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MUNICIPAL PRINTING OFFICE
1905
ANNUAL REPORT
FIKE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE
YEAR 1904-1905
BOSTON
MUNICIPAL PRINTING OFFICE
1905
Boston, March 31, 1905.
His Honor Patrick A. Collins,
Mayor :
Sir, — The year covered by this report is from February
1, 1904, to February 1, 1905.
During the year the total number of alarms received by
this department have been 2,651, while the total loss has been
$2,473,980, and in receiving and transmitting these alarms,
and similar work of the department, the Fire Alarm branch
has struck 11,137,692 blows, all of which figures show pretty
clearly the work performed by the Fire Department.
Our Roll of Merit contains the names of:
Nathan L. Hussey
Engine 23.
Edward H. Sawyer
Ladder 4.
Edward H. Sawyer
« 4.
James F. Bailey
" 17.
Eugene Rogers .
« 1.
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
James J. O'Connor
Engine 7.
James F. McMahon
Combination
City Document No. 16.
Martin A. Kenealy
Engine 7.
Denis Driscoll .
» 7.
William H. Magner
Ladder 8.
Thomas J. Muldoon
Chemical 8.
Dennis McGee .
Combination 5
Joseph P. Hanton .
Ladder 17.
Michael "J. Teehan .
" 17.
Charles W. Conway
« 13.
Michael J. Dacey .
" 13.
Patrick E. Keyes .
District Chief.
All of whom have distinguished themselves by exception-
ally good work on occasion ; but the success in putting out
fires which the department has attained has been owing to
the perpetual vigilance and uniform zeal of all the officers
and men without distinction.
Organization.
Commissioner, Henry S. Russell; term expires May,
1907.
Secretary, Benjamin F. Underhill.
Chief of Department, William T. Cheswell.
Assistant Chief, John A. Mullen.
Second Assistant Chief and Chief of District No. 5,
Nathan L. Hussey.
Superintendent of Fire-alarms, Brown S. Flanders.
Assistant Superintendent of Fire-alarms, Cyrus A.
George.
Superintendent of Repair-shop, Henry M. Hawkins.
Assistant Superintendent of Repair-shop, Eugene M.
Byington.
Veterinary Surgeon, George W. Stimpson.
Medical Examiner, Rufus W. Sprague.
Purchasing Officer, Charles A. Straw.
Storekeeper, George R. Williams.
Foreman of Hose and Harness-shop, Patrick B.
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Master Carpenter, Leonard Murdock.
Master Painter, David J. Fitzgerald.
Master Plumber, Vincent B. Buckley.
Clerks.
George F. Murphy, Daniel J. Quinn, Michael J. Lafferty,
James P. Maloney.
Fire Department.
Patrick E. Keyes,
C. H. W. Pope
Joseph M. Garrity,
Peter F. McDonough,
Edwin A. Perkins,
John Grady,
Hirarn D. Smith,
Edward H. Sawyer,
Willis ton A. Gay lord,
John F. Ryan,
William Childs,
District Chiefs.
Headquarters,
Ladder-house 2
9
8
Engine-house 4
1
22
Ladder-house 12
4
Engine-house 18
41
28
Force and Pay-roll, February 1, 1905.
Commissioner .
Secretary
Chief of Department
Assistant Chief
Second Assistant Chief
Superintendent of Fire-alarms
Assistant Superintendent of Fire-alan
Superintendent of Repair-shop
Assistant Superintendent of Repair-shop
Veterinary Surgeon .
Assistant Veterinary Surgeon
Medical Examiner
Purchasing Officer
Foreman of Hose and Harness-shop
Storekeeper
Master Carpenter
Master Painter
Bookkeeper
3 Clerks
11 District Chiefs .
54 Captains .
73 Lieutenants
45 Engineers
38 Assistant Engineers
3 " "
5 " "
2 " "
494 Permanent men
356 at
35 at
43 at
46 at
14 at
£5,000 per
2,500
3,500
2,400
2,200
3,200
2,000
2,000
1,800
2,000
1,400
1,100
1,800
1,400
1,200
1,300
1,300
1,650
1,400
2,000
1,600
1,400
1,300
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
720
annum.
City Document No. 16.
75 Call-men :
6 at
$250 per annum
69 at .
.
200 "
11 Chiefs' Drivers
.
1 75 per day
2 " "
.
2 25 "
1 Watchman
.
1,000 per annum.
3 Hostlers (average)
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1 95 per day
1 Horseshoer
.
3 00 "
Fire-alarm Force.
6 Operators .....
$1,600 per annum.
3 Assistant Operators ....
1,200 "
1 Foreman of Construction .
2,000 "
17 Telegraphers and Linemen (average),
3 00 per day
Bepair-shop Employees
1 Master Plumber ....
$1,300 per annum.
1 Engineer
3 25 per day
1 Assistant Engineer
3 00 "
1 Painter
3 75 "
1 "
2 50 "
2 Wheelwrights
3 25
3 Machinists
3 25 "
1 Machinist
3 00 "
1 "
2 75 "
2 Blacksmiths
3 50
1 Blacksmith
3 25 "
3 Blacksmiths' Helpers
2 50 "
1 Hose and Harness-repairer
1 50 "
3 Laborers (averj
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888 total force.
Fike Districts.
The city is divided into twelve fire districts, as follows :
District 1.
All that part of Boston known as East Boston.
District 2.
All that part of Boston formerly known as Charlestown.
District 3.
The territory bounded on the north and east by the water
front, on the south by Summer street, and on the west by
Washington street and Washington street North.
Fire Department. 5
District Jj..
The territory bounded on the north by the Charles river,
on the east by Washington street North and Washington
street, on the south by Winter, Park, and Beacon streets,
and on the west by the Charles river and Berkeley street.
District 5.
The territory bounded on the north by Beacon, Park, Win-
ter and Summer streets, on the east by Fort Point channel,
on the south and west by Broadway, Way, Motte, Castle, and
Ferdinand streets, Columbus avenue and Berkeley street.
District 6.
All that part of Boston known as South Boston, and run-
ning south as far as Dorset and Locust streets.
District 7.
The territory bounded on the north by Berkeley street,
Columbus avenue, Ferdinand, Castle, Motte, and Way
streets and Broadway, on the east by Fort Point channel and
South bay, on the south by Massachusetts avenue, and on the
west by the Charles river.
District 8.
The territory bounded on the north by the Charles river
and Massachusetts avenue, on the east by Washington street,
on the south by Atherton and Mozart streets, Chestnut ave-
nue, Sheridan and Centre streets, Hyde square, Perkins,
Catalpa, and Castleton streets, across Jamaicaway to the
Brookline line, and on the west by the Brookline line, Beacon
and Deerfield streets.
District 9.
The territory bounded on the north by Massachusetts ave-
nue, South bay, Dorset, and Locust streets, on the east by
Dorchester bay, on the south by Freeport, Hancock, Bowdoin,
and Quincy streets, Columbia road, and on the west by Seaver
street, Columbus avenue, and Washington street.
District 10.
That part of Dorchester bounded on the north by Seaver
street, Columbia road, Quincy, Bowdoin, Hancock, and Free-
port streets, on the east by Dorchester bay, on the south by
the Neponset river and the Hyde Park line, and on the west
by Harvard street and Blue Hill avenue.
City Document No. 16.
District 11.
All that part of Boston known as Brighton, and extending
east as far as Deerfield and Beacon streets.
District 12.
All that part of Boston known as West Roxbury, bounded
on the north by a line from the Brookline line across Jamaica-
way to Castleton street, through Castleton, Catalpa, and
Perkins streets, Hyde square, Centre, and Sheridan streets,
Chestnut avenue, Mozart, and Atherton streets, Columbus
avenue and Seaver street, and on the east by Blue Hill avenue.
In all cases where streets are designated as boundaries, the
centre of the street will be the dividing line.
Assignment of Districts.
Each district is placed under the charge of a District
Chief as follows :
Chief in Command.
Companies in Districts.
District.
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Joseph M. Garrity. ..
Peter F. McDonough,
Nathan L. Hussey...
Edwin A. Perkins. ..
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27, 32, 36
8, 25, 31, 44
*4, 6, 10
7, *26, 35
*1, 2, 15, 38, 39, 43
3, *22, 33
13, 14, 37
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16, 17, *18, 19, 20
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Hiram D. Smith
Edward H. Sawyer..
Williston A. Gaylord,
John F. Ryan
William Childs
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Fire Department. 7
The following property is in charge of the Fire Commis-
sioner :
Houses.
Location.
Number
of feet
in lot.
Assessed
Valuation
Occupied by
Dorchester and Fourth sts.
Corner of O and Fourth sts.
Bristol st. and Harrison ave.
