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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND WIRE DIVISION
OP THE
CITY OF BOSTON
FOR IHE
TEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1923
CITY OF BOSTON
PRINTING DEPARTMENT
1923
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1922-23.
Boston, February 1, 1923.
Hon. James M. Curley,
Mayor of the City of Boston:
Dear Sir,— I have the honor to submit, in accord-
ance with section 24, chapter 3, Revised Ordinances of
1914, City of Boston, the annual report of the Fire
Department for the year ending January 31, 1923.
I assumed the office of Fire Commissioner on August
24, 1922, reheving Major WilHam J. Casey, Superin-
tendent of the Printing Department, who had served
as acting Fire Commissioner from April 1, 1922. Dur-
ing the interim from February 1, 1922, to April 1, 1923,
the office of Fire Commissioner was held by acting Fire
Commissioner Joseph P. Manning, chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Boston City Hospital.
Finances.
The total expenditure for the department for the
year was $3,375,809.93, which includes an appropria-
2 City Document No. 11.
tion of $85,537.27 expended by the Wire Division, and
the following amounts expended under special appro-
priations :
Engine 7, new building . . $16,764 16
Remodeling house. Engines 26 and 35 . 11,542 83
Remodeling house, Engine 28 and Ladder 10 9,997 00
Total special appropriations . . . $38,303 99
The revenue of the department for the year amounted
to $72,589.66.
Fire Loss.
During the year the department responded to 6,134
alarms, of which number 2,733 were box alarms. The
remainder were what is known as still alarms, i. e.,
automatic, telephone, etc. While the total number of
alarms responded to is higher than it has been for
many years, it should be noted that the loss for 1922
amounted to $3,304,595, or $705,606 less than in the
previous year. In my opinion there is little oppor-
tunity for comparison between the fire loss of ten years
ago and the fire loss of today. There is no question but
that the high fire losses of today can be attributed to
the inflation of property values which has prevailed
during and since the war. The same property destroyed
in 1912 and 1922 would show a much larger loss for the
latter year.
Motorization.
Ten new pieces of motor apparatus were added to
the department during the year and were placed in
service displacing some of the old horse-drawn equip-
ment. The motorization of the department has been
gradual but not rapid. In my opinion the time has
arrived for the city to complete the motorization of its
equipment. I believe the proper policy to pursue
would be to appropriate sufficient money to complete
the motorization of the department in 1923. Only in
this way will the Boston Fire Department keep astride
of the other cities of the country and maintain its high
standard of efficiency.
I earnestly recommend therefore that an appropria-
tion large enough to carry out this policy be provided
Fire Department. c
for 1923 so that all horse-drawn equipment may be dis-
placed, and motor-driven apparatus installed through-
out the department.
Bureau of Fire Prevention and Intelligence.
During the year the Fire Prevention Bureau was
completely reorganized. Instead of detailing fifteen
men to the Bureau at headquarters, two men from
each district were detailed as inspectors within their
respective districts. These men are under the direction
of their superior officers. The advantages gained from
this change are many. In particular, the men inspect
buildings in their local districts where they are called
upon to fight fires and are thereby given an oppor-
tunity to familiarize themselves with the conditions in
their own districts, and gain considerable valuable
information which will be of assistance to the depart-
ment in many emergencies.
Department Schools.
The schools of the department have been success-
fully conducted throughout the year. Many members
of departments from various cities and towns in New
England were permitted to attend our schools upon the
request of their chief officers. At the present time the
department conducts a Fire College, Drill School,
Chauffeurs' School, Engineers' School, and a School for
Instruction in the Care of Motor Apparatus.
In addition to the foregoing the Fire Department
co-operated with the Massachusetts Department of
Education, Division of University Extension, so that
members of this department were afforded an opportun-
ity to take advantage of the University Extension
Courses conducted by the Commonwealth.
In conjunction with Boston Metropofitan Chapter,
The American Red Cross, courses in resuscitation were
conducted in the department, and every member was
drilled in the Shafer Prone Method of Resuscitation.
Exercises in this method of resuscitation have been
included in the weekly drills of each company, and the
lessons learned in these cases have been successfully
applied on several occasions.
City Document No. 11.
Fire Alarm Boxes.
There are now 1,268 boxes in the fire alarm system,
an increase of thirty-two dm'ing the year. Over nine
hundred of these boxes are accessible to the public, and
the remainder are private boxes. During the year
all fire alarm boxes and posts were painted.
Miscellaneous.
Thawing devices were placed on motor pumping
engines of the department for use during freezing
weather. A thawing device is an essential part of the
equipment of gasolene pumping engines, and is neces-
sary for use when a frozen hydrant is encountered at
a fire.
The work of remodehng the quarters of Engine Com-
pany 28 and Ladder Company 10, Centre street, Jamaica
Plain, was completed at a cost of $14,995.
A contract amounting to $38,900 was let for a new
house for Engine Company 7, East street. The work
is now going forward, but was slightly delayed owing
to difficulty in obtaining materials and being hampered
by labor conditions.
Recommendations.
There are three important matters which require
immediate attention if the Boston Fire Department is
to maintain the high position it has held for many years.
The first of these items is the fire alarm office.
When the present site on Bristol street was selected
for a fire alarm office no doubt those who made the
selection felt it would take care of the needs of the city
for many years. Nevertheless, the capacity of the fire
alarm office is overtaxed at the present time. There
is no room whatever to accommodate the future needs of
the city. In addition the office is exposed to a very
serious fire hazard. Several serious fires have occurred
in recent years in the immediate vicinity of the fire
alarm office, and it is only due to the extra precautions
taken that the office has been preserved.
I heartily recommend that a thorough study be made
of this problem with the idea in view to erect an adequate
and fireproof fire alarm station somewhere in the park
system of the city where there will be no exposure
hazard of any kind.
Fire Department. 5
Another important item which requires attention
is the condition of the fire stations of the city.
The buildings now used for fire stations were erected
many years ago, and at the present time do not conform
to the requirements of a modern fire department. Some
changes have been made but the progress has been
very slow. Today we have stations which were erected
to house horse-drawn equipment and small companies
of men. Motor apparatus has replaced the horses, and
the personnel of the companies has increased. The
houses generally have not been changed to meet the
demands of the new conditions. In many cases they
are uncomfortable and unsafe, and in some cases un-
sanitary.
I recommend that a program be mapped out and
followed, calling for the appropriation of a certain
amount of money each year, to provide for remodeling
department houses. The expense to accomplish this
result would be too great to be assumed in any one
year.
The location of Engine Company 26-35 on Mason
street has come under my close observation. This, as
is well known, is a very narrow street, and due to this
and the congested traffic conditions in this particular
section of the city, the apparatus located here is greatly
hampered in responding to alarms of fires. Parking
is permitted on the street, and delivery trucks are
constantly coming and going.
After studying this question for some time I have
come to the conclusion that a location at the junctioza
of Shawmut avenue and Tremont street would be a
proper and excellent location for a central fire station
to house the chief of department, district chief and the
two companies now stationed in Mason street. There
is land owned by the city over the subway entrance
which would provide an excellent site for a fire station,
and the junction of streets at this location would improve
the opportunity for the apparatus stationed in a house
there to get a good start in responding to an alarm of
fire.
Conclusion.
I desire to record here the wonderful spirit of co-opera-
tion manifested by the citizens of Boston in any matters
concerning the Fire Department. Through their assist-
ance and co-operation we have been particularly able
6 City Document No. 11.
to make the various Fire Prevention and Clean-Up
Campaigns successful.
I also wish to express my appreciation of the assistance
and co-operation rendered to me and the Fire Depart-
ment in general by the heads of the various city depart-
ments and public service corporations,
I wish to extend to all employees of the department
my sincere thanks for the excellent manner in which
they have performed their duties at all times, and I
appreciate their earnest endeavor to maintain the high
standard of efficiency which exists in the Boston Fire
Department.
Yours very truly,
Theodore A. Glynn,
Fire Commissioner.
Names of Chief Engineees, or Chief of Department,
Since the Fire Department Was Established,
January, 1826.
Samuel D. Harris
Thomas C. Amory
William Bamicoat
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 .
John O. Taber .
1826-28
1829-35
1836-53
1854-55
1856-65
1866-74
1874-84
1884-1901
1901-06
1906-14
1914
1914-19
1919-22
1922
* Appointed Fire Commissioner.
Fire Department.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
BosTON^, June 1, 1923.
Fkom: The Chief of Department.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report, 1922-23.
I beg to submit the following summary of activities of
the department in general for the fiscal year 1922-23:
Fire Loss.
Loss (exclusive of Marine loss) .... $3,304,595 79
Marine loss 14,336 42
Total loss $3,318,932 21
Number of alarms 6,134
Average loss (each) $541 00
Number of actual fires ...... 5,159
Average loss (each) $643 00
Additions and Changes.
Apparatus.
May 29, 1922, an American LaFrance motor-driven
85-foot aerial truck was placed in service with Ladder
Company 13, replacing a Christie tractor-drawn aerial
truck. Weight, fully equipped, without men, 10,500
pounds; 72 horse power.
June 12, 1922, an American LaFrance combination
hose and chemical car was placed in service with Chemi-
cal Company 5, replacing old American LaFrance com-
bination chemical car. Weight, fully equipped, without
men, 10,500 pounds; 72 horse power.
June 28, 1922, a Christie tractor-drawn steam fire
engine was placed in service with Engine Company 4,
replacing horse-drawn steam fire engine and three horses.
Weight, fully equipped, without men, 14,210 pounds;
48.6 horse power.
July 13, 1922, an American LaFrance 750-gallon
combination pumper and hose motor car was placed in
8 City Document No. 11.
service with Engine Company 6, replacing horse-drawn
steam fire engine and three horses. Weight, fully
equipped, without men, 11,030 pounds; 72 horse power.
July 19, 1922, an American LaFrance 750-gallon com-
bination pumper and motor hose car was placed in service
with Engine Company 12, replacing horse-drawn steam
fire engine and three horses. Weight, fully equipped,
without men, 11,030 pounds; 72 horse power.
July 19, 1922, an American LaFrance combination
hose and chemical car was placed in service with Engine
Company 12. Weight, fully equipped, without men,
9,470 pounds; 72 horse power. This replaces a horse-
drawn hose wagon and two horses.
July 21, 1922, an American LaFrance 750-gallon com-
bination pumper and hose motor car was placed in-serv-
ice with Engine Company 24. Weight, fully equipped,
without men, 11,030 pounds; 72 horse power. This
replaces horse-drawn hose wagon and two horses.
July 28, 1922, Chemical Company 10 was disbanded,
the apparatus placed in reserve, and the members of
the company reassigned.
August 1, 1922, an American LaFrance combination
hose and chemical car was placed in service with Engine
Company 13, replacing horse-drawn hose wagon and two
horses. Weight, fully equipped, without men, 9,470
pounds; 72 horse power.
August 1, 1922, an American LaFrance 750-gallon
combination pumper and hose motor car was placed in
service with Engine Company 13, replacing horse-drawn
steam fire engine and three horses. Weight, fully
equipped, without men, 11,030 pounds; 72 horse power.
August 1, 1922, a Mack, truck, equipped for carrying
coal, was installed as a fuel car, and housed in the quar-
ters of Rescue Company 1.
August 9, 1922, an American LaFrance 750-gallon
combination pumper, hose and chemical car was placed
in service with Engine Company 49, replacing a Seagrave
combination hose and chemical motor car. Weight,
fully equipped, without men, 11,030 pounds; 72 horse
power.
August 10, 1922, an American LaFrance 1,000-gallon
combination pump and hose motor car was placed in
service with Engine Company 7, replacing horse-drawn
steam fire engine, hose wagon and five horses. Weight,
fully equipped, without men, 11,500 pounds; 72 horse
power.
Fire Department. 9
August 10, 1922, a Christie front-drive tractor,
attached to a horse-drawn city service ladder truck, was
placed in service with Ladder Company 26, replacing
horse-drawn ladder truck and three horses. Weight,
fully equipped, without men, 13,600 pounds; 48.6
horse power.
