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ANNUAL REPORT

FIRE DEPARTMENT

FOR THE

Compliments of

Charles H. Cole,

FIRE COMMISSIONER.

CITY OF BOSTON
PRINTING DEPARTMENT

1909

ANNUAL REPORT

EIRE DEPARTMENT

TEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1909

CITY OF BOSTON
PRINTING DEPARTMENT

1909

ANNUAL REPORT

FIRE DEPARTMENT

FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909.

Boston, June 29, 1909.

Hon. George A. Hibbard,

Mayor of the City of Boston:

Sir, — I respectfully submit the annual report of the Fire
Department from February 1, 1908, to February 1, 1909,
in accordance with the Revised Ordinances.

While the total number of alarms received was less than
those of the preceding year, the total fire loss was larger,
due to the fire on the docks at East Boston and at Park
Square Station, the estimated loss at these two fires being
$1,910,280.91. The department sent thirteen engines, three
ladder trucks and the fire boat to Chelsea at the fire on
April 12, 1908. The work of the department in preventing
what might have been a conflagration at East Boston at
that time deserves commendation.

During the year fifteen call men have been replaced by
permanent men, and fifteen detailed men have been returned
to regular fire duty. These changes have not only
strengthened the fire fighting force, but the work of the
repairs to the various houses has been done at less cost by
employing men rated by the Civil Service Commission. As
it is apparent that the work of the department requires men

2 City Document No. 17.

of sufficient size, a height and weight limit of 5 feet 7
inches and 135 pounds has been established for candidates
for the department. A yearly test of all the hose was made
under 200 pounds pressure, and also a trial of the present
salt water system. That the officers might have a better
knowledge of the different apparatus and appliances in use,
a school for officers was held during the summer months with
satisfactory results.

Arrangements are being made with adjoining cities and
towns by which prompt assistance can be rendered and
received in case of need, which should be of mutual benefit.

The new fire boat will be in service during the summer,
and quarters are now being built at East Boston, where one of
the fire boats will be stationed. It is proposed to make a new
district of the water front, in charge of a district chief. This
will materially increase the protection of the water front,
which is much needed. Plans are being prepared for a new
engine house at Forest Hills, where a combination automobile
chemical will be stationed An engine house should be built
in the vicinity of Lauriat avenue, the temporary quarters of
Chemical 11 being entirely inadequate, both for the company
and the apparatus. As soon as possible, a ladder truck should
be stationed in the Brighton district,

I strongly recommend the installation of a high pressure
service, with a pumping station at the Charles River Basin,
and that provision be made by which the service can be ex-
tended each year. This will afford much better protection in
the congested districts, and eventually will afford opportunity
to station more engines in the outlying districts.

The services of. this department demand that the highest
possible standard of efficiency be required, that the apparatus
and appliances be modern, and that the size of the department
increase in proportion to the growth of the city. The prompt
and close attention to duty of both officers and men during
the past year has enabled the department to perform its
duty in a satisfactory manner.

Fire Department.

ORGANIZATION.

Commissioner, Samuel D. Parker; term expires May, 1910.

Secretary, Benjamin F. Underhill.

Chief of Department, John A. Mullen.

Deputy Chief, John Grady.

Second Deputy Chief and Chief of District 8, Peter F

McDonough.
Superintendent of Fire Alarms, Brown S. Flanders.
Assistant Superintendent of Fire Alarms, Cyrus A. George.
Superintendent of Repair Shop, Alfred J. Porter.
Supervisor of Engines, Eugene M. Byington.
Veterinary Surgeon, George W. Stimpson.
Medical Examiner, Rufus W. Sprague.

Clerks.

George F. Murphy, Daniel J. Quinn, James P. Maloney, Edward

L. Tierney.

District Chiefs.

District.

Headquarters.

1. John W. Godbold .

. Ladder House 2

2. Charles H. W. Pope

9

3. Joseph M. Garrity .

8

4. Henry A. Fox

Engine House 4

5. Daniel F. Sennott .

Ladder House 18.

