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ANNUAL REPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
CITY OF BOSTON
YEAR ENDING 31 JANUARY, 1014
CITY OF BOSTON
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1914
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ANNUAL REPORT
OP THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1913-14.
Boston, 2 February, 1914.
Hon. James M. Ctjrley,
Mayor of the City of Boston:
Dear Sir, — In accordance with section 24, Revised
Ordinances, 1898, City of Boston, I have the honor to
submit herewith report of this department for the year,
1 February, 1913, to 1 February, 1914.
Appended are reports of the Chief of Department,
heads of the different branches and boards ; tables giving
in detail the organization, work and cost of the branches;
fire statistics for the year; location and valuation of
department buildings; valuation of property in charge
of the department; description of apparatus; changes
in personnel, miscellaneous statistics, and treasurer's
report of the Boston Firemen's Relief Fund.
Finances.
The cost of maintenance, including all branches, was
$1,924,913.84, an increase over 1912-13 of $198,797.31.
2 City Document No. 13.
In round figures this increase was accounted for as
follows, of which the following was unavoidable, because
of increase in department strength of three additional
companies, and of other items below:
Increases in pay, and pay of addi-
tional men $106,000 00
Increase in pensions .... 12,500 00
Increased cost of fuel . . . 4,000 00
Increased amount of hose pur-
chased 3,000 00
Increased amount of supplies pur-
chased 3,000 00
Increased amount of furniture and
bedding 3,000 00
Electric lighting .... 1,200 00
$132,700 00
Other Increases.
Fire Alarm Branch .... $47,000 00
Rebuilding station, Ladder 24 . . 8,000 00
Installation of thirteen shower
baths and inside and outside
painting of thirty-six stations . 13,000 00
Purchase of new apparatus . . 17,000 00
Sundries 1,800 00
86,800 00
Total increases . . . . . . . $219,500 00
Less decreases in the following items :
Hay, grain, straw, etc.
Purchase and shoeing of horses
Materials and hardware used in
construction ....
Rent
Total decreases .
Balance net increase for the year
$12,000 00
1,500 00
4,500 00
2,700 00
20,700 00
$198,800 00
The expenditures for permanent improvements
under special appropriation was . . . $72,340 27
The total amount expended for maintenance and ^~ —^^~
permanent improvements $1,997,254 11
Fire Department. 3
Strength of Department.
There are 988 permanent men assigned to duty in
the fire fighting force as compared with 961 in 1913, an
increase of 27.
During the year there have been 21 retirements for
age and disability.
There are 116 employees in all other branches, the
same as last year.
The total number of men employed is 1,104.
New Division.
The city has been divided into three divisions instead
of two as formerly. This should have been done at the
time Hyde Park was annexed. Formerly the deputy
of the second division had to. cover from Park square
(in the heart of the city) to Readville, in one direction,
and from Neponset to Newton and Watertown, in
another — ■ ten miles one way and eight miles the other.
Abolition of Marine District.
The marine district has been abolished and the boats
attached to the different land districts, thus saving the
salary of a district chief without impairing the efficiency
of the department.
Inspections.
There have been 20,780 inspections of schoolhouses,
theatres, motion picture houses, buildings, etc.
There have been issued 2,768 permits for fires in the
open air, blasting, storage and transportation of dyna-
mite, storage, sale and discharge of fireworks, under
authority given by statute, ordinance or delegated by
the district police.
There have been 500 inspections for gasolene licenses
and for permits to build garages.
Administration.
Systems of Accounting.
A new system of accounting has been installed in the
Construction and Repair Branch, and is in process of
installation in the Fire Alarm Branch and the office of
the commissioner, under the direction of the City
Auditor, in*accordance with the law.
4 City Document No. 13.
Equipment Book.
A book has been compiled by Lieut. T. W. Roose,
with the assistance of many of the officers of the depart-
ment, which describes the equipment of a steam fire
engine, hose wagon, city service ladder truck, aerial
ladder truck, chemical engine, water tower and fire
station. This will shortly be issued.
So far as I am informed, Boston will be the first city
to compile such a book for the instruction of its members.
It is a long step toward simplicity, standardization and
unity of action in the science of fire extinguishment.
Consolidation of Orders.
Many orders issued to the department in past years
have been consolidated, eliminating conflicting orders,
thus gathering together all the information on important
subjects, such as telephone instructions, regulation
regarding sickness and injury, responding and covering
regulations, under one head.
Vacations.
A uniform method of drawing vacations was instituted
this year which gives to all members of the department
an equal opportunity in the matter of selection of
vacations.
Explosives Permits.
All applications for permits will be hereafter made
through headquarters, instead of through the head-
quarters of the different district chiefs. This makes for
efficiency and convenience of the business interests.
Forms.
The different forms issued by the department have
been revised and simplified, thereby saving a lot of
useless writing.
New Charlestown Station.
Land has been purchased for the new Charlestown
station at the corner of Park and Joiner streets.
Building Limits.
The recommendation made in the report last year to
extend the building limits was accepted by the City
Council and the Mayor, and the building limits cor-
respondingly extended.
Fire Department. 5
Civil Service.
I reiterate my opinion of last year that the extension
to this department by the Civil Service Commission of
promotion only after competitive examination is the
fairest and most efficient method that can be devised.
Fire Extinguishing Branch.
I would refer you to the report of the Chief of Depart-
ment, herewith appended, for various details connected
with this branch of the department, such as the purchase
of new and improvement of old apparatus, repairs and
changes in fire stations, establishment of new companies,
inspection and test of apparatus and equipment, build-
ing inspection, and schools of drill and instruction.
I would call your attention to the recommendations
made by the Chief of Department, all of which have
my approval, particularly those relating to the new
station at Readville, and separate rooms for the officers
in the different stations, and new motor apparatus.
Construction and Supply Branch.
I would refer you to the report of the Superintendent
of Construction and Supplies for details of the work
connected with this branch.
During the year $64,896 has been expended and
$41,847 contracted for the purchase of motor apparatus.
There are now in service, or contracted for, seven
motor-driven combination chemical and hose wagons;
four motor-driven city service hook and ladder trucks;
two motor-driven pumping engines; two motor-driven
tractors for steam fire engines; one motor-driven aerial
ladder truck; twenty-eight chiefs' cars, and one motor-
driven emergency wagon.
Many steps have been taken looking toward the
standardization of the different apparatus in the depart-
ment. The chiefs' cars and the motor apparatus have
been standardized.
Acetylene searchlights for use at fires have been
purchased and put in service.
A reserve steam engine has been purchased.
The two steam propellers have been equipped with
rubber tires, adding 80 per cent to their mobility and
their speed.
During the coming year boilers of four engines should
be renewed, at an approximate cost of $7,000.
6 City Document No. 13.
Veterinary Branch.
I would refer you to the report of the Veterinarian for
details of the work connected with this branch.
Paddocks have been built for sick horses that are
convalescing, and new sheds have been put up to house
horses sick with contagious diseases and the ambulance
wagon.
Medical Examiner's Branch.
I would refer you to the report ofj^the Medical Exami-
ner for details of the work connected with this branch.
Board on Gasolene Licenses.
I would refer you to the report of the Board on
gasolene licenses for details of the work connected
with this branch. Upon request of the Street Com-
missioners, this department approves of the licensing of
the storage of gasolene. Heretofore these approvals
had been made by the district chiefs. This was very
unsatisfactory. The business interests complained that
fifteen district chiefs all had different ideas, and that a
man might have his license approved in one district and
under the same conditions disapproved in the next. At
the request of the business interests, in order to obviate
this, a Central Board was organized which passes upon
all gasolene licenses, thus insuring uniformity throughout
the city. They have been in existence only about ten
months, but have established a system of regulations
controlling this hazardous business which is not sur-
passed by any city in the country.
In this connection the figures of losses in Boston from
fires in garages are very interesting.
The average loss in 1908 and 1909 and 1910
was ■ . $296,000
The loss during the last ten months, or since
the organization of this Board, was . . $45,000
Which is at the rate of only .... $54,000 a year
Fire Alarm Branch.
I would refer you to the report of the Superintendent
of the Fire Alarm Branch for details of the work con-
nected with this branch. The recommendations which
he makes have my approval, particularly that with
Fire Department. 7
respect to the installation of an interchangeable cable
system, which was recommended last year.
During the past two years there have been more
improvements made in the Fire Alarm Branch of this
department than during the preceding five years.
One hundred twenty-one fire alarm boxes have
been installed on streets in the past two years, as against
forty-six in the preceding eight years.
Fifteen thousand feet of underground ducts have
been laid in the last two years, as against 11,200 feet
in the preceding six years.
One hundred forty thousand feet of cable have been
laid, as against 132,000 feet in the preceding six years.
Three hundred thirteen miles of conductor cable have
been laid in the last two years, as against 283 in the
preceding five years.
One hundred twenty-two gas lanterns over fire alarm
boxes have been replaced by electric lamps. These
lights can be seen much further at night and are of
some service also in lighting the streets.
There were 420 less alarms in 1913 than in 1912.
Fire Prevention.
The science of fire prevention is the most important
question to-day confronting fire departments. The
greatest preventable loss in our city is the fire loss.
Last year our loss was $3,225,000, 80 per cent of which
was preventable. This represents the property loss
alone; the loss of life was forty-one human beings, and
the loss from interruption to business, men thrown out
of work, etc., was easily $1,000,000. It seems incredible
to me, as a business man, that the business interests of
the city do not rise en masse and demand the simple
remedies which the law could easily give them. For
not only would this tremendous loss be cut down, but
with the loss reduced insurance rates must be reduced
and Fire Department costs reduced.
Europe shows what can be done in the matter of fire
prevention. Boston's fire loss is ten times greater than
that of a dozen leading cities of Europe. Glasgow is a
city with the same population as Boston, viz., 735,000.
Glasgow's fire loss in 1913 was $375,000.
Boston's fire loss in 1913 was $3,225,000.
Glasgow had 789 fires — Boston had 4,104.
The Glasgow Fire Department cost $150,000.
The Boston Fire Department cost $1,924,000.
8 City Document No. 13.
These figures demonstrate the immense saving that
could be made by the passage of proper fire prevention
laws.
