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ANNUAL REPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
CITY OF BOSTON
YEAE ENDING 31 JANUARY, 1916
CITY OF BOSTON
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1916
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1915-16.
Boston, January 31, 1916.
Hon. James M. Curley,
Mayor of the City of Boston:
Dear Sir, — In accordance with section 24, Revised
Ordinances, 1898, City of Boston, I submit to your
Honor the report of the Fire Department for the year
ending January 31, 1916.
In addition I transmit herewith reports of the Chief
of Department and the officers in charge of the different
branches, and information and statistics concerning the
work, personnel and property of the department.
Finances
The cost of maintenance of the department for the
past year was $2,053,084.16, an increase over the year
1914-15 of $45,643.22.
Personnel of Department.
On January 31, 1916, the fire-fighting force comprised
961 men, while on the same day a year previous there
were 978 men.
Twenty-four men have been retired on account of
age and disability during the past twelve months.
2 City Document No. 14.
There are 118 employees in the other branches of the
department, making a total of 1,079 employees in the
service.
Fire Prevention.
Since the ' establishment of the Metropolitan Fire
Prevention Commission in August, 1914, by an act of
the General Court, a large amount of extra labor has
been placed upon this department. Practically all the
inspection work for the Fire Prevention Commissioner
in the City of Boston is performed by this department,
which inspection work is in addition to the regular
inspections made by the officers and members of the
Fire Department. Regular inspections have been made
of schoolhouses, theaters, motion picture houses, public
buildings, etc. Premises have been inspected for con-
ditions liable to cause fire and where dangerous condi-
tions have been found they have been ordered remedied.
A large amount of very good work has been accomplished
along these lines.
By delegation of authority from the Fire Prevention
Commissioner this department issues permits for fires
in the open air, for the keeping and storage of inflamma-
ble fluids, for the keeping and storing of gasolene and
other volatile fluids in amounts not exceeding 130
gallons, for the keeping, storage and discharge of fire-
works and firecrackers, and for the handling and trans-
portation of explosives. During the past twelve months
this department issued 8,080 permits of the foregoing
descriptions.
Motor Fire Apparatus.
Thirty-seven pieces of motor apparatus were pur-
chased, which includes eleven roadsters for the services
of chief officers. Most of the foregoing apparatus were
tractors which were attached to apparatus already in
the service of the city.
In view of the fact that the value of motor apparatus
has been so firmly established, and in view of the excellent
service we have received from it in this city, I believe
that the City Council would be warranted in giving
this matter especial attention, and I recommend that
at least one hundred thousand dollars be appropriated
annually until the Fire Department is completely
motorized.
Fiee Department. 3
Fire Losses.
The number of alarms for the twelve months ending
December 31, 1915, was 5,437, as compared with 5,534
alarms in 1914. The fire loss for the year amounted to
$3,004,600, showing a decrease of $40,000 over the pre-
vious twelve months. Undoubtedly this decrease is
the result of two important factors connected with the
department, namely, increased efficiency due to motor-
ization of apparatus and the large amount of inspection
work being done by our officers.
Alterations to Houses.
The houses of Engine Company 14 on Centre street
and of Ladder Company 4 on Dudley street, Roxbury,
are being altered and remodeled to better suit the needs
of this department. When the houses are completed
a triple combination motor-driven pumping engine will
be placed in the house of Engine Company 14, and a
motor-driven aerial truck and a. motor combination
chemical and hose wagon will be installed in the house
of Ladder Company 4.
There are many houses in the department today
which should be thoroughly remodeled. The houses
are very old and at the time they were being built consid-
eration was not given to the present conditions.
I would recommend that an appropriation of approxi-
mately $40,000 be granted to remodel the old municipal
court building in Dorchester street, South Boston,, to
accommodate Ladder Company 5, and to remodel the
quarters of Engine Company 1 adjoining, with a view
to installing motor apparatus in both buildings. The
house of Ladder Company 5 is most inadequate for the
present ladder company stationed there. The building
was. erected forty-three years ago and arranged for a call
company with conveniences for one permanent man.
At present twelve permanent men are quartered in the
house. The officers' room is very small, being but 21 by
7 feet in size, and two officers are obliged to sleep in this
room. If the change is made the two companies would
adjoin each other in Dorchester street, instead of being
located around the corner from each other. I believe
that this change should be made, not only for the health
and comfort of the men but also for the efficiency of the
department.
4 City Document No. 14.
I would also recommend that $23,000 be appropriated
to remodel the house of Engine Company 8 in Salem
street. This is an old fire station where the quarters
are very cramped and the house should be altered
throughout, with a view to installing motor apparatus.
Money should be appropriated to buy land and
apparatus and to erect a fire station in the Readville
section. When the town of Hyde Park was annexed
to Boston there was an old fire station in Readville
accommodating a hose wagon. This is an old, dilapi-
dated wooden building, of little or no value, on land
owned by the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad. The sanitary conditions are unhealthful and
the general accommodations are very poor. Immediate
action should be taken in this matter in order that the
living conditions in this house could be improved and
that better fire service be given this section of the city.
The only way this can be done is to erect an entirely
new building at a more central location.
With the installation of motor apparatus the city is
confronted with the question of fireproofing its fire
stations, especially that part of the station in which
motor apparatus is installed. Such fireproofing is
required by the regulations of the Fire Prevention Com-
missioner for the metropolitan district governing garages,
and will have to be done gradually as the apparatus is
installed, and for this purpose enough money should be
allowed in the appropriation each year in order that we
may keep abreast of the work.
Conclusion.
The work of the members of this department has been
very efficiently performed during the past year, and I
desire to express my appreciation of the spirit of hearty
cooperation manifested by the other city departments,
more especially the Police Department, the Public
Works Department, the Building Department and the
Wire Department.
Yours very respectfully,
John Grady,
Fire Commissioner.
Fire Department.
Names of Chief Engineers, or Chief of Depart-
ment, Since the Fire Department was Estab-
lished, January, 1826.
Samuel D. Harris 1826-28
Thomas C. Amory . 1829-35
William Barnicoat 1836-53
Elisha Smith, Jr 1854-55
George W. Bird . 1856-65
John S. Damrell 1866-74
William A. Green 1874-84
Lewis P. Webber 1884-1901
William T. Cheswell 1901-06
John A. Mullen 1906-14
John Grady * 1914
.Peter F. McDonough 1914-16
* Appointed Fire Commissioner
City Document No. 14.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
From: The Chief op the Department, Boston. February 1, 1916.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Annual Report.
The following is the report of the Chief of Department
for the year ending January 31, 1916:
During the calendar year the department has re-
sponded to 5,437 alarms. The fire loss was $3,004,600.
Additions and Changes.
February 1, 1915, Water Tower 3 was equipped with
a two-wheel tractor, displacing three horses.
April 10, 1915, Water Tower 1 was equipped with a
two-wheel tractor, displacing three horses.
April 22, 1915, a motor-driven 85-foot aerial ladder
truck was placed in service with Ladder Company 8,
replacing the horse-drawn ladder truck in service with
that company.
May 15, 1915, Engine 25 was equipped with a two-
wheel tractor, displacing three horses.
May 21, 1915, the 85-foot aerial ladder truck in
service with Ladder Company 18 was equipped with a
two-wheel tractor, displacing three horses.
May 28, 1915, a motor-driven combination chemical
engine and hose wagon was placed in service with
Engine Company 25, replacing the two-horse hose
wagon in service with that company.
July 21, 1915, the 85-foot aerial ladder truck in
service with Ladder Company 13 was equipped with a
two-wheel tractor, displacing three horses.
July 27, 1915, the 75-foot aerial ladder truck in
service with Ladder Company 17 was equipped with a
two-wheel tractor, displacing three horses.
July 28, 1915, the city service combination truck
and chemical in service with Ladder Company 16 was
equipped with a two-wheel tractpr, displacing three
horses.
September 20, 1915, the horse-drawn box truck in
service with Ladder Company 12 was replaced by a
75-foot aerial ladder truck equipped with a two-wheel
tractor, displacing three horses.
Fire Department. 7
October 4, 1915, Engine 43 was equipped with a two-
wheel tractor, displacing three horses.
October 4, 1915, a motor-driven combination chemical
engine and hose wagon was placed in service with
Engine Company 43, displacing the two-horse hose
wagon.
October 27, 1915, Ladder 20 was equipped with a
two-wheel tractor, displacing three horses.
December 24, 1915, the city service ladder truck and
chemical in service with Ladder Company 10 was
equipped with a two-wheel tractor, displacing three
horses.
January 7, 1916, the horse-drawn steam fire engine in
service with Engine Company 17 was replaced by an
engine equipped with a two-wheel tractor, displacing
three horses.
January 12, 1916, Engine 21 was equipped with a
two-wheel tractor, displacing three horses.
Two steam fire engines, one 85-foot aerial truck and
one combination truck and chemical engine were
equipped with two-wheel tractors and are being used as
relief apparatus.
Six gasolene runabouts were purchased for use by
district chiefs.
The station in which are housed Engine Company
4, Chemical Company 1 and Tower Company 1 was
remodeled. The dormitory was enlarged and better
toilet and locker room facilities provided. In that por-
tion where Tower 1 is housed the stable was demolished,
a granolithic floor and base installed and the ceiling and
walls fireproofed.