6. Edwin A. Perkins .

Engine House 1

7. Stephen J. Ryder .

22

8. Peter F. McDonough

Ladder House 12

9. Michael J. Kennedy

4

10. John 0. Taber

Engine House 18

11. John F. Ryan

41

12. Michael J. Mulligan

28

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

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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.

City Document No. 17.

Martin A. Kenealy .

Engine 7.

Denis Driscoll .

7.

William H. Magner .

Ladder 8.

Thomas J. Mulcloon

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.

Force and Pay Roll February 1, 1909.

Commissioner . . . $5,000 per annum

Secretary .

2,500

Chief of Department

4,000

Deputy Chief .

2,400

Second Deputy Chief

2,200

Superintendent of Fire Alarn

is . . 3,200

Assistant Superintendent of Fire Alarms, 2,000

Superintendent of Repair Shop . . 2,000

Supervisor of Engines . 2,000

Veterinary Surgeon

2,000

Assistant Veterinary Sur

geon

1,400

Medical Examiner .

1,300

Master Carpenter

1,300

Master Painter

1,300

Bookkeeper

1,650

2 Clerks

1,400

1 Clerk .

900

1 Clerk .

800

2 Clerks

700

11 District Chiefs .

2,000

56 Captains

1,600

78 Lieutenants

1,400

1 Lieutenant, Aid to Chief 1,400

1 Lieutenant, Foreman of Hose and Har-

ness Shop ... . 1,400

1 Engineer .

1,400

46 Engineers .

1,300

1 Engineer .

1,200

1 Engineer .

1,000

46 Assistant Engineers

1,200

1 Assistant Engineer

1,100

584 Privates:

399 .

1,200

67 . . .

1,100

63 .

1,000

46 . . .

900

9 .

720

27 Call men .

200

Fire Department.

8 Chiefs' drivers .

$1

75 per day

3 Chiefs' drivers .

2

00

2 Chiefs' drivers .

2

25

1 Horseshoer

3

00

3 Hostlers (average) .

2

25

1 Shipkeeper

2

00

Fire Alarm Force.

1 Chief Operator ....

$2,000 per annum.

6 Operators . . .

1,600

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4 Assistant Operators

1,200

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1 Foreman of Construction

2,000

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1 Machinist . . . ■ .

$4 25 per day

1 Machinist

4

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20 Telegraphers and Linemen (avera£

56), 3

06

Repair Shop Empl

jyees.

1 Master Plumber

$1,300 per annum.

1 Engineer .

$3

25 per day

4 Firemen

2

50 "

1 Painter

3

75

3 Painters

3

50

2 Painters

3

16

2 Wheelwrights .

3

25

6 Machinists

3

25

3 Blacksmiths

3

50

1 Blacksmith

3

25

4 Blacksmiths' Helpers

2

50

2 Plumbers .

4

40

3 Carpenters

3

50

1 Hose and Harness Repairer .

3

25

1 Hose and Harness Repairer .

2

25

1 Laborer

2

50

3 Laborers

2

25

966 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.

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

6 City Document No. 17.

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 4-

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 Otter streets, and on the west by the Charles
river.

District 5.

The territory bounded on the north by Winter and Sum-
mer 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 Exten-
sion 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 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,
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
avenue, South" bay, Dorset and Locust streets, on the east

Fire Department. 7

by Dorchester bay, on the south by Hoyt, Hancock, Bowdoin
and Quincy sti eets, Columbia road, and on -the west by Seaver
street, Columbus avenue and Washington street.

District 10.
The territory bounded on the north by Seaver street,
Columbia road, Quincy, Bowdoin, Hancock and Hoyt 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
center 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.

Engines.

Chemical
Engines.

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2

3

4.

John W. Godbold

C. H. W. Pope

Joseph M. Garrity

5, 9, 11, 40

27, 32, 36

8,25,44

*4, 6, 10

7,26,35,38,39

*1,2, 15, 43

3, *22, 33

13, 14,37

12,21,23,24

16, 17, *18, 19,20,46

29, 34, *41

28, *30, 42, 45

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3,9

1

8

2,4

12

10

11

6

5

*2, 21

*9, 22

*8, 14

1,24

17, *18

5, 19,20

3, 13, 15

*12, 26

*4, 23

6,7,27

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10, 16, 25

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5

6

7

8

9

10

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Daniel F. Sennott

Edwin A. Perkins

Stephen J. Rvder

Peter F. McDonough. . .
Michael J. Kennedy. . . .
John O. Taber

3

2

12

Michael J. Mulligan. . . .