This preventable loss is due to two causes:
1. The lack of enforcement of existing statutes,
ordinances and regulations with respect to fire hazards,
owing to the unscientific scattering of authority in these
matters through different boards, bureaus and depart-
ments, instead of centralizing all of it in one department.
2. The inadequacy of the laws with respect to the
material, construction, use and occupancy of buildings.
The remedy is simple :
1. Centralize all the authority under the statutes or
ordinances with respect to danger or hazard from fire
due to use and occupancy of buildings under one depart-
ment created for this purpose only, with power to
delegate their authority to local heads of Fire
Departments.
2. Improve the laws with respect to the construc-
tion, alteration and maintenance of buildings.
With these laws on the statute books, Boston's fire
loss would be reduced two-thirds at the end of ten years
and her Fire Department cost cut in halves.
Specifically I would submit the following recom-
mendations :
Construction, Alteration and Maintenance of Buildings.
1. Within the building limits a section should be
set off where, in the future, only construction of the first
class should be allowed. This section should be bounded
as follows:
Starting at the intersection of Berkeley and Boylston
streets, easterly through Boylston street on both sides,
to Tremont street, to Park street, to Beacon street, to
Bowdoin street, to Ashburton place, to Somerset street,
to Pemberton square all sides, to Cornhill, to Adams
square, to Exchange street both sides, to State street
both sides, to the waterfront, thence southeasterly along
the waterfront to the easterly extension of Kneeland
street, to Eliot street, to Columbus avenue both sides,
to Berkeley street both sides, to Boylston street, the
point of beginning.
Scattered through this section are already standing-
many first-class buildings, and it would seem that the
city as a whole would derive much benefit without
working any great hardship on the individual.
Fire Department. 9
2. That no more wooden roofs be allowed to be built
anywhere in the city.
3. That in all dwellings housing more than one
family all construction below the first floor be fire-
proof.
4. That in all tenement houses there be no connection
between the first floor and basement.
5. That all buildings of five stories or more in height
be of fireproof construction.
6. That fire escapes run to roofs when so ordered by
the Central Department.
7. That all window openings to fire escapes be cut
down to the level of the floor.
8. That all signs hereafter erected on buildings be
subject to approval by this Central Department.
9. That in buildings of second and third class con-
struction no horses be allowed to be kept above the first
floor unless there are two means of egress, or unless the
building is equipped with automatic sprinklers.
10. That no part of any third-class building be
allowed nearer than 12 feet to the nearest part of any
other third-class building.
11. No buildings of any kind should be allowed
nearer than 10 feet of each other, unless all openings
in walls within 10 feet of another wall are protected
with wired glass, metal frames and sashes.
12. That automatic sprinklers be required by this
Central Department in all buildings in the city used for
manufacturing or business purposes in which the manu-
facture, trade or business may be dangerous to the public
safety or the safety of the persons employed or living
therein as a fire menace.
13. Equip all stairways and other interior vertical
openings in second and third class buildings more than
three stories in height, except those housing three
families or less, with interior automatic sprinklers, as
this Central Department may prescribe.
14. Equip all basements of buildings in the city with
interior automatic sprinklers or with such dry pipes
with outside connections as this Central Department
may prescribe.
Use and Occupancy of Buildings.
1. That the Fire Commissioner be a member of the
Board of Appeal.
10 City Document No. 13.
2. That the School Committee be required to pro-
vide a course for the study of fire prevention in the
schools, for fifteen minutes each week. This is done in
several cities.
3. That the sale of stove polish containing benzine,
gasolene, naphtha or inflammable fluids be prohibited.
4. That where chimney fires occur, owing to defec-
tive chimneys, the owners of buildings be fined a reason-
able amount, and that amount be turned into the
Firemen's Relief Fund.
5. That the causing of fire through carelessness be
made a misdemeanor and punished as such.
6. That every theatre be required to have a fire
alarm box on the stage.
7. All buildings, other than single dwelling houses,
should be equipped with gas shut-offs, either auto-
matic, or manual that can be operated from the
outside.
8. That the use of any but safety matches be pro-
hibited.
If the Metropolitan Fire Prevention Commission Bill
now before the Legislature does not pass, I would recom-
mend that the following powers be given the Fire
Commissioner by law :
(a.) To inspect all building plans.
(6.) To cause obstacles which may interfere with
means of exit to be removed from floors, hallways,
stairs, fire escapes, etc.
(c.) To require and regulate fire drills in theatres,
public places of amusement and public and private
schools.
(d.) To require proper safeguards to be placed on
roof skylights.
(e.) To regulate the accumulation and require the
removal of all combustible rubbish, etc.
(/.) To regulate the use of salamander stoves.
(g.) To regulate the storage of combustible articles,
other than those used for domestic purposes.
(h.) To prohibit or regulate the setting or burning
of fires out of doors.
Finally, the power to cause to be made public all
violations of fire prevention laws by posting placards
on buildings or premises and by publishing in the daily
newspapers the names of the owners and specifying
the buildings in which the violations occur.
Fire Department. 11
Recommendations.
Assuming the finances of the city will allow, I make
the following recommendations:
To build a new fire station in Charlestown on the
site recently purchased. Plans and specifications for
this have already been drawn and paid for by the city.
Under their plans a motor engine and a motor chemical
were to be installed and sufficient room was allowed for
an aerial ladder, which will be needed at this location
in the near future.
The station of Chemical 3 on Winthrop street could
be sold and the proceeds applied to the new station.
This would be a far better business proposition than
the rebuilding of Chemical 3's station. Rebuilding an
old house is always an expensive undertaking, the cost
of upkeep would be high, and Winthrop street is so
narrow that an aerial ladder could not get in or out of
the station there.
Readville.
I recommend the appropriation of $25,000 to build a
new station in Readville. The New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad will furnish the land at a nominal
rent.
Isolated Fire Alarm Headquarters.
I would again call your attention to the hazardous
location of the fire alarm office and recommend that new
quarters be erected of fireproof construction and in an
isolated location. In this connection, in the interests
of efficiency and economy, I would recommend that
careful consideration be given to the subject of placing
the fire alarm headquarters in the new building to be
designed for the high pressure pumping plant. If built
in conjunction with the high pressure station, it would
mean a saving to the city of $50,000 to $75,000 over what
they would cost if built separately. I estimate the cost
for the fire alarm headquarters to be $225,000.
If the finances of the city will not allow this to be done,
I strongly recommend that very little money be spent
on the present headquarters toward fireproofing it.
The danger from the present headquarters is the poten-
tial conflagration hazard and no amount of money spent
on the present building would render it safe in case of a
conflagration.
12 City Document No. 13.
This matter of isolated fire headquarters also has been
recommended by the National Board of Fire Under-
writers and a special study of the situation was made by
a Committee on Metropolitan Affairs of the Chamber of
Commerce. They indorse my position in the matter
and this indorsement received the approval of the Board
of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce.
Fire Alaem Underground Construction.
I would recommend a special appropriation of $30,000
to establish an independent interchangeable under-
ground cable system in the city.
Cooperation of the Departments.
I would recommend a closer cooperation between the
Building and Fire Departments and the Board of Health.
I believe that a copy of the inspection report of each
department should be sent to each of the other two
departments so that they might act on any deficiency
that might come within their jurisdiction, the whole city
thereby getting the benefit of the inspection of each
department, instead of requiring three inspections for
possibly the same building.
An example of the cooperation of three departments
is that of the Street Commissioners, Building Depart-
ment and Fire Department in the matter of permits
for garages and licenses to store gasolene. Heretofore
the citizens had to go to the Building Department to
obtain a permit to build a garage. After the garage was
built he had to go to the Street Commissioners to get a
license to keep gasolene in the building, with the result
that while he might conform to the law with respect to
the construction of the building, it would be found that
after his building was finished the keeping of gasolene
would be a menace to surrounding buildings. This has
now been all done away with, and when the citizen gets
his permit or his license he knows that he has then done
all that will be required of him by any city department.
Motor Apparatus.
I would recommend a special appropriation of
$300,000 for motor apparatus, to be purchased in
accordance with the recommendations of the chief of
department; $100,000 of this amount to be expended
this year, and $200,000 to be expended next year.
Fire Department. 13
Charity and Benefit Funds of the Fire Department.
I find that there are many different charitable and
benefit funds from which injured and sick firemen draw
money. These are now in the hands of different boards
of trustees. I would strongly recommend the passage
of the necessary legislation to put all the charitable
funds in such hands as they may now be, in the hands of
the Board of Trustees of the Boston Firemen's Relief
Fund, so that all money will go into one source and be
paid out from that source.
Winding, Lighting and Repairing Clocks.
I would again renew my recommendation that the
expense and labor of winding, lighting and repairing
clocks of the city be transferred to some other depart-
ment. It not only takes firemen away from their duty,
but adds to the expense of fire fighting. This is unfair,
and when the figures go out to the country it makes
the cost higher in comparison with the other cities. It
is not any part of a fireman's business to wind, light and
repair clocks.
One-way Streets.
I would again renew my recommendation that Mason
street and Howard street be made one-way streets for
the better efficiency of the fire companies stationed in
or near those streets.
Duplication in Names of Streets.
I would again renew my recommendation that the
names of streets be changed so that there would be no
two streets with the same name in the city. The
increased number of notifications of fire to this depart-
ment by means of the telephone and the confusion that
arises in locating the fire due to duplication in the names
of streets calls for these changes.
Transfer of Parker Hill Appropriation.
I would recommend that the appropriation of approxi-
mately $15,000 for a fire station on Parker Hill be
transferred to the appropriation for motor apparatus
and that amount of money be used in equipping Engine
42 and Engine 14 with tractors and motorizing Ladder
26. A tractor has already been ordered for Engine 37.
14 City Document No. 13.
In conclusion, I desire to express my appreciation
for the hearty cooperation of the other departments of
this city with the Fire Department, especially the
Public Works Department, the Police Department,
the Building Department, the Wire Department and
the Street Commissioners. I desire also to express my
appreciation to the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters,
with whom my relations have been most cordial.
Yours very respectfully,
Charles H. Cole,
Fire Commissioner.
Fire Department. 15
REPORT OF CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
From: The Chief of the Department, Boston. 2 February, 1914.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Annual Report.
