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ANNUAL REPORT

FIRE DEPARTMENT

YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1911.

CITY OF BOSTON PRINTING DEPARTMENT

1911

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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

FIRE DEPARTMENT

FOR THE YEAR 1910-11.

Boston, April 25, 1911.

Hon. John F. Fitzgerald,

Mayor of the City of Boston:

Sir, — I have the honor to submit herewith the report of this department for the year February 1, 1910, to February 1, 1911.

During this period there have been three heads of this department: February 1 to May 27, 1910, Commissioner Samuel D. Parker; from May 27 to September 1,6, 1910, Temporary Commissioner Francis M. Carroll; from September 16, 1910, to February 1, 1911, Commissioner Charles D. Daly.

The loss has been heavy, exceeding $3,000,000. This may be partly due to the growth of the city and the increase in valuation. You will notice that the number of alarms has increased from 3,784 to 4,063.

Fire-Fighting Force.

I beg to call attention to the necessity of increasing the fire-fighting force of the city. It is no uncommon sight to see the most important pieces of apparatus in the city attending fires badly undermanned. With

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due respect to the necessity of not increasing expenses, and with a reasonable amount of consideration for the burdens of the taxpayer, I strongly recommend that this department be increased by not less than fifty perma- nent men.

The apparatus and equipment of this department are, in the main, in excellent shape. The department is confronted by the necessity of a gradual change from horse-drawn to motor-driven apparatus. No more chiefs' buggies or horse-drawn chemical engines should be purchased. It has been definitely established that motor apparatus of these types can perform fire work with far greater efficiency than horse-drawn vehicles. This department will proceed along this line as fast as its funds permit.

The houses of the department are a matter of material concern. Many of them are in an old and dilapidated condition and are inadequate for men, horses and appara- tus. Some are decidedly unsanitary. The department proposes to prepare plans and estimates for recon- structing some of the nouses. These estimates will be forwarded and funds requested as fast as may seem justifiable.

Fire-Alarm Branch.

Since taking office I have retired four of the aged employees at the head of the fire-alarm service, and have reorganized this branch on the basis of younger men. The results have been most gratifying. The important work of transmitting alarms promptly is carried out with the highest efficiency. The fire-alarm office is being rewired and its delicate machines given a long needed overhauling. In the meantime the work of extending the underground system and keeping up the repairs on the outside circuits is being maintained.

Repair Shop.

The department experienced a heavy misfortune in the lumber yard fire of August 9, 1910. At this fire the repair shop was destroyed and the repair division of the department seriously crippled temporarily. The necessity of efficient maintenance of the varied equip- ment of the department is apparent to any thinking person. The loss of the tools, supplies and building connected with the service prostrated this division.

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Under the able direction of the superintendent of repairs a temporary shop has been established at 252-256 Dover street. In these quarters the maintenance of the department has been carried on efficiently, and I do not feel that there has been any setback in the high character of the apparatus and equipment.

The rebuilding of the repair shop has been pushed. A fireproof building with an extra story and an enlarged boiler room will be built upon the site of the old structure. The work is progressing rapidly and will be completed this summer.

Veterinary Hospital.

Within the last year the pensioning of Dr. G. W. Stimpson necessitated the appointment of a new veteri- nary surgeon. The work of this division is being well maintained. Excellent horses, in proper numbers, are being purchased at a fair figure.

Fire Prevention.

The fire risk in the City of Boston is one of the heaviest in the world. The steps necessary to meet the situation are plain. The underlying necessity is, first, an improvement in the building laws. The Department has co-operated with the commission appointed by the Mayor. Tinder box conditions have been investigated and a law is now before the Legislature which, if passed, will insure some progress toward better building methods. A law requiring all garages to be of first-class construc- tion has been prepared and will, doubtless, be enacted. Other special risks have been investigated. These matters should be pushed not only in this General Court but in each succeeding one until a reasonable class of construction is insured.

A second step toward improving building conditions is found in the extension of the building limits. This is a matter of great importance. The Fire Department, in conjunction with the Engineers of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, has prepared a tentative ordinance asking that these limits be extended. This is now before the City Council. The detail of the plan may be subject to change, but that the work is necessary, and that now is the time to do it, nobody questions.

City Document No. 15.

Building Inspection.

The system of building inspection has been extended and developed. During the few months in which it has been carried on over seven thousand buildings have been inspected. The inspection has covered various special risks, such as garages, printing plants, factories, tenements, hotels, hay and grain sheds, lumber yards, mercantile houses, schoolhouses, theaters, moving picture houses, public assembly halls and buildings for the storage of explosives, etc.

When dangerous conditions are found they are reported to the owner, the Building Commissioner and the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters. The complete investigation of these various buildings tends to elim- inate dangerous conditions, as has been shown by the ready response of owners in correcting those of a fire menace character. Many buildings in a state of col- lapse have been razed. Others with windows out and doors removed have been boarded up, thus eliminating the danger of fire from within by intruders. Much attention has been paid to buildings in which rubbish and litter of all kinds have been allowed to collect, and where benzine, naphtha, gasolene and other inflammables have been stored for use in a careless manner. In garages danger arising from escaping gasolene vapor has been minimized by the segregation of heaters and boilers from the main building. The regulation governing the stor- age of gasolene and the burying of tanks underground is being enforced, thus reducing the danger from explosions.

Great care has been exercised by the explosive detail in the inspection of high explosives. Enforce- ment of the new regulations, issued by the state police, has been rigid. Buildings and structures containing high explosives, such as dynamite, blasting powder, detonators or blasting caps, fixed ammunition, soluble or negative cotton, fireworks and firecrackers and inflammable fluids of all kinds, have been frequently inspected.