* Headquarters of District Chief.

8 City Document No. 17.

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

8,167

$25,800

Engine 1 and Ladder
House 5 on this lot.

Corner of O and Fourth sts

4,000

16,400

Engine 2.

Bristol st. and Harrison ave

4,000

30,000

Engine 3 and Ladder 3.

6,098

96,000

Engine 4, Chemical 1 and

Tower 1.

1,647
2,269

9,000
40,000

Engine 5.

East st

1,893
2,568

36,400
24,000

Engine 7.

Salem st

Engine 8.

4,720
1,886

29,700
20,000

Engine 9 and Ladder 2.

River st

Engine 10.

Saratoga and Byron sts. .East Boston,

10,000

3S,500

Engine 11 and Ladder 21.

7,320

25,000

Engine 12.

Cabot st

4,832

16,000

Engine 13.

5,713
2,803

14,600
18,600

Engine 14.

Dorchester ave

Engine 15.

Corner River and Temple sts

12,736

19,200

Engine 16 and Ladder 6.

Meeting House Hill, Dorchester Dis-
trict

9,450

17,300

Engine 17 and Ladder
House 7 on this lot.

Harvard st., Dorchester District ....

9,440

18,300

Engine 18.

Norfolk st., " " ....

7,683

14,200

Engine 19.

Walnut st., " " ....

9,000

17,300

Engine 20 and Ladder 27.

Columbia road, " " ....

10,341

17,100

Engine 21.

7,500
3,445

62,500
11,200

Engine 22 and Ladder 13.

Northampton st

Engine 23.

4,186

18,100

Engine 24.

Fort Hill sq

4,175

100,600

Engine 25, Ladder 8 and

Ladder 14.

Mason st

5,623

157,500

Engine 26 and 35.

Elm st., Charlestown District

2,600

18,000

Engine 27.

10,377
14,358

28,300
37,200

Engine 28 and Ladder 10.

Chestnut Hill ave., Brighton District,

Engine 29 and Ladder 11.

Centre st., West Roxbury District.. .

12,251

25,000

Engine 30 and Ladder 25.

Bunker Hill st., Charlestown District,

8,188

26,200

Engine 32.

Corner Boylston and Hereford sts. . . .

5,646

81,000

Engine 33 and Ladder 15.

Western ave., Brighton -.

4,637

17,800

Engine 34.

Fire Department.

Houses. — Concluded.

Location.

Number
of feet
in lot.

Assessed
Valuation.

Occupied by-

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, cor. Poplar sts., Ros-
lindale

Dorchester ave., Ashmont.

Church st

Shawmut ave

Saratoga st., East Boston. .
B st

Eustis st

Friend st

Dudley st

Main st., Charlestown.
Tremont st

Harrison ave

Pittsburgh st., South Boston .

Fourth st

Washington st., Dorchester.. .

Winthrop st

North Grove st

5,668

5,231
4,000
4,010

6,112

3,848
5,133

14,729
4,S75
3,412
889
9,300
1,804
1,790
1,676
3,923
4,290
4,311

2,134
8,964
3,101
6,875
3,000
3,918

21,000

14,300
37,000
1S.000

25,500

22,900
20,100

22,400

22,900

23,600

4,300

40,600

7,800

7,500

37,200

26,000

16,400

25,600

23,500
35,400
10,700
21,400
13,200
19,800

Engine 36 and Ladder 22.

Engine 37 and Ladder 26.
Engines 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.

Engine 46.

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.

Ladder 19.

Ladder 23.

Chemical 3.

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 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 . 68,300

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

feet of land 10,500

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New Apparatus Put in Service During the Year.

Purchased:

1 First-size Amoskeag steam fire engine.
1 Second-size Amoskeag steam fire engine.
1 Ladder truck.
1 Ross runabout.

1 District Chiefs wagon.

Built at Fire Department repair shop:

2 Ladder trucks.

1 District Chief's wagon.
1 Hose wagon.

Amount of hose purchased and condemned during the year:

Leading cotton
Leading rubber
Chemical .
Suction

Purchased.

