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ANNUAL    REPORT 


FIKE  DEPARTMENT 

AND    WIRE    DIVISION 


CITY    OF    BOSTON 


TEAR    ENDING    DECEMBER    31,    1926 


CITY  OF  BOSTON 

PRINTING  DEPARTMENT 

1927 


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OFFICIALS   OF   THE    DEPARTMENT. 


Eugene  C.  Hultman, 
Fire  Commissioner. 

Herbert  J.  Hickey, 

Executive  Secretary  of  the  Department 

Daniel  F.  Sennott, 
Chief  of  Department. 

George  L.  Fickett, 
Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm  Division. 

Edward  E.  Williamson, 
Superintendent  of  Maintenance  Division. 

Peter  E.  Walsh, 
Superintendent  of  Fire  Prevention  Division. 

William  J.  McNally,  M.  D., 
Medical  Examiner. 


[Document  13  —  1927.] 


ANNUAL   REPORT 

OF    THE 

FIRE    DEPARTMENT 

FOR   THE   YEAR   1926. 


Boston,  July  15,  1927. 

Hon.  Malcolm  E.  Nichols, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Boston: 

Dear  Sir, —  As  required  by  section  24,  chapter  4  of 
the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1925,  I  have  the  honor  to 
submit  the  following  report  of  the  activities  of  the  Fire 
Department  of  the  City  of  Boston  for  the  year  ending 
December  31,  1926. 

I  took  office  as  Fire  Commissioner  on  July  6,  1926, 
succeeding  Col.  Thomas  F.  Sullivan,  Acting  Fire  Com- 
missioner, who  had  relieved  Fire  Commissioner  Theodore 
A.  Glynn  in  January,  1926,  the  latter  having  tendered 
his  resignation  from  office. 

The  total  fire  loss  for  the  city  as  estimated  by  the 
insurance  companies  for  the  year  was  $5,199,965,  show- 
ing a  decrease  of  $207,105  below  the  loss  of  1925. 

The  appropriation  expended  for  the  year  including 
the  Wire  Division  was  $4,393,575.72,  and  the  revenue 
from  all  sources  amounted  to  $136,366.68. 

During  the  year  the  department  purchased  the 
following  pieces  of  major  fire-fighting  apparatus: 

Six  gasolene  pumping  engines. 

Four  city  service  ladder  trucks. 

Three  combination  hose  and  chemical  cars. 


2  City  Document  No.  13. 

Two  aerial  ladder  trucks. 

Five  four-wheel  tractors. 

Extensive  alterations  and  repairs  were  made  on  the 
following  buildings: 

Engines  6  and  42,  Ladder  12,  Repair  Shop,  Head- 
quarters, third  and  fourth  floors. 

Minor  repairs  and  renewals  were  made  on  the  follow- 
ing buildings : 

Engines  43,  45,  51  and  52. 

The  grading  and  completing  of  the  grounds  and 
driveways  at  the  new  fire  alarm  station  in  the  Fens  and 
the  new  fire  station  of  Engine  Company  21,  Columbia 
road,  was  finished.  Extensive  repairs  and  alterations 
were  made  on  Ladder  17  also.  Many  buildings  were 
painted,  repaired  and  generally  put  in  as  good  condition 
as  their  age  would  allow. 

Plans  and  specifications  are  being  prepared  for  two 
new  stations,  one  to  be  located  at  Broadway  and  Warren- 
ton  street;  and  which  will  provide  quarters  for  Engine 
Company  26-35,  Rescue  Company  1,  the  Chief  of 
Department,  and  the  District  Chief  of  District  5;  the 
other  to  be  built  on  Parish  street,  Meeting  House  Hill, 
to  replace  the  present  quarters  of  Engine  Company  17 
and  Ladder  Company  7. 

Work  on  the  Broadway  fire  station  is  scheduled  to 
start  about  March  1,  1927,  and  at  Meeting  House  Hill 
about  April  15,  1927. 