The station in which are housed Engine Company
25 and Ladder Company 8 was remodeled. A larger
dormitory, separate rooms for all officers, and better
toilet and locker room facilities were provided. All stables
in these quarters were demolished and floors and bases
of granolithic and granolithic driveways installed.
The station in which is housed Ladder Company 15
was remodeled. A granolithic floor and base was
installed on the main floor and new Dutch doors
furnished.
The station in which are housed Ladder Company
18 and Tower Company 3 was remodeled. A larger
dormitory, separate rooms for all officers and better
toilet and locker room facilities were provided. All
stables in these quarters were demolished and a grano-
lithic main floor and base installed.
8 City Document No. 14.
The station in which is housed Engine Company 10 was
remodeled. A new room for the lieutenant and better
toilet facilities were provided. The stable was demol-
ished and a granolithic floor and base, steel ceiling, tile
and plastered walls and new lighting fixtures were
installed on the main floor.
Granolithic driveways and walks and a separate
system of drainage were other items of improvements at
this station.
A new fuel depot was erected on land owned by the
city, off Commercial street, opposite Prince street, to
replace the depot of Engine Company 8, formerly on
Salem street, which was sold.
The station occupied by Engine Company 47 (fire-
boat) was raised and a new wharf sill installed and all
exterior wood and metal painted.
The exteriors of the stations occupied by Engine
Companies 31 and 44 (fireboats) were painted.
In the Fire Alarm Office more adequate toilet facilities
were provided, and wood floors in operating, dynamo,
toilet rooms and all halls were replaced by floors of
terrazzo, thereby diminishing the hazard of fire and
presenting a more sightly condition.
A new tar and gravel roof, flashings, gutters, conduc-
tors and ventilators were installed on entire building
occupied by Engine and Ladder Companies 3.
Buildings.
The interiors of the stations are kept up to the
standard of cleanliness and order demanded. In many
instances the quarters are cramped and without modern
facilities, and in at least one are not fit for occupancy.
The installation of motor apparatus will make necessary
considerable remodeling, and the discontinuance of hay
lofts and stables will release space that can be utilized
for increasing size of dormitories, separate rooms for
officers and better toilet facilities, and will make many
of our antiquated stations more comfortable for the men.
Apparatus and Equipment.
The apparatus and equipment, including hose, was
given the annual inspection and test and the necessary
repairs made to bring everything up to the required
standard.
Fire Department.
Building Inspection.
Regular inspections are made of theaters, motion
picture houses, schoolhouses, public buildings and all
places of public assembly.
On request signs on roofs have been inspected and
reported on.
The system of building inspection throughout the
city has been continued and good results obtained.
Many hazardous conditions have been corrected, and in
this way fires have been prevented.
Inspections of premises have been made also in con-
nection with applications for licenses and permits for
the setting of fires in the open air, and the keeping,
storage, sale and transportation of explosives and
inflammables.
Drills.
During the year all companies have held weekly
drills, and all new appointees have passed through the
regular drill school.
All regularly assigned chauffeurs of fire apparatus
were instructed in the department automobile school.
Mutual Aid.
The mutually beneficial plan of cooperation with the
cities and towns on our borders was maintained during
the year passed.
Hydrants.
The following is the number and type of hydrants
in use for fire service January 31, 1916:
Boston post 3,623
Ordinary post 2,978
Lowry 1,716
Boston Lowry . 666
Boston . . . . " . . . . . . 200
Chapman post 164
Ludlow post 10
Coffin post 1
Total .
9,358
10 City Document No. 14.
High Pressure Fire Service.
The following is the report of the work done on the
high pressure fire service as made by the engineer in
charge of the work:
There are now installed about five and one half miles of dis-
tribution piping varying in size from 20-inch, the largest main, to
8-inch for the hydrant branches, within the district bounded
approximately by Tremont and Traverse streets, Atlantic
avenue, Purchase, Beach and Eliot streets.
The old salt water fireboat mains, comprising about one mile
of 12-inch pipe and hydrant branches, and extending from
Central Wharf up Central street, through Post Office square and
down Congress street to within about 160 feet of the bridge, has
been connected with the new piping system. Its hydrant
branches have been changed to 8-inch, new 8-inch high pressure
valves installed, and the old 6-inch all-composition valves,
together with one 12-inch valve of the same material, which was
removed from a dead end in Milk street, have been turned over
to the Fire Department. Its old hydrants have been replaced
with the Rourke high pressure hydrants, which have been
adopted for the entire system, and a total of 176 installed.
Because of the probable delay in having the proposed pumping
station in commission it was thought advisable to utilize the
system as far as possible for the fireboat supply from the
existing Central Wharf connection in case a conflagration away
from the waterfront should threaten the district served, and
several gate valves in the mains have been opened, rendering
immediately available for this purpose 58 hydrants located
in Atlantic avenue, Clinton, Central, Milk, Arch, High, Broad,
Purchase and Congress streets and India square.
It is hoped that this number will be increased at an early
date when excessive leakage conditions in many sections of the
existing system are corrected and by the proposed installation
of additional hydrants during the year.
Recommendations.
Under this heading the items mentioned are in my
opinion absolutely necessary to keep this department
up to the proper standard.
FIRE STATIONS.
A site should be secured in the Readville section
of the city and a house built to replace the present
quarters of Hose Company 49, which are unfit for
occupancy.
Fire Department. 11
The building formerly occupied by the Municipal
Court in South Boston, which has been turned over to
this department, should be remodeled for Ladder
Company 5.
The station now occupied by Chemical Company 3,
Winthrop street, Charlestown, should be remodeled for
an engine company.
The quarters of Engine Company 8 are not modern
and are lacking in the proper toilet facilities and should
be remodeled.
The substitution of shower rooms for bathtubs and
furnishing separate rooms for all officers should be
carried out as far as financial conditions will permit,
also the painting of all exterior wood and metal on the
stations.
APPARATUS.
Engines.
A gasolene combination pumping engine, chemical and
hose wagon with a pump capacity of at least 700 gallons
per minute for the proposed station in Readville.
A gasolene combination pumping engine, chemical
and hose wagon to have a pump capacity of at least
1,000 gallons per minute for the proposed remodeled
station on Winthrop street, Charlestown.
The men now attached to Chemical Company 3
could be assigned to the proposed engine company, and
the chemical company then disbanded.
Gasolene combination pumping engines, chemicals and
hose wagons with a pump capacity of at least 700 gallons
per minute to replace the horse-drawn apparatus in the
quarters of Engine Companies 14, 19, 30, 42 and 48.
Tractors should be attached to the horse-drawn
engines in the quarters of Engine Companies 5, 20, 33
and 36.
Chemical and Hose Combinations.
Gasolene combination chemicals and hose wagons to
replace the horse-drawn apparatus in the quarters of
Engine Companies 5, 17, 20, 21, 28, 33 and 36 and
Chemical Companies 7 and 10.
Ladder Trucks.
Eighty-five foot, motor-driven, quick-raising aerial
ladder trucks should be installed in the quarters of
Ladder Companies 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9 to replace the horse-
drawn apparatus.
12 City Document No. 14.
The horse-drawn combination ladder trucks and
chemical engines in service with Ladder Companies 6,
11, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 should be motorized.
Relief Apparatus.
In view of the fact that there are at present numerous
pieces of motor apparatus in service, which number will
be largely augmented in the near future, care should be
taken to have a sufficient number of pieces of relief
apparatus of all kinds ready to replace the regularly
assigned apparatus in an emergency.
Wrecking Wagon.
I would respectfully recommend the purchase of a
motor-driven wrecking wagon, to be of a type and power
best fitted for the purpose.
MEN.
I would recommend that a ladder company, to be
known as Ladder Company 14, be organized as soon as
possible to man the 85-foot aerial truck proposed for the
Allston district.
The new company recommended for Readville should
consist of a lieutenant and six men, and as Hose Com-
pany 49 would be disbanded the man now assigned to
that company could be transferred to the new engine
company.
The engine company recommended for the Charles-
town district would require but seven men as Chemical
Company 3 would be disbanded and the men trans-
ferred to the new company.
In the year just passed the men of the department
have experienced a particularly hard siege of fire duty,
and a large number have undergone much sickness and
injuries. Much credit and praise is due the members
of the department for the manner in which they have
performed their duties.
The morale of the department is excellent and I
wish to express my gratitude to all other departments
who have cheerfully cooperated when called upon.
P. F. McDonough,
Chief of Department.
Fire Department. 13
FIRE ALARM BRANCH.
From: The Superintendent of Fire Alarm Branch.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Annual Report for the Year Ending January 31, 1916.
I respectfully submit the following report of the Fire
Alarm Branch for the fiscal year February 1, 1915, to
February 1, 1916.
Operating Division.
Note. — Records of this division are for the calendar
year 1915.
Box alarms received and transmitted:
First alarms ?
Second alarms
Third alarms (second omitted on 4)
Fourth alarms (second omitted on 2)
Fifth alarm .......