Condemned.

26,710 feet
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24,598 feet
900 "
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27,256 feet

Amount of hose in use and store February 1, 1909:

In Use.

In Store.

Leading cotton

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feet

Leading rubber

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Horses.

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year ....

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Sold or exchanged

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Killed for cause

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ment ....

. 400

18

City Document No. 17.

Expenditures for the Year.

Salaries to January 28, 1909, inclusive:

Benjamin W. Wells, Commis-
sioner, to January 31, 1908 . $109 59
Samuel D. Parker, Commissioner,

from February 1, 1908 . . 4,972 58
B. F. Underhill, Secretary . . 2,541 35
John A. Mullen, Chief Engineer . 4,065 63
Deputy and District Chiefs . 29,047 35
Members of the various engine,
hook and ladder and hose com-
panies 1,000,717 64

Clerks in office .... 6,020 13

Pensioners 95,742 82

$

Less amount deducted for cloth

Horses:

Hay, grain and straw . . . $44,091 11

Shoeing 20,004 71

Purchase and exchange of . 14,630 99
Attendants at hospital, medicines,

etc '. . 8,180 90

Harnesses and repairs . . . 2,896 80

Horse hire . . . . . 798 75

Repairs of apparatus, including
stock sent to repair shop:

Mechanics $31,239 25

Materials, etc .... 27,462 33

Fuel for houses and engines

Tools and supplies

Repairs and alterations of houses ....

New apparatus:

Two engines $9,850 00

One automobile .... 1,930 50

One combination ladder and

chemical 1,000 00

Twelve extinguishers . . . 264 00

One wagon 215 00

Hose, pipes and repairs

Electric lighting

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864 18

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90,603 26

58,701 58
41,763 04
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Furniture and bedding

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Washing

2,748 06

8,634 06

Rents

7,813 50

Printing

2,644 30

Medical services ....

1,894 29

Gas

1,657 27

Chemicals

941 57

Stationery . . .

803 70

Hats, badges, buttons and belts

2,059 07

Janitress at headquarters

623 03

Ice

582 75

Traveling expenses ....

113 70

Rent of gas regulators . .

72 00

Reservoirs and hydrants .

124 91

Freights and small items

96 99

Expenses of detailed men

46 25

Refreshments

9 80

Advertising

11 34

Cloth

1,136 58

Medical supplies ....

52 37

$1,447,686 82

Fire-alarm telegraph:

Salaries: Brown S. Flanders,

superintendent ....

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Less amount deducted for cloth,

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30 95

Repairs

Instruments, tools and repairs
Wire, cables and conduits
Electric power .
Telephone service
Use of duct in East Boston tunnel
Car fares and traveling expenses
Maps and plans ....
Horse-heeping ....
Electric light for clocks

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20 City Document No. 17.

Engine 6 House, Addition.
Payments on account:

Contractors, M. F. McDonald & Son . . . SI, 864 03

Total cost, $5,085.55.

House and Apparatus, Parker Hill.

Payments on account:

Advertising . . • $27 90

House, Land and Apparatus, Forest Hills.
Payments on account:

Advertising $27 90

House, Land and Apparatus, Orient Heights.

Payments on account:

Advertising $30 90

Ladder 1 House, Rebuilding.

Balance of payments:

Contractor, John J. Flynn ....
Heating apparatus, William E. Bartlett
Water service pipe . . . '. - .
Total cost, $5,022.66.

New Fireboat.

Continuation of payments:

Contractors, Bertelsen & Petersen Engineering

Company

Inspector

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Car tickets redeemed
Rent ....
Sale of celluloid badges
Sale of manure .
Sale of old material .
Fireworks licenses
Damage to Engine 36 at fire in Chelsea, September

21, 1908, paid by that city ....
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Causes of Fires and Alarms from February 1, 1908, to
February 1, 1909.

