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ANNUAL REPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND WIRE DIVISION
CITY OF BOSTON
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
CITY OF BOSTON
PRINTING DEPARTMENT
1926
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[Document 12 — 1926.]
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1925.
Boston, July 15, 1926.
Hon. Malcolm E. Nichols,
Mayor of the City of Boston.
Dear Sir, — The Fire Department made no report
for the year ending December 31, 1925, as required by
the provisions of section 24, chapter 4, of the Revised
Ordinances of 1925. I have therefore compiled the
attached reports in order that the records of the depart-
ment may be complete.
Very truly yours,
Eugene C. Hultman,
Fire Commissioner.
City Document No. 12.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
Boston, January 1, 1926.
From.- The Chief of Department.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.
I beg to submit the following summary of activities
of the department in general for the fiscal year (eleven
months) of 1925:
Fire Loss.
Loss (exclusive of marine loss) .... $5,407,069 92
Marine loss 45,224 95
Total loss $5,452,294 87
Number of alarms 7,702
Average loss each alarm $707 90
Number of actual fires . . . . . . 6,268
Average loss each fire $870 70
Additions and Changes.
Apparatus.
May 19, 1925, an American- LaFrance Type 17 four-
wheel tractor was placed in service with Ladder Com-
pany 17. Weight, fully equipped, without men, 17,000
pounds, seventy-two horse power. This replaced a
Christie tractor which was placed in reserve.
May 21, 1925, an American-LaFrance 750-gallon
combination pumper and hose motor car was placed in
service with Engine Company 11. Weight, fully
equipped, without men, 12,000 pounds, seventy- two
horse power. This replaced a piece of apparatus of
the same type.
May 22, 1925, an American-LaFrance 750-gallon
combination pumper and hose motor car was placed
in service with Engine Company 36. Weight, fully
equipped, without men, 12,000 pounds, seventy-two
horse power. This replaced a Christie tractor-drawn
steam fire engine.
May 23, 1925, an American-LaFrance 750-gallon
combination pumper and hose motor car was placed
in service with Engine Company 14. Weight, fully
Fire Department. 3
equipped, without men, 12,000 pounds, seventy-two
horse power. This replaced a piece of apparatus of the
same type.
May 23, 1925, an American-LaFrance combination
hose and chemical car was placed in service with Engine
Company 14. Weight, fully equipped, without men,
10,500 pounds, seventy-two horse power. This instal-
lation makes this a two-unit company.
May 23, 1925, an American-LaFrance Type 17 four-
wheel tractor was placed in service with Ladder Com-
pany 11. Weight, fully equipped, without men, 17,000
pounds, seventy-two horse power. This replaced an
American-LaFrance city service truck which was later
assigned to Ladder Company 6.
May 25, 1925, an American-LaFrance 750-gallon
combination pumper and hose motor car was placed
in service with Engine Company 8. Weight, fully
equipped, without men, 12,000 pounds, seventy-two
horse power. This replaced a Christie tractor-drawn
steam fire engine.
May 25, 1925, an American-LaFrance combination
hose and chemical car was placed in service with Engine
Company 43. Weight, fully equipped, without men,
10,500 pounds, seventy-two horse power. This replaced
a Velie combination hose and chemical car.
July 11, 1925, an American-LaFrance Type 17 four-
wheel tractor was attached to truck formerly at
Ladder 17 and placed in service at Ladder Company 26.
Weight, fully equipped, without men, 17,000 pounds,
seventy-two horse power. This replaced an American-
LaFrance city service truck which was placed in service
at Ladder Company 22.
November 2, 1925, an American-LaFrance Type 75
chassis, with Foamite Childs equipment installed, in-
cluding Foamite tanks, etc., was placed in service at
the quarters of Water Tower 2 as a new unit. Weight,
fully equipped without men, 11,000 pounds, seventy-two
horse power.
November 17, 1925, an American-LaFrance Type
17 four-wheel tractor was received from the manufac-
turer and will later be attached to Ladder Company 18.
Weight, fully equipped, without men, 17,000 pounds,
seventy-two horse power.
November 23, 1925, a Ford one-ton truck, equipped
with a Kohler power and light plant, 2,000 watt, was
installed and assigned to the Fire Alarm Branch. This
apparatus will be used at fires to supply lights.
4 City Document No. 12.
Apparatus Reassigned.
June 4, 1925, an American-LaFrance Type 14 city
service truck was placed in service with Ladder Com-
pany 6. This replaced a Christie tractor-drawn truck.
June 9, 1925, an American-LaFrance Type 14 city
service truck was placed in service with Ladder Com-
pany 22. This replaced a Christie tractor-drawn truck.
July 1, 1925, a Christie tractor-drawn steam fire
engine was taken from reserve and placed in service
with Engine Company 25, replacing a piece of apparatus
of the same type.
October 9, 1925, the American-LaFrance 750-gallon
combination pumper and hose motor car formerly in
service at Engine Company 35 was placed in service at
Engine 4, replacing Christie tractor-drawn steam fire
engine. On December 21, 1925, this same American-
LaFrance pumper was placed in service at Engine Com-
pany 3, replacing a Christie tractor-drawn steam fire
engine. The Christie tractor-drawn steam fire engine
formerly in service at Engine Company 4 was placed
back in service at that company.
Chiefs' Automobiles.
Three new Buick touring cars were purchased for the
use of the Deputy Chiefs of Divisions 2 and 3, and the
Superintendent of the Fire Alarm Branch; also five
Buick roadsters for the use of various District Chiefs,
Supervisor of Motor Apparatus and the Medical Ex-
aminer, replacing vehicles worn out through constant
service.
Buildings.
The following new and alteration work has been com-
pleted during the fiscal year (eleven months) ending
December 31, 1925:
The new Fire Alarm Signal Station was completed
and put into operation during the year. Located in
the Fenway, opposite Westland avenue, away from all
possible fire hazards, it assures the citizens of Boston
adequate fire alarm protection for many years to come.
It is really the finest building of its kind in the entire
world. Provisions have been made in this building
whereby in the event of the annexation of any city or
town, connections may be made and our fire alarm
system extended into that city or town within twenty-
four hours from the time of annexation.
Fire Department. 5
At Engine 22, Warren avenue, South End, renovating
and enlarging deputy and district chiefs' quarters, in-
stalling shower baths, toilet, wash stand, relocating the
lockers, etc.
At Engine 3, Harrison avenue and Bristol street, South
End, installing new house heater, building rear wall in
boiler pit, waterproofing entire pit, smoke pipe work, etc.
At Engine 32, Bunker Hill street, Charlestown, re-
building chimney and wall.
At Engine 51, Oak square, Brighton, drainage system
repaired.
Engine 52, Callender and Lyford streets, Dorchester,
taking down and rebuilding side wall, repairing floor, etc.
At Ladder 19, Fourth street, South Boston, taking
down and rebuilding rear wall of building.
At Ladder 5, Dorchester and Fourth streets, South
Boston, rebuilding main door opening and installing
new main doors.
At Engine 12, Dudley street, Roxbury, installing oil
burner and smoke pipe work.
At Engine 2, 0 and Fourth streets, South Boston,
installing new heater, smoke pipe work, etc.
At Engine 34, Western avenue, Brighton, rebuilding
chimney, removing horse stalls, drains and all unsan-
itary plumbing, installing new soapstone sink, toilet,
etc., in rear main floor, installing radiators, building
brick piers, etc.
The following work is incomplete at this date:
Engine 21, Annabel street and Columbia road, new
quarters.
Engine 26, new quarters, in abeyance.
Ladder 17, Harrison avenue, complete renovation.
Ladder 12, Tremont street, renovation of second floor.
Tools and Appliances.
During the year two additional Ross thawing devices
were purchased and installed on pumpers in the depart-
ment. This device has proven very efficient in thawing
out frozen hydrants.
Seven P. & Q. door openers were purchased and
placed in service with Ladder Companies 1, 4, 8, 13, 17,
18 and Rescue Company 1. After a trial of several
months these tools have proven to be very valuable
instruments and superior to anything in that line that
we have had in service in the department.
6 City Document No. 12.
The following life-saving devices were installed during
the year:
Pulmotor at Ladder Company 9.
Lungmotors at Ladder Companies 19 and 28.
Inhalator at Rescue Company 1.
Apparatus and Equipment.
Thorough inspections and tests of apparatus, equip-
ment and hose were conducted at various times during
the year, and where defects were found, replacements
or repairs were made immediately, so that the efficiency
of the department might be maintained at all times.
Building Inspection.
The regular practice of systematic weekly inspections
by officers was carried out through the year, as it has
been our experience that constant attention in this
regard is essential in view of the fact that a great many
property owners, as well as tenants, disregard the warn-
ings of this department to correct hazardous conditions
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 in-
spected weekly, particular attention being given to the
condition of fire-extinguishing appliances, as in a great
many instances in the past the owners of these partic-
ular types of structures have been prone to neglect
this phase of protection for their patrons.
All public buildings and schoolhouses were inspected
monthly, and conditions as found were reported through
channels to department headquarters. Whenever de-
fective conditions were noted, immediate steps were
taken to remedy same.
The regular inspections in the various districts were
made by the district fire prevention inspectors.
The following is a summary of the activities of the
Bureau of Building Survey and Inspection Division of
the Uniform Force which was put into operation on
February 25, 1925:
Building surveys . 3,358
Reinspections 1,172
Stables 522
Carried forward 5,052
Fike Department.
Brought forward
. 5,052
Garages
. 793
Personal inspections
421
Conditions remedied by personal contact .
. 1,115
Reports to State Fire Marshal ....
192
Reports to Building Department
207
Total
. 7,780
Included among the building surveys made were the
following hazards: Hospitals, motion picture film ex-
changes, acetylene gas manufacturing plants, dyestuffs,
chemicals, wholesale druggists, paints and oils, oil facto-
ries, storage of petroleum products. Warehouses : Boots
and shoes, leather, cotton, wool, furniture, grocery, cold
storage, public storehouses, grain elevators, paper and
cardboard. Factories: Cotton, shoe, rubber goods,
candy, piano, organ, furniture, box paper, box wood,
clothing, oil clothing, button, machine shops and
foundries. Stables.
It has been the experience of this Bureau that by
personal contact with owners, an explanation of what
was wanted and the reasons therefor usually met with
hearty co-operation, and it was found necessary to refer
but few cases to the State Fire Marshal for the enforce-
ment of the laws involved.
Mutual Aid.
The department responded to forty-one (41) alarms
of fire outside of the city limits, divided as follows :
Winthrop
1
Nahant
1
Everett
1
Newton
1
Somerville
12
Milton
25
It is a source of gratification to note that a great deal
of good has resulted by this plan of interchange of service
in time of urgent necessity.
Drill School.
During the year thirty-two (32) appointees success-
fully passed the intensive course of instruction in the
Department Drill School, together with nine members
from other departments. There were also three officers
8 City Document No. 12.
from other fire departments who attended the Drill
School and qualified to act as instructors in their own
departments.
Fire College.
