The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-07
Signed by Secretary.

rates."
Signed by Secretary.
We are not going to give the rec
concentrations of the engineer in full,
for it would take up too much space,
but will touch on a few of them, as
contained in aforementioned report
to Mayor Orem, a copy of which has
been obtained by the Company thru
the courtesy of the Underwriters As
ISOLATION.
: He recommends that another we'll
.and another million gallon pump be
/. installed at Mill street, but he is
wrong, as the new pump should be
;. installed at the plant in East Cam
bridge, and this we expect to do, as
we are going to put in two pumps of
five hundred thousand gallons each,
: which is much better than one mil
lion gallon pump, for if one should be
put out of commission we can run
.;the other, and will also have the
present million gallon steam pump to
fall back on. Another well is not
necessary, as the six wells Will pro-
vide necessary water.
He recommended that an electric
motor be installed at Mill street,
which has been done, and he also
recommends that the gasoline pump
be put in condition, so as to have it
as a reserve, which has also been
done
). He recommends some larger MAINS,
mostly in the outlying or residence
sections. which are mostly nearly all
unnecessary.
He recommends that additional
fire hydrants be installed in the bust
ness section, which is matter en-
tirely with the Town Commissioners.
He recommends that new fire
company be- organized at once, and
new brick engine house, with so
it. brick hose tower, should be cree
ted, preferably in the vicinity of
Race and Washington streets, which
is also a matter entirely with the
Commissioners.
Provisions should be made for hous
ing one full paid man here.
He recommends a new triple COM
bination automobile fire engine. He
states that the present arrangem ent,
which consists of responding with the
combination wagon and using two
very light 3-4 inch direct hose
streams until such time as the motor
returns with the present steam fire
engine, produces a condition that is
far from satisfactory to the insur-
ance companies, in that material de-
lay is always caused before effective
streams to combat serious fires can be
obtained.
The recommended triple combina-
ton engine should carry 600 feet
OF hose, one 40 gallon chemical tank,
full line Of minor equipment, in
Guiding shut-off nozzles, with tips of
from 1 inch up to 1 IL inches, STA
mese coupling, extension and roof
ladder, etc. He recommends an au-
tomato telegraph alarm system.
He says the present building laws,
are inadequate for a town the size of
Cambridge.
He says there are no laws of value
regulating the storage and use of
explosives, inf1amable oils. and COM
bustible fires.
He says: cat the present time,
while considerable thought is given
to the subject of fire extinguishment,
an inspection of the general conditi
ons throughout the town, indicates
that but little attention has been CIV
en- 70 the subject of fire prevention.
s"It is therefore recommended that
fire marshal be appointed at once
for the purpose of enforcing recon-
mended ordinances and that he be
held responsible for conditions OBJ
tatning in higher value districts Reg
ular inspection of property should be
made, reports filed and ample autho-
rity conferred for remedying hazard
GUS conditions
AS will be seen from the recon-
mendations of the engineer, some of