Box alarms received and not transmitted :
2,846
56
25
5
1
Alarms received from same box for same fire two or
more times . . 241
Alarms received from adjacent boxes for the same fire, 323
Box alarms received and transmitted as stills . . 21
Still alarms received and transmitted:
Received from citizens by telephone to office . . . 1,308
Received from Police Department by telephone to
office . . . 197
Received by companies which responded . . . 1,033
"Mutual aid" alarms, classified as stills ... 18
Emergency calls (accidents, etc.) classified as stills . 30
Still alarms for which box alarms were later transmitted, 161
Automatic Alarms.
Boston Automatic alarms received . . . . 135
Department box alarms received and transmitted for
same . . . . 15
A. D. T. alarms received . 28
A. D. T. alarms transmitted (box alarms received for
10) ' . . . . 18
14 • City Document No. 14.
Total Alarms.
Box alarms received from all sources .... 3,518
Box alarms transmitted (including multiples) . . 2,933
Stills, Automatesi, '''Mutual Aid," Emergency, etc.
(eliminating those for which box alarms were trans-
mitted) 2,724
Total alarms transmitted (all classes) . . . 5,657
Fire Alarm Box Records.*
Boxes from which no alarm was received . . . 371
Boxes from which twenty or more alarms were received, 1 1
Box tests and inspections , . 12,355
Improvements in Fire Alarm Office.
Much progress has been made during the past year
in reducing the fire hazard at headquarters, both exter-
ally and internally. Additional fire shutters have been
placed at windows on exposed sides of the building so
that all exposed openings are now equipped with shutters
and sprinkler heads. Quite a quantity of wo >dwork
has been removed from the Fire Alarm Office; cement
floors, terrazzo finish, have been laid; modern sanitary
arrangements have been furnished, much to the comfort
and convenience of the office force, and the office has
been repainted.
The rewiring of the office has been completed. All
wires concealed are contained in conduits and are insu-
lated with noninflammable material. The equipment
of the office has been materially increased. Two addi-
tional sources for supplying current to the dynamotors
have been added, viz. : Connections were made to the
Edison service in the repair shop, and emergency con-
nections provide the use of the generator which supplies
the current to operate the motors on Water Tower 2,
which is housed on the first floor of the headquarters
building. These additional sources of current make
available a total of five.
The equipment for box circuits has been increased
from fifty to seventy, and for gong and tapper circuits
from twenty-five to forty, thus making a total office
equipment for one hundred and ten (110) circuits.
* Each keyless door is tested semi-weekly.
Fire Department.
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New relays, registers, dynamo-tors and distributing
boards have been installed. In brief, the entire electrical
equipment has been entirely renovated, and, so far as
practical in an old office, has been replaced with modern
features.
Improvements in Department Stations.
In many of the department stations the electric wiring
is not up to the present day requirements. Special
efforts have been made to correct this condition as
rapidly as possible, and many improvements along this
line have been made. Four houses have been practically
rewired, and electricity was substituted for gas in one
house. In many other houses extended changes in the
fire alarm and lighting equipment have been made.
By General Order No. 92, June 11, 1914, the super-
vision of lighting in department stations and bills for
same were transferred to this branch. Under this
order all carbon lamps, except for hand portables, were
replaced with modern Mazda lamps; the ratings, on
which charges are based, was changed for many of the
stations; the wiring and fixtures in many stations were
overhauled and changed.
The result of these improvements was an increase of
20 per cent in lighting efficiency, and a reduction in
charges of 30 or more per cent, notwithstanding that
power service has increased because of the more general
use of storage batteries in connection with the large
number of pieces of motor apparatus now in service of
the department. The annual saving in cost charges for
lighting and power is shown more clearly by comparison
of cost in 1913, the last full year under old conditions,
and 1915, the first full year under the new conditions:
1913.
19S5.
Electric light and power for department stations and public
clocks.
For gas in department stations
Cost of Mazda lamps
$13,957 90
1,121 05
$8,088 85
355 14
676 29
Totals.
$15,078 95
$9,120 28
Note. — The 1913 figures were taken from the annual report of expenditures for that
year, and the 1915 figures are based on bills approved by this branch in 1915. The saving
shown by these figures is $5,958.67.
16 City Document No. 14.
Fire Alarm Boxes.
During the year 58 fire alarm box stations were added
to the system; 39 of these were established by this
department on public streets, 6 were established by the
Schoolhouse Department and 13 by business concerns
on private property.
Twenty-two boxes were removed from poles and
re-established on lamp-posts. The location of 8 boxes
were changed.
Eight box circuits were added, which afforded oppor-
tunity to reduce the overload on other circuits.
Outside Construction.
Thirty-six thousand nine hundred and ninety feet
of cable, containing about ninety miles of conductors,
were hauled into underground ducts, principally in the
East Boston, South Boston, Roxbury and Hyde Park
districts.
Thirty-seven new lamp-posts and 5 test posts were
installed, and 9 lamp-posts and 5 test posts were reset
or replaced by new posts.
Three thousand eight hundred and thirty-four feet of
ducts were laid underground and 2 manholes were built.
About twenty-eight miles of new wire, in extensions and
for replacing old wire, were strung on poles, and about
seventeen miles of wire were removed due to underground
work.
All boxes and test posts were repainted.
Alarm System in Hyde Park.
The old automatic alarm system which was transferred
to this department through the annexation of the town
of Hyde Park to this city, January 1, 1912, has been
abandoned and all circuits run through to headquarters.
This change gives this district the advantages of metro-
politan signal service and brings all circuits under direct
supervision of the central office.
Considerable underground work has also been done
in Hyde Park, thereby eliminating much overhead
construction.
Recommendations.
The importance of installing new cables in the city
proper cannot be overestimated. The present main
cables have been in service twenty-five years or more
Fire Department.
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and though still giving passable service too much reliance
cannot be placed on them. Another reason is the
necessity of establishing additional cable routes so that
the service may be maintained in the event of serious
damage to our cables through explosion or other causes.
The usual extensions to the underground service
should be made this year.
There are still many sections where signal boxes
should be established and the red light service, over or
near the boxes, should be extended.
New fire alarm posts, with signal boxes on same,
established during the year and duct lengths to same :
City Proper.
North and Cross streets
Congress and Purchase streets
Commonwealth avenue and Clarendon street
Belvidere and Dalton streets ....
Harrison avenue and Springfield street .
Shawmut avenue and Brookline street .
East Boston.
Day square
Brooks and Saratoga streets ....
South Boston.
Third and L streets
Dorchester and West Second streets
Broadway and I street
Broadway and M street
Northern avenue and Commonwealth Pier No.
Feet.
30
35
137
9
37
127
13
14
14
44
13
40
68
Dorchester.
Dorchester avenue and Victoria street
Waterlow and Elmont streets
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30
ROXBURY.
Southampton street, near railroad bridge
Southampton and Atkinson streets
Brookford street, opposite Dromey street
Howard avenue and Sargent street
Hartford and Robin Hood streets .
Regent and Fountain streets .
Walnut avenue and Elmore street .
Walnut avenue and Crawford street
Walnut avenue and Ruthven street
Walnut avenue and Iffley road
Blue Hill avenue and Seaver street
11
44
65
39
56
13
40
45
14
38
120
18
City Document No. 14.
West Roxbury.
Washington street and Mosgrove avenue ... 12
Robert and South Fairview streets .... 36
Centre and Willow streets 113
Hyde Park.
Hyde Park avenue and River street .... 37
Hyde Park avenue and Harvard avenue ... 6
Hyde Park avenue and Thatcher street ... 30
Hyde Park avenue and Arlington street ... 39
Hyde Park avenue and Metropolitan avenue . . 11
River street and Central avenue . . . . . 16
Fairmount avenue and Highland street ... 29
Fairmount avenue and Summit street .... 32
Fire alarm box posts reset during year :
Dorchester avenue and D street, on account of new tunnel.
Broadway and C street, on account of change of curb.
Tremont street and Van Rensselaer place, on account of broken
post.
Harrison avenue and Lenox street, on account of broken post.
Congress and A streets, on account of broken post.
Blue Hill avenue and Woodcliff street, on account of broken post.
Washington street, opposite Erie street, on account of broken
post.
Park and Henley streets, Charlestown, on account of broken
post.
Bennington and Marion streets, East Boston, on account of
building moved.
New test posts established during the year and duct
lengths to same:
Feet.
Berkeley and Marlborough streets, 4 ducts . 45
Tremont and West Newton streets, 4 ducts
Broadway and Dorchester street, 4 ducts
Broadway and L street, 4 ducts . . .
Hyde Park avenue and River street, 4 ducts
Cambridge and North Beacon streets, 4 ducts
19.5
13
14
34
Test posts replaced by new iron posts during the year:
Beverly and Traverse streets
Chauncy and Bedford streets, 4 ducts . . . .
Columbus avenue and Roxbury street . . . .
Central square, East Boston
Dorchester avenue and D street, on account of new
tunnel :
Feet.
40
Fire Department.
19
Conduits Installed. Feet .
Engine 30, Centre street, West Roxbury, 2 ducts . 98
Chemical 7 113
Brooks street, between Bennington and Saratoga
streets 258
Prescott street, between Bennington and Saratoga
streets ' . . 254
New Pole Connections and Duct Lengths to Same.
East Boston. Feet.
Prescott and .Chelsea streets • 147
South Boston.
East Second and L streets
East Fourth and L streets
East Second and Dorchester streets
Broadway and street .
Summer street at viaduct
48
35
50
58
75
Roxbury.