These inspections have been the means of bringing to the attention of the Building Department insufficient means of egress, defective buildings, etc., which would be a source of great danger in case of fire. It has also the additional advantage of acquainting the district chiefs with their territory.

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Adequate building inspection can only result in far reaching benefit to the community.

High Pressure Service.

A bill providing for the installation of a high pressure service through the business district of Boston has been submitted to the Legislature, and indications are that it will become a law. If this bill is accepted by the City Council, the city will have made a material step toward modern fire protection. The benefits resulting from this system are inestimable.

The Suburbs.

Fire protection in the suburbs should be developed. I have gathered statistics showing the growth of the suburbs in population and valuation. These statistics show that there has been practically no increase in the fire protection of these districts during a period in which population and valuation have increased 30 per cent.

Mutual Aid.

The problem of receiving assistance from adjoining cities and towns in case of large fires has been investi- gated. A Board, consisting of Deputy Chief Grady, Chief Perkins and Assistant Superintendent Fire Alarms Donahue, have prepared careful plans for the orderly and proper handling of metropolitan aid. The extension of the tapper service to adjoining towns is being pushed. This office has in mind proper cooperation throughout the immediate metropolitan district.

National Board Investigation.

The National Board of Fire Underwriters, during the past six months, has investigated in detail all aspects of this department. This report, just published, speaks of the department in favorable terms.

The characteristic high grade of the Boston Fire Service has been maintained throughout the year, due to a strict attention of officers and men to their duties.

Very respectfully,

Charles D. Daly,

Fire Commissioner.

City Document No. 15.

ORGANIZATION.

Commissioner, Charles D. Daly; term expires May, 1914.

Chief Clerk, Benjamin F. Underhill.

Chief of Department, John A. Mullen.

Deputy Chief, John Grady, First Division.

Junior Deputy Chief, Peter F. McDonough, Second

Division. Superintendent of Fire Alarms, George L. Fickett. Assistant Superintendent of Fire Alarms and Chief Operator,.

Richard Donahue. Superintendent of Repair Shop and Supervisor of Engines,

Eugene M. Byington. Veterinary Surgeon, Daniel P. Keogh. Medical Examiner, Rurus W. Sprague.

District Ci	liefs.
District. Headquarters.
1. John W. Godbold . . Ladder House 2
2. Charles H. W. Pope				9
3. John 0. Taber				18
4. Henry A. Fox .				Engine House 4
5. Daniel F. Sennott .				26-35
6. Edwin A. Perkins .				1
7. John T. Byron				22
8. Stephen J. Ryder .				Ladder House 12
9. Michael J. Kennedy				Engine House 12
10. John W. Murphy .				18
11. John E. Madison .				41
12. Michael J. Mulligan				28
Marine, Robert A. Ritchie				47
14. Maurice Heffernan				46
Our Roll of Merit contains the names of
Nathan L. Hussey . .	Engine 23.
Edward H. Sawyer (2)					Ladder 4.
James F. Bailey					" 17.
Eugene Rogers					". L
Peter Callahan					Engine 4.
Joseph A. Kelley					Chemical 1.
Timothy J. Heffron					Engine 4.
James E. Downey .					" 6.
Frederick F. Leary .					Ladder 12.
Florence Donoghue					Combination 8.
James J. O'Connor .					Engine 7.
James F. McMahon					Combination 8.

Fire Department.

Martin A. Kenealy .		Engine	7.
Denis Driscoll ....		a	7.
William H. Magner		Ladder 8.
Thomas J. Muldoon		Chemical 8.
Dennis McGee		Combination 5.
Joseph P. Hanton		Ladder 17.
Michael J. Teehan .		a	17.
Charles W. Conway		a	13.
Michael J. Dacey		u	13.
Patrick E. Keyes		District Chief.
Thomas H. Downey		Engine	8.
Force and Pay Roll February 1, 1911.
Commissioner	$5,000 per annum
Chief clerk	2,500	a
Chief of department	4,000	a
Deputy chief	3,000	ii
Junior deputy chief	2,500	ii
Superintendent of fire alarms	2,500	u
Assistant superintendent of fire a]	arms and
chief operator ....	2,300	ii
Superintendent of repair shop and super-
visor of engines ....	2,500	ii
Veterinary surgeon ....	2,000	ii
Assistant to veterinary surgeon	1,600	ii
Medical examiner ....	1,300	ii
Master carpenter ....	1,300	ii
Master painter . . .	1,300	ii
Bookkeeper . ...	1,650	ii
2 Clerks	1,400	ii
1 Clerk	1,200	ii
1 Clerk	1,100	ii
1 Clerk	900	ii
1 Clerk	800	ii
1 Clerk	700	ii
14 District chiefs ....	2,000	ii
56 Captains	1,600	ii
88 Lieutenants ....	1,400	ii
1 Lieutenant, aid to chief .	1,400	ii
1 Lieutenant, foreman hose an<	i harness
shop	1,400	ii
2 Engineers	1,400	ii
46 Engineers	1,300	ii
1 Engineer	1,200	ii
44 Assistant engineers .	1,200	ii
647 Privates:
464	$1,200 per annum.
42	1,100	ii
39	1,000	ii
73 .....	900	ii
29		720	ii

City Document No. 15.

2 Chief's drivers .... 3 Chief's drivers ....	$1 75 per day. 2 00
1 Chief's driver . . .	2 50 "
3 Hostlers (average) . 1 Horseshoer ....	2 25 " 3 00 "
1 Shipkeeper ....	2 00 "
Fire- Alarm Force.
4 Operators • 3 Assistant operators . 1 Foreman of construction	$1,600 per annum 1,200 2,000
1 Machinist 1 Machinist	4 25 per day. 4 00
1 Telegraphers and lineman (average) 3 14 " 1 Hostler ...... 2 50 "

Assistant superintendent and one operator on leave absence with half pay pending decision on retirement.