Bulfinch st
Marion st., East Boston
Le verett st
East st
Salem st
Paris St., East Boston
Elver st
Saratoga and Byron sts., East Boston,
Dudley st
Cabot st
Centre st
Dorchester ave
Corner River and Temple sts.
Meeting House Hill, Dorchester Dis-
trict
Harvard st., Dorchester District.
Norfolk st., " "
Walnut st., " "
Columbia road, " "
Warren ave
Northampton st
Corner Warren and Quincysts..
Fort Hill sq
Mason st
Elm st., Charlestown District
Centre st., Jamaica Plain
Chestnut Hill ave., Brighton District,
Centre St., West Roxbury District. ..
Bunker Hill St., Charlestown District,
Corner Boylston and Hereford sts . . .
8,167
4,000
4,000
1,647
2,269
1,893
2,568
4,720
1,886
10,000
7,320
4,832
5,713
2,803
12,736
9,450
9,440
7,663
9,000
10,341
7,500
3,445
4,186
4,175
5,623
2,600
10,377
14,358
12,251
8,188
5,646
$25,S00
16,400
30,000
96,000
9,000
35,000
36,400
22,800
29,700
20,000
38,500
25,000
16,000
14,600
20,000
19,200
17,300
18,300
14,200
17,300
17,100
62,500
11,200
18,100
90,200
113,000
18,000
2S,300
37,200
25,000
26,200
66,000
Engine 1 and Ladder-
house 5 on this lot.
Engine 2.
Engine 3 and Ladder 3.
Engine 4, Chemical 1 and
Tower 1.
Engine 5.
Engine 6.
Engine 7.
Engine 8.
Engine 9 and Ladder 2.
Engine 10.
Engine 11 and Combina-
tion 4.
Engine 12.
Engine 13.
Engine 14.
Engine 15.
Engine 16 and Ladder 6.
Engine 17 and Ladder-
house 7 on this lot.
Engine 18.
Engine 19.
Engine 20 and Combina-
tion 11.
Engine 21.
Engine 22 and Ladder 13.
Engine 23.
Engine 24.
Engine 25, Ladder 8 and
Ladder 14.
Engines 26 and 35.
Engine 27.
Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
Engine 29 and Ladder 11.
Engine 30 and Combina-
tion 9.
Engine 32.
Engine 33 and Ladder 15.
City Document No. 16.
Houses. — Concluded.
Location.
Number
of feet
in lot.
Assessed
Valuation.
Oocupied by
Western ave., Brighton
Monument st., Charlestown District,
Corner Longwood and Brookline
aves
Congress st
Sumner st., East Boston
Harvard ave., near Cambridge st.,
Brighton District
AVashington, between Atherton and
Beethoven sts
Andrew sq
Washington, corner Poplar st., Ros-
lindale
Church st
Shawmut ave
Saratoga st., East Boston
Bst
Eustis st
Friend st
Dudley st
Main St., Charlestown
Tremont st
Harrison ave
Pittsburgh st., South Boston
Dorchester ave., Ashmont
Fourth st
Washington st., Dorchester
Winthrop st
North Grove st
4,637
5,668
5,231
4,000
4,010
6,112
3,848
5,133
14,729
3,412
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9,300
1,804
1,790
1,676
3,923
4,290
4,311
2,134
8,964
4,875
3,101
6,875
3,000
3,918
17,800
21,000
14,000
37,000
18,000
Engine 34.
Engine 36 and Combina-
tion 5.
Engine 37 and Combina-
tion 10.
Engines 38 and 39.
Engine 40.
25,500 Engine 41 and Chemical 6.
22,900
20,100
22,400
23,600
5,000
40,600
7,800
7,500
35,500
26,000
16,400
25,700
23,000
35,400
22,900
11,000
21,400
13,200
18,000
Engine 42 and Chemical 5.
Engine 43 and Combina-
tion 3.
Engine 45 and Ladder 16.
Chemical Engine 2.
Chemical Engine 4.
Chemical Engine 7.
Chemical Engine 8.
Chemical Engine 10.
Ladder 1.
Ladder 4.
Ladder 9 and Chemical 9.
Ladder 12 and Chemical
12.
Ladder 17.
Ladder 18 and Tower 3. .
Combination 1.
Combination 2.
Combination 6.
Combination 7.
Combination 8.
Assessed Valuation.
Fuel-house, Dorchester street, 1,610 feet of land . $3,100
Fuel-house, Salem street, 417 feet of land . . 3,400
Fuel-house, Main street, Charlestown, 2,430 feet of
land 7,000
Headquarters building and repair-shop, corner of
Albany and Bristol streets, 23,679 feet of land, 185,000
Water Tower No. 2 and "Wrecking Wagon are in
Headquarters Building.
Veterinary Hospital, Atkinson street, 64,442 feet
of land • . . . . 39,500
Fuel-house, Washington, near Dover street, 1,007
feet of land 12,100
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New Apparatus Purchased during the Year.
1 First-size Metropolitan engine.
1 Extra first-size Amoskeag engine.
1 Combination truck.
2 Hose wagons.
2 District Chiefs' wagons.
6 Engines rebuilt.
Amount of hose purchased and condemned during the
year :
Purchased.
Condemned.
Leading cotton, 4,100 feet.
11,900 feet
" rubber, 3,900 "
500 "
Chemical, 1,000 "
1,150 "
Suction, 134 "
83 "
Totals, 9,134 " 13,633 "
Amount of hose in use and in store February 1, 1905
In Use.
Leading cotton, 87,447 feet.
" rubber, 6,600 "
Chemical, 10,400 "
Suction, 1,096 "
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Purchased during the year
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Sold or exchanged .
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Killed for cause
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Died
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Number in the department
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Expenditures for the Year.
Salaries . . $987,839 24
Repairs of apparatus
37,396 86
" " houses
21,067 48
New apparatus
12,523 02
" hose
12,406 78
Repairs of hose
1,145 40
Fuel
40,590 90
Electric and gas -lighting
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Printing and stationery
2,240 66
Furniture and bedding
1,804 71
Small supplies
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Hay, grain and straw
Washing ....
Shoeing .....
Harnesses and repairs
Oils, chemicals, etc.
Hats, badges and buttons
Ladders and repairs
Tools for repair-shop and mechanics
Extra service ....
Reservoirs and hydrants
Contingencies ....
Pensions ....
Rent for buildings, telephones, etc.
Construction and material, fire-alarm branch
Underground construction
Salt water fire-service ....
Income.
Sale of manure ......
Rent ........
Damage to property .....
Old material • .
Licenses for the sale of fireworks and gunpowder
Bath department, steam for Dover-street bath-house,
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46,902 64
3,696 44
21,001 71
1,875 29
3,610 71
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575 87
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Causes of Fires and Alarms from February 1, 1904, to
February 1, 1905.
Alarms, accidental automatic .
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Ashes hot, in wooden receptacle
Boiling over of fat or tar
Bonfires, grass, rubbish, etc. .
Careless use of lamps, candles, etc
" " " pipes and cigars in smoking
Chimneys, soot burning .
' ' defective
Clothes too near stove .
Collapse of building
Defective flue
" stovepipe
" furnace .
' ' fireplace
' ' gas -pipe
Electric motor igniting car
" wires
Explosion and ignition of chemicals
Fireworks
Friction
Fumigating .
Gas, escaping
" explosion of .
" jet setting fire
" stove, careless use of, and explosion
Kerosene, to light fire .
Incendiary
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Lamp explosion
" upsetting and breaking
Light mistaken for fire .
Lightning
Matches and rats .
" " children .
" careless use of .
Meat burning on stove .
Naphtha, careless use of, and ignition
Oil stove, careless use of and explosion
Overheated boiler or steam-pipe
" stove or furnace
Plastering, drying .
Plumber's stove upsetting
Rekindling of ruins
Set by boys .
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Slacking of lime ....
4
Smoky chimneys ....
" stove or furnace .
36
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Sparks from another fire
" " boiler
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" " engine or locomotive
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" " open grate .
" " steam-roller
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Spontaneous combustion
61
Steam escaping
Unknown ....
4
597
Water pipes thawing out
Water-back bursting
33
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Wood in oven igniting .
6
Total
2,651
Extinguished by
Extinguishers .......
. 468
Buckets of water .......
297
Chemical engines
475
Hydrant stream .......
. 175
Steamers ........
377
Miscellaneous, brooms, stamping out, and smothering
185
Citizens . . . -
261
Sprinklers .....
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Summary of underground construction in Roxbury and
West Roxbury, and extension, renewal and repair work done
for the maintenance and operation of the Fire-alarm system
for the year ending January 31, 1905 :
New wire used
Old wire taken down
Overhead cable put up
" " taken down
Conductors in cable put up
" " " taken down
Underground cable used in ducts owned by N. E
Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Same used in Fire-alarm ducts, service connec
tions, etc. (new construction)
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Cable used for repairs
Conductors in same .
