The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-31
Shows Total Of So Fires During Past Year
and Gives List Of Causes; Losses
Aggregate $l5,4S2.50;
Equipment Described
COST OF OPERATING
DEPARTMENT SlO,395
Recommends Purchase Of Motor Apparatus
or New Team; House to House In
spection Nearly Completed;
Many Defects Corrected

The following is the report OF Fire
Chief Gattis for the past year, as sub
mitted to and filed by the city coun-
Gil:
"CHICKAsHA, Okla. Jan, 1916.
TO the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of the City OF Chickasha,
Okla:
Gentlemen ] hereby submit the re-
port of the Chickasha fire department
for the year commencing January |,
1915, and ending January |, 1916.
Number Of fires during the year.
50; consisting of defective flues. II;
srass, z unknown, s. gas explosion.
Z; stoves, 6t children and matches, 3;
carelessness, 1; incendiary, L; short
circuit, 9; lamp explosion, /; burning
mites in hen house. /; burning whisky
in sewer, 1 trash, p fireplace, i;
friction on shaft, /.
"1'he total loss on all fires was s15,-
432.5o; number of blocks travelled to
all fires, 307; number OF pieces Of ap.
paratus used vas S8: chemicals used
was s5 gallons; number y feet u
hose laid, 21,150; ladders used, 81
feet
''The department consists Of ten
paid men, with no call men and no
volunteers
(The report gives a list of accidents
and men off duty during the year,
apparatus as follows: city seryn
zee truck. Fl. & L., calued at $3.50;
hose wagon, valued at $3.50; combi-
iation hose and chemical, valued at
Il 500; chiefs buggy. valued at $500;
8 head of horses, valued at $1,000; a.
500 feet of 26 fire hose, valued at
1900
Expense Of the Chickasha fire de-
partment from January /, 1915, to jan
uary /, 1916: Salaries, for year, IS 299.-
expenses for year, $2,096-6S; to-
tal for year, s10,395.S2.
Recommendation to city council:
q hereby recommend that your hon
cradle body purchase one auto fire en-
CINE, including pumping engine and
chemical, fully equipped for fire serv-
| ice.
'If council cannot take action on the
above motor apparatus. ! recommend
that the city council appropriate $500
for purchase OF new fire team, as one
of the teams is getting old and unfit
Tor service, this appropriation to be
made for immediate use.
Number of electrical permits is.
sued from June, 1911, to January J..
1916, ZAP; total amount of permits,
s255.95.
81 am having a house to house in
spection made of the city for fire haz-
ards. which work is progressing very
nicely, resulting in numerous defects
being corrected This work has re-
CURED about sixty days time and all
hut small portion Of the city is
completed, though the inclcmency OF
the weather the past few days has de-
Iayed the completion Of this WORK
somewhat.
"Tn compliance with your honorable
bondy's request | notified owners and
agents of property located on lots |. ?,
9, A, 5, in block Al, to remove SAID
: bulldogs within thirty days from date
; OF notice, buildings that were located
: IN lots 1, ?. have been removed
: Buildings located on lots 4, will be
: 'liemoved within the next ten days, ac'
cording to statement made by Mr.
]. H. Mills { AGENT this morning
january 27, '1e-.
Respectfully submitted,
. GEORGE GATTIS.
! ssChfaf Eira Dana rfranf !"