Ninety-six (96) officers from this department and
several officers from suburban departments attended
the sessions of the Fire College and practically every
subject in the fire service was treated upon in this
course. At the completion of the college during the
coming spring, every officer in the department, both
captains and lieutenants, will have attended the course
of instructions.
Fire Prevention Week.
Fire Prevention Week was observed in this city during
the week of October 4 to 11, 1925. Fire stations were
open to the public between the hours of 12 and 9 p. m.
for inspection and information as to how the department
functions and on fire prevention matters, as well as for
instructions as to the proper method of sending in an
alarm of fire. All schools were visited by a district
chief or an officer assigned by him and addresses made
to the pupils on the subject of fire and prevention of
fire, and fire drills were also held. A number of posters
were distributed throughout the city and were dis-
played on fire stations and in other prominent places
calling attention to the importance of fire prevention;
in fact, every effort was made to impress upon the
general public the necessity of taking every precaution
against fire, not only as regards their places of business
or employment, but in their homes as well.
Hydrants.
The following is a list of the hydrants in service for
fire purposes, as of December 31, 1925, showing the
number and different types of same:
Ordinary post
Boston post
Lowry
Boston Lowry
Bachelder and Finneran post
High pressure
Boston ....
Carried forward .
4,207
3,089
1,287
515
1,125
441
250
10,914
Fire Department.
9
Brought forward
Chapman post .
Ludlow post
Matthew post
Coffin post .
Total
10,914
182
20
4
1
11,121
High Pressure System.
The records of our two high pressure stations for the
year are as follows:
Station No. 1.
Station No. 2.
Total alarms to which pumps responded
Total time pumps actually operated
Water discharge recorded on Venturi
meters.
218
74 hours, 52 minutes
589,000 gallons
124
36 hours, 42 minutes
330,000 gallons
(Owing to the construction of the Venturi meters,
they do not record flows under 600 gallons per minute.)
During the year 1925, the High Pressure Fire System
has been extended into the following streets:
Fulton street, Clinton to Lewis streets.
Lewis street, Fulton to Commercial streets.
Atlantic avenue, Essex to Summer streets.
Summer street, Purchase street to Atlantic avenue.
Richmond street, North street to Atlantic avenue.
Batterymarch street, Water to Milk streets.
Including the above mentioned work, the tligh Pres-
sure System now includes 16.50 miles of piping and 441
High Pressure Fire Hydrants.
The continued excellent work performed by this
system during the past year has again demonstrated
what a necessary adjunct it is to the fire-fighting force
in the extinguishment of fires in the high value section
of the city.
Recommendations.
Apparatus.
I earnestly recommend the purchase of the following
major motor-driven fire- fighting apparatus, to be located
as specified below:
Engine 3, Harrison Avenue and Bris'ol Street, South
End. — One 750-gallon pumper to replace Christie
tractor-drawn steam fire engine.
10 City Document No. 12.
Engine 4, Bulfinch Street, West End. — One 750-gallon
pumper to replace Christie tractor-drawn steam fire
engine.
Engine 25, Fort Hill Square, City Proper. — One 750-
gallon pumper to replace Christie tractor-drawn steam
fire engine.
Engine 38, Congress Street, South Boston. — One 750-
gallon pumper to replace Christie tractor-drawn steam
fire engine.
I further recommend the purchase of two 750-gallon
pumpers to be used for Reserve Service and eventually
replace Engine 32, Bunker Hill street, Charlestown,
and Engine 28, Centre street, Jamaica Plain.
Engine 18, Harvard Street, Dorchester. — ■ One combi-
nation chemical and hose car to replace similar appa-
ratus practically worn out in service and which should
be overhauled and placed in reserve.
Engine J+6, Peabody Square, Ashmont. — One combi-
nation chemical and hose car to replace similar appa-
ratus practically worn out in service and which should
be overhauled and placed in reserve.
Engine 30, Centre Street, West Roxbury. — One com-
bination chemical and hose car. This installation
required to make this a double-unit company.
Engine 32, Bunker Hill Street, Charlestown. — One
combination chemical and hose car. This installation
required to make this a double-unit company.
Engine 1$, Milton and Hamilton Streets, Readville. —
One combination chemical and hose car. This installa-
tion required to make this a double-unit company.
Engine 53, Walk Hill Street, Forest Hills. — One com-
bination chemical and hose car. This installation
required to make this a double-unit company.
Ladder 3, Harrison Avenue and Bristol Street, South
End. — One 85-foot aerial truck to replace Christie
tractor city service truck now inadequate to meet
conditions in this district.
Ladder 23, Washington Street, Grove Hall. — One
85-foot aerial truck to replace American-LaFrance city
service truck now inadequate to meet conditions in this
district. The apparatus displaced will be reassigned to
another company to replace Christie tractor city service
truck requiring immediate replacement.
Ladder 31, Saratoga Street, East Boston. — One 85-foot
aerial truck to be installed at the quarters of Chemical 7
and a new company to be formed to be known as Ladder
31. Chemical 7 would be disbanded and the Seagrave
Fire Department. 11
wagon now in service there assigned to Engine 11 making
this a double-unit company. The installation of this
aerial truck is required to' meet the conditions in this
district and is recommended by the National Board of
Fire Underwriters in their 1925 report on City of Boston.
Ladder 6, River Street, Dorchester Lower Mills. — One
city service truck to replace similar piece of apparatus
which has been in service a great many years and which
should be overhauled and placed in reserve.
Ladder 20, Andrew Square, South Boston. — One city
service truck to replace Christie tractor-drawn truck
which is practically worn out in service.
Ladder 21, Saratoga Street, East Boston. — One city
service truck to replace similar type of apparatus which
has been in service a great many years and which should
be overhauled and placed in reserve.
Ladder 25, Centre Street, West Roxbury. — One City
service truck to replace Christie tractor-drawn truck
which is practically worn out in service.
Ladder SO, Washington Street, Egleston Square. — One
city service truck to replace similar type of apparatus
which has been in service a great many years and should
be overhauled and placed in reserve.
Tower 1, Fort Hill Square, City Proper. — One Type 17,
four-wheel tractor with rear end tiller attachment to
replace American and British tractor, the manufacturer
of this tractor having long since gone out of business and
no parts for repairs being available. It is essential that
rear end tiller attachment be installed because the water
towers have an extra long wheel base and are difficult
to manoeuvre in our narrow streets aud in the increased
traffic conditions.
Tower 3, Pittsburgh Street, South Boston. — One Type
17, four-wheel tractor with rear end tiller attachment to
replace American and British tractor for same reasons
applying to Tower 1.
I would further recommend the purchase of three
Type 17, four-wheel tractors to be attached to aerial
trucks in reserve service which are now equipped with
worn out Christie tractors. The trucks themselves are
in good condition and will make an excellent spare unit
with new tractor attached.
New Buildings.
I recommend the erection of a new station in the
vicinity of Broadway and L street, South Boston, to
house Engine 2 and Ladder 19. No doubt in the near
12 City Document No. 12.
future, the territory along Summer and L streets will be
built up with manufacturing and mercantile buildings
requiring proper fire protection on our part. By
building of new quarters for these two companies we
could dispense with the present stations of Engine 2 and
Ladder 19, both old houses and not in the best of
condition.
I would also recommend that new quarters be erected
for Engine 17 and Ladder 7, in the vicinity of Eaton
square, Dorchester district, which is the most advan-
tageous location to afford proper protection in that
section.
I would also recommend that a new fire station be
located in the Aberdeen section of Brighton, as that
part of the city is being built up rapidly with apartment
houses, and is in need of adequate fire protection.
I would also recommend the erection of a new house
in the West Roxbury district in the vicinity of Wash-
ington and La Grange streets, to provide better fire
protection for that part of the district.
I would further recommend that consideration be
given to the removal of Engine 4 from its present
quarters on Bulfinch street, and that a new house be
built in the vicinity of Court or Cambridge streets,
thereby permitting the disposal of the Bulfinch street
property, and affording better fire protection to that
section of the city.
Remodeling, Fireproofing, Etc.
Engine 29 and Ladder 11, Chestnut Hill Avenue,
Brighton. — Renovate and fireproofing of floor, walls
and ceiling. Special reason for doing this work to
lower main floor, thus giving more headroom for proper
storage of new 85-foot aerial ladder truck now assigned
at these quarters.
Engine 6, Leverett Street, West End. — This building
should be thoroughly renovated to provide better living
quarters for the members stationed there. There is no
doubt but what this house will remain in its present
location for many years.
Engine 22 and Ladder 13, Warren Avenue, South End. —
Second and third floors of these quarters should be
renovated. In my opinion all the officers' quarters
should be located on the second floor and proper sleep-
ing quarters provided for the men.
Engine 42 and Ladder 30, Washington Street, Egleston
Fire Department. 13
Square. — I suggest that consideration be given to the
addition of • another story to this station to provide
more room and better living conditions at these quar-
ters. At the time this house was built it was intended
to be occupied by one company. At the present time
there are two companies located there and the way the
house is constructed it is not adapted for that purpose.
Fireproofmg, floor, walls and ceiling; alterations on
second floor.
The main floors at the following quarters should be
fireproof ed :
Engine 3 and Ladder 3 . Engine 4 .
Engine 9 and Ladder 2. Engine 11 and Ladder 21.
Engine 13. Engine 16.
Engine 18. Engine 19.
Engine 20 and Ladder 27. Engine 22 and Ladder 13.
Engine 23. Engine 24.
Engine 36 and Ladder 22. Engine 37 and Ladder 26.
Engine 42 and Ladder 30. Engine 45 and Ladder 16.
Engine 48 and Ladder 28. Ladder 6.
Ladder 9. Ladder 12.
Ladder 23. Ladder 24.
Chemical 7.
Conclusion.
To the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters, the
National Board of Fire Underwriters, the New England
Insurance Exchange and the National Fire Protection
Association, who so kindly co-operated with this de-
partment in the carrying out of many progressive
measures, I wish to extend my sincere appreciation.
Also I wish to extend my thanks to the various municipal
departments, public service corporations and the Boston
Protective Department, which rendered such valuable
service during the past year.
Finally, to the members of the department who so
devotedly and efficiently performed their many difficult
and at times hazardous duties, I desire to express my
heartfelt gratitude, and it is my hope that the depart-
ment will continue to maintain its position among the
leading fire departments in the entire world, by render-
ing the same high standard of service as in the past.
Respectfully,
Daniel F. Sennott,
Chief of Department.
14
City Document No. 12.
ANNUAL REPORT OF FIRE ALARM DIVISION.
From: The Superintendent of Fire Alarm Division.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report of Fire Alarm Division, 1925.
I submit herewith the annual report of the Fire
Alarm Division from February 1, 1925, to December 31,
1925.
OPERATING RECORDS.
These records are for the calendar year
Note
ending December 31, 1925.
First alarms
Second alarms
Third alarms
Fourth alarms
Fifth alarms
Total .
3,748
73
34
10
1
3,866
Box Alarms Received but not Transmitted.
Same box received two or more times for same fire . 338
Adjacent boxes received for same fire .... 273
Received from boxes but treated as stills ... 1.3
Total 624
Still Alarms Received and Transmitted.