Total underground cable in use
Conductors in same .
Ducts built by this department
Total ducts owned by city .
Marine cable used for repairs
Conductors in same .
Manholes built .
Service connections .
Boxes built over
New boxes put in service .
New auxiliary boxes .
Boxes equipped with keyless doors
Boxes placed on lamp-posts
Lamp-posts set ....... 9
Lamp-posts reset for cause ...... 5
Cross-arms used ....... 176
Boxes now in service . . . . . . 667
The following boxes are private property : 113, 115, 117, 119,
149, 152, 161, 163, 164, 166, 212, 223, 228, 244, 271, 279, 281,
283, 297, 299, 342, 422, 433, 434, 442, 443, 445, 446, 447, 448,
449, 466, 467, 468, 475, 495, 533, 617, 619, 624, 629, 698, 711,
714, 715, 716, 718, 722, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 731, 733,
734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 741, 742, 744, 745, 746, 755, 758,
759, 762, 766, 767, 773, 776, 778, 779, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795,
796, 798, 799, 828, 838, 842, 864, 865, 875, 919, 927, 967, 971,
974.
Bell alarms struck in year ending December 31, 1904, 1,580
Blows struck on bells, gongs and tappers . . 11,137,692
Alarm Bells.
The Fire-alarm telegraph is connected with the following
bells :
Adams School-house, Sumner street, East Boston, steel, 2,995
lbs., owned by city.
Bunker Hill School -house, Charlestown, composition, 2,009
lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 16, Temple street, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 4,149 lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 17, Meeting House Hill, Dorchester, com-
position, 4,000 lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 19, Mattapan, Dorchester, composition,
2,927 lbs., owned by city.
22 City Document No. 16.
Engine-house No. 20, Walnut street, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 3,061 lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 28, West Roxbury, composition, 4,000 lbs.,
owned by city.
Engine-house No. 29, Brighton, steel, .1,535 lbs., owned by
city.
Old Engine-house, Mt. Vernon street, West Roxbury, steel,
1,000 lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 34, Brighton, composition, 1,501 lbs.,
owned by city.
Engine-house No. 41, Allstou, composition, 800 lbs., owned
by city. Formerly used on house of Engine No. 2.
Engine-house No. 45, Roslindale, composition, 1,059 lbs.,
owned by city.
Lewis School-house, Dale street, Roxbury, composition,
3,104 lbs., owned by city.
Maverick-street Church, East Boston, composition, 2,000 lbs.
Princeton-street School-house, East Boston, composition,
2,470 lbs., owned by city.
Saratoga-street M. E. Church, East Boston, steel, 1,968 lbs.,
owned by city.
Bells owned by the city, which have been disconnected
from service, are located as follows :
Berkeley Temple, composition, 2,941 lbs. Formerly used on
Quincy School-house.
Chapman School-house, steel, 3,109J lbs., taken down and
stored by Public Buildings Department.
City Hall, Charlestown, composition, 3,600 lbs.
Engine-house No. 1, Dorchester street, South Boston, com-
position, 2,911 lbs.
Engine-house No. 18, Harvard street, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 3,184 lbs.
Engine-house, No. 21, Columbia road, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 3,026 lbs.
Faneuil Hall, steel, 5,816 lbs.
Ladder-house No. 4, Dudley street, Roxbury, composition,
3,509 lbs.
Lawrence School-house, B street, South Boston, steel, 3,400 lbs.
Lincoln School-house, Broadway, South Boston, composition,
3,110 lbs.
Smith-street School-house, Roxbury, composition, 4,083 lbs.
Ticknor School-house, Dorchester street, Washington Village,
steel, 2,995 lbs., taken down and stored by School Depart-
ment.
Fire Department. 23
Trinity Church, Trenton street, East Boston, composition,
1,760 lbs. Formerly used on Castle-street Church.
Van Nostrand's Brewery, Charlestown, composition, 818 lbs.
Formerly used on Boylston School-house.
Warren School-house, Charlestown, composition, 3,000 lbs.
Winthrop School-house, Charlestown, composition, 3,000 lbs.,
taken down and stored by Public Buildings Department.
Public Clocks.
The following public clocks, thirty-five in number, are
taken care of by the Fire Department:
City Proper.
Arlington-street Church.
Charles-street Church.
Christ Church, Salem street, owned by city.
Commercial Wharf.
Odd Fellows' Hall, Tremont street, owned by city.
Old South Church, owned by city.
Old State House, owned by city.
Park-street Church.
Suffolk County Jail, owned by city.
St. Stephen's Church, Clark 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 School-house, owned by city.
Lincoln School-house, owned by city.
Phillips Church, owned by city.
St. Augustine Church, Dorchester street, owned by city.
Ticknor School-house, Washington Village, owned by city,
taken down and stored by School Department.
East Boston.
London-street Church, owned by city.
Lyceum Hal], 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.
24 City Document No. 16.
Dorchester.
Baker Memorial (Upham's Corner), owned by city.
Neponset Church.
Tileston school (Mattapan), owned by city.
Unitarian Church (Milton Lower Mills).
Charlestown.
Bunker Hill Church.
City Hall, owned by city.
High School-house, owned by city.
Unitarian Church.
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 School-house, owned by city.
Respectfully submitted,
Benjamin F. Underhill,
Secretary.
Note. — Henry S. Russell, Fire Commissioner for over ten
years, died February 16, 1905.
Patrick J. Kennedy, Wire Commissioner, was appointed Acting
Fire Commissioner until permanent appointment was made.
Benjamin W. "Wells was appointed to the position and took
office March 20, 1905.
ANNUAL REPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
YEAR 1905-1906
BOSTON
MUNICIPAL PRINTING OFFICE
1906
Compliments of
Benjamin W. Wells.
FIRE COMMISSIONER.
ANNUAL REPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE
YEAR 1905-1906
BOSTON
MUNICIPAL PRINTING OFFICE
1906
2 City Document No. 16.
Inckease in Days Off.
In December, 1905, by order of the city government, the
number of days off allowed to the men was increased from
one day in eight to one day in five.
In addition to the permanent appointments, 29 temporary
men were employed; these men were chosen from the call
force. The purpose of the temporary appointments being
that these men could be discharged, if the change in days off
should not be permanent, or if the appropriation for the fol-
lowing year should be inadequate to cover the increase of
cost. The Commissioner did not approve of the change at the
time made, as no consideration was given to the needs and
conditions of the department, or any arrangement made, other
than a temporary one, which would guarantee the further
financing of the increased cost, estimated at $80,000 per year.
It not being possible to immediately increase the number of
engineers, there being no eligible list on the Civil Service of
this class, the extra time has not been granted them, but an
allowance of pay has been made equal to the time lost. As
soon as the department engine school can qualify the neces-
sary number, they will be granted the time off.
Inspections.
A new feature of the work of the year has been the
inspection and drill of the entire department. Every com-
pany, with its apparatus, was ordered to the Headquarters
yard, three or four companies reporting at a time, ladder,
engine, chemical or tower, for example. A regular fire drill
was held under the direction of the Chief of Department;
ladder companies throwing ladders, ventilating, etc., engine
companies running lines to the top of buildings, playing
streams, siamesing, etc. Scaling ladders and life nets, etc.,
were used. Every piece of apparatus, numbering 43 engines,
27 ladder trucks, 10 chemicals, 3 water towers, 2 combination
wagons and 14 chiefs' wagons were thoroughly inspected,
and all the equipment, tools and appliances were carefully
examined. Useless equipment was discarded and all the
companies supplied with a uniform outfit. Worn out tools,
Fire Department. 3
ropes, nets, etc., were replaced with new, and needed additional
equipment furnished. The fire-boat was also given a thor-
ough test.
The Department Veterinary Surgeon made a careful exam-
ination of all horses and harnesses ; engines were thoroughly
examined by the Assistant Superintendent of the Repair
Shop, the expert in charge of this branch of the service.
These inspections and drills gave the Chief of Depart-
ment an opportunity to see and judge all his officers and
men in action under conditions more favorable for observa-
tion than at a fire, and furthermore, he had an opportunity
to meet the men in the outlying districts, who seldom come
under his immediate direction.
New Apparatus.
Owing to the fact that the appropriation for the year had
been made when the present Commissioner took office, and
he believing that the greatest need for the moment was an
increase in the force, the purchase of new apparatus was
practically limited to two engines and two hose wagons,
Nine thousand six hundred feet of hose was purchased.
Report of the Committee of Twenty.