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Repair Shop Employees.

Master plumber

Engineer .

Firemen

Plumbers .

Steamfitter

Painter

Painters

Painters

Wheelwrights

Machinists

Blacksmiths

Blacksmith

Blacksmith's helpers

Carpenters

Hose and harness repairers

Hose and harness repairer

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Laborer ....

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1,006 total force.

Fire Districts.

The city is divided into fourteen fire districts as follows :

District 1.

All that part of Boston known as East Boston.

District 2. All that part of Boston known as Charlestown.

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District 3.

The territory bounded on the north by State street, on the east by the water front to B street, on the south- east by B street, on the south by West First street, across Dorchester avenue and Cove Street Bridge to Atlantic avenue, and on the west by Atlantic avenue, Dewey square, Summer street, Church Green and Devonshire street.

District 4>

The territory bounded on the north and east by the water front, on the south by State, Devonshire, Water, Washington, School and Beacon streets, and on the west by Charles and Pinckney streets and the Charles river.

District 5.

The territory bounded on the north by Water, Wash- ington, School, Beacon, Charles and Pinckney streets, on the west by the Charles river, Otter, Beacon, Arling- ton, Boylston (Short), Church and Providence streets, Park square, Columbus avenue, Church and Tremont streets, on the south by Pleasant street and Broadway extension to bridge across Fort Point channel to Dor- chester avenue, and on the east by a line from Dorchester avenue across Cove Street Bridge, Atlantic avenue, Dewey square, Summer street, Church Green and Devonshire street.

District 6.

The territory bounded on the north by Broadway extension across Fort Point channel, and Dorchester avenue to First street, through First street to B street, on the west by B street to harbor line, by harbor line to Locust street, on the south by Locust and Dorset streets to the South bay, and on the west by South bay to Broadway Extension Bridge.

District 7.

The territory bounded on the west by the Charles river, on the north by Otter, Beacon, Arlington, Boylston (Short), Church and Providence streets, Park square, Columbus avenue, Church, Tremont and Pleasant streets and Broadway extension to bridge, on the east by Fort Point channel and South bay, and on the south by Massachusetts avenue and the Charles river.

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District 8.

The territory bounded on the north by the Charles river and Massachusetts avenue, on the east by Wash- ington street, on the south by Atherton and Mozart streets, Chestnut avenue, Sheridan and Centre streets, Hyde square, Perkins street, South Huntington avenue and Castleton street, across Jamaicaway to the Brook- line line, and on the west by the Brookline line to Cottage Farm Bridge.

District 9.

The territory bounded on the north by Massachusetts avenue, South bay, Dorset and Locust streets, on the east by Dorchester bay, on the south by Evandale ter- race, Savin Hill avenue north, Pleasant and Stoughton streets, Columbia road, Geneva and Blue Hill avenues, Seaver street and Columbus avenue, and on the west by Washington street.

District 10.

The territory bounded on the north by Geneva avenue, Columbia road, Stoughton and Pleasant streets, Savin Hill avenue north, Evandale terrace to water front, on the east by Dorchester bay and Neponset river, on the south by marsh land to Minot street, through Adams and Centre streets, Talbot avenue and Angell street; on the west by Canterbury street and Blue Hill avenue.

District 11.

All that part of Boston known as Brighton, and extending east as far as Cottage Farm Bridge.

District 12. All that part of Boston known as West Roxbury, bounded on the north by a line from the Brookline line across Jamaicaway to Castleton street, through Castle- ton street, South Huntington avenue, Perkins street, Hyde square, Centre and Sheridan streets, Chestnut avenue, Mozart and Atherton streets, Columbus avenue and Seaver street, on the east by Blue Hill avenue, Canterbury, Morton and Harvard streets, on the south by the Hyde Park and Dedham lines, and on the west by the Newton and Brookline lines.

Marine District. All buildings or other property, including wharfs, bridges, etc., bordering on the water front, beginning

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at a point on the northerly side of the reserved chan- nel at L Street Bridge, South Boston, thence westerly along the harbor line of South Boston to Fort Point channel, thence southerly to Dorchester Avenue Bridge, thence northerly by the way of Fort Point channel, thence along and around the city proper harbor line to the Charlestown Bridge, thence northerly along the water front around the Charlestown district to Mystic river, thence westerly along the Mystic river (south side) to Maiden Bridge, or Alford street. Also, begin- ning at Jeffries Point at the head of Marginal street, thence northerly and westerly along the East Boston water front to Chelsea creek, thence easterly .along said creek (south side) to the Grand Junction Railroad Bridge, and to include all property on the islands in Boston Harbor.

Note.— The lines of Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are affected by the Marine District.

District 14--

The territory bounded on the north by Angell street, Talbot avenue, Centre and Adams streets, to Minot street, across marsh land to Neponset river, on the east by Neponset river, on the south by Neponset river and Hyde Park line, on the west by Harvard, Morton and Canterbury streets.

Assignment of Districts.

Each district is placed under the charge of a district chief, as follows:

	Chief in Command.	Companies in Districts.
District.	Engines.	o3 q .S a S'm	CO 3 13 El
,	John W. Godbold C. H. W. Pope John 0. Taber	5,9, 11,40 27, 32, 36 25, 38, 39 *4,6, 8 7, 10, * 26, 35 * 1,2, 15, 43 3, * 22, 33 13, 14,37 * 12,21,23,24 17, * 18, 20 29, 34,* 41 * 28, 30, 42, 45 44, * 47 16, 19,* 46	7 3,9 1 2 8 4 12 10 6 5,13 11	*2, 21 *9, 22 8, 14 * 18 1,24 17 5, 19,20 3, 13, 15 * 12,26 4 7, 23, 27 11 10,16,25 6
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10 11 12
Marine. . . . 14

Headquarters of District Chief.