The following is the report of the Fire Department
for the year ending January 31, 1914.
During the calendar year the department has
responded to 4,824 alarms. The fire loss was $3,225,000,
exclusive of the loss of the steamer "Templemore,"
which was $1,025,000.
Additions and Changes.
February 24, 1913, a gasolene combination chemical
engine and ladder truck was installed in the station at
Oak square and a new company known as Ladder
Company 31 was organized to man this apparatus.
March 5, 1913, a gasolene combination chemical
engine and ladder truck was installed in the quarters
of Engine Company 42. Chemical Company 5 was
temporarily disbanded and a new company known as
Ladder Company 30 was organized to man this
apparatus.
April 18, 1913, a gasolene combination chemical
engine and hose wagon was placed in service with
Chemical Company 11, replacing the horse-drawn
apparatus.
May 14, 1913, a gasolene combination chemical
engine and hose wagon was installed in the quarters of
Ladder Company 23 and a company known as Chemical
Company 5 was organized to man this apparatus.
December 10, 1913, a gasolene combination chemical
engine and ladder truck was placed in service with
Ladder Company 21, replacing the horse-drawn
apparatus.
The steam cars used by the Chief of Department
and the deputy chiefs of Divisions 1 and 2 were re-
placed by gasolene runabouts.
The acting Deputy Chief of Division 3 and the
district chiefs of Districts 1, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 have
been furnished with gasolene runabouts.
16 City Document No. 13.
Engines 35 and 38, self-propelling machines, were
equipped with rubber tires, replacing the steel spur
tires, adding 80 per cent to their efficiency.
Water Towers 1, 2 and 3 were equipped with rubber
tires. Every piece of apparatus in the department is
now equipped with rubber tires.
Turret nozzles were placed on seven hose wagons,
making a total of thirty-seven now in service, leaving
only ten hose wagons to equip.
Ladder House 24 was remodeled and a captain was
assigned to this company and its numerical strength
increased.
A new heating plant was installed in the quarters of
Chemical Company 8.
A new heating plant was installed in the quarters of
Engine Company 16.
November 14, 1913, the city was divided into three
divisions for fire fighting purposes.
A district chief was assigned to the Hyde Park district.
A motor-driven 85-foot aerial truck has been ordered
for service in the quarters of Ladder Company 4,
replacing the horse-drawn apparatus now in service
with that company.
A gasolene combination pumping engine and hose
wagon has been ordered for service in the quarters of
Engine Company 11, replacing the horse-drawn appara-
tus now in service with that company. This is for the
better protection of the Orient Heights section of
East Boston.
A gasolene combination pumping engine and hose
wagon has been ordered and should be installed in the
Oak Square station and a company organized to man
this apparatus, thus replacing the motor-driven ladder
truck now in service with Ladder Company 31 at that
station, which should be transferred to the quarters of
Engine Company 41, with the company to man same.
This would furnish truck service in the Allston district,
which, on account of the number and nature of the new
buildings lately erected, is much needed. Chemical
Engine Company 6 should be disbanded. Two tractors
have been ordered and should be applied to the apparatus
in the quarters of Engine Companies 10 and 37, replacing
the horses in those companies. This is for the better
protection of Parker Hill and to have more efficient
service in the hill section of the West End, also adding
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celerity in the response of Engine Companies 10 and 37
to alarms of fire in Brighton.
Two gasolene combination chemical engines and hose
wagons have been ordered and I recommend that one
be installed in the quarters of Engine Company 48 to
replace the horse-drawn apparatus now in service with
Chemical Company 14, and one in the quarters of Engine
Company 10, replacing the horse-drawn hose wagon
now in service with that company.
Buildings.
A large proportion of the stations occupied by this
department were erected years ago and consequently
are lacking in modern requisites and, moreover, require
constant attention to keep them in anything like good
order.
The exterior wood and metal work of thirty-six
houses have been painted since the last report, and it is
planned to care for a similar number the coming year.
The interiors are in good condition as regards cleanli-
ness.
Shower baths have been installed in eleven houses.
In four houses separate rooms have been built for
lieutenants.
Apparatus and Equipment.
The annual inspection and test of apparatus and
equipment, including hose, was made and defects
repaired to bring everything up to the proper standard
of efficiency.
Building Inspection.
Theatres, motion picture houses and all places of
public assembly in this city were inspected by this
department for either a new or renewal of license.
A weekly inspection and report was made of theatres
and motion picture houses.
Inspections were made and reports submitted weekly
of buildings which were visited, and when conditions
considered a menace were found the officials under
whose supervision they came were promptly notified.
A monthly inspection of all fire appliances in schools,
libraries and other public buildings was made and con-
ditions reported.
18 City Document No. 13.
On request signs erected on roofs were inspected and
reported on.
A member of this department was specially detailed
to safeguard the transportation of explosives.
Numerous inspections of reported hazardous condi-
tions were made by request.
In order to secure a uniform standard throughout the
city, a Board consisting of three officers of this depart-
ment was organized to pass on all applications to store
gasolene.
Drills.
During the year all companies have held weekly
drills and all men coming into the department have
passed through the regular drill school.
During the year thirteen men have successfully passed
the school of instruction for engineers.
During the year fifteen men have received instruction
in the department automobile school.
Mutual Aid.
The cities and towns adjacent to our city have shown
the usual fine spirit of cooperation that has always
existed.
The system of responding to border boxes has been
extended to Newton.
Fire Hazard and Prevention.
The same well known hazards still exist and remedial
legislation is necessary if the enormous pecuniary loss
is to be curtailed.
Officers from this department were detailed to address
different organizations during the year on the result of
carelessness and the causes of fires.
Civil Service.
Promotions have been made from the list in order.
I reiterate my recommendation that it would be a
great help to this department to have the appointees
equipped with sufficient knowledge to operate motor-
driven apparatus, thus releasing the City of Boston
from the expense of maintaining an automobile school
and what is more important would keep more men in
quarters ready for fire duty.
Fire Department.
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Hydrants.
The following is the number and type of hydrants in
use for fire service 31 January, 1914:
Ordinary post
Boston post
Lowry .
Boston Lowry
Boston
Chapman post
Ludlow post
Coffin post .
Total .
2,976
2,926
1,842
733
207
164
9
1
8,858
Recommendations.
In my last annual report I made exhaustive recom-
mendations, the carrying out of which will, in my
opinion, bring this department up to a more modern
standard and will provide for a long way into the future.
Many of them have been carried out and in this report
I reiterate my request for those items remaining that I
think are absolutely necessary to make this department
as efficient as our citizens expect.
Fire Stations.
The present quarters of Hose Company 49 are abso-
lutely unfitted for the purpose and a site should be
secured in the Readville section of Hyde Park, and a
house built to accommodate this company.
An alternative would be to purchase a gasolene com-
bination hose wagon and chemical engine and locate it
in the quarters of Engine Company 48, Hyde Park.
The present quarters of Hose Company 49 could then
be abandoned and the company transferred to man this
apparatus, which would replace the horse-drawn appa-
ratus. This would be a measure of economy.
A new station should be built in Charlestown for an
engine company and if possible an aerial truck should be
located in the same quarters.
The building formerly occupied by the Municipal
Court, which has been turned over to the Fire Depart-
ment, should be remodeled at once for Ladder Company 5.
A new building on the same site for Engine Company
26-35. These quarters are wholly inadequate for the
20 City Document No. 13.
number of men housed there. New offices for the Chief
of Department should be included in this plan.
The men of Engine Company 4, Chemical Company 1
and Water Tower Company 1 are in cramped quarters
as at present housed, and if feasible more room should
be secured in the same building.
The present site of Engine Company 17 and Ladder
7 should be disposed of and a new site secured and a
station built for these companies, or a new house built
on the same site.
A new station is needed to replace the present quarters
of Engine Company 8.
The recommendations made in the last annual report
for the substitution of shower baths for bath tubs have
been carried out and I hope that this necessary change
for the comfort and efficiency of the men will continue
to be made as far as financial conditions will permit.
I would also recommend that where possible the work
of providing separate rooms for all officers be continued.
Apparatus.
Engines.
A gasolene combination pumping engine and hose
wagon to have a pump capacity of at least 700 gallons
per minute for the proposed station in Readville.
A tractor-drawn steam fire engine with a pump
capacity of at least 1,000 gallons per minute for the new
station recommended in Charlestown. This apparatus
will replace Chemical Engine 3.
Tractors should be applied to the horse-drawn steam
fire engines in the quarters of Engine Companies 20, 41
and 45.
Also gasolene combination pumping engines and hose
wagons with a pump capacity of at least 700 gallons per
minute to replace the present horse-drawn steam fire
engines in the quarters of Engine Companies 2, 19, 30,
32, 34 and 42.
Chemical and Hose Wagon Combinations.
Gasolene combination chemical and hose wagons to
replace the present horse-drawn hose wagons in the
quarters of Engine Companies 5, 16, 17, 20, 28, 41, 45,
46 and 48.
A motor-driven high pressure hose wagon for the
engine company recommended in Charlestown.
Fire Department. 21
Chemical Engines.
The horse-drawn chemical engines at present located
in the quarters of Chemical Companies 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9,
10, 12 and 14, to be replaced by motor-driven chemical
engines with two tanks each, of at least 80 gallons
capacity.
Ladder Trucks.
An 85-foot aerial truck, motor driven, to replace the
horse-drawn truck in the quarters of Ladder Com-
pany 12.
An 85-foot aerial truck, motor driven, to replace the
horse-drawn truck now in service with Ladder Com-
pany 11.
Motor-driven combination ladder trucks and chemical
engines to replace the horse-drawn trucks in the quarters
of Ladder Companies 6, 7, 10, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27 and 28.
Tractors are recommended to be applied to the present
horse-drawn trucks in the quarters of Ladder Com-
panies 14 and 15.
Water Towers.
As a measure of economy the present horse-drawn
Water Towers 1, 2 and 3 should have tractors.
Miscellaneous.
Automobiles are now in the hands of the department
which will fit out every district chief.
It would be a great advance in efficiency and a measure
of economy to have motor-driven wagons to replace the
present horse-drawn in service in the fire alarm branch
and the repair shop.
Men.
