New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-24
MAYOR OF BRISTOL
GIVES HIS VIEWS
Wants City's Center Given Fire
Protection

Bristol November 24-Mayor W.
Raymond Crumb this morning. in
discussing the distribution of motor
lied fire apparatus in the city.
stressed the necessity of maintaining
u central station such as is now To-
Gated on Meadow street with small
err outlying stations working toward
the center. This question was
brought UP primarily at last nights
meeting of the board of fire COM
missioners. Mayor Crumbs COM
plete statement on the subject is as
! follows:
Proper distribution of motorized
fire apparatus requires that there be
a large central station such as we
have on Meadow street with smaller
outlying stations working towards
the center. Under our present sys-
tenn, We have School street, Uncas,
and Meadow street within such
short distance of each other in re-
gard to time, that they might as we'll
be all located under one roof. In
my estimation, a proper distribution
of these stations would be to leave
the Meadow street station as Is. to
provide better equipment In same.
| to move the Uncas farther out, and
to move the School street farther
south. At the present time, there
is nothing IN the air towards moving
School street. would like to
apalyze the Uncas station for you.
/ Il will start with the promise that
the Uncas First House is located to
protect an area bounded by Race
street and the south. Burlington ave-
nue. on the east. city line on the
north, and city line on the west.
The centers Of dwellings in this re-
gion are located approximately as
follows: Corner of Endee Manor
and Terryville avenue, Barnes tract,
Burlington avenue school, Ingra-
in from each of these places, Endee
Manor will be reached at present by
apparatus leaving Meadow street
/ travelling over West and Pound
streets before the Uncas can arrive.
The Barnes tract, Ingraham hill and
Burlington avenue are reached first
by apparatus leaving Meadow street.
This is due to the fact that it takes
a few seconds to relay an alarm
through the central station to the
Uncas. That few seconds is suffi-
cient for the Meadow street appara-
tus to be passing the door of the
Uncas as Uncas is coming out. You
will note, therefore, that the location
of the Uncas fire department to pro-
tect the sections named is impracti-
cable. ! am strongly in favor OF re-
locating Uncas either farther UP
North Main street in the vicinity
possibly of Birge's Shop. leaving
Endee Manor section and North
street to the Central Station. or else
up North street leaving 1ngraham
hill and Barnes tract to be covered
by the Pennington avenue house
travelling over Lewis street. The re-
location Of the Cncas house would
only be made after more detail
study of conditions which would in
clude study of traffic congestion
as we'll as centers Of building.
Considering this move from a
financial angle. am under the i'm
preston that it might be possible to
sell the Uncas property for suffi-
cient sum to buy location and
build a new neighborhood house with
small additional cost to the taNpay-
ers.
II am firmly Of the opinion that
the Uacas fire house is a disgrace to
the city of Bristol. l never fully
realized the condition Of it till my
visit there on election day. The
building is old and poorly adapted &c
the use to which it is put. ! think
that the Uncas company do theii
best to keep it in clean and healthy
condition but that they are working
under a tremendous physical handi'
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