Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-23
Chief suekley's Position.

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Chief John a. Buckley is still out
| spoken in favor of the Bridge street
site and will undoubtedly be heard
from at the council meeting, Monday
night, in favor of it, as the firemen
and citizens generally are to be given
an opportunity to speak at this meet
ing. - &
Chief buckley, Sunday night, gave
to a Journal reporter the following
statement OF the alarms answered in
the city, during the past 2S12 months,
with a summary of the same:
In II months of 1910 the city had
1913 fires, of which % were box calls,
as follows: Nine on east side of riv-
er. four on Cushnoc Heights, six on
north end of Water street, north of
Bridge street,, one on Water street
(south of Bridge street,. This makes
10 of the % that we would have been
obliged to come from Rines hill, down
the hill and through Water street,
and all but one was north of Bridge
street or on the east side of the river.
OF the remaining calls, two of the
boxes, 81 and 65, were nearer to Rines
Hill, one box, 81, no difference, and
the remaining three boxes, nearest to
Bridge street. Thus % out of p
alarms were nearest to Bridge street,
one about equal.
In 1911 we had 143 fires, of which
there were 80 box calls, as follows:
Eight on east side of the river, five
on Cushnoc Heights, four on North
end of Water street. three on Water
street, south of Bridge street. This
makes 20 out of the 80 that we would
have been obliged to go from Rines
hill through Water street to answer
II of which We're north of Bridge
street. or on the east side of the riy-
er. Two boxes, 81 and IL, would nave
been nearest to Fsines hill, one, 63,
about equal Thus, 20 out of 81 alarms
were nearest to Bridge street, two
nearest Rines hill, one about equal.
From Jan l to Sept. 10, 1912, the
CITY has had so fires, of which there
were II box calls, as follows: Three
on east side of the river, four on
Cushnoc Heights, two on Water street,
north Of Bridge street. This makes
nine out of Il that We would nave
been obliged to GO from Rines NH
through Water street to answer, ana
all we're north of Bridge street, or
across the river. One alarm out OF the
- were nearest to Rines hill. Thus,
II ont of IL alarms were nearest 10
Bridge street, one nearest to Rines
hill
sThe teams from the Bridge street
station in II months of 1910 answered
20 telephone calls, AZ of which We're
nearest to Bridge street. OF these, 20
would have taken the department
through Water street from Rines hill;
- of them were on Cushnoc Heights.
"The teams from the Bridge street
station answered &c telephone calls in
1911 "a of which were nearest to
Bridge street u nearest to Zines mn
OF this number 20. would have taken
the department through Water street
from Rines hill.
"The teams from the Bridge street
station answered SO telephone Calls
from Jan. !, to Sept. 10, 1912, 80 were
nearest TO Bridge street, eight nearest
Rines hill. OF these p would have
taken the department through Water
street from Rines Mill.
"yThe summary of the box calls for
the past 2SlA months is as follows;
East side of the river, 20; Cushnoe
Heights. 10; North end Water street,
-. Water street south of Bridge
street, four: nearest to Bridge street
site, 60; nearest to Rines hill site, SIX;
equal distance from either site, TWO.
In answering the above alarms from
the Rnes hill site il would be neces-
sary for the apparatus to make the
run through Water street 40 times.
In answering these calls from Bridge
street it would not be necessary TO
make a single trip.
Thirteen of the fire alarm boxes
are located on the east side of the
river, four on Water and six on Cush-
noe Heights. In answering alarms from
| the above % boxes out of total of
| 80 in the city it would be necessary
| to make the run through Water street
| % times from the Rines hill site and
| four times from the Bridge site, twice
north of Bridge street ana twice south
| OF Bridge street. Nine only of the 80
haxes in the system are nearest to the
Rines hill Site"
Chief Buckley has in his possession
| a letter from the National Board OF
| Fire Underwriters, stating that the
1 bridge street location is better than
| the one proposed at Rines hill. also
| a letter from the New England Board
| of Underwriters, stating that they
| think it wise for the city to conform
/, to the suggestions of the National
| Board Of Underwriters in the matter
/ of the location of new fire statioK
1
| Walter Whitman Hendee of the
4 Medical School of Maine has entered