The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-08

transmtter. forty-three street boxes
and one bell striker.
During the year q great deal of
work was done on the fire alarm sys-
tenn. Circuit No. 3, on east Center
street, was split at Vine and Center
streets, one line being taken down
and transferred to Church street and
run ON Church to Merchant avenue
and then back to Center, making
loop out of the Circuit and covering
twice the territory 1t did before and
at the same time saving $500 feet Of
wire also If YOU put in box on east
Church street you will have your main
line already up. The same thing was
done on Circuit No. in the south
end of the city. This circuit was split
on Main street and one line taken
down and run through the alleys to
come out on Columbia and Pearl
streets, running west on Columbia to
Park boulevard and thence south on
the boulevard, Mckinley and Miami
streets to Bellefontaine avenue back
on Bellefontaine and Hill streets to
! Main street. making a loop covering
over a mile of territory and saving
l,200 feet Of wire.
Some of these changes were made
necessary by the telephone company,
on the poles of which company the
| fire alarm circuit was strung; also
| all drop wires which came down the
poles were put in conduits from the
| top of the pole into the box; also all
| drop wires were replaced with wire,
| taking 1000 feet of conduit and 5000
feet of No. IA wire. Two thousand feet
of No. 10 wire were also used in maxi
ing the changes.
| At the present time the fire alarm
| system is in hrst-class shape. The
number of hours put on the fire alarm
| system by members Of the fire de-
partment during the year was 295 Ia
| Sickness of horses-Hans was put
out in the country all winter and
was not brought back until June
| when he was in good shape, and Fritz
was then turned out until September
when he was returned and sold
| Bought one sorrel horse from Charles
Walsh and put on truck. Toby, aged
sixteen years, was turned out for q
rest after being in the department
nine years. He took sick Decemb ber
2 and died December IA. Riley, the
horse used in the street cleaning de-
partment, was the property of the fire
department. lie took sick Decembel
~ and died December 2S with the
collie.
The department is now left without
an extra horse.
Horses off duty during the year fol
causes--Hours at blacksmith shops
80 l-2; days sick, 1853; days injured
and incapacitated, Il; days on pas.
ture for vacation, 1853.
Seven hundred feet Of Paragon hose
were purchased during the year anC
800 feet Of old hose were turned over
to the service department. Hose or
hand January l, 1911, $3.50 feet. Dur.
ing the year fifty feet of hose burst
and this was partly repaired. We now
have on hand 400 feet of good hose
one thousand feet of ii will not stand
"a heavy pressure. Twelve new rub.
ber coats were purchased during the
year, no other new equipment being
Iadded.
Discipline-The discipline of the
members of the department. has beer
lyery good.
Resignations-Earl Stafford resign.
ed March 81; Eugene Stafford resign.
ed April 80, Ira Shrock was trans.
ferred from substitute fireman at No
to the police department March 15
| Appointments-Mar 10, Charles
Bender was appointed substitute al
station No. 2; April IS, Jesse Davis
was appointed substitute at station
No. /; May l, Harry L. Collins was
appointed substitute at station No
2; July /, Harry l.. Spring was ap.
pointed substitute at station No. /.
Promotions-May 1, A. o. Dennis
was appointed regular fireman at sta,
ton No. 1 and Charles Bender ap
pointed as a regular lreman at No
I2. owen Sifritt was transferred from
station No. to station No. 1, May
Building Inspectors During the
year several inspections Were made or
business and public buildings by Cal