The Committee of Twenty of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters made a thorough investigation of the Fire
Department conditions existing in this city. Their exhaust-
ive report on the whole gave the department credit ; many
recommendations were made, some already advised by the
department, and some that were new. In the main their
conclusions were in accord with the ideas of the department.
Fire Badges.
A great number of persons presenting badges of many
kinds and issues at the fire lines, claiming the right of admis-
sion, made it impossible for the police to know which badges
were authorized. A change was, therefore, made and orders
issued to the police that only persons holding the celluloid
badge issued by this department or the badge newly designed
for the press, giving the name of the paper thereon, and fur-
4 City Document No. 16.
nished by the department on requisition from the city editors
and paid for by them, were entitled to entrance. Thus the
department fully controls the number to be admitted within
the lines, and the work of the police at fires is greatly
simplified.
Theatres.
I believe that the responsibility and powers of the
Fire Commissioner in connection with theatre fire risks
should be greatly increased. At the present time theatres
are inspected weekly by this department, as regards their fire
apparatus equipment. Matters pertaining to construction
and arrangement of exits belong to the Building Depart-
ment. The Police Department has certain other responsi-
bilities, and the Mayor is supreme in the issuance of licenses.
No firemen are detailed to theatres at times of performances,
and, as far as this department is informed, overcrowding and
dangerous conditions on the stage are not looked after by
any one.
Bell Alarms in Outlying Districts.
Citizens of West Roxbury, Dorchester and Jamaica Plain
complained of the many alarms struck on the bells for boxes
not responded to by the local apparatus. To overcome this
grievance, switches were installed in the fire houses in those
sections, and now only alarms on bells are struck, if the com-
pany responds or is due on the second alarm. This is also
an improvement, for the reason that the call-men for whose
benefit the alarms in those sections are given, when hearing
the bell, know it is for them, and start immediately without
waiting as before to count the box number.
Explosives.
The supervision and regulation of the keeping, handling
and transportation of all explosives was, in 1904, by a legis-
lative act, transferred from the Fire Commissioner to the State
police. This I believe to have been an error, and that the Fire
Commissioner should have this responsibility. The State
police have neither the time nor the men to give this proper
attention. The reason for the change, as far as I know, was
to make it possible to control the transportation of explosives
where it passed from one town to another, and was the
direct result of the Melrose disaster, where explosives in
transit to that city exploded with fatal effect. Under the
law, as amended in 1905, the State police may appoint the
Fire Commissioner to act in their place, and under such
Fire Department. 5
arrangements as they may direct. No action has been taken,
however, by the State police, and this department has volun-
tarily assumed the task of supervising the loading of all
explosives brought by water or rail on to teams, the chief of
the district detailing a man for this purpose and reporting
daily to the Commissioner every shipment. This department,
however, has no authority in the premises, and denies any
responsibility for accidents that may happen, and such super-
vision as is now exercised is entirely voluntary, and should,
under the law, be conducted by the State police. Over
1,300 examinations and reports were made. There should
be a charge to cover the time of the men detailed for this
inspection service. Supervision of explosives in transit is
made only in exceptional cases. The form of report is as
follows :
[Form 17.1
No.
BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
District No
Boston 1<
Explosive No. cases each containing lbs.
Shipped by
Consigned to
Via
Description of Vehicle
Owner Driver
Landed and Loaded Time M .
Name of Detail Co
Left Quarters M.
Returned M.
Remarks.
Signed District Chief.
Change in Districts.
A change was made in districts 5 and 6 by the addition of
a slice from the latter to the former, and the headquarters of
the Chief of District 5 being changed from Mason street, city
proper, to Pittsburgh street, South Boston.
The quarters of the Chief of Department and Assistant
Chief are on Mason street; therefore it was desirable to place
6 City Document No. 16.
the District Chief elsewhere, and he now covers a very
important and growing section of South Boston, separated
from the city proper by a narrow channel. In this section
are located many large manufacturing plants, wool storage
houses and other large storage buildings, freight yards and
elevators. The headquarters of the South Boston chief is a
long distance away, whereas the new arrangement of assign-
ing the district chief to the Pittsburgh-street house brings him
into the very heart of this new section, and yet not far away
from the rest of his district.
Licenses for Fireworks.
In issuing the licenses for fireworks a provision was
inserted reading as follows :
Conditions of License.
" This license will be forfeited if combustible or inflammable
matter is kept in this store.
The entire amount of fireworks that may be kept in any build-
ing at any one time by reason of this liceuse shall not exceed
$200 in value, except by special permission.
Under this license the licensee is forbidden to keep for sale the
following articles :
Firecrackers of greater length than six inches ;
Blank cartridge pistols ;
Cartridges or fixed ammunition to anyone under seventeen years
of age ;
Explosives known as the cane or potash dextrine tablet, or any
of similar kind or power.
Fireworks shall not be stored in wagons and handled therefrom
without first receiving from the Fire Commissioner approval of
location."
Every dealer was presented a large card stating the pro-
visions of the license ; the card to be placed in the window
and in a conspicuous place in the building. This gave the
police more effective supervision, and the opportunity to see
that the law was complied with.
As a result the sale of toy pistols, cane or potash dextrine
tablets, or any of similar power, was practically stopped, the
dealers very willingly co-operating with the department and
giving up the sale of these dangerous articles.
Emergency Contractors.
Arrangements were made with certain large contractors
in each district to immediately furnish on notice by tele-
phone men, teams, lifting apparatus and other equipment,
Fire Department. 7
which might be needed in the event of a collapsed building
or other accident of similar nature ; heretofore, there being
no such arrangement, great delay had ensued in cases of
need. Now within a very few minutes help can be sum-
moned to any section of the city.
Metropolitan Boston.
Arrangements are being perfected whereby the apparatus
of cities and towns bordering on the Boston line will, when
desirable, send and receive assistance on alarms of fire. This
includes Brookline, Cambridge, Milton, Newton, Somerville,
Winthrop, Chelsea and Dedham. Cambridge, Somerville
and Brookline will receive and furnish all alarms, and a
regular mutual running card will be prepared. The manu-
facturing section of Cambridge can be quickly covered by
powerful engines from Boston in the event of a bad fire.
Cambridge can furnish assistance to the Brighton District
in three minutes, whereas the home third-alarm apparatus
takes not less than twenty-five minutes. Brookline and
Somerville have stations very near the Boston line.
Arrangements have been made with the railroads, as a
result of the delay in furnishing help to Brockton, that the
yard masters have authority to immediately provide a train at
the nearest loading station in the event of calls for assistance
from other cities or towns. Blockings have been prepared
so that the apparatus can be quickly and properly fastened
to the cars.
Card System.
A card system of keeping the records of the men was
installed, and greatly simplifies the work as well as making
it possible for the Commissioner and Chief of Department to
act in cases of promotions, transfers, credits or discipline
with greater knowledge and care. The cards are as follows :
Card No. 1.
(Filled in by member.)
Name . Badge Number
Address Height .
Date appointed Weight
When born C. S. per cent
Where born
Single, Married Remarks
Previous Occupation. ...
Date of leaving service.
Cause
Assigned Transfers
Date
Company
, Promotions
City Document No. 16.
Card No. 2
Card No. 3
Card No. 4
Card No. 5
Card No. 6
Card No. 7
These have been posted back ten years.
Photograph.
Remarks.
Credits.
Discipline.
Injuries.
Sick Leaves.
The following card was provided the district chiefs to
record their building inspections. This makes the records
uniform, and the inspection service more efficient:
Street and No
Owner
Occupant
Purpose Weight on floors . .
Stories Material Class
Size x x Wooden Chutes.
Heat Light Power
Explosives Compounds Where kept
Acids Kind " "
Stairways Elevators
Fire Appliances Hatchway
Fire Escapes Standpipe Connections
Entrances Sprinkler
tt, , , „ Automatic Alarm
Entrance to cellar Watchman. .. Shutters
Kind of roof Access to roof Partition walls..
No. of Employees Male Female Total .
Condition Fires
Built Inspected
Number of Hydrants within 500 feet Inspected by
Alarms and Losses foe the Year.
The number of alarms received for the year were as
follows :
Bell
Still
Total
1,781
1,210
2,991
The three serious fires of the year were :
Hoosac Tunnel Docks, February 21
Leatherbee Lumber Company, June 23
Dean Building, 54 India street, December 17
$355,500
207,000
100,000
3 fires were in excess of
2 " '■« "
13 " " "
$100,000
50,000
25,000
Fire Department.
8 fires were in excess of
17
a
a
u
21
n
a
1 1
126
a
t<
k t
132
i i
a
c t
553
a
u
u
862
a
under
854
a
no loss
Fire losses for the year were
Insurance
$15,000
10,000
5,000
1,000
500
100
50
. 82,071,189
. 24,898,200
Recommendations.