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City Document No. 15.

The following property is in charge of the Fire Com- missioner :

Houses.

Location.	Number of Feet in Lot.	Assessed Valuation.	Occupied by
Dorchester and Fourth streets	8,167	$25,800	Engine 1 and Ladder House 5 on this lot.
Corner of 0 and Fourth streets	4,000	16,200	Engine 2.
Bristol street and Harrison avenue . . .	4,000	30,000	Engine 3 and Ladder 3.
	6,098	96,000
	Tower 1.
	1,647	9,000
	2,269	40,000
	1,893	36,400	Engine 7.
	2,568	24,000	Engine 8.
	4,720	29,700
	1,886	20,500	Engine 10.
Saratoga and Byron sts., East Boston,	10,000	39,500	Engine 11 and Ladder 21.
	7,320	25,000	Engine 12.
	4,832	16,000
	5,713	14,600	Engine 14.
	2,803	18,600	Engine 15.
Corner River and Temple streets	12,736	19,200	Engine 16 and Ladder 6.
Meeting House Hill, Dorchester	9,450	17,300	Engine 17 and Ladder House 7 on this lot.
	9,440	18,800	Engine 18.
	7,683	14,200	Engine 19.
	9,000 10,341	17,300 17,100	Engine 20 and Ladder 27.
	Engine 21.
	7,500	62,500	Engine 22 and Ladder 13.
	3,445	11,200	Engine 23.
Corner Warren and Quincy streets	4,186	IS, 100	Engine 24.
	4,175	100,600	Engine 25, Ladder 8 and
	Ladder 14.
	5,623 2,600	175,000 18,000
	Engine 27.
	10,377	28,300	Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton	14,358	37,200	Engine 29 and Ladder 11.
Centre street, West Roxbury	12,251	25,000	Engine 30 and Ladder 25.
Bunker Hill street, Charlestown	S,188	26,200	Engine 32.
Corner Boylston and Hereford streets	5,646	98,000	Engine 33 and Ladder 15.
	4,637	17,800	Engine 34.
	5,668	21,000	Engine 36 and Ladder 22.
Corner Longwood and Brookline aves.	5,231	14,300	Engine 37 and Ladder 26.

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Houses. — Concluded.

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Location.	Number of Feet in Lot.	Assessed Valuation.	Occupied by
	4,000	$37,000	Engines 38 and 39.
	4,010	18,000	Engine 40.
Harvard avenue, near Cambridge	6,112	25,500	Engine 41 and Chemical 6.
Washington street, at Egleston square,	3,848	22,900	Engine 42 and Chemical 5.
	5,133	19,600	Engine 43 and Ladder 20.
Washington street, corner Poplar	14,729 4,875	22,400 22,900	Engine 45 and Ladder 16.
Dorchester avenue, Ashmont	Engine 46.
Church street	3,412	23,600	Chemical Engine 2.
	5,230	15,700	Chemical 3.
	889 9,300	4,300 40,600	Chemical Engine 4.
	1,804	7,800
Eustis street	1,790	8,000	Chemical Engine 10.
Corner Callender and Lyons streets.. .	7,200	13,964	Chemical 11.
Corner Walk Hill and Wenham streets,	11,169	35,446	Chemical 13.
	1,676 3,923	37,200 26,000
Main street, Charlestown	4,290	16,400	Ladder 9 and Chemical 9.
	4,311 2,134	25,600 23,500
	Ladder 17.
	8,964	35,400	Ladder 18 and Tower 3.
Fourth street	3,101	10,700	Ladder 19.
	6,875	21,400	Ladder 23.
	3,918	19,800	Ladder 24.

Assessed Valuation.

Fuel house, Dorchester street, 1,610 feet of land, $3,100

Fuel house, Salem street, 417 feet of land . . 4,000

Fuel house, Main street, Charlestown, 2,430 feet

of land *..'.. 7,000

Headquarters Building, corner of Albany and

Bristol streets, 23,679 feet of land . . . 125,000

Water Tower No. 2 and wrecking wagon are in

Headquarters Building. Veterinary Hospital, Atkinson street, 64,442 feet

of land 68,300

Fuel house, Washington, near Dover street, 1,007

feet of land 10,500

11,500 feet of land adjoining the South Ferry,

East Boston, quarters of Engine Company 47, 16,300

Building not assessed.

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1 Combination chemical engine and ladder truck.

1 Chemical engine.

1 District chief's wagon.

1 Sleigh.

1 Buick roadster. Built at Fire Department repair shop :

1 Hose wagon.

1 Ladder truck rebuilt, and destroyed in repair shop fire.

1 Chemical engine rebuilt, and destroyed in repair shop fire.

Amount of hose purchased and condemned during the year:

Leading cotton Leading rubber Chemical Deck . Rubber suction Flexible suction Deluge

Amount of hose destroyed in repair shop fire, August 9, 3,586 feet. Amount of hose in use and in store February 1, 1911 :

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2,500 "	800 "
1,000 "	1,350 "
300 "	100 "
312 "	195 "
200 "	150 "
200 "	48 "
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Leading rubber . . ...	7,600 "	2,750 "
Chemical	. 11,950 "	200 "
Deck	600 "	300 "
Rubber suction . .	956 "	124* "
Flexible suction ....	525 "	87| "
Deluge	816 "	187| "
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Sold or exchanged		. 27
Killed for cause		. 11
Killed in service		. 3
Died		3
Number in the department		. 408

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Expenditures for the Year.

