Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-05-15

Insurance Exchange Recommends
lions.
Chief Engineer Bowler has receiver
the following letter from tho New Eng
land Insurance Exchange:
In accordance with your application
of March Goth beg to advise that "
have completed our inspection In you
town and lind that the conditions remain
such 80 to only permit Of Glass D grad
ing at the present time, the fire protec
ton rating being 80 points out Of pos
sible 200 or II points less than tina
necessary for Glass @ rating.
We have prepared the enclosed list o
suggestions for improvements In the FIR
department and for the installation Of ,
fire alarm system, which II carried on
will be sufficient to place the village II
Class G for minimum rates on dwelling
house property.
JOHN s. CALDWELL, Engineer.
The principal points Of the require
ments for improved grading, omittini
some of the technical details, are as fol
lows:
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
That one full paid permanent man b,
added to the fire department; appoint
ment to be for indefinite term only aftel
applicant has passed mental and physi
cal examinations.
That the permanent man make regular
and Systematic inspections of all build
ings and premises In the mercantile anC
,, manufacturing districts to familiarize
himself with local conditions and to pre-
vent the accumulation of rubbish, dan
gerous explosives and readily iDflam
mable materials, and that be be required
to make written reports OF all such in
spections on approved forms, these to bt
properly filed by the chief.
That an automobile com bination wag
on be provided in accordance with the
following:
Apparatus to be 80 constructed as to
carry at least 900 feet of 2 IL inch G. r
L. hose, 100 feet of 3.4 inch chemical
hose, one rs, gallon chemical tank aud
four men over any roads that are psssa'
Bile for horse drawn apparatus Of the
same carrying capacity without injury
to the apparatus.
Gasoline motor to be capable of pro-
polling said apparatus at speed oil
thirty miles an hour and of covering
twenty consecutive miles in an hour over
streets having such grades as the appa'
ratus is likely to encounter In service
without showing loss of power or over.
heating when propelling the apparatus,
Equipment for combination wagon
suggested In detail.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
That the fire alarm system be installed
as follows:
Headquarters.-To be in q building
preferably under the control of the
town, apparatus being located In sepa.
rate room provided with adequate venti.
lation.
Apparatus.-At headquarters, to con.
sist of q slate charging and protector
board equipped with the necessary in.
struments and devices for properly oper.
atiug the system. Storage batteries In
duplicate sets, each set to be capable OF
operating the system for 80 hours with.
out recharging. Cells to be mounted
on glass and porcelain supports secured
to metallic frames suitably protected
against corrosion.
At fire station.-A punch register and
large gong connected to box circuit.
At telephone exohange.-A non-inter.
fering break wheel transmitter with
duplicate break wheels for each fire
alarm box for the proper transmission
of telephone alarms.
Elsew here.-Either tower bells, steam
or com pressed air whistles or horn OF
sufficient size to be provided 60 as to be
clearly audible throughout the village
and connected with the box circuit.
Circuits. to be either
copper or galvanized iron wire having
triple braid weatherproof insulation In
accordance with the National Electrical
Code, run as far as possible on poles not
carrying high tension wires, and where
located on such poles, fire alarm wires
to be run under rather than over such
high tension circuits.
Boxes.-That sufficient boxes be In.
stalled so that all buildings In the prin.
cipal mercantile section will be within
400 feet of q box and every group OF
buildings in the residential district with.
in 800 feet of box, and in outlying dis
tricts within 1900 feet of box.
Boxes to be of the positive non.inter.
feripg type equipped with silver or plat
mum key breaks, with Internal mech.
anism protected against abnormal cur
rents, outer cases grounded, and with
glass panel doors, keyless self.acting
doors or with key attached under guard.