Under present conditions water-front conflagrations are to
be feared.
A new fire-boat is most urgently needed. The present
situation invites disaster, and the department again calls the
attention of the city government and the Board of Fire
Underwriters to the danger.
New apparatus houses should be located in Dorchester and
the Forest Hills section of West Roxbury.
A certain section of Dorchester, owing to the rapid build-
ing up of large wooden apartment and other houses placed
very near together, presents a serious condition.
The present combination wagon house on Winthrop street,
Charlestown, should be remodelled and a large-sized engine
placed therein to protect the very important Charlestown
water-front and Navy Yard.
An engine company should be placed in the house in Pea-
body square, Ashmont, now occupied by Combination 1, and
the combination wagon should be shifted to the neighborhood
of Lauriat avenue.
A new house should be located in the vicinity of Hay-
market square. The house of Ladder 1, never fit for the
occupancy of a company of men, should be condemned,
and Ladder 1 and a new engine company placed in the new
quarters.
The house of Ladder 17 should be enlarged by the addition
of one story. The present quarters are extremely cramped
and unsuited for the comfort or convenience of the men.
A very serviceable addition to the strength of the depart-
ment would be the location of a chemical engine company on
Battery street, near Hanover, on the land now vacant belong-
ing to the Police Department in the rear of Station 8.
The quarters of Ladder 7 and Engine 17 at Meeting
House Hill are old and unsuited for the service. The
10 City Document No. 16.
School Department desires the space now occupied by these
houses, and the district would be better protected by the
removal to a point near Field's Corner.
The growing sections of Brighton should also be covered
by the addition of a combination ladder truck.
Other sections of the city also now need, or will in the
near future, additional fire protection, but the points men-
tioned are, at this time, the most important.
An addition should be built to the veterinary hospital
for the isolation of new horses and horses affected with con-
tagious diseases, and also for the storage of a coal wagon for
the exercising and training of new horses.
On nearly all in-town apparatus larger bells should be
placed, the increase in street noises making the present
equipment insufficient.
Sixty-eight (68) call men are still employed in the ser-
vice. These should be replaced by permanent men, as the
districts in which they serve have grown rapidly and are
entitled to full protection.
The use of automobiles for the district chiefs is very desir-
able, a good, thorough test having been given by the Chief of
Department, who is provided with one: In some of the out-
lying districts, the distance to be covered daily by the chief
in his inspection of quarters is over ten miles, taking a good
portion of his time and tiring the horse. The prompt arrival
of the chief at fires is of the greatest importance.
The salt-water system could be extended to advantage,
and a pumping station installed to take the place of the fire-
boat, which is now called upon for this service, and in the
event of a big fire would be greatly needed elsewhere.
The placing of the wires underground should be under-
taken at once in Charlestown, a portion of South Boston and
East Boston. The City Proper is already so equipped.
Organization.
Commissioner, Benjamin W. Wells; term expires May, 1907.
Secretary, Benjamin F. Underbill.
Chief of Department, William T. Cheswell.
Assistant Chief, John A. Mullen.
Second Assistant Chief and Chief of District 9, Nathan L.
HUSSET.
Note. — Henry S. Eussell, Fire Commissioner for over ten years, died
February 16, 1905. Patrick J. Kennedy, Wire Commissioner, was ap-
pointed Acting Fire Commissioner until permanent appointment was
made. Benjamin W. Wells was appointed to the position and took
office March 20, 1905.
Fire Department.
11
District Chiefs.
District.
Headquarters.
1.
Patrick E. Keyes .... Ladder House 2
2.
Charles H. W. Pope .
" 9
3.
4.
Joseph M. G-arrity
Peter F. McDonough
Engine House 4
5.
Daniel F. Seunott *
Ladder House 1 8
6.
Edwin A. Perkins
Engine House 1
7.
8.
John Grady
Hiram D. Smith
" 22
Ladder House 12
9.
10.
Nathan L. Hussey
Willis ton A. Gay lord
" 4
Engine House 18
11.
John F. Ryan
" 41
12.
William Childs .
28
Superintendent of Fire Alarms, Brown S. Flanders.
Assistant Superintendent of Fire Alarms, Cyrus A. George.
Superintendent of Repair Shop, Henry M. Hawkins.
Assistant Superintendent of Repair Shop, Eugene M. Byington.
Veterinary Surgeon, George W. Stimpson.
Medical Examiner, Rufus W. Sprague.
Purchasing Officer, Charles A. Straw.
Roll of
Merit.
Nathan L. Hussey .... Engine 23.
Edward H. Sawyer
Ladder 4.
Edward H. Sawyer
" 4.
James F. Bailey .
" 17.
Eugene Rogers .
—
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^.
Martin A. Kenealy
Engine 7.
Denis Driscoll
" 7.
William H. Magner
Ladder 8.
Thomas J. Muldoon .
Chemical 8.
Dennis Magee
Combination^.
Joseph P. Hanton
Ladder 17.
Michael J. Teehan
" 17.
Charles W. Conway
" 13.
Michael J. Dacey
" 13.
Patrick E. Keyes
District 1.
•Promoted May 12, 1905.
12
City Document No. 16.
Members Ketired during the Year.
Name.
Rank.
Company.
Year.
Am't.
Engine 10..
April 5, 1905.
$600
Engine 5..
" 7,1905.
125
Engine 17..
" 7, 1905.
125
Engine 20..
May 5, 1905.
125
Engine 2..
" 15, 1905.
600
Engine 34..
June 16, 1905.
600
Engine 42..
" 14, 1905.
600
Ladder 10..
" 23, 1905.
125
Engine 5..
July 1, 1905.
125
Ladder 23..
1, 1905.
600
Engine 16..
Aug. 25, 1905.
125
Engine 1..
" 28, 1905.
800
Engine 2..
Oct. 6, 1905.
600
Ladder 7 . .
" 13, 1905.
125
Ladder 25..
Nov. 21, 1905.
600
Engine 32..
Jan. 5, 1906.
800
Engine 37-.
" 19, 1906.
650
Calvin C.Wilson
George S. Smith
John F. Greenwood. .
Joseph H. Hoyt
John A. Mahegan —
James M. Grace
Edward B. Sproul —
Augustus W. Sprague
John E.Wharton. ...
Ignatius H. Dooley. . .
John Hutchinson
Charles P. Smith
James D. Fitzgerald. .
Edmund Fruean
Joseph MacDonough..
George F. Titus
Michael J. Slattery —
Assistant Engineer..
Call Man
Hoseman
Assistant Engineer...
Call Man
Ladderman
Call Man
Captain
Hoseman
Call Man
Ladderman
Captain
Engineer
Mortality.
During the- year the department has lost the following
members by death :
Name.
Appointment.
Rank.
Date of Death.
Col. H. S. Russell
Jan.
April
21, 1S95.
21, 1891.
Feb.
March
16, 1905
William G. O'Neill.-..
23,1905.
Edward H. Sawyer....
Dec.
1872.
District Chief, District 9. ..
April
5, 1905.
Ratrick B. Hannon
Sept.
1, 1874.
Foreman, Hose and Har-
May
27, 1905.
Thomas S. Reynolds...
Aug.
8. 1892.
27, 1905.
April
28, 1899.
" Engine 40
June
17, 1905.
Kenneth T. Harvey. . .
Jan.
10, 1898.
July
7, 1905.
James L. Crowley
Jan.
1879.
1, 1874.
Operator, Fire Alarm
Sept.
21, 1905.
Peter Murphy —
Lieutenant, Ladder 11
4, 1905.
Charles A. Trites
March
22, 1902.
Teamster, Fire Alarm
Nov.
26, 1905.
Fire Department.
13
Deaths of Retired Members.
Theodore W. Nelson
Charles D. Sampson
George J. Wall .
Thomas W. Conway
James E. Burg-
Francis Swift
James M. Grace
Alexander Saunders
James P. Bowles
Robert H. Pratt .
The Commissioner takes this opportunity to compliment
and. thank the officers and men of the department for the
good work of the year. Their service has been prompt,
efficient and willing, and breaches of discipline calling for
correction by the Commissioner have been comparatively few,
showing a spirit to be commended and appreciated.
. Feb.
15,
1905
. March 11,
1905
. March 22,
1905
. March 22,
1905
. May
10,
1905
June
5,
1905
. July
30,
1905
Aug.
2,
1905
. Oct.
9,
1905
Jan.
10,
1906
Force and P^
ly-roll, February 1, 1906
Commissioner .
$5,000 per annum
Secretary
2,500
it
Chief of Department
3,500
u
Assistant Chief
2,400
it
Second Assistant Chief
2,200
a
Superintendent of Fire Alarms
3,200
it
Assistant Superintendent of Fire Alarms
2,000
1 t
Superintendent of Repair Shop
2,000
u
Assistant Superintendent of Repair Shop
1,800
a
Veterinary Surgeon
2,000
a
Assistant Veterinary Surg
'eon .