Received from citizens (by telephone) .... 2,388
Received from Police Department (by telephone) . 308
Received from Fire Department stations . . . 1,268
Received from boxes but treated as stills ... 13
Mutual aid alarms, adjacent cities and towns classed
as stills 42
Emergency services treated as stills .... 84
Total 4,103
Still alarms received by telephone for which box
alarms were later transmitted
257
Fire Department. 15
Automatic and A. D. T. Alarms.
Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company:
Transmitted by company to department stations . 139
Department box alarms transmitted in connection with
same:
Before automatic alarm ..*.... 8
After automatic alarm 6
A. D. T. Company:
Received at Fire Alarm Office 40
Department box alarms transmitted in connection
with same :
Before A. D. T. alarm was received .... 9
After A. D. T. alarm was transmitted ... 2
Received after still alarms were transmitted ... 2
A. D. T. alarms transmitted to department ... 29
Summary of Alarms.
Alarms received :
Box alarms, including multiples
Still alarms, all classes ....
Boston automatic alarms
A. D. T. alarms .....
4,490
4,103
139
40
Total received from all sources .... 8,772
Exclude following duplications:
Box alarms received but not transmitted . . . 624
Still alarms for which box alarms were transmitted . 257
Automatic alarms for which box alarms were trans-
mitted . 14
A. D. T. alarms for which other alarms were previously
transmitted 11
Total duplications eliminated 906
Total alarms, with duplications eliminated, to which
apparatus responded 7,866
Fire Alarm Box Records.
Boxes from which no alarms were received . . 412
Box tests and inspections 9, 132
(Note : All keyless doors are tested weekly.)
New Fire Alarm Headquarters.
The new building in the Fens now serving as fire
alarm headquarters, which was started in April, 1924,
was officially accepted by the city July 1, 1925. The
16 City Document No. 12.
Gamewell Company began the installation of fire alarm
apparatus in May and the work was completed in
December. On September 17 official dedication cere-
monies were held and on Sunday, December 27, 1925,
the new headquarters was put in service and the old
Bristol street office, which had been in service for
thirty years, was abandoned. At 8 a. m., December 27,
1925, the time designated for the cut-over, an alarm was
received from Box 2328 (pulled by the Aide-to-Com-
missioner) and was transmitted to the department by
Fire Commissioner Theodore A. Glynn.
The City of Boston now has the distinction of having
the best fire alarm headquarters in the country. No
expense was spared in making the building as near
ideal as possible, the site could not be improved upon
and the equipment is entirely new and contains all the
latest features. Before plans were made many of the
latest fire alarm stations in the country were inspected.
Not only were the latest developments noted but the
mistakes made by others as well, and this system
profited thereby. Sufficient space for future growth is
not an unimportant feature of the new building. Great
credit is due to all concerned for the results accomplished,
but especially to Mayor James M. Curley and Fire
Commissioner Theodore A. Glynn for their broad-
minded policies.
Telephone System.
The old obsolete magneto type telephone system was
replaced by a modern common battery system with
ten trunk lines (dial system) to Kenmore Exchange and
two trunk lines to Roxbury Exchange (manual opera-
tion). Special lines are provided for connection with
Police Headquarters, the Edison Electric Illuminating
Company, the A. D. T. Company, Protective Depart-
ment and Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company. A
less number of instruments are connected to individual
department lines than formerly.
In the old system all outside conductors used in
telephone system were owned and maintained by this
department which caused a division of responsibility
when trouble occurred; now the entire telephone system
is maintained by the Telephone Company. Over two
hundred miles of conductors formerly used for telephone
purposes are now available for fire alarm service. Cir-
Fire Department. 17
cuits for trunks and for department lines are about
equally divided in two cables, following different routes
from headquarters to the telephone exchange where
lines to different sections of the city are connected.
Cable System.
Eight main cables are terminated at fire alarm head-
quarters. These cables follow three different routes
from the building. Circuits are so arranged that none
enters and leaves in the same cable. This is an impor-
tant feature in the maintenance of fire alarm service.
Regular Work.
Because of the large amount of work required in
carrying circuits into the new headquarters, no extensive
additions and changes were made in the system. In
underground work 2,257 feet of conduits were laid and
about 20,000 feet of cable was installed; 17 box posts
and 3 cable test posts were set; 11 box posts damaged
by vehicles were replaced with new posts and damaged
parts of 42 other posts were replaced; 7 posts were
relocated because of change in street lines; 1 test post
was replaced with a new type post and one was removed
from service. Four new manholes were built.
This department installed 15 fire alarm boxes, the
Schoolhouse Department installed 5 boxes and 4 were
installed on private property. Six boxes were removed
from service and all boxes were painted. The usual
amount of additions and changes were made in station
electrical equipments.
Underground Cables Installed.
Charlestown.
\ Cond. Feet.
Bunker Hill street, from Engine 32 house to
School street 10 2,485
Bunker Hill street, from School street to
Carney street 6 775
Bunker Hill street, Short street and Medford
street from Engine 32 house to Chappie
street 6 915
Cook street, from Bunker Hill street to Med-
ford street
Post connections
Post connections
6
721
15
295
10
90
18
City Document No. 12.
Tremont street, from
Compton street
Post connections
Post connections
Post connections
Post connections
Pole connections
Pole connections
City Proper.
Clarendon street to
South Boston.
Cond.
Feet.
10
1,119
61
102
10
155
6
650
4
1,145
10
495
4
1,210
Dorchester.
Washington street, from Ashmont street to
Rockwell street
Pole connections . . . .
Pole connections
Hyde Park.
Pole connections
10
325
6
401
4
300
19
225
Roxbury.
Sherborn street, from Commonwealth avenue
to Bay State road . ....
Kilmarnock street, from Peterboro street to
Audubon road
Post and pole connections . . . .
Post and pole connections ....
Post and pole connections
10
436
6
940
19
530
10
125
6
180
West Roxbury.
Spring street, from Centre street to Baker
street 10 2,542
Centre street, from Cass street to Grove
street • 6 2,539
Pole connection 4 125
Brighton.
Academy Hill road, from Washington street
to Engine 29
Post and pole connections ....
Post and pole connections ....
Post and pole connections ....
37
375
10
150
6
332
4
345
Fire Department. 19
Box Posts Installed with Duct Lengths.
Charlestown.
Feet.
Alford street and Arlington avenue
Bunker Hill and School streets
Bunker Hill and Sackville streets .
Bunker Hill and St. Martin streets
Medford street, opposite Belmont street
Medford street, opposite Chappie street
29
18
37
14
16
37
South Boston.
East Sixth and L streets
11
Dorchester.
Oakland street, opposite Rosewood street ... 20
City Proper.
Westland avenue, near No. 41 20
Rutland street, near Newland street .... 22
Roxbury.
Bay State road and Sherborn street .... 34
Boylston street and Audubon road .... 76
Kilmarnock street and Audubon road .... 220
Warren and Brunswick streets 13
West Roxbury.
Centre and Baker streets 41
Brighton.
Warren street and Woodstock avenue . . . . 21
Allston street and Bellevista road ..... 5
Box Posts Reset.
(Broken by Vehicles.)
Washington and West streets.
Shawmut avenue and Worcester street.
Sheridan square.
Huntington avenue and Forsyth street.
Beacon street and Massachusetts avenue.
Boylston street and Massachusetts avenue.
Walnut avenue and Dale street.
Washington and Burnett streets.
Centre and Church streets.
Commonwealth avenue and St. Paul street.
Union square.
Forty-two other posts were damaged by automobiles which
required replacement of parts in top section of posts.
20
City Document No. 12.
(Relocated — Change of Curb.)
Bowdoin square
Tremont and Church streets (signal post)
Tremont and Stuart streets (signal post) .
Peterboro and Kilmarnock streets.
Chestnut Hill avenue and South street
Commonwealth avenue and Foster street.
New Test Post.
Dorchester avenue and Codman street.
Washington street and Academy Hill road.
Bunker Hill and Sullivan streets ....
Test Post Removed.
Washington and Bartlett streets.
Test Post Relocated.
Cambridge street, opposite Bowdoin street (4 ducts)
Test Posts Replaced.
Tremont and Compton streets (new type).
Building Connections.
To Ladder 19, through Emerson street
To Engine 29, through Academy Hill road .
To Police Headquarters, Berkeley street
New Manholes.
Emerson street, rear Ladder 19.
Academy Hill road (2).
Spring and Gardner streets.
Ducts Replaced.
Stoddard street (change of grade) ....
Battery Wharf
To Box 1412, Dewey square
To Box 1481, Washington and Hollis streets
To Box 231, Beacon street and Charlesgate West
New Pole Connections.
Saratoga and Bayswater streets
Bunker Hill and School streets
Pope's Hill street, at Neponset avenue
Oakland street and Richmond road
Spring and Gardner streets
Centre and Baker streets
Centre and Grove streets
Longwood avenue and Vila street .
Feet.
17
31
20
13
12
189
355
66
62
20
83
10
33
364
157
118
182
54
56
26
120
Fire Department. 21
Ducts Abandoned.
Feet.
Alford and Arlington street (pole connection) . . 27
Bunker Hill, at Trenton street (pole connection) . 44
Medford street, at Cook street (pole connection) . 87
Washington and Bartlett streets (2 ducts to test post) , 25
Cambridge street, at Stoddard street (building con-
nection) 85
Spring street, at Centre street (pole connection) . 162
Public Fire Alarm Boxes Installed.
2172. Warren and Brunswick streets.
2318. Bay State road and Sherborn street.
2328. Westland avenue, near No. 41.
2344. Boylston street and Audubon road.
2347. Kilmarnock street and Audubon road.
2635. Centre and Baker streets.
2737. Weld street and Chilton road.
2757. Baker and Lasell streets.
2772. Gardner street and Gardner place.
3458. Pope's Hill and Houghton streets.
3461. Freeport and Conley streets.
5178. Foster street and Lane park.
692. Boardman and Leyden streets.
695. Bayswater and Gold Star streets.
696. Bayswater street and Waupello road.
Schoolhouse Boxes Installed.
2563. Washington Irving School, Poplar street.
3296. Lucy Stone School, Park street, near Washington street .
3368. Dorchester High School for Boys, Dunbar avenue.
529. James A. Garfield School, Oakland street.
68. Dante Alighieri School, Gove street.
Private Fire Alarm Boxes Installed.
1279. State Street Trust Company.
1484. Boston Dispensary, Bennet street.
3232. St. Mary's Infant Asylum, Jerome street (re-
established) .
669. Boston Airport.
Fire Alarm Boxes Removed from Service.
1264. Parker House (temporarily) .
1352. Massachusetts General Hospital, Allen street gate.
1442. Orpheum Theatre.
1453. Boston Theatre.
1533. Park Square Theatre.
2393. Highland Spring Brewery, Terrace street.
22
City Document No. 12.
Fire Alarm Boxes in Service.
Total number
Owned by Fire Department
Owned by Schoolhouse Department
Owned by Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company
Privately owned
1,340
938
233
57
112
Department Boxes.
