The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-03
Calls Attention to Need Of
Fire Protection in North
End.
WANTS STATION BUILT THERE
Only Apparatus That Will
Have to be Bought is
Hose.
Total loss In City Last Year Is
St3.I5S.6f-Thls is Lowest In Four
Years-Rcsponsc Made TO 40 Calls.
CausCs of Fires Enumerated.

That the north end cf the city IS
without adequate protection from
fire and that this year Is the oppor.
tune time to erect a fire station in
that portion of the city are facts
brought out by Fire chief Thomas J
Mcfarland in his annual report For
the year 1911. submitted to Mayor G.
D. Walters and Safety Director NJ.
A. Mickey today.
In speaking Of the north side In
his report, chief MCFARLAND says: IL
have called attention to the north end
Of the city with the possibility of the
department being cut off at the rail-
road crossings but no action has ever
been taken to place a department III
that part of the city. | think the
time has come to build It this coming
year and do away with the great
danger which threatens the north
end of our city. Let us stop talking,
take a little action and-bulld this sta
ton when the motor apparatus goes
into service. The only apparatus
we need will be 1,4OO feet OF hose as
we will have everything else in the
way Of equipment, horses. wagons
and harness"
The chief states that the dicipllne
of the department during the past
year has not been up to the standard.
There were two dismissals. ON July
3, a member was suspended for re-
porting to work in an intoXicatcl con-
dltlon. He was suspended by the
chief and given one weeks suspen-
sion by the director of public safety.
In December, a member was sus-
pended indefinitely by the chief for
neglect of duty and incompetency. At
a hearing before the safety director
he was dismissed from the depart
ment but at n subsequent hearing be-
fore the civil service commission. ne
pleaded guilty TO all charges and was
suspended for 80 days.
The total loss by fire in the city
for the past year amounted to $13.-
1851. OF this amount $7,57S.16
was damage to buildings and So
SS0.f5 was damage TO their contents.
Fire losses for the past five years have
been:
In 1906. $0,5O4.75; 1907, $7,329;
1908, $157.S91.O9; 1909. S26O29.7S;
1910, S5O,625.51.
The loss on buildings not insure /
was $40 and on their contents, $1T5.
The department responded to 20
fire alarms in the city ana received
three out of town calls. Four OF the
runs were false alarms.
The chief has carefully enumerated
the causes of the fires In cases where
II was possible to learn the origins
At the top of this list there appears
the number of fires started by chill
dren playing with matches, s; sparks
from railroad engines 10; sparks
from chimneys, 8; buildings lgnited
from burning rubbish, 5; supposed
ihcendiary, 2; unknown origin, 2.
According to an invoice made by
the chief of the property of the fire
departmet, 1t is valued at $26,491
There are employed at stations No.
l, and 3 a chief, two captains, six
iiremeu, two substitute iiremen and
16 call hremen, making total OF 27
men in the city fire-hghting force.
In the report, Chief MvFcarlanl
thanks the mayor, the director of
public safety. the councilmen and all
other city officials for their hearty
cooperation and many courtesies eX-
tended to him during the year.