The company recommended for Readville should
consist of a lieutenant and six men, as two men are at
present assigned to Hose Company 49 which would be
disbanded and the men transferred to the new company;
this would require the appointment of but five men.
The services of the call men attached to this company
could be dispensed with.
The engine company recommended for Charlestown
to replace Chemical Company 3 would require but
seven men, as Chemical Company 3 would be disbanded
and the men transferred to this company.
22 City Document No. 13.
I would recommend that two additional men be
assigned to Ladder Company 24.
A lieutenant and two men is all that would be
required to man the apparatus recommended for the
Oak square station, as Chemical Company 6 would be
disbanded and the. men transferred to this station.
As soon as the gasolene pumping engine replaces the
horse-drawn apparatus in the quarters of Engine Com-
pany 11, I recommend that this apparatus be installed
in the quarters of Chemical Company 7 and an engine
company be organized to man same. This would
require twelve men.
An additional man should be assigned to each of the
following companies to bring them up to the strength
required, viz., Engine Companies 5, 16, 19, 29 and 30.
The men of the department have as always worked
with a commendable spirit, and to the other departments,
who have always assisted cheerfully when called on, I
give my appreciation.
John A. Mullen.
Fire Department. 23
FIRE ALARM BRANCH.
From: The Superintendent op Fire Alarm Branch.
Boston, 12 February, 1914.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Annual Report for Year Ending 31 January, 1914.
Improvements in Fire Alarm Office.
The tapper transmitter has been rebuilt by contract
with the Frederick Pearce Company of New York, the
makers, and is now in first-class condition. A new
20-circuit master key, a new time stamp which auto-
matically records the time alarms are transmitted, one
more 4-pen punch register, new relays, with double
contacts, on tapper and gong circuits and new portable
testing instruments have been put in service. A new
multiple motor generator has been installed and a
generator for supplying current to the dynamotors
has been purchased. Much of the wooden furniture in
the office has been replaced by steel.
Improvements in Department Houses.
Punching registers which record the alarms received
have been installed in fifteen department stations.
Eleven more houses have been equipped with test
switches for locating faults on fire alarm circuits. The
new house at Oak square has been equipped, and appa-
ratus has been installed on each of the fireboats which
provides means of receiving alarms on the boats, thereby
eliminating the double patrol. Many changes and
additions to the lighting system in the various houses
have been made and many of the old mechanical house
gongs have been replaced by electric gongs.
Fire Alarm Boxes.
Because of the large increase in the number of fire
alarm boxes it became necessary to start a new system
of numbering. The city has been divided into sections
and the number of each section starts with a particular
numeral; for example, in the city proper the numbers
start with 1, in Roxbury with 2, in Dorchester with 3,
etc.
24 City Document No. 13.
Until the past year the plain sector box has been
used entirely in the system, because of its simplicity
and reliability, but because of the impossiblity of
properly "interlacing" boxes on different circuits, due
to the increase in number, it was found advisable to
use the noninterfering succession type of boxes in
many locations.
This type of box when pulled causes no interference
of alarms and is designed if pulled with another box
on same circuit to register the alarm after the first
box has stopped. Sixty-three of this type of boxes
have been put in service.
There were 78 fire alarm boxes established, of which
38 were placed on lamp-posts, 24 on poles, 5 on school-
houses, 9 in theatres, 1 in an academy and 1 in a depart-
ment store. Twenty boxes were removed from poles
and re-established on lamp-posts; the locations of
3 boxes were changed; 1 schoolhouse box was removed
from the building and placed on a lamp-post and 1 was
placed on a pole; 5 boxes were removed from service,
and 1 box was re-established.
During the past year a change has been made in the
lights over fire alarm boxes; 115 gas lanterns over boxes
and 7 on engine houses have been replaced with electric
lamps which give much improved lighting service for
boxes at night. This work has been done by the Edison
Company, and is along the line of substituting the
electric lamp for the gas lamp in our streets.
Underground Work.
A contract was made with the Standard Underground
Cable Company of Pittsburgh, Penn., to furnish 94,104
feet of lead-covered cable of various sizes and to install
74,191 feet of same. The contract was fulfilled in a
satisfactory manner. The remainder of the uncom-
pleted contract of 1912 was completed and 2,404 feet
were installed by this department, making a total of
90,053 feet of cable, containing about 200 miles of con-
ductors. Eight thousand and one feet of ducts were
laid by Contractor John T. Shea, Jr., 59 lamp-posts
were set up and 36 pole connections were made. Eight
new test posts were set and 4 were replaced by new ones.
Five broken lamp-posts were replaced by new posts and
5 lamp-posts were reset.
Fire Department. 25
Line Construction.
About 40,450 feet of new wire were used in new work
and in replacing old wire and about 125,100 feet of
dead wire were removed; about 16,391 feet of aerial
cable of various sizes were used and 3 poles were set.
Recommendations.
Outside Construction.
Recommendations made in the last report still apply;
although a large amount of cable was installed in the
past year there are still many places where the system
would be greatly improved by removing overhead wires
and substituting underground cables. The cables recom-
mended to relieve the present cables, particularly in
the downtown section, should be bought and much of
the wire strung on poles must be replaced.
Boxes.
Hyde Park boxes should be replaced by new, up-to-
date type, and a few boxes should be bought for localities
that are not now properly protected.
Office Equipment.
The machine which transmits gong signals should be
thoroughly overhauled. This machine has been in
service about twenty years. The woodwork in the
dynamo room should be removed and the room fire-
proofed.
Recommendations.
In General.
More registers should be bought for department
houses; more circuits must be made for boxes and tap-
pers; the work of wiring for electric lights in the depart-
ment houses in Charlestown has been authorized and
will be done this year and changes in wiring in other
houses are planned; test switches should be installed
in houses where there are none at present; a new tele-
phone system should be installed; a small auto truck
is a necessity because of the large territory the system
covers. Work in the department done by the machinists
has increased to such an extent that it is essential that
26 City Document No. 13.
one more man be employed. Changes in the office
equipment has been delayed for months because of the
large amount of other work that has employed the
men's time. The renumbering of boxes should be done
as quickly as possible, work which will require the
services of a machinist for several months. Much of
the line work in the system is in poor condition and I
recommend the appointment of three more first-class
linemen.
George L. Fickett.
Fire Department. 27
SUPERINTENDENT OF CONSTRUCTION.
From: The Superintendent of Construction and Supplies.
Boston, 2 February, 1914.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Yearly Report.
Sir, — I respectfully submit the following table giving
the number of repairs made on apparatus and parts of
apparatus in the Construction and Repair Shop Branch,
and the cost of the same; also the number of repairs
made outside the shop and cost. The number of house
repairs made by department mechanics and their cost,
amount of materials furnished different companies where
the work was done by company members and the repairs
on furniture and bedding are included.
Apparatus Repairs.
Number of jobs done in repair shop .... -2,730
Cost, material and labor for the same .... $29,617
Number of jobs done by outside firms .... 448
Cost of jobs done by outside firms .... $6,675
House Repairs.
Number of jobs done by department mechanics . . 441
Cost of jobs done by department mechanics . . $15,712
Number of jobs done by outside firms 239
Cost of jobs done by outside firms .... $3,777
Furniture Repairs.
Number of jobs done in repair shop .... 59
Cost of jobs done in repair shop $277
Number of jobs done by outside firms ..... 33
Cost of jobs done by outside firms .... $1,075
Stock furnished to different companies, work done by
members 6,052
Eugene M. Byington.
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City Document No. 13.
BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT VETERINARY
HOSPITAL.
From: The Veterinarian. Boston, 2 February, 1913.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Annual Report.
Sir, — I respectfully report that there have been
improvements made at the Veterinary Hospital the
past year. The run entering the hospital has been
raised and rebuilt. There have been six paddocks laid
out on department land adjoining hospital for the
exercising of convalescent horses and a shed built in
rear of hospital for the care of contagious diseases
among department horses and the storage of ambulance
and exercising wagon, and the extension of the building
was painted. The number of horses purchased, sold,
died and destroyed for year ending 31 January, 1914,
is as follows :
Total number on hand 1 February, 1913
415
Total number on hand 1 February, 1914
407
Horses purchased
46
Horses sold
42
Horses died
4
Horses destroyed
7
Horses killed in service
1
The general condition of the department horses is
good.
Daniel P. Keogh, M. D. V.
Fiee Depaetment. 29
HEADQUARTERS FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOSTON.
From: The Medical Examiner. Boston, 2 February, 1914.
To: The Chief of Department:
Subject: Annual Report.
I have the honor to report for the year ending 1
February, 1914, as follows:
Number of cases of illness 325
Number of cases of injury 434
Examinations.
For appointment as probationary firemen ... 69
General examinations, including probationers at the
expiration of their terms 1,473
House and hospital visits . 113
The health of the men has been good but the number
of injuries larger than in previous years. The medicine
chests carried on the different apparatus have been
inspected regularly and found in good condition, owing
to the excellent care taken of them by the officers in
command.
Probationers have been instructed in first aid before
becoming members of the permanent force.
Deaths.
Ladderman Dennis J. Begley, Ladder 14, 12 February,
1913, phthisis.
Assistant Engineer John J. Goff, Engine 45, 19 July,
1913, cancer.
Ladderman Jeremiah Feeley, Ladder 13, 17 Novem-
ber, chronic Bright's disease.
Hoseman William J. Fay, Engine 36, 23 November,
1913, typhoid fever.
Ladderman Joseph A. Hackett, Ladder 13, 14 Jan-
uary, 1914, killed by a falling wall, Box 218.
In closing permit me to thank you and your sub-
ordinate officers for the efficient cooperation, courtesy
and consideration received by me in the discharge of
my duties.
Rufus W. Sprague, M. D.
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GASOLENE BOARD.
From: Gasolene Board. Boston, 2 February, 1914.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Report of Gasolene Board for Period Between April
19, 1913, to February 1, 1914.
This Board has made more than 500 inspections and
passed upon plans for new or alterations for 485 buildings
in which gasolene is to be used.
Six hundred eighteen reports have been made to
the Fire Commissioner on various matters.
Garage regulations have been formulated.
Conferences have been had between the Board, the
Massachusetts District Police and the Building Depart-
ment of Boston.
Demonstrations have been witnessed of safety devices,
and tests of materials have been made.
