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FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND WIRE DIVISION
CITY OF BOSTON
YEAR E^TOWG JANUARY 33, 1922
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1921-22.
February 1, 1922.
Hon. Andrew J. Peters,
Mayor of the City of Boston:
Dear Sir,— In accordance with section 24, chapter
3, Revised Ordinances of 1914, City of Boston, I have
the honor to submit herewith the annual report of the
Fire Department for the year ending January 31, 1922.
Finances.
The total expenditure for the department was
$3,312,983.40. This amount includes the Wire Division
appropriation and $22,000 from special appropriations
spent in effecting alterations in the quarters of Engine
Company 26-35, Mason street, and Engine Company
28, Ladder Company 10, Centre street.
The revenue of the department, including that of the
Wire Division, was $50,602.29.
Fire Loss.
During the year the department responded to 5,247
alarms, of which 2,399 were box alarms. The total
number of alarms was not as high as in some previous
years, yet the resulting loss amounted to $4,010,201, the
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greatest since 1918. While this loss seems excessive it
should be borne in mind that the valuation of property
and merchandise was at its peak during the past year,
and this high valuation is naturally reflected in the fire
loss. Furthermore the city was visited by four excep-
tionally serious fires during the first half of the year, as
follows :
January 1. 87-93 Albany street, loss of
February 21. 481-483 Neponset avenue (cai
house), loss of
March 4. Amory street (car house), loss of
June 26. 67-71 South street, loss of
$113,136
277,532
369,864
430,501
1,191,033
The losses accounted for above contribute substantially
to the total loss for the year.
High Pressure.
The most noteworthy achievement of the year was
the placing in operation of the high pressure fire service.
Pumping station No. 2, located at the Edison Electric
Illuminating Company's power station on Atlantic ave-
nue near Pearl street, was completed, accepted by the
city, and put into operation by the Fire Department at
9 a. m., Monday, December 19, 1921. This date marks
an epoch in the history of fire fighting in the City of
Boston, for by the introduction of this system the city
is provided with the latest type of fire fighting equip-
ment, the efficiency of the Fire Department is cor-
respondingly increased, and added protection is afforded
the lives and property of our citizens.
High pressure station No. 1, located at the Lincoln
power station of the Boston Elevated Railway Company,
at Commercial and Battery streets, was turned over to
the Fire Department and put in service on January 23,
1922.
Each of the stations has a rated capacity of 9,000
gallons per minute at 200 pounds pressure, and 6,000
gallons per minute at 300 pounds pressure. Approx-
imately twelve miles of pipe and 310 high pressure
hydrants have been installed.
The system is yet far from being completed. Accord-
ing to the plans there is considerable work to be done
Fire Department. 3
to extend the system over the territory it is proposed to
protect. Miles of pipe are yet to be laid and another
pumping station must be built and equipped before the
system is complete.
Motorization.
The motorization of the department has progressed
gradually and consistently. Today ninety-four pieces
of fire fighting apparatus are motorized as compared with
eighty-five a year ago. These figures do not include
chiefs' cars, delivery or emergency trucks, or apparatus
in reserve. In other words the apparatus of the depart-
ment in actual service is approximately 76 per cent
motorized, leaving thirty pieces of horse-drawn apparatus
to be displaced.
Assignment Cards.
The addition of the high pressure system together with
the large amount of motor apparatus in service made it
necessary and possible to revise the running card of the
department. The system of response and covering of
apparatus on multiple alarms was antiquated and
obsolete, having been adapted for horse-drawn equip-
ment. In order to follow the assignments outlined on
the cards on multiple alarms an exceedingly large and
unnecessary amount of apparatus movement resulted.
The new system, completed after months of study, was
put into effect December 19, 1921, coincident with the
high pressure system, and by its adoption the movement
of apparatus throughout the city is reduced to a mini-
mum.
"Clean up Campaign" Trophy.
During the " Clean up Campaign" the Fire Depart-
ment made a special effort to assist the committee and
co-operate with the other city departments in carrying
out the purposes of the campaign. Additional firemen
were detailed to perform inspection work, and the
department spared no effort to make the campaign a
success. The City of Boston was awarded the trophy,
a silver cup, for conducting the best clean up campaign
in New England, and the committee in charge of the
campaign testified that the work of the Fire Depart-
ment was an essential factor in having the award come
to Boston.
4 City Document No. 11.
Fire Prevention.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention has performed its
duties in a satisfactory manner. The work of the Bureau
has increased greatly on account of the new billboard
law, so-called, which requires an inspection and report
on every old and new location of advertising sign. In-
spections are made and reports submitted to the Massa-
chusetts Department of Public Works, Division of
Highways, with reference to the signs from a fire menace
point of view.
All complaints and reports forwarded to the Bureau,
after action has been taken, are followed up until the
hazard is corrected, and the number of hazards corrected
during the year has substantially increased. There
were approximately 97,000 inspections and reinspections
during the year.
Island Institutions.
Co-operating with the Institutions Commissioner the
Fire Department has developed definite plans for
monthly inspections of the city institutions at Deer and
Long Islands. At each visit an officer of the department
makes a thorough inspection of the premises, equip-
ment and fire appliances on the islands, and gives such
instructions to the employees and attendants as he
thinks proper. Any serious defects are reported to the
Fire Commissioner who, in turn, calls them to the
attention of the Institutions Commissioner.
Water System Maps.
Plans of the water system of the city have been dis-
tributed to each of the various fire stations so that the
officers and members may have an opportunity to
familiarize themselves with the location of hydrants and
sizes of water mains, etc., throughout the city.
Department Schools.
The Fire College, Drill School, Chauffeurs' School,
Engineers' School, School for Instruction in the Care of
Motor Apparatus have been successfully conducted dur-
ing the year. It has been most gratifying to extend the
courtesy of these schools to representatives of the fire
departments of Beverly, Fall River, Lynn, Medford,
Melrose, Quincy, Salem, and Lewiston, Maine. Not
one, but repeated requests have been received from the
Fire Department. 5
officials of these cities for permission to send representa-
tives to our schools, and these requests reflect in a great
measure the good work being conducted by the schools.
Recommendations.
Hon. John R. Murphy resigned as Fire Commissioner
on November 1, 1921, and on that date, at your Honor's
request, I assumed charge of the department as acting
Fire Commissioner. I wish to record here the pleasure
I have enjoyed in my present office. Not only have I
received the co-operation and support of the heads of the
various city departments, but the officials and employees
of the Fire Department have offered every assistance
possible to me in the administration of the affairs of the
department.
While my term in the office of Fire Commissioner has
been short, yet I have made certain observations which
in my opinion are worthy of serious consideration. The
most essential of these are noted below.
1. The telephone system used in the department at
the present time is antiquated and inadequate. It has
been in use for many years, the circuits are overloaded,
and the service it offers for a department of such size and
importance as the Fire Department is most unsatis-
factory. A more modern and up-to-date telephone sys-
tem should be installed as soon as possible.
2. The motorization of the department should be
completed at as early a date as possible. Enough money
should be set aside next year to carry out this recommen-
dation. Provision should also be made for a sufficient
amount of reserve equipment so that there will be in
reserve an amount equal to 25 per cent of the apparatus
in service. This reserve apparatus should consist of
first-class equipment equally as good as the apparatus in
service, and ready for instantaneous service.
3. The motorization of the department has brought
about a condition in the Repair Shop which requires
attention. Larger quarters are necessary. The present
shop is overcrowded, and some plan should be devised to
relieve the condition which exists. More space is needed
and should be obtained as soon as possible. There is
vacant land on Albany street, opposite the present shop,
and fronting on Fort Point channel. An addition to
the present shop in this location would centralize the
repairing and storage of apparatus, and could be adapted
6 City Document No. 11.
to take care of our fireboats, so that considerable repair
work on these boats could be done by the Fire Depart-
ment employees.
4. The three fireboats are coal-burning vessels. Oil
burners have proven a success in boats of similar type,
and from the viewpoint of economy and efficiency con-
sideration should be given to converting the fireboats
into oil burners.
5. A substantial amount should be set aside each
year to provide for the renovation of the fire stations of
the department. Many of the houses were erected
years ago when the department was on a "call" basis,
and were never adapted for the housing of permanent
companies of from twelve to fifteen men. As a result
living conditions in these houses are not of the best,
and some effort should be made to provide pleasant and
adequate accommodations for the men who are obliged
to five in the fire stations.
Furthermore, the installation of motor apparatus
requires certain changes in houses to eliminate the fire
hazard which accompanies the storage of gasoline en-
gines. Fireproofing the first floor is the most essential
change, and other preventative measures should be
adopted. Several houses require immediate attention,
and a comprehensive plan to remedy these conditions
should be adopted and followed.
Yours very truly,
Joseph P. Manning,
Acting Fire Commissioner.
Fire Department.
Names of Chief or Chief Engineers, of Department,
Since the Fire Department was Established
January, 1826.
Samuel D. Harris
Thomas C. Amory
William Barnicoat
Elisha Smith, Jr.
George W. Bird .
John S. Damrell .
William A. Green*
Lewis P. Webber
William T. Cheswell
John A. Mullen .
John Grady* .
Peter F. McDonough
Peter E. Walsh .
1826-28
1829-35
1836-53
1854-55
1856-65
1866-74
1874-84
1884-1901
1901-06
1906-14
1914
1914-19
1919
: Appointed Fire Commissioner.
City Document No. 11.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
Boston February 1, 1922.
From: The Chief of Department.
To: The Acting Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.
The following is the report of the Chief of Department
for the year ending January 31, 1922:
During the calendar year the department responded
to 5,247 alarms. The fire loss was $4,008,132, with a
marine loss of $2,069, making a total fire loss of
$4,010,201.
Additions and Changes.
Apparatus.
September 16, 1921, Chemical Company 1 was dis-
banded, the horses delivered to the Department Veteri-
nary Hospital, apparatus placed in reserve and the
members of the company reassigned.
September 16, 1921, an American-LaFrance motor-
driven high pressure hose wagon was placed in service
with Engine Company 4. This high pressure hose
wagon is equipped with two Morse guns. There are
six inlets to each gun, with nozzle tips ranging from 1^
to 2f inches in diameter. This wagon has a hose-carrying
capacity of 2,000 feet. By this change the horse-drawn
hose wagon and two horses were displaced.
September 16, 1921, an American-LaFrance motor-
driven combination hose and chemical wagon was placed
in service with Engine Company 6, replacing a horse-
drawn hose wagon and two horses.
October 18, 1921, an American-LaFrance motor-
driven combination pumping engine and hose wagon,
750 gallons capacity, was installed in the quarters of
Engine Company 30, replacing the horse-drawn steam
fire engine and the horse-drawn hose wagon. The
replaced apparatus was put in reserve and the horses,
five in number, delivered to the Department Veterinary
Hospital.
October 19, 1921, an American-LaFrance motor-
driven combination pumping engine and hose wagon,
Fire Department. 9
750 gallons capacity, was installed in the quarters of
Engine Company 16, replacing the horse-drawn steam
fire engine and a horse-drawn hose wagon and five
horses.
October 28, 1921, an American-LaFrance motor-
driven combination pumping engine and hose wagon,
750 gallons capacity, was installed in the quarters of
Engine Company 18, replacing a horse-drawn steam fire
engine and a horse-drawn hose wagon and five horses.
October 29, 1921, an American-LaFrance motor-
driven combination pumping engine and hose wagon was
installed with Engine Company 20, replacing a horse-
drawn steam fire engine and a horse-drawn hose wagon
and five horses.
October 31, 1921, an American-LaFrance motor-
driven four-wheel tractor attached to a Seagrave 85-foot
aerial ladder truck was installed in the quar'ers of
Ladder Company 1, replacing an American-LaFrance
motor-driven 75-foot aerial ladder truck. The replaced
truck was placed in reserve.
December 10, 1921, Chemical Company 11 was
disbanded, the apparatus placed in reserve and the
members of the company reassigned.
December 10, 1921, Chemical Company 13 was
disbanded, the apparatus placed in reserve and the
members of the company reassigned.
December 10, 1921, a new engine company, known as
Engine Company 52, was established in the quarters
formerly occupied by Chemical Company 11 with an
American-LaFrance motor-driven combination pumping
engine and hose wagon, 750 gallons capacity.
December 10, 1921, a new engine company, known
as Engine Company 53, was established in the quarters
formerly occupied by Chemical Company 13 with a
Seagrave triple combination pumping engine, 750 gallons
capacity.
December 19, 1921, an American-LaFrance motor-
driven combination pumping engine and hose wagon,
1,000 gallons capacity and an American-LaFrance
motor-driven combination hose and chemical wagon
were installed in the quarters of Engine Company 1,
replacing a Seagrave motor-driven triple combination
pumping engine, which was placed in reserve.
December 19, 1921, a Seagrave motor-driven triple
combination pumping engine was installed in the
quarters of Engine Company 2. This engine has a
10 City Document No. 11.
rated pump capacity of 750 gallons. By this change
a horse-drawn steam fire engine and horse-drawn hose
wagon and five horses were displaced. The displaced
apparatus was put in reserve and the horses delivered
to the Department Veterinary Hospital.