Alarms, unauthorized, for

same fire 10

Alarms, accidental, auto-
matic 115

Alarms, false 124

Alarms out of city 42

Ashes, hot, in wooden re-
ceptacle 65

Automobiles, igniting of 27

Boiling over of fat or tar 40

Bonfires, grass, rubbish,

etc 434

Careless use of lamps, candles,

etc 78

Careless use of pipes, cigars,

etc., in smoking 109

Chimneys, soot burning 207

Chimneys, defective 51

Clothes too near stove 18

Collapse of building 2

Defective flue 12

Defective stovepipe 13

Defective furnace 3

Defective gas pipe 13

Defective fireplace 3

Electric motor igniting car. . . 18

Electric wires 48

Explosion and ignition of

chemicals 9

Fireworks 21

Friction 13

Fumigating 6

Gas, escaping and explosion

of 7

Gas jet setting fire 69

Gas stove, careless use of,

and explosion 21

Grease, ignition of in ven-
tilator oven 17

Kerosene, to light fire 4

Incendiary 67

Incendiary, supposed ' 44

Lamp, explosion of 54

Lamp, upsetting and break-
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Light mistaken for fire 43

Matches and rats 33

Matches and children 90

Matches, careless use of 235

Meat burning on stove 7

Naphtha, careless use of, and

ignition 35

Oil stove, careless use of, and

explosion 62

Overheated boiler or steam

pipe 22

Overheated stove or furnace, 77

Plastering, drying 6

Plumber's, roofer's stove up-
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Rescues, elevators, miscel-
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Rekindling of ruins 5

Set by boys 116

Slacking of lime 4

Smoky chimneys 59

Smoky lamp 3

Smoky stove or furnace 97

Sparks from another fire .... 28

Sparks from boiler 6

Sparks from chimney 52

Sparks from engine or loco-
motive 132

Sparks from forge 14

Sparks from furnace or stove 25

Sparks from open grate 2

Sparks from steam roller... . 1

Spontaneous combustion... . 52

Steam escaping 18

Street fight 2

Unknown 777

Water pipes, thawing out ... 33

Water-back, bursting 3

Wood in oven igniting 5

Total 3,910

Fire Department.

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745

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316

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24 City Document No. 17.

FIRE-ALARM BRANCH.

The principal feature of the work done by this branch for
the maintenance and operation of the fire-alarm system for
the past year has been underground construction within the
district prescribed for 1908 by the Commissioner of Wires,
viz. : On Harrison avenue, from Northampton to Zeigler
street; Warren street, Roxbury, from Washington street to
Grove Hall, a total distance of 10,540 feet.

Within this district cables have been placed in underground
conduits, the circuits connected therewith, and all overhead
wires removed in compliance with the requirement of the
Wire Department. As in past years, other underground
work has been done outside the prescribed district in order
to improve conditions and promote the safety and efficiency
of the service. In Ruggles street, from Tremont street to
Huntington avenue, a cable has been laid and circuit connec-
tions extended by an aerial cable running to the house of
Engine No. 37 on Huntington avenue.

On account of the work done by the Street Department for
the construction of a new boulevard, extensive changes and
repairs have been made on Washington street, between Grove
and La Grange streets, Germantown, and in conjunction with
this work renewal of and repairs made to the wires running
into Dedham as far as Curve street for connection with the
fire-alarm box previously established there, to be used for call-
ing aid from this department in case of need.

In addition to this, underground work has been done in
South street, from Guernsey to Fletcher street, West Rox-
bury, and for the installation of fire-alarm Box No. 60 on
Church street' in the city proper, and in Harvard avenue,
Brighton, from Brighton to Commonwealth avenue, for Box
858.

In order to relieve the congested condition of the two cir-
cuits in Charlestown, two new box circuits were built during
the year, and boxes, cut out from the old circuits, were con-
nected therewith, practically making an equal division of
boxes between the four circuits now covering that district.

A new arrangement of circuits has been made in Roxbury
and West Roxbury; one new circuit was built, one old one
discontinued, and general improvements have been effected
throughout these districts. A new cable containing 37 con-
ductors has been laid under the Fourth Street Bridge, from

Fire Department.