During the year February 1, 1913, to February 1,
1914, this department has passed upon 286 applications
for the storage of combustible oils and moving picture
films.
Thomas W. Roose,
Lieutenant and Recorder.
Fire Department.
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THE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION.
Commissioner, Charles H. Cole.
Chief Clerk, Benjamin F. Underhill.
Chief of Department, John A. Mullen.
Superintendent of Construction and Repairs, Eugene M.
Byington.
Superintendent of Fire Alarms, George L. Fickett.
Chief Operator and Assistant Superintendent of Fire Alarms,
Richard Donahue.
Veterinarian, Daniel P. Keogh.
Medical Examiner, Rufus W. Sprague.
STRENGTH AND PAY.
Headquarters.
1 Commissioner
1 Chief clerk
1 Medical examiner
1 Bookkeeper
2 Clerks
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Assistant engineer (messenger) :
1 Private (inspector explosives) *
Per annum.
$5,000
2,500
1,300
1,850
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,400
1,400
10
Fire Fighting Branch.
1 Chief of department
$4,500
2 Deputy chiefs
3,500
15 District chiefs
3,000
61 Captains .
2,000
95 Lieutenants
1,800
1 Lieutenant, aide to chief
1,800
1 Private, orderly to chief
1,400
2 Engineers
1,700
46 Engineers
1,500
2 Engineers
1,400
4 Engineers
1,200
5 Engineers
1,100
43 Assistant engineers
1,400
1 Assistant engineer .
1,300
2 Assistant engineers
1,200
1 Assistant engineer .
900
* Detailed from fire fighting branch.
32
City Document No. 13.
701 Privates:
413
28
55
47
47
90
21
Per annum.
$1,400
1,300
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
720
983
Call Men.
3 Temporary call men in District 15 (Hyde Park),
$100
Repair Shop Branch.
1 Superintendent $3,000
1 Captain, assistant superintendent * . . . 2,000
1 Lieutenant, foreman of hose and harness shop *, 1,800
1 Engineer * 1,500
1 Assistant engineer *'
1,400
1 Foreman plumber *
1,600
1 Foreman carpenter *
1,600
1 Foreman painter * .
1,600
6 Privates * .
1,400
Employees.
1 Clerk . . . $1,300
1 Clerk
1,100
Per day.
1 Engineer .
$3 50
3 Firemen
3 25
2 Plumbers
4 40
1 Steamfitter
4 00
1 Painter
3 75
6 Painters .
3 50
1 Wheelwright .
3 75
1 Wheelwright .
3 25
1 Machinist
4 00
5 Machinists
3 75
1 Foreman blacksmith
4 00
3 Blacksmiths
3 75
5 Blacksmith's helpers
2 75
3 Carpenters
3 50
1 Vulcanizer
3 00
2 Hose and harness repairers
3 50
1 Hose and harness repairer
2 50
4 Laborers ....
2 50
58
* Detailed from fire fighting branch.
Fire Department.
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Fire Alarm Branch.
1 Superintendent
1 Chief operator and assistant superintendent
Operating Force.
4 Principal operators
3 Operators
4 Assistant operators *
2 Assistant operators
Construction Force.
1 Foreman
1 Assistant foreman
1 Clerk
1 Repairer * .
1 Machinist
1 Machinist
20 Repairers, linemen and wiremen (average)
1 Hostler
Per annum.
$3,000
2,500
$1,800
1,600
1,400
1,400
$2,200
1,600
1,050
1,400
Per day.
$4 25
3 75
3 65
2 50
42
Veterinary Hospital Branch.
1 Veterinarian
1 Captain, assistant to veterinarian *
3 Hostlers (average) ....
1 Horseshoer
Per annum.
$3,000
2,000
Per day.
$2 50
3 50
1,102
CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
John A. Mullen.
Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Mason Street.
The Chief is in charge of the fire protection of the
city, which is divided into three divisions, each com-
manded by a deputy chief, which are subdivided into
fourteen districts, each commanded by a district chief.
Division 1.
Deputy Chief, John Grady.
Headquarters, Ladder House 8, Fort Hill Square.
This division comprises Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
* Detailed from fire fighting branch.
34 City Document No. 13.
District 1.
District Chief, John W. Godbold.
Headquarters, Ladder House 2, Paris Street,
East Boston.
All that portion of the city which is included within
the district known as East Boston.
Apparatus Located in the District. — -Engines 5, 9, 11,
40, 47 (fireboat), Ladders 2, 21, Chemical 7.
District 2.
District Chief, Charles H. W. Pope.
Headquarters, Ladder House 9, Main Street,
Charlestown.
All that portion of the city which is included within
the district known as Charlestown.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 27, 32,
36, Ladders 9, 22, Chemicals 3, 9.
District 3.
District Chief, John 0. Taber.
Headquarters, Ladder House 18, Pittsburgh Street.
All that portion of the city which is included within
a line beginning at the intersection of State and Devon-
shire streets, thence easterly through State street to the
waterfront, thence southeasterly across the harbor to
the extension of C street, South Boston, thence southerly
through C street to Cypher street, thence northwesterly
through Cypher street to B street, thence southwesterly
through B street to West First street, thence westerly
through West First street to Atlantic Avenue Bridge,
thence through Atlantic Avenue Bridge and Atlantic
avenue to Summer street, thence westerly through Sum-
mer street to Devonshire street, thence through Devon-
shire street to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 25, 38,
39, 44 (fireboat), Ladders 8, 14, 18, Water Tower 3.
District 4-
District Chief, Henry A. Fox.
Headquarters, Engine House 4, Bulfinch Street.
All that portion of the city which is included within
a line beginning at the intersection of State and Devon-
Fire Department. 35
shire streets, thence southerly through Devonshire street
to Water street, thence westerly through Water street
to Washington street, thence southerly through Wash-
ington street to School street, thence through School
street and Beacon street to Charles street, thence north-
erly through Charles street to Pinckney street, thence
westerly through Pinckney street to the Cambridge
boundary line, thence northerly along said Cambridge
boundary line to its intersection with the tracks of the
Eastern Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad,
thence northeasterly to the Warren Avenue Drawbridge,
thence easterly to the Charlestown Drawbridge, thence
northeasterly and then southerly around the waterfront
to the extension of State street, thence through State
street to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 4, 6, 8,
31 (fireboat), Ladders 1, 24, Chemical 1, Water Tower 1.
District 5.
District Chief, Daniel F. Sennott.
Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Mason Street.
All that portion of the city which is included within a
line beginning at the intersection of Devonshire and
Water streets, thence running westerly through Water
street to Washington street, thence southerly through
Washington street to School street, thence through School
street and Beacon street to Charles street, thence
northerly through Charles street to Pinckney street,
thence westerly through Pinckney street to the Cam-
bridge boundary line, thence southerly along said
boundary line to the extension of Otter street, thence
through Otter street to Beacon street, thence easterly
through Beacon street to Arlington street, thence through
Arlington street to Boylston street, thence easterly
through Boylston street to Church street, thence through
Church street to Providence street, thence through
Providence street to Columbus avenue, thence through
Columbus avenue to Church street, thence through
Church street to Tremont street, thence northerly
through Tremont street to Pleasant street, thence south-
easterly through Pleasant street and Broadway extension
to Fort Point channel, thence northerly through Fort
Point channel to Atlantic Avenue Bridge, thence
through Atlantic Avenue Bridge and Atlantic avenue to
Summer street, thence westerly through Summer street
36 City Document No. 13.
to Devonshire street, thence through Devonshire street
to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 7, 10, 26,
35, Ladder 17, Chemical 2.
Division 2.
Deputy Chief, Peter F. McDonough.
Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren Avenue.
This division comprises Districts 6, 7, 8 and 11.
District 6.
District Chief, Edward J. Shallow.
Headquarters, Engine House 1, Dorchester Street,
South Boston.
All that portion of the city which is included within
a line beginning at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue
Bridge and Fort Point channel, thence southerly through
Atlantic Avenue Bridge to West First street, thence
through West First street to B street, thence northerly
through B street to Cypher street, thence through
Cypher street to C street, thence northerly through C
street to the waterfront, thence by the waterfront
southeasterly, then westerly to the extension of Columbia
road, thence through Columbia road to Mt. Vernon
street, thence through Mt. Vernon street to Willow
court, thence through Willow court to Massachusetts
avenue, • thence through Massachusetts avenue to the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad tracks
(inclusive), thence northerly along said tracks (inclusive),
to the South bay, thence northerly to Fort Point channel,
thence through Fort Point channel to the point of
beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 1, 2, 15,
43, Ladders 5, 19, 20, Chemical 8.
District 7.
District Chief, Peter E. Walsh.
Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren Avenue.
All that portion of the city which is included within
a line beginning at the intersection of Beacon and Otter
streets, thence easterly through Beacon street to Arling-
Fire Department. 37
ton street, thence through Arlington street to Bo3dston
street, thence easterly through Boylston street to
Church street, thence through Church street to Provi-
dence street, thence through Providence street to
Columbus avenue, thence through Columbus avenue
to Church street, thence through Church street to
Tremont street, thence northerly through Tremont
street to Pleasant street, thence easterly through Pleas-
ant street and Broadway extension to Fort Point
channel, thence southerly through Fort Point channel
to the Roxbury canal, thence southerly through the
Roxbury canal to Massachusetts avenue, thence north-
westerly through Massachusetts avenue to the Cam-
bridge boundary line, thence northeasterly along said
boundary line to a point opposite the extension of
Otter street, thence through Otter street to the point
of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 3, 22,
33, Ladders 3, 13, 15, Chemical 4, Water Tower 2.
District 8.
District Chief, Stephen J. Ryder.
Headquarters, Ladder House 12, Tremont Street.
All that portion of the city within a line beginning at
the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and the Cam-
bridge boundary line, thence through Massachusetts
avenue to Washington street, thence southerly through
Washington street to Atherton street, thence westerly
through Atherton and Mozart streets to Chestnut ave-
nue, thence southerly through Chestnut avenue to
Sheridan street, thence through Sheridan street to Centre
street, thence through Centre street to Perkins street,
thence through Perkins street to South Huntington
avenue, thence northerly through South Huntington
avenue to Castleton street, thence through Castleton
street across Jamaicaway to the Brookline line, thence
northerly and westerly along the Brookline boundary
line to the Cottage Farm Bridge (inclusive), thence
northerly through Essex street to the Cambridge
boundary line, thence easterly by said Cambridge
boundary line to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 13, 14,
37, Ladders 12, 26, Chemical 12.
