Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-08
ADVISES MOTOR APPARATUS
 FOR FIRE APARTMENT

l to increase the efficiency of the Nor wich fire department is set forth by Fire Chief Howard l.. stanton in his | annual report which was presented to 1 the court of common council at its July ! meeting in the council chamber Mon 1 day night. Chief Stanton recommends 1 that two automobile combination ma 1 chimes, known as trim pie pump chem 1 1cal and hose. with 7o0 gallons pump l capacity, be secured for the depart i rnent, and that one be placed in i Greeneville and the other on the West Side. He also recommends the pur- chase of d motor driven aerial ladder 1 truck with 15 foot ladder to replace the horse drawn aerial ladder truck of l old type, thus doing away with three horses. that are too old for service. To | complete the plan there should be 1 city size motor truck with a 50 foot l ladder for Greeneville and a motor l driven combination chemical for the Falls district.
 A summary of the report, which covers 29 typewriter pages and is , very thorough as to detail. follows: The department has responded to 115 alarms of fire during the year end ing June 80. 1919. Of this number. 45 were bell alarms. 107 were telephone alarms and 2S were still alarms. Of the above number of alarms. nine were for fires out of the city limits and in every case rendered valuable assist ance.
 The largest fire out of the city that the department attended was at the Glen wooden mills al Bean Hill. which occurred Wednesday. March 12. 1919, and would have been a very large loss but for the assistance of two com panies responding from this depart ment. The greatest distance travelled in response to out of the city calls was at the Fitchville fire. June 22, 1919. five and one-half miles, and to the Eastern Connecticut power plant at AIontvil1e, Sunday, June 2s. 1919. eight and one- quarter miles.
 The fires with the largest losses within the city limits during the year were as follows: Aug l. 1918. at Charles Slosbers & Sons grain ele- vator, with a loss of s11,00o; the two fires of the Max Gordon & Son cor poration. which occurred Aug. 19. 1918, enc on Falls avenue and the other on roundhouse of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad con1- loss Of ss.0o0. was a bad fire to get at on account of the location. April ,. 1919, a fire at the Max Gordon 6 Son corporation on Falls avenue, in Building used to pick cotton, resulted in a loss Of $13500
 There were several fires with loss of over g 900 and under 5000 as fol- lows: Oct. !. 1918. the popcorn factory of Grover & Carron. located on Water street. burned with q loss of $3,17s On
 
 Yarn company resulted in a loss of s3,59o. On Jan. IT. 1919. the fire in Andrews bakery. located on Summit street. caused a loss of s9. s65. The of F. c. Croweu. 1ocated on Water street. on Jan. 2S, 1919. was extin- guished with a loss of s4 200. This fire was very hazardous location and could have resulted in a very laree loss. April 2a. 191S the fire in the i mattress factory of the Morris Suss- l man SiIverberg company. located on i Chestnut street. with 8 loss of s3G00 l had the start for a very serious fire. 1
 Of the above number of industries ! and mercantile risks only two had au- | tomatic sDrinklers. These worked per l fectly and saved at least S20e. .e10. thus 1 showing the value of autema tic sprif1 ] klers properly installed and inspected. 1
 The value of property at risk. insur- ] ance on property. the fire loss and in- | suranee loss is set forth in the follow ! ing summary taken from the report:
 Value of Property at Risk. i 5ulidinss -'.. -...'.'...... *4o9' oo-oe
 Total at risk, buildings
 and contents ..:.... .s1 .o3o, ,ss6.32
 Insurance on Property. Buildings .s.... ...... sSf 7.s5o.oo contents ..'..- '...-....... 4f,9OO.0o
 Total carried on buildings
 and contents .$735, 75o. GO
 Fire Less.
 Buildings ........ ..... s2s.os1. .es Contents -. ............ 46.150.es
 Total fire loss ... ss9.241.ss
 Insurance Loss. EuliolnsS ............. S19,041.00 Contents ........ ........ 34.375.03
 Total insurance loss ...... $53.4f6.o3
 Loss Over Insurance. Buildings s4.o5o.oo Contents ........ .......... 11,775.65
 Total loss over insurance. Sf5,s25.s5
 Reorganization. Total at risk. buildings
 and contents .... .... $1090, ,Ss6.32 Total insurance carried on l :. buildings and contents. 7s5,75ooo Total insurance paid on - buildings and contents. 5s.41e.03. Total fire loss. insured
 and uninsured -. -. ee.241ss Total loss. above insur- ance. buildings ...... 4,G50.eo Total loss above insurance,
 :. contents .... ..s..... :. 11,775.ss Total loss above insurance,
 buildings and contents. 15,S25.65 Chimney fires in buildings and fires where no loss is sustained are not fig lred in the amount at risk. unless in ;urance is paid on the buildings or contents or where damage results rom fire.
 Local underwriters have paid small osses for fires where the attention of 1 he department was not called. which . Ire not included in the above figures, : 'ut the loss paid is small. f With reference to the fire stations Chief Stanton says: All stations remain reported one T ear ago. Some have had needed re- cry soon. The roof of No. station f t ThamesvilIe is in very bad coIidi- :