El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26
NEW FIRE STATION ADDED To
ELPASO'S SIRE DEPART MENT
Gives Protection to Alta Vista Section $4,000 Seagrave
Auto Pumper Added to Central Station Equipment; Ell
Paso Fire Department One Of Best Equipped IN
Country Keeps Key Rate Insurance Low.

truck now drawn by horses. ana 90
away with the animals. The Mesa sta
ton has a combination chemical engine
and hose wagon and a hook and lad
der truck At the Sunset station is
triple combination chemical ana nose
truck motor driven. East Fl Paso sta
ton has the same equipment At the
Highland Park station there is com
bination chemical and hose autom9oile-
Then new Alta Vista station is equipped
with n motor pumper carrying nose
Three combination chemical engines
and hose wagons are kept IN reserve
in the department
Alarm System Has 76 Boxes.
Alarms are communicated to the Cen
trail station over the GameweN system
installed several years ago II has 30
boxes, distributed throughout the city.
a list of which appears in every tele-
phone hook. in the inside back cover,
for public information. When an alarm
is turned in the box number IS an
nounced by blasts from the fire WhIstl@,
which are audible over the entire city
II is reported that fully 9S per cent
OF all alarms are telephoned to the
central station For repeating them 10
all stations a device on the central
switchboard gives three rings OF the
phone and the operator communicates
the location Of the fire TO all stations
simultaneously
Forms Rescue Company.
Besides the various engine compa-
MES. a rescue company known as nook
and ladder company No. I, takes charge
Of the work of saving persons from
burning buildings. This company was
formed by the present chief, John W
Wrav. soon after he took charge OF the
deDartment in August, 1915 On Aug
ust Is there were So men on the pay
roll Of the department, including the
chiefs This is an increase over last
year of seven men, At the central sta
ton in the two companies there are
ra1a hn l.
tors: at the Mesa. six men, at the sun
set, five; at the East FL Paso. five; at
Highland Park. four; Alta Vista, six
Each company has a captain IN charge
Officers of Department.
The head Of the department is W G.
Jolly. city alderman, chairman OF the
committee on fire. police and building
The officers are John W Wray, chiei :
John T. Sullivan, assistant chief; engine
company No. I. o. F. Stapleton, cap
tain, W J. Hunt, lieutenant; engine
company No. ., G. T. Lyons. captain,
s Z. Jackson. lieutenant; nook and lad
der company No l, c ". stewart.
lieutenant: Mesa company No 3. W II
WiIliams. CAPTAIN. W. f Jackson. lieu
tenant; engine company No !, sunset
r Z. LeGros. captain. G. : conner,
lieutenant; engine company No ., f-aSt
Fl Paso. Arthur Peterson, captain, l.
Yarbro, lieutenant: chemical hose COM
panv No s. Highland Park. JEFF Glaves,
captain. J. z. Jacobs. lieutenant; engine
company No. :. Alta Vista. J. J Sull-
van, captain. l. NJ Marker. Lieutenant
Department is Worth SIs2,O46-
The records Of the city government
place the value OF the entire fire de-
partment at sI72.O4e.02. Buildings and
fixed contents are valued at S3S,70O:
real estate at $4,000; apparatus and
eouipment. s53.36S: furniture and mis-
ceIIaneous equipment. s16,512; horses
and harness. S7162; fire alarm system,
SIO.z32 For the operation Of the de-
partment in 1915 the city councils
budget has appropriated SS6-320, which
is S11.320 more than last year
May Build New Central Station.
An ambition Of alderman w G. Jolly
is to build for the city q modern cen
trail fire station to house the two COM
panies now in the Overland-Stanton
station. Proposals have been received
by the city council for the purchase OF
the land and building where the old
station is situated and prices ranging
from So, 900 to $4,000 have been men
toned. Some investigation is being
made by Mr.. Jolly with view Of Sc
curing a suitable central piece of
ground on which an uptodate station
could be erected. without cost to the
city government over what the old
property could be sold for. 1t may
be that definite action viii be made
by the council before the end Of the
present year and that the new building
will take shape early in 1917.