On box posts
On poles .
On buildings .
In buildings
Equipped with keyless doors (bell ringing attachment)
Equipped with "quick action" doors .
Equipped with keyless doors (glass guards) .
Equipped with key doors
Equipped with auxiliary attachments .
Designated by red lights
540
379
15
4
883
1
47
7
2
550
Schoolhouse Boxes.
On box posts . .
On poles . .
On buildings . . .
In buildings ....
Equipped with keyless doors
Equipped with key doors
Equipped with auxiliary attachments
Designated by red lights .
39
17
112
65
178
55
190
38
Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company Boxes.
On poles 5
On buildings 17
In buildings 35
Equipped with keyless doors 9
Equipped with key doors 48
Equipped with auxiliary attachments . . . 57
Private Boxes
On poles
On buildings . .
In buildings ....
Equipped with keyless doors
Equipped with key doors
Equipped with "quick action" doors
Equipped with auxiliary attachments
Designated by red light
38
66
15
94
3
13
1
Fire Department.
23
Fire Alarm Boxes in Districts.
District 1
80
District 9
. 103
District 2
69
District 10
103
District 3
35
District 11
122
District 4
87
District 12
100
District 5
50
District 13
122
District 6
93
District 14
108
District 7
85
District 15
79
District 8
104
Classification
r of Fire Alarm Boxes
Academies
4
Public hall .
1
Armory ....
1
Pumping station
1
Asylums
4
Railroad shops
5
Car houses
10
Railroad stations
5
Cemetery
1
Railroad yards
12
Church ....
1
Retail stores
4
City yards
2
Restaurant .
1
Home for aged people,
2
Schoolhouses (pub
lie) . 233
Hospitals
21
Schoolhouses (p i
ir o -
Hotels .
4
chial)
2
Manufacturing plants,
28
Stock yards .
1
Museum
1
Street boxes (pub
lie) . 928
Navy Yards .
7
Theatres
25
Office buildings
6
Warehouses .
8
Police station
1
Wharves
9
Power stations
7
Wholesale houses
4
Prison .
1
Posts and Cable Terminal Boxes.
Box posts in service 579
Box posts installed but not yet used .... 4
Cable posts in service (large size) 74
Cable posts in service (small size) ... . 16
Pole cable boxes in service (underground connections) , 256
Circuits.
Box circuits . . .
Tapper circuits
Gong circuits
Special signal circuits
Telephone lines to department stations
Telephone lines to Kenmore Exchange
Telephone lines to Roxbury Exchange
Telephone line to Police Headquarters
Telephone line to Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
pany
66
14
13
3
64
10
2
1
24
City Document No. 12.
Telephone line to Boston Automatic Fire Alarm
Company .
Telephone line to A. D. T. Company ....
Telephone line to Protective Department .
Note. — All telephone lines are now owned
and maintained by Telephone Company.
Fire Alarm Apparatus.
Tappers in service . . . . . 166
Boston tappers in adjoining cities and towns . 6
Tappers connected to systems of adjoining cities and
towns in Boston stations 6
Gongs in service 113
Registers in service, excepting those in fire alarm
office 31
Relays in service, excepting those in fire alarm office, 22
Telephones in department system 145
Public telephones rented by department ... 14
Summary of Work Done.
Line wire used in new work ....
Line wire removed
Aerial cable installed
Conductors in same
Aerial cable removed from service .
Conductors in same
Underground cable installed in telephone ducts
Conductors in same
Underground cable installed in department ducts
Conductors in same
Total underground cable installed .
Conductors in same
Underground cable replaced ....
Conductors in same
Conduits laid by Fire Department
Ducts abandoned .
Manholes built
Fire alarm boxes installed by this department
Fire alarm boxes installed by Schoolhouse Depart
ment
Fire alarm boxes installed on private property
Fire alarm boxes removed from service .
Box posts set
Box posts relocated . . . .
Feet.
10,580
38,850
2,607
6,664
3,890
22,240
17,152
150,260
2,875
25,045
20,027
175,305
5,158
115,951
2,257
455
4
15
5
4
6
17
7
Fire Department.
25
Box posts reset or replaced by new
Cable posts set . ...
Cable posts replaced by new .
Cable posts relocated
Cable posts removed from service .
Underground cable boxes attached to poles
Respectfully,
11
3
1
1
1
6
George L. Fickett,
Superintendent, Fire Alarm.
26 City Document No. 12.
BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND REPAIRS.
Boston, January 1, 1926.
From: The Bureau op Supplies and Repairs.
To: The Acting Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report for 1925.
I report that the following is a summary of the activi-
ties and work performed by the Bureau of Supplies
and Repairs for the period commencing February 1,
1925, to December 31, 1925;, inclusive.
Extensive repairs and alterations to various quarters
as follows :
Engine Companies 4, 6, 16, 21, 22, 24, 32, 34, 37, 46, 52
and 53.
Ladder Companies 5, 12, 17 and 19.
Rescue 1.
Number of jobs performed by shop mechanics . 1 , 150
Cost $48,15000
Number of jobs performed by outside concerns . 282
Cost . $15,935 00
Various jobs performed by company members,
stock furnished
Cost $965 00
While the quarters of Ladder Company 17 were
undergoing repairs, the members of Ladder Company
17 were moved to temporary quarters in the Osgood
Building, on Bennet street, and later removed to other
temporary quarters in the Kneeland Building, on Whit-
more street.
The quarters of Engine Companies 26 and 35 were
abandoned during the year and most of the material in
these quarters that could be salvaged were removed
by members of the Bureau of Supplies and Repairs to
the various storage spaces to be used as replacement
material at the other company quarters. These com-
Fire Department. 27
panies are quartered at Engine 4 and Rescue 1, respec-
tively, pending the erection of new quarters.
The following company quarters had spaces set aside
and were used by the Election Commissioners as polling
places :
Engine Companies 13, 19, 29, 33, 36, 46, 49 and 51.
Ladder Company 9.
New house heaters installed at the quarters of Engine
Companies 2, 3 and 53.
Swinging arms attached to gasolene pumps at the
Repair Shop of the Bureau of Supplies and Repairs and
Department Garage.
Gasolene pump salvaged from the quarters of Engine
Company 21 and installed at quarters of Ladder Com-
pany 9, replacing defective pump.
Gasolene pump salvaged from the quarters of Engine
Companies 26 and 35 and installed at the quarters of
Engine Company 52 replacing defective pump.
Oil burning equipment installed at the quarters of
Engine Company 12.
Coal depot on Main street, Charlestown, abandoned
and department equipment removed from same.
Permission granted to Election Commissioners to
store polling booths in yard at old Veterinary Hospital.
Gas masks formerly carried on automobiles of Dis-
trict Chiefs of Districts 3, 4 and 5 recalled and placed
on apparatus.
All life nets in the department inspected, oiled and
repaired where same was necessary.
H. and H. inhalator installed on Rescue 1.
Lung motors installed on Ladders 19 and 28.
Foam type extinguishers furnished to all company
quarters where oil burning equipments have been
installed.
For the convenience and comfort of the members
stationed at the various quarters the following articles
were purchased and distributed.
29 rugs.
146 chairs.
101 dozen sheets.
11 bedsteads
100 dozen slips.
2 tables.
8| dozen spreads.
2 desks.
21 dozen roller towels.
1 chiffonier.
2 dozen hand towels.
28 City Document No. 12.
Furniture Repaired.
Number of jobs by our mechanics ... 117
Cost $946 00
Number of jobs by outside concerns ... 26
Cost $917 00
Motorless Vehicle Activities.
Five horse-drawn steam fire engines were taken to the
quarters of Engine Company 4 and auctioned off by the
City Auctioneer. The purchaser later repudiated his
purchase and the matter is now in the hands of the Law
Department.
One horse-drawn steam fire engine disposed of at
private sale.
Sleds for salting hydrants furnished to several com-
panies.
Repairs to salt wagons 4
Cost $54 00
Motor Activities.
Twenty-seven motor vehicles purchased, tested and
placed in service, viz. :
4 American-LaFrance pumping engines.
2 American-LaFrance combination chemical and hose cars.
2 American-LaFrance aerial ladder trucks.
2 four-wheel American-LaFrance tractors.
1 American-LaFrance chassis for Foamite equipment.
3 Buick touring cars.
5 Buick roadsters.
1 Ford truck for portable lighting equipment.
5 Ford emergency cars.
2 Ford roadsters.
Cars Turned in.
1 Buick touring car.
3 Buick roadsters.
6 Ford roadsters.
Motor Vehicles Painted by Outside Concerns.
3 Ladder trucks.
2 Hose cars.
1 Commercial truck.
2 Ford roadsters.
1 Ford truck (lighting plant).
Fire Department.
29
Our motor equipment at the present time, consists of
the following :
Type.
In Service.
In Reserve.
Unserviceable.
Pumping engines
Steam engines (tractor)
Self-propelled eteam engines.
Hose cars
Aerial ladder trucks
City service ladder trucks. . .
Water towers
Chief officers' cars
Foamite car
School car
Rescue car
Fuel cars
Portable lighting plant
Wrecking car
Motor cycle (fire patrol)
Commercial trucks
Emergency cars (Ford)
Roadsters (Ford)
46
4
40
14
16
3
29
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
6
5
2
6
11
2
5
3
6
1
10
Miscellaneous.
Foamite equipment, consisting of tanks, hose, pres-
sure cylinders, etc., were purchased and installed on
American-LaFrance chassis for combating gasolene and
oil fires.
Ladder Company 23 truck and detail of men sent
to Lexington on April 19 to assist in the Lexington-
Concord Celebration.
New style siren horn tried out on Engine Company 33
pump.
Experiment made with new style crankcase having
removable oil troughs on 137-P (Motor Pump School
pump). This case and one other was later purchased
and installed on Engine Company 21 and Ladder
Company 12, respectively.
Buick roadster in service in District 5 demolished as a
result of accident, all available parts being salvaged for
use on other cars of this type.
30 City Document No. 12.
Thawing devices furnished to Engine Companies 8
and 36.
Two discarded Christie tractors dismantled and parts
used for replacements.
One thousand two hundred and eighty-eight com-
plete inspections of motor vehicles by the engineer of
motor apparatus.
Three thousand one hundred and ten calls responded to
by the emergency crew.
Upon request of the Street Commissioners eighty-eight
omnibuses were inspected and passed on by the super-
visor of motor apparatus.
Winter side inclosure installed on 088 car. One
thousand and ninety chauffeurs' licenses renewed.
Number of repairs by our mechanics . . . 4,335
Cost $62,496 00
By outside concerns 936
Cost . $11,840 00
Not having proper facilities at our shop certain
articles were repaired by outside concerns, viz., springs,
fenders, wheels, storage batteries, carburetors, siren
horns, pressing on and off solid tires, etc.
High Pressure, Steam and Marine Service.
Owing to the illness and retirement of the super-
intendent of this branch service, responsibility of same
reverted to the Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and
Repairs.
All fireboats inspected by the United States Steam-
boat inspectors and requirements fulfilled to comply
with the law.
