Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-09

OF The CHIEF
Plans of fheordore AMBER
son for Firs Dept.

Some changes and additions to
the equipment of the city fire de-
partment will probably be made this
year If the Board of Aldermen can
see its way clear to carry out the
suggestions of Fire Chief Theodore
Anderson. This, with the proposed
placing of janitors In the fire houses
who q also act In the capacity of
drivers Of the apparatus when nee
essary, will place Perth Amboy's
fire fighting equipment on a footing
that will compare fayorably with
other cities of its size.
To bring the city's fire fighting
equipment up to its highest point of
efficiency Chief Anderson proposes a
new up-to-datea fire truck for Protec-
ton Hook and Ladder Company and
he would assign the present truck
used by that company to Liberty
company, upon the completion of its
new house, authorized by the Board
of Aldermen at its last meeting. Be
fore making the transfer he would
have the truck placed in the best
possible condition.
For Garfield Hose and Chemical
Company he would recommend that
the steamer now used by the Lin
coin company be placed there and
that a new combination hose and
company. This company acts al
most as the sole protection for the
northwestern part-of the city and
Chief Anderson regards Its efficient
equipment as almost a necessity.
To- supplant.Sthe steamer trans
ferred from Lincoln house to the
Garffefd's, Cnfef Anderson would
have a new piece of apparatus suit
able to the requirements of the city.
While he does not particularly rec
ommend an automobile steamer, he
calls attention to the fact that such
a piece of apparatus would save the
keep and care of three horses and
would be ready at all times for the
instant answer to alarms.
1t As possible that the ja~nitors
may not be installed In the fire
houses until February or March.
Later in the year it is possible that
two j%anitors may be installed in the
double companies at no additional
cost than originally contemplated,
ShN C4tlG hdh Ill LuS TWO vi LlfGS
companies being provided for in sal
airy by the delay of q month or so in
putting the janitors in the houses
singly. Next year provision may be
made to maintain permanently one
man as janitor in each SINCE COM
pany and two in the double compa-
MES. 1t will be the duty of these
men to keep the apparatus, horses,
harness and fire houses in perfect
order at alf-times and to guide the
apparatus to the fires when the
alarm Is given, where they will CON
tinue their supervision over the ap-
p~aratus. For instance, when Pro-
lection hook and ladder went out to
answer a recent alarm, after getting
or the street part of the harness fell
off of IN of the horses, which neces-
STATED the stopping of the appara
tus anu nAiug 1t. rms could not
have happened had the harness been
In perfect order.
A representative of the Gamewe1l
Alarm Company was In town Satur-
day inspecting the fire alarm system
condition. He is expected here
again today to finish up his work.
The proposition OF attaching the
Western Union Standard time signal
to the eight o'clock bell has been
found perfectly feasible and 1t rests
with the telegraph company's will
ingness to furnish standard time In
a seemingly wholesale manner, as to
whether or not the innovation will
be carried out.
All the foregoing plans for the
improvement of the fire department
are subject to the approval of the
Board Of Aldermen and the keeping
of the expenditure within the money
available.