25

Dover street draw to Foundry street, to replace the old
cable which had become defective from long service, and new
construction of the circuits in South Boston has been made
to complete the work commenced last year.

The maintenance of electric lighting service in the depart-
ment houses has called for much attention during the year.

Lamps have been replaced and switches, push buttons and
other appliances necessary to their proper operation have
been installed and kept in good condition, together with
extensions and other new work done as conditions required.
Extensive changes of this character have been made in the
house of Engine No. 25 and Ladders Nos. 8 and 14, and the
houses of Engine No. 6 and Ladder No. 1 were rewired on
account of alterations made to the buildings.

On account of extensive repairs made to the school build-
ings by the Schoolhouse Department during the summer
vacation it became necessary to cut out the fire-alarm boxes
located therein for the time being, and to restore them to
service on completion of the work. These repairs and alter-
ations, together with other considerations, made it advisable
to relocate some of the boxes and, in some instances, to
equip them with keyless doors and place them on the outside
instead of inside the buildings. While this work was done
by the Schoolhouse Department, a direct supervision of it in
all its details, so far as it applied to the arrangement and
adjustment of the mechanism of the boxes and main circuit
connections, was maintained by this department.

A new wagon has been received from the apparatus repair
shop for use by the construction division to replace an old one
condemned on account of its poor condition.

Some statistics pertaining to the system and details of work
done for its maintenance are appended hereto :

From February 1, 1908, to February 1, 1909, there have
been 2,285 box alarms struck by the bells, gongs and tappers,
divided as follows :

First alarms ....

. 2,210

Second alarms

46

Third alarms ....

22

Fourth alarms

6

Fifth alarms ....

1

To give these alarms, together with striking the meridian
blow, school signals, etc., it required 20,600,305 blows to be
struck by the apparatus employed for that purpose.

There were 1,825 reports of fire received by telephone during
the year. Of this number, 158 reports were for automatic

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City Document No. 17.

alarms, 611 were sent to headquarters by citizens, and 1,056
received from department houses. Box alarms were received
and struck for 94 of these reports. The result of these reports,
not including those for which box alarms were struck, was 16
alarms from the American District Telegraph Company, 142
from the Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company and 1,542
still alarms, 600 of which were sent out from headquarters
to the proper department houses, making a total of 1,700 still
and automatic alarms. These added to the 2,285 box alarms
make a grand total of 3,985 box, still and automatic alarms
for the year. For 130 alarms the box was pulled two or more
times for the same fire for which only one alarm was struck,
and boxes adjacent to the one first received have been pulled
on 200 different occasions and not struck as they were pulled
for the same fire. Sixty-three alarms have been struck for
Box 705, being the highest record of alarms from any box in
any previous year.

Summary of Construction Work.

New wire used 160,280 feet.

Old wire taken down 95,460 "

Overhead cable put up 4,581 "

Overhead cable taken down .... 635 "

Conductors in cable put up .... 39,034 "

Conductors in cable taken down . . . 1,950 "

Underground cable used in ducts owned by

N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Company . 11,289 "
Same used in fire-alarm ducts, service connec-
tions, etc. (new construction) . . . . 719 "
Total underground cable used (new con-
struction) . . 12,008 "

Conductors in same ' . 167,965 "

Cable used for repairs 4,510 "

Conductors in same 67,631 "

Total underground cable in use .... 321,346 "

Conductors in same 7,301,583 "

Conduit built by this department . . . 487 "

Conduit removed 56 "

Total conduit owned by city .... 28,602 "

Ducts laid 589 "

Ducts removed . 102 "

Total ducts owned by city 36,233 "

Manholes built . 1

Service connections 11

Boxes built over 35

Auxiliary boxes built over .- 2

New public boxes put in service 3

New auxiliary boxes 1

Fire Department.

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New private boxes
Auxiliary boxes taken out of service
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,

149, 152, 161, 163, 166, 212, 228, 244, 271, 279, 283,

299, 328, 342, 433, 434, 442, 443, 448, 449, 466, 467,

475, 495, 511, 533, 617, 619, 626, 629, 653, 698, 711,

715, 716, 718, 719, 720, 722, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728,

730, 731, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741,

743, 744, 745, 746, 755, 758, 759, 762, 766, 767, 773,

778, 779, 788, 791, .792, 793, 794, 795, 798, 828, 838,

864, 865, 875, 919, 927, 967, 969, 971, 974, 2236.