Salaries to January 26, 1911, inclusive: Samuel D. Parker, commis- sioner, to May 27, 1910, inclu- sive

Francis M. Carroll, temporary

commissioner, from May 28 to

September 15, 1910, inclusive .

Charles D. Daly, commissioner,

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1,424 65

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B. F. Underhill, chief clerk	2,493 40
John A. Mullen, chief of depart-
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Deputy and districts chiefs	30,391 72
Members of the various com-
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Clerks in office ....	5,662 29
Pensioners	102,763 94 11,181,136 18
Less amount deducted for cloth,	3,034 84 It	1 170 1A1 CM
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Hay, grain and straw .	$52,394 93
Shoeing	20,030 54
Harnesses and repairs .	13,518 83
Purchase and exchange of .	10,599 08
Attendants at hospital, medicine,
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Horse hire	4,644 50	108,669 32
Repairs of apparatus, including stock sent to
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Mechanics	$39,937 12
Materials, etc. ....	24,011 02	63,948 14
Fuel for houses and engines		38,219 07
New apparatus:
2 aerial ladder trucks .	$10,597 00
2 engines ...	9,815 00
1 automobile	1,798 00
1 combination chemical engine
and ladder truck	1,790 00
1 chemical engine . . ...	1,408 00
1 chief's wagon ....	215 00
1 sleigh	107 50	25,730 50
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Brought forward . Hardware, tools and supplies . Hose, pipes and repairs Repairs and alterations of houses Electric lighting Furniture and bedding Washing

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Gas

Medical services

Hats, badges and buttons

Stationery

Chemicals

Janitress at headquarters

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Traveling expenses . Allowance to members for clothes, etc.

repair shop (order of City Council,

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Fire-alarm telegraph: Salaries :

Brown S. Flanders, superin- tendent, to November 10, 1910, inclusive George L. Fickett, superintend- ent, from November 11,

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Operators, repairers, etc. .

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		19,028 71
		18,298 13
		10,453 20
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		794 51
		713 85
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		257 98
		188 76
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		78 74
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City Document No. 15.

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Repairs and alterations	2,665 94
Telephone service	1,014 26
Use of duct in East Boston Tun-
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Maps and plans ....	420 36
Electric light for clocks .	248 39
Car fares and traveling expenses,	187 31
Electric power ....	144 06
Repairs of clocks ....	82 10	65,336 05
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Fire Station, Lauriat Avenue District.
Payments on account:
s Contractors, McGahey & O'Connor		$12,075 76
Architects, Moller & Smith .		603 00
Printing		82 98
Advertising		2 50
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Fire Station, Oak Square and Faneuil Section.

Payments on account: Advertising

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House, Land and Apparatus, Forest Hills. Balance of payments: Contractor, Martin Flynn $16,355 71 Architects, Moller & Smith 625 02 • Fire-alarm cable 591 22 Conduit 519 70 Oil tank, etc 96 50
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Cost of land $3,966 45 Cost of building .... 28,979 97
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New Fireboat No. 31. Continuation of payments:

Contractors, Bertelsen & Petersen Engineering

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Inspector of hull

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Engineering

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Recapitulation.

Fire Department $1,582,390 36

New fireboat No. 31 44,294 45

House, land and apparatus, Forest Hills . . 18,188 15

Fire station, Lauriat avenue district . . . 12,764 24

New quarters for fireboat crew, Boston side . 75 00

Fire station, Oak square and Faneuil section . 4 00

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Permits for keeping explosives .... $7 50

Rent 32 00

Permits for keeping fireworks 77 50

Sale of manure 230 00

Sale of old material 3,309 64

Bath Department, steam for Dover Street Bath

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Causes of Fires and Alarms from February 1, 1910, to February 1, 1911.

Alarms, accidental, false au- tomatic 120

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and still . 181

Alarms out of city 28

Ashes, hot, in wooden recep- tacle 50

Automobiles, igniting of 41

Boiling over of fat, tar, etc . . 35 Bonfires, grass, brush, rub- bish 704

Careless use of lamp, candle,

lantern 81

Careless use of pipe, cigar,

cigarette 114

Chimneys, soot burning. .... . 196

Chimneys, defective 43

Clothes too near stove 23

Defective flue 14

Defective stovepipe 14

Defective furnace, stove,

boiler 3

Defective gas pipe 14

Defective fireplace 5

Electric motor igniting car . . 9

Electric wires, motor 56

Explosion and ignition of

chemicals 5

Fireworks and firecrackers . . 23 Friction, picking machines,

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Fumigating 6

Gas, escaping and explosion, 7

Gas jet setting fire 49

Gas stoves, careless use of,

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oven 34

Kerosene, careless use of in

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Lightning 2

Incendiary 15

Incendiary, supposed 42

Lamp, explosion of 35

Lamp, upsetting and break- ing 50

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Matches and rats 21

Matches and children 124

Matches, careless use of 238

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Naphtha, gasolene, benzine, turpentine, careless use of,

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Overheated boiler or steam

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Overheated stove or furnace, 67

Plastering, drying 11

Plumber's, roofer's, painter's

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Rescues, elevators, miscel- laneous 25

Rekindling of ruins 7

Set by boys 115

Slacking of lime 8

Smoky chimney 67

Smoky lamp 6

Smoky stove or furnace 86

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Sparks from chimney 41

Sparks from engine or loco- motive 89

Sparks from forge 12

Sparks from furnace or stove 15

Sparks from open grate 4

Spontaneous combustion ... . 37

Steam escaping 19

Street fight, family brawl. . . 1

Unknown 807

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Wood drying in oven 5

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City Document No. 15.