Southampton street, at Atkinson street
Dudley street and Harvard avenue
83
140
West Roxbury.
Washington and Kittredge streets .
Robert and South Fairview streets
Centre and Beech streets
Centre and Maple streets
Centre and Bellevue streets
Hyde Park.
Hyde Park avenue and Arlington street
Fairmount avenue and Pierce street
Fairmount avenue and Water street
Fairmount avenue and Summit street .
120
46
47
66
32
17
13
47
85
Manholes Built During Year.
Saratoga and Prescott streets.
Saratoga and Brooks streets.
Court and Stoddard streets (handhole).
Underground Cable Installed During the Year
East Boston.
Post, pole and house connections, 15-conductor .
Post connections, 10-conductor
Post connections, 4-conductor
Feet
574
989
498
20
City Document No. 14.
City Proper. Feet.
Post connections, 61-conductor 120
Post connections, 37-conductor 72
Post connections, 10-conductor . . . . . 672
Post connections, 6-conductor ..... 448
Post connections, 4-conductor 464
South Boston.
Congress street, from Pittsburgh street to Summer
street, 10-conductor 1,712
Viaduct, from Summer street to Northern avenue,
10-conductor 1,331
Post and pole connections, 19-conductor . . . 204
Post and pole connections, 10-conductor . . . 813
Post and pole connections, 6-conductor . . . 1,138
Roxbury.
Warren street and Harrison avenue, from Dudley street
to Rockville park, 20-conductor 1,536
Walnut avenue, Sigourney street and Glen road, 20-
conductor 8,345
Brookford street, from Blue Hill avenue to Dromey
street, 10-conductor 708
Fairland street and Mt. Pleasant avenue, 6-con-
ductor 993
Brookford and Hartford streets, 4-conductor . . 1,068
Brookford street and Howard avenue, 4-conductor . 859
Regent street, from Warren street to Fountain street,
4-conductor 730
Pole connections, 10-conductor 290
Dorchester.
Post connections, 10-conductor 435
West Roxbury.
Post connections, 10-conductor 27
Hyde Park.
Hyde Park avenue, from Canterbury street to River
street, 15-conductor 9,134
Fairmount avenue, from River street to Summit street,
6-conductor 3,646
Post and pole connections, 4-conductor . . . 523
Fire Alarm Box Stations Established During the Year.
(Public Boxes.)
City Proper.
1252. North and Cross streets.
1421. Congress and Purchase streets.
1663. Harrison avenue and East Springfield street.
Fire Department. 21
South Boston.
7216. Baxter and D streets.
7316. Dorchester and West Second streets.
7322. East Third and L streets.
7334. East Third and streets.
Dorchester.
3161. Hartford and Robin Hood streets.
3186. Olney street, near Blake ville street.
3234. Sawyer and Downer avenues.
3241. Dorchester avenue and Victoria street.
3261. Hancock and Jerome streets.
3371. Woodrow and Ballou avenues.
3373. Woodrow avenue and Lucerne street.
3414. Park and Everett streets.
3452. Train street, opposite Daly Industrial School.
Roxbury.
2148. Regent and Circuit streets.
2176. Blue Hill avenue and Seaver street.
2182. Humboldt avenue and Seaver street.
2184. Walnut avenue and Crawford street.
2345. Brookline avenue, near Pilgrim road.
2346. Pilgrim road and Short street.
2385. Minden and Day streets.
2394. Heath square.
2395. Minden and Posen streets.
3115. Massachusetts avenue and Gerard street.
3137. Burrell and Clifton streets.
3143. Clifton and Batchelder streets.
Jamaica Plain.
2426. Paul Gore street.
2447. Walnut avenue and Ifney road.
West Roxbury.
2518. Washington street and Mosgrove avenue.
2557. Metropolitan avenue and Maynard street.
2612. Birch and Albano streets.
2627. Bellevue street and Howitt road.
2644. Washington and Cowing streets.
2654. Centre and Upland streets.
2711. Fairview and Conway streets.
2723. Centre and Ainsworth streets.
2725. Church street and Pierpont road.
SCHOOLHOUSE BOXES. I
804. Mary Lyon School, Turner street, Brighton.
897. Frederic Whitney School, Islington and Armington
streets.
22 City Document No. 14.
1631. John J. Williams School, Groton street.
2237. William A. Bacon School, Vernon street.
3177. Quincy E. Dickerman School, Magnolia street.
7224. George Frisbee Hoar School, West Fifth street.
Private Boxes.
442. Navy Yard, telephone office.
447. Navy Yard, waterfront.
449. Navy Yard, near east gate.
1259. John Morrill & Co., 75 Commercial street. (Auxiliary.)
1266. City Hall Annex. (Auxiliary.)
1657. Homcepathic Hospital, Harrison avenue. (Auxiliary.)
2333. Museum of Fine Arts.
2419. Thomas G. Plant Company, Minden and Posen streets.
3558. Consumptives' Hospital, River street.
714. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad shed,
No. 9 Fargo street. (Auxiliary.)
7114. Merchants and Miners Steamship Company, Northern
avenue.
7335. Walworth Manufacturing Company, East First street.
803. St. ColumbkihVs Parochial School, Brighton. (Aux-
iliary.)
Changes in Location of Fire Alarm Boxes.
238. From Mt. Pleasant avenue, at Mt. Carmel Convent, to
Mt. Pleasant avenue and Vine street.
264. From Walnut avenue and Munroe street to Walnut
avenue and Elmore street.
269. From Regent street, opposite Alpine street, to Regent
and Fountain streets.
278. From Walnut avenue and Walnut park to Walnut
avenue and Ruthven street.
1671. From Chemical House No. 4, Shawmut avenue, to
Shawmut avenue and West Brookline street.
2712. From Fairview and South streets to South Fairview
and Robert streets.
3236. From Stoughton and Pleasant streets to Stoughton and
Sumner streets.
3237. From Edward Everett School, Pleasant street, to
Pleasant and Thornley streets.
Some progress was made in renumbering boxes in accordance
with plan adopted several years ago.
Fire Alarm Boxes in Service.
Total number 1,083
Owned by Fire Department
Owned by Schoolhouse Department .
Owned by Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company
Private ownership
788
148
61
86
Fire Department.
23
Department boxes:
On lamp-posts .
On poles ....
On buildings with lights over them
On buildings not lighted .
Equipped with keyless doors
Equipped with keyless doors with handles under
glass guards .
Equipped with key doors
With auxiliary attachments
Schoolhouse boxes:
On lamp-posts . . .
On poles ....
On outside of buildings .
Inside of buildings
Equipped with keyless doors
Equipped with key doors
Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company boxes
On poles . .
On outside of buildings
Inside of buildings
Equipped with keyless doors
Equipped with key doors
Private boxes:
On poles ....
On outside of buildings
Inside of buildings
Equipped with keyless doors
Equipped with key doors
349
413
20
3
735
49
4
15
11
17
63
57
91
57
7
15
39
7
54
7
19
60
11
75
Posts.
Lamp-posts in service .
Lamp-posts set but not in service
Test posts in service
Pole test boxes in service
360
7
61
173
Classification of Fire Alarm Box Stations.
Academies 4
Asylums 2
Ball grounds 1
Car barns 5
Cemetery . 1
Church 1
Homes for Aged People . 2
Hospitals ......... 15
Hotels 6
Manufacturing plants 21
Milk depot 1
Museum 1
Navy Yard 6
24
City Document No. 14.
Newspaper office .
Office building
Police station (Chelsea)
Power stations
Prison
Public buildings
Public hall .
Railroad shops
Railroad stations
Railroad*yards
Restaurant
Retail stores
Schoolhouses
Stables
Stock 'yards
Street (public) boxes*
Theaters .
Warehouse
Wharves .
Wholesale houses
Total
1
1
1
5
1
2
1
4
5
12
1
6
162
2
2
775
28
1
5
2
1,083
Circuits.
Number of box circuits 60
Number of tapper circuits 13
Number of gong circuits ...... 13
Number of telephone circuits to department stations, 43
Number of telephone circuits to Oxford Exchange . 7
Special telephone circuit to Back Bay Exchange, 1
Special telephone circuit to Police Headquarters . 1
Special telephone circuit to A. D. T. Company's
office 1
Telephone connection with Boston Automatic Com-
pany's office 1
Telephone connection with Boston Protective Com-
pany No. 1 1
The above telephone service is from the department
exchange board.
Wire, Cable and Conduits.
Line wire in service
Aerial cable in service .
Conductors in same
Aerial cable conductors in service
Underground cable in service
Conductors in same
Underground cable conductors in service
Feet.
1,334,700
115,530
657,235
470,863
651,100
10,443,081
6,044,277
* There are several boxes installed by the Schoolhouse Department and others which
are accessible to the public but are not counted as street boxes.
Fire Department.
25
Conduit owned by the Fire Department .
Ducts in Fire Department conduit ....
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company's
ducts used by Fire Department ....
Postal Telegraph Company's ducts used by Fire
Department
Feet.
46,741
60,136
448,979
1,411
Fire Alarm Apparatus.
Tappers in service 141
Boston tappers in adjacent towns and cities . . 6
Tappers connected to adjacent systems in Boston
Fire Department stations 6
Gongs in service 117
Registers in service (outside of Fire Alarm Office) . 23
Relays in service 13
Telephones in department stations .... 136
Public exchange lines from department exchange
board 8
Public Clocks.