Extensive repairs made to Engine Company 44's
dock by outside concern.
Emergency repairs performed on electrical equipment
on pump No. 1 at High Pressure Station No. 2 by trouble
expert from the Edison Electric Illuminating Company
with the assistance of our men.
Overhead runways and trolleys installed at High
Pressure Station Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.
Turbine engine at High Pressure Station No. 1
repaired, having new throttles installed.
Fire Department.
31
Number of repairs to fireboats by our mechanics
Cost .
Number of repairs to fireboats by outside concerns,
Cost
Number of repairs to high pressure stations by our
mechanics
Cost . .
Number of repairs to high pressure station by out-
side concerns
Cost
146
$5,876 00
33
$10,601 00
8
$177 00
$1,209 00
Motor Pump School.
Motor Pump School was uninterruptedly maintained
from April 24 to September 16.
During this period ten classes were held.
Fifty-four members of our department and two mem-
bers of the Canton Fire Department were instructed in
the care and operation of motor fire pumps.
On the completion of each class the men attending
same were examined and furnished with certificates con-
firming them as motor pump operators.
At the close of the school session the engineer-
instructor inspected all thawing devices in the
department.
Chauffeur School.
All new members entering the service were given
instructions in the care and operation of motor vehicles.
Special instructions were given to members of aerial
ladder companies where four-wheel tractors were
installed.
All members of the department certified as operators
and not having a state license were examined by inspec-
tors from the State Registry of Motor Vehicles for same.
Purchased.
Leading cotton hose .
Leading chemical hose
f -inch wired hose
1-inch deck hose
Total .
Hose.
Feet.
18,500
1,500
80
180
20,260
Condemned.
Feet.
Leading cotton hose .
15,450
Leading rubber hose
50
f-inch chemical hose
1,250
1-inch deck hose
180
4-inch rubber suction hose,
11
3-inch flexible suction hose,
280*
Deluge hose
62*
Total
17,284
32
City Document No. 12.
Amount of hose in use and in storage ending December
31, 1925.
In Use.
Leading cotton hose .
Leading rubber hose
f-inch chemical hose
1-inch deck hose
Flexible suction hose
4-inch rubber suction hose
Deluge hose
Feet.
139,821
50
19,750
900
825
1,496
662|
In Storage.
Leading cotton hose .
f-inch chemical hose
Flexible suction hose
4-inch rubber suction hose,
2 J-inch rubber suction hose,
Total ....
Feet.
5,850
150
176
176
40
6,392
Total .
163,5041
Hose Repaired.
Leading cotton hose .
1-inch rubber deck hose .
4§-inch hard rubber suction hose
f-inch chemical hose
Total
Clothing.
Feet.
25,600
175
22
2,650
28,447
Kind.
Received
and
Distributed.
Repaired.
1,273
1.275
328
232
15 1
8
39
78
388
401
124
387
562
76
Reissued.
Trousers
Sack coats
Reefers
Overcoats
Rubber coats (fire)
Fire hats
Caps
Chin straps
28
Conclusion.
I would suggest that consideration be given toward
erecting a building in as close proximity to the present
Bureau of Supplies and Repairs as would be possible to
obtain for the purpose of storing all our reserve motor
apparatus to produce more efficient service when replac-
ing disabled apparatus.
I would suggest that provisions be made for the dis-
posing of all surplus equipment which is of no further
use to this department, this to include discarded engine
Fire Department. 33
heaters, horse-drawn engines, Putnam steam power
engine in shop and unattached Christie motors.
The fact that we have a considerable amount of cannel
coal distributed at various fire stations throughout the
city, I would suggest that all this coal be disposed of
except that now stored at the old quarters of Ladder
Company 5 on Fourth street, South Boston.
I feel that I should reiterate the necessity of having
the shop suitably arranged to accommodate major
apparatus, the present shop having been built some years
ago for the care and upkeep of horse-drawn vehicles.
Our department garage at No. 618 Harrison avenue,
used principally for the storage of reserve chief officers'
cars, trucks and cars of the Fire Alarm Branch, Wire
Division, and Bureau of Supplies and Repairs, is taxed
to the limit for space at the present time. This building
was unused for some few years previous to 1919, at
which time it was renovated by this department for
use as a garage and class rooms for the Fire College.
Respectfully submitted,
William H. McCorkle,
Chief, Bureau of Supplies and Repairs.
34 City Document No. 12.
REPORT OF MEDICAL EXAMINER.
Boston, December 31, 1925.
From: The Medical Examiner.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.
I submit herewith the following report for the year
ending December 31, 1925.
Number of cases of illness on file 328
Number of cases of injury on file 1,756
Number of injured (but remained on duty) on file 1,214
Examinations.
Inspections and examinations at headquarters re-
corded 1,765
For appointment as probationary firemen (Civil
Service) 40
For appointment from probationary to permanent
men 31
At engine houses of firemen, pulmotors, medicine
chests and visits at homes of firemen, either sick or
injured and at hospitals 1,200
During the past year there has been a considerable
decrease in the number of cases of illness as compared
with the previous year, but approximately the same
number of injuries on file.
The men, at all times, have promptly responded to
the call of "First Aid" and have rendered faithful and
valuable service to the public as well as to their brother
workers in line of duty.
The recent installation of aH. and H. Inhalators" in
first aid work is in my opinion the last word in up-to-date
procedure in the handling of all cases of toxemia from
gas and smoke.
It is worthy of record to report that out of 1,756
injuries on file 1,214 men were treated at quarters or as
out patients, and remained on duty.
Fire Department. 35
Deaths.
Andrew J. Jennings, February 10, 1925.
District Chief Edward McDonough, March 31, 1925.
Daniel F. Kelley, April 13, 1925.
Owen T. Norton, May 22, 1925.
James W. McKinney, July 12, 1925.
John J. Brotherston, July 16, 1925.
Joseph Smith, September 16, 1925.
William J. Donnolly, September 22, 1925.
Francis B. Boyle, October 28, 1925.
Respectfully submitted,
William J. McNally, M. D.,
Medical Examiner.
36 City Document No. 12.
REPORT OF WIRE DIVISION.
Boston, December 31, 1925.
Fbom: Superintendent Wire Division.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.
I herewith submit annual report of the Wire Divi-
sion of the Fire Department for the year 1925.
The underground district for 1925 was prescribed
and advertised in accordance with the law.
During the year there were fifty fires and one accident
caused by electricity. The total of fire losses in so
far as could be determined was $175,580.96. Thorough
investigations of the above fires and accidents were
made by members of this division, and complete reports
made of the same.
Inspections have been made of old and new electrical
construction during the year as far as practicable.
The total income was $87,714.53.
INTERIOR DIVISION.
As provided by law there have been eleven hundred
and fifty (1,150) inspections made of theaters, places of
amusement and public halls. Wherever defects were
reported interested parties were immediately notified to
attend to the same.
During the year there were fifty fires and one accident
caused by electricity.
Fires in interior of buildings 47
Fires on poles 3
Injuries to persons 1
Notices of new work received 23,002
Number of permits to turn on current issued 17,073
Number of incandescent lamps inspected . 1,699,914
Number of motors inspected 9,605
Number of buildings in which wiring was com-
pletely examined . . • ' 6,250
Number of inspections made 36,038
Defects reported have been corrected or are in process of
correction.
EXTERIOR DIVISION.
The underground district for the year 1925, as pre-
scribed under authority of chapter 166 of the Acts of
1921, comprised the following streets:
Fire Department. 37
South Boston.
A street, from West First street to Dorchester avenue.
West First street, from New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad to Dorchester street.
D street, from West First street to Dorchester avenue.
East Eighth street, from Dorchester street to H street.
L street, from East Broadway to Columbia road.
East Boston.
White street, from Brooks street to Putnam street.
Dorchester.
Woodward Park street, from Howard avenue to Folsom street.
Tolman street, from Neponset avenue to Norwood street.
Brighton.
Nottinghill road.
Lanark road, from Kinross road to Sutherland road.
Market street, from Washington street, a distance of 3,872 feet
to a point 47 feet south of the south line of Lincoln street.
Making a total distance of four miles as prescribed
by law.
In these prescribed streets from which poles and over-
head wires were to be removed, there were standing on
February 1, 1925 , a total of two hundred and twenty-two
(222) poles, not including the trolley poles of the Boston
Elevated Railway, which are exempt, owned by the
Edison Electric Illuminating Company and New Eng-
land Telephone and Telegraph Company, supporting
a total of six hundred seventy-one thousand one hundred
(671,100) feet of overhead wires or a little more than one
hundred twenty-seven (127) miles owned by the Edison
Electric Illuminating Company, New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, Boston Elevated Rail-
way Company, Western Union Telegraph Company,
Boston Fire Department (Fire Alarm Branch) and
Boston Police Department (Police Signal Service).
In the selection of new pole locations our engineers
have accompanied the engineers of the various com-
panies for the purpose of passing on such locations.
All carrying poles standing in the streets are stencilled
by this department for purposes of identification, brass
tags now being used for this purpose.
In addition to the regular inspection work necessary
on account of new construction, the inspection of old
overhead construction is also included in the duties of
our inspectors.
38 City Document No. 12.
During the past year the inspectors of this division
have reported one hundred and seven (107) poles de-
cayed at base and twelve (12) poles leaning or a total
of one hundred and nineteen (119) poles which were
replaced by new poles or reset by the various companies
at the request of this department.
Thirty-three (33) abandoned poles were also reported
by our inspectors and were removed by the owners at
our request.
The following table shows the overhead work from
February 1, 1925, to December 31, 1925, inclusive:
Number of new poles in new locations . . ... 648
Number of poles replaced, reset or straightened . 623
Number of poles removed 233
Number of poles now standing in the public
streets 17,114
Number of defects reported . . 2,316
Number of defects corrected 2,200
(Other defects in process of correction) .
Number of notices of overhead construction 15,808
Number of overhead inspections .... 19,148
Number of overhead reports 13,359
Amount of overhead wires removed by owners
(in feet) 3,260,760
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 (110 and 220 volts) of a type known
as the " Split Fiber Solid Main System" has been
installed during the year.
The electrical approvals for underground electrical
construction numbered 4,572.
Number of inspections of underground electrical con-
struction, 9,668.
Number of reports of underground electrical con-
struction, 5,161.
Fire Department. 39
Character of Cable Used by the Various Companies.
Company.
Kind of Insulation.
Size.
500,000 C. M.
4 and 6 conductor.
Charlestovra Gas and Electric Com-
pany.
Varnished cambric
and rubber.
No. 6 to No. 4/0.
Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
Rubber and paper. . .
No. 6 to 1,500,000 C. M.
pany.
Fire Alarm Branch (B. F. D.)
2 to 1,212 pair.
graph Company.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
and Boston District Messenger
Company.
Rubber and paper. . .
2, 10 and 30 conductor.
Western Union Telegraph Company
and Mutual District Messenger
Company.
Rubber and paper. . .
10 to 150 conductor and 6 to
162 pair.
Table Showing Underground Work for the Year 1925, February 1
to December 31, 1925, Inclusive.
