The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-07
PLEASED AFTER
INSPECTING CITY
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Commissioners Make Annual
Tour and Find Everything
in Good Shape.
SEE NEED OF MORE
AUTOMOBILE ENGINES
Residents of Clinton Hill Sec
tion Want Another
Fire Truck.

That Newark has one OF the most ef-
fective ffre-fghting forces In the coun-
try was proved to the fire commission
ers and their guests in the annual in
spection today. 1t was clear to the In
specting party that the department can
sustain the reputation It has long had
Of being one Of the best equipped and
best handled of any In the cities the
size of Newark throughout the United
States, with the addition of several
pieces of apparatus apparently needed
In outlying sections.
Everything in the fire houses from
the uniforms of the firemen to the
glistening bodies of the big engines was
found by the inspectors to be in ship
shape. Fire houses east OF Broad street
were examined in the morning After
luncheon at the Krueger Auditorium
the fire houses west of Pyoad street, tn
cluding those of the lsorest Hill Sec
tion, were inspected.
Those who Inspected.
In the four big automobiles which
made the rounds today were President
T. Edward Burke, of the Board of Fire
Commissioners; the other commission
ers, William A. Weber, Matthias STRAIT
ton and Frank Lagay; President Will
lam Pennington, of the Board of Alder
men; Alderman William K. Seeker,
chairman of the building committee;
President George F. Reeve, Of the
Board Of Trade; James M. Reilly, sec
retary of the Board of Trade; C. Albert
Gasser, inspector of fire risks and com
bustibles; Chief Ashley, of the fire de-
partment; former Fire Commissioner
Theodore Blanchard, former Fire Com
missioner John Illingworth, former
Chief Robert Kiersted, John Gilroy,
secretary to the mayor; DR.. Hart, the
department physician; John G.
Schweikhardt, of the city clerks office,
and Charles s. Smith, clerk of the de-
partment
1t was impressed upon the COM
misioners that the need for an addi-
tional fire truck in the Clinton Hill dis
trict was pressing The Clinton Hill
Improvement Association has been
urging this need for some time, and
q survey of that section convinced the
department heads that the department
has not kept up with the rapidly grow
ing district.
Need of Auto Engines.
1t was the opinion of the commits
sioners after their inspection of fire.
houses and equipment in the Walls
burg section that an automobile en-
gine is needed there. Residents of
the district have asked for such addi-
tional protection and the great dis
tances to be covered quickly seem to
demand one of the new engines.
1t was seen, too, that an automobile
engine was needed in the Forest Hill
section. 1t was here that action Of the
residents prevented the establishment
OF another firehouse and it was appa-
rent that the district is not properly
protected. 1t has been found almost
impossible for horses to drag apparatus
up some of the steep hills of that Sec
ton when they are coated with ice in
the winter and an automobile engine
might easily overcome such handicaps.
With the exception of comment over
these evident needs the Commissioners
and their guests had nothing but words
of praise for the condition of affairs
in the department.