Twenty-seven tower clocks, twenty-three of which are owned
by the city, are kept in operation by this department. Sixty-
two reports of clock troubles, most of which were of minor
importance, were attended to during the year.
Summary of Work Done.
New line wire used
Old wire removed from poles
Aerial cable installed
Conductors in same
Aerial cable removed .
Conductors in same
Underground cable installed in ducts of New Enj;
land Telephone and Telegraph Company
Conductors in same
Underground cable installed in department ducts
Conductors in same
Total underground cable installed
Conductors in same
Cables used for repairs and on account of new sub
way
Conductors in same
Conduits laid by this department
Ducts in same ....
Manholes built by department .
Pole set by department
Crossarms used by department .
Feet.
148,840
89,200
16,726
73,975
1,673
14,106
32,579
421,581
4,411
49,553
36,990
471,134
1,359
88,542
3,454
3,834
2
1
588
26
City Document No. 14.
Fire alarm boxes installed:
By Fire Department
By Schoolhouse Department ....
By Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company
By private owners
Fire alarm lamp-posts set (addition to service)
Fire alarm lamp-posts reset ....
Fire alarm test posts installed (addition to service)
Fire alarm test posts replaced by new
Fire alarm pole test boxes installed .
39
6
5
8
37
9
6
5
15
George L. Fickett,
Superintendent Fire Alarm.
Fire Department. 27
SUPERINTENDENT OF REPAIR SHOP.
Boston, February 17, 1916.
From: Superintendent op Repair Shop.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Annual Report.
1 respectfully submit the following table showing the
number of repairs on horse-drawn apparatus and the
cost, and cost of repairs done outside repair shop.
The number of repair jobs and the cost, the work being
done by department mechanics, for the upkeep of the
houses of the different companies, and stock furnished
where repairs were made by company members is shown;
also repairs other than those made by department
mechanics.
Repairs on furniture and bedding both in repair shop
and by outside firms is included.
HORSE-DEIVEN APPARATUS.
Number of jobs done in repair shop .... 1,771
Cost for material and labor $16,270
Number of jobs done by outside firms .... 202
Cost of jobs done by outside firms .... $2,534
Summary of Apparatus Repairs in Repair Shop.
52 Springs for running gear were attached to different pieces
of apparatus.
112 Solid rubber tires were applied to apparatus wheels.
8 Ladder trucks, 15 fire engines, 8 hose wagons and 6 chemical
engines were in repair shop and made ready for service.
2 1,100-gallon nozzles with Siamese connection^ were attached
to hose wagons.
Two Steam Engine Boilers Installed.
Horseless Engine No. 35 had new boiler installed, thereby
doing away with the throwing of sparks, which was the cause
of several awning' fires while apparatus was responding to
alarms. Engine No. 39 had a new boiler installed.
House Repairs.
Number of jobs by carpenters, painters, plumbers
and steamfitter 54 4
Material and labor $16,51 1
Outside firms making repairs . . . . . . 71
Cost $2,80 5
Repairs made by company members, stock furnished
from the repair shop $975
28
City Document No. 14.
FUKNITUKE AND BEDDING.
Cost of repairs by outside firms
Cost of material and labor in repair shop
Cost of stock furnished, repairs made by company
members
$1,266
$127
Three upright boilers were installed in the boiler
room of the repair shop. These are connected with the
repair shop, Fire Alarm Branch, and furnish heat and
power to the Dover Street Bath House.
To keep the fire apparatus in running order all kinds
of repairs are made in the Repair Shop Branch, and every
description of repair work is done by the carpenters,
painters, plumbers and steamfitter, who are under the
general supervision of the superintendent of the repair
shop, to keep the department houses up to a high
standard, making them safe and sanitary.
Amount of Hose Purchased and Condemned During
the Year.
Hose Purchased.
Feet.
Hose Condemned.
Feet.
Leading cotton hose
16,720
Leading cotton hose
15,910
Chemical hose .
1,000
Chemical hose .
1,400
Flexible suction hose
200
Leading rubber hose
700
Deluge hose
200
Flexible suction hose
275
Deck hose .
100
Deck hose ....
100
Four-inch rubber suctioi
l
Deluge hose
160
hose . ' .
20i
Four-inch rubber suction
hose ....
Total . . . :
52
Total .
18,240§
18,597
Amount of Hose in Use and Store February
1, 1916.
In Use.
Feet.
In Store.
Feet.
Leading cotton hose
114,526
Leading cotton hose
2,060
Chemical hose .
14,450
Deluge hose
166
Leading rubber hose
4,750
Chemical hose .
100
Four-inch rubber suction
Four-inch rubber suction
hose . . . .
1,049
hose ....
72
Deck hose . . . .
900
Two and one-half inch
Deluge hose
800
rubber suction hose
40
Flexible suction hose
541*
Flexible suction hose
Total ....
m
Total . . . .
137,016*
2,450!
Respectfully submitted,
E. M. Byington,
Superintendent.
Fire Department.
29
BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT VETERINARY
HOSPITAL.
Boston, February 14, 1916.
From: The Department Veterinarian.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Annual Report.
Sir, — I respectfully report for the year ending
January 31, 1916, the number of calls received for the
treatment of sick and injured horses and for medicines
was 825. There were 309 horses treated at the Veterinary
Hospital for sickness and injuries and 301 treated in
their respective quarters for minor troubles.
There were 315 calls for medicines for emergency use.
The health and condition of the horses of this department
is excellent.
The number of horses purchased, sold, died, killed
in service and destroyed for the year ending January
31, 1916, is as follows:
Total number on hand February 1, 1915
343
Total number on hand February 1, 1916
290
Horses purchased
15
Horses sold
49
Horses died
2
Horses destroyed . . . . .
12
Horses killed in service
5
Department ambulance calls
20
Respectfully submitted,
Daniel P. Keogh, M. D. V.
30 City Document No. 14.
HEADQUARTERS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Boston, February 14, 1916.
From: The Medical Examiner.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Annual Report.
I have the honor to report for the year ending February
1, 1916, as follows:
Number of cases of illness 368
Number of cases of injury \ . 831
Remained on duty 681
Examinations.
For appointment as probationary firemen . . . 15
General examinations, including probationers at the
expiration of their terms 1,385
House and hospital visits 139
The health of the men has been excellent until the
recent epidemic of grip which has increased the sick list
very materially. The medicine chests, carried on the
different apparatus, have been inspected regularly and
found in good condition, as in previous years, reflecting
credit on the commanding officers.
Deaths.
Michael Walsh, Chief of Fire District No. 9, February
20, from injuries received while responding to still
alarm, December 2, 1914.
Alfred A. Bestwick, Ladder 10, February 28, cancer.
Charles H. W. Pope, Junior Deputy Chief, July 12,
pneumonia.
J. H. Sullivan, Engine 12, July 3, tuberculosis.
Timothy J. Crowley, Engine 10, August 16, chronic
nephritis.
Dennis A. Walsh, Engine 10, December 21, killed at
Box 1356.
Charles Willett, Engine 10, December 21, killed at
Box 1356.
Fire Department. 31
T. H. Kehoe, Engine 38-39, January 19, chronic
nephritis.
In closing permit me to thank you and your subor-
dinate officers for the efficient cooperation, courtesy
and consideration received by me in the discharge of
my duties.
Respectfully,
R. W. Sprague,
Medical Examiner.
32
City Document No. 14.
MOTOR APPARATUS.
134
82
A'iO
36
10
38
18
18,164
326
$1,987
Boston, May 29, 1916.
From: Supervisor op Motor Apparatus.
To: The Fire Commissioner:
Subject: Annual Report.
1 respectfully submit the following report showing the
number of repairs on motor-driven apparatus for the
year 1915-16:
Total number of jobs done in the repair shop . . 750
Repairs to ladder trucks .
Repairs to steamers (tractors)
Repairs to chiefs' cars
Repairs to combinations .
Repairs to chemicals
Repairs to pumping engines
Repairs to water towers .
Cost of labor and material .
Total number of jobs done by outside firms
Cost of labor and material ....
180 Storage batteries recharged.
110 Prest-O-Lite tanks exchanged.
154 New tubes purchased.
265 New shoes purchased.
700 Tubes repaired.
160 Shoes repaired.
110 Tubes scrapped.
126 Shoes scrapped.
105 Auto springs were repaired, and attached by mechanics
in the Repair Shop Branch.
New Apparatus.
2 Motor combination hose cars.
6 Chiefs' runabouts.
Tractors installed on : .
2 Steam fire engines.
1 Water tower.
4 Aerial ladder trucks.
4 City service trucks.
•Respectfully submitted,
C. E. Stewart,
Supervisor of Motor Apparatus.
Fire Department.
33
THE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION.
Commissioner, John Grady.
Chief Clerk, Benjamin F. Underhill.
Chief of Department, Peter F. McDonough.
Superintendent of Construction and Repairs, Eugene M.
Byington.
Supervisor of Motor Apparatus, Charles E. Stewart.
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.
Clerks.
George F. Murphy, Daniel J. Quinn, James P. Maloney,
Edward L. Tierney,' Herbert J. Hickey, John J. Coholan,
William J. Hurley, Nathan Cohen, Joseph A. Cahalan.