1,400
i. i
Medical Examiner .
1,100
a
Purchasing Officer .
1,800
u
Storekeeper
1,200
1 1
Master Carpenter
1,300
u
Master Painter
1,300
1 1
Bookkeeper
1,650
u
3 Clerks
1,400
u
1 1 District Chiefs
2,000
(t
54 Captains .
1,600
u
73 Lieutenants
1,400
a
1 Engineer .
1,400
a
46 Engineers
1,300
a
1 Engineer .
1,100
a
1 Engineer .
1,000
a
40 Assistant Engineers
1,200
a
5 Assistant Engineers
1,100
a
2 Assistant Engineers
1,000
a
14
City Document No. 16.
537 Permanent men :
370 at .
43 at .
44 at .
37 at .
43 at .
68 Call-men :
4 at .
64 at .
10 Chief Drivers
2 "
2
1 Watchman
3 Hostlers (average)
1 Horseshoer
Fire-alarm Force
6 Operators ....
3 Assistant Operators
1 Foreman of Construction .
17 Telegraphers and Linemen (average),
Repair-shop Employees
1 Master Plumber
1 Engineer
1 Assistant Engineer
1 Night Fireman
1
1
2
5
1
2
1
3 Blacksmiths' Helpers
1 Hose and Harness-repairer
1 " " "
3 Laborers (average)
Painter
u
Wheelwrights
Machinists
u
Blacksmiths
. $1,200
per annum
1,100
a
1,000
u
900
i i
720
a
250
u
200
u
1
2
75 per day
00 "
2
25 "
1,000
per annum
1
3
95 per day
00 "
$1,600
1,200
per annum
2,000
3
00 per day
EES.
$1,300
3
3
per annum
25 per day
00 "
3
45
3
75 «
2
50 "
3
25 "
3
25 "
3
00
3
50 '.'
3
25 "
2
50 . "
3
00 "
1
50 "
2
08 "
930 total force.
Fire Districts.
The city is divided into twelve fire districts as follows
District 1.
All that part of Boston known as East Boston.
Note. — 29 Firemen temporarily employed.
Fire Department. 15
District 2.
All that part of Boston formerly known as Charlestown.
District 3.
The territory bounded on the north and east by the water
front, on the south by Summer street, and on the west by
Washington street and Washington street North.
District Jf.
The territory bounded on the north by the Charles river,
on the east by Washington street North and Washington
street, on the south by Winter, Tremont, Boylston, Arling-
ton, Beacon and Berkeley streets, and on the west by the
Charles river.
District 5.
The territory bounded on the north by Winter and
Summer streets, Dorchester avenue, Congress street, Fort
Point channel and the harbor to B street, on the east by B
street, on the south by First street, across Dorchester avenue
and Fort Point channel to Broadway Extension, Pleasant
street, Park square and Boylston street, and on the west by
Tremont 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
west by South bay to Broadway Extension bridge.
District 7.
The territory bounded on the west by the Charles river,
on the north by Berkeley, Beacon, Arlington and Boylston
streets, Park square, Pleasant street and Broadway Exten-
sion, on the east by Fort Point channel and South bay and
on the south by Massachusetts avenue and the Charles
river.
District 8.
The territory bounded on the north by the Charles river
and Massachusetts avenue, on the east by Washington street,
16 City Document No. 16.
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 Brookline line, and on the west by the
Brookline line to Cottage Farm bridge.
District 9.
The territory bounded on the north by Massachusetts ave-
nue, South bay, Dorset and Locust streets, on the east by
Dorchester bay, on the south by Freeport, Hancock, Bowdoin
and Quincy streets, Columbia road, and on the west by Seaver
street, Columbus avenue and Washington street.
District 10.
That part of Dorchester bounded on the north by Seaver
street, Columbia road, Quincy, Bowdoin, Hancock and Free-
port streets, on the east by Dorchester bay, on the south by
the Neponset river and the Hyde Park line, and on the west
by Harvard 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 Jamaica-
way to Castleton street, through Castleton street, South
Huntington avenue and Perkins street, Hyde square, Centre
and Sheridan streets, Chestnut avenue, Mozart and Atherton
streets, Columbus avenue and Seaver street, and on the east
by Blue Hill avenue and Harvard street, on the south by
the Hyde Park and Dedham lines, and on the west by the
Newton and Brookline lines.
In all cases where streets are designated as boundaries, the
centre of the street will be the dividing line.
Assignment of Districts.
Each district is placed under the charge of a District
Chief as follows :
Fire Department.
17
Chief in Command.
Companies in Districts.
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13, 14, 37
12, 21, 23, 24
16, 17, *18, 19, 20
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Peter F.McDonough. ..
Daniel F. Sennott
Edwin A. Perkins
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Nathan L. Hussey
Williston A. Gaylord..
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William Childs
Headquarters of District Chief.
The following property is in charge of the Fire Commis-
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Houses.
Location.
Number
of feet
in lot.
Assessed
Valuation
Occupied by
Dorchester and Fourth sts
Corner of O and Fourth sts
Bristol st. and Harrison ave
Bulflnch st
Marion st., East Boston
Leverett st
Eastst
Salem st
Paris St., East Boston
River st
Saratoga and Byron sts., East Boston
Dudley st
8,167
4,000
4,000
6,098
1,647
2,269
1,893
2,568
4,720
1,886
10,000
7,320
$25,800
16,400
30,000
96,000
9,000
35,000
36,400
24,100
29,700
20,000
38,500
25,000
Engine 1 and Ladder-
house 5 on this lot.
Engine 2.
Engine 3 and Ladder 3.
Engine 4, Chemical 1 and
Tower 1.
Engine 5.
Engine 6.
Engine 7.
Engine 8.
Engine 9 and Ladder 2.
Engine 10.
Engine 11 and Ladder 21.
Engine 12.
18
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Houses. — Continued.
Location.
Number
of feet
in lot.
Assessed
"Valuation.
Occupied by
Cabot st
Centre st
Dorchester ave
Corner River and Temple sts
Meeting House Hill, Dorchester Dis-
trict
Harvard st., Dorchester District
Norfolk st., " "
Walnut St., " "
Columbia road, " "
Warren ave
Northampton st
Corner Warren and Quincy sts
Fort Hill so.
Mason st
Elm st., Charlestown District
Centre st., Jamaica Plain
Chestnut Hill ave., Brighton District,
Centre st., WestRoxbury District
Bunker Hill St., Charlestown District,
Corner Boylston and Hereford sts....
Western ave., Brighton
Monument st., Charlestown District,
Corner Longwood and Brookline
aves
Congress st
Sumner st., East Boston
Harvard ave., near Cambridge St.,
Brighton District
Washington, between Atherton and
Beethoven sts '.
Andrew sq
Washington, corner Poplar st., Ros-
lindale ,,
Church st
Shawmut ave
Saratoga St., East Boston
Bst
Eustis st
4,832
5,713
2,803
12,736
9,450
9,440
7,683
9,000
10,341
7,500
3,445
4,186
4,175
5,623
2,600
10,377
14,358
12,251
. 8,188
5,646
4,637
5,668
5,231
4,000
4,010
6,112
$16,000
14,600
20,000
19,200
17,300
18,300
14,200
17,300
17,100
62,500
11,200
18,100
92,300
124,500
18,000
28,300
37,200
25,000
26,200
72,000
17,800
21,000
14,000
37,000
18,000
25,500
3,848
22,900
5,133
20,100
14,729
22,400
3,412
23,600
889
5,000
9,300
40,600
1,804
7,800
1,790
7,500
Engine 13.
Engine 14.
Engine 15.
Engine 16 and Ladder 6.
Engine 17 and Ladder-
house 7 on this lot.
Engine 18.
Engine 19.
Engine 20 and Ladder 27.
Engine 21.
Engine 22 and Ladder 13.
Engine 23.
Engine 24.
Engine 25, Ladder 8 and
Ladder 14.
Engines 26 and 35.
Engine 27.
Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
Engine 29 and Ladder 11.
Engine 30 and Ladder 25.
Engine 32.
Engine 33 and Ladder 15
Engine 34.
Engine 36 and Ladder 22.
Engine 37 and Ladder 26.
Engine 38 and 39.
Engine 40.
Engine 41 and Chemical 6.
Engine 42 and Chemical 5.
Engine 43 and Ladder 20.
Engine 45 and Ladder 16.
Chemical Engine 2.
Chemical Engine 4.
Chemical Engine 7.
Chemical Engine 8.
Chemical Engine 10.
Fire Department.
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Location.
Number
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Assessed
Valuation.