December 19, 1921, an American-LaFrance motor-
driven combination pumping engine and hose wagon,
750 gallons capacity and a Knox motor-driven combina-
tion hose and chemical wagon were installed in the
quarters of Engine Company 14, replacing a Seagrave
motor-driven triple combination pumping engine and
hose wagon. This triple combination pumping engine
was installed with Engine Company 53.
Chiefs1 Automobiles.
During the year six new automobiles for the use of the
chief officers were placed in service, displacing old ones.
Tools and Appliances.
The following new appliances were placed in service
in the department as follows:
Portalites were furnished the following companies,
Ladders 1, 8, 13, 17. The portalite is a portable elec-
tric spotlight with a nickel reflector and lamp which is
attached to a three-cell, six-volt battery. This light
is useful in illuminating dark alleys, areaways, etc.
The engine companies responding to alarms in the
high pressure zone were furnished with pressure gauges
for use in connection with the high pressure hydrants.
Engine Companies 4, 6, 7, 8, 15, 25, 26, 35, 39 being
supplied.
Fastman play-pipe holders for 3-inch hose were fur-
nished the following companies which respond to
alarms in the high pressure zone, Engine Companies 4,
6, 7, 8, 10, 25, 26, 35, 39.
The Ross Hydrant thawing device, an appliance for
generating steam to thaw out hydrants, gates, etc., was
placed in service with the following companies: Engines
1, 5, 14, 18, 19, 26, 28, 30, 41, 46, 53. These companies
are equipped with gasolene pumping engines and hereto-
fore had no means of thawing frozen hydrants.
Buildings.
During the year work of remodeling the quarters of
Engine Companies 26-35, Mason street, was continued.
Fire Department. 11
This work, which includes the addition of a third story,
when finished, will adequately house these two impor-
tant intown companies.
The quarters of Engine Company 28 and Ladder
Company 10, Centre street, Jamaica Plain, are now
being remodeled, a third story being added, which,
when completed, will bring this station up to the regu-
lations.
During the year considerable work has been done in
painting the interior and exterior of the several depart-
ment houses. As regards cleanliness the houses are
kept in good condition.
Many houses wherein motor apparatus are quartered
should be altered to comply with the regulations.
Apparatus and Equipment.
The annual inspection of apparatus and equipment,
including hose, was made, and the necessary repairs
made to bring same up to the proper standard of effi-
ciency.
Building Inspection.
Weekly building inspections were made by all the
officers of the fire-fighting force. These inspections
invariably resulted in correcting a considerable number
of hazardous conditions by verbal notice. Where it
appeared that verbal notice was not sufficient to cause
the remedying of the hazardous conditions, complaint
in writing was forwarded to headquarters, from whence
copies were forwarded to the responsible parties. This
action generally produced the desired results.
Theaters and motion picture houses were inspected
weekly and reports forwarded on their condition.
All public buildings and schoolhouses were inspected
monthly and conditions reported.
The work of the Fire Prevention Bureau during the
past year has been carried out in a very satisfactory
manner. The work of the inspectors attached to this
bureau, by the rigid inspections made, has, no doubt,
tended materially to lessen the fire loss.
Mutual Aid.
The department responded to thirty-three (33) alarms
of fire outside of the city. The usual fine spirit of co-
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operation manifested by the cities and towns on our
border or adjacent thereto was shown during the past
year.
Schools.
Forty-two (42) recruits attended and passed the
department drill school.
Twenty-two (22) members received instructions in the
engineer's school. Five members of the Lynn Fire
Department, and one from the Lewiston, Me., depart-
ment also attended and passed this school.
Two hundred twenty-seven (227) members received
instruction in the use and operation of the new high
pressure hydrants.
Fourteen (14) members were instructed in the care and
operation of the high pressure pumping stations.
One hundred seventeen (117) members attended and
passed the motor pump school. This school was also
attended by members of the fire departments of Lynn,
Fall River and Beverly.
One hundred ninety-two (192) members passed the
chauffeurs' school.
Ten captains attended the school of instruction con-
ducted by the Insurance Library Association of Boston.
One hundred seventy-five (175) members attended the
course of lectures at the fire college of our department.
This course was also attended by officers representing
the fire departments of Salem, Quincy, Medford,
Melrose and Lynn.
Company Drills.
1. The annual company drills at Headquarters com-
menced September 21, 1921, and finished November
22, 1921. Accuracy in the performance of each evolu-
tion was the outstanding feature in these drills, hence
the increase in time of performance over that of pre-
vious years. The drills were, on the whole, very satis-
factorily performed, the evolutions being as follows:
1. Connect two lines, 100 feet each, from engine to deluge
set.
2. Connect two lines, 100 feet each, from engine to Morse
gun.
3. Raise 50-foot ladder to fourth floor window and dog
same.
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4. Run 200 feet 2|-inch line over 50-foot ladder, up stair-
way and show pipe out fifth floor window.
5. Raise 30-foot ladder to fire escape, carry 17-foot roof
ladder over same to story above. Dog 30-foot ladder.
6. Run 250 feet 2^-inch line over 30-foot ladder, over fire
escape to roof, 75 feet from ground.
7. Take life line and haul 25-foot ladder to roof 75 feet
from ground.
8. Take life line, haul 200 feet 2|-inch hose to roof.
9. Run 100 feet 2^-inch hose from engine, connect Morse
gate and Bresnan nozzle.
10. Connect chuck to hydrant (flexible suction) water to
engine.
2. The following pages show the result of the drill
in which all companies participated, except the three
fireboat crews. These tables show the list of com-
panies drilling, the time consumed in each evolution,
and time consumed by each company in completing
all evolutions.
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Fire Prevention Week.
During the week ending October 8, 1921, in addition
to the usual inspections by district and company officers,
a member from each engine and ladder company, in its
subdistrict, inspected the cellars and yards of stores,
and the cellars, stairways and roofs of dwelling houses
containing three or more families with a view of causing
the removal of combustible rubbish, obstructions to
egress, etc.
The inspectors attached to the Fire Prevention Bureau
also made an intensive drive throughout the "High
Value District" for the purpose of causing the removal
of combustible rubbish, articles blocking egress and
other simple but hazardous conditions tending to create
a fire menace.
Lectures on fire prevention were delivered by the
officers of the department, also fire drills witnessed in
the various public schools throughout the city.
On Monday, October 10, 1921, Fire Prevention Day,
at various intervals throughout the day, engine and
ladder companies gave a short exhibition drill, after
which one of the officers addressed the gathering on the
value of fire prevention. In the evening an exhibition
of the flood lights used by the department at night fires
and a demonstration of the Magnavox — a new am-
plifying device — was given at fire headquarters.
Hydrants.
The following is the number and type of hydrants in
use for fire service January 31, 1922:
Ordinary post
Boston post
Lowry
Boston Lowry
High Pressure
Boston hydrant
B. & F. post
Chapman post
Ludlow post
Matthews post
Coffin post .
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Fire Department. 21
High Pressure System.
On December 19, 1921, the high pressure system was
put in service, with one pumping station completed,
i. e., station No. 2, located in the substation of the
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Atlantic avenue,
opposite Pearl street.
On January 23, 1922, station No. 1, located in the
Lincoln power station of the Boston Elevated Railway
Company at Commercial and Battery streets, was
completed and put in service.
High pressure station 1 is equipped with two Worth-
ington 3-stage centrifugal pumps, each directly con-
nected to a Westinghouse steam turbine, 1,165 revolu-
tions per minute, 175 pounds steam pressure. Each
pump has a capacity of 3,000 gallons per minute at 300
pounds pressure and 4,500 gallons per minute at 200
pounds pressure.
High pressure station 2 is equipped with two Worth-
ington 4-stage centrifugal pumps, each directly con-
nected to a 750 horse power, 235-volt, 2,580-ampere,
1,000 revolutions per minute, direct-current Westing-
house motor. Pump capacity of 3,000 gallons per
minute at 300 pounds pressure and 4,500 gallons per
minute at 200 pdunds pressure.
The stations are under the general supervision of the
deputy chief in charge of the Bureau of Supplies and
Repairs. The superintendent of repairs has direct
charge of maintenance and operation. Operation is in
three shifts, with an engineer and an assistant on duty
in each station.
The system now has about twelve miles of pipe with
three hundred ten (310) hydrants in service in the "High
Value Section." The hydrants connected to the system
are of a specially designed post type, opening against
the pressure, with 6|-inch valve opening and 8-inch
gated connection to main. Hydrants have four 2\-
inch outlets with an independent gate on each. They
are spaced on an average of 150 feet apart.
Rules governing the operation of the system have been
issued to the department in general orders; additional
rules will be made as situations requiring them arise.
Steam fire engines and motor pumpers respond to alarms
from the high pressure district as formerly, but instruc-
tions are for them not to approach within 300 feet of the
building on fire if high pressure hydrants are available.
22 City Document No. 11.
Three high pressure hose wagons respond to alarms in
the district but do not go outside the zone.
On the evening of December 9, 1921, after the comple-
tion of the acceptance tests of the pumps, a trial run was
conducted to demonstrate the speed with which streams
from turret nozzles could be put in operation on the fire
grounds, and the fact that the system was ready for fire
service. Box 1257, Atlantic avenue and State street,
was pulled at 9.02.30. Fifteen seconds later the alarm
began to come in at the pumping stations, and on com-
pletion of the first round, 20 seconds later, one of the
pumps was started at station 2. A pressure of 125
pounds was obtained at 9.04, and at 9.05.45, three
minutes and fifteen seconds after the box was pulled,
water came from the turret nozzles on the wagons of
Engine 8 and high pressure hose wagon of Fngine 25,
which had responded with other apparatus. On receipt
of orders, pressures at the station were successively
raised to 150 and 175 pounds.
With the installation of the high pressure system
the fire protection in the congested value district has
been very materially improved.
Recommendations.
Apparatus.
I would recommend that the following amount of
motor apparatus be purchased for the year commencing
February 1, 1922:
Engine Company 4, Bulfinch Street, City Proper. — One
(1) 750-gallon motor-driven pumping engine to replace
a horse-drawn steam fire engine and three (3) horses.
Engine Company 6, Leverett Street, City Proper. — One
(1) 1,000-gallon motor-driven pumping engine to replace
a horse-drawn steam fire engine and three (3) horses.
Engine Company 7, East Street, City Proper.- — One (1)
1,000-gallon motor-driven pumping engine. One (1)
combination hose and chemical — motor-driven. To
replace a horse-drawn steam fire engine, hose wagon and
five (5) horses.
Engine Company 12, Dudley Street, Roxbury.— One (1)
750-gallon motor-driven pumping engine. One motor-
driven combination hose and chemical wagon. To
replace a horse-drawn steam fire engine, hose wagon
and five (5) horses.
Engine Company 13, Cabot Street, Roxbury. — One (1)
750-gallon motor-driven pumping engine. One (1)
Fire Department. 23
motor-driven combination hose and chemical wagon.
To replace a horse-drawn steam fire engine, hose wagon
and five (5) horses.
Engine Company 24, Warren Street, Roxbury. — One (1)
750-gallon motor-driven pumping engine. One (1)
motor-driven combination hose and chemical wagon. To
replace a horse-drawn steam fire engine, hose wagon and
five (5) horses.
Engine Company 29, Chestnut Hill Avenue, Brighton. —
One (1) 750-gallon motor-driven pumping engine. One
(1) motor-driven combination hose and chemical wagon.
To replace a horse-drawn steam fire engine, hose wagon
and five (5) horses.
Engine Company 34, Western Avenue, Brighton. — One
(1) 750-gallon motor-driven pumping engine, to replace
a horse-drawn steam fire engine, horse-drawn hose wagon
and five (5) horses.
Ladder Company 2, Paris Street, East Boston. — One (1)
tractor drawn 75-foot aerial ladder truck to replace a
horse-drawn box truck and three (3) horses.
Ladder Company 9, Main Street, Charlestown. — One (1)
tractor drawn 75-foot aerial ladder truck to replace a
horse-drawn box truck and three (3) horses.
Ladder Company 23, Washington Street, Grove Hall. —
One (1) tractor drawn 75-foot aerial ladder truck to
replace a horse-drawn city service ladder truck and
three (3) horses.
Ladder Company 27, Walnut Street, Nep onset. — One
(1) motor-driven city service ladder truck to replace a
horse-drawn city service ladder truck and three horses.
Reserve Apparatus.
Two (2) motor-driven pumping engines.
Three (3) motor-driven combination hose and chemical
cars.
One (1) tractor drawn 75-foot aerial ladder truck.
One (1) motor-driven city service ladder truck.
Fire Stations.
I would recommend that the main floors of the fol-
lowing fire stations wherein motor apparatus is quartered
be fireproof ed:
District No. 1. Engine Company 11, Ladder Company 21,
one house.
District No. 2. Engine Company 36, Ladder Company 22,
one house.
District No.
District No.
District No.
5.
6.
7.
District No.
8.
District No.