August 25, 1922, a Seagrave combination hose and
chemical car was placed in service with Engine Company
45. Weight, fully equipped, without men, 9,470 pounds;
48.6 horse power. The addition of this piece of appara-
tus makes this a double-unit company.
October 13, 1922, Chemical Company 5 was disbanded,
the apparatus placed in reserve, and the members of the
company reassigned.
October 13, 1922, an American LaFrance combination
chemical and hose motor car was placed in service with
Engine Company 48. Weight, fully equipped, without
men, 9,470 pounds; 48.6 horse power. The addition of
this piece of apparatus makes this a double-unit com-
pany.
October 17, 1922, an American LaFrance combination
chemical and hose motor car was placed in service with
Engine Company 37, replacing an old type American
LaFrance hose motor car. Weight, fully equipped,
without men, 9,470 pounds; 72 horse power.
November 29, 1922, an American LaFrance combina-
tion chemical and hose motor car was placed in service
with Engine Company 45, replacing Seagrave hose motor
car which was installed on August 25, 1922. Weight,
fully equipped, without men, 9,470 pounds; 48.6 horse
power.
December 11, 1922, a Seagrave combination chemical
and hose motor car was placed in service with Engine
Company 1, replacing old type American LaFrance hose
motor car. Weight, fully equipped, without men,
11,600 pounds; 48.6 horse power.
December 18, 1922, Reserve Tower, Serial No. 402,
was placed in service with Tower Company 1, thus re-
placing Tower 1.
January 8, 1923, an American LaFrance combination
pumper and hose motor car was placed in service with
Engine Company 43, replacing a Christie tractor-drawn
steam fire engine. Weight, fully equipped, without
men, 11,030 pounds; 72 horse-power.
January 8, 1923, an American LaFrance combination
pumper and hose motor car was placed in service with
10 City Document No. 11.
Engine Company 11, replacing old type American
LaFrance pumper. Weight, fully equipped, without
men, 10,830 pounds; 72 horse-power.
January 8, 1923, an American LaFrance combination
pumper and hose motor car was placed in service with
Engine Company 19, replacing a Seagrave pumper.
Weight, fully equipped, without men, 11,030 pounds;
72 horse-power.
January 8, 1923, an American LaFrance combination
pumper and hose-motor car was placed in service with
Engine Company 53, replacing a Seagrave pumper.
Weight, fully equipped, without men, 12,200 pounds;
72 horse-power.
January 13, 1923, an American LaFrance combination
pump and hose motor car was placed in service with
Engine Company 45, replacing the American LaFrance
pumper installed on November 29, 1922. Weight, fully
equipped, without men, 12,200 pounds; 72 horse-power.
Chiefs^ Automobiles.
There were four (4) new automobiles purchased for
use by various chief officers, thus replacing vehicles that
had become worn through constant service.
Buildings.
The remodeling of the quarters of Engine Companies
26-35 was completed, the said work consisting of adding
an additional floor, thus making the same a three-story
structure. By this change the men are afforded the
advantage of more comfortable quarters, in view of the
fact that the companies are two of the most important in
the down-town section.
In the outlying section of the city, the upper floors of
Engine House 28 were entirely reconstructed to conform
to the requirements of the building law, and also to
afford more commodious quarters to the members
housed therein.
At the quarters of Ladder Company 23, in the Grove
Hall section, provisions were made, by extensive altera-
tions, for the housing of the deputy chief of the third
division. The dormitory and officers' rooms were also
relocated to provide more adequate facilities for all
members concerned.
At the quarters of Engine 1 and Ladder 5, a double
Fire Department. • 11
company, the entire interior was painted, the tile work
and chimney repaired, the plaster repaired, and the
radiator relocated.
Work was commenced on removing the stucco from
the exterior of the quarters of Engine Company 44, and
replacing the same with copper shingles, thus providing
a more substantial structure. This work, however, will
not be completed until the early part of the coming
fiscal year.
Apparatus and Equipment.
Thorough inspections and tests of apparatus, equip-
ment, and hose were made from time to time during the
past year. Wherever defects were discovered, replace-
ments and repairs were immediately made, in order that
at no time should there be an impairment of service.
Building Inspection.
The past practice of systematic weekly inspections by
officers was continued this year, as it was found that
constant attention in this respect was essential, due to
the disregard by many property owners and tenants, of
warnings issued by this department to clear stairways,
dispose of unsightly and dangerous accumulations, and
to comply with the city ordinances. It is only in this
manner that the safety of tenants and employees can be
assured.
Theaters, moving-picture houses, and halls were
inspected weekly, and particular stress was laid upon the
condition of fire-extinguishing appliances, as in a great
many instances in the past the owners of these particular
types of structures were wont to neglect this phase of
protection afforded their patrons.
All public buildings and schoolhouses were inspected
monthly, and the conditions as found were forwarded
through channels to department headquarters. Defec-
tive conditions were noted and immediate steps were
taken to remedy the same.
On April 20 the Fire Prevention Bureau was reorgan-
ized and renamed ''The Bureau of Fire Prevention and
Intelligence." The inspection squad, comprising one
officer and fifteen privates, was relieved from duty and
the members thereof were assigned to various com-
panies throughout the department. Hereafter, inspec-
tions are to be carried on by two privates from each
12- City Document No. 11.
district (a total of thirty inspectors) who will forward
their reports promptly through channels to department
headquarters for disposition. It is intended to cover
a much wider field under this plan than has heretofore
been the case.
Fire Card.
Preliminary steps are now under way in the formation
of a Fire Card, the object of which is to answer as
accurately and promptly as possible such questions as
inevitably arise in the mind of the officer in command at
a fire, as he forms for battle and hurriedly plans how
best to strike. Such information at such a moment may
often mean the difference between a knock-out and a
drag-out fight, between small losses and large losses.
As an aid to the fire chief in determining his best line
of attack, the card aims to inform him of the character
of the battleground and of the factors favorable or
unfavorable in the situation. It, therefore, shows:
1. The accesses or ''holes," whether cut through walls, as
entrances, fire-doors, etc., or through floors, as stairways,
elevator wells, etc.
2. The "helps," such as sprinklers, standpipes, fire-
escapes, etc.
3. The "hindrances" or obstructive features, such as
structural weaknesses, exposures, contents of menacing
nature, etc.
4. Any other information of fire-fighting value.
The card is devised to furnish maximum information
in minimum space, with an assigned place for each item,
so that any required point may be readily located. The
filling out will involve very little time or trouble, once
the facts are in hand ; and, with the makeup of the card
understood, the information contained can be readily
grasped.
The card takes cognizance only of the 'permanent,
features of a building. Unlawful conditions of temporary
nature, and easily remedied, will not be noted on the card
but memorandum of such should be made and referred
to the Bureau of Fire Prevention and Intelligence for
action.
Fire Department. 13
Collectively, the cards constitute advance studies of
potential battle-grounds, with a view to basing opera-
tions on exact knowledge, rather than on guess-work,
when the crisis comes.
Mutual Aid.
The department responded to thirty-one (31) alarms
of fire outside of the city limits, divided as follows :
Cambridge, 1; Somerville, 11; Milton, 19.
It is indeed gratifying to note that much good has
accrued as a result of this plan of interchange of service
in time of urgent necessity.
Schools.
During the year eleven (11) appointees successfully
passed the thirty days' intensive course of instructions
in the department drill school. A member of the
Natick Fire Department was also present during this
time.
One hundred thirty-two (132) members of this depart-
ment attended the lectures at the Fire College. Nine (9)
representatives from Lynn, Everett, Natick and Milton
also attended the course of lectures. The subjects
covered were Marine Fires, Fire Alarm Operation,
Building Inspection, Fire Prevention, Motor Apparatus,
Water, Explosives and Combustibles, Fire-Fighting
Tools and Appliances, Discipline, and Fire Extinguish-
ment.
It is pleasing to note, in connection with the above
courses mentioned, that the popularity of the subjects
treated has attracted the attention of the officials of
neighboring cities and towns, who have seen fit to send
as many men as possible to gain an insight into the
most modern methods employed in the prevention and
extinguishment of fire.
One hundred eighty-six (186) members attended the
Chauffeurs' School, receiving practical road lessons
through the most congested sections of the city, and
were also instructed in the care and operation of motor
vehicles.
14 City Document No. 11.
One hundred twelve (112) members attended the
motor pump school, and were given practical instruc-
tions in the care and operation of gasolene pumping
engines under every possible condition that is to be met
at any fire that may occur.
The small number of men who attended the Steam
Fire Engine School, seven (7) in all, is due to the fact
that the steam fire engine as a medium of fire extin-
guishment is gradually but surely being supplanted by
the gasolene-driven pumping engine, which latter ap-
paratus, for fire-fighting purposes, is by far more effec-
tive.
Fire Prevention Week.
The week from October 2 to 9 was set aside as Fire
Prevention Week, and, in addition to the usual inspec-
tions by district and company officers, one member from
each engine and ladder company, in its subdistrict
inspected the cellars and yards of stores, and the cellars,
backstairs and roofs of dwelling houses containing three
or more families, with a view towards causing the
removal of combustible rubbish, obstructions to egress,
etc. The said inspections were made between meal
periods, viz., 10 a. m. to 12 m. and 3 p. m. to 5 p. m.
Each inspector submitted to department headquarters,
daily, the street and number of each building inspected.
The inspectors detailed to the Bureau of Fire Preven-
tion and Intelligence, together with such additional
members of the department who were placed in this serv-
ice during the week in question, inspected the high
value district of the city 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 district
and company officers in the various pubhc schools, upon
request; also fire drills were held during the week.
District chiefs arranged with masters of the several
schools for the time for lectures and drills. The sub-
jects covered in these lectures were for the most part
taken from the following bases :
Statistics show a property loss by fire in the country of
approximately $500,000,000, with an estimated loss of life of
upwards of fifteen thousand persons.
Experts say that eighty (80) per cent of the above loss of life
and property was due to carelessness.
Fire Department. 15
One of the most prolific causes of loss of life and property
from fire is the careless habit of permitting accumulations of
waste combustible material in cellars, attics, etc.
Company Drills.
1. The annual company drills at Headquarters com-
menced September 1, 1922, and were completed Novem-
ber 13, 1922. While the main purpose of the drills is to
acquire accuracy and standards in the execution of the
duties of firemen, nevertheless the drills this year were
marked not only in increased efficiency in these two
characteristics, but in a general reduction in time of
performance over that of previous years. The evolutions
performed were 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.
4. Run 200 feet of 2|-inch line over 50-foot ladder, up
stairway and show pipe out fifth floor window.
5. Raise 30-foot ladder to fire escape, carry 17-foot ladder
over same to story above. Dog 30-foot ladder.
6. Run 250 feet of 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 2J-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 drills
in which all companies participated, except the three
fireboat crews. These tables show the list of companies
drilling, the time consumed in each evolution, and the
time consumed by each company in completing all
evolutions.
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City Document No. 11.
Hydrants.
The following is a list of the types and number of each,
of hydrants, in service for fire purposes, as of January
31, 1923:
Ordinary post
Boston post
Lowry
Boston lowry
Bachelder & Finneran post
High pressure
Boston
Chapman post .
Ludlow post
Matthew post
Coffin post .
Total .
4,134
3,275
1,413
580
376
313
272
192
20
4
2
10,581
High Pressure System.
The records of our two high pressure stations for the
year are as follows:
Station No. 1 . — Total alarms to which pumps re-
240; total time pumps actually operated^
38 minutes. Gallons of water discharged.
No. 2.- — Total alarms to which pumps re-
169; total time pumps actually operated,
minutes. Gallons of water discharged,
sponded,
60 hours
230,000.
Station
sponded,
75 hours 39
832,000.
A description of the Venturi meter, used in recording
the water discharge, will no doubt prove of great interest.
There is one installed in each station, and it resembles
a tall, clocklike instrument, placed in line with and
adjoining the operating board. Inside of the casing
are two independent clocks. One of these revolves the
chart on which the fluctuating flows are recorded in red
ink, i.e., the exact amount and the exact time correspond-
ing with our standard time. The other clock operates
the continuous flows similar to a gas-meter, and after
each working fire, the latest reading may be subtracted
from the previous one, and this manner it is possible to
obtain the flow for either the individual operation or the
operations for the entire year.