Fire Losses for Year Ending January 31, 1911.

Buildings

Contents

$1,171,968 2,153,022

Total

i,324,990

Fires Where Loss Exceeded $15,000.

Date.

Location and Owner.

Loss.

1910

Feb. 7. Feb. 8. Feb. 9. Feb. 11. Feb. 27. March 5.

March 12. March 15. March 30. April 1 . April 14. April 14. April 16. May 12.

May 28.

July 3 .

July 4.

Aug. 9.

Aug. 9.

Aug. 10.

Aug. 18.

Aug. 27.

Sept. 7 .

Sept. 27.

Oct. 10.

Nov. 17.

Dec. 3.

Dec. 5.

Dec. 8.

Dec. 22.

Dec. 27.

1911

Jan. 11. Jan. 22.

112-116 State street, Tiffin Club et al

727 Boylston street, T. H. Thomas et al

Brighton Abattoir, Brighton Packing Company et al

220 State street, Charles E. Moody Company et al

Lewis Wharf, Company

194-200 Summer street, The Boston Rubber Supply Company et al

439 Albany street, Boston Elevated Railway Company. .

74-78 Canal street, J. M. Mann et al

941 Washington street, Harmon Westcoat Dahl Company,

400 Market street, H. C. & CD. Castle etal

134 Richmond street, John Holman et al

7-13 Sherman street, Raymond Svndicate et al

62-70 Water street, Chapin & Trull

43-47 Kemble street, Poland Laundry Machine Company et al

Mystic Wharf, Export Lumber Company

78-84 Purchase street, Hodgdon Brass Works etal

Dunlow place, Boston Belting Company

55-59 High street, Johns Manville Company et al

350 Albany street, Blacker & Shepard and repair shop Fire Department et al

92-100 Massachusetts avenue, Maxwell-Briseoe Com- pany et al

169-181 Congress street, Crimmins & Peirce et al

11 Columbia street, Harry R. Barry et al

Simpson Dry Dock and Bradley Fertilizer Company. . . .

89-103 Medford street, Palmer & Parker Company

167-173 Summer street, Jewish Publishing Company et al.,

386-390 West First street, Mente Company et al

73-75 Essex street, Simons, Hatch & Whitten et al

69-75 Chauncy street, E. L. Ham & Co. et al

144-150 Congress street, Bates & Guild et al

27-33 Hayward place, Hotel Epicure et al

39-41 Kingston street, Bedford Manufacturing Company,

21-23 Portland street, Aldiich & Chisbee

Clayton and Park streets, Sturtevant Mill Company. . . .

$19,311 02 37,204 70

194,942 95 49,544 89 30,765 00

326,729 92 270,295 92 35,199 80 34,413 26 38,899 62 36,798 87 18,551 45 15,473 85

15,242 04 58,214 11 19,930 30 16,863 75 55,565 77

364,410 70

63,674 94 334,001 27 19,948 19 15,275 00 30,065 67 22,567 56 17,058 88 62,678 06 67,694 50 28,296 67 50,137 53 28,020 31

31,897 00 20,142 00

Fire Department.

31

YEARLY LOSS FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS.

Year ending February	1	1897
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a a	1	1911

$1,394,707 775,525 1,441,261 1,630,149 1,702,217 1,830,719 1,762,619 1,674,333 2,473,980 2,130,146 1,130,334 2,268,074 3,610,000 1,680,245 3,324,990

ALARMS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

Year.	Bell.	Still and Automatic.	Totals.
1910	2,066 2,101 2,210 2,441 1,687 1,905 1,580 1,633 1,566 1,349	1,997 1,677 1,700 1,600 1,262 1,210 1,159 1,121 1,099 977	4,063
1909	3,778
1908	3,910
1907	4,041
1906	2,949
1905	3,115
1904	2,739
1903	2,754
1902	2,665
1901	2,326

32

City Document No. 15.

BOSTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.

From September 1, 1909, to September 1, 1910, Inclusive.

The Fire Commissioner, as president of the Boston Firemen's Relief Fund, acknowledges the following contributions; these sums were accompanied by letters expressing appreciation for services rendered by the department :

Gov. Eben S. Draper

Mrs. Gardner Blanchard Perry " .

Estate of Florence Lyman ....

Lewis Wharf Company

The receipts from the annual department ball and contributions constitute the fund from which sick bene- fits and doctors' bills are paid. Destitute members of deceased firemen's families are also given assistance from this fund.

$100 00
25	00
3,877	10
100 00
$4,102	10

Financial Statement of the Boston Relief Fund September 1, 1909, to 1, 1910, Inclusive.

Receipts.

Balance, September 1, 1909

Net proceeds of ball, February, 1910

Interest on bonds

Interest on deposits

American Trust Company .

Check canceled

Donations ....

Total receipts

Expenditures.

Benefits paid $15,261 32

Massachusetts General Hospital, free

bed • 200 00

Firemen's

September

$7,845 25 14,566 76 7,912 50 191 88

1,000 00

3 00

4,102 10

>,621 49

Carried forward

$15,461 32 $35,621 49

Fike Department. 33

Brought forward . Carney Hospital, free bed City of Boston bond Salaries .... Running expenses

Balance, September 1, 1910

$15,461 32 200 00	$35,621 49
14,357 28 500 00
130 95
	30,649 55
	$4,971 94

Assets, September 1, 1910.

$117,000 00 City of Boston bonds at 3| per cent. 94,000 00 City of Boston bonds at 4 per cent. 8,000 00 C. B. & Q. R. R. bonds at 4 per cent. 4,971 94 cash on deposit.

Total, $223,971 94

34 City Document No. 15.

FIRE-ALARM BRANCH.