38 City Document No. 13.
Distinct 11.
District Chief, John E. Madison.
Headquarters, Engine House 41, Harvard Avenue,
Brighton.
All that portion of the city included within the dis-
trict known as Brighton which is west of the Cottage
Farm Bridge and Essex street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 29, 34,
41, Ladders 11, 31, Chemical 6.
Division 3.
Acting Deputy Chief, Michael J. Kennedy.
Headquarters, Ladder House 23, Washington Street,
Dorchester.
This division comprises Districts 9, 10, 12, 14 and 15.
District 9.
District Chief, William Coulter.
Headquarters, Engine House 12, Dudley Street.
All that portion of the city within a line beginning at
the intersection of the extension of Columbia road and
the Old Harbor, thence running westerly through Colum-
bia road to Mt. Vernon street, thence through Mt.
Vernon street to Willow court, thence through Willow
court to Massachusetts avenue, thence through Massa-
chusetts avenue to the New York, New Haven & Hart-
ford Railroad tracks (exclusive), thence northerly along
said tracks (exclusive) to the South bay, thence westerly
along said South bay to the Roxbury canal, thence
southerly through the Roxbury canal to Massachusetts
avenue, thence northwesterly through Massachusetts
avenue to Washington street, thence southerly through
Washington street to Columbus avenue, thence easterly
through Columbus avenue to Seaver street, thence
through Seaver street to Blue Hill avenue, thence
northerly through Blue Hill avenue to Geneva avenue,
thence through Geneva avenue to Columbia road,
thence northeasterly through Columbia road to Stough-
ton street, thence easterly through Stoughton street
to Pleasant street, thence through Pleasant street to
Savin Hill avenue, thence easterly and northerly through
Savin Hill avenue to Evandale terrace, thence through
Fire Department. 39
Evandale terrace to the waterfront, thence northerly
along the waterfront to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 12, 21,
23, 24, Ladder 4, Chemical 10.
District 10.
District Chief, John W. Murphy.
Headquarters, Engine House 18, Harvard Street,
Dorchester.
All that portion of the city within a line beginning at
the intersection of the extension of Evandale terrace and
Dorchester bay, thence through Evandale terrace to
Savin Hill avenue, thence northerly and westerly through
Savin Hill avenue to Pleasant street, thence northerly
through Pleasant and Stoughton streets to Columbia
road, thence southerly through Columbia road to
Geneva avenue, thence westerly through Geneva avenue
to Blue Hill avenue, thence southerly through Blue
Hill avenue to Canterbury street, thence through
Canterbury street to Morton street, thence southerly
through Morton street to Blue Hill avenue, thence
northerly through Blue Hill avenue to Woodrow avenue,
thence through Woodrow avenue to Norfolk street,
thence through Norfolk street to Centre street, thence
through Centre street to Adams street, thence northerly
through Adams street to Mill street, thence through
Mill street to Preston street, thence through Preston
street to Freeport street, thence southerly through
Freeport street to Dorchester bay, thence northerly
along the waterfront to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 17, 18,
Ladders 7, 23, 29, Chemicals 5, 11.
District 12.
District Chief, Michael J. Mulligan.
Headquarters, Engine House 28, Centre Street.
Jamaica Plain.
All that portion of the city known as West Roxbury
and Jamaica Plain within a line beginning at the inter-
section of the extension of Castleton street and the
Brookline boundary line, thence through Castleton
street to South Huntington avenue, thence southerly
through South Huntington avenue to Perkins street,
thence easterly through Perkins street to Centre street.
40 City Document No. 13.
thence easterly through Centre street to Sheridan
street, thence through Sheridan street to Chestnut
avenue, thence northeasterly through Chestnut avenue
to Mozart street, thence through Mozart street to
Atherton street, thence through Atherton street to
Columbus avenue, thence easterly through Columbus
avenue to Seaver street, thence through Seaver street
to Blue Hill avenue, thence southerly through Blue Hill
avenue to Canterbury street, thence through Canter-
bury street to Morton street, thence southerly through
Morton street to Harvard street, thence southerly
through Harvard street to Ashland street, thence
westerly through Ashland street to the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad tracks (exclusive), thence
southerly along the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad tracks to the Hyde Park boundary line,
thence southwesterly along the Hyde Park boundary
line to the Dedham boundary line, thence northwest-
erly along the Dedham boundary line to the Newton
boundary line, thence northeasterly by the Newton
boundary line to the Brookline boundary line, thence
southeasterly and then northerly along said Brookline
boundary line to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 28, 30,
42, 45, Ladders 10, 16, 25, 30, Chemical 13.
District 14-
District Chief, Maurice Heffernan.
Headquarters, Engine House 46, Peabody Square,
Dorchester.
All that portion of the city within a line beginning
at the intersection of Dorchester bay and Freeport
street (Commercial Point), thence northerly through
Freeport street to Preston street, thence through Preston
street to Mill street, thence through Mill street to
Adams street, thence southerly through Adams street
to Centre street, thence through Centre street to Nor-
folk street, thence through Norfolk street to Woodrow
avenue, thence through Woodrow avenue to Blue Hill
avenue, thence southerly through Blue Hill avenue to
Morton street, thence northwesterly through Morton
street to Harvard street, thence southerly through Har-
vard street to Oakland street, thence through Oakland
street to Rexford street, thence through Rexford street
to Blue Hill avenue, thence northerly through Blue Hill
Fire Department. 41
avenue to Fremont street, thence through Fremont
street to the Neponset river, thence along the Neponset
river and Dorchester bay northwesterly to the point of
beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 16, 20,
46, Ladders 6, 27.
District 15.
District Chief, Walter M. McLean.
Headquarters, Engine House 48, Corner Harvard
Avenue and Winthrop Street, Hyde Park.
All that portion of the city within a line beginning
at the intersection of the extension of Fremont street
and the Milton boundary line, thence through Fremont
street to Blue Hill avenue, thence southerly through
Blue Hill avenue to Rexford street, thence through Rex-
ford street to Oakland street, thence westerly through
Oakland street to Ashland street, thence through Ash-
land street to the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad tracks (inclusive), thence southerly along the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad tracks
(inclusive) to the boundary line of Hyde Park, thence
along the Hyde Park boundary line to the Dedham
boundary line, thence southeasterly along the Dedham
boundary line to the Milton boundary line, thence
along the Milton boundary line to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 19, 48,
Ladder 28, Chemical 14, Hose 49.
Note. — Wherever a street, channel or bridge is named the center line of each will be
the line used. Inspections of the following named islands will be made under special
orders issued by the Chief of Department: Apple, Castle, Gallop's, George's, Governor's,
Long, Lovell's, Rainsford, Deer, Thompson's and Spectacle.
42
City Document No. 13.
FIRE STATIONS.
Location and Valuation.
Location.
Number
of Feet
in Lot.
Assessed
Valuation.
Occupied by
Dorchester and Fourth streets
8,169
$25,800
Engine 1 and Ladder 5.
Corner of 0 and Fourth streets
4,000
16,200
Engine 2.
Bristol street and Harrison avenue. . .
4,000
30,000
Engine 3 and Ladder 3.
6,098
1,647
96,000
9,000
Engine 4, Chemical 1 and
Marion street, East Boston
Tower 1.
Engine 5.
2,269
40,000
Engine 6.
1,893
2,568
39,200
26,500
Engine 7.
Salem street
Engine 8.
4,720
1,886
10,000
33,300
20,500
40,000
Engine 9 and Ladder 2.
Engine 10.
Saratoga and Byron sts., East Boston,
Engine 11 and Ladder 21.
7,320
25,000
Engine 12.
4,832
16,000
Engine 13.
5.713
2,803
14,600
18,600
Engine 14.
Dorchester avenue
Engine 15.
Corner River and Temple streets ....
12,736
19,200
Engine 16 and Ladder 6.
Meeting House Hill, Dorchester
9,450
17,300
Engine 17 and Ladder 7.
9,440
18,800
Engine 18.
7,683
9,000
10,341
7,500
3,445
14,200
17,300
17.100
62,500
11,200
Engine 19.
Engine 20 and Ladder 27.
Engine 21.
Engine 22 and Ladder 13.
Northampton street
Engine 23.
Corner Warren and Quincy streets . . .
4,186
18,100
Engine 24.
Fort Hill square
4,175
5,623
2,600
100,600
196,000
18,000
Engine 25, Ladder 8 and
Ladder 14.
Engines 26 and 35.
Elm street, Charlestown
Engine 27.
Centre street, Jamaica Plain
10,377
28,300
Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
14,358
37,200
Engine 29 and Ladder 11.
Centre street, West Roxbury
12,251
25,000
Engine 30 and Ladder 25.
Fire Department.
Fire Stations. — Concluded.
43
Location.
Nfu™ber Assessed
°fFeet Valuation,
in Lot.
Occupied by
521 Commercial street, on land of
Public Works Department;
Bunker Hill street, Charlestown
Corner Boylston and Hereford streets,
Western avenue, Brighton
Monument street, Charlestown
Corner Longwood and Brookline aves.,
Congress street
Sumner street, East Boston
Harvard avenue, near Cambridge
street, Brighton.
Washington street, at Egleston square,
Andrew square
Northern Avenue Bridge.
Washington street, corner Poplar
street, Rwslindale.
Dorchester avenue, Ashmont
Adjoining South Ferry, East Boston. .
Harvard avenue and Winthrop street,
Hyde Park.
Church street
Winthrop and Soley streets
Shawmut avenue
Saratoga street, East Boston
B street
Eustis street
Corner Callender and Lyons streets. . .
Corner Walk Hill and Wenham streets,
Friend street
Dudley street
Main street, Charlestown
Tremont street
Harrison avenue
Pittsburgh street, South Boston
Fourth Street
Washington street, Dorchester
North Grove street
Oak square, Brighton
Sprague and Milton streets, Hyde
Park district, on land owned by the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad.