9.
District No.
10.
District No.
12.
District No.
13.
District No.
15.
24 City Document No. 11.
Ladder Company 17.
Engine Company 2.
Engine Company 22, Ladder Company 13,
one house.
Ladder Company 12.
Engine Company 37, Ladder Company 26,
one house.
Engine Company 21.
Engine Company 23.
Engine Company 17.
Ladder Company 7.
Engine Company 42, Ladder Company 30,
one house.
Ladder Company 23, Chemical Company 5,
one house.
Engine Company 45, Ladder Company 16,
one house.
Engine Company 19.
Engine Company 48, Ladder Company 28,
one house.
In addition to the above I would recommend that the
quarters of Engine Company 4 be remodeled in antici-
pation of motor apparatus being installed therein. At
present the high pressure hose wagon — motor-driven —
is quartered there, but the construction of the quarters
is not up to the regulations.
High Pressure Fire Service.
I would recommend that the work of completing the
high pressure system be carried on as rapidly as funds
will permit. At the present time the system protects
about 66 f per cent of the congested value district. With
the completion of the remaining 33 f per cent of the high
pressure service this section should be adequately pro-
tected against the spread of fire.
In conclusion, I wish to extend my thanks for the
co-operation given me by the Boston Police Department,
the Boston Protective Department, and to all other
departments and corporations which rendered assistance
at various times during the past year.
To the members of the department I wish to express
my appreciation for the loyal and efficient manner in
which they performed their several duties.
Respectfully submitted,
Peter E. Walsh,
Chief of Department.
Fire Department. 25
FIRE ALARM BRANCH.
From: The Superintendent of Fire Alarm Branch.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report of Fire Alarm Branch.
I respectfully submit the following report of the Fire
Alarm Branch for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1922 :
OPERATING DIVISION.
(Note. — The records of this division are for the
calendar year 1921.)
Box Alarms Received and Transmitted.
First alarms 2,340
Second alarms 42
Third alarms 14
Fourth alarms 3
2,399
(Note. — Including six alarms dispatching aid to
outside cities and towns.)
Box Alarms Received and Not Transmitted.
Same box received two or more times for same fire . 211
Adjacent boxes received for same fire .... 219
430
Received from boxes but transmitted as stills . . 9
Still Alarms Received and Transmitted.
Received from citizens (by telephone) .... 1,394
Received from police department (by telephone) . 252
Received from fire department stations (by telephone) , 1 ,094
Received by telephone for which box alarms were
later transmitted 155
Received from department boxes, transmitted as stills, 9
Mutual Aid — adjacent cities and towns, classed as
stills _ 28
Emergency services, classed as stills .... 53
2,940
26 City Document No. 11,
Automatic Alarms.
Boston Automatic Company, transmitted by company
to department stations 142
Department box alarms transmitted in connections
with same; before automatic alarm 5, after auto-
matic, 7 . 12
A. D. T. Company received at this office ... 46
Department boxes transmitted in connection with
same, before the A. D. T. alarm, 9; after the
A. D. T. alarm, 6 ........ 15
A. D. T alarms transmitted by this office ... 37
Summary of Alarms.
Box alarms, including multiples . . . . . 2,829
Still alarms, all classes 2,940
Boston Automatic Company, alarms .... 142
A. D. T. Company, alarms 46
Total received from all sources .... 5,957
Exclude following duplications:
Box alarms received and not transmitted . . . 430
Still alarms for which department box alarms were
transmitted 155
Boston Automatic Company, alarms for which depart-
ment box alarms were transmitted .... 12
A. D. T. Company, alarms for which department box
alarms were transmitted 15
Total duplications eliminated 612
Total of alarms with duplications eliminated and to
which department apparatus responded . . . 5,345
Fire Alarm Box Records.
Boxes from which no alarms were received . . . 513
Box test and inspections 10,310
All keyless doors are tested weekly.
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION.
Exterior Work.
Fifty-five thousand three hundred and fifty-five
(55,355) feet of cable was hauled into underground ducts
for extension of service and to make possible the removal
Fire Department. 27
of overhead wires, and about thirty-six hundred (3,600)
feet of cable was installed to replace defective cable.
Thirty-three (33) new box posts; four (4) large cable
test posts; two (2) small test posts and two (2) special
combination posts for traffic bells and cable terminals
were installed.
Three (3) box posts were moved to new locations and
thirteen (13) box posts and four (4) test posts were
replaced with new posts.
Seven thousand three hundred and forty-eight (7,348)
feet of ducts were laid underground, and nine (9) man-
holes and one (1) handhole were built.
About eight (8) miles of new wire was run, principally
to replace defective wire. Approximately eighteen (18)
miles of old line wire was removed from poles.
Twenty-one (21) new fire alarm boxes (additional)
were installed, eighteen (18) of which are public boxes.
All fire alarm boxes were painted.
High Pressure Signal System.
A circuit connecting jack has been placed in each fire
alarm box in the high pressure zone, and these jacks are
connected into two special circuits running to the fire
alarm office. Each chief officer in the department has
been equipped with portable telephone and telegraph
sets by which they may communicate with headquarters.
A special signal circuit connects the two pumping
stations to the fire alarm office. On these special
circuits, visual and audible signals are transmitted and
all signals are automatically recorded.
Interior Construction.
One high pressure pumping station has been wired
for light, heat and signals, and the other for lights and
signals. Three department stations were re-wired com-
pletely, and many changes and additions have been
made to the wiring in other stations.
Recommendations.
It is recommended that about the usual amount of
underground construction be done this coming year.
Many new fire alarm boxes are needed and should be
installed. The red light system should be considerably
extended — at least one hundred additional lights were
28 City Document No. 11.
promised by the Public Works Department for 1921, but
only a few of the promised number were installed.
Consideration should be immediately given to the
construction of a new fire alarm office. There is practi-
cally no spare apparatus in the present office equipment
for the extension of the system. Requirements of the
National Board of Underwriters cannot be complied
with because there is no room for expansion.
Considerable time and care must be given to the study
and investigation of such a project; the location and
type of building; the kind of apparatus to be used; the
method of new outside connections, etc., will require
serious and earnest consideration, and preparations
should be begun at the earliest possible moment to
accomplish this object.
I recommend that a new telephone system be installed
to replace the present system. There is no question but
that a new system would be considerably more efficient
than the present one, and in addition to this fact, more
than two hundred (200) miles of wire now used for tele-
phone service would be available for fire alarm purposes.
I believe that the use of wireless telephones would be
of considerable benefit if apparatus were installed in the
fire alarm office and on the fire boats. With this outfit
the boats could always be communicated with irrespec-
tive of their position.
Undergeound Cables Installed.
East Boston.
Bennington street, Breed street to Blackin-
ton street . . . .
Meridian street, Condor street to bridge
Charlestown.
Warren avenue and Rutherford avenue,
Front street to Devens street
Rutherford avenue and Cambridge street,
Chapman street to railroad bridge
Chapman street, Rutherford avenue to
Lynde street
Warren Bridge, submarine cable .
City Proper.
Commercial street, Richmond street to Bat-
tery street
State street, Commercial street to Kilby
street . . .
Cond.
6
4
Feet.
1,050
1,800
6
1,466
6
5,385
6
19
661
280
10
2,040
10
850
29
Cond.
Feet.
10
210
10
2,300
10
1,264
6
524
4
37
20
10
440
80
235
866
Fire Department.
Tremont street, Eliot street to Van Rensse-
laer place
Providence and Berkeley streets, Park square
to Newbury street
Atlantic avenue, Pearl street to Congress
street, Congress street, Purchase street to
Dorchester Avenue . . . . • .
West and Mason streets, Engine house 26-35
to Washington street
Clarendon street, Stuart street to Stanhope
street
Post and building connections
Post and building connections
Post and building connections
Post and building connections ... 6 419
South Boston.
Post connection ...... 10 25
Dorchester.
Fremont street, Blue Hill avenue to Babson
street, Babson street, Fremont street to
Engine house 19
Roach street, Dorchester avenue to Pleasant
street
River street, Blue Hill avenue to Malta
street
Neponset avenue, Victory road to Walnut
street
Savin Hill avenue, Dorchester avenue to
Pleasant street
Post and pole connections ....
Post and pole connections .
Post and pole connections ....
Post and pole connections ....
Hyde Park.
Harvard avenue and Maple street, Engine 48,
house to Oak street 6 450
River street, Gordon avenue to Perkins
avenue 6 833
Roxbury.
Centre and Highland streets, Columbus ave-
nue to Marcella street 6 1,063
Post and pole connections .... 10 295
Post and pole connections .... 6 55
Post and pole connections .... 4 60
37
610
10
532
10
1,759
10
5,875
4
700
19
135
10
125
6
686
4
235
30 City Document No. 11.
Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury.
Cond. Feet.
Washington street, Kittredge street to
La Grange street 10 7,003
Beech street, Washington street to Orange
street 6 1,463
La Grange street, Centre street to Chapin
avenue 6 786
Centre street, Spring street to Cass street, 6 1,363
Belgrade avenue, Walworth street to Pine-
hurst street 6 1,330
Post and pole connections .... 10 320
Post and pole connections .... 6 252
Post and pole connections .... 4 554
Brighton.
Chestnut Hill avenue, Wallingford road to
Commonwealth avenue .... 10 2,711
South street and Commonwealth avenue,
Chestnut Hill avenue to Foster street . 6 1,246
Wallingford road, Chestnut Hill avenue to
Commonwealth avenue .... 6 2,207
Kilsyth and Lanark roads, Colliston road to
Sutherland road 4 1,140
Brighton avenue and St. Luke's road, Chester
street to Commonwealth avenue . . 4 1,377
Post and pole connections .... 10 225
Post and pole connections .... 4 70
Fike Alarm Box Posts Installed with Duct Lengths.
East Boston.
Saratoga and Swift streets 00
City Proper.
Shawmut avenue and Cobb street .... 14
Berkeley street and St. James avenue .... 103
South Boston.
Dorchester avenue near Old Colony avenue . . 12
Dorchester.
Hancock and Jerome streets. (Two ducts) . . 37
Hancock street opposite Bowdoin street. (Two ducts) , 34
Hancock street opposite Trull street .... 16
Park and Marlowe streets 123
Washington and Normandy streets .... 20
Blue Hill avenue and Almont street .... 36
Babson and Tremont streets 50
Fire Department.
31
River and Malta streets .
Pleasant and Roach streets
Hyde Park.
River street and Perkins avenue
Roxbury.
Ruggles and Halleck streets .
Sterling street at Madison square .
Brookline avenue and Fullerton street .
Huntington and Parker Hill avenues .
Huntington and South Huntington avenues
South Huntington avenue and Heath street
South Huntington avenue, opposite No. 200
South Huntington avenue and Bynner street
Highland and Marcella streets . . .
Jamaica Plain.
Washington street, near Arborway .
Hampstead road, opposite No. 26 .
West Roxbury.
Belgrade avenue and Pinehurst street .
Centre and Cass streets
Brighton.
Chestnut Hill avenue and South street
Commonwealth avenue and Foster street
Commonwealth avenue and Wallingford road
Commonwealth avenue and Allston street .
Commonwealth avenue and St. Luke's road
Sutherland and Lanark roads ....
Feet.
19
31
28
11
44
122
23
22
16
14
22
5
6
14
29
38
5
100
37
20
138
33
Fire Alarm Box Posts Reset.
Clarendon and Stuart streets (new location) ... 36
Charles and Mt. Vernon streets (new location) . . 45
Huntington avenue and Louis Prang street (new loca-
tion) .
Commonwealth avenue and Clarendon street (broken by auto) .
Charter and Salem streets (broken by auto) .
Boylston and Arlington streets (account of new subway) .
Franklin and Federal streets (broken by truck) .
Cooper and Endicott streets (broken by truck) .
Berkeley and Marlboro streets (broken by truck).
Tremont and School streets (broken by truck) .
North and Cross streets (broken by truck) .
Brattle street, opposite Quincy House (broken by truck).
Dorchester avenue and Adams street (broken by truck).
32
City Document No. 11,
Park and Henley streets (broken by truck) .
Columbus avenue and New Heath street (account new grade).
Dorchester and Savin Hill avenues (broken by auto).
New Cable Test Posts Installed.
Kneeland street, near Washington street, 5 ducts
Brattle street, near Washington street, 5 ducts
Pearl and Milk streets, 5 ducts
Atlantic avenue and Edison alley, 3 ducts .
Centre and Moraine streets, 2 ducts
Warren avenue and Front street, 1 duct
Feet
21
31
10
65
15
30
New Combination Cable and Bell Posts Installed.
Washington and Summer streets, 2 ducts ... 29
Court street, opposite Hanover street, 2 ducts . . 29
New Test Posts Replacing Old Posts.
Richmond and Commercial streets, city proper.
Washington and Dale streets, Roxbury.
Warren and Dudley streets, Roxbury.
Leonard and Adams streets, Dorchester.
New Conduits.
Bristol street, Harrison avenue to headquarters, 4
ducts
Highland street, Centre to Marcella street .