The indicators on this meter are actuated by the
velocity of the water passing through a short section of
Fire Department. 23
pipe placed in the main discharge hne and outside of the
station. The contracted pipe is 16 inches at the entrance
and 9 inches at the throat, and the water in passing
through this pipe at high velocity does so with a differ-
ence in pressures.
The difference in pressures, above-mentioned, is
brought to the clock arrangement by two three-quarter
inch brass pipes which change the position of the two
columns of mercury and floats, and by this change the
gallons passing through per minute are calibrated.
Furthermore, owing to the construction of these meters
they do not record flows under six hundred gallons per
minute.
The accuracy of the Venturi meter is unquestioned, in
view of the fact that its records and readings are accepted
by the National Board of Fire Underwriters as authentic.
In addition to the recording of flows, the meter also keeps
the operator posted as to what his pumps are doing, thus
enabling him to intelligently cut in other pumps at the
proper time, and, conversely, if need be, to discontinue
them.
From time to time tests have been conducted from
both stations, at which representatives were present
from leading underwriting boards, both national and
local, all of which tests were very successful.
I can truthfully say that the High Pressure problem
in the City of Boston has passed through the experimen-
tal stages, and from the practical work performed under
stress, it has proven an absolute necessity in the extin-
guishment of fires in the high value section of the city.
It is hoped that rapid strides will be made in the exten-
sion of this system in the future, in order that the city
may be adequately protected at all times.
Recommendations.
Apparatus.
In order that the motorization of this department may
be one hundred per cent complete, and, furthermore, in
order that we may be enabled to dispose of horses
entirely from our fire service, I earnestly recommend the
acquisition of the following major motor-driven fire-
fighting apparatus to be located in the houses specified:
Engine Company 9, Paris Street, East Boston. — One
750-gallon pumper, one combination chemical and hose
car to replace horse-drawn engine and hose wagon.
24 City Document No. 11.
Engine Company 40, Sumner Street, East Boston. —
One 750-gallon pumper, one combination chemical and
hose car to replace horse-drawn engine and hose wagon.
Engine Company 27, Elm Street, Charlestown. — One
750-gallon pumper, one combination chemical and hose
car to replace horse-drawn engine and hose wagon.
Engine Company 32, Bunker Hill Street, Charlestown. —
One 750-gallon pumper, one combination chemical and
hose car to replace horse-drawn engine and hose wagon.
Engine Company 29, Chestnut Hill Avenue, Brighton. —
One 750-gallon pumper, one combination chemical and
hose car to replace horse-drawn engine and hose wagon.
Engine Company 34, Western Avenue, Brighton. — One
750-gallon pumper, one combination chemical and hose
car to replace horse-drawn engine and hose wagon.
Engine Company 17, Meeting House Hill, Dorchester. —
One 750-gallon pumper to replace Christie tractor-drawn
steam fire engine.
Engine Company 22, Warren Avenue, South End. —
One 750-gallon pumper to replace Christie tractor-drawn
steam fire engine.
Engine Company 43, Andrew Square, South Boston. —
One 750-gallon pumper to replace Christie tractor-drawn
steam fire engine.
Note. — The three latter-mentioned tractors are prac-
tically worn out, and have proven unreliable in their
response, due to the fact that the distances to be trav-
ersed are so exceptionally long.
Ladder Company 3, Harrison Avenue, South End. —
One city service truck to replace horse-drawn truck.
Ladder Company 19, Fourth Street, South Boston. —
One city service truck to replace horse-drawn truck.
Ladder Company 23, Washington Street, Dorchester.—
One city service truck to replace horse-drawn truck.
Ladder Company 24, North Grove Street, West End. —
One city service truck to replace horse-drawn truck.
Ladder Company 27, Walnut Street, Dorchester. — One
city service truck to replace horse-drawn truck.
Ladder Company 7, Meeting House Hill, Dorchester.—
One city service truck to replace obsolete motor-driven
truck.
Note. — This truck is only dependable when there
is no snow on the ground and the weather is normal.
Once the cold weather sets in, it is utterly useless, and
should never be part of the fire-fighting equipment of an
up-to-date fire department.
Fire Department. 25
Ladder Company 2, Paris Street, East Boston. — One
75-feet aerial truck to replace horse-drawn apparatus.
Ladder Company 9, Main Street, Charlestown. — One
75-foot aerial truck to replace horse-drawn apparatus.
Reserve Apparatus.
One 750-gallon pumper.
Fire Stations.
In order that the fire stations in which our men are
housed shall conform more strictly to modern building
construction, and, furthermore, that the floors shall be
fireproof ed in contemplation of the motorization of many
companies now having horse-drawn apparatus, I submit
herewith a list of quarters requiring new structures or
extensive remodelling and repairs:
Engine Company 12. — General repairs and re-
modelling.
Engine Company 11, Ladder Company 21. — Fire-
proofing and general improvements.
Engine Company 13. — Alterations and showers.
Engine Company 19. — Remodelling and installation
of shower baths.
Engine Company 20, Ladder Company 27. — Shower
baths and general alterations.
Engine Company 24- — General repairs and shower
baths.
Engine Company 27. — Fireproofing apparatus floor
and improving conditions generally.
Engine Company 28. — Completion of work under-
taken under a special appropriation for general rebuild-
ing.
Engine Company 32. — General repairs and shower
baths.
Engine Company 3^. — Fireproofing apparatus floor.
Engine Company Ifi. — New building.
Ladder Company 12. — Repairs to dormitory.
Chemical Company 7. — General repairs and shower
baths.
Conclusion.
To the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters, the Na-
tional Board of Fire Underwriters, the New England
Insurance Exchange and the National Fire Protection
Association, who so kindly co-operated with this depart-
26 City Document No. 11.
ment in the development of many progressive measures
tending towards the ehmination of the many common
causes of fire, I wish to extend my sincere appreciation.
Also to the various municipal departments, public
service corporations, and the Boston Protective Depart-
ment, which rendered such valuable assistance during
the past year, I wish to express my thanks.
Finally, to the members of the department who so
devotedly and efficiently performed their many difficult
and, at times, hazardous tasks, I can only express my
heartfelt gratitude, and it is my hope that this depart-
ment shall retain its place among the foremost fire
departments throughout the world with a continuance
of the high caliber of duty already demonstrated by our
men in the past.
Respectfully,
John O. Taber,
Chief of Department.
Fire Department. 27
FIRE ALARM BRANCH.
From: The Superintendent of Fire Alarm Branch.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report of Fire Alarm Branch, 1922-1923.
I submit herewith the annual report of the Fire Alarm
Branch for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1923:
OPERATING DIVISION.
Note. — The records of this division are for the
calendar year 1922.
Box Alarms Received and Transmitted. '
First alarms 2,700
Second alarms 42
Third alarms 12
Fourth alarms . 3
Total . . . . 2,757
Box Alarms Received but not Transmitted.
Same box received two or more times for same fire . 259
Adjacent boxes received for same fire .... 207
Received from boxes but transmitted as stills . . 8
Total 474
Still Alarms Received and Transmitted.
Received from citizens (by telephone) .... 1,909
Received from police department (by telephone) . 290
Received from fire department stations (by telephone) , 1,248
Received from telephone for which box alarms were
later transmitted 185
Received from department boxes, transmitted as stills 8
Mutual Aid — adjacent cities and towns, classed as
stills 34
Emergency services, classed as stills .... 49
Total 3,723
28 City Document No. 11.
Automatic and A. D. T. Alarms.
Boston Automatic Company, transmitted by company
to department stations 141
Department box alarms transmitted in connection
with same 10
Before automatic alarm, after automatic ... 8
A. D. T. Company received at this office ... 50
Department boxes transmitted in connection with
same, before the A. D. T. alarm, 5; after the
A. D. T, alarm, 4 9
Received after still alarms were transmitted ... 2
A. D. T. alarms transmitted by this office ... 39
Summary of Alarms.
Box alarms, including multiples ..... 3,223
Still alarms, all classes . 3,447
Boston Automatic Company, alarms .... 141
A. D. T. Company, alarms 50
Total received from all sources .... 6,861
Exclude following duplications :
Box alarms received and not transmitted . . 466
Still alarms for which department box alarms were
transmitted 185
Boston Automatic Company, alarms for which depart-
ment box alarms were transmitted .... 18
A. D. T. Company alarms for which department
box alarms were transmitted 14
Total duplications eliminated . . . . . 683
Total of alarms with duplications eliminated and to
which department apparatus responded . . . 6,178
Fire Alarm Box Records.
Boxes from which no alarms were received . . . 472
Box tests and inspections 10,174
(Note. — All keyless doors are tested weekly.)
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION.
Exterior Work.
The prescribed districts of 1920 and 1921, wherein
overhead wires were to have been removed, were elim-
Fire Department.
29
mated by law because of the burden imposed on cor-
porations and city departments as a result of war
conditions. Quite extensive improvements in the under-
ground system were planned by this department, how-
ever, but cable, which under the contract should have
been delivered in October, was not delivered until after
snow came in December and as a result the bulk of the
work remains uncompleted.
Fifteen fire alarm box posts, two cable test posts and
two combination cable traffic bell posts were set. Thirty-
four box posts and two cable test posts were reset or
replaced by new for various reasons. Two thousand
eight hundred seventy feet of ducts were laid under-
ground; two manholes and three handholes were built,
and two hundred sixty-six feet of ducts were abandoned.
Twenty-six thousand seven hundred twenty-six feet
of cable was hauled into underground ducts for extension
of service and to make possible the removal of overhead
wires and about five thousand feet of cable was installed
to replace defective cable. Ten miles of line wire and
sixty-six hundred feet of cable was strung on poles as
extensions to system and to replace old and about five
miles of wire and about four thousand feet of cable was
removed from poles.
Thirty-two new fire alarm boxes were established.
Seventeen of these boxes are for the use of the general
public. All fire alarm boxes and posts were painted.
Many changes and additions were made to the lighting
equipment in several department stations.
Underground Cables Installed.
City Proper.
Post Office square, Milk street to Water cond. Feet.
street 19 350
Washington street. West street to Summer
street 4 675
New post connections ..... 61 100
New post connections ..... 37 81
New post connections 20 50
New post connections 19 220
New post connections 10 370
South Boston.
H street, East Broadway to East Fourth
street
10
300
Cond.
19
Feet.
1,184
19
1,931
19
20
4
1,634
70
200
30 City Document No. 11.
Dorchester.
Columbia road and Hancock street, Up-
hams Corner to Jerome street
Hancock street, Jerome street to Bowdoin
street
Bowdoin street, Hancock street to Quincy
street
Post and pole connections .
Post and pole connections ....
Roxhury and Jamaica Plain.
Huntington avenue, Wait street to South
Huntington avenue . . . . .10 2,065
South Huntington avenue, Huntington
avenue to Centre street .... 10 5,118
Dudley street, Adams street to Engine 12, 10 1,163
School street, Washington street to Byron
court 10 624
Brookline avenue, Box 2312 to Box 2316, 10 1,050
Brookline avenue, Lansdowne street to
Fullerton street 6 1,408
New post and pole connections . .' . 6 290
New post and pole connections ... 4 462
Brighton.
Market street, Washington street to West-
ern avenue 10 6,040
Summit avenue, Allston street to Com-
monwealth avenue
New post and pole connections .
New post and pole connections . .
Fire Alarm Box Posts Installed with Duct Lengths.
South Boston.
Feet.
East Fourth and H streets 15
East Sixth and I streets . 49
G street opposite East Sixth street . . . . 110
Dorchester.
Massachusetts avenue and Clapp street (2 ducts) . 17
Pleasant and Thornley streets.
Roxbury.
St. Mary's and Mountfort streets 107
Jamaica Plain.
School street opposite Byron court .... 32
4
493
6
473
4
375
Fire Department.
31
West Roxbury.
Poplar street and Hillside avenue .
Belgrade and Colberg avenues
Belgrade avenue and Bradwood street
Beech street and Colberg avenue .
Anawan and Clement avenues
Maple and Garden streets
Brighton.
Cambridge street near Gas Works .
Commonwealth and Summit avenues
45
22
32
18
25
18
14
18
Fire Alarm Box Posts Reset.