Occupied by
Friend st
Dudley st
Main St., Charlestown
Tremont st
Harrison a ve
Pittsburgh st., South Boston
Dorchester ave., Ashmont. .
Fourth st
Washington st., Dorchester.
Winthrop st
North Grove st
1,676
3,923
4,290
4,311
2,134
8,964
4,875
3,101
6,875
3,000
3,918
$35,500
26,000
16,400
25,700
22,000
35,400
22,900
11,000
21,400
13,200
18,000
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Ladder 4.
Ladder 9 and Chemical 9.
Ladder 12 and Chemical
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Ladder 17.
Ladder 18 and Tower 3.
Combination 1.
Ladder 19.
Ladder 23.
Combination 2.
Ladder 24.
Assessed Valuation.
Fuel-house, Dorchester street, 1,610 feet of land . $3,100
Fuel-house, Salem street, 417 feet of land . . 3,600
Fuel-house, Main street, Charlestown, 2,430 feet of
land 7,000
Headquarters building and repair-shop, corner of
Albany and Bristol streets, 23,679 feet of land . 185,000
Water Tower No. 2 and Wrecking Wagon are in
Headquarters Building.
Veterinary Hospital, Atkinson street, 64,442 feet of
land 39,500
Fuel-house, Washington, near Dover street, 1,007
feet of land 10,500
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City Document No. 16.
New Apparatus Purchased During the Year.
1 Pope-Waverly electric automobile.
1 Extra first-size Amoskeag engine.
2 Extra size rubber tired hose wagons.
1 Chief of Department wagon.
2 District Chiefs' wagons.
2 Engines rebuilt.
Amount of hose purchased and condemned during the year
Purchased.
Condemned.
Leading cotton, 11,900 feet.
12,560 feet
' ' rubber, —
1,200 "
Chemical, 1,500 "
1,300 "
Suction, 124 "
123 "
13,524 " 15,183 "
Amount of hose in use and in store February 1, 1906
In Use.
In Store.
Leading cotton, 88,907 feet.
9,905 feet
" rubber, 7,750 "
250 "
Chemical, 10,750 "
450 "
Suction, 1,191 "
163 "
108,598
10,768
Horses.
Purchased during the year
Sold or exchanged .
Killed for cause
Died . . .
Retired
Number in the department
Expenditures for the Year.
Salaries .
Repairs of apparatus
" " houses
New apparatus
" hose
Repairs of hose
Fuel
Electric and gas-lighting
Printing and stationery
Furniture and bedding
Small supplies .
Horses — purchase and exchange
57
29
16
6
7
385
$1,013,339
89
24,372
03
20,889
29
8,005
33
10,517
77
1,367
67
39,095
95
12,604
89
1,980
97
3,513
91
11,335
88
11,
689
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29
Horse-hire and keeping
Hay, grain and straw
Washing .....
Shoeing .....
Harnesses and repairs * .
Oils, chemicals, etc.
Hats, badges and buttons
Ladders and repairs
Tools for repair-shop and mechanics
Extra service ....
Reservoirs and hydrants .
Contingencies ....
Pensions ....
Rent for buildings, telephones, etc.
Construction and material, fire-alarm branch
Underground construction
Income.
Sale of manure
Rent .....
Old material ....
Licenses for the sale of fireworks
Bath department, steam for Dover-
house .....
$7,892 97
40,026 36
3,774 42
21,962 26
1,597 22
3,738 71
1,452 07
422 27
593 56
794 06
14 00
5,542 56
69,383 20
10,975 38
2,353 73
12,212 43
$1,341,448 01
$25 00
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6,636 18
$8,271 19
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1905.
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46
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31
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19
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57
18
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59
79
10
44
39
43
25
62
24
16
1
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May
43
21
58
18
46
12
31
40
58
18
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48
68
23
19
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33
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35
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15
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7
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49
53
48
21
30
24
57
68
35
20
26
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31
62
47
8
42
16
24
18
25
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November
December
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25
48
10
31
13
22
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Totals
528
261
630
200
454 2
24 :
259
12
Causes of Fires and Alak
JIS F
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Alarms, accidental automatic .
109
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29
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le
.
44
Automobiles, igniting of
,
32
Boiling over of fat or tar
.
29
Bonfires, grass, rubbish, etc. .
,
360
Careless use of lamps, candles
etc.
.
36
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tnoking
57
Chimneys, soot burning .
.
146
" defective
,
34
Clothes too near stove .
,
12
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5
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.
4
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32
City Document No. 16.
of, and explosion
Electric motor ignitiug car
' ' wires
Explosion and ignition of chemicals
Fireworks
Friction
Fumigating .
Gas, explosion of .
" jet setting fire
" stove, careless use
Kerosene, to light fire
Incendiary
' ' supposed
Lamp explosion
" upsetting and breaking
Light mistaken for fire
Lightning
Matches and rats .
" " children
u careless use of
Meat burning on stove
Naphtha, careless use of, and ignition
Oil stove, careless use of, and explosion
Overheated boiler or steam-pipe
" stove or furnace .
Plastering, drying .
Plumber's stove upsetting
Rekindling of ruins
Set by boys ....
Slacking of lime
Smoky chimneys .
" stove or furnace .
Sparks from another fire
" " boiler
" " chimney
" " engine or locomotive
" " forge
" " furnace or stove
" " open grate .
Spontaneous combustion
Steam escaping
Street light ....
Unknown ....
"Water pipes thawing out
Water-back bursting
"Wood in oven igniting; .
Total
2,991
Fire Department. 33
Fire Alarm Branch.
The new construction, extension and repair work done for
the maintenance and operation of the Fire Alarm branch of
this department, covering the period from February 1, 1905,
to February 1, 1906, follows :
The principal new work done has been underground con-
struction in the district prescribed by the Commissioner of
Wires for the year 1905. The districts prescribed were on
Main street, Charlestown, and along the line of Meridian
street, from Maverick square to Condor street, East Boston.
Most of the work in Charlestown having been clone
previously, in advance of any requirement of the Wire
Department, it was thought advisable to go outside of the dis-
trict prescribed in East Boston, consequently all the territory
west of Meridian street was included in underground con-
struction for the year. In addition to this, there has been
considerable underground work done at Grove Hall,
Dorchester, from the corner of Warren and Devon streets,
through Warren to Washington street to house of Ladder
No. 23, also on Washington street, from Erie to Park street.
The circuits in East Boston are not only much improved
by the underground construction, but their safety and effi-
ciency have also been increased greatly by connecting them
with headquarters through a 37-conductor cable placed in the
tunnel, thereby abandoning the circuitous overhead construc-
tion formerly running through Chelsea, which, with several
marine cables under bridge draws, were a continual menace
to the efficiency of the service, especially on occasions of
severe storms. There is, however, an overhead loop still
remaining, connecting a box and gong in the Chelsea police
station with the Charlestown bell circuit. The wires form-
ing this loop have been in use for a long time, and, if the
apparatus is to be continued in service, should be renewed
at the earliest practicable moment. The most advisable way
to accomplish this seems to be to abandon the overhead con-
struction at this point altogether and place the wires under-
ground in similar manner to the work already completed.
In order to effect a redistribution of fire-alarm boxes and
reduce the number of them connected with circuits now in
service, two new circuits should be built in Dorchester, one
in Charlestown and one in Brighton as soon as circumstances
will permit the work to be done, and, if the bell and gong
service in East Boston is to be maintained on its present
basis, a new circuit should be built in that district to operate
a part of the apparatus now connected with circuit 62.
34
City Document No. 16.
The telephone service, whiclriorms an important auxiliary
to the fire-alarm system, is to be improved soon by the
installation of a new up-to-date switchboard at headquarters.
The board now in use has been in service since the present
plant was put in commission, May 20, 1895, and has not only
become less efficient by continual use night and day, but it
lacks man}7 modern improvements which the requirements of
the present service demonstrate to be necessary. Aside from
this the apparatus equipment is in good condition and is
doing satisfactory work. The motor-generators that furnish
current for operating the system have maintained their
standard of efficiency, and thus far, after nearly eleven years'
service, have fully justified all expectations held at the time
of their installation.
In this connection it is recommended that another rapid
action transmitter with all modern improvements be pur-
chased and installed as an auxiliary to the one now in use ;
this would obviate the necessity of resorting to the manual
device now held in reserve to be used in the event of the
present machine becoming disabled from any cause, and
insure more accuracy and uniformity in the transmission of
signals than could be obtained by sending them out by hand.
No serious interruption to the service has been occasioned
by storms or other causes, and the percentage of local defects
in the mechanism of the apparatus operated to strike the
alarms has been exceedingly small, considering the unusually
large number that have been given within the time covered
by this report.