Fremont street, Blue Hill avenue to Babson street
Babson street, Fremont street to Engine 19 house
Chestnut Hill avenue, South street to Commonwealth
avenue
Wallingford road, Leamington road to Commonwealth
avenue
Building Connections.
House of Good Shepherd .
Engine 19 house
High Pressure Station No.
High Pressure Station No.
1, 2 ducts extended
2
New Pole Connections with Duct Lengths.
Bennington street, opposite Blackinton street
Centre street and Lochstead avenue
Centre and Eliot streets .
Harris avenue, near Centre street .
Huntington and Parker Hill avenues
River and Malta streets .
Blue Hill avenue and Fremont street
352
567
364
171
804
435
126
25
74
210
74
122
145
8
156
30
10
Fire Department.
33
Kilsyth and Colliston roads
Union street, near Winship street (extended)
Homestead street, near Walnut avenue (extended)
Manholes Rebuilt.
Chestnut Hill avenue, two.
Highland street, three.
Fremont street, one
Wallingford road, two.
Babson street, two.
Ducts Abandoned.
Pole Connections
Bennington and Breed streets
Rutherford avenue and Chapman street
Front street, near Warren avenue .
Centre street and Harris avenue
South street, near Anson street
Centre street and Columbus avenue
River street, near Blue Hill avenue
River street at Everett square
River street, near Gordon avenue .
River and West streets
Chestnut Hill avenue and Wallingford road
Chestnut Hill avenue, near South street, 2 connections,
Post Connections.
River and Charles streets
Stanhope street and Trinity place
Feet.
105
151
134
58
23
10
92
20
10
164
55
20
67
95
174
40
160
Public Fire Alarm Boxes Established.
Box.
1538. Berkeley street and St. James avenue.
2335. Ruggles and Halleck streets.
243. Jamaicaway and Lochstead avenue.
2464. Washington street, near Arborway.
2468. Call and Boynton streets.
2476. Eliot and Dane streets.
2611. Belgrade avenue and Pinehurst street.
3198. Washington and Normandy streets.
3294. Park and Waldeck streets.
3547. Blue Hill avenue and Almont street.
438. Bunker Hill and Elm streets.
5115. Commonwealth avenue and St. Lukes road.
5136. Commonwealth avenue and Allston street.
5142. Allston street and Boulevard terrace.
5176. Commonwealth avenue and Foster street.
5293. Dunboy and Hardwick streets.
34
City Document No. 11.
Box.
7231. Dorchester avenue, near Old Colony avenue.
7417. East Eighth and Old Harbor streets.
672.
Public School Boxes Established.
Curtis Guild School, Ashley street.
Private Boxes Established.
375. St. Raphael's Parochial School, Oak street.
2214. Lenox street carhouse — Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Public Boxes Relocated.
1547. From Stanhope street and Trinity place to Clarendon
and Stuart streets.
2336. From Parker and Louis Prang streets to Huntington
avenue and Louis Prang street.
Fire Alarm Boxes in Service.
Total number
Owned by the Fire Department . . . .
Owned by the Schoolhouse Department
Owned by the Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company .
Privately owned
1,237
872
206
64
95
Department Boxes.
On fire alarm box posts . . . . . . . 466
On poles 383
On buildings 19
Inside buildings . 4
Equipped with keyless doors (bell-ringing attachment) 818
Equipped with keyless doors (glass guards) ... 47
Equipped with key doors ...... 7
Equipped with auxiliary attachments* .... 14
Designated by red lights . 429
Schoolhouse Boxes.
On fire alarm box posts 21
On poles 15
On buildings 101
Inside of buildings 69
Equipped with keyless doors 149
Equipped with key doors 57
Equipped with auxiliary attachments .... 160
Designated by red lights 20
* With auxilary connection to schoolhouses.
Fiee Depaetment. 35
Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company Boxes.
On poles 6
On buildings 21
Inside of buildings 37
Equipped with keyless doors 9
Equipped with key doors 55
Private Boxes.
On poles . 7
On buildings 24
Inside of buildings 64
Equipped with keyless doors ....... 14
Equipped with key doors 81
Equipped with auxiliary attachments .... 2
Classification of Fire Alarm Boxes.
Academies 4
Armory 1
Asylums 4
Carhouses 5
Cemetery 1
Church 1
City Yard 2
Homes for aged people 19
Hospitals 2
Hotels 5
Manufacturing plants ....... 26
Museum 1
Navy Yard 6
Office buildings 3
Police station 1
Power stations 5
Prison 1
Public Hall . . . 1
Pumping station . 1
Railroad shops 4
Railroad stations 5
Railroad yards 12
Retail stores 5
Restaurant 1
Schoolhouses (public) 206
Schoolhouses (parochial) ....... 2
Stock yards 2
Street boxes (public) * 863
Theatres 28
Warehouses 8
Wharves 9
Wholesale houses . . . . . . . . . 3
* About one hundred schoolhouses and private boxes are accessible to the public but
are not counted as street boxes.
36
City Document No. 11.
Posts and Cable Test Boxes.
Fire alarm box posts in service
Fire alarm box posts set, not in service
Test posts in service (large size)
Test posts in service (small size)
Pole test boxes in service
487
12
69
8
207
Circuits.
Box circuits 65
Tapper circuits 14
Gong circuits 13
Special signal circuits . 3
Telephone circuits in department system ... 52
Telephone circuits to Beach Exchange — New Eng-
land Telephone and Telegraph Company . . 9
Telephone circuits to Back Bay Exchange — New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company . . 1
Telephone circuits — • special — to Police Headquarters, 1
Telephone circuits — special — to A. D. T. Co., office, 1
Telephone circuits — special — to Edison Electric
Illuminating Company 1
Telephone circuits — special — to Boston Automatic
Fire Alarm Company 1
Telephone connections to Boston Protective Company, 1
Wires, Cables and Conduits
Line wire in service ....
Aerial cable in service ....
Conductors in the same
Aerial cable conductors in service
Underground cable in service
Conductors in the same
Underground conductors in service .
Conduits owned by the Fire Department
Ducts in Fire Department conduits .
Ducts in New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, system, used by Fire Depart
ment
Ducts in Postal Telegraph Company system,
used by Fire Department
224 miles
26 miles
154 miles
106 miles
160 miles
2,322 miles
1,246 miles
65,938 feet
83,311 feet
584,378 feet
5,717 feet
Fire Alarm Apparatus.
Tappers in service
Boston tappers in adjacent cities and towns .
Tappers connected to adjacent city and town systems
in Boston Fire Department stations ....
Gongs in service
Registers in service, — other than fire alarm office
Relays in service, — other than fire alarm office .
Telephones in department system
149
6
5
112
30
21
151
Fire Department.
37
Public Clocks.
Because of a serious fire in the Old State House the
clock movement in that building had to be removed
and thoroughly overhauled and a new dial installed.
The dials of the tower clocks in the steeples of the
Old North Church (four dials), the Old South Church
(two dials), the West Roxbury Congregational Church
(two dials) and the Baker Memorial Church, Upham's
Corner (four dials) had all broken parts replaced and
were painted at a cost, for all of them, of $551.60,
excluding labor of our own force.
The tower clock in the Charles Street Church, which
was out of service, on account of building construction
for several months, was overhauled and repaired by our
own force and again put in service.
In addition to the above, fifty reports of minor troubles
in other public clocks were attended by our force.
Summary of Work Done.
New line used . 43,870 feet
Old wire removed from poles .... 95,400 feet
Aerial cable installed 8,240 feet
Conductors in the same 37,710 feet
Aerial cable removed from service . . . 1,450 feet
Conductors in the same 15,900 feet
Underground cable installed in ducts of New
England Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany 40,449 feet
Conductors in the same 319,466 feet
Underground cable installed in Fire Department
ducts . . 12,726 feet
Conductors in the same 120,539 feet
Underground cable in Postal Telegraph Com-
pany ducts 1,364 feet
Conductors in the same 8, 184 feet
Submarine cable installed 816 feet
Conductors in the same 7,464 feet
Total underground cable installed (new work) 55,355 feet
Conductors in the same 455, 653 feet
Cable used to replace defective cable . . 3,613 feet
Conductors in the same 135,078 feet
Underground cable removed .... 2,855 feet
Conductors in the same 15,610 feet
Conduits laid by the department . . . 5,596 feet
Ducts in same 7,348 feet
Ducts abandoned 988 feet
Manholes built 9
Handholes built ........ 1
38 City Document No. 11.
Fire alarm boxes installed by this department, 18
Fire alarm boxes installed by Schoolhouse De-
partment 1
Fire alarm boxes installed on private property, 2
Fire alarm box posts set ...... 33
Fire alarm box posts relocated .... 3
Fire alarm box posts reset or replaced by new, 13
Fire alarm test posts set — large type . . 4
Fire alarm test posts set — small type . . 4
Fire alarm pole test boxes installed ... 17
George L. Fickett,
Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
Fiee Department. 39
BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND REPAIRS.
February 1, 1922.
From: The First Deputy Chief.
To: The Acting Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report, 1921-22.
The following presentation of the activities of the
various branches connected with the Bureau of Supplies
and Repairs for the fiscal year 1921-1922 is herewith
submitted :
Motor Apparatus Repairs — Bureau Shops.
Number of jobs performed 4,606
Cost of labor and material on above . . . $51,152
This work consisted of all character of repairs on all
types of motor-driven apparatus in the department, in
many cases the entire mechanism being renewed or
completely overhauled. It is to be noted here that in
the repair of motor apparatus possessed by this depart-
ment, for the most part very complicated, our Bureau
forces handled the same in a most capable manner.
Motor Apparatus Repairs — Outside Concerns.
Number of jobs performed 410
Cost of labor and material on above . . . $4,202
Not possessing adequate facilities for the proper
maintenance and repair of certain elements which go to
make a motor vehicle, it was found necessary to resort
to outside concerns for repairs, this work consisting of
repairs to springs, fenders, windshields, wheels, magnetos,
storage batteries, tires, innertubes, carburetors, electric
horns, switches, etc.
Note. — All of our motor-driven apparatus has been
through our shops for repairs or general overhauling —
in some instances more than once.
Emergency Motor Squads.
We have assigned from our fire-fighting forces some
ten members who render night and day service and are
known as Squads No. 1 and No. 2. These men have
40 City Document No. 11.
proven their ability to cope with most any condition
which might exist in the operation and re-establishment
of service in our motor-driven or horse-drawn apparatus.
I know of no condition existing in the year 1921 in which
they have failed to accomplish the task which they set
out to perform.
New Motor Equipment.
The following new motor equipment were contracted
for and received during the fiscal year 1921-1922:
American LaF ranee.
Six (6) type No. 75 750 gallons' capacity pump and hose cars.
Two (2) type No. 12 1,000 gallons' capacity pump and hose cars.
One (1) type No. 17 four-wheel tractor.
Note. — All additions are placed on these apparatus by our
shop forces in accordance with our standards.
Buick.
Two (2) five-passenger touring cars for deputy chiefs.
Four (4) roadsters for district chiefs.
White.
One (1) f-ton truck for repair shop service..
Ford.
Four (4) roadsters for emergency motor squad and shop
service.
To my mind, the major principle involved in obtaining
maximum efficiency for apparatus and equipment is
standardization of type and class.
Motor Pump School.
The establishment of a motor pump school in this
department is, as far as I am aware, the first school of
its type in the country. Many members of the depart-
ment have already attended in small groups, as it was
found that more practical training could be given, and
more individual instruction given where the classes were
not so large. In addition to our own men, we have had
as observers many members of outside fire departments.
Classes were conducted during the open weather,
and will be resumed as soon as conditions warrant.
The men trained in this art have proved their efficiency
many times over in the operation of our motor pumps,
Fire Department. 41
especially during the extremely cold weather, which, in
itself, is a most severe test. This being an innovation,
the men under instruction have grasped the most
intricate details with astonishing ease, and it tends to
give confidence to the timid, and develops poise in the
operator.
Information has been sought, on many occasions, by
outside sources, who have come to realize the important
part to be played by motor pumps in the extinguish-
ment of fires. It is gratifying to know that, with this
instruction we have developed a method by which a
motor pump functions on all of its cylinders, rather
than only a few, resulting in undeveloped operation.
Chauffeurs' School.
Under the direction of our Instructor of Motor Appar-
atus about two hundred officers and men have been
given a thorough course of training in the care and
operation of motor- vehicles. Completing their course
with the instructor, the men are turned over to the
Engineer of Motor Apparatus for final test and approval,
thus checking up their qualifications. In a vast majority
of cases, excellent results have been obtained in the
adoption of this practice.
Motor Vehicle Inspection.
Periodic inspection of each piece of motor apparatus
in service is conducted by our Engineer of Motor Appar-
atus, he planning the time for inspection from the chauf-
feurs' reports which are received at this Bureau from
time to time. Again, more frequent inspection is made
of apparatus which have been subjected to exception-
ally severe service. His findings are submitted to the
First Deputy Chief, in charge of this bureau who, in
turn forwards them to headquarters, from which source
orders are issued for the correction of any defects which
may exist.