STRE
NG r
rH AND PAY.
Headquarters.
Per annum.
1 Commissioner
1 Chief clerk
1 Medical examiner
$5,000
2,500
1,500
1 Bookkeeper
2 Clerks
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Assistant engineer (
mesi
senger) *
2,100
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,400
10
Fire-fighting Branch.
1 Chief of department
2 Deputy chiefs
15 District chiefs
$1,500
3,500
3,000
59 Captains
88 Lieutenants
2,000
1,800
1 Private, aid to commissioner *
1,400
1 Private, aid to chief * .
1,400
3 Engineers (marine)
1,700
48 Engineers ....
1,500
47 Assistant engineers
1,400
1 Assistant engineer . .
1,100
* Detailed from fire-fighting branch.
34
City Document No. 14.
694 Privates:
463
51
45
84
33
10
Per annum.
$1,400
1,300
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
720
960
Repair Shop Branch.
1 Supervisor of motor apparatus .... $3,500
1 Superintendent 3,000
1 Captain, assistant superintendent * . 2,000
1 Lieutenant, foreman of hose and harness shop,* 1,800
1 Engineer (master plumber) * . . . . 1,600
1 Hoseman (master carpenter) * 1,600
1 Hoseman (master painter) * .... 1,600
3 Privates * 1,400
Employees.
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Clerk * .
1 Storekeeper * . .
1 Engineer .
3 Firemen .
2 Plumbers
1 Steamfitter
6 Painters .
1 Wheelwright .
1 Wheelwright .
1 Machinist
6 Machinists
1 Foreman blacksmith
4 Blacksmiths .
5 Blacksmith's helpers
3 Carpenters
1 Vulcanizer
2 Hose and harness repairers
1 Hose and harness repairer
1 Chauffeur
2 Teamsters
$1,500
1,000
1,400
1,800
Per day.
$3 50
25
40
00
50
75
25
00
75
00
75
75
50
00
50
50
00
50
56
Detailed from fire-fighting branch.
Fiee Department.
35
Fire Alarm Branch.
1 Superintendent
1 Chief operator and assistant superintendent
4 Principal operators
3 Operators
4 Assistant operators
4 Assistant operators .
Construction Force.
1 Foreman
1 Assistant foreman
1 Clerk
1 Clerk (stockman)*
1 Machinist
2 Machinists
20 Repairers, linemen and wiremen (average)
1 Watchman
45
Veterinary Hospital Branch.
1 Veterinarian
1 Captain, assistant to veterinarian*
3 Hostlers (average) ......
1 Horseshoer
Per annum.
$3,000
2,500
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,100
$2,200
1,600
1,100
1,400
Per day.
$4 25
3 75
3 69
2 75
Per annum.
$3,000
2,000
Per day.
$2 50
3 50
1,077
CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
Peter F. McDonough.
Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Mason Street.
The Chief is in charge of the fire protection of the
city, which is divided into two divisions, each com-
manded by a deputy chief, which are subdivided into
fifteen districts, each commanded by a district chief.
Division 1.
Deputy Chief, John O. Taber.
Headquarters, Ladder House 8, Fort Hill Square.
This division comprises Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
* Detailed from fire-fighting branch.
36 City Document No. 14.
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, Allan J. Macdonald.
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, Stephen J. Rydee.
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, then"ce 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, 18, Water Tower 3.
District 4-
District Chief, John E. Madison.
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-
shire streets, thence through Devonshire street southerly
Fire Department. 37
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, William Coulter.
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 to Devon-
shire street, thence through Devonshire street to the
point of beginning.
38 City Document No. 14.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 7, 10, 26,
35, Ladder 17, Chemical 2.
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 south-
easterly, 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-
ton street, thence through Arlington street to Boylston
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
Fire Department. 39
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.
Division 2.
Deputy Chief, Daniel F. Sennott.
Headquarters, Ladder House 4, Dudley Street.
This division comprises Districts 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
and 15.
District 8.
District Chief, William J. Gaffe y.
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 Marcella street, thence by Marcella
street to Centre street, by Centre street to New Heath
street, thence by New Heath street to Heath square to
Heath street, thence by South Huntington avenue to
Huntington avenue, thence by Huntington avenue to
the Brookline boundary line, thence northerly and
easterly 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.
District 9.
District Chief, Joseph H. Kenney.
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
40 City Document No. 14.
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 (exclusively), 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 Massa-
chusetts avenue, thence northwesterly through Massa-
chusetts avenue to Washington street, thence southerly
through Washington street to Elmore street, thence
easterly through Elmore street to Monroe street, thence
easterly through Monroe street to Warren street, thence
southeasterly through Warren street to Sunderland
street, thence through Sunderland street to Stanwood
street, thence through Stanwood street to Columbia
road, thence northeasterly through Columbia road to
Stoughton 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 Evandale terrace to waterfront, thence northerly
along waterfront to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 12, 21, 23,
24, Ladder 4, Chemical 10.
District 10.
District Chief, Walter M. McLean.
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 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
Fire Department. 41
street, thence through Preston street to Freeport street,
thence southerly through Freeport street to Dorchester
bay, thence northerly along the waterfront to point of
beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 17, 18,
Ladders 7, 29, Chemical 11.
District 11.
District Chief, Henry A. Fox. ■
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.
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 Washington and Morton streets, thence by
Morton street to Canterbury street, thence by Canter-
bury street to Blue Hill avenue, thence by Blue Hill
avenue to Columbia road, thence by Columbia road to
Stanwood street, thence by Stanwood and Sunderland
streets to Warren street, thence by Warren street to
Munroe street, thence by Munroe street to Elmore
street, thence by Elmore street to Washington street,
thence by Washington street to Marcella street, thence
by Marcella street to Centre street, thence by Centre
street to New Heath street, thence by New Heath street
to Heath square, thence through Heath square to Heath
street, thence by Heath street to South Huntington
avenue, thence by South Huntington avenue to Hunt-
ington avenue, thence by Huntington avenue to the
Brookline boundary line, thence southeasterly along said
Brookline boundary line to Perkins street, thence by
Perkins street to Prince street, thence by Prince street
to the Arborway, thence by the Arborway to the point
of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 28, 42,
Ladders 10, 23, 30, Chemical 5.
42 City Document No. 14.
District 13.
District Chief, Michael J. Kennedy.
Headquarters, Engine House 45, corner Washington
and Poplar Streets, Roslindale.
All that portion of the city beginning at the inter-
section of Washington and Morton streets, thence by
Morton street to Harvard street, thence by Harvard
street to Ashland street, thence by Ashland street to and
across the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
tracks, thence southerly along the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad tracks to the boundary
line of Ward 24, thence southwesterly along the said
boundary line of Ward 24 to the Dedham boundary line,
thence along the Dedham boundary line to the Newton
boundary line, thence northeasterly along the Newton
boundary line to the Brookline boundary line, thence
southeasterly and thence northerly along said Brookline
boundary line to Perkins street, thence by Perkins street
to Prince street, thence by Prince street to the Arborway,
thence by the Arborway to the point of beginning.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 30, 45,
Ladders 16, 25, 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
avenue to Fremont street, thence through Fremont
Fire Department. 43
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, Joseph A. Dolan.
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.
44
City Document No. 14.
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 and Fourth streets
4,000
16,200
Engine 2.
Bristol street and Harrison avenue . . .
4,000
30,000
Engine 3 and Ladder 3.
Bulfinch street
Marion street, East Boston
6,098
1,647
96,000
9,000
Engine 4, Chemical 1 and
Tower 1.
Engine 5.
2,269
1,893
40,000
39,200
East street
Engine 7.
Salem street
2,568
27,200
Engine 8.
4,720
33,300
Engine 9 and Ladder 2.
1,886
20,500
Engine 10.
Saratoga and Byron sts., East Boston,
10,000
40,000
Engine 11 and Ladder 21.
7,320
4,832
25,000
14,800
Engine 12.
Cabot street
Engine 13.
5,713
14,600
2,803
18,600
Engine 15.
Corner River and Temple streets
12,736
19,200
Engine 16 and Ladder 6.
Meeting House Hill, Dorchester
9,450
17,300
Engine 17 and Ladder 7.
Harvard street, Dorchester
9,440
18,800
Engine 18.
7,683
14,200
Engine 19.
Walnut street, Dorchester
9,000
17,300
Engine 20 and Ladder 27.
10,341
17,100
Engine 21.
7,500
62,500
Engine 22 and Ladder 13.
3,445
11,200
Engine 23.
Corner Warren and Quincy streets. . .
4,186
18,100
Engine 24.
4,175
100,600
Engine 25 and Ladder 8.
5,623
2,600
212,000
17,500
Engines 26 and 35.
Engine 27.
Centre street, Jamaica Plain
10,377
28,300
Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton
14,358
37,200
Engine 29 and Ladder 11.
Centre street, West Roxbury
12,251
25,000
Engine 30 and Ladder 25.
521 Commercial street, on land of
Public Works Department.
10,000
Engine 31, fireboat.
Fire Department.
Fire Stations. — Concluded.
45
Location.
Number
of Feet
in Lot.
Assessed
Valuation.
Occupied by
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 and Poplar streets, Ros-
lindale.