State and Kilby streets (raised to new grade) .
Dartmouth and Buckingham streets (raised to new grade) .
Dewey square (raised to new grade) .
Huntington and Parker Hill avenues (raised to new grade) .
Huntington avenue and Forsyth street (raised to new grade) .
Jersey and Queensberry streets (raised to new grade) .
Brookline avenue and Fullerton street (change of curb line) .
Cambridge and Charles streets (relocated) ... 13
Brainerd road and Gorham street (relocated) . . 18
Stuart and Carver streets (relocated) .... 125
Commonwealth avenue and Deerfield street (new type post) .
Hereford and Newbury streets new type posts (2
ducts) 15
Congress street and Dorchester avenue (broken by truck) .
Commonwealth avenue and Essex street (broken by truck) .
Compton and Emerald streets (broken by truck) .
Berkeley and Marlboro streets (broken by truck) .
Albany and Northampton streets (broken by truck) .
Dover street and Shawmut avenue (broken by truck) .
Warren street and Rockville park (broken by truck) .
West Cottage and Judson streets (broken by truck) .
Dudley and Magnolia streets (broken by truck).
Twelve other posts were broken by vehicles which
required the replacement of top sections of posts. The
post at Milk and Hawley streets was temporarily
removed because of the construction of an office building.
New Cable Test Posts Installed.
Washington and Cambridge streets, Brighton.
Washington and Harvard streets, Dorchester.
New Combination Test-traffic Bell Posts.
Tremont and Church streets, 2 ducts . . 13 feet
Tremont and Eliot streets, 2 ducts ... 14 feet
32
City Document No. 11.
Test Post Relocated.
Dorchester and Centre avenues, 2 ducts .
Additional Test Post Ducts.
Harrison avenue and Northampton street, 2
ducts
New Conduits.
Summit avenue, between Commonwealth ave-
nue and Allston street
K street, between Fourth and Fifth streets
East Fourth street, near K street
H street, between Broadway and East Fourth
street
16 feet
28 feet
423 feet
262 feet
70 feet
235 feet
New Pole Connections.
Richmond street at Dorchester avenue (exten-
sion) 141 feet
Adams street at Dorchester avenue . . . 168 feet
Washington street at River street ... 56 feet
ColHston road at Kilsyth road .... 221 feet
Windsor road at Corey road .... 94 feet
Allston street at Summit avenue ... 32 feet
Ana wan avenue at Park street .... 31 feet
Maple street at Pomfret street .... 42 feet
Longwood avenue at Huntington avenue . 203 feet
Canterbury street at Circuit drive (extension) . 25 feet
Manholes Built.
Summit avenue at Allston street.
K street at East Fourth street.
K street at East Fifth street (handhole).
H street at East Fourth street (handhole) .
Summit avenue at Commonwealth avenue (handhole) .
Ducts Abandoned.
Centre avenue at Dorchester avenue, 2 ducts
Longwood avenue at Huntington avenue
Cambridge and Charles streets .
Hereford and Newbury streets .
Brainerd road, opposite Marshall terrace
Eliot and Warrenton streets
Public Fire Alarm Boxes Established.
Location.
2317. Brookline avenue and Fullerton street.
2383. South Huntington avenue, opposite No. 200.
73 feet
33 feet
12 feet
15 feet
35 feet
25 feet
Fire Department. 33
2574. Glendower road, opposite No. 83.
2575. Beech and Wiggin streets.
2645. Washington and Heron streets.
2655. North avenue and Wright road.
2657. Centre and Stimson streets.
2748. La Grange street and Brook Farm road.
2752. Perham and Winslow streets.
2763. Spring and Cypress streets.
3126. Massachusetts avenue and Clapp streets.
3574. Randolph and Richmond roads.
3626. Adams and Franconia streets.
5144. Commonwealth and Summit avenues.
5196. Breck avenue and Brayton road.
5299. Bellamy and Richards streets.
646. Putnam and Falcon streets.
SCHOOLHOUSE BoX ESTABLISHED.
2448. School street, opposite Byron court, auxiliary to
Theodore Roosevelt School.
Private Fire Alarm Boxes Established.
124 Lincoln power station.
1288. Federal Reserve Bank.
1548. John Hancock building.
1668. City Hospital.
2354. Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
2461. Lotus place carhouse.
252. Forest Hills storage yard.
342. Boston Elevated carhouse, Dorchester avenue and
Park street.
3653. Boston Elevated carhouse, Dorchester avenue, near
Pierce square.
467. Boston Elevated carhouse, Arlington avenue.
658. Boston Elevated carhouse, Eagle street.
671. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad shops, Orient
Heights.
7125. Army supply base.
7336. Boston Elevated carhouse, P street.
Boxes Relocated.
1424. From John Hancock building, 178 Devonshire street
to Massachusetts Trust building, 200 Devonshire
street.
1514. From Eliot and Warrenton streets to Stuart and Cai-ver
streets.
2764. From Spring and Gould streets to Spring and Billings
streets.
5126. From Brainerd road, opposite Marshall terrace, to
Brainerd road and Gorham street.
34
City Document No. 11.
5143.
647.
From Summit avenue and Allston street to Summit
avenue and Corey road.
From Condor street, near Pottery Works, to Condor
street, near Brooks street.
Fire Alarm Boxes in Service.
Total number
Owned by Fire Department ....
Owned by Schoolhouse Department
Owned by Automatic Fire Alarm Company
Privately owned
1,268
891
207
63
107
Department Boxes.
On fire alarm box posts
On poles
On buildings
Inside buildings
Equipped with keyless door (bell ringing attachment)
Equipped with keyless doors (glass guards)
Equipped with key doors
Equipped with auxiliary attachments .
Designated by red lights
481
385
20
5
836
48
7
15
429
Schoolhouse Boxes.
On fire alarm posts .
On poles ....
On buildings
Inside buildings
Equipped with keyless doors
Equipped with key doors
Equipped with auxiliary attachments
Designated by red lights .
22
15
101
69
150
57
161
20
Automatic Fire Alarm Company Boxes.
On poles 6
On buildings - 19
Inside buildings - 38
Equipped with keyless doors 9
Equipped with key doors ...... 54
Private Boxes.
On poles ,7
On buildings 32
Inside buildings . 68
Equipped with keyless doors 14
Equipped with key doors 93
Equipped with auxiliary attachments .... 11
Fire Department.
35
Classification of Fire Alarm Boxes.
Academies
Armory
Asylums
Car houses
Cemetery
Church
City yard
Home for Aged People
Hospitals
Hotels
Manufacturing plants
Museum
Navy Yard
OflSce buildings .
Police station
Power stations .
Prison .
Public hall .
Pumping station
Railroad shops .
Railroad stations
Railroad yards .
Retail stores
Restaurant .
Schoolhouses (public)
Schoolhouses (parochial)
Stock yards
Street boxes (public)'
Theatres
Warehouses
Wharves
Wholesale houses
1
11
1
1
2
2
21
5
26
1
6
5
1
6
1
1
1
5
5
12
5
1
207
2
2
880
28
9
9
3
Boxes in Districts.
District
District
District
District
District
District 6
District 7
District 8
70
68
33
88
53
90
86
96
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
99
95
115
93
108
95
77
Two boxes are located outside the city limits.
* About one hundred schoolhouae and private boxes are accrasible 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 503
Fire alarm box posts set, but not in service . . 10
Test posts in service (large size) . . ... 68
Test posts in service (small size) 13
Pole test boxes in service (undergromid connection) . 213
Circuits.
Box circuits 67
Tapper circuits "... 14
Gong circuits 13
Special signal circuits 3
Telephone circuits in department system ... 52
Telephone circuits to Beach Exchange .... 9
Telephone circuits to Back Bay Exchange ... 1
Telephone circuits to Police Headquarters ... 1
Telephone circuits to A. D. T. Company office . . 1
Telephone circuits to Edison Electric Illuminating
Company 1
Telephone circuits to Boston Automatic Fire Alarm
Company 1
Telephone connections to Protective Department . 1
Public Clocks.
No extensive improvements were made on any of the
tower clocks maintained by this department. Fifty
reports of minor troubles were corrected by members
of this force.
The Commercial Wharf clock, which has been main-
tained by the city for many years, has been eliminated
from the list of tower clocks which are cared for by this
department. The clock is not the property of the city.
Wires, Cables and Conduits.
Line wire in service 228 miles.
Aerial cable in service 26| miles.
Conductors in same 154 miles.
Aerial cable conductors in service . . 105 miles.
Underground cable in service . . 167 miles.
Conductor in same 2,375 miles.
Underground conductors in service . . 1,269 miles.
Conduits owned by Fire Department . . 68,439 feet.
Ducts in Fire Department conduits . . . 85,915 feet.
Ducts used by Fire Department in New Eng-
land Telephone and Telegraph Company's
system . 603,178 feet.
Ducts used by Fire Department in Postal Tele-
graph Company's system .... 5,717 feet.
Fire Department.
37
Fire Alarm Apparatus.
Tappers in service 153
Boston tappers in adjacent cities and towns . . 6
Tappers connected to adjacent city and town systems
in Boston Fire Department stations .... 6
Gongs in service Ill
Registers in service, excepting those in Fire Alarm
Office 30
Relays in service, excepting those in Fire Alarm Office, 21
Telephones in department system ..... 157
Summary of Work Done.
New line wire used
Old wire removed from poles
Aerial cable installed .
Conductors in same
Aerial cable removed from service
Conductors in same
Underground cable installed in ducts of New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company,
Conductors in same
Underground cable installed in Boston Fire De-
partment ducts
Conductors in same
Total underground cable installed (new work)
Conductors in same
Cable used to replace defective cable
Conductors in same
Underground cable removed
Conductors in same
Conduits laid by this department
Ducts in same
Ducts abandoned
Manholes built
Handholes built
Fire alarm boxes installed by this department
Fire alarm boxes installed by Schoolhouse
Department
Fire alarm boxes installed on private property
Fire alarm boxes relocated ....
Fire alarm box posts set ... .
Fire alarm box posts relocated .
Fire alarm box posts reset or replaced by new
Fire alarm test posts set, small size ,
Fire alarm test posts relocated .
Fire alarm pole test boxes installed .
lOj miles.
6 J miles.
6,610 feet.
33,500 feet.
4,040 feet.
34,520 feet.
22,295 feet.
268,909 feet.
3,381
41,050
26,726
301,704
4,996
86,730
2,534
19,800
2,767
2,870
266
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
feet.
2
3
17
1
14
6
15
3
18
4
1
6
George L. Fickett,
Superintendent.
38
City Document No. 11.
BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND REPAIRS.
Fbom: The Bureau op Supplies and Repairs.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report, 1922-1923.
I report the following is a summary of the activities
of the Bureau of Supplies and Repairs.
We have connected with our bureau 104 employees
comprising clerks, chauffeurs and mechanics represent-
ing such trades as are necessary for our requirements.
These men keep records, deliver suppHes, etc., and
make repairs for the upkeep and maintenance of the
following :
One hundred and eighty motor vehicles, viz.:
American LaFrance.
27 pumping engines .
4 pumping engines .
17 hose cars
3 hose cars
3 high pressure hose cars
13 ladder trucks
1 instruction car
In service .
In reserve .
In service .
In reserve .
In service .
Seagrave.
3 pumping engines
10 hose cars
2 hose cars
1 ladder truck .
In service .
u
In reserve .
In service.
Christie Tractors.
13 attached to steam engines
4 attached to steam engines
8 attached to ladder trucks
6 attached to ladder trucks
In service .
In reserve .
In service .
In reserve .
Mack.
1 hose car
1 2-ton cable truck
1 1 2-ton fuel truck
1 wrecking car
In service .
Fire Department.
39
White.
1 2-ton fuel truck
In service.
American and British Tractors.
3 attached to water towers
1 attached to water towers
In service.
In reserve .
BUICKS.
1 sedan, Commissioner's car
8 touring cars .
1 touring car
20 roadsters
7 roadsters
1 fuel car .
In service .
«
In reserve .
In service .
In reserve .
In service .
Robinson.
1 pumping engine (being dismantled for parts) . In reserve ,
1 hose car "
1 ladder truck . In service .