In connection with the inspection of motor apparatus,
all drive chains and anti-skid chains were inspected by
a man detailed from this bureau for that purpose.
The Engineer of Motor Apparatus, in addition to his
duties specified above, responds to multiple alarms of
fire, at which time he notes particularly the workings
of the various motor pumps in action.
42 City Document No. 11.
Testing of New Apparatus Before Acceptance.
All of the apparatus purchased during the year was
subjected to most severe tests in hill climbing, road
work, turning radius and reverse movements. Cylinder
compression tests by means of a gauge were made on
all motors. Representatives of the makers, members
of our department, and, in some instances, interested
outside fire department officials have been present at
these tests.
Miscellaneous.
. With a view towards eliminating unnecessary delay
by our apparatus in response to alarms of fire, we sub-
mitted sample of gasoline supplied this department under
contract, to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
where a comparative analysis was made with the latest
specifications of the National Committee on Standardiza-
tion of Petroleum Specifications, and needless to say,
resulted favorably.
In an experimental test we ascertained the relative
superiority of the cord constructed pneumatic auto-
mobile tire over that of the fabric constructed type. In
order that we might arrive at a proper basis for compar-
ison, we equipped six of our passenger type cars with
cord tires of the most standard makes — five tires and
innertubes for each car. A complete record of gasoline
consumption, oil used, mileage made, and other data
incidental to proper conclusions, were kept by the
drivers. It is our desire to eliminate, so far as it is
possible, the time lost in changing tires brought about
through punctures, blowouts and imperfect construction.
We also equipped one of our motor combination hose
and chemical cars with cord pneumatic tires in order to
establish a comparision in the maintenance between
that type and the solid tire equipment.
Repairs to Horse-drawn Equipment and Apparatus
(Our Shops).
Number of jobs performed 619
Cost of labor and material on above .... $4,983
Included in the above cost were the overhauling and
repairing of steam fire engines, replacing of band brakes,
repairing and replacing of springs, the renewal of channel
irons and solid butt end tires, and repairs to service
ladders.
Fire Department. 43
Among the minor renewals and repairs coming within
the scope of the above figures were the following : ladder
rungs, axe handles, sledge hammer and rake handles,
sharpening axes, repairs to harnesses, life belts, hose
lines and fire hats.
Repairs to Horse-drawn Equipment (Outside
Concerns).
Number of jobs performed 187
Cost of labor and material on above .... $3,899
The above expenditure covers the repair and renewal
of shutoff nozzles, chucks, suctions, extinguishers, coup-
lings, etc., due to the fact that our shop does not contain
the proper facilities for handling the same.
The upkeep of various department buildings was
cared for by our corps of carpenters, painters, plumbers
and steamfitters. Among other things, about two
hundred twenty-seven lights of glass were reset, and worn
sashes replaced with new ones. The necessary stock
used in this work was obtained from reliable outside
sources.
The cost of the above work is indicated in the follow-
ing:
Number of jobs performed 1,260
Cost of labor and material on above . . . . $31,511
When it was found that a repair job could not be
handled by members of our force, the work was done
by outside concerns.
The cost of this work follows:
Number of jobs performed 77
Cost of labor and material on above .... $4,933
During the year material to the amount of $641 was
supplied to various fire companies in the department for
minor repairs to quarters to be performed by members
of those companies who were particularly qualified to do
the work.
At a cost of $3,540, mattresses and pillows were
renovated and remade, chairs recaned, and new window
shades furnished by outside concerns. Repairs to
furniture is also included in this figure.
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City Document No. 11.
Furnishings Purchased.
726 yards roller towelling.
56 dozen linen sheets.
14 pillows.
21 bedsteads.
50 dozen linen pillow slips.
100 bedspreads.
14 mattresses.
189 chairs.
50 pairs blankets.
Hose Data.
Hose Purchased and Condemned During Year.
Purchased.
Feet.
Condemned.
Feet.
Leading cotton .
Chemical .
1-inch deck
4-inch rubber suction
20,900
500
225
40^
Leading cotton .
Leading rubber .
Chemical .
1-inch deck
Deluge . . .
3-inch flexible suction
4-inch rubber suction
Total .
11,650
250
450
225
25
200
62
Total .
21,665|
12,862
Hose in Use and in
Store During Year.
In Use.
Feet.
In Store.
Feet.
Leading cotton .
Leading rubber .
Chemical .
1-inch deck
4-inch rubber suction
3-inch flexible suction
Deluge
127,966
1,750
18,800
900
1,428
612|
662|
Leading cotton .
Chemical
3-inch flexible suction
25-inch rubber suction
4-inch rubber suctipn
Deluge
Total .
7,700
400
25
40
112
25
8,302
Total .
152,119
Paint
Shop.
In order that we might guard against the rapid depre-
ciation of our fire-fighting apparatus, we have inaugu-
rated in our paint shop an "endless-chain" system of
apparatus painting. By this method we are enabled at
all times to display, aside from a rugged, workable piece
of apparatus, an attractive piece of apparatus.
Our house-painting forces have done much to prolong
the life of our many department quarters, as it has been
found more economical to apply an additional coat of
paint here and there than to allow the property in
question disintegrate to such a degree as to require
complete rebuilding. In this manner a great saving
has been effected.
Fire Department. 45
Clothing Division.
In addition to the regular duties incumbent upon the
members of the hose and harness shop of this Bureau,
certain of these individuals are now engaged in the
marking and distribution of uniform clothing which is
furnished gratis to the members of this department.
Uniform parts of clothing are carefully examined, and
if the same are found to be completely worn, orders are
issued to the manufacturer holding the contract to
furnish new parts. In this manner the men always
appear neat, as the clothing and parts must conform to
the provisions of specifications laid down in General
Orders, thus making all uniform standard.
In due course the uniform overcoats are concentrated
at District Headquarters, where they are examined
preparatory to cold storage in accordance with a schedule
established by the Committee on Clothing, composed
of officers of the department.
Storeroom.
The installation of metal bins and compartments has
done much to eliminate the loss of time in the selection
of material located in the said bins. This is particularly
true in emergencies when goods must be obtained at a
moment's notice. Incidental to the installation of the
said bins and compartments, much useless material has
been disposed of and also much material has been sal-
vaged for future use.
In connection with the metal bins and compartments
above mentioned, stock cards are attached to each bin,
from which one may readily ascertain the contents of
each bin, thus assuring us of an ample stock on hand at
all times, and eliminating the possibility of a shortage
of any one commodity.
Machine Shop.
The purchase of a Brown & Sharpe Universal Milling
Machine, a bench drill and a motor-driven valve-grinding
machine, has not alone reduced our operating costs to an
appreciable extent, but has resulted in the turning out of
a finer grade of work. With the use of the machines
above mentioned, we have attained accuracy to the
one-thousandth of an inch, which feature is so all-
important when the high cost of our major fire-fighting
apparatus is taken into consideration.
46 City Document No. 11.
Furthermore, we are not compelled to resort to outside
repair concerns for much of our emergency jobs, as our
repair forces have adapted themselves most efficiently
in the use of the machines mentioned previously.
Tool Room.
The establishment of a new tool room on the machine
shop floor in charge of a competent individual has done
much towards eliminating a good deal of carelessness on
the part of our shop forces in the care of tools used by
them in the repair of apparatus, etc.
By means of a metal check system, each man who
borrows an article from the tool room is held strictly
responsible for its return.
Main Flooe.
In order to accomplish repairs on apparatus in the least
possible time, we have had erected on the main apparatus
floor a number of wooden bins in which have been lo-
cated standard sizes of bolts, nuts, screws, washers, etc.
Thus it may be seen that these articles are readily
accessible, and the men are not obliged to climb two
flights of stairs to the stock room for material.
Conclusion.
Due to the systematic and efficient conduct of our
repair shops, the present structure is gradually proving
inadequate in so far as space is concerned. Looking into
the future, it is my belief that means should be taken to
provide for a larger shop, thus insuring more efficient
maintenance which is necessary to care for the annual
growth of our department, brought on by increased
motorization and additional quarters.
What we lack in this department are proper storage
facilities. Much of our material is distributed in differ-
ent sections of the city, some times difficult of access,
which means that we are using every available place
under our jurisdiction to store material which must be
used at a moment's notice.
Respectfully,
John O. Taber,
First Deputy Chief.
Fire Department.
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BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, VETERINARY
HOSPITAL.
Boston, February 1, 1922.
From: Veterinary and Supervisor of Buildings.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.
Sir, — The following is a statement of the whole num-
ber of horses in the service; those that were sold, trans-
ferred, died, destroyed, killed, pensioned, during the
year ending January 31, 1922:
Total number on hand February 1, 1921
Total number on hand February 1, 1922
Horses sold
Horses transferred
Horses died
Horses destroyed
Horses killed
Horses pensioned
147
112
17
4
1
7
4
2
Respectfully submitted,
Daniel P. Keogh, M. D. V.,
Veterinary and Supervisor of Buildings.
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48 City Document No. 11.
REPORT OF MEDICAL EXAMINER.
Boston, February 1, 1922.
From: The Medical Examiner.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.
Sir, — I respectfully submit the following report for
the year ending January 31, 1922:
Number of cases of illness 384
Number of cases of injury 1,022
Number injured but remained on duty . . . 760
Examinations.
And inspections at office headquarters .... 1,053
For appointment as provisional firemen (civil service) 48
For reappointment (as from war service) ... 1
Re-examination of old pensioners and medical report
submitted 35
For appointment of men on probation .... 42
At homes of citizens injured by fire apparatus and
medical report submitted 4
At engine houses of firemen, pulmotors and medicine
chests and including visits at homes of firemen and
to hospitals and examination of citizens and others
injured by fire apparatus or other property con-
trolled by the Fire Department 250
During the past year the general health of the men has
been very good, as about the average number of cases of
illness and injury have been reported and on file at this
office.
The officers and men have been prompt in offering and
performing " first aid" services to citizens as well as to
firemen and should therefore be encouraged and com-
mended.
It is pleasing and also praiseworthy to note that out of
a record of 1,022 cases of injury on file, 760 men remained
on duty and had injuries treated in quarters. The
above clearly proves the faithful spirit of officers and
men.
Fire Department.
49
Deaths.
Name.
Date.
Cause.
Charles C. Shepard
June 21, 1921.
Cardio-vascular disease.
Francis E. Merrill
Aug. S, 1921.
Strangulation.
Daniel B. McAlvin
Sept. 23, 1921.
Fractured skull and pelvis.
Eespectfully submitted,
William J. McNally, M. D.,
Medical Examiner.
50 City Document No. 11.
REPORT OF WIRE DIVISION.
From: Superintendent, Wire Division.
To: The Acting Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.
I herewith submit annual report of the Wire Division
of the Fire Department for the year 1921-1922.
The underground district for 1922 has been prescribed
and advertised in accordance with the law, and is as
follows :
Brighton.
Washington street, from Commonwealth avenue to Corey
road.
Corey road, from Washington street to the Brookline line.
Wallingford road, from Chestnut Hill avenue to Common-
wealth avenue.
East Boston.
Border street, from the North Ferry to Condor street.
Sumner street, from Maverick square to Border street.
Roxbury.
Zeigler street, from Warren street to Dearborn street.
Dorchester.
Dorchester avenue, from Peabody square to Pierce square.
Fuller street, from Dorchester avenue to Washington street.
West Cottage street, from Dudley street to Blue Hill avenue.
Back Bay.
Brookline avenue, from Commonwealth avenue, a distance
of 1,890 feet to a point 150 feet south of the south line of Fuller-
ton street.
Making a total distance of four miles of streets as
provided by law.
The above streets were prescribed in accordance with
chapter 196 of the Acts of 1921, which reads as follows:
[CHAPTER 196.]
An Act to Provide for Removing or Placing Under-
ground Certain Wires and Electrical Appliances
in the City of Boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In the month of January, in the year 1922,
and in said month of each year thereafter, to and including
Fire Department. 51
the year 1926, the Fire Commissioner of the City of Boston
shall prescribe and give public notice thereof in at least two
daily newspapers in said city, by advertisement therein, twice
a week for two weeks in succession, of not more than four
miles of streets in any one year, from which poles shall be
removed and the wires buried underground, except such poles
and wires as are excepted in chapter 364 of the Acts of 1911.
Sect. 2. The work for the years 1920 and 1921 heretofore
prescribed under existing statutes need not be done, but any
street or streets formerly included in the work prescribed
for said years may be included by the Fire Commissioner in
the future work to be done under this Act. The obligation to
do any work prescribed under existing laws to be done in years
before 1920, shall not be affected by anything in this Act
contained.
Sect. 3. The powers conferred and the duties imposed
upon the officer mentioned in said chapter 364, and other
acts mentioned in said chapter, are hereby extended and said
powers shall be exercised and said duties performed by said
Fire Commissioner in each of the years 1922 to 1926 inclusive.
[Approved March 20, 1921.
