was made, and. water shown at
the nozzle, which was at the end of
about $50 feet OF hose. inside OF i've
minutes We believe this to be as
good q record as can be shown by any
station In, the country. 49,.
1--WE are OF the, opinion that the wa
ter pressure 10 as good as required for
the present needs. In our Hull street
test, which is at the top of HILL there
fs no doubt but what the stream OF
water could have been thrown over
any, house In that part Of the, city.
I'VE recommend that more storage
capacity, in the shape Of reservoirs for
the storage Of water. should be fur
nished for our waterworks system.
Eve and that in North Montgomery
there are two water mains with dead
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