Ford.
4 runabouts, Fire Alarm
4 emergency cars. Motor squad
1 1-ton truck, Wire Division
In service .
Miscellaneous.
1 Velie hose car In service .
1 Ejiox hose car '^
1 Pierce Arrow, Rescue Company 1 . . . "
2 self-propelled steam engines, one in service ; one in reserve.
One hundred and forty-seven horse-drawn vehicles,
viz.:
6 steam engines
12 steam engines
6 hose wagons .
6 hose wagons .
7 ladder trucks
4 ladder trucks
8 chemicals
34 hose pungs.
21 salt pungs.
14 salt wagons.
29 coal wagons.
In service.
In reserve .
In service .
In reserve .
In service .
In reserve .
40 City Document No, 11.
FiREBOATS.
3 fireboats In service .
High Pressure Stations.
2 high pressure pumping stations .... In service .
Buildings.
Headquarters building.
Repair shop of Bureau.
Sixty-nine fire stations.
Coal station, Main street.
Veterinary hospital.
Fire alarm shop.
Garage, Harrison avenue and Wareham street.
Storehouse, Fourth street.
In addition to the foregoing we receive, distribute^
repair, etc., all appliances, hose, uniforms and such
other equipment required by our department.
Motor Activities.
New motor vehicles received during the year
American LaFrance.
Seven type 75, 750 gallons' capacity pumping engines.
Three type 75, combination chemical and hose cars.
Note.— This apparatus was submitted to the under-
writers for inspection and test of pumps, and to our
department officials for rigid road test, hill climbing
and radious turning before acceptance.
BUICKS.
1 Sedan. 3 touring cars. 4 roadsters.
Note. — These cars were inspected, tested and as-
signed as follows:
Sedan assigned to Commissioner.
Touring assigned to captain in charge of Bureau.
Touring assigned to Superintendent of Wire Division.
Touring assigned to Deputy Chief, Division 1 .
Roadster assigned to District Chief, District 6.
Roadster assigned to District Chief, District 8.
RoadsteT assigned io Veterinary Surgeon.
Roadster assigned to Inspector of Wire Division.
_ Fire Department. 41
Miscellaneous.
Eighteen Ross thawing devices installed on motor
pumping engines.
We now have twenty-nine of these devices in service
in our department.
Fifty sets of single unit skid chain adapters placed on
motor apparatus.
Note. — By the use of these adapters we eliminated
to a great extent the breaking of drive chains, also the
breaking and losing of old style skid chains, and creating
a considerable saving to this department.
Twelve rectifiers for charging storage batteries on
apparatus installed in various quarters outside city
proper.
Fifteen Christie motors rebuilt.
New winch installed on wrecking car replacing one
unfit for further service.
Choker attachments placed in all old type motor
apparatus to facilitate easy starting.
Wind shields made and installed on all fire-fighting^
apparatus placed in service during the year.
Engines 1, 14, 18 and 45 made double unit com-
panies.
Chemical Companies 11 and 13 converted to Engine
Companies 52 and 53.
Ladder brackets placed on Pumping Engines 49, 51
and 53 and each company furnished with one 15-foot
roof ladder and one 25-foot extention ladder.
Radious rod discs and brake supports replaced with
late type on twelve pumping engines, two hose cars,
one ladder truck.
Three thousand one hundred inspections of motor
vehicles by the engineer of motor apparatus.
All apparatus repaired at the repair shop tried out
by the auto tester before return to quarters.
Pumping engines used on several occasions to pump
out cellars.
Three thousand and fifty-seven emergency calls
responded to by the motor squad. These calls con-
sisted of making minor repairs on apparatus in quarters,
and on the street, towing disabled apparatus, respond-
ing to multiple alarms of fire, etc.
Repairs on Motor Apparatus — Shop Mechanics.
Number of jobs 4,129
Cost $53,681
42 City Document No. 11.
Repairs on Motor Apparatus — Outside Concerns.
Number of jobs . ' 910
Cost . . . $12,550
Schools.
Chauffeur School.
This school was in operation from May to October,
and during this period 186 officers and men received
instructions in the care, mechanism and operation of
motor vehicles. After the course of instructions at the
school these men were examined by the Engineer of
Motor Apparatus for certification as operators.
Those not already holding state licenses received
examination by the State Registry of Motor Vehicle
Examiners.
Motor Pump School.
The Motor Pump School began operations in May and
continued to the latter part of October. During this
time 112 men received instructions in the care and
operation of motor pumping engines. As each class
completed its course of instructions, the men attending
were examined by the Engineer of Motor Apparatus to
determine their fitness for certification as motor pump
operators.
Steam Engineer School.
One class of 7 men attended this school during the past
year. These men received thorough instructions in the
care, mechanism and operations of steam fire engines.
In addition at this school several members of the
department received instructions in the operation of the
various type hydrants used by the department.
MoTORLESS Vehicles.
Repairs of all kinds were made on our horse-drawn
vehicles at the Bureau shop, and a few jobs were given
to outside firms on account of not having proper facilities
at the shop to do the work.
Repairs at Bureau shop 319
Cost $3,940
Repairs by outside firms 15
Cost $123
Fire Department. 43
Thirteen discarded horse-drawn hose wagons were
converted into pungs, at $210.
By placing the bodies of these wagons on runners it
provided practical fire-fighting units for emergency
during winter seasons. These wagons were previously
sold off at a relatively low price.
Marine Service.
Fireboats inspected and over hauled to conform with
the United States Marine Laws.
Repairs by outside firms . ' 18
Cost $6,028
Submarine chaser loaned by United States Navy was
returned.
High Pressure.
To conform with the State Laws three civilian
engineers were assigned to High Pressure Station No. 1.
Eight gate wrenches for emergency in case of break in
high pressure mains were received from the Public Works
Department and distributed to Engine Companies
4, 6, 7, 8, 15, 25, 26 and 39.
Piezometer gauges were distributed to the following
companies during the year: Engines 3, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15,
17, 21, 23, 21, 27, 31, 33, 36, 38, 43, 44 and 47.
Department Buildings.
The greater part of the repair work necessary for the
upkeep of department buildings was performed by our
outside mechanics (namely) plumbers, painters, steam-
fitters, carpenters, tinsmiths and masons.
Number of repairs 1,389
Cost $37,469
Several repairs were made by the members of com-
panies, stock furnished by the department.
Cost of stock $715
Some major repairs and other work was performed by
outside concerns, vis., thoroughly overhauling and
bracing fire escape on Headquarters Building, paving
Drill School yard, roofs, roof garden awnings, window
awnings, etc.
44 City Document No. 11.
Number of jobs 60
Cost $6,785
Furniture.
Several pieces of furniture were repaired at the Bureau
shop including chaiis, tables, desks, chiffoniers, etc.
Number of repairs 70
Cost $315
Some repairs were made in quarters by members of
the department, stock furnished.
Cost of stock supplied . $78
Furnishings.
The following articles were purchased and distributed
during the year.
27 rugs.
90 dozen pillow slips.
500 roller towels.
177 chairs.
4 tables.
115 dozen sheets.
100 blankets.
7 dozen hand towels.
37 bedsteads.
4 desks.
5 chiffoniers.
Several articles were repaired and supplied by outside
firms, viz., pool tables, mattresses, pillows, curtains, etc.
Cost of repairs and furnishings $4,239
Bureau Repair Shop.
Three employees were added to personnel, 2 painters,
1 laborer.
Battery testing instrument board installed.
Battery load testing instrument installed.
Turn auto machine installed. This machine facili-
tates turning small motor vehicles in desired positions
for inspection and repaiis.
Battery and magneto room was segregated.
Pressure pump for testing hose repaired .
No. 1 generator engine given thorough overhauling.
Fire Department.
45
Hose.
Purchased.
Leading cotton hose .
Chemical hose
Rubber deck hose
Feet.
16,500
500
50
Condemned.
Leading cotton hose
Leading rubber hose
Chemical hose .
3-inch flexible suction hose
4-iiich rubber suction hose
Deluge hose
Total . . .
Feet.
11,450
950
800
150
50
25
Total . . . .
17,050
13,425
Amount of hose in use and in stock February 1, 1923.
In Use.
Feet.
Leading cotton hose .
130,416
Leading rubber hose
900
Chemical hose
19,200
Deck hose
900
3-inch flexible suction hose,
625
4-inch rubber suction hose,
1,218
3i-inch deluge hose .
675
Total ....
153,934
In Stock.
Leading cotton hose
Chemical hose
3-iach flexible suction hose,
4-uich rubber suction hose,
2J-inch rubber suction hose.
Total ....
Feet.
9,700
350
50
204
40
10,344
Clothing.
810 pairs of trousers received and distributed.
202 pairs of trousers repaired.
31 pairs of trousers reissued.
316 sack coats received and distributed.
54 sack coats repaired.
30 sack coats reissued.
203 overcoats received and distributed.
26 overcoats repaired.
3 overcoats reissued.
154 rubber coats received and distributed.
37 rubber coats repaired.
24 rubber coats reissued.
271 caps received, and distributed.
13 caps reissued.
100 fire hats received and distributed.
332 fire hats repaired.
Nine hundred and one overcoats cleansed, pressed,
repaired and placed in storage during the summer.
Conclusion.
Due to the increased amount of repair work by the
Bureau our repair shop has become very much inade-
46 City Document No. 11.
quate for our needs, and I would urge that provisions
be made for erection of a larger building.
Several of our gasolene storage tanks are too small for
our requirements, and as all these tanks are now con-
sidered gasolene stations for the entire department par-
ticularly on multiple alarms, I would recommend that
they be replaced by tanks of 500 gallon capacity.
Consideration should be given to the installing of
motor fuel wagons in Districts 1 and 2.
Respectfully submitted,
William H. McCorkle,
District Chief.
Fire Department. 47
REPORT OF MEDICAL EXAMINER.
Boston, February 1, 1923.
From: The Medical Examiner.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.
I respectfully submit the following report for the
year ending January 31, 1923:
Number of cases of illness 569
Number of cases of injury 1,334
Number injured but remained on duty 988
Examinations.
Inspections at office headquarters recorded . . 1,272
For appointment as provisional fireman (civil service) . 19
For appointment of men on probation .... 11
For reinstatement 2
At engine houses of firemen, pulmotors and medicine .
chests, and visits at homes of firemen and at
hospitals . 350
The past winter having been very severe, with limited
supply of coal, rendering fire duty extra hazardous and
unusual suffering from cold, in my opinion, accounts for
the increase in number of sick and injured over the
previous year.
It has been my good fortune to be granted permis-
sion by our commissioner and his Honor the Mayor to
become a member and attend the first meeting of the
''National Association of Police and Fire Surgeons and
Medical Directors of Civil Service Commissions" organ-
ized at Philadelphia, November 20, 1922. At the
annual meeting, the reading of papers, the interchange
of thought relative to improvement in medical routine
in connection with department work has been a great
help for efficient medical service. Universal standard-
ization of physical and mental requirements for appoint-
ment to the police and fire service is to be worked out
in the future. The officers and men have many times
during the past year given ''first aid" service to citizens
48 City Document No. 11.
as well as firemen, thus rendering an efficient and
praiseworthy public service. It is commendable and
noteworthy, showing the faithful spirit of officers and
men, that out of 1,334 cases of injury on file, 988 men
remained on duty and had their injuries treated in
quarters.
Deaths.
John J. Connorton, February 16, 1922, Engine Company 22,
cerebral hemorrhage.
William J. Hennessey, March 14, 1922, Engine Company 2,
lobar pneumonia.
Christopher J. Melia, April 15, 1922, Engine Company 53,
tubercular meningitis following pulmonary tuberculosis.
Daniel J. Quinn, April 30, 1922, Headquarters, pernicious
anaemia.
Lawrence H. Donahue, September 9, 1922, Ladder 10,
sarcoma.
William C. Swan, September 28, 1922, Ladder 15, shock
following crushing of leg.
Patrick J. Norton, October 14, 1922, Engine Company 18,
cancer of rectum.
Alexander F. Smith, December 10, 1922, Engine Company
36, chronic nephritis.
Respectfully submitted,
William J. McNally, M. D.,
Medical Examiner.