Dorchester avenue, Ashmont
Adjoining South Ferry, East Boston.
Harvard avenue and "Winthrop street,
Hyde Park.
Church street
Corner 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
8,188
5,646
4,637
5,668
5,231
4,000
4,010
6,112
3,S48
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
Sprague and Milton streets, Hyde
Park district, on land owned by the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad.
$25,000
108,000
17,800
21,000
14,300
40,000
18,000
34,500
22,900
19,600
30,000
22,400
23,200
31,600
40,100
23,600
15,400
4,300
40,600
7,800
8,000
13,200
17,800
37,200
26,000
16,000
25,600
23,800
39,900
10,700
21,400
19,800
42,000
3,000
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.
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.
46 City Document No. 14.
Headquarters Building, Bristol street, 15,679 feet
of land $113,000
Water Tower No. 2 is 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, Main street, Charlestown, 2,430 feet
of land 6,500
Coal station, Charles River avenue, on land of
Public Works Department, building cost . . 1,200
Building No. 11 Wareham street used by the Fire
Alarm Branch as workshop and storeroom,
8,500 feet of land 40,000
Total value of land, wharves and buildings . . 2,247,800
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.
47
CANNEL COAL STATIONS.
Division 1.
DlSTEICT.
Location.
Capacity.
(Tons.)
Wagons.
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
11
11
11
Engine 11
Engine 40
Engine 36
Ladder 9
Chemical 3
Sleeper st
Engines 38 and 39
Ladder 18
Engine 8
Ladder 24
Charles River avenue . .
Engine 26
Chemical 2
Engine 2
Dorchester street, 330. .
Engine 33
Division
Engine 13
Engine 14
Engine 37
Engine 12
Engine 21
Engine 23
Engine 24
Engine 17
Engine 18
Engine 29
Engine 34
Engine 41
12
20
35
35
15
45
6
1
5
16
50
20
35
20
20
25
40
10
20
5
6
5
7
3
5
7
7
10
48
City Document No. 14.
Division 2. — Concluded.
District.
Location.
Capacity.
(Tons.)
Wagons.
11
10
20
9
9
9
5
7
4
8
10
1
12
1
12
13
Engine 42
1
1
13
1
14
Engine 16
Engine 20
1
14
1
14
15
1
15
15
Engine 48
Hose 49
1
APPARATUS.
Engines. — 45 in service, 8 in reserve.
Ladder Trucks. — 31 in service, 7 in
reserve.
Chemical Engines. — 13 in service, 3 in
reserve.
Water Towers. — 3 in service, 1 in re-
serve.
Fireboats. — 3 in service.
Hose Wagons. — 38 in service, 8 in re-
serve.
Automobiles. — 26 in service, 3 in re-
serve.
Delivery Trucks. — 2 in service.
Motor Combination Wagons. — 5 in
service, 1 in reserve.
Miscellaneous. — ■ 41 fuel wagons, 6 re-
pair wagons, 2 supply wagons, 3 manure
wagons, 30 hose pungs, 3 jobbing pungs,
4 fire alarm pungs.
Fire Department.
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NUMBER OF RUNS EACH COMPANY HAD FROM
FEBRUARY 1, 1915, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1916.
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Engine 11
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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
Engine 32
21
20
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33
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50
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28
32
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29
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Engine 33 .
Engine 34 .
Engine 35 .
Engine 36 .
Engine 37 .
Engine 38 .
Engine 39 .
Engine 40 .
Engine 41 .
Engine 42 .
Engine 43 .
Engine 44 .
Engine 45 .
Engine 46 .
Engine 47 .
Engine 48 .
Hose 49. . .
Ladder 1 .
Ladder 2 .
Ladder 3 .
Ladder 4 .
Ladder 5 .
Ladder 6 .
Ladder 7 .
Ladder 8 .
Ladder 9 .
Ladder 10 .
Ladder 1 1 .
Ladder 12 .
Ladder 13 .
Ladder 14 .
Ladder 15.
Ladder 16.
Ladder 17.
Ladder 18.
Ladder 19.
15
17
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10
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12
14
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130
179
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276
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60 City Document No. 14.
Number of Runs of Each Company. — Concluded.
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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
Chemical 2
Chemical 3
Chemical 4
Chemical 5
Chemical 7
Chemical 8
Chemical 9
Chemical 10
Chemical 11
Chemical 12
Chemical 13
Chemical 14
Tower 1
Tower 2....
Tower 3 . . . .
23
19
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16
27
19
13
23
7
14
9
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53
35
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21
30
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18
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21
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4
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7
12
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42
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16
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13
22
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33
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9
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55
49
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52
51
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17
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21
23
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6
11
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31
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17
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28
23
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7
6
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6
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21
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15
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6
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11
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7
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201
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322
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283
202
230
639
473
103
338
281
262
243
112
263
243
308
154
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66
89
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Fire Department.
61
Expenditures for the Year.
Salaries to January 27, 1916, inclusive:
John Grady, commissioner . $4,986 28
B. F. Underhill, chief clerk . 2,493 40
Peter F. McDonough, chief . 4,353 34
Deputies and district chiefs . 48,232 62
Members of the various engine,
ladder and hose companies 1,312,318 54
Pensioners 140,988 67
Clerk hire . . . . . 8,883 67
Injured employees . . . 240 00
Less amount deducted for cloth
furnished by the department
.,522,496 52
2,922 82
Repairs of apparatus, including stock sent to
repair shop:
Mechanics $61,921 87
Materials, etc.
New apparatus
Horses :
Hay, grain and straw
Shoeing .
Attendants at hospital, medi-
cine, etc. .
Harnesses, repairs, etc
Horse hire
Repairs and alterations of houses
Fuel for houses and engines .
Hardware, tools and supplies
Hose, pipes and repairs
Furniture and bedding
Washing .
Electric lighting
Printing
Uniform cloth .
Rents
Medical services
Expert services
Hats, badges and buttons
Stationery
40,691 37
546,308 52
17,990 31
9,081 96
1,531 57
168 25
1,519,573 70
102,613 24
77,581 90
75,080 61
53,853 76
47,170 51
20,641 31
20,370 68
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3,325 97
2,640 20
2,502 50
1,821 90
1,454 77
1,432 39
1,316 84
62
City Document No. 14.
Chemicals . .
Janitor at headquarters .
Ice
Expenses of detailed men
Books, papers and office expenses
Cas
Postage
Electric power ....
Removing ashes from fireboat
Traveling expenses .
Freights
Medical supplies
Advertising ....
Hydrants
Rent of gas regulators .
.,201 31
602 40
529 20
497 24
493 55
322 17
300 72
217 95
145 88
125 20
94 56
66 81
65 20
40 54
9 75
$1,951,763 43
Fire Alarm Telegraph.
Salaries :
George L. Fickett,
superintendent,
$2,857 44
Operators, re-
pairers, etc.
60,793 38
$63,650 82
Less amount de-
ducted for uniform
cloth furnished by
the department .
158 56
$63,492 26
Wire, cable and conduits
16,578 10
Instruments, tools and repairs
11,879 33
Repairs, alterations
and exten-
sions
3,152 57
Telephone service .
1,919 41
Rents
1,848 75
Electric power .
688 87
Use of duct in East Boston Tunnel, .
450 36
Maps and plans
449 35
Car fares and travelin
g expenses .
311 02
Electric light for clocks .
81 90
Repairing clocks
57 81
Removing bells from towers .
49 00
Repairing tower, St.
Augustine s
Church .
350 00
Time service
12 00
101,320 73
$2,053,084 16
Fire Department.
63
Income.
Heating and power, Dover Street Bath House
Changing fire alarm conduits and boxes
Contributions for damages to fire alarm boxes
lamp-posts, wagon, etc
Service of employees
Permits for fires in open spaces, fireworks, blast
ing, transportation and storage of explosives
Sale of badges .
Sale of old material
Sale of manure
Rebate on automobile
Rents
Court fees
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740 72
3,000 25
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Causes of Fires and Alarms from January 1, 1915,
to January 1, 1916.
Alarms, false, needless, bell
and still 824
Alarms out of city 18
Automatic alarms, false and
accidental 95
Automobiles 106
Brush, rubbish, etc 1,297
Careless use lamp, candle ... 85
Careless use matches and
set by rats 520
Careless use pipe, cigar and
cigarette 217
Chimneys, soot burning .... 230
Clothes near stove 24
Defective chimney, stove,
pipe, boiler 75
Electric wires, motor 110
Fireworks and firecrackers . . 13
Gas jet, gas stove 95
Gasolene, naphtha, benzine, 55
Grease in ventilator 58
Hot ashes in wooden re-
ceptacle 69
Incendiary and supposed. . . -81
Lamp upsetting, explosion . . 69
Miscellaneous 13
Oil stove, careless use* and
explosion 29
Overheated furnace, stove,
boiler 146
Set by boys 76
Sparks from chimneys, stove, 110
Sparks from locomotive, en-
gine 44
Spontaneous combustion. . . . 128
Thawing 9
Unknown 841
Total 5,437
1915.
Fire Extinguished bt
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January. .
February.
March. . .
April
May
June
July
August. . .
September
October . . .
November .
December .