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297,

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842,

Alarm Bells.

The fire-alarm telegraph is connected with the following
bells :

Engine House No. 16, Temple street, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 4,149 pounds, owned by city.
Engine House No. 28, West Roxbury, composition, 4,000

pounds, owned by city.
Engine House No. 29, Brighton, steel, 1,535 pounds, owned

by city.
Old Engine House, Mt. Vernon street, West Roxbury, steel,

1,000 pounds, owned by city.
Engine House No. 34, Brighton, composition, 1,501 pounds,

owned by city.
Engine House No. 41, Allston, composition, 800 pounds, owned

by city. Formerly used on house of Engine No. 2.
Engine House No. 45, Roslindale, composition, 1,059 pounds,

owned by city.
Faneuil Hall, steel, 5,816 pounds, owned by city.
Princeton Street Schoolhouse, East Boston, composition,

2,470 pounds, owned by city.

Bells owned by the city, which have been disconnected
from service, are located as follows:

Adams Schoolhouse, Sumner street, East Boston, steel, 2,995

pounds.
Berkeley Temple, composition, 2,941 pounds. Formerly used

on Quincy Schoolhouse.

28 City Document No. 17.

Bunker Hill Schoolhouse, Charlestown, composition, 2,009
pounds.

City Hall, Charlestown, composition, 3,600 pounds.

Engine House No. 1, Dorchester street, South Boston, com-
position, 2,911 pounds.

Engine House No. 17, Meeting House Hill, Dorchester, com-
position, 4,000 pounds.

Engine House No. 18, Harvard street, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 3,184 pounds.

Engine House No. 19, Mattapan, Dorchester, composition,
2,927 pounds.

Engine House No. 20, Walnut street, Dorchester, composition,
3,061 pounds.

Engine House No. 21, Columbia road, Dorchester, composi-
tion, 3,026 pounds.

Ladder House No. 4, Dudley street, Roxbury, composition,
3,509 pounds.

Lawrence Schoolhouse, B street, South Boston, steel, 3,400
pounds.

Lincoln Schoolhouse, Broadway, South Boston, composition,
3,110 pounds.

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

Smith Street Schoolhouse, Roxbury, composition, 4,083
pounds.

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

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

Warren Schoolhouse, Charlestown, composition, 3,000
pounds.

Public Clocks.

The following public clocks, turned over to the Public
Buildings Department in May, 1907, were returned to the
care of this department November 13, 1908:

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.

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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 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 Carhouse, 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).

Charlestovm.
Bunker Hill Church.
City Hall, 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 Schoolhouse, owned by city.

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Fire Losses for Year Ending January 31, 1909.

j- *$3,610,000

Buildings
Contents

Fires Where Loss Exceeded $15,000.

Date.

Location and Owner.

Loss.

1908.

Feb.

17

22 Batterymarch street, Exchange Club

327,309

80

Feb.

18 . . .

24,337

75

Feb.

27

104—116 Tremont street, Alameda Company et al

18,377

10

Marc!

2

104-108 Friend street, E. J. Hickey Company et al

. 15,326

44

March 29

78-86 Purchase street, Deering, Milliken Company et al .

67,911

62

April

12

Chelsea street, Standard Oil Company, of New York ....

100,000

00

April
June

12

50,000

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17. . . .

31 Irvington street, Knott Apparatus Company et al

17,414

63

July

8. .. .

East Boston Pier, Cunard Wharf Company et al

1,310,280

91

July

8

East Boston Pier, Marine Losses

38,498

07

July

28....

22,174

69

Sept.

6. .. .

171 Huntington avenue, Taylor & Palmer et al

122,210

30

Sept.

30....

40-44 Winchester street, Perry & Whitney Company.. . .

65,658

00

Oct.

10. .. .

120-122 East Dedham street, Daniel D. Lee et al

15,941

20

Oct.

22

14-16 Dunstabie street, Monroe & Conlev et al

16,240

00

20

60,385

80

Dec.