From February 1, 1910, to February 1, 1911, 2,128 first alarms, 50 second, 17 third, 6 fourth, 2 fifth and 1 sixth (general) alarms were received and transmitted to the department.

For 131 alarms the same box was received one or more times and for 184 alarms one or more adjacent boxes were received for the same fire; 25 alarms received in March for grass fires were treated as " still" alarms, one or two pieces of apparatus being notified to respond to the box location; together these make a total of 340 box signals received but not struck out to the depart- ment.

From 292 boxes no alarm was received; eight boxes show a record of 20 or more alarms; box 705 has the record for the year with 51 alarms; from eight boxes (702 to 709, inclusive) 145 first and 2 second alarms were received.

Department companies reported to the operating office 1,069 " still" alarms to which they had responded; 638 telephone reports of fire were received from citizens and 187 from the Police Department, making a total of 825 telephone reports to the operating office for fire. For 98 of these reports department box alarms were received.

Reports of 197 automatic alarms were received, 148 from the Boston Automatic Company, 43 from the American District Telegraph Company, and 6 from local automatic service; for 11 of the Boston and for 24 of the American District Telegraph Company alarms, depart- ment box alarms were given.

Eliminating the "stills" and automatics for which department box alarms were transmitted, there were 162 automatic and 1,769 " still" alarms, and these added to the box alarms make a grand total of 4,162 alarms received from all sources and passing through the operating office during the year.

During the year the department has added 7 public boxes to the system; 10 schoolhouse boxes and 1 private box were also added, making 746 boxes in service, and 6,142 box tests and inspections were made.

Fire Department. 35

Six more public telephone lines have been added to our telephone system and connected to our switch board, 5 from the Tremont Exchange, making a total of 7 from that exchange, and 1 from the Oxford Exchange, so that if any cause cuts off service from Tremont Exchange we still have an avenue open for the public to communicate with this headquarters. One private line has been established between this office and police headquarters, thus establishing direct communication between these two departments of public safety.

The gong service to Milton, Newton and Somerville has been abandoned and tapper service established in place; the tapper service has also been extended to Brookline and Cambridge so that all alarms and " all- out" signals are now transmitted to the departments of these cities and towns. Cambridge has extended its tapper service to Engine 41 house, Brookline has its service to Engine 37; Somerville is connected with Engine 32, and Milton has connections with Engines 16 and 19.

Arrangements are now under way to substitute tapper service, in place of present gong service, with Chelsea; Newton is to connect its service at Engine 29. These connections will give opportunity for the extension of mutual aid plans.

The Brighton gong circuit has been, extended to the Water Department Pumping Station at Chestnut Hill, and a gong installed there so that they may receive alarms and be able to regulate the water pressure in case of large fires.

The removal of overhead wires, within the district prescribed by Wire Commissioner, for 1910 (Dorchester avenue, from Fort Point channel to Romsey street), and the necessary underground construction for the same, has been completed. Overhead wires have been removed and underground construction has been further extended in Dorchester avenue, as far as Park street, Dorchester.

Considerable other underground construction has been done during the year and cable used as follows: Northampton street, near Engine House 23; Fourth street, at Dover Street Bridge, for repairs; Hanover street, for new lamp-post Box 709; Chelsea and Gray streets, for new lamp-post Box 422 ; Hyde Park avenue and Walk Hill street, for new house of Chemical 13.

The storm of December 25, 1909, caused much damage to overhead construction, compelled extensive repairs, and in several places new construction was necessary;

36 City Document No. 15.

this work was principally in the following territory: Massachusetts avenue, from Southampton street to Columbia road; Dorchester avenue, from Andrew square to Field's Corner; Adams street and Neponset avenue, from Dorchester avenue to Engine House 20 ; Rutherford avenue, Chapman street to Sullivan square; Academy Hill road, from Washington street to Engine House 29; First street, E street and Congress street, from A street to Box 117; Freeport street, from Dorchester avenue to Mills street.

The equipping of and connecting in service the new house of Chemical 11 made necessary new construction on poles on Lauriat avenue and Lyons street, cable being used.

A new cable of about 7,000 feet has been run on poles in East Boston, on Maverick, Jeffries, Marginal, Cottage and Lamson streets, to take the place of overhead wires running on same poles with wires of high voltage and makes for the betterment of the service.

The gong installed at the pumping station at Chestnut Hill necessitated extensive construction, the circuit being extended from the house of Engine 29.

The work of installing circuit test switches in depart- ment houses has been continued and all of the houses in West Roxbury have been equipped, and also several of the houses in East Boston, Charlestown and South Boston.

The substitution of tapper service for gong service in Milton, Newton and Somerville and the extension of the tapper service to Cambridge made necessary much overhead construction.

The house of Engines 29 and 34 have been wired and equipped for electric lighting and extensive alterations and repairs have been done in other department houses.

The care of thirty-one public clocks and the repairs on department clocks has~ caused much work along that line.

Fire Department.

37

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Summary op Construction Work During the Year.

New wire used ....

Old wire taken down

Overhead cable construction

Overhead cable removed

Conductors in cable construction

Conductors in cable removed .

Underground cable used in ducts owned by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany

Underground cable used in fire-alarm ducts, service connections, etc. (new construction)

Total underground cable used . ...

Conductors in same

Cable used for repairs

Conductors in same

Conduits built by this department .

Ducts laid by this department

Manholes built

Fire Department boxes built over .

Schoolhouse Department boxes built over .

Total number of boxes built over .

New public boxes established ....