Company.
a
o
O
"o
3
Q
"8
a
a
"8!
3«2
Boston Elevated Railway
3,475
33,265
15,361
12
4
238
734
1
4
tion.
Boston Schoolhouse Commission. .
1,128
1,113
3,595
3
5
Charlestown Gas and Electric
Company.
3,855
11,450
33,024
3
215
Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
pany.
103,255
771,111
1,872,821
194
3,884
Fire Alarm Branch (B. F. D.)
502
604
21,440
2
12
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company.
20,135
114,314
400,339
29
92
Police Signal Service (B. P. D.) . . .
490
490
3
Postal, Telegraph,Cable Company
and Boston District Messenger
Company.
1,970
3,838
1,580
4
2
Western Union Telegraph Com-
pany and Mutual District Mes-
senger Company.
4,233
12,472
7,207
12
7
Totals
139,281
949,391
2,355,367
260
4,228
Note. — ' ' Split Fiber Solid Main System" of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company
is included in the above figures, comprising 25,360 feet of conduit and 48,863 feet of duct.
The main and feeder tube or armored cable of the ' ' old solid system" of the same company
are not included. Work on the "old solid system" comprised 250 service connections
and 7,202 feet of No. 100 three-conductor cable. The above figures also include 1,510 feet
of conduit and 2,964 feet of duct of the "Split Fiber Solid Main System" of the Charles-
town Gas and Electric Company.
40
City Document No. 12.
Table Showing the Amount and Distribution of Boston's Electrical Power
December 31, 1925.
Company.
o
■Sph £
a .
-2 (2 .5
Capacity of
Incandescent
Lamps in
Kilowatts.
Capacity of
Arc Lamps
in Kilowatts.
So
■3*8
M
£t3 .
"28
300
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Edison Electric Illuminating Company . . .
46,702
54,424
252,353
275,400
4,034
150,030
1,650
125
140
25
1
3,104
165
106
10
35S.060
106,142
1,600
84,980
98,525
325
17
52
1
Quaker Building Company
620
500
200
400
363
150
1
75
25
225
1
Sudbury Building Plant
1
Totals
102,446
528,666
156,004
3,386
465,902
184,055
73
Fire Department.
41
LIST OF WIRE DIVISION EMPLOYEES,
DECEMBER 31, 1925.
1 Superintendent
1 Chief inspector
0 Inspectors
7 Inspectors
4 Inspectors
5 Inspectors
4 Inspectors
3 Inspectors
1 Engineer
1 Chief clerk
1 Clerk and cashier
1 Clerk and stenographer
1 Stenographer
1 Stenographer
1 Stenographer
1 Stenciller
1 Chauffeur
1 Clerk
1 Clerk .
Salary
Per Annum
$4,000
2,700
2,200
2,100
2,000
1,900
1,700
1,600
2,200
2,400
2,000
1,800
1,600
1,500
1,300
1,600
1,600
1,400
1,100
46
42
City Document No. 12.
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATION AND EX-
PENDITURES FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1924,
TO DECEMBER 31, 1925, INCLUSIVE.
Appropriation .
$91,308 34
Expenditu
RES.
A-l.
Employees .
$81,638 81
F-7.
Pensions
550 00
B-4.
Car fares
2,598 80
B-12.
Premium on bond
15 27
B-13.
Telephones .
336 80
B-35.
Auto fees
2 00
B-39.
Repairs, etc.
79 90
C-4.
Tires and tubes .
239 76
C-9.
Office ....
519 00
C-13.
Tools, etc. .
3 45
D-l.
Office forms, etc.
1,903 66
D-ll
Gasolene, etc.
246 00
E-10.
Batteries
8 52
E-13.
Paint stock, etc. .
Dtal expenditures
321 00
T
$88,462 97
Balance in treasury
2,845 37
$91,308 34
Fire Department. 43
LIST OF PROPERTY — WIRE DIVISION.
7 150-300 Weston Direct Current Double Reading Voltmeters.
1 300-volt Weston Direct Reading Alternating and Direct
Current Voltmeters.
1 1,500- volt Weston Direct Reading Voltmeter.
1 50-amp. Weston Direct Reading Ammeter.
2 300-volt Weston Alternating and Direct Current Voltmeters.
1 15-amp. Thomson Alternating Ammeter.
1 1,500-amp. Weston Direct Reading Mil-ammeter.
1 200-amp. Thomson Alternating Ammeter.
1 500-amp. Weston Direct Reading Ammeter.
1 15-volt Weston Direct Reading Voltmeter.
1 Queen testing set.
3 Bichloride of Silver Batteries, each 60 cells.
1 120- volt Weston Direct Current Miniature Type Voltmeter.
1 150-volt Weston Direct Current Miniature Type Voltmeter.
1 Ford truck.
1 Buick touring car.
1 Buick runabout.
1 Camera, complete.
Respectfully yours,
Walter J. Burke,
Superintendent, Wire Division.
44
City Document No. 12.
THE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION.
Commissioner, Theodore A. Glynn.
Chief Clerk, James P. Maloney.
Chief of Department, Daniel F. Sennott.
District Chief, William H. McCorkle, in charge of Bureau
of Supplies and Repairs.
Superintendent of High Pressure, Steam and Marine Service,
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, John F. Flanagan.
Medical Examiner, William J. McNally, M. D.
Clerks.
Fire Department.
James P. Maloney, Chief Clerk; Edward L. Tierney, Chief
of License Division, Bureau of Fire Prevention; George F.
Murphy, Herbert J. Hickey, John J. Coholan, William J.
Hurley, Frank M. Fogarty, William J. O'Donnell, Thomas W.
O'Connell, Warren F. Fenlon, Henry J. Egan, Joseph F.
O'Brien, James P. McKenna, William D. Slattery, John J.
Shea, James H. Finnerty, Robert W. O'Neil, William V.
Doherty, William H. Murray, Oscar Kent.
Wire Division.
Chief Clerk, John F. Flanagan.
William McSweeney, Charles S. Carroll, Martin P. Cum-
mings, Celina A. O'Brien, Mary E. Fleming, May D. Marsh,
Mary E. Sullivan.
Headquarters
1 Commissioner ....
1 Chief clerk . . .
1 Medical examiner
1 Secretary and stenographer
1 Executive clerk in charge motor
supplies and repairs
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
apparatus
Clerk
Clerk
1 Assistant engineer (messenger)*
2 Hosemen (clerks)*
1 Clerk
Per Annum.
$7,500
2,700
3,500
2,400
2,700
1,800
1,700
1,700
1,400
1,300
2,000
2,000
1,000
* Detailed from Fire-fighting Branch.
Fire Department.
45
1 Janitress
1 Elevatorman
16
Fire Prevention Bureau.
1 Chief Fire Prevention
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Clerk .
1 Clerk
1 Constable
1 Captain Fire Prevention
Per Week.
$22 00
Per Annum.
.$1,700
Per Annum .
$2,700
2,000
1,700
1.400
1,200
1,600
2,500
Fire-fighting Branch.
1 Chief of Department
1 Assistant Chief of Department
6 Deputy chiefs .
30 District chiefs .
75 Captains
109 Lieutenants
2 Aids-to Chief (lieutenant)
2 Aids-to Chief
3 Aids-to-Commission (private)
3 Engineers (marine)
6 Masters .
50 Engineers
53 Assistant engineers
1,094 Privates:
766 .
41 .
17 .
37 .
233 .
1,435
Bureau of Supplies and Repairs.
1 District Chief in charge
1 Superintendent, High Pressure Steam and
Marine Service
1 Supervisor, motor apparatus .
1 Shop foreman ....
1 Lieutenant, foreman hose and harness shop
1 Motor apparatus engineer
1 Engineer and architect ....
1 Storekeeper (hoseman) ....
Per Annum.
$5,500
4,000
4,000
3,500
2,500
2,300
2,300
2,200
2,200
2,200
2,100
2,100
2,000
$2,000
.,900-$2,000
: ,800-81,900
l ,700-81,800
L,600-$l,700
Per Annum.
$3,500
3,800
2,900
2,700
2,300
2,700
2,500
2,100
46
City Document No. 12.
1 Master plumber (engineer)
1 Master carpenter (hoseman)
1 Master painter .
1 Foreman (auto mechanic)
5 Privates
1 Clerk in charge .
1 Clerk .
1 Clerk .
1 Stenographer
1 Clerk .
6 Engineers in charge
11 Engineers (High Pressure Service)
12 Engineers, motor squad
3 Firemen
3 High Pressure engineers .
1 Engineer
1 Master steamfitter
1 Master apparatus painter
2 Plumbers
3 Steamfitters
2 Auto machinists
9 Painters
2 Wheelwrights
6 Machinists .
12 Auto repairers .
1 Auto repairer and tester
1 Auto blacksmith
1 Battery and ignition man
6 Blacksmiths
7 Helpers
4 Carpenters .
1 Auto trimmer and canvas worker
1 Hose repairer and carriage trimmer
1 Hose and harness repairer
1 Vulcanizer .
1 Chauffeur .
4 Laborers
1 Brick mason
1 Rubber goods repairer
2 Battery and ignition men
1 Auto mechanic and machinist
1 Auto repairer and acetylene welder
Fer Annum.
$2,200
2,000
2,000
2,100
2,000
2,100
1,700
1,600
1,200
1,000
2,300
2,100
2,200
Per Day.
$6 00
Per Week.
$43 00
42 00
Per Annum.
$2,200
1,900
Per Day.
$6 00
5 50
5 50
5 50
6 00
5 50
5 50
6 00
6 00
6 00
S5 50-3
50
75
50
50
50
00
00
50
50
00
50
50
50
50
131
Fire Department.
47
Fire Alarm Branch.
Per Annum.
1 Superintendent fire alarm .... $4,000
1 Assistant superintendent and chief operator, 3,200
1 Supervising operator . 2,600
3 Principal operators
2,500
3 Operators
2,300
2 Operators
2,200
2 Assistant operators .
2,000
1 Assistant operator (sliding scale)
$1,700-81,800
3 Assistant operators (sliding scale)
$1,600- $1,700
1 Foreman, construction
2,800
1 Assistant foreman, construction
2,300
1 Stockman
1,900
1 Custodian
1,700
1 Clerk
2,000
1 Batteryman ....
2,000
1 Aid-to-Superintendent
2,200
Per Day.
3 Machinists (7 days) .
$5 50
1 Machinist (6 days)
5 50
3 Cable splicers ....
6 25
5 Inside wiremen ....
6 10
4 Repairers and linemen
5 75
10 Linemen
5 50
1 Laborer
4 50
1 Radio electrician ....
$5 50-$6 10
52
48 City Document No. 12.
CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
Daniel F. Sennott.
Headquarters, Bristol 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.
Assistant Chief of Department, Henry A. Fox.
Division 1.
Deputy Chiefs, Edward J. Shallow and Henry J.
Power.
Headquarters, Ladder House 8, Fort Hill Square.
This division comprises Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
District 1 .
District Chiefs, Thomas E. Conroy and Michael F.
Silva.