Fire Department. 49
REPORT OF WIRE DIVISION.
Boston, February 1, 1923.
From: Superintendent, Wire Division.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Sttbject: Annual Report.
I herewith submit annual report of the Wire Division
of the Fire Department for the year 1922-23.
The underground district for 1923 has been prescribed
and advertised in accordance with the law and is as
follows :
Brighton.
Washington street, from Cambridge street to Commonwealth
avenue.
Charlestown.
Alford street, from Main street to the drawbridge; Medford
street, from Chelsea street to Cook street.
Dorchester.
Alban street, from Welles avenue to Ashmont street; Talbot
avenue, from Washington street to Bernard street; Quincy
street, from Columbia road to Blue Hill avenue; Adams
street, from King square to Minot street; Washington
street, from Ashmont street, a distance of 1,970 feet to a
point within 530 feet of Codman street.
South Boston.
Macallen street, from Dorchester avenue to Foundry street,
making a total distance of four miles as provided by law.
The following data gives the details of the work done
by this division :
During the year there were forty-nine fires and one
manhole explosion due to electrical causes. The total
loss for forty-seven fires (two fire losses not being
adjusted) was $24,803.50; three fires causing a loss of
$17,808.04, leaving $7,995.46 for the balance. These
fires, etc., have received the attention of this division.
All electrical construction which comes under the
supervision of this division has been duly inspected.
50 City Document No. 11.
No violation of the law relating to electrical construc-
tion has necessitated court action during the year.
The total income for the year was $55,843.63, which
is the largest amount ever received for a like period.
While more attention has been given to inspection of
old work than for a number of years, it is our intention
to increase the amount of inspection of this kind of
work, provided the pressure of new work will not prevent.
The work of the division shows a marked increase over
previous years. There was a larger amount of under-
ground construction, while the work of installing interior
wiring and electrical apparatus shows a material increase.
The number of permits issued for interior wiring was
17,378.
The public service corporations and electrical con-
tractors and others have assisted us by their co-operation.
It is a pleasure to report that during the year there
have been no fires due to wiring or apparatus approved
by this division.
EXTERIOR DIVISION.
The underground district for the year 1922, as pre-
scribed under authority of chapter 196 of the Acts of
1921, comprised the following streets:
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 Commonwealth
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 4 miles as provided by law.
Fire Department. 51
In these prescribed streets from which poles and
overhead wires were to be removed, there were standing!
on February 1, 1922, a total of two hundred fourteen
(214) poles (not including the trolley poles of the Boston
Elevated Railway Company, which are exempt) owned
by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company and Postal
Telegraph Cable Company, supporting a total of one
million (1,000,000) feet of overhead wires, or a little
more than one hundred eighty-nine (189) miles owned
by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Boston
Elevated Railway Company, Postal TelegTaph Cable
Company, Western Union Telegraph Company, Ameri-
can District Telegraph Company, Boston Fire Depart-
ment (Fire Alarm Branch) and Boston Police Depart-
ment (Police Signal Service).
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 carry-
ing poles standing in the streets are stencilled by this
department for purposes of identification, and are
plotted in atlases on file in our office. All carrying
poles standing in the streets are inspected and tested
yearly by the inspectors of this division and at the same
time a general inspection is made of all overhead con-
struction. This work is in addition to the regular
inspection work necessary on account of new construc-
tion. Poles found to be leaning or in process of decay
are reported to the companies owning same and where
conditions warrant it, poles are condemned. During
the past year the inspectors of this division reported
one hundred forty-four (144) poles decayed at base
and fifty-three (53) poles leaning, or a total of one
hundred ninety-seven (197) poles which were replaced
by new poles or reset by the various companies at the
request of this department. Forty-eight (48) abandoned
poles were reported by our inspectors and were removed
by the various companies at our request.
The following table shows the overhead for the year
from February 1, 1922, to January 31, 1923, inclusive:
Number of new poles set in new locations . . 744
Number of poles replaced, reset or straightened , 449
Number of poles removed 492
Number of poles now standing in the public streets, 15,872
Number of defects reported 3,673
52
City Document No. 11.
Number of defects corrected 3,452
(Other defects in process of correction.)
Number of notices of overhead construction . 23,966
Number of overhead inspections .... 41,909
Number of overhead reports 23,059
Amount of overhead wires removed by owners (in
feet) 2,053,358
Underground 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 considerable amount of
special underground construction for electric light and
power purposes of a type known as the "Split Fiber
Solid System" has been installed during the year.
The electrical approvals for underground electrical
construction numbered three thousand five hundred
forty-nine (3,549).
Number of inspections of underground electrical con-
struction, nine thousand four hundred sixty-six (9,466).
Number of reports of underground electrical con-
struction, three thousand one hundred eighty-nine
(3,189).
Character of Cable Used by the Various Companies.
COMPANT.
Kind of Insulation.
Size.
Boston Elevated Railway Company
500,000, 1,000,000 and 2.-
000,000 C. M.
Charlestown Gas and Electric Com-
pany.
Varnished cambric,
rubber and paper.
Nos. 2, 4, 6 and 1-0.
Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
Rubber and paper . . .
Nos. 8 to 1,000,000 CM.
pany.
Fire Alarm Branch (B. F. D.)
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company.
4, 6, 10, 19, 37 and 61 con-
Paper, silk and cot-
ton.
ductor.
2 to 1,212 pair.
Police Signal Service (B. P. D.) . . . .
Postal Telegraph Cable Company,
Schoolhouse Commission (City of
Rubber
2 conductor.
Rubber
4 conductor.
Boston),
Western Union Telegraph Com-
Rubber and paper . . .
10 to 125 pair.
pany.
Fire Department. 53
Table Showing Underground Work for the Year 1922.
Company.
'3
o
O
"o
1
Feet of Duct.
Feet of Cable.
is
u a
Boston Elevated Railway Company,
Boston Low Tension Wire Associa-
8,129
68,342
515
1,640
495,173
3,82S
154,528
558
265
98
21,059
17,754
25
12
g
tion.
Charlestown Gas and Electric Com-
panj\
Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
pany.
lire Alarm Branch (B. F. D.)
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company.
Police Signal Service (B. P. D.)
Postal Telegraph Cable Company. . .
715
91,185
1,450
24,091
38,970
1,144,077
27,051
263,889
1,650
3,000
1,160
14,778
254
4
67
18
4
1,605
23
180
8
2
Schoolhouse Commission (City of
2
Boston) .
Western Union Telegraph Company,
6.944
9
Totals
132,514
746,001
1,512,329
368
1,853
Note. — "Split Fiber Solid Main System " of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co mpany
is included in the above figures comprising 23, 172 feet of conduit and 45,606 feet of duct.
No additions made to the old three-wire solid tube system.
Table Showing the Amount and Distribution of Boston's Electrical Power
January 31, 1923.
COMPANT.
OJ O fci
_ tHpa
cs „'Sb
■gWo
Capacity of
Incandescent
Lamps in
Kilowatts.
>.« o
o
o
II
& o
.•as
hi
Se !j 08
|S3
si
12;
Boston Elevated Railway Company. . . .
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, .
43,772
48,592
207,970
275,400
3,476
101,638
*
215
125
25
209
5
2,946
163
33
347.630
91,741
7,159
40
106
25
153
78,775
73,712
*
260
395
17
45
Block Plant Electric Company
400
620
200
500
325
400
150
363
Hanover Street Trust
Totals
94,084
484,608
105,688
3,147
446,854
153,142
67
* Unknown.
54
City Document No. 11.
INTERIOR DIVISION.
As provided by law, there have been eleven hundred
thirty-seven (1,137) inspections made of theaters, places
of amusement and public halls. Where defects are
found the parties interested are notified. When not
corrected within a reasonable time the company supply-
ing current is notified to discontinue same.
Forty-nine fires and five accidents to persons (two of
which were fatal) have been investigated as per the
following table:
Fires in interior of buildings . . '■ .
36
Fires on poles
1
Manhole explosions . . . . .
1
Miscellaneous, exterior . . . .
13
Injuries to persons . . . . .
5
Notices of new work received
17,378
Number of permits to turn on current .
12,912
Number of incandescents inspected
1,528,939
Number of motors inspected .
11,407
Number of buildings in which wiring was
com-
pletely examined
1,404
Number of inspections made . . .
38,683
Defective work reported by the inspectors of the
Interior Division has been corrected or is in process of
correction.
Fire Department.
55
LIST OF WIRE DIVISION EMPLOYEES,
JANUARY 31, 1923.
1 Superintendent
1 Chief Inspector
3 Inspectors
8 Inspectors
8 Inspectors
6 Inspectors
4 Inspectors
2 Inspectors
1 Inspector
1 Engineer .
1 Chief Clerk
1 Assistant Chief Clerk
1 Clerk and Stenographer
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
3 Stenographers
1 Chauffeur
1 Stenciller
Salary
Per Annum .
$3,000
2,500
2,000
1,900
1,800
1,700
1,600
1,500
1,400
2,000
2,000
1,900
1,600
1,240
1,400
1,300
1,400
1,400
56
City Document No. 11.
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATION AND EXPEN-
DITURES OF THE WIRE DIVISION FROM
FEBRUARY 1, 1922, TO JANUARY 31, 1923,
INCLUSIVE.
Appropriation
,827 36
Expenditures.
A-1.
Employees .
$76,000 42
F-7.
Pension roll .
612 50
B-1.
Printing and binding .
17 70
B-2.
Postage
200 00
B-3.
Advertising .
107 40
B-4.
Car fares
2,487 66
B-12.
Premium on bond
6 00
B-13.
Telephones ...
347 04
B-35.
Fees ....
2 00
B-37.
Photo, etc. .
2 15
B-39.
Repairs, etc.
27 40
C-3.
Electrical instruments
114 32
C-4.
Autos, etc. .
3,304 25
C-13.
Tools, etc. . . *
28 30
D-1.
Office forms, etc. .
1,865 65
D-11.
Gasolene, etc.
344 75
D-16.
Photo material
1 85
E-10.
Batteries, etc.
10 08
E-13.
Parts for auto, and paint
otal expenditures .
50 80
T
$85,537 27
Balance in treasury .
3,290 09
,827 36
Fire Department. 57
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.
1 120-volt Weston Direct Current Miniature Type Voltmeter.
1 150-volt Weston Direct Current Miniature 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,
Walter J. Burke,
Superintendent, Wire Division.
58
City Document No. 11.
THE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION.
Commissioner, Theodore A. Glynn.
Chief Clerk, Benjamin F. Underhill.
Chief of Department, John O. Taber.
Captain, William H. McCorkle, in charge of Bureau of Sup-
pHes and Repairs.
Superintendent of Engines and Boilers, 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.
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, Herbert J.
Hickey, John J. Coholan, William J. Hurley, Nathan Cohen,
Frank M. Fogarty. Thomas J. Murphy, William J. O'Donnell,
Thomas W. O'Connell, Warren F. Fenlon.
Wire Division.
William McSweeney, Charles S. Carroll, Martin P. Cum-
mings, Selina A. O'Brien, Mary E. Fleming, May D. Marsh.
XiJJJAJjyUAK±J!;jr
Per Annum .
1 Commissioner . . . .
$7,500
1 Chief clerk . . . . .
2,500
1 Assistant chief clerk and super visoi
* pay accounts, 2,500
1 Medical examiner
2,100
1 Secretary and stenographer .
2,000
1 Clerk
2,300
1 Clerk
1,500
1 Clerk
1,300
1 Clerk
1,000
1 Assistant engineer (messenger)*
1,800
2 Hosemen (clerks)* .
1,800
Per Week.
1 Janitress . . . . .
. . 20 00
13
* Detailed from Fire-fighting Branch.
Fire Department.
59
Fire Prevention Bureau.
Per Annum.
1 Chief Fire Prevention
$2,500
1 Clerk
1,700
1 Clerk
1,300
1 Clerk
1,000
1 Constable
1,400
5
Fire-fighting Branch.
Per Annum.
1 Chief of Department
$5,000
4 Deputy chiefs
4,000
15 District chiefs
3,500
2,500
98 Lieutenants
2,300
2,300
1 Aide-to-Commissioner (private) . . .
1,800
2,000
47 Engineers
1,900
47 Assistant Engineers
1,800
2 Assistant engineers
1,600
894 Privates:
764 ........