New schoolhouse boxes established

New private boxes established

Total number of boxes established

Schoolhouse boxes equipped with keyless doors

New public boxes placed on lamp-posts

Public boxes changed from poles to lamp-posts

Public boxes knocked down and reset

Total boxes placed on lamp-posts

Cross-arms used

Public clock reports attended to

Department clocks repaired

Number of box circuits

Number of boxes in same

Number of tapper circuits

Number of tappers in same

Number of registers in same

Number of relays in same

Number of gong circuits .

Number of gongs, 124 and 1 bell in same

Number of telephone circuits in service

Number of public telephone lines to switch board

Number of private lines from switch board

Number of telephones connected in department circuits

High pressure signalling circuit

Miles of box circuits underground

17,669

3,971

21,640

348,650

2,635

57,559

3,070

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City Document No. 15.

Miles of box circuits overhead .... 239

Miles of gong circuits underground . . . Ill

Miles of gong circuits overhead .... 40

Miles of tapper circuits underground ... 86

Miles of tapper circuits overhead .... 41

Miles of telephone circuits underground . . 215

Miles of telephone circuits overhead ... 52

Miles of high pressure circuit underground . 5£

Miles of wire in use underground .... 598

Miles of wire in use overhead 320

Number of boxes owned by the Fire Department . 513

Number of boxes on lamp-posts . . . . 184

Number of boxes on poles 293

Number of boxes on fences 1

Number of boxes on trees ..... 1

Number of boxes on buildings .... 5

Number of boxes on buildings with lanterns . 29

Number of schoolhouse boxes with keyless doors, 37

Number of schoolhouse boxes with key doors . 88

Number of auxiliary boxes on poles ... 4

Number of auxiliary boxes on posts ... 1

Number of auxiliary boxes on buildings . . 7

Number of auxiliary boxes in buildings . . 46

Number of private boxes with keyless doors . 4

Number of private boxes with key doors . . 50

The following boxes are private property: 113, 115, 117, 119, 149, 152, 161, 163, 166, 212, 228, 244, 271, 277, 279, 283, 297, 299, 328, 342, 358, 359, 434, 442, 443, 448, 449, 466, 467, 468, 469, 475, 495, 511, 533, 616, 617, 619, 626, 629, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 755, 758, 759, 762, 766, 767, 773, 776, 778, 779, 781, 782, 788, 789, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 798, 828, 838, 841, 842, 864, 865, 875, 919, 927, 967, 969, 971, 974, 2236.

Alarm Bells.

The fire-alarm telegraph is connected with the fol- lowing bell:

Faneuil Hall, steel, 5,816 pounds, owned by the city. Bells owned by the city, which have been disconnected from service, are located as follows :

Berkeley Temple, composition, 2,941 pounds. Formerly

used on Quincy Schoolhouse. City Hall, Charlestown, composition, 3,600 pounds.

Fire Department. 39

Engine House No. 1, Dorchester street, South Boston, composition, 2,911 pounds.

Engine House No. 16, Temple street, Dorchester, com- position, 4,149 pounds.

Engine House No. 17, composition, 4,000 pounds. Removed and stored at Engine House No. 33.

Engine House No. 18, composition, 3,184 pounds. Removed and stored at Engine House No. 33.

Engine House No. 19, Mattapan, Dorchester, composi- tion, 2,927 pounds.

Engine House No. 20, Walnut street, Dorchester, com- position, 3,061 pounds.

Engine House No. 21, Columbia road, Dorchester, com- position, 3,026 pounds.

Engine House No. 28, West Roxbury, composition, 4,000 pounds.

Engine House No. 29, Brighton, composition, 1,535 pounds.

Old Engine House No. 30, West Roxbury, steel, 1,000 pounds.

Engine House No. 34, Brighton, composition, 1,501 pounds.

Engine House No. 41, Allston, composition, 800 pounds.

Engine House No. 45, Roslindale, composition, 1,059 pounds.

Ladder House No. 4, Dudley street, Roxbury, composi- tion, 3,509 pounds.

Saratoga street M. E. Church, East Boston, steel, 1,968 pounds.

Trinity Church, Trenton street, East Boston, composi- tion, .1,760 pounds. Formerly used on Castle Street Church.

Van Nostrand's Brewery, Charlestown, composition, 818 pounds. Formerly used on Old Franklin Schoolhouse.

Bells formerly in service, located on schoolhouses, have been turned over to the Schoolhouse Department.

Public Clocks.

The following public clocks are cared for by this department :

City Proper.

Charles Street Church.

Christ Church, Salem street, owned by city.

Commercial Wharf.

Odd Fellow's Hall, Tremont street, owned by city.

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Old South Church, owned by city.

Old State House, owned by city.

Suffolk County Jail, owned by city.

St. Stephen's Church, Hanover street, owned by city.

Shawmut Avenue Church.

Tremont M. E. Church, owned by city.

Young Men's Christian Union, owned by city.

South Boston.

Gaston Schoolhouse, owned by city.

Lincoln Schoolhouse, owned by city.

Phillips Church, owned by city.

St. Augustine's Church, Dorchester street, owned by city.

East Boston.

London Street Church, owned by city. Lyceum Hall, owned by city. Trinity Church, owned by city. Orient Heights Church, owned by city.

Roxbury.

Winthrop Street Church, owned by city. Boston Elevated Railway car house, Columbus avenue, owned by city.

Dorchester.

Baker Memorial (Upham's Corner), owned by city. Neponset Church.

Tileston School (Mattapan), owned by city. Unitarian Church (Milton Lower Mills).

Charlestown.

St. Francis de Sales Church. City Hall, owned by city.

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West Roxbury.

Dr. Strong's Church (South Evangelical), owned by city. Unitarian Church, Jamaica Plain, owned by city. Congregational Church (Roslindale), owned by city.

Brighton. Bennett Schoolhouse, owned by city.

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