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 Chiefs, Philip A. Tague and Hamilton A.
McClay.
Headquarters, Engine House 50, Winthrop Street,
Charlestown.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 27, 32, 36,
50, Ladders 9, 22.
District 3.
District Chiefs, Cornelius J. O'Brien and James
Mahoney.
Headquarters, Ladder House 18, Pittsburgh Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 25, 38,
39, 44 (fireboat), Ladders 8, 18, Water Tower 3.
Fire Department. 49
District 4-
District Chiefs, John F. Watson and Avery B. Howard.
Headquarters, Engine House, 4 Bulfinch Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 4, 6, 8,
Ladders 1, 24, Water Tower 1.
District 5.
District Chiefs, Charles A. Donahue and Victor H.
Richer.
Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Mason Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 7, 10, 26,
35, Ladder 17, Rescue 1.
Division 2.
Deputy Chiefs, Albert J. Caulfield and Frank A.
Sweeney.
Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren Avenue.
This division comprises Districts 6, 7, 8, 11.
District 6.
District Chiefs, Harry M. Hebard and Michael J.
Tee han.
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 Chiefs, Thomas H. Downey and John J.
Kelley.
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 Chiefs, Frank J. Sheeran and Dennis
Driscoll.
Headquarters, Ladder House 12, Tremont Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 13, 14,
37, Ladders 12, 26.
50 City Document No. 12.
District 11.
District Chiefs, James F. McMahon and Thomas H.
Andreoli.
Headquarters, Engine House 41, Harvard Avenue,
Brighton.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 29, 34, 41,
51, Ladders 11, 14.
Division 3.
Deputy Chiefs, Walter M. McLean and Joseph A.
DOLAN.
Headquarters, Ladder House 23, Washington Street,
Grove Hall.
This division comprises Districts 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.
District 9.
District Chiefs, Joseph H. Kenney and Patrick J. V.
Kelley.
Headquarters, Engine House 12, Dudley Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 12, 21, 23,
24, Ladder 4.
District 10.
District Chiefs, Francis J. Jordan and Charles H.
Long.
Headquarters, Engine House 18, Harvard Street,
Dorchester.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 17, 18, 52,
Ladders 7, 29.
District 12.
District Chiefs, John N. Lally and Thomas J. Muldoon.
Headquarters, Engine House 28, Centre Street,
Jamaica Plain.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 28, 42,
Ladders 10, 23, 30.
District 13.
District Chiefs, Michael J. Kennedy and William F.
Qttigley.
Headquarters, Engine House 45, Corner Washington
and Poplar Streets, Roslindale.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 30, 45, 53,
Ladders 16, 25.
Fire Department. 51
District 1J/.-
District Chiefs, Allan J. Macdonald and James F.
Ryan.
Headquarters, Engine House 46, Peabody Square,
Dorchester.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 16, 20,
46, Ladders 6, 27.
District IS.
District Chiefs, John P. Murray and Henry Krake.
Headquarters, Engine House 48, Corner Harvard
Avenue and Winthrop Street, Hyde Park.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 19, 48, 49,
Ladder 28.
52
City Document No. 12.
FIRE STATIONS.
Location.
Location.
Number
of Feet
in Lot.
Occupied by
8,167
Engine 1 and Ladder 5.
4,000
Engine 2.
4,000
Engine 3 and Ladder 3.
6,098
Engine 4 and Engine 26.
3,265
Engine 5.
2,269
Engine 6.
1,893
Engine 7.
2,568
Engine 8.
4,720
Engine 9 and Ladder 2.
1,886
Engine 10.
10,000
Engine 11 and Ladder 21.
7,320
Engine 12.
4,832
Engine 13.
5,713
Engine 14.
2,803
Engine 15.
12,736
Engine 16 and Ladder 6.
9,450
Engine 17 and Ladder 7.
9,440
Engine 18.
7,683
Engine 19.
9,000
Engine 20 and Ladder 27.
10,341
Engine 21.
7,500
Engine 22 and Ladder 13.
3,445
Engine 23.
4,186
Engine 24.
4,175
Engine 25 and Ladder 8, Tower 1
2,600
Engine 27.
10,377
Engine 28 and Ladder 10.
14,358
Engine 29 and Ladder 11.
12,261
Engine 30 and Ladder 25.
Engine 31.
8,188
Engine 32.
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
Elm street, Charlestown
Centre street, Jamaica Plain
Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton
Centre street, West Roxbury
521 Commercial street, on land of Public
Works Department.
Bunker Hill street, Charlestown
Fire Department.
Fire Stations. — Concluded.
53
Location.
Number
of Feet
in Lot.
Occupied by
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
Roslin-
Washington and Poplar street
dale.
Dorchester avenue, Ashmont :
Adjoining South Ferry, East Boston .
Harvard avenue and Winthrop street,
Hyde Park.
Church street
Milton and Hamilton streets
Winthrop and Soley streets
Oak square, Brighton
Saratoga street, East Boston
Corner Callender and Lyford 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
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
3.91S
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.
Rescue 1 and Engine 35.
Engine 49.
Engine 50.
Engine 51.
Chemical Engine 7.
Engine 52 and Ladder 29.
Engine 53.
Ladder 1.
Ladder 4.
Ladder 9.
Ladder 12.
Ladder 17.
Ladder 18 and Tower 3.
Ladder 19.
Ladder 23.
Ladder 24.
Headquarters Building, Bristol street, 15,679 feet of
land.
Water Tower No. 2 is in Headquarters Building.
54 City Document No. 12.
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.
Fire Department.
55
GASOLENE STATIONS.
Division 1.
Districts.
Location.
Capacity.
(Gallons.)
Pump.
280
1 gallon
110
1 gallon
550
1 gallon
550
1 gallon
550
1 gallon
550
1 gallon
550
1 gallon
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
220
1 gallon.
120
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
280
1 gallon.
550
1 gallon.
550
1 gallon.
220
1 quart.
280
1 gallon.
550
1 gallon.
550
1 gallon.
Engine 5
Engine 11
Engine 40 ... .
Ladder 2
Chemical 7. . .
Engine 27 ... .
Engine 32
Engine 36....
Engine 50
Ladder 9
Ladder 8
Ladder 18
Engines 38-39
Engine 4
Engine 6
Engine 8
Ladder 1 ,
Ladder 24
Engine 7
Engine 10
Engines 26-35
Ladder 17
Rescue 1
56
City Document No. 12.
Division 2.
Districts.
Location.
Capacity.
(Gallons.;
Pump.
6.
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
Ladder 19
Engine 3
Engine 22
Engine 33
Bristol street, repair shop
Department garage
Engine 13
Engine 14
Engine 37
Ladder 12
Engine 29
Engine 34
Engine 41
Engine 51
280
280
280
280
550
280
550
280
550
280
550
550
120
280
280
280
280
280
gallon,
gallon,
gallon,
gallon,
gallon,
gallon,
gallon .
gallon,
gallon,
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Expenditures for the Year.
Personal Service:
Permanent employees . ' $2,897,595 29
Temporary employees . . 874 00
Unassigned .... 3,494 36
$2,901,963 65
Service Other Than Personal:
Printing and binding
$15 25
Advertising and posting
846 20
Transportation of persons
901 41
Cartage and freight
399 04
Hire of teams and
auto
trucks .
397 50
Light, heat and power
25,683 98
Rent, taxes and water
3,288 73
Surety bond and insurance
premiums .
15 00
Communication
3,256 35
Motor vehicle repairs
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care . . .
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Care of horses
10 50
Cleaning .
8,415 17
Disposal of ashes, dirl
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3 00
Medical .
88 00
Expert
215 00
Fees, service of venires
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Photographic and blueprint-
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1,087 88
General plant
62,095 35
123,703 75
Equipment :
Cable, wire, etc.
$13,346 10
Electrical
9,118 47
Motor vehicles
152,089 38
Furniture and fittings
10,873 65
Office
1,789 91
Marine
10 75
Tools and instruments
47,788 16
Wearing apparel .
27,323 07
General plant
1,661 18
264,000 67
Supplies :
Office
$8,142 28
Food and ice .
900 51
Fuel
81,952 60
Forage and animal
26 51
Carried forward .
$3,289,668 07
72 City Document No. 12.
Brought forward .
Medical, surgical, laboratory,
Laundry, cleaning, toilet
Motor vehicle
Chemicals and disinfectants .
General plant
Materials :
Building .
Electrical ....
General plant ...
Special Items :
Pensions and annuities
Workingmen's compensation
Wire Division:
Personal Service :
Permanent employees . . $81,638 81
Service Other Than Personal :
Transportation of
persons . $2,598 80
Surety bond and in-
surance premiums 15 27
Communication 336 80
Fees, service of ven-
ires, etc. 2 00
General plant 79 90
Equipment :
Motor vehicles . $239 76
Office ... 519 00
Tools and instru-
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Supplies :
Office
Motor vehicle
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Electrical
General plant
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158 58
2,874 57
31,932 12
2,773 31
4,969 42
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2,894 52
33,497 71
55,051 39
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$3,724,006 57
3,032 77
762 21
2,149 66
329 52
Special Items:
Pensions and annuities 550 00
88,462 87
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Fire Department.
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Fire Alarm Signal Station, Back Bay Fens:
Continuation of payments :
Contractor, Thomas O'Connor & Co.
Installing Manual Central Fire Alarm Office
Equipment, Gamewell Company .
Architect, O'Connell & Shaw ....
Heating and ventilating, James S. Cassedy
Electric wiring, etc., M. B. Foster Electric
Company ....
Plumbing, James S. Cassedy
Employees ....
Furnishings
Pedestals
Tablets
New Fire Station, Engine 21, Dorchester:
Payments on account :
Contractor, Archdeacon & Sullivan .
Architect, Mulhall & Holmes Company
Blueprints
Test borings
Fire Station, Shawmut avenue and Tremont street :
Payments on account :
$107,564 80
71,697 00
8,672 81
8,211 75
3,916 90
3,019 45
3,106 65
1,175 22
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375 00
Architect, Louis J. St. Amand
Specifications .
Blueprints .
Advertising . . .
Recapitulation.
Fire Department
Fire Alarm Signal Station, Back Bay Fens
New Fire Station, Engine 21, Dorchester
Fire Station, Shawmut avenue and Tremont
street
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$38,307 15
2,868 21
165 17
155 25
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273 86
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$3,812,469 54
208,714 58
41,495 78
13,384 36
$4,076,064 26
74
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Income.
Permits for fires in
open spaces, fire-
works, blasting,
transportation and
storage of explo-
sives
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Sale of old material .
795 57
Sale of uniforms, etc.,
29 74
Sale of badges .
892 75
Damage to hose and
cable
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Damage to fire alarm
posts and boxes .
1,114 33
Damage to apparatus,
159 00
Sale of coal
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Rent ....
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Permits .
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$113,366 75
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Causes of Fires and Alarms from January 1, 1925,
to January 1, 1926.