From January 1, 1905, to January 1, 1906, there have been
1,905 alarms struck by the bells, gongs and tappers, being an
excess of 272 over the number struck in 1903, the previous
highest record.
To give these alarms, together with striking the daily
meridian blow, school signals and tolling the bells on several
occasions, it required an approximation of nearly 14,000,000
blows to be struck by the apparatus employed for that
purpose.
Some details of the work done and other statistics per-
taining to the system are hereto appended :
New wire used .....
. 100,390 feet
Old wire taken down ....
. 168,960 "
Overhead cable put up
7,658 "
" " taken down
2,836 "
Conductors in cable put up
51,036 "
" " " taken down .
16,862 "
Fire Department.
35
Underground cable used in ducts owned by N. E
Telephone and Telegraph Company .
Same used in Fire-alarm ducts, service connec
tions, etc. (new construction) .
Same used in East Boston tunnel
Total underground cable used (new construction)
Conductors in same .
Cable used for repairs
Conductors in same .
Total underground cable in use .
Conductors in same .
Ducts built by this department .
Total ducts owned by city .
Manholes built ....
Service connections .
Boxes built over
Auxiliary boxes built over .
New boxes put in service .
New auxiliary boxes .
Boxes equipped with keyless doors
Boxes placed on lamp-posts
Lamp-posts set .
Lamp-posts reset for cause .
Cross-arms used
Boxes now in service .
The following boxes are private property: 113, 115, 117, 119,
149, 152, 161, 166, 212, 223, 228, 244, 271, 279, 281, 283, 297,
299, 328, 342, 422, 433, 434, 442, 443, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449,
466, 467, 468, 475, 495, 533, 617, 619, 624, 629, 698, 711, 714,
715, 716, 718, 722, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 731, 733, 734, 735,
736, 737, 738, 739, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 755, 758, 759,
762, 766, 767, 773, 776, 778, 779, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 798,
799, 828, 838, 842, 864, 865, 875, 919, 927, 967, 971, 974.
Bell alarms struck in year ending December 31, 1905, 1905
20,622 feet.
5,257
u
5,347
u
31,226
u
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Alarm Bells.
The Fire-alarm telegraph is connected with the following
bells :
Adams School-house, Sumner street, East Boston, steel, 2,995
lbs., owned by city.
Bunker Hill School-house, Charlestown, composition, 2,009
lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 16, Temple street, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 4,149 lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 17, Meeting House Hill, Dorchester, com-
position, 4,000 lbs., owned by city.
36 City Document No. 16.
Engine-house No. 19, Mattapan, Dorchester, composition,
2,927 lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 20, Walnut street, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 3,061 lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 28, West Roxbury, composition, 4,000 lbs.,
owned by city.
Engine-house No. 29, Brighton, steel, 1,535 lbs., owned by
city.
Old Engine-house, Mt. Vernon street, West Roxbury, steel,
1,000 lbs., owned by city.
Engine-house No. 34, Brighton, composition, 1,501 lbs.,
owned by city.
Engine-house No. 41, Allston, composition, 800 lbs., owned
by city. Formerly used on house of Engine No. 2.
Engine-house No. 45, Roslindale, composition, 1,059 lbs.,
owned by city.
Maverick-street Church, East Boston, composition, 2,000 lbs.
Princeton-street School-house, East Boston, composition,
2,470 lbs., owned by city.
Bells owned by the city, which have been disconnected
from service, are located as follows :
Berkeley Temple, composition, 2,941 lbs. Formerly used on
Quincy School-house.
Chapman School-house, steel, 3,109i lbs., taken down and
stored by Public Buildings Department.
City Hall, Charlestown, composition, 3,600 lbs.
Engine-house No. 1, Dorchester street, South Boston, com-
position, 2,911 lbs.
Engine-house No. 18, Harvard street, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 3,184 lbs.
Engine-house No. 21, Columbia road, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 3,026 lbs.
Faneuil Hall, steel, 5,816 lbs.
Ladder-house No. 4, Dudley street, Roxbury, composition,
3,509 lbs.
Lawrence School-house, B street, South Boston, steel, 3,400
lbs.
Lincoln School-house, Broadway, South Boston, composition,
3,110 lbs.
Saratoga-street M. E. Church, East Boston, steel, 1,968 lbs.
Smith-street School-house, Roxbury, composition, 4,083 lbs.
Ticknor School-house, Dorchester street, Washington Village,
'steel, 2,995 lbs., taken clown and stored by School Depart-
ment.
Fire Department. 37
Trinity Church, Trenton street, East Boston, composition,
1,760 lbs. Formerly used on Castle-street Church.
Van Nostrand's Brewery, Charlestown, composition, 818 lbs.
Formerly used on Boylston School-house.
Warren School-house, Charlestown, composition, 3,000 lbs.
Winthrop School-house, Charlestown, composition, 3,000 lbs.,
taken down and stored by Public Buildings Department.
Public Clocks.
The following public clocks, thirty-five in number, are
taken care of by the Fire Department :
City Proper.
Charles-street Church.
Christ Church, Salem street, owned by city.
Commercial Wharf.
Odd Fellows' Hall, Tremont street, owned by city.
Old South Church, owned by city.
Old State House, owned by city.
Suffolk County Jail, owned by city.
St. Stephen's Church, Clark 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 School-house, owned by city.
Lincoln School-house, owned by city.
Phillips Church, owned by city.
St. Augustine Church, Dorchester street, owned by city.
Ticknor School-house, Washington Village, owned by city,
taken down and stored by School Department.
East Boston.
London-street Church, owned by city.
Lyceum Hall, owne d 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.
38 City Document jSto. 16.
Dorchester.
Baker Memorial (Upharn's Corner), owned by city.
Neponset Church.
Tileston school (Mattapan), owned by city.
Unitarian Church (Milton Lower Mills).
Charlestoivn.
Bunker Hill Church.
City Hall, owned by city.
High School-house, owned by city.
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 School-house, owned by city.
The Fire Commissioner, as Treasurer of the Boston Fire-
men's Relief Fund, acknowledges the following contribu-
tions; these sums were accompanied by letters expressing-
appreciation for services rendered by the department in
extinguishing fire on the premises of the contributors :
From February 1, 1905, to February 1, 1906.
Boston Consolidated Gas Company . . . 8500 00
George A. Draper, 297 Commonwealth avenue . 100 00
Curtis Estate, Boston 100 00
The receipts from the Annual Department Ball and con-
tributions constitute the fund from which sick benefits and
doctors' bills are paid. Destitute members of deceased fire-
men's families are also given assistance from this fund.
The Mayor and Fire Commissioner act as trustees.
Respectfully submitted,
Benjamin W. Wells,
Commissioner.
DEATH OF
FIRE COMMISSIONER HENRY S. RUSSELL.
Resolutions passed at a special meeting of the Board of
Aldermen, February 17, 1905 :
Resolved, That the City Council has learned with profound
regret of the death of Colonel Henry S. Russell, who has so con-
scientiously and efficiently served the City of Boston as Fire
Commissioner during the past ten years.
Colonel Russell first entered the service of the city in 1878, as
Chairman of Boston's original Police Commission. While his
service in that office was brief, it was in all respects efficient and
honorable. As a soldier in the war for the preservation of the
Union, he won distinction by his gallantry and bravery. As a
civic officer, he was esteemed for his lofty ideals and for his
honesty, capacity and integrity. As a citizen, he was highly
respected for his courtesy and his quiet, unobtrusive generosity.
Resolved, That the City Council place upon record its deep .
sense of the loss which the community has sustained through his
death.
The resolutions were adopted in concurrence by a unani-
mous rising vote.
Extract from " Talk on the Boston Fire Department," by
Fire Commissioner Benjamin W. Wells, before the Insurance
Library Association, October 27, 1905 :
" This brings us up to the appointment of Col. Henry S. Rus-
sell in 1895, to fill for a few months an unexpired term on the
old Board, and in July, 1895, to undertake, as the first single
commissioner, the direction of the department. With full power
to proceed as he thought best, succeeding conditions that were
bad, he undertook the creation of a new fire department. A man
of absolute integrity, with a high ideal of his duty to the public,
full of enthusiasm, he applied his great energy to the work and
won out. The public could judge of his work and its results.
He was rewarded by receiving the confidence of the succeeding
mayors, until the time that death closed his book of ten years of
faithful service. He absolutely eliminated politics as a basis for
appointment, promotion or other form of favor from the depart-
ment. He made the houses of the department more sanitary,
cheerful and livable. He raised the standard of the officer and
the man ; he increased the efficiency of the apparatus and improved
the methods of fighting fire. The citizens of Boston owed him a
debt, and he received his payment in the satisfaction of knowing
that his efforts were appreciated. So in the harness he passed
away."
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