The following data gives the details of the work done
by this division :
During the year there were fifty-five fires and four
manhole explosions due to electrical causes, the total
loss being $744,725.60. Of this amount two car barn
fires caused a loss of $669,514,82, and three other fires
caused a loss of $71,835.30, leaving $3,375.48 for the
other fifty fires. These fires have received the atten-
tion of this division.
All electrical construction which comes under the
supervision of this Division has received attention.
No violation of the law relating to electrical con-
struction has necessitated court action during the year.
The total income was $36,51 1 .82.
Owing to the fact that the force of the Interior Divi-
sion has been increased during the year by the appoint-
ment of three new inspectors, we have been able to
detail two inspectors who will devote all their time to
the inspection of old electrical installation in buildings,
commencing with the work in the city proper.
During the year .a new edition of the Rules and
Requirements of the Fire Commissioner (Wire Division)
has been issued.
52 City Document No. 11.
EXTERIOR DIVISION.
The underground district for the year 1921 as pre-
scribed under authority of chapter 196 of the Special
Acts of 1916, comprised the following main and side
streets :
Main Streets.
Washington street, Brighton, from Commonwealth avenue to
Corey road.
Bunker Hill street, Charlestown, from Monument street to
Auburn street.
Warren street, Charlestown, from Thompson square to Park
street.
Washington street, West Roxbury, from Corinth street to
Beech street.
Columbus avenue, Roxbury, from Centre street to Washington
street.
Huntington avenue, Roxbury, from South Huntington avenue,
northeasterly to a point 100 feet east of the easterly line of
Vancouver street.
Making a total distance of three miles as provided by
law.
Side Streets.
Corey road, Brighton, from Washington street to the Brookline
line.
Wallingford road, Brighton, from Chestnut Hill avenue to
Commonwealth avenue.
Zeigler street, Roxbury, from Warren street to Dearborn street.
Soley street, Charlestown, from Warren street, a distance of
200 feet.
Belgrade avenue, West Roxbury, from South street to Aldrich
street.
Maverick street, East Boston, from Meridian street to Border
street.
Chelsea street, East Boston, from Maverick square to a point
105 feet west of the westerly line of Brooks street.
Making a total distance of two miles as provided by
law.
The above streets were prescribed for underground
Fire Department. 53
construction on January 18, 1921, but chapter 196 of
the Legislative Acts of 1921 approved March 30, pro-
vided that the underground work for the years 1920 and
1921 heretofore prescribed need not be done.
This gave the companies a chance to devote their
energies to certain streets in the 1917, 1918, and 1919
underground districts where underground work had not
been completed and in which poles and overhead wires
were still maintained.
With a few exceptions, where work is now in progress,
all streets in the 1917, 1918, and 1919 underground dis-
tricts have been cleared of poles and overhead wires.
In the selection of new pole locations our engineers
have accompanied the engineers of the various companies
for the purpose of passing on such locations. All
carrying poles standing in the streets are stencilled by
this department for purpose of identification, and are
plotted in atlases on file in our office. All poles standing
in the city are inspected and tested yearly by the inspec-
tors of this division and at the same time a general inspec-
tion is made of all overhead construction. This work
is in addition to the regular inspection work necessary
on account of new construction. Poles found to be
leaning or in process of decay are reported to companies
owning same and where conditions warrant it poles are
condemned. During the past year the inspectors of
this division reported one hundred and seventy (170)
poles decayed at base and thirty-nine (39) poles leaning,
or a total of two hundred and nine (209) poles, which
were replaced by new poles or reset by the various com-
panies at the request of this department.
Twenty-six (26) abandoned poles were also reported
by our inspectors and were removed by the various
companies at our request.
The following table shows the overhead work for the
year from February 1, 1921, to January 31, 1922,
inclusive :
Number of new poles set in new locations . . 245
Number of poles replaced, reset or straightened . 505
Number of poles removed 367
Number of poles now standing in the public streets, 15,620
Number of defects reported 1,703
Number of defects corrected 1,445
(Other defects in process of correction.)
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City Document No. 11.
Number of notices of overhead construction . . 23,239
Number of overhead inspections 46,066
Number of overhead reports 22,156
Amount of overhead wires removed by owners
(in feet) 1,529,780
Undergkound Construction.
The ducts used this year for the underground conduits
of the drawing in system are of the following type :
1. Vitrified clay (laid in concrete).
2. Fiber (laid in concrete) .
3. Iron.
4. Wood.
In side or residential streets, a small amount of special
underground construction for electric light and power
purposes of a type known as the "Split Fiber Solid
Main System," has been installed during the year.
The electrical approvals for underground electrical
construction numbered two thousand four hundred and
sixty-three (2,463).
Number of inspections of underground electrical con-
struction, seven thousand four hundred and twenty-
nine (7,429).
Number of reports of underground electrical construc-
tion, two thousand five hundred and fifty-six (2,556).
Character of Cable Used by the Various Companies.
Company.
Kind of Insulation.
Size.
Boston Elevated Railway Company.. .
Rubber and paper .
No. 4-0 and 500,000, 1,000-
000 and 2,000,000 CM.
Charlestown Gas and Electric Com-
pany.
Varnished cambric
and paper.
Nos. 4, 2, 1-0, 2-0 and 4-0.
Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
Rubber and paper. .
Nos. 8 to 1,000,000 C. M.
pany.
4, 6, 10, 19, 37 conductor.
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company.
16 to 1212 pair.
Police Signal Service (B. P. D.)
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Paper
15 and 25 pair.
Schoolhouse Commission (City of
Boston) .
Rubber
4 conductor.
Western Union Telegraph Company. . .
Rubber and paper.
2 to 25 conductors.
6 to 75 pair.
Fire Department.
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Table Showing Underground Work for the Year 1921.
Company.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company,
9,055
50,311
97,708
31
15
72
184
1
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tion.
Charlestown Gas and Electric Com-
5,410
30,912
43,173
29
8
pany.
Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
43,382
237,558
977,127
169
1,414
pany.
Fire Alarm Branch (B. F. D.)
1,865
5,210
55,355
4
56
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company.
4,670
58,909
175,756
16
121
Police Signal Service (B. P. D.)
585
10,000
9
6,655
247
1,950
2
Western Union Telegraph Company,
7,058
41,957
15,311
23
5
Totals
71,512
425,873
1,383,035
273
1,631
Note. — "Split Fiber Solid Main System" of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company
is included in the above figures, comprising 11,581 feet of conduit and 22,780 feet of single
duct; the main and feeder tube or armored cable of the same company are not included;
100 feet of main three-wire tube and 5,889 feet of three-wire armored service cable were
laid during the year.
Table Showing the Amount and Distribution of Boston's Electrical Power,
January 31, 1922.
Company.
-its
Capacity of
Incandescent
Lamps in
Kilowatts.
03 "^
°3 is
>-°$£,
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5 ** ri
$<&
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ii £
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Boston Elevated Railway Company ....
Edison Electric Illuminating Company. .
43,772
48,592
207,970
235,400
300
400
150
363
3,400
93,057
60
105
25
209
5
2,896
163
33
334,710
85,777
7,100
30
106
32
153
74,110
71,373
85
395
17
43
1
Block Plant Electric Light Company . . .
A. W. Barnes Steam Specialty Company,
350
620
200
500
1
1
1
1
Totals
94,034
444,583
96,856
3,067
427,908
145,963
65
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City Document No. 11
INTERIOR DIVISION.
As provided by law there have been twelve hundred
fifty-four (1,254) inspections made of theatres, places of
amusement and public halls. Where defects are found
the parties interested are notified. When not corrected
within a reasonable time the company supplying current
is notified to discontinue same.
During the year there were seven persons injured by
electricity, three of the cases proving to be fatal.
Fires in interior of buildings
Fires on poles
Manhole explosions .
Injuries to persons .
Notices of new work received
Number of permits to turn on current .
Number of incandescent lamps inspected
Number of motors inspected .
Number of buildings in which wiring was
pletely examined
Number of inspections made .
Defects reported
Defects corrected
(Other defects in process of correction.)
com
47
8
4
7
14,438
10,275
1,432,715
9,634
1,532
35,653
877
411
Fire Department.
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LIST OF WIRE DIVISION EMPLOYEES,
JANUARY 31, 1922.
Salary
per Annum.
1 Superintendent . . . $3,000 00
1 Chief inspector
2,500 00
4 Inspectors
2,000 00
8 Inspectors
1,900 00
8 Inspectors
1,800 00
6 Inspectors
1,700 00
3 Inspectors
1,600 00
1 Inspector
1,500 00
1 Inspector
1,400 00
1 Permit clerk and inspector
1,800 00
1 Engineer ....
2,000 00
1 Chief clerk
2,000 00
1 Assistant chief clerk
1,900 00
1 Clerk and stenographer
1,600 00
1 Clerk ....
1,240 00
1 Clerk and stenographer
1,200 00
1 Clerk ....
1,200 00
2 Stenographers
1,200 00
1 Chauffeur
1,400 00
1 Stenciller .
1,300 00
1 Driver . . . .
1,300 00
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58 City Document No. 11.
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATION AND EXPEN-
DITURES OF THE WIRE DIVISION FROM
FEBRUARY 1, 1921, TO JANUARY 31, 1922,
INCLUSIVE.
$89,076 88
Appropriation ....
Expenditures.
Salaries
and wages :
A-l.
Employees .
$75,486 53
F-7.
Pension roll .
1,500 00
B-l.
Printing . .
883 50
B-2.
Postage .
100 00
B-3.
Advertising .
126 70
B-4.
Car fares, etc.
2,281 55
B-12.
Premium on surety
bond ....
6 00
B-13.
Telephones .
352 03
B-14.
Repairs, radiator
7 75
B-35.
Fees for chauffeur's li-
cense ....
2 00
B-37.
Photo and blueprinting
2 05
B-39.
Repairs to instruments,
224 67
C-4.
Tires, etc.
281 35
C-13.
Tools ....
29 21
D-l.
Office forms and sta-
tionery
1,813 26
D-lt.
Gasolene, etc.
453 15
D-16.
Photographic material,
6 46
E-10.
Testing wire
4 97
E-13.
Auto parts and paint,
92 10
Total expenditures
$83,653 28
Balance
in treasury
5,423 60
$89,076 88
Fire Department. 59
LIST OF PROPERTY.— WIRE DIVISION.
1 1,500-volt Weston Direct Current Voltmeter.
5 300-volt Weston Direct Current Voltmeters.
2 300-volt Weston Alternating Current and Direct Current
Voltmeters.
1 15-volt Weston Direct Current Voltmeter.
2 300-volt Weston Direct Current Double Reading Voltmeter.
1 1,20-volt Weston Direct Current Minature Type Voltmeter.
1 150-volt Weston Direct Current Minature Type Voltmeter.
1 500-volt Weston Direct Current Ammeter.
1 200-volt Weston Alternating Current Ammeter.
1 50-volt Weston Direct Current Ammeter.
1 15-volt Weston Alternating Current Ammeter.
1 1,500-volt Milamperes Weston Direct Current Mil-ammeter.
6 Bichloride of silver batteries, each 60 cells.
1 Queen testing set.
1 Touring car.
1 Runabout.
1 Ford truck.
2 Robes.
1 Blanket:
2 Cameras, complete.
Miscellaneous tools used in connection with overhead con-
struction.
Draughting instruments.
Respectfully yours,
Walter J. Burke,
Superintendent, Wire Division.
60 City Document No. 11.
THE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION.
Acting Commissioner, Joseph P. Manning.
Chief Clerk, Benjamin F. Underhill.
Chief of Department, Peter E. Walsh.
First Deputy Chief, John O. Taber, in charge of Bureau of
Supplies and Repairs.
Superintendent of Repairs, Eugene M. Byington.
Superintendent of Fire Alarms, George L. Fickett.
Superintendent of Wire Division, Walter J. Burke.
Chief Operator and Assistant Superintendent of Fire Alarms,
Richard Donahue.
Chief Clerk, Wire Division, Frank H. Rice.
Veterinary Surgeon, Daniel P. Keogh.
Medical Examiner, William J. McNally.
Clerks.
(Fire Department.)
James P. Maloney, Assistant Chief Clerk and Supervisor of
Pay Accounts, Edward L. Tierney, Chief of License Division —
Bureau of Fire Prevention, George F. Murphy, Daniel J.
Quinn, Herbert J. Hickey, John J. Coholan, William J. Hurley,
Nathan Cohen, Frank M. Fogarty, Charles S. Carroll, Thomas
J. Murphy.
(Wire Division.)
William McSweeney, Timothy A. Connolly, Selina A.
O'Brien, Mary E. Fleming, Mary Moran, Martin P. Cummings.
STRENGTH AND PAY JANUARY 31, 1922.
Headquarters.
1 Commissioner
1 Chief clerk
1 Assistant chief clerk and supervisor pay accounts, 2,500
1 Medical examiner
1 Secretary and stenographer .
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Assistant engineer (messenger)*
2 Hosemen (clerks)* .
Per Annum.
$7,500
2,500
2,100
2,000
2,300
2,000
1,200
1,800
1,800
11
* Detailed from Fire-fighting Branch.