Alarms, false, needless, bell
and still 1,402
Alarms, out of city 54
Automatic alarms, false
and accidental 96
Automobiles 409
Brush, rubbish, etc 1,575
Careless use lamp, candle, 64
Careless use matches and
set by rats 576
Careless use pipe, cigar
and cigarettes 716
Chimneys, soot burning . . 376
Clothes near stove 19
Defective chimney, stove
pipe and boiler 71
Electric wires, motors .... 186
Fireworks and firecrackers, 55
Gas jet, gas stove 32
Gasolene, naphtha, ben-
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Hot ashes in wooden re-
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Lamp upsetting and ex-
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Miscellaneous 650
Oil stove, careless use and
explosion 36
Overheated furnace, stove
and boiler 115
Set by boys 212
Sparks from chimneys,
stove 123
Sparks from locomotive,
engine 33
Spontaneous combustion. . 151
Thawing water pipes ..... 33
Unknown 564
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1,345
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Fires Where Losses Exceeded $15,000.
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
1925.
Jan. 1.
Jan. 4.
Jan. 9.
Jan. 13.
Jan. 13.
Jan. 14.
Jan. 17.
Jan. 20.
Jan. 23.
Jan. 23.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
24.
27.
27.
30.
Feb. 14.
Feb. 16.
Feb. 20.
March 2.
March 8.
March 16.
March 18.
March 27.
April 13.
Apri
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April 18.
April 19.
April 21.
May 8.
May 11.
Peterborough street, Mrs. Louis Prang et al
906 and 908 Beacon street, Scobey Hospital et al
Corner Parker and Station streets, Burkhardt Corporation,
261 Roxbury Street, City of Eoston (Miles Standish School),
30-38 Summer street, The Kennedy Company et al
49-55 Haverhill street and 66-70 Traverse street, Boston
Supply Company, Inc., et al
152 Causeway street, Boston & Maine Railroad
2164-2168 Washington street, D. Siegal et al
503-523 Medford street, S. M. Howes Company et al
42-46 Stillman street, Boston & Lowell Bottling Company
et al
103 Medford street, Palmer & Parker
222-230 Commercial street, Howe & Bainbridge et al
33-36 Commercial Wharf, Berry Dodge Company etal. . . .
12 and 14 Winter street, Jackson Confectionery Company
et al
78 and 80 Beverly street, Gold Brand Confectionery et al. . .
322-328 Washington street and 1-11 Milk street, F. L.
Dunne & Co. et al
4 Central Wharf, Central Engineering Company et al
119-125 Milk street, New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company
458-462 Harrison avenue and 2-6 Thayer street, Trimount
Clothing Company, Inc., et al
10 Brainerd road, H. Klayman et al
83-93 Stoughton street, J. A. Aicarde
1089-1095 Tremont street. Prince Hall, Masonic Grand
Lodge Corporation
20 Belgrade avenue and 4-6 Corinth street, Roslindale
Electric Company et al
47 Union avenue, Atlantic Cone Company, Inc., et al.. .
6-12 Beach street, Hy-Grade Dress Company et al
10 and 12 Williams street, Cabel Manufacturing Company
et al :
1112-1118 Boylston street, Arnold Furniture Company et al.
503-509 Medford street, S. M. Howes Company et al
810 and 812 Washington street, Chesterfield Furniture
Company et al
1-21 South Market street, Boston Fruit & Produce
Exchange Company et al
43 and 45 West street, Jay's, Inc., et al
$44,807
28,461
20,715
35,000
227,092
15,811
71,544
48,352
22,911
33,103
26,346
26,590
68,835
44,392
16,707
172,725
17,366
42,608
17,058
15,410
28,236
20,000
24,615
52,647
36,143
51,030
16,228
158,168
16,253
201,952
58,360
78
City Document No. 12.
Fire Losses. — Concluded.
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
1925
May 14
May 18
May 26
May 28
June 1
June 8
June 17
June 22
June 26
July 3
July 5
July 20
July 25
July 26
Aug. 3
Aug. 11
Aug. 22
Aug. 29
Aug. 29
Sept. 27
Oct. 4
Oct. 25
Oct. 27
Nov. 4
Nov. 23
Nov. 26
Dec. 3
Dec. 3
Dec. 6
Dec. 16
Dee. 23
Dec. 24
Dec. 29
Dec. 31
7-11 Otis street, Hite & Alkon et al
959 and 961 Columbus avenue, Landy Brothers et al
239 Sumner street, Boston Terminal Refrigerating Com-
pany et al
6-14 Brattle square, Quincy House et al
133 Halleek street, J. A. DeVito & Co. et al
36 India street, Natural Products Company et al
337 Marginal street, Booth Fisheries Company
93 and 95 Border street, Manson Lumber Company et al. . .
7 and 8 Fulton place, S. Rubin Company, et al
50 Essex street, A. J. Epstein & Co. et al
1486 Tremont street, Coca-Cola Company et al
165 Ruggles street, Ruggles Street Baptist Church
18-40 Washington street, Oppenheim Brothers & Co. et al,
637 Dudley street, I. A. Hamm et al
200 Dartmouth street, A. E. Chandler et al
944-948 Saratoga street, E. J. McHugh
44 Mildred avenue, M. R. Thomas et al
121 Eutaw street, V. Micaglia et al
18-24 Atlantic avenue, Post Publishing Company et al . . . .
1240A-1254 River street, Dedham & Hyde Park Gas Com-
pany et al
272 and 274 Boylston street and 51 Providence street, G.
H. Wirth Company et al
520-540 Atlantic avenue, F. P. Bennett & Co., Inc., et al. . .
22-27 Washington Street North, Ellms, Inc., et al
38-48 Cornhill, J. Hubbard & Co. et al
104-116 Tremont street, Horlick & Merkins et al
Woodman street, Archdiocese of Boston (St. Thomas
Parochial School)
117-123 Beverly street and 200 Causeway street, American
Glue Company et al
744-756 Washington street, C. E. Osgood Company et al. . .
102 Arlington avenue, A. D. Donald et al
222 State street and 73 and 75 Commerce street, Johnson-
Appleby Company et al
21 and 23 South Market street and 27 Chatham street,
Standard Preserve Company et al
36-42 Fulton street, Abram Re. et al
30 and 32 Allston street, R. Goodnow
105-111 Summer street, Eastern Clothing Company et al. .
$47,131
16,958
47,378
15,503
22,098
45,903
75,926
108,401
19,153
30,750
24,860
91,349
19,103
42,707
15,537
18,409
33,475
20,349
219,502
42,237
45,264
15,664
21,870
19,743
22,707
18,943
31,233
16,994
24,845
76,202
43,999
63,929
15,328
24,532
Fire Department.
79
Statistics.
Population, January 1, 1925 (estimated)
Area, square miles ....
Number brick, etc., buildings
Number wooden buildings
Fires in brick, stone, etc., buildings
Fires in wooden buildings
Out of city
Not in buildings, false and needless
Total alarms ....
2,099
1,468
54
4,081
779,620
47.81
38,289
83,022
7,702
Fire Loss for Year Ending December 31, 1925.
Bi
lildings,
loss insure
;d
$2,366,057
Contents,
loss insured
2,657,999
$5,024,056
Buildings,
loss not insured . $248,792
Contents,
loss not insured 134,222
loss buildi
QQQ Old.
OoOjUl^t
Total
ngs and contents .
$5,407,070
Marine loss
$45,225
Yearly Loss
for the Last Fifteen Years.
Year ending January
1, 1912 ...
$2,232,267
i u
a
1, 1913 .
2,531,017
i a
a
1, 1914 .
* 3,138,373
I a
a
1, 1915 .
3,013,269
i a
a
1, 1916 .
3,004,600
( u
a
1, 1917 .
f 2,372,489
c 11
a
1, 1918 .
| 3,981,227
i a
a
1, 1919 .
2,822,109
( a
u
1, 1920 .
2,577,584
l it
u
1, 1921 .
3,139,566
( a
u
1, 1922 .
4,010,201
i a
a
1, 1923 .
3,304,595
i a
a
1, 1924 .
6,286,299
( a
u
1, 1925
4,735,595
i u
u
1, 1926 \
5,407,070
* Does not include marine loss of $1,116,4^5, steamship "Templemore."
t Does not include marine loss of $101,312, steamship "City of Naples" et al.
X Does not include marine loss of $75,660.
80
City Document No. 12.
Alarms for the Past Ten Years.*
Year.
Bell.
Still and
Automatic.
Totals.
1925
3,798
3,640
3,239
2,733
2,359
2,029
2,733
2,413
2,252
2,350
3,904
4,353
4,002
3,401
2,888
2,456
2,690
2,649
2,526
2,128
7,702
1924
1923
7,993
7,241
1922
6,134
1921
5,247
1920
4,485
1919 :
5,423
1918
5,062
1917
4,778
1916
4,531
* Each fire is treated as having only one alarm.
Members Pensioned from February 1, 1925, to
December 31, 1925.
John H. Dacey.
James J. Connollv.
Peter F. Gately.
John J. Regan.
John J. Larkin.
John G. Culhane.
John A. Hassey.
Martin F. Ryder.
James J. Smith.
Dennis J. Cadigan.
Frank J. Punch.
George F. Cahill.
William E. Rolfe.
Michael F. Mahoney.
James P. Gallagher.
John H. Coakley.
Joseph F. Prophet.
Webster F. Copithorne.
James Els worth.
Theodore Gallipeau.
Death of Members from February 1, 1925, to
December 31, 1925.
Andrew J. Jennings.
Daniel F. Kelley.
Owen T. Norton.
James W. McKinney.
Joseph Smith.
Francis B. Boyle.
Edward McDonough.
William A. Haberlin.
John A. Coholan.
John J. Brotherson.
William J. Donnelly.
Death of Pensioners from February 1, 1925, to
December 31, 1925.
James T. Prendergast. James M. Reed.
W. J. Van Etten.
Jacob Schaffer.
Jeremiah J. Hickey.
Edward J. Hogan.
J. F. Bolton.
C. W. Stevens.
George L. Spencer.
Fire Department. 81
John E. Fitzgerald Medal.
John J. Leary, Ladder 1.
Capt. Daniel J. O'Brien, Engine 10.
Thomas F. Kilduff, Ladder 4.
Walter Scott Medal.
Lieut. Dennis J. Condon, Ladder 1.
James H. Curran, Engine 8.
Edward J. Crowley, Chemical 7.
Roll of Merit.
James F. McMahon, District Chief.
Capt. Thomas J. Muldoon, Engine 16.
Capt. Michael J. Teehan, Engine 24.
Capt. Dennis Driscoll, Engine 37.
Lieut. Carl S. Bowers, Aide-to-Chief.
Lieut. Michael J. Dacy, Ladder 20.
John J. Kennedy, Ladderman, Ladder 13.
James E. Downey, Hoseman, Retired.
Lieut. Timothy J. Heffron, Ladder 9.
Capt. Edward McDonough, Engine 6.
Capt. Thomas H. Downey, EDgine 22.
Capt.Joseph P. Hanton, Engine 33.
Capt. Frederick F. Leary, Ladder 3.
Lieut. Henry J. Kelly, Engine 32.
Martin A. Kenealy, Capt. Retired.
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