8,188
5,646
4,637
5,668
5,231
4,000
4,010
6,112
3,848
5,133
14,729
4,875
11,950
9,450
3,412
5,230
889
9,300
1,800
1,790
7,200
11,253
1,676
3,923
4,290
4,311
2,134
8,964
3,101
6,875
3,918
9,889
15,700
25,000
108,000
17,800
21,000
14,300
39,000
18,000
25,500
22,900
19,600
30,000
22,400
22,900
31,600
40,100
23,600
15,400
4,300
40,600
7,800
8,000
13,200
17,800
37,200
26,000
16,400
25,600
22,900
35,400
10,700
21,400
19,800
42,000
Engine 31, fireboat.
Engine 32.
Engine 33 and Ladder 15.
Engine 34.
Engine 36 and Ladder 22.
Engine 37 and Ladder 26.
Engines 38 and 39.
Engine 40.
Engine 41 and Chemical 6.
Engine 42 and Ladder 30.
Engine 43 and Ladder 20.
Engine 44, fireboat.
Engine 45 and Ladder 16.
Engine 46.
Engine 47, fireboat.
Engine 48, Ladder 28 and
Chemical 14.
Chemical Engine 2.
Chemical 3.
Chemical Engine 4.
Chemical Engine 7.
Chemical Engine 8.
Chemical Engine 10.
Chemical 11 and Ladder 29 .
Chemical 13.
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 and Chemical 5.
Ladder 24.
Ladder 31.
Hose 49.
Building of little value and belongs to city.
44 City Document No. 13.
Headquarters Building, corner of Albany and
Bristol streets, 15,679 feet of land . . . $113,000
Water Tower No. 2 and wrecking wagon are in
Headquarters Building.
OTHER BUILDINGS.
Repair Shop, 363 Albany street, 8,000 feet of
land . $68,000
Veterinary Hospital, Atkinson street, 64,442 feet
of land ... 75,000
Coal station, Dorchester street, 1,610 feet of land, 3,100
Coal station, Salem street, 417 feet of land . . 4,400
Coal station, Main street, Charlestown, 2,430 feet
of land 6,500
Total value of land, wharves and buildings . . 2,183,400
LEASED BUILDINGS.
Building No. 50 Bristol street used by the Fire Alarm
Branch as workshop, storeroom and stable.
Part of building 240-256 Dover street used as store-
house for spare apparatus.
About 800 square feet of shed on Sleeper street (New
Haven Terminal Stores) used as a coal station.
Part of building 11 Atherton street used for storage.
Fire Department.
45
CANNEL COAL STATIONS.
Division 1.
District.
Location.
Capacity.
(Tons.)
Wagons.
1
12
20
85
35
15
45
6
1
5
16
20
35
1
1
2
2
1
2
Ladder 9
1
2
1
3
Sleeper street . . r
Engines 38 and 39
3
3
1
3
4
1
4
Ladder 24
2
5
Engine 26
1
3
Division 2.
Engine 2
Dorchester street, 330
Engine 33
Engine 13
Engine 14
Engine 37
Engine 29
Engine 34
Engine 41
Ladder 31
20
20
25
40
1.0
20
7
7
10
10
46
City Document No. 13.
Cannel Coal Stations. — Concluded.
Division 3.
District.
Location.
Capacity.
(Tons.)
Wagons.
9
9
9
9
10
10
12
12
12
12
14
14
14
15
15
15
Engine 12
Engine 21
Engine 23
Engine 24
Engine 17
Engine 18
Engine 28
Engine 30
Engine 42
Engine 45
Engine 16
Engine 20
Engine 46
Engine 19
Engine 48
Hose 49 . .
5
6
5
7
3
5
20
9
9
9
5
7
4
8
10
1
APPARATUS.
Steam Engines.— 45 in service, 7 in
reserve.
Ladder Trucks. — 31 in service, 9 in
reserve.
Chemical Engines. — 14 in service, 6 in
reserve.
Water Towers. — 3 in service, 1 in
reserve.
Fireboats. — 3 in service.
Hose Wagons. — ■ 45 in service, 5 in
reserve.
Chief's Wagons. — 16 in service, 1 in
reserve.
Motor Cars. — 8 in service.
Motor Combination Wagons. — 2 in serv-
ice.
Miscellaneous.— 41 fuel wagons, 6 re-
pair wagons, 2 supply wagons, 3 manure
wagons, 1 caravan, 39 hose pungs, 3 job-
bing pungs, 4 fire alarm pungs, 3 hydrant
pungs.
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Engine 5
Engine 6
Engine 7
Engine 8
Engine 9
Engine 10
Engine 11
Engine 12
Engine 13
Engine 14
Engine 15
Engine 16
Engine 17
Engine 18
Engine 19
Engine 20
Engine 21
Engine 22
Engine 23
Engine 24
Engine 25
Engine 26
Engine 27
Engine 28
Engine 29
Engine 30
Engine 31
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Ladder 1
Ladder 2
Ladder 3
Ladder 4
Ladder 5
Ladder 6
Ladder 7.
Ladder 8.
Ladder 9.
Ladder 10.
Ladder 11.
Ladder 12.
Ladder 13 .
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Ladder 21...
Ladder 22 . . .
Ladder 23 . . .
Ladder 24.. .
Ladder 25. . .
Ladder 26.. .
Ladder 27.. .
Ladder 28.. .
Ladder 29 . . .
Ladder 30. . .
Ladder 31. . .
Chemical 1 .
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Chemical 3 .
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Chemical 8.
Chemical 9.
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Chemical 14.
Tower 1
Tower 2
Tower 3
196
195
172
260
297
33
138
126
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196
224
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317
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228
160
274
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294
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Expenditures for
the Year.
Headquarters.
Salaries
$14,677 42
Printing
3,772 67
Stationery .....
1,521 93
Expert accountant services .
1,072 50
Care of headquarters
617 40
Books, papers and office expenses,
384 25
Traveling expenses ....
311 53
Postage ......
127 00
Expert services ....
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Salaries $1,274,653 97
Horses :
Hay, grain and
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Shoeing . . . 20,266 36
Purchase and ex-
change . . 11,844 97
Harnesses and re-
pairs . . . 3,775 75
Horse hire . . 165 50
85,529 64
Fuel for engines and houses .
51,265 81
Hose, pipes and repairs .
17,386 66
Supplies
15,247 97
Furniture and bed-
ding . . . $11,234 96
Washing . . . 1,440 19
12,675 15
Electric lighting
12,433 04
Uniform cloth
3,768 32
Rents
2,525 39
Medical services ....
1,666 29
Hats, badges and buttons
1,496 75
Gas
1,121 05
Chemicals ......
940 04
Ice ... . .
517 16
Expenses detailed men .
205 85
Removing ashes from fireboat
158 40
Advertising . . . .
152 55
Sundries
106 75
Carried forward . . $1,481,850 79 $22,609 70
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City Document No. 13.
Brought forward . . $1,481,850 79
Medical supplies .... 103 93
Freight 78 50
Refreshments for men at fires . 24 10
$22,609 70
1,482,057 32
Veterinary Hospital.
Attendants, medicines, etc. .
9,025 33
Repair S
hop.
Pay rolls .....
$66,947 27
Materials, etc
31,345 46
Hardware and tools
5,082 65
Electric power ....
237 80
103,613
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Salaries
$57,833 63
Wire, cables and conduits
26,970 74
Instruments, tools and repairs
16,990 03
Repairs, alterations and extensions
9,212 48
Rent
1,843 50
Telephone service .
1,714 47
Electric power ....
950 64
Maps and plans
753 76
Use of duct in East Boston Tunnel
450 36
Electric light for clocks .
336 42
Car fares and traveling expenses
310 17
Repairing clocks
241 96
Time service ....
17 00
117,625
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Repairs of 1
louses.
Repairs and alterations .
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124,299
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New Apparatus.
14 Buick roadsters and 3 Buick
touring cars .... $19,722 50
4 Special roadsters . . . 6,000 00
12 Fire extinguishers . . . 204 00
25,926 50
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Fire Department.
61
Special Appropriations.
Automobile Apparatus.
4 Ladder trucks
2 Combination chemical and hose cars
6 Chief's automobiles
Expert's services . . . .
$22,650 00
10,750 00
5,774 16
941 80
115 96
Fire Alarm Branch, Improvements
Payments on account:
Cables, wires, conduits, etc.
Boxes, doors, etc.
Posts
Registers, time stamp, etc.
Reels
Expert services • .
,342 16
4,977 25
1,440 00
1,150 00
500 00
57 00
2,466 41
Fireboat Quarters and Pier, Northern Avenue.
Continuation of payments:
Building contractor, Christopher F. Brown
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Architects, Maginnis & Walsh . .
Awnings
Changes in water pipe ....
!,778 18
140 00
85 83
62 00
25 00
5,091 01
Fire Department Repair Shop, Construction.
Continuation of payments:
Building new vault $937 50
Architects, Thomas, Parker & Rice ... 56 25
75
Fire Station, Oak Square and Faneuil Section.
Continuation of payments:
Contractors, McGahey & O'Connor . . $5,364 71
Architects, Maginnis & Walsh . . . 220 93
Awnings 45 50
Fire alarm conduit 42 00
1,673 14
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Fire Department (including headquarters, Vet
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Fire alarm branch .
Repairs of houses
Pensions .
New apparatus
Automobile apparatus
Fire alarm branch, improvements
Fireboat quarters and pier, Northern avenue
Fire Department repair shop, construction
Fire station, Oak square and Faneuil section
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117,625 16
39,757 21
124,299 44
25,926 50
40,115 96
22,466 41
3,091 01
993 75
5,673 14
L,997,254 11
Income.
Juvenile court fees .
Overpayment of salary .
Rebate in water tax
Services of employees
Damage to fire alarm box
Sale of old material
Underground changes, Winter street
Sale of manure
Sale of badges .
Permits for keeping, use and transportation of
fireworks and explosives ; fires in open air
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City Document No. 13.
Causes of Fires and Alarms from 1 January, 1913,
to 1 January, 1914.