Fire Department.
61
Fire Prevention Bureau.
1 Chief License Bureau
1 Chief inspector (lieutenant)
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Constable ....
14 Hosemen and laddermen (inspectors)*
19
Fire Fighting Branch.
1 Chief of Department
3 Deputy chiefs
15 District chiefs
66 Captains
95 Lieutenants
1 Aid-to-chief (lieutenant)
1 Aid-to-Commissioner (private)
3 Engineers (marine)
52 Engineers
42 Assistant engineers
11 Assistant engineers
3 Assistant engineers
900 Privates:
621
206
26
47
1,193
Bureau of Supplies and Repairs.
1 Deputy chief in charge* ....
1 Superintendent
1 Shop foreman
1 Lieutenant, foreman of hose and harness shop*
1 Auto engineer (engineer)* ....
1 Master plumber (engineer)* ....
1 Master carpenter (hoseman)*
1 Master painter
1 Foreman auto mechanics ....
1 Machinist (engineer)* . . . . .
1 Inspector steam fire engines (engineer)*
1 Instructor high pressure system (engineer)*
12 Privates* .
3 Privates* .
1 Clerk in charge
1 Clerk .
1 Clerk .
2 Clerks (hoseman)*
1 Storekeeper*
Per Annum.
$2,500
2,300
1,700
1,200
1,400
1,800
$5,000
4,000
3,500
2,500
2,300
2,300
1,800
2,000
1,900
1,800
1,600
1,500
1,800
1,600
1,500
1,400
$4,000
3,500
2,000
2,300
2,200
1,900
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,900
1,900
1,900
1,800
1,600
1,900
1,500
1,200
1,800
2,000
* Detailed from Fire-fighting Branch.
62
City Document No. 11.
1 Engineer
3 Firemen .
2 Plumbers .
1 Steamfitter
1 Leading painter
7 Painters
2 Wheelwrights .
1 Leading machinist .
3 Machinists
10 Auto repairers .
1 Leading blacksmith
4 Blacksmiths
5 Blacksmith's helpers
3 Carpenters
2 Auto trimmers and harness repairers
1 Hose and harness repairer
1 Boiler repairer, iron worker and steamfitter
1 Vulcanker
1 Chauffeur .
2 Teamsters (7 days)
1 Laborer
1 Steamfitter (temporary)
87
Fire Alarm Branch.
1 Superintendent
1 Chief operator and assistant superintendent
1 Supervising operator
3 Principal operators .
2 Operators .
6 Assistant operators .
1 Assistant operator .
15
1
1
1
Construction Force.
Foreman
Assistant foreman . . .
Stockman
1 Machinist (7 days) .
2 Machinists (7 days)
18 Cable splicers and
repairers
wiremen, linemen and
Per Week.
$40 00
Per Day.
$5 50
40
00
25
00
00
25
00
00
25
00
25
00
00
50
00
50
50
00
00
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Per Annum.
$3,500
3,000
2,300
2,300
2,200
1,800
1,600
$2,700
2,200
1,800
Per Day.
$5 25
5 00
5 45
Fire Department. 63
Per Day.
1 Laborer . $4 00
1 Inside wireman (temporary) 5 60
41
Veterinary Hospital Branch.
Per Annum,
1 Veterinarian and supervisor of buildings and
horses $3,000
Per Day.
3 Hostlers (average), 7 days $4 00
64 City Document No. 11.
CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
Peter E. Walsh.
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
fifteen districts, each commanded by a district chief.
Division 1.
Deputy Chief, Henry A. Fox.
Headquarters, Ladder House 8, Fort Hill Square.
This division comprises Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
District 1.
District Chief, Fitzgerald M. O'Lalor.
Headquarters, Ladder House 2, Paris Street,
East Boston.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 5, 9, 11,
31 (fireboat), 40, 47 (fireboat), Ladders 2, 21, Chemical 7.
District 2.
District Chief, William E. Riley.
Headquarters, Engine House 50, Winthrop Street,
Charlestown.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 27, 32, 36,
50, Ladders 9, 22.
District 3.
District Chief, Cornelius J. O'Brien.
Headquarters, Ladder House 18, Pittsburgh Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 25, 38,
39, 44 (fireboat), Ladders 8, 18, Water Tower 3, Rescue 1.
District 4-
District Chief, Edward J. Shallow.
Headquarters, Engine House, 4 Bulfinch Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 4, 6, 8,
Ladders 1, 24, Water Tower 1.
Fire Department. 65
District 5.
District Chief, Albert J. Caulfield.
Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Mason Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 7, 10, 26?
35, Ladder 17.
Division 2.
Deputy Chief, Walter M. McLean.
Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren Avenue.
This division comprises Districts 6, 7, 8, 11.
District 6.
District Chief, James J. Caine.
Headquarters, Engine House 1, Dorchester Street,
South Boston.
Apparatus Located in the District — Engines 1, 2, 15,
43, Ladders 5, 19, 20.
District 7.
District Chief, Frank A. Sweeney.
Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren Avenue.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 3, 22, 33,
Ladders 3, 13, 15, Water Tower 2.
District 8.
District Chief, Frank J. Sheeran.
Headquarters, Ladder House 12, Tremont Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 13, 14,
37, Ladders 12, 26.
District 11.
District Chief, James F. McMahon.
Headquarters, Engine House 41, Harvard Avenue,
Brighton.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 29, 34, 41,
51, Ladders 11, 14.
Division 3.
Deputy Chief, Daniel F. Sennott.
Headquarters, Ladder House 4, Dudley Street.
This division comprises Districts 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.
66 City Document No. 11.
District 9.
District Chief, Joseph H. Kenney.
Headquarters, Engine House 12, Dudley Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 12, 21, 23,
24, Ladder 4, Chemical 10.
District 10.
District Chief, Francis J. Jordan.
Headquarters, Engine House 18, Harvard Street,
Dorchester.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 17, 18, 52,
Ladders 7, 29.
District 12.
District Chief, John N. Lally.
Headquarters, Engine House 28, Centre Street,
Jamaica Plain.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 28, 24,
Ladders 10, 23, 30, Chemical 5.
District 13.
District Chief, Michael J. Kennedy.
Headquarters, Engine House 45, Corner Washington
and Poplar Streets, Roslindale.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 30, 45, 53,
Ladders 16, 25.
District lJf-.
District Chief, Allan J. Macdonald.
Headquarters, Engine House 46, Peabody Square,
Dorchester.
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.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 19, 48, 49,
Ladder 28.
Fire Department.
67
FIRE STATIONS.
Location.
Location.
Number
of Feet .
in Lot.
Occupied by
Dorchester and Fourth streets
Corner of O and Fourth streets
Bristol street and Harrison avenue
Bulnneh street
Marion street, East Boston
Leverett street
East street
Salem street
Paris street, East Boston
River street
Saratoga and Byron streets, East Boston. .
Dudley street
Cabot street
Centre street
Dorchester avenue
Corner River and Temple streets
Meeting House Hill, Dorchester
Harvard street, Dorchester
Norfolk street, Dorchester
Walnut street, Dorchester
Columbia road, Dorchester
Warren avenue
Northampton street
Corner Warren and Quincy streets
Fort Hill square
Mason street
Elm street, Charlestown
Centre street, Jamaica Plain
Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton
Centre street, West Roxbury
521 Commercial street, on land of Public
Works Department.
8,167
4,000
4,000
6,098
3,265
2,269
1,893
2,568
4,720
1,886
10,000
7,320
4,832
5,713
2,803
12,736
9,450
9,440
7,683
9,000
10,341
7,500
3,445
4,186
4,175
5,623
2,600
10,377
14,358
12,251
Engine 1 and Ladder 5.
Engine 2.
Engine 3 and Ladder 3.
Engine 4 and Tower 1 .
Engine 5.
Engine 6.
Engine 7.
Engine 8.
Engine 9 and Ladder 2.
Engine 10.
Engine 11 and Ladder 21.
Engine 12.
Engine 13.
Engine 14.
Engine 15.
Engine 16 and Ladder 6.
Engine 17 and Ladder 7.
Engine 18.
Engine 19.
Engine 20 and Ladder 27.
Engine 21.
Engine 22 and Ladder 13.
Engine 23.
Engine 24.
Engine 25, Ladder 8 and Rescue 1.
Engines 26 and 35.
Engine 27.
Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
Engine 29 and Ladder 11.
Engine 30 and Ladder 25.
68
City Document No. 11.
Fire Stations. — Concluded.
LOGATION.
Number
of Feet
in Lot.
Occupied by
Bunker Hill street, Charlestown
8,188
Engine 32.
5,646
Engine 33 and Ladder 15.
4,637
5,668
Corner Longwood and Brookline avenues. .
5,231
Engine 37 and Ladder 26.
4,000
4,010
Harvard avenue, near Cambridge street,
Brighton.
6,112
Engine 41 and Ladder 14.
Washington street, at Egleston square ....
3,848
Engine 42 and Ladder 30.
5,133
Washington and Poplar streets, Roslindale,
14,729
Engine 45 and Ladder 16.
4,875
Adioining South Ferry, East Boston
11,950
Engines 31 and 47, fireboats.
Harvard avenue and Winthrop street, Hyde
Park.
9,450
Engine 48 and Ladder 28.
3,412
14,475
5,230
Engine 50.
9,889
Corner Callender and Lyford streets
7,200
Engine 52 and Ladder 29.
Corner Walk Hill and Wenham streets ....
11,253
Engine 53.
9,300
1,676
3,923
Ladder 4 and Chemical 10.
4,290
Ladder 9.
4,311
2,134
8,964
Ladder 12.
3,101
6,875
Ladder 19.
Ladder 23 and Chemical 5.
3,918
Ladder 24.
Headquarters Building, Bristol street, 15,679 feet of
land.
Water Tower No. 2 is in Headquarters Building.
Fire Department. 69
OTHER BUILDINGS.
Repair Shop, 363 Albany street, 8,000 feet of land.
Veterinary Hospital, Atkinson street, 64,442 feet of
land.
Coal station, Main street, Charlestown, 2,430 feet of
land.
Coal station, old Charles River Bridge, on land of
Public Works Department.
Building No. 11 Wareham street, used by the Fire
Alarm Branch as workshop and storeroom, 8,500 feet of
land.
Building No. 618 Harrison avenue, used as a depart-
ment garage and repair shop and a school for chauffeurs
and officers, 3,816 feet of land.
LEASED BUILDING.
About 800 square feet of shed on Sleeper street (New
Haven Terminal Stores) used as a coal station.
70
City Document No. 11.
CANNEL COAL STATIONS.
Division 1.
District.
Location.
Capacity.
(Tons.)
Wagons.
1
12
20
35
35
45
1
16
50
20
1
1
Engine 40 :
Engine 36
2
2
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1
2
3
3
3
Engine 38-39 (motor driven)
Ladder 18
1
3 .
4
Ladder 24
2
4
Charles River avenue
Engine 26
2
5
Total
14
Division 2.
11.
11.
n.
Total .
Chemical 2 . .
Engine 2 . . . .
Fourth street .
Engine 33 . . .
Engine 13 . . .
Engine 14 . . .
Ladder 12 . . .
Engine 37 . . .
Engine 29 . . .
Engine 34 . . .
Engine 41 . . .
35
20
40
25
40
10
10
20
7
7
10
Fire Department.
Division 3.
71
District.
Location.
Capacity.
(Tons.)
Wagons.
9
5
6
5
7
3
5
20
9
9
9
7
4
8
19
1
9
9
Engine 23
9
10
10
12
13
12
13
14
14
Engine 20
14
15
15
15
Engine 48
Hose 49
Total
14
1
Apparatus in Reserve.
Motor-Driven.
9 Engines.
4 Hose cars.
6 Ladder trucks.
1 Water tower.
9 Automobiles.
] Steam propelled engine.
30
Horse-Drawn.
8 Engines.
1 1 Hose wagons.
5 Ladder trucks.
3 Chemicals.
41 Fuel wagons.
3 Manure wagons.
71
Miscellaneous Apparatus.
1 Old Velie roadster (unfit for service) at Department Auto-
mobile School, being used for instruction purposes.
2 Old Ford delivery trucks (unfit for service) at Department
Automobile School, being used for instruction purposes.
1 Old Robinson hose car being dismantled and parts being
used for replacements on this type apparatus now in
service in the department.
2 Old Buick roadsters (unfit for service) . (Four-cylinder type.)
72
City Document No. 11.
3 Fireboats.
Marine Apparatus.
Apparatus in Service.
Motor-Driven.
36 Engines.
36 Motor ladder trucks.
1 Steam propelled truck.
26 Hose cars.
3 High pressure cars.
3 Chemicals.
3 Water towers.
1 Rescue car.
1 Fuel car.
1 Wrecker.
1 School car.
11 Delivery trucks.
33 Automobiles.
142
Horse-Drawn.
12 Engines.
10 Hose wagons.
8 Ladder trucks.
30
Fire Department.
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Personal service :
Permanent employees . $2,404,600 10
Temporary employees . . 1,021 35
Unassigned .... 4,357 32
Service other than Personal :
Printing and binding
Postage ....
