The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-08
Recommends Station in east
And North Side of City.
PRESSURE NOT SUFFICIENT
Business Blocks in Great
Danger in Event of Fire.
Asks For More Men in Department.
Dicipilne OF Members of Depart
ment Has Been Very Good--Total
Loss by Fire s5O,G25.5f.
Marion. O.. Feb. 8. 1911.

Marion, o.. Feb. 3, 1911.
To the Honorable Mayor and Direc-
tor of Public Safety of the City of
Marion, Ohio:
Gentlemen:---I have the honor here
with to submit for your consideration
the annual report of the fire depart
ment for the year ended December 81,
1910. 1t contains a detailed statement
Of the operations. causes of fire. and
the loss on the same, and such recon-
mendations that. in my opinion, are
for the best interests of our city for
the proper protection of lives and
property.
The force consists OF chief, two
captains, six firemen, two substitute
firemen, and sixteen call firemen-a
total of twenty-seven men.
Personnel and apparatus at Gem
trail station--T. ]. Mcfarland, chief
James a. Butler. captain; Charles
Thurston, driver chemical hose wag-
on Edward Fetter. ladderman; A. O..
Dennis, driver; owen Sifritt, pipe
man: Harry Spring, substitute; one
chiefs buggy, one combination chem
ical and hose wagon, one hook and
ladder wagon, 1900 feet of two and
one-half inch hose, 800 feet of three
and openers. 1900 feet two and one
and one-eighth inch shut-off nozzles
two one and one-eighth inch straight
nozzles, two copper hose Jackets. two
ten-foot ladders, two three-gallon
Babcock extinguishers. two axes, two
pike poles, two lanterns, one relief
valve. one sixty-gallon chemical tank
and OPENERS. 1900 feet two and one
half inch hose in tower; the hook
and ladder company being equipped
as follows: Ladders from twelve to
fifty-four feet. IL rubber coats all
good, five rubber hats, one Baker cell
lar pipe, one Bressman cellar nozzle.
one clap door opener. four forks, 100
feet three-quarter inch rope, four
lanterns, one three-way deluge set,
two two-way Siamese, two crowbars,
one sledge hammer, one coal cut, two
scaling ladders fourteen and sixteen
feet long. 100 feet of three-quarter
inch rope. six rubber buckts, one
pull-down hook. two pike poles, four
axes, one three gallon and one six
gallon extinguishers. There are flve
Htdu Ol HOIStS at lle SNdNloH'
Personnel. apparatus and equip
ment Company No. 2, west Center
street-Hilbert ID. Uline, captain
Charles Bender, driver; John Hagen,
pipeman; Harry L. Collins, substi-
tute; one combination chemical and
hose wagon, rubber-tired; one forty
gallon chemical tank, two three-gallon
eXtinguishers, $50 feet three-quarter
| inch chemical hose one AK, one crow
| bar, one relief valve, two lanterns
| two one and one-elghth inch shut-of
nozzles. two one and one-eighth inch
| straight nozzles, one one and one
| quarter inch nozzle, 1900 feet of hose
| In wagon, 1900 feet of hose in tower
four good rubber coats. two horses
one old Silby fire engine, spanners
wrenches etc.
Call company No. 3 at the Huber
works-This is a hand-pulled wagon
with eight call men. 1t carries 60C
feet of two and one-half inch hose
one shutoff nozzle. one one and one
eighth inch plain nozzle, one one ant
one-eight inch relief valve. one AK
one crowbar, four lanterns, two goot
rubber coats. spanners etc, 800 fee
of hose in tower.
Fire alarm system and apparatus
used in fire alarm system-One fou
circuit storage battery, controlling
board with rs cells of battery, on
four circuit repeater. two sixteen
inch gongs and indicators. two eight
inch indicators three small gongs, on,