Alarms, false, needless, bell
and still . 678
Alarms out of city . . 23
Automatic alarms, false and
accidental 109
Ashes in wooden receptacle. . 63
Automobiles 101
Boiling over fat, tar, wax. . . 12
Bonfires, rubbish, brush,
grass 978
Careless use lamp, candle,
lantern 73
Careless use matches, and
set by rats 463
Careless use cigar, pipe,
cigarette = 156
Chimneys, soot burning .... 218
Clothes near stove 33
Defective chimney, stove-
pipe, boiler, furnace, fire-
place 51
Electric wires, motors, cars . . 83
Fireworks and firecrackers . . 57
Friction, shafting, journals. . 11
Gas jet, heaters, iron 116
Grease in ventilator, oven. . 65
Lightning 7
Incendiary and supposed ... 38
Lamp upsetting, explosion . . 63
Naphtha, gasolene, benzine,
chemicals 37
Oil stove, careless use of, and
explosion 30
Overheated stove, furnace,
boiler 78
Plumber's, roofer's, painter's
stove or torch 6
Rekindling 4
Slacking of lime 3
Set by boys 121
Sparks from chimney, fur-
nace, stove, boiler, forge,
grate 127
Sparks from locomotive, en-
gine 33
Spontaneous combustion ... 63
Unknown 991
Water, gas pipe, thawing out, 25
Total 4,916
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88
36
90
50
26
98
30
61
64
94
117
69
38
26
54
66
27
62
61
107
110
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76
100
34
26
46
37
47
16
63
49
26
62
30
33
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36
51
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60
40
48
25
48
30
31
16
28
47
71
93
17
18
35
32
64
77
12
20
25
14
29
45
16
43
60
26
51
52
Totals
921
404
888
441
404
563
483
Fire Department. 65
Fires Where Loss Exceeded $15,000.
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
1913
Jan. 1.
Jan. 14,
Feb. 19.
Feb. 20.
Feb. 26.
March 8.
March 9.
March 27.
April 6 .
May 0.
May 6.
May 8.
May 10.
May 11.
May 23.
June 10.
June 12.
June 19.
June 20.
June 23 .
July 4 .
July 8 .
July 9.
July 14.
Aug. 5.
Aug. 7.
Sept. 0.
Sept. 10.
Sept. 11.
Sept. 13 .
Oct. 30.
Nov. 11.
Dec. 2.
Dec. 3.
Dec. 3.
Dec. 13.
Dec. 27.
4 Northampton street, Walker-Longfellow Company
245-249 Atlantic avenue, Whittemore-Wright Company. . .
Rear 752 Albany street, City of Boston
239-249 Causeway street, Braman, Dow & Co
Off Beverly street, Boston & Maine Railroad
46-56 St. Botolph street, Boston Musicians' Protective
Association
40-40 Summer street, D. Banash & Son
159 Tremont street, H. H. Tuttle & Co
66-70 Stanhope street, L. Basil
322-324 Congress street, Prescott & Co
Rear 81-89 Medford street, Palmer & Parker Company . . .
46-50 Warren street, H. B. Cook et al
Mystic Wharf, Export Lumber Company
Mystic Wharf, Boston & Maine Railroad
D and Fargo streets, New England Iron Works Company. .
7S1 Commonwealth avenue, Cousens Coal Company
5SS East First street, F. A. Howard
40-44 Summer street, Sullivan Brothers ■
161-171 Albany street, American Paper Stock Company...
72 Northampton street, M. A. Norwood
25 Leroy street, A. Klein et al
77 Washington street, Simon Manufacturing Company. . . .
158-160 Portland street, Boston Nickel Plating Company. .
161-171 Hampden street, C. C. Raincoat Company
81-85 Wareham street, Gordon Supply Company
575 Albany street, Henry Siegel Company
99 Bedford street, May Manufacturing Company
61-67 Commercial street, Swain, Earle & Co
140-144 Lincoln street, W. H. Holbrooke Company
SO Farnham street, Atlantic Decorating Company
Boston Harbor, " S. S. Templemore "
80-90 Kingston street, Blodgett, Ordway & Webber
107-117 Kingston street, Davis, Frank Company.
1202-1206 Washington street, J. C. Lyons
365 Washington street, H. H. Aronson
42-44 Chauncy street, R. H. Watts
22-26 Kingston street, King & Goldberg
$65,810
30,628
27,870
280,644
131,033
33,561
159,618
73,289
17,395
50,733
26,606
84,978
194,364
15,722
25,759
16,500
114,151
18,298
16,206
19,493
39,760
30,468
18,446
54,997
38,928
24,663
18,045
18,482
21,022
27,422
1,025,000
82,582
22,302
19,151
40,192
15,892
45,436
66
City Document No. 13.
STATISTICS.
Population, 1 January, 1914 .
Area, square miles
Number of brick, etc., buildings
Number of wooden buildings .
Fires in brick and stone buildings
Fires in wooden buildings
Out of city .
Not in building, false and needless
Total alarms
Fire Loss for the Year Ending 31
Buildings, loss insured
Contents, loss insured
Buildings, loss not insured
Contents, loss not insured
Total' loss, buildings and contents
Marine loss
733,562
47.34
28,742
71,793
1,469
1,409
23
2,015
4,916
December, 1913.
$1,098,607
1,861,978
$2,960,585
$60,223
117,565
177,788
$3,138,373
$1,116,475
YEARLY LOSS FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN
YEARS.
Year ending February
January
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
1,1910 ....
1,680,245
1,1911 (11 months)
3,159,989
1,1912 ....
2,232,267
1,1913 ....
2,531,017
1,1914 ....
*3,138,373
* Does not include marine loss of $1,116,475.
Note. — January loss, 1911, amounting to $165,001, deducted from previous year and
included in calendar year 1 January, 1911, to 1 January, 1912.
Fire Department.
67
ALARMS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.*
Year.
Bell.
Still and
Automatic.
Totals.
1913
1912
2,594
2,812
2,291
1,864
2,101
2,210
2,441
1,687
1,905
1,580
2,322
2,432
2,142
1,801
1,677
1,700
1,600
1,262
1,210
1,159
4,916
5,244
1911
4,433
1910 (11 months)!
3,665
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
3,778
3,910
4,041
2,949
3,115
2,739
* Each fire is treated as having only one alarm.
t 202 bell and 196 still alarms deducted from year 1910-11 and included in calendar year
1 January, 1911, to 1 January, 1912.
68
City Document No. 13.
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69
ROLL OF MERIT, BOSTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
Frederick F. Leary, Captain, Ladder Company 3.
James F. McMahon, Captain, Ladder Company 1.
Martin A. Kenealy, Captain, Engine Company 43.
Charles W. Conway, Captain, Engine Company 37.
Denis Driscoll, Captain, Engine Company 37.
Thomas J. Muldoon, Captain, Engine Company 20.
Michael J. Teehan, Captain, Engine Company 24.
Timothy J. Heffron, Lieutenant, Engine Company 27.
William H. Magner, Lieutenant, Ladder Company 26.
Joseph P. Hanton, Lieutenant, Chemical Company 4.
Michael J. Dacey, Lieutenant, Ladder Company 20.
Thomas H. Downey, Lieutenant, Engine Company 4.
Florence Donoghue, Ladderman, Ladder Company 15.
Patrick E. Keyes, District Chief, retired.
James E. Downey, Hoseman, retired.
Changes from 1 February, 1913, to 1 February, 1914.
Number of men appointed to fire force
68
Number of men reappointed .
4
All others
1
Number of men dishonorably discharged
5
Number of men dropped .
0
Number of men honorably discharged
1
Number of men resigned
20
Number of men pensioned
22
Number of men who have died
4
Number of pensioners who have died .
11
Members Pensioned from 1 February, 1913, to
1 February, 1914.
James E. Downey.
William F. Seaver.*
George H. Twiss.
William J. Toomey.
William Lalley.
William R. Bachelder.
William H. McDonald.
John Bickford
Dennis J. Hedrington.
Edward J. Hogan (U. S.)
Jeremiah A. Feeley.
Patrick F. Garrity.
Joseph Murphy.
Andrew McAuliffe.
William F. Bryan.
Isaac B. Noble.
George R. Donnelly.
George H. Bridge.
Edward J. Egan.
Edwin A. Perkins.
William Condry.
John T. Byron.
* Pensioned by special act of Legislature.
70
City Document No. 13.
Deaths from 1 February, 1913, to 1 February, 1914.
Active Force.
Dennis J. Begley .
John J. Goff .
William J. Fay
Joseph A. Hackett
Ladder 14
Engine 45
Engine 36
Ladder 13
Pensioners.
George H. Kincaid.
Martin Moore.
Calvin C. Wilson.
Daniel Ruby.
Thomas Nannery.
George A. Brown.
Nathaniel H. Bird.
Jeremiah A. Feeley.
George S. Blaisdell.
John G. Phillips.
Hiram D. Smith.
Fire Department.
71
BOSTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.
Boston, 31 January, 1914.
Report of Boston Firemen's Relief Fund from 1 Feb-
ruary, 1913, to 31 January, 1914, as submitted to City
Auditor J. Alfred Mitchell.
Bonds Owned by Boston Firemen's Relief Fund.
City of Boston 3^ per cent bonds . . . $150,000 00
City of Boston 4 per cent bonds .... 79,000 00
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 4 per cent
bonds 8,000 00
Cash on hand January 31, 1914 .... 69871
Total $237,698 71
Receipts from 1 February, 1913, to 31 January, 1914.
Cash on hand 1 February, 1913
$251 07
Received from department ball
$14,767 30
Interest on bonds
8,827 50
•
Interests on deposits
69 38
Donations ....
180 00
Bonds matured ....
15,000 00
Check returned ....
225 00
Payment of one ticket
2 00
39,071 18
Total . .
$39,322 25
Disbursements from 1 February, 1913, to 31 January,
1914.
To members and gratuities
. $19,528 24
Bonds purchased
17,794 27
Salaries
400 00
Printing, stationery, etc. .
218 23
Treasurer's bond
65 10
Carried forward .
. $38,005 84
72 City Document No. 13.
Brought forward ....
Auditing books for one year .
Box, International Trust Company,
Isaac Gordon, for legal services
Total
Cash on hand 1 February, 1914
$38,005 84
50 00
10 00
557 70
$38,623 54
698 71
$39,322 25
Respectfully submitted,
Francis C. Shannon,
Treasurer.
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