Advertising and posting .
Transportation of persons
Cartage and freight .
Hire of teams and auto trucks
Light and power
Rent, taxes and water
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Communication
Motor vehicle repairs and care
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Examinations
Expert and architect
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Fees, service of venires, etc.
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Library
Marine
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Medical, surgical, laboratory
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Laundry, cleaning, toilet .
Motor vehicle .
Chemicals and disinfectants
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Cloth
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Building ....
Electrical ....
General plant
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Pensions and annuities
Workingmen's compensation
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Motor vehicles . $281 35
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310 56
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Motor vehicle . . 453 15
General plant . 6 46
2,272 87
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Remodeling House, Engine 26 and 35.
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Joseph Rugo . . . . $17,762 25
Blueprinting specifications . 47 71
Advertising . . . . 10 45
$17,820 41
Remodeling House, Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
Payments on account :
Contractor, Burton M. Gwinn . . . $4,998 00
Recapitulation.
Fire Department $3,290,164 99
Remodeling House, Engine 26 and 35 . . 17,820 41
Remodeling House, Engine 28 and Ladder 10 . 4,998 00
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Income.
Permits for fires in open spaces, fireworks, blast-
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Sale of old material 863 71
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Changing wires, etc
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Damage to fire alarm posts and boxes
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Sale of horses
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Damage to apparatus
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Sale of manure
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Labor and material
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Services of electrician
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Wire Division:
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Defective chimney, stove-
pipe, boiler
Electric wires, motors
Fireworks and firecrackers,
Gas jet and gas stove
Gasolene, naphtha, benzine,
Grease in ventilator .
47
738
Hot ashes in wooden re-
33
ceptacle ....
66
Incendiary and supposed .
33
101
Lamp upsetting, explosion,
24
233
Miscellaneous
227
,117
Oil stove, careless use and
81
explosion ....
Overheated furnace, stove
50
433
boiler ....
94
Set by boys ....
129
450
Spark from chimneys, stove,
123
207
Sparks from locomotive en-
18
gine
57
Spontaneous combustion .
113
73
Thawing water pipes .
17
139
Unknown ....
503
57
74
Total ....
5,247
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68
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89
53
66
34
21
32
152
75
39
26
78
162
79
86
99
30
75
31
33
39
52
120
45
55
47
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108
48
40
60
23
31
19
21
30
37
50
34
35
34
31
44
33
32
32
90
68
23
24
85
69
61
21
34
20
56
41
28
34
100
45
77
44
36
99
43
Totals
1,042
439
817
569
345
766
397
Fire Department.
91
Fires Where Losses Exceeded $15,000.
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
1921.
Jan.
1
87-93 Albany street and 73 Harvard street, Standard Bottling
and Extract Company et al
1113,136
Jan.
o
332 A street, Crown Cork and Seal Company et ah. . .
75,602
Jan.
3
80-86 Washington street, Wadsworth Rowland et al... .
16,170
Jan.
12
208 and 210 Milk street and 105 Central street, M. F. Driscoll
22,669
41,696
Jan.
16
16
48-54 Canal street, C. C. Bailey et al
Jan.
400 Washington street, Brighton Congregational Church. . .
88,418
Jan.
18
41 and 43 Fulton street, Italian Importing Company et al. . .
42,585
Jan.
24
8
8
20
128-134 Harvard avenue, H. G. Anthony et al
38,506
Feb.
102-108 Massachusetts avenue, Newbury Shoe Company
32,454
Feb.
190 and 192 Lincoln street, Max Orlick
49,350
Feb.
Off Damon street, B. F. Sturtevant Company
39,017
Feb.
20
1 and 2 Blackstone street, Cuddihy Packing Company etal. .
37,914
Feb.
21
481 and 483 Neponset avenue, Boston Elevated Railway et al.
277,532
Feb.
21
935 Washington street, M. Zeit and J. Masesco et al. ..
17,916
Feb.
22
Rear 1250 Columbus avenue, Roessle Brewing Company et al.
25,953
Feb.
26
4
12 Brookledge street, G. Morton
15,537
March
Amory street, Boston Elevated Railway et al
369,864
March
4
19
2148-2156 Washington street, Zonis Brothers et al. . . .
17,697
March
82 North street, Mohawk Packing Company
18,074
March 20
64 Endicott street, Zest Chocolate Company et al
39,401
April
11
13
361 Massachusetts avenue, Dr. C. Darlem et al
25,243
April
114-122 South street, W. B. Jones Leather Company et al. .
59,650
April
14
145-149 Kingston street and 30 and 32 Edinboro street, S.
Goldstein et al
93,829
57,528
April
15
124-128 Summer street, Chandler & Barber Company etal. .
May
5
5
257-261 Maverick street, G. R. Hobbs etal
29 786
May
356 and 358 Atlantic avenue, Foster's Wharf Corporation et
al
20,695
51 717
May
18
20
82-86 Fulton street, D. Goodnow et al
May
Deer Island, City of Boston
20,000
June
1
26
Dover Street Bridge, City of Boston
40 086
June
21 and 23 Stanhope street, Tower, Talbot & Hifer et al .
17,481
June
28
67-71 South street, A. C. Ratchesky et al
430,501
92
City Document No. 11.
Fire Losses. — Concluded.
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
1921
July 9
July 18
Aug. 15
Aug. 23
Aug. 28
Sept. 19
Oct. 15
Oct. 31
Oct. 31
Dec. 2
Dec. 29
Dec 29
Dec. 31
60-68 Chauncy street and 51 and 53 Bedford street, Weeks
Real Estate Trust et al
Off Hamblin street, Charlestown Gas and Electric Company,
10 and 12 Farnham street, R. J. L. Snyder et al
280-292 Commercial street, 311-319 North street, C. E.
Cotting Estate et al
68 Hudson street, St. John of Damascus Society et al
113-117 Causeway street, New England Trust et al
New Allen street and 1415 Hyde Park avenue, City of Boston,
25-31 Essex street, Cosmopolitan Trust Company, Storage,
10 Hampden street, Roxbury, Chadwick Boston Lead Com-
pany
498-506 Commercial street, Bloom Wool Stock Company
et al
332 Washington street, F. L. Dunne et al
114-122 South street, Burke Brothers, Inc., et al
200 Hanover street, Daniels & Wilson et al
$57,553
29,258
18,411
19,628
20,148
60,722
21,000
15,569
18,508
27,607
16,141
23,345
27,830
Statistics.
Population, January 1, 1922 .
Area square miles
Number brick, etc., buildings .
Number wooden buildings
Fires in brick and stone buildings
Fires in wooden buildings
Out of city
Not in buildings, false and needless
Total alarms ....
Est.
821,907
47.81
32,731
76,436
1,569
1,127
33
2,518
5,247
Fire Loss for the Year Ending December 31, 1921.
Buildings, loss insured
Contents, loss insured
Buildings, loss not insured
Contents, loss not insured
Total loss buildings and contents
Marine loss
$162,577
94,693
$1,251,780
2,499,082
$3,750,862
257,270
$4,008,132
$2,069
Fire Department.
93
Yearly Loss for the Last Fifteen Years.
Year ending February 1, 1908
" " 1, 1909
" 1, 1910
1, 1911 (11 months)
" " January 1, 1912
1, 1913
" 1, 1914
" " " 1, 1915
1, 1916
" " " 1, 1917
1, 1918
" " " 1, 1919
1, 1920
1, 1921
1, 1922
$2,268,074
3,610,000
1,680,245
3,159,989
2,232,267
2,531,017
* 3,138,373
3,013,269
3,004,600
t 2,372,489
J 3,981,227
2,822,109
2,557,584
3,139,566
4,010,201
* Does not include marine loss of $1,116,475, steamship ''Templemore. "
t Does not include marine loss of $101,312, steamship ''City of Naples" et al.
j Does not include marine loss of $75,660.
Note. — January loss, 1911, amounting to $165,001, deducted from previous year and
included in calendar year January 1, 1911, to January 1, 1912.
Alarms for the Past Ten Years.*
Yeaes.
Bell.
Still and
Automatic.
Totals.
1921
2,359
2,029
2,733
2,413
2,252
2,350
2,847
2,945
2,594
2,812
2,888
2,456
2,690
2,649
2,526
2,128
2,590
2,589
2,322
2,432
5,247
1920
4,485
1919
5,423
1918
5,062
1917
4,778
1916
4,531
1915
5,437
1914
5,534
1913...
4,916
1912
5,244
* Each fire is treated as having only one alarm.
Roll of Merit, Boston Fire Department.
James F. McMahon, District Chief.
Thomas J. Muldoon, Captain, Engine Company 16.
Thomas H. Downey, Captain, Engine Company 22.
Michael J. Teehan, Captain, Engine Company 24.
Edward McDonough, Captain, Engine Company
26-35.
94
City Document No. 11,
Joseph P. Hanton, Captain, Engine Company 33.
Dennis Driscoll, Captain, Engine Company 37.
Frederick F. Leary, Captain, Ladder Company 3.
Henry J. Kelly, Lieutenant, Engine Company 32.
Timothy J. Heffron, Lieutenant, Ladder Company 9.
Michael J. Dacey, Lieutenant, Ladder Company 20.
John J. Kennedy, Ladderman, Ladder Company 13.
Martin A. Kenealy, Captain, Retired.
James E. Downey, Hoseman, Retired.
Changes from February 1, 1921, to February 1, 1922.
Number of men appointed to fire force ... 47
All others 4
Resigned 7
Pensioned 12
Deaths 3
Pensioners died 17
Members Pensioned prom February 1, 1921, to
February 1, 1922.
Edward A. Burbank.
John W. S. Crossman.
Gustavus H. Nichols.
George H. Acres.
Philip P. Leahy.
James H. Meehan.
John B. McKay.
Garfield R. LaPlante.
Daniel F. McGillicuddy.
James P. Rose.
Francis W. Sweeney.
Jonathan M. Morris, fire
alarm.
Death of Members from February 1, 1921, to
February 1, 1922.
Charles C. Shepard. | Daniel B. McAlvin.
Patrick Crilley, Wire Division.
Death of Pensioners prom February 1, 1921,
to February 1, 1922.
William F. Seaver.
William A. Rathburn.
Michael J. Mulligan.
Dennis J. Hedrington.
Warren C. Stevens.
William J. Toomey.
John W. Gale.
George H. Acres.
Frank E. Merrill.
Andrew C. Scott.
John J. O'Neill.
James E. Griffin.
Stephen J. Ryder.
John H. Wright.
John R. Chapman.
Daniel F. Buckley.
John W. Murphy.
Fire Department. 95
BOSTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.
September 20, 1921.
To the Members of the Body Corporate of the Boston Firemen's
Relief Fund, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dear Sirs, — We hereby certify that we have audited the
accounts of the Treasurer of the Boston Firemen's Relief
Fund to the close of business August 31, 1921, and find them
correct.
The deposits in the banks and the checks drawn thereon
have been compared with the accounts received from the
banks, and have been found to agree therewith, and are all
properly entered on the books of the treasurer.
Income from all sources is accounted for. Payments are
supported by proper vouchers or by paid checks, and the bal-
ance on hand at close of business August 31, 1921, is correct.
We examined the securities belonging to the fund, consist-
ing of $167,000 City of Boston registered bonds; $8,000 Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy coupon bonds; $54,100 Liberty Loan;
$7,000 City of San Francisco Hospital; $13,000 City of New
Bedford bonds, and certificates of stocks received from the
estates of Anne Sargent and Franklin P. Hyde, also $1,000
war savings stamps.
We have seen a bond issued by the American Surety Com-
pany of New York to Henry J. McNealy, treasurer, for $25,000.
A summary of receipts and disbursements for the year end-
ing August 31, 1921, is appended hereto.
Respectfully submitted,
Amos D. Albee Son & Co.,
Certified Public Accountants.
96
City Document No. 11.
Receipts and Disbursements from September 1, 1920, to
August 31, 1921.
Receipts.
Balance September 1, 1920 $7,280 01
Amount received from ball fund .... 22,412 15
Interest on bonds .... $7,273 75
Less accrued interest paid . . 151 35
Interest on Liberty Loan bonds
Dividends on stocks .
Interest on deposits .
Donations
City of Boston bonds matured
Sale of American Telephone and Telegraph rights,
Sale of typewriter
7,122 40
2,372 12
226 25
207 22
1,052 50
10,000 00
4 46
12 50
,689 61
Disbursements.
Death and sick benefits, gratuities,
medical attendance and medicine,
Less refunds
$22,392 25
327 85
Salaries
Treasurer's bond
Box at International Trust Company's vaults,
Auditing, twelve months
Expenses, stationery, printing, etc.
Typewriter purchased
Legal services
Bonds purchased
Balance, Exchange Trust Company
Balance, American Trust Company
,064 40
675 00
62 50
10 00
180 00
684 25
75 00
2,227 20
19,437 90
,416 25
5,230 55
42 81
,689 61
Respectfully submitted,
Henry J. McNealy, Treasurer.
CITY OF BOSTON
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