Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-01-14
FIRE CHIEFS
REPORT MAY
HELP RATES
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1.-THE department has in service at
the present time auto combination
pumper and hose wagons; l triple
! auto combination hose and chemical;
l auto combination city service truck
and chemical and one chiefs car; 5000
feet of hose; 43 Gamewell fire alarm
boxes; l star transmitter and
street signal.
"The following new equipment was
added during the year: 1000 feet Of
fire hose, l fire alarm box, l hose
clamp, and a pulmotor was purchased
and installed on the city service
truck and the men are now being
instructed in the use of same. The
department, am pleased to say, has
stayed well within the budget allowed
it for the year 1915.
1.-The personnel Of the department
is as follows: Chief; assistant chief;
l auto mechanic (who also acts as
driver Of combination y; captain;
lieutenants; l auto driver and 10
hosemen, making a total of 10 men.
There was, l am pleased to state,
no loss Of life nor serious accident
in the department during the year,
but ! regret to report one life lost
at fire that occurred at 7O4 west
Market street, on the night of No
vember ga boy, named Percy Kel-
shaw, was suffocated though taken
from the building alive he died just
upon reaching the hospital
Inspections Made.
IAN ordinance which went into ef-
feet at the beginning of the year, re-
lating to the inspection of electric
wiring, has been enforced with quite
satisfactory results, as also ordi-
nance No. 1888, relating to the trans
portation Of explosives. Ordinance
No. 1910, relating to the removal Of
rubbish and other infammable mater
ial, has been strictly enforced, there
by lessening the danger of fire from
that source.
I'm the budget for 1915 there was
appropriated the sum Of 100000 as the
first installment for altering the wires
of the fire alarm system to comply
with the state law; these changes
are now being made as rapidly and
as often as practicable.
| "All hose in service in the depart
ment has been tested and found o. K.
Weekly drills Of the department car
ried ON regularly during the summer
months. All moving picture shows
and theatres are inspected nightly by
fremen detaile dior that duty, to see
that city ordinances governing same
are being complied with. All hotels
and rooming houses are inspected
quarterly. and periodical inspection
of schools Is made and fire drills
carried on. record Of same being kept
and a report on same made to the
board Of education.
can inventory Of the department
was taken during the year and filed
with the city clerk.
"In conclusion, l wish to thank the
honorable mayor and city council,
and also the fire committee, for the
interest they have shown in the well
fare of the department; the police
department for their help during the
year, and the press for the kindly
feeling displayed toward the depart
ment; and l wish to thank the Cffi-
GERS and men of the fire department
for their strict attention to duty, and
their earnest efforts to make the de-
partment a success"
Contractor Eichler was allowed 500
on force account, for removing nine
bents from the old approach to the
West bridge.
To Improve Curtis Street
Resolution was adopted providing for
Improvement of East Curtis street
from Tilden to Front, by clearing 20
foot roadway and graveling the street
16 feet wide.
Damage claims on account of the
Bstreet slide were presented by Geo.
S. Wood, $500; w. H. Turner, $4,000;
and Frank McMurray, $4,000. They
we're referred to the city attorney.
On his recommendation the damage
claims of John R. Clark and Reuben
Johnson for $4,000 and $4,000, over the
same alleged fault Of the city were
rejected.
The city attorney rendered an opin-
ion on the projected Myrtle street i'm
provement, saying that the fact that,
lin some instances, cost of Improvement
would equal assessed value Of lots,
would not invalidate the improvement,
the balance being preserved In the
district as whole.
The council decided to proceed
against the Charles Bealey bath
house on West Heron street, in the
superior court, to abate the alleged
nuisance. Report of the building in
spector for 1915 showed 23S permits