12

307-311 Atlantic avenue, Patterson, Sargent Company et al

31,972

62

Dec.

15... .

24-26 South street, W. Roxbury, Curtis Hall, City of

50,000

00

Dec.

19. .. .
P09.

15,560

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Jan.

7

468-70 Boylston street, Foster & Wiley Co. et al

35,000

00

Jan.

17... .

Park Square Station, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. et al

600,000

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Jan.

25. .. .

73 Pitts street, E. B. Badger Sons Company et al

27,306

00

* Estimated.

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City Document No. 17.

YEARLY LOSS FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS.

Year ending February 1

1, 1895 .

$1,369,230

1, 1896 .

1,040,486

1, 1897 .

1,394,707

1, 1898 .

775,525

1, 1899 .

1,441,261

1, 1900 .

1,630,149

1, 1901 .

1,702,217

1, 1902 .

1,830,719

1, 1903 .

1,762,619

1, 1904 .

1,674,333

1, 1905 .

2,473,980

1, 1906 .

2,130,146

1, 1907 .

1,130,334

1, 1908 .

2,268,074

1, 1909 .

3,610,000

ALARMS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

Year.

Bell.

Still and
Automatic.

Total.

1 908

2,210

2,441
1,687
1,905
1,580
1,633
1,566
1,349
1,351
1,387

1,700
1,600
1,262
1,210
1,159
1,121
1,099
977
1,143
1,125

3,910

1907

4,041

1906

2,949

1905

3,115

1904

2,739

1 903

2,754

1902.

2,665

1901

2,326

1900

2,498

1899

2.512

BOSTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.

The Fire Commissioner, as treasurer of the Boston Fire-
men's Relief Fund, acknowledges the following contributions;
these sums were accompanied by letters expressing appre-
ciation for services rendered by the department.

Fire Department.

33

Date.

Name of DoBor.

Amount.

1908.

Feb. 4

Winthrop Street M. E. Church Society

85 00

March IS

Priscilla Publishing Company, 85 Broad street

25 00

May 18

May 22. . . .

Boston Elevated Railway Company

Standard Oil Companv, of New York

100 00
250 00

Nov. 5. . . .

Miss Marian Russell, 1 Louisburg square

200 00

Nov. 6

Vacuum Oil Company

100 00

1909.

Jan. 21

Potter Drug <jt Chemical Corporation

500 00

Jan. 27 ... .

E. B. Badger & Sons Company ".

100 00

$1,280 00

The receipts from the annual department ball and contri-
butions 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.

Financial Statement of the Boston Firemen's Relief

Fund February 1, 1908, to January 31,

1909, Inclusive.

(The Mayor and Fire Commissioner, Trustees.)

Receipts.

Balance, February 1, 1908 . . $992 87
Net proceeds of ball, February

12, 1908 14,073 55

Interest on bonds .... 7,210 00

Interest on deposits ... 95 69

Donations 1,280 00

Sale of City of Boston bond . 7,328 00

Total receipts

,980 11

Expenditures.

Benefits paid

Auditors' services; examining
accounts, February 1, 1904, to
July 7, 1908, to ascertain
amount of defalcation

Loans, American Trust Company,

Carried forward

$13,315 00

660 00
6,000 00

$19,975 00 $30,980 11

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Brought forward . . . " 819,975 00 $30,980 11
Rent of box, International Trust

Company

Printing

Free beds, Carney Hospital
F-ree beds, Massachusetts General

Hospital

Paid to Monument Fund
Shortage caused by irregular

checks from February 1, 1908,

to July 7, 1908 .

Balance, February 1, 1909

10 00

9 00

200 00

200 00
4,691 18

1,900 00

26,985 18

S3, 994 93

We have audited the accounts of the Boston Firemen's
Relief Fund for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1909,
and have reported in detail thereon. The cash balance on
that date is correct, and we have examined the securities
belonging to the fund, which are deposited in the safe deposit
vaults, and find them fully accounted for.

Respectfully submitted,

Amos D. Albee, Son & Co.,

Public Accountants and Auditors.

Respectfully submitted,

Samuel D. Parker,

Commissioner.

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