$1,800
44 $1
,700-$l,800
26 SI
,600-$l,700
43 ....... $1
,500-$l,600
17 . $1
,400-$l,500
1,176
Bureau Supplies and Repairs.
Per Annum.
1 Captam in charge ....
$2,500
1 Superintendent, engines and boilers .
3,500
1 Supervisor, motor apparatus
2,700
1 Shop foreman
2,000
1 Lieutenant, foreman hose and harness shop
2,300
1 Auto engineer (engineer) ....
2,200
1 Engineer and Architect ....
2,200
1 Storekeeper (hoseman)
2,000
1 Master plumber (engineer) . . . ;
1,900
1 Master carpenter (hoseman)
1,800
1 Master Painter
1,800
1 Foreman auto mechanic ....
1,800
1 Machinist (engineer)
1,900
13 Privates
1,800
1 Private
1,700
1 Clerk in charge
1,900
1 Clerk in charge
1,300
1 Clerk in charge (hoseman) . . . .
1,800
7 Engineers . . . .
1,900
7 Engineers (High Pressure Service)
1,900
3 Assistant engineers (High Pressure Service)
1,800
60
City Document No. 11.
3 High Pressure engineers
3 Firemen
1 Engineer
2 Plumbers ....
1 Steamfitter ....
1 Leading painter
9 Painters
2 Wheelwrights
1 Leading machinist
4 Machinists ....
7 Auto repairers
2 Battery and ignition men
1 Auto repairer and tester
1 Auto mechanic and machinist
1 Auto blacksmith
1 Leading blacksmith
4 Blackmiths
5 Blacksmith's helpers
3 Carpenters
2 Hose and harness repairers
1 Hose and harness repairer
1 Boiler repairer, ironworker and steamfitter
1 Vulcanizer
1 Chauffeur
2 Teamsters
2 Laborerst.
Per Day.
$7 00
5 50
Per Week .
$40 00
Per Day.
$5 40
00
25
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
25
00
25
00
00
50
00
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
4
5
4 50
50
00
00
109
Fire Alarm Branch.
1 Superintendent
1 Assistant superintendent and chief operator
1 Supervising operator
3 Principal operators .
3 Operators .
5 Assistant operators .
1 Assistant operator .
1 Temporary assistant operator
16
Construction Force.
1 Foreman .
1 Assistant foreman
1 Stockman
Per Annum.
$3,500
3,000
2,300
2,300
2,200
1,800
1,400
1,400
Per Annum.
$2,700
2,200
1,800
Fire Department. 61
Per Day.
1 Machinist . . . . . . . . . $5 25
2 Machinists 5 00
19 Cable splicers and wiremen, linemen and repairers,, 5 45
1 Laborer 4 00
26
Veterinary Hospital Branch.
Per Day.
3 Hostlers (average) $4 00
62 City Document No. 11.
CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
John 0. Taber.
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, Edward J. Shallow.
Headquarters, Ladder House 8, Fort Hill Square.
This division comprises Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
District 1.
District Chief, Henry J. Power.
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, John P. Murray.
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.
District 4-
District Chief, Charles A. Donohoe.
Headquarters, Engine House, 4 Bulfinch Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 4, 6, 8,
Ladders 1, 24, Water Tower 1.
Fire Department. 63
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, Rescue 1.
Division 2.
Deputy Chief, Henry A. Fox.
Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren Avenue.
This division comprises Districts 6, 7, 8j 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, Walter M. McLean.
Headquarters, Ladder House 23, Washington Street,
Grove Hall.
This division comprises Districts 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.
64 City Document No. 1L
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.
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, 42,
Ladders 10, 23, 30.
District 13.
District Chief, Michael J. Kennedy.
Headquarters, Engine House 45, Corner Washington
and Poplar Streets, Roshndale.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 30, 45, 53,
Ladders 16, 25.
District 14-
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.
65
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
Bulfinch 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
Babson 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 RoxDury
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, Chemical 1 and Tower 1.
Engine 5.
Engine 6.
Engine 7.
Engine 8.
Engine 9 and Ladder 2.
Engine 10.
Engine 11 and Ladder 21.
Engine 12.
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 and Ladder 8, Rescue 1.
Engines 26 and 35.
Engine 27.
Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
Engine 29 and Ladder 11.
Engine 30 and Ladder 25.
66
City Document No. 11.
Fire Stations. — Concluded.
Location.
Number
of Feet
in Lot.
Occupied by
Bunker Hill street, Charlestown
Corner Boylston and Hereford streets . . . .
Western avenue, Brighton
Monument street, Charlestown
Corner Longwood and Brookline avenues.
Congress street
Sumner street. East Boston
Harvard avenue, near Cambridge street,
Brighton.
Washington street, at Egleston square. . . .
Andrew square. . , ., ^
Northern Avenue Bridge
Washington and Poplar streets, Roslin-
dale.
Dorchester avenue, Ashmont
Adjoining South Ferry, East Boston
Harvard avenue and Winthrop street,
Hyde Park.
Church street
Milton and Hamilton streets
Winthrop and Solej' streets
Oak square, Brighton
Saratoga street. East Boston
Corner Callender and I^yford streets
Corner Walk Hill and Wenham streets, . .
Friend street
Dudley street
Main street, Charlestown
Tremont street
Harrison avenue
Pittsburgh street, South Boston
Fourth street
Washington street, Dorchester
North Grove street . . . .
8,188
5,646
4,637
5,668
5,231
4,000
4,010
6,112
3,848
5,133
14,729
4,875
11,950
9,450
3,412
14,475
5,230
9,889
9,300
7,200
11,253
1,676
3,923
4,290
4,311
2,134
8,964
3,101
6,875
3,918
Engine 32.
Engine 33 and Ladder 15.
Engine 34.
Engine 36 and Ladder 22.
Engine 37 and Ladder 26.
Engines 38 and 39.
Engine 40.
Engine 41 and Ladder 14.
Engine 42 and Ladder 30.
Engine 43 and Ladder 20.
Engine 44, fireboat.
Engine 45 and Ladder 16.
Engine 46.
Engine 47, fireboat.
Engine 48 and Ladder 28.
Engine 49.
Engine 50.
Engine 51.
Chemical Engine 7.
Chemical 11 and Ladder 29.
Chemical 13.
Ladder 1.
Ladder 4 and Chemical 10.
Ladder 9.
Ladder 12.
Ladder 17.
Ladder IS and Tower 3.
Ladder 19.
Ladder 23 and Chemical 5.
Ladder 24.
Headquarters Building, Bristol street, 15,679 feet of
land.
Water Tower No. 2 is in Headquarters Building.
Fire Department. 67
OTHER BUILDINGS.
Bureau S. & R. 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.
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.
68
City Document No. 11.
CANNEL COAL STATIONS.
Division 1.
District.
Location.
Capacity.
(Tons.)
Wagon.
1
12
20
35
35
10
10
16
35
1
1
JEngine 40
2
2
Engine 36
1
2
Ladder 9
2
3
Ladder 18
3
Engine 38-39
*1
4
Ladder 24
9
5
Rescue 1
*1
Total
10
* Motor.
Division 2.
Total.
Engine 2 . . . .
Fourth street .
Engine 33 . . .
Engine 13 . . .
Engine 14 . . .
Engine 37 . . .
Engine 29 ... .
Engine 34 . . .
Engine 41 ... .
Engine 51 . . .
20
40
25
40
10
20
7
7
10
10
Fire Department.
69
CANNEL COAL STATIONS.
Division 3.
District.
Location.
Capacity.
(Tons.)
Wagon.
9.
9.
9.
9.
10.
10.
12.
13.
13.
14.
14.
14.
15.
15.
Engine 12 .
Engine 21 .
Engine 23 .
Engine 24 .
Engine 17 .
Engine IS .
Engine 28 .
Engine 30 .
Engine 45 .
Engine 16 .
Engine 20 .
Engine 46 .
Engine 19 .
Engine 48 .
5
6
5
7
3
5
20
9
9
Total.
Coal stations at Sleeper street and Charles River
avenue were abandoned at a saving in rental to the
department.
70
City Document No. 11.
GASOLENE STATIONS.
Division 1.
DiSTHICTS.
Location.
Capacity
(Gallons.)
Pump.
280
1 gallon
110
1 gallon
280
1 gallon
280
1 gallon.
220
1 quart.
120
1 gallon
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon
280
1 gallon
280
1 gallon
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
550
1 gallon.
220
1 quart.
280
1 gallon.
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
Engine 5
Engine 11
Engine 36
Engine 50
Ladder 9
Ladder 8
Ladder 18
Engine 39
Engine 4
Engine 6
Engine S
Ladder 1
Ladder 17
Rescue 1 .
Engine 10
Engine 26
Fire Department.
71
GASOLENE STATIONS.
Division 2.
Districts.
Location.
Capacity
(Ga,llons.)
Pump.
6
6
6
6
7,
7,
7,
7,
7,
8,
8
8.
8
11,
11
11.
11.
Engine 1
Engine 2 .
Engine 15
Engine 43
Engine 3
Engine 22
Engine 33
Bristol street repair shop
Wareham street garage. .
Engine 13
Engine 14
Engine 37
Ladder 12
Engine 29
Engine 34
Engine 41
Engine 51
280
280
280
280
280
280
280
550
280
550
280
120
280
280
280
280
280
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
72
City Document No. 11.
GASOLENE STATIONS.
Division 3.
Districts.
Location.
Capacity
(Gallons.)
Pump.
550
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
550
1 gallon.
120
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
220
1 quart.
280
1 gallon.
115
1 quart.
220
1 quart.
280
1 gallon.
200
1 quart.
120
1 gallon
280
1 gallon
220
1 gallon
280
1 gallon
280
1 gallon
280
1 gallon
280
1 gallon
9.
9.
9.
9,
9
10
10
10
12
12
12
13
13
13
14
14
14
15
15
15
Engine 12
Engine 21
Engine 23
Engine 24
Ladder 4
Engine 17
Engine 18
Engine 52
Engine 28
Engine 42
Ladder 23
Engine 30
Engine 45
Engine 53
Engine 20
Engine 46
Ladder 6
Engine 19
Engine 48
Engine 49
During the year all gasolene tanks were drained and
cleared of slag and sediment.
Fire Department.
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Expenditures for the Year.
Personal service :
Permanent employees
Temporary employees
Unassigned . . . .
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
Premium on surety bond
Communication
Motor vehicle repairs and care
Motorless vehicle repairs .
Cleanmg ....
Medical . . . .
Veterinarian
Fees, service of venires, etc.
Boiler inspection
Photographic and blueprinting
General plant
Horseshoeing and clipping
Equipment :
Cable, wire, etc.
Electrical
Motor vehicles .
Stable . . .
Furniture and fittings
Office ....
Library . .
Marine
Tools and instruments
Wearing apparel
General plant
Supplies :
Office
Food and ice . . .
Fuel
Foragt and animal .
Medical, surgical, laboratory
5,498,919 24
603 42
3,797 03
S60 93
759 34
31 05
998 31
243 45
1,633 00
17,929 49
5,796 78
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2,762 81
12,472 40
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7,241 19
162 00
500 00
647 00
171 00
799 52
39,910 60
7,256 95
$9,130 95
7,505 42
143,072 75
2,690 53
7,587 90
876 27
56 25
30 85
28,704 94
22,486 19
2,537 63
$5,204 66
826 17
78,316 15
14,873 20
144 61
$2,503,319 69
101,990 82
224,679 68
Carried forivard
,364 79 $2,829,990 19
Fire Department.
85
Brought forward
. $99,364 79
$2,829,990 19
Yeterinary ....
28 64
Laundry, cleaning, toilet .
2,312 71
Motor vehicle
21,789 86
Chemicals and disinfectants
2,275 01
General plant
4,839 63
Cloth
22 50
180,633 U
Materials :
Building ....
$15,311 44
Electrical ....