Totals
58
58
145
89
75
63
75
45
63
57
83
77
62
50
99
60
63
63
67
47
49
57
67
51
99
85
246
136
89
97
68
61
35
73
87
68
11
7
198
74
44
34
20
12
19
18
22
33
28
56
51
35
46
31
23
49
40
44
51
18
34
226
105
37
37
38
25
38
45
51
4S
7
14
12
4
9
7
1
3
3
4
4
735
1,144
468
487
702
66
City Document No. 14.
Fiees Where Loss Exceeded $15,000.
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
1915
Jan. 3
Jan. 7
Jan. 25
Feb. 1
Feb. 4
Feb. 21
Feb. 24
March 1
March 3
March 18
April 8
April 15
April 24
June 18
June 18
July 14
Aug. 12
Aug. 31
Sept. 16
Sept. 27
Oct. 23
Oct. 25
Oct. 30
Nov. 1
Nov. 7
Nov. 20
Nov. 24
Dec. 5.
Dec. 21
137-139 Summer street, Liggett Drug Company
14-28 Oliver street, L. P. Winchenbaugh
10 Williams street, Harry Ham
153-155 Washington street, Standard Raincoat Company..
Navy Yard, United States Government
1126-1130 Columbus avenue, Hunt Department Store. . . .
220-224 Friend street, Globe Upholstery Company
34-35-36 Central Wharf, Indian Refining Company
2-12 High street, Burditt & Williams
641-643 Atlantic avenue, Cobb-Hersey Company
4 Richards street, Hide & Skin Importing Company
18 Elm street, Vorenberg & Co., et al
14-20 L street, Boston National Leather Finishing Company
15-19 Cross street, Suffolk Overall Manufacturing Com-
pany
224-226 Congress street, Kenney Brothers & Wolkins
11 A Green street, New England Reed Company
101-111 Summer street, Royal Curtain Manufacturing Com-
pany
33-36 Commercial Wharf, Berry Dodge Company
31-33 Troy street, R. H. White Company
126 Homes avenue, B. H. Hunt, Jr, et al
60 Commerce street, Samoset Chocolate Company
47-51 Chardon street, Richardson, Wright & Co
101-105 Chestnut street, Chauncey Thomas & Co., Inc . . .
Eagle street, Boston Elevated Railway Company
33-35 John street, Chamberlain Company, Inc
124-132 Summer street, Bedford Manufacturing Company.
34-39 Washington Street North, Weinberg Dry Goods Com-
pany
101 Harvard avenue, J. A. Dowling
347-357 Cambridge street, National Rubber Clothing Com-
pany
$23,078
77,558
25,903
15,100
20,500
25,215
37,937
16,672
240,645
148,923
23,390
23,919
136,843
21,065
77,139
17,742
22,443
21,560
33,994
23,781
51,015
42,529
111,868
161,574
16,099
31,638
28,149
36,711
55,357
Fire Department.
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STATISTICS.
Population, January 1, 1916
Area, square miles
Number brick, etc., buildings .
Number of wooden buildings .
Fires in brick and stone buildings
Fires in wooden buildings
Out of city
Not in buildings, false and needless
Total alarms
1,618
1,356
18
2,445
754,852
47.34
29,669
73,447
...... 5,437
Fire Loss for the Year Ending December 31, 1915.
Buildings, loss insured
Contents, loss insured
Buildings, loss not insured
Contents, loss not insured
Total loss buildings and contents
Marine loss . . .
$41,491
134,933
$1,048,054
1,773,709
$2,821,763
176,424
?,998,187
$6,413
YEARLY LOSS FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS.
Year ending
February 1
1902
$1,830,719
a
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1903
1,762,619
a
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1904
1,674,333
u
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1905
2,473,980
a
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1906 ...
2,130,146
u
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1907
1,130.334
a
" 1
1908
2,268,074
a
" 1
1909 ...
3,610,000
a
" 1
1910
■ 1,680,245
a
" 1
1911 (11 months) .
3,159,989
u
January 1
1912
2,232,267
a
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1913
2,531,017
u
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1914
* 3,138,373
u
" 1
1915
3,013,269
u
" 1
1916
3,004,600
* Does not include marine loss of $1,116,475, steamship "Templemore."
Note. — January loss, 1911, amounting to $165,001, deducted from previous year and
included in calendar year January 1, 1911,. to January 1, 1912.
68
City Document No. 14.
ALARMS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.*
Year.
Bell.
Still and
Automatic.
Totals.
1915
2,847
2,945
2,594
2,812
2,291
1,864
2,101
2,210
2,441
1,687
2,590
2,589
2,322
2,432
2,142
1,801
1,677
1,700
1,600
1,262
5,437
1914
5,534
1913
4,916
1912
5,244
1911
4,433
1910 (11 months) t
3,665
1909
3,778
1908
3,910
1907
4,041
1906
2,949
* 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 January 1, 1911, to January 1, 1912.
Fire Department.
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City Document No. 14.
ROLL OF MERIT, BOSTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
Thomas J. Muldoon, Captain, Engine Company 20.
Michael J. Teehan, Captain, Engine Company 24.
Denis Driscoll, Captain, Engine Company 37.
James F. McMahon, Captain, Ladder Company 1.
Frederick F. Leary, Captain, Ladder Company 3.
Thomas H. Downey, Captain, Engine Company 29.
Michael J. Dacey, Lieutenant, Ladder Company 20.
Joseph P. Hanton, Lieutenant, Chemical Company 4.
Timothy J. Heffron, Lieutenant, Chemical Company 9.
Florence Donoghue, Ladderman, Ladder Company 15.
Patrick. E. Keyes, District Chief, retired.
Martin A. Kenealy, Captain, retired.
Charles W. Conway, Captain, retired.
James E. Downey, Hoseman, retired.
James F. Bailey, Ladderman, retired.
Changes from February 1, 1915, to February 1, 1916.
Number of men appointed to fire force
. 15
Number of men reappointed to fire force
1
All others . . . . . .
9
Resigned
7
Pensioned
. 24
Deaths ■
. 11
Pensioners died
. 14
Members Pensioned from February 1, 1915, to
February 1, 1916.
Charles M. Wandless.
John F. Mooney.
Joseph W. Brown.
Warren H. Brown.
William J. Dower.
John W. Murphy.
John F. Mitchell.
James E. Griffin.
James McTiernan.
John J. Katwick.
Thomas L. Darcy.
Roscoe E. Handy.
John H. Wetherbee.
Thomas I. Carey.
John J. Burke.
Andrew J. Burnett.
Carl P. Franks.
John E. Donoghue.
James M. Elliott.
Frank J. Martin.
Frank P. Stengel.
Percy W. Gowen.
John S. Cleverly.
Edward A. Hawley.
Fire Department. 71
Deaths of Members from February 1, 1915, to
February 1, 1916.
Michael Walsh.
Jeremiah J. Fitzpatrick.
Charles H. W. Pope.
Timothy J. Crowley.
Charles Willett.
Alfred A. Bestwick.
Joseph H. Sullivan.
John F. Haley.
William Hanlon.
Dennis A. Walsh.
Thomas H. Kehoe.
Pensioners Who Died from February 1, 1915, to
February 1, 1916.
Joseph W. Bird.
Walter W. Wyman.
Rufus'L. Mason.
Moses B. Kelton.
Thomas F. Boggs.
John A. Mullen.
Octavius Donnell.
John D. Kelley.
Andrew J. McAuliffe.
Thomas J. Melody.
John P. McManus.
Michael Kyle.
John J. Perry.
James F. Galvin.
BOSTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.
Boston, January 30, 1916.
Report of the treasurer of the Boston Firemen's
Relief Fund from February 1, 1915, to January 31, 1916,
inclusive.
The following was the condition of the fund:
City of Boston 3| per cent bonds . . . $153,000 00
City of Boston 4 per cent bonds .... 81,000 00
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad bonds . 8,000 00
Six shares of Boston & Albany Railroad, par
value 600 00
Six shares of Fitchburg Railroad, par value . . 600 00
Two shares of Old Colony Railroad, par value . 200 00
Four shares of Boston & Lowell Railroad, par
value • . 400 00
Eight shares of Massachusetts Gas Company,
par value 800 00
One share of Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
pany, par value 100 00
Nine snares of American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, par value .... 900 00
Two shares of Western Union Telegraph, par
value 200 00
72
City Document No. 14.
Three shares of Boston & Maine Railroad, par
value
One share of West End Street Railway
Two shares of New York, New Haven & Hart-
ford Railroad
Three shares of Old South Building Association,
par value
Cash on hand . . . . .
$300 00
50 00
200 00
300 00
8,075 50
,725 50
Receipts.
Interest and incom
earned
Annual ball
Donations
Legacy .
Checks returned
Bonds matured
Cash, February 1, 1915,
$9,528 55
14,489
69
405
00
1,556
74
735
00
16,000
00
1,232
25
$43,947 23
Payments.
Investments purchased,
Benefits . . . .
Professional services
Auditing ....
Treasurer's bond .
810,145 83
24,028 75
1,584 65
50 00
62 50
13,947 23
Cash.
Securities.
Total.
February 1, 1915.
January 31, 1916.
$1,232 25
8,075 50
$242,600 00
246,650 00
$243,832 25
254,725 50
President, John Grady,
Fire Commissioner.
A. F. Mitchell, Treasurer.
John F. Hardy, Secretary.
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