2,856 34
General plant
33,790 61
51,958 39
Special items :
Pensions and annuities
$238,033 25
Workingmen's compensation
1,353 70
239,386 95
$3,251,968 67
Wire Division :
Personal service:
Permanent employees
Service other than Personal :
Printing and binding, $17 70
Postage .200 00
Advertising and post-
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Transportation o f
persons . . 2,487 66
Premium on surety
bond ... 6 00
Communication 347 04
Fees, service of ve-
nires, etc. . 2 00
Photographic and
blueprinting . . 2 15
General plant . 27 40
,007 42
Equipment :
Electrical . $114 32
Motor vehicle . . 3,304 25
Tools and instru-
3,197 35
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Supplies :
Office . .
Motor vehicle
General plant
28 30
$1,865 65
. 344 75
1 85
3,446 87
2,212 25
Carried forward
$84,863 89 $3,251,968 67
86
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Materials :
Electrical
General plant
Special items:
Pensions and annuities
City Document No. 11.
$84,863 89 $3,251,968 67
$10 08
50 80
60 88
612 50
Engine 7, New Building.
Payments on account :
Contractors, C. & R. Construction Company,
Blueprints
Advertising . . . .
85,537 27
;,337,505 94
$16,660 00
93 81
10 35
,764 16
Remodeling House, Engine 26 and 35.
Continuation of payments ;
Contractor, Joseph Rugo
Composition floors
Brass railings
Flagpole parts
One case
Advertising .
Blu prints
^8,715 85
2,371 00
287 00
76 00
60 00
22 55
10 43
$11,542 83
Remodeling House, Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
Continuation of payments.
Contractor, Burton M. Gwinn, final payment .
Recapitulation.
Fire Department
Engine 7, new building ....
Remodelling house. Engine 26 and 35
Remodeling house, Engine 28 and Ladder 10
,997 00
1,337,505 94
16,764 16
11,542 83
9,997 00
1,375,809 93
Fire Department.
87
Income.
Permits for fires in open spaces, fireworks
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explosives
$13,093 50
Sale of old material ....
1,357 87
Sale of wagon and harness .
120 00
Sale of badges
979 00
Damage to hose
8 40
Damage to fire alarm posts and boxes
932 58
Sale of coal and oil ....
24 96
Damage to apparatus ....
111 30
Sale of manure
47 25
Sale of Ediphone
100 00
Coal penalty . . .
. 61 17
$16,836 03
Wire Division:
Permits
55,753 63
$72,589 66
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Causes of Fires and Alarms from January 1, 1922,
TO January 1, 1923.
Alarms, false, needless, bell Grease in ventilator . 61
and still .... 815
Alarms, out of city 50
Automatic alarms, false and
accidental . . 110
Automobiles . . 281
Brush, rubbish, etc. . . 1,534
Careless use lamp, candle, . 65
Careless use matches and
set by rats 459
Careless use pipe, cigar and
cigarettes .... 468
Chimneys, soot burning . 253
Clothes near stove 19
Defective chimney, stove-
pipe, boiler 112
Electric wires, motors 157
Fireworks and firecrackers . 24
Gas jet and gas stove . 67
Gasolene, naphtha, benzine, 12
Grease in ventilator
Hot ashes in wooden recep
tacle .
Incendiary and supposed
Lamp upsetting and explo
sion ....
Miscellaneous
Oil stove, careless use and
explosion .
Overheated furnace, stove
boiler
Set by boys .
Sparks from chimneys
stove ....
Sparks from locomotive en
gine ....
Spontaneous combustion
Thawing water pipes .
Unknown
Total
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107
143
131
71
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47
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February
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March
102
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111
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82
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77
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90
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46
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117
109
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80
92
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75 30
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47
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City Document No. 11.
Fires Wheee Losses Exceeded $15,000.
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
1922.
Jan.
14
90 and 92 Essex street. Acorn Clothing Company et al
$15,257
20
24
79,779
1028-1044 Blue Hill avenue, S. Gorfey et al
21,969
Jan.
30
1090-1104 Commonwealth avenue, M. Straussel etal
26,575
Feb.
1
6, 7 and 8 Brighton Abbatoir, Lebonan Kosher Wurst Corn-
45,481
Feb.
7
Brighton Abbatoir, Brighton Dressed Beef Company etal. . . .
55,497
Feb.
9
62-266 Friend street, Aronson Brothers etal
36,829
Feb.
13
39 and 41A Washington street, Royal Clothing Company
et al .
20,603
Feb.
20
1 2
77 Washington Street North, Daniels Printing Company
20,798
Marcl
605-611 Washington street, Bowdoin Manufacturing Com-
56,436
March 16 ...
372-378 Boylston street, I. Schneider et al
20^08
170,560
March 25
Rear of 81 Wareham street, Gordon Supply Company etal . .
March 30
26,157
April
29
39-43 Tremont street, Kimball Company, Inc., etal
76,454
May
18
49-51 Fulton street. Beacon Grocery Company etal
41,090
May
24
154-160 Washington street. Smith Manufacturing Company
etal
24,861
May
June
30
272 Border street. Acme White Lead Works
49,559
4
17,205
10
168 and 170 A street, Blake, Boas & Kelligrew etal
302,888
June
2
24-30 School street, Kriss Typewriter Company et al
23,231
27
89-95 Chauncy street G S Moloof & Son et al
24,638
July
July
1
16,419
13
Rear of 100 and 102 Condor street, Boston & Lockport
50,786
July
Aug.
27
395 Boylston street H F Miller & Sons et al
26,160
3
18 and 20 Oxford street, Standard Hat and Cap Company etal.,
18,946
Aug.
8
14-24 Federal street and 123 Congress street, Harris Forbes
24,805
Aug.
18
25,494
Aug.
22
47 Union avenue, Atlantic Ice Cream Cone Company etal
21,002
Aug.
24
76 and 78 Westland avenue, S. Schlesinger Estate etal
18,866
Oct.
13
55 and 57 Causeway street and 40 Lancaster street, American
15,515.
Fire Department,
Fire Losses. — Concluded.
91
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
Oct.
26
27 Scotia street, Edison Electric Illuminating Company
$15,000
Nov.
13
393-407 Dorchester avenue, Hunt, SpiUer Manufacturing
27,273
18
100,554
Nov.
28
44 and 48 Portland street, Louis Model Company etal
23,234
Dec
4
680-684 Washington street, C. & J. Hercovitz etal
15,713
Dec
16
107 and 109 West Brookline street, S Alperin etal
35,662
Dec.
17
94-98 Washington street, Morse OlE ce Equipment Company
et al
19,106
Dec
21
16,596
Dec.
28
19-23 Damrell street, McLean Manufacturing Company etal.,
31,511
Dec.
29
704-724 Washington street, R. B. Brighton Estate etal
71,36 6
Statistics.
Population, January 1, 1923 (estimated)
Area, square miles
Number brick, etc.. buildings .
Number of wooden buildings .
Fires in brick and stone buildings
Fires in wooden buildings
Out of city
Not in buildings, false and needless
Total alarms ....
832,678
47.81
33,768
77,673
1,660
1,267
50
3,157
6,134
Fire Loss for the Year Ending December 31, 1922.
Building loss insured
Contents, loss insured
Buildings, loss not insured
Contents, loss not insured
Total loss buildings and contents
Marine loss . . . . .
. $31,389
. 97,885
$1,183,045
1,992,276
$3,175,321
129,274
$3,304,595
$14,337
92
City Document No. 11.
Yearly Loss for the Last Fifteen Years.
Yea]
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' 1, 1908
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1, 1909
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1, 1912
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1, 1914
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1, 1916
3,004,600
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1, 1920
2,577,584
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1, 1921
3,139,566
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1. 1922
4,010,201
li
a
a
1. 1923
3,304,595
* Does not include marine loss of $1,116,475, steamship " Templemore."
t Does not include marine loss of $101,312, steamship "City of Naples" ei al.
X 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.*
Year.
Bell.
Still and
Automatic.
Totals.
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
2,733
2,359
2,029
2,733
2,413
2,252
2,350
2,847
2,945
2,594
3,401
2,888
2,456
2,690
2,649
2,526
2,128
2,590
2,589
2, .322
6,134
5,247
4,485
5,423
5,062
4,778
4,531
5,437
5,534
4,916
* Each fire is treated as having only one alarm.
Roll of Merit, Boston Fire Department.
James F. McMahon, District Chief.
Edward McDonough, Captain Engine Company 6.
Thomas J. Muldoon, Captain, Engine Company 16.
Thomas H. Downey, Captain, Engine Company^ 22.
Fire Department.
93
Michael J. Teehan, Captain, Engine Company 24.
Joseph P. Hanton, Captain, Engine Company 33.
Dennis Driscoll, Captain, Engine Company 37.
Frederick F. Leary, Captain, Ladder Company 3.
Henry J. Kelley, 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.
Members Pensioned from February 1, 1922, to
February 1, 1923.
Peter E. Walsh.
John T. Gillen.
Robert H. Webber.
Jacob Hyman.
James M. Burke.
James Mahoney (Fire Alarm).
Eugene G. Allen.
Thomas J. Lacey.
Joseph L. Bannon.
Albert S. Penney.
Bent E. Benson.
Michaelangelo Laurano.
John H. Barutio.
John T. Conley.
Patrick J. Darcy.
William Pease.
Fitzgerald M. O'Lalor.
Daniel L. Cadigan.
William E. Boyd.
Frank L. Jewett.
William A. Pickard.
William E. Riley.
Bartholomew F. Hayes.
DeWitt Lane.
Thomas F. Quigley.
Daniel J. Kennedy.
Thomas F. Hedrington.
Death of Members from February 1, 1922, to
February 1, 1923.
John J. Connorton.
William J. Hennessey.
Christopher J. Melia.
Daniel J.Quinn, Headquarters.
Lawrence H. Donahue.
William C. Swan.
Patrick J. Norton.
John F. Higgins, Bureau of
Supplies and Repairs.
Alexander F. Smith.
Death of Pensioners from February 1, 1922, to
February 1, 1923.
George W. Fuller, Wire Divi-
sion.
Frank Tumbull.
Charles H. Cosgrove.
William F. Bryan.
William H. Barker.
Had win Sawyer.
John A. Noonan.
John S. Cleverly.
Nicholas Albrecht.
Frank P. Chapman.
John E. Madison.
Joseph S. Pine.
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City Document No. 11.
Qhanges prom February 1, 1922, to February 1, 1923.
Number of men appointed to fire force .... 17
Number of men reappointed to fire force ... 2
All others 26
Resigned , 8
Discharged . . . . . . . . - • 5
Pensioned . .- . 27
Deaths 9
Pensioners died . • 12
Fire Department. 95
BOSTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.
Boston, September 12, 1922.
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, 1922, 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
balance on hand at close of business August 31, 1922, is correct.
We examined the securities belonging to the fund, consisting
of $156,000 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 Employees' Liability
Assurance Corporation, Ltd., of New York, to D. J. Caddigan,
treasurer, for $25,000.
A summary of receipts and disbursements for the year ending
August 31, 1922, is appended hereto.
Respectfully submitted,
Amos D. Albee Son & Co.,
Certified Public Accountants.
96
City Document No. 11.
Receipts and Disbursements from September 1, 1921, to
August 31, 1922.
Receipts.
Balance, September 1, 1921
Amount received from ball fund
Interest on bonds
Less accrued interest paid
Interest on Liberty Loan bonds
Dividend on stocks
Interest on deposits .
Donations
City of Boston bonds matured
Dishursemenis.
Death and sick benefits, gratuities, medical attend-
ance and medicine
Salaries
Treasurer's bond .... $62 50
Less refund on former bond . . 34 59
$5,273 36
24,079 25
$7,452 50
89 58
7,362 92
2,374 25
271 40
157 36
335 00
11,000 00
$50,853 54
Free bed, Carney Hospital
Box at International Trust Company vaults
Auditing, twelve months .
Expenses, stationery, printing, etc.
Protectograph purchased .
Legal services
Paid Hiram Averill, claim of 1916 .
Bonds purchased ....
Balance, Exchange Trust Company .
Balance, American Trust Company .
Exchange Trust Company Savings Department
$24,294 40
800 00
27 91
300 00
10 00
180 00
378 50
58 80
75 00
90 00
14,662 50
$40,877 11
1,933 62
42 81
8,000 00
,853 54
crry of boston
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