Extensive  maintenance  work  has  been  performed  on 
the  major  fire  apparatus  of  the  department,  and  it  is  in 
first-class  condition  at  the  present  time.  Each  of  the 
fire  boats  was  found  to  need  extensive  repairs,  and 
approximately  $23,000  was  paid  to  shipbuilding  con- 
cerns to  put  these  boats  in  condition  to  render  the  service 
for  which  they  were  designed. 

Three  divisions  of  the  department  were  reorganized 
during  the  year  in  order  to  render  more  efficient  service. 

An  executive  secretary  of  the  department  was 
appointed  to  centralize  the  responsibility  in  the  Head- 
quarters Division. 

The  Fire  Prevention  Bureau,  License  Division  and 
the  Bureau  of  Building  Survey  and  Inspection  Division 
of  the  Uniform  Force  was  abolished,  and  a  Fire  Preven- 
tion Division  established  under  the  direction  of  a 
superintendent. 

The  Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Repairs  and  the  High 
Pressure  Steam  and  Marine  Engineering  Service  were 


Fire  Department.  3 

consolidated  into  the  Maintenance  Division  and  placed 
under  the  charge  of  a  superintendent  of  maintenance. 

All  steam  fire  engines  have  been  eliminated  from 
service  in  the  department  and  all  engine  companies  are 
now  equipped  with  gasolene  pumping  engines. 

Two  new  companies  have  been  established  during  the 
year,  namely,  Ladder  Company  31  in  East  Boston, 
giving  additional  protection  for  this  section  of  the  city, 
and  Rescue  Company  2  in  Roxbury,  which  will  perform 
service  similar  to  that  performed  by  Rescue  Company  1 
in  the  city  proper. 

The  Rules  and  Regulations  are  being  revised  and 
edited.  The  rules  under  which  the  department  has 
been  operating  are  obsolete  and  not  adapted  to  modern 
practice.  Many  of  the  rules  do  not  cover  conditions 
which  exist  in  the  department  today,  due  to  many 
changes  in  the  conduct  of  the  fire  departments,  such  as 
the  introduction  of  motor  apparatus,  high  pressure  water 
system,  the  two-platoon  system,  etc; 

One  of  the  most  beneficial  steps  taken  to  improve  the 
morale  of  the  department  was  the  establishment  of  a 
drill  school  for  all  members  of  the  department.  In  the 
past  it  has  been  the  custom  to  send  all  probationers 
through  the  drill  school  before  they  are  accepted  as 
firemen.  The  men's  training  was  neglected  from  then 
on,  and  because  of  lack  of  practice  the  lessons  taught 
in  the  drill  school  were  forgotten.  Now  all  officers 
below  the  grade  of  district  chief,  and  all  privates  regard- 
less of  their  length  of  service,  are  compelled  to  attend 
the  department  drill  school  which  has  been  in  session 
daily  for  the  past  six  months. 

Recommendations. 

1.  The  mutual  aid  system  now  in  effect  between  the 
Boston  Fire  Department  and  the  fire  departments  of 
adjoining  municipalities  should  be  thoroughly  recon- 
structed and  put  upon  a  business  basis.  At  present  the 
Fire  Commissioner  of  Boston  has  never  been  authorized 
by  the  City  Council  to  send  apparatus  and  men  outside 
the  city  limits.  The  present  system  is  very  loosely 
drawn,  and  leaves  some  sections  of  the  city  without 
proper  protection  in  the  event  of  a  large  fire  either  in 
this  city  or  in  adjoining  municipalities. 

2.  All  single  unit  engine  companies  in  the  depart- 
ment should  be  made  into  double  units.  This  should 
be  accomplished  by  the  purchase  of  additional  hose  cars. 


4  City  Document  No.  13. 

3.  A  complete  and  scientific  study  should  be  made 
of  the  present  distribution  of  fire  stations  throughout 
the  city  with  a  view  to  mobilizing  more  apparatus  in 
central  stations  and  eliminating  some  of  the  old  stations. 
Many  of  the  present  stations  are  totally  unfit  for  men 
to  live  in,  and  were  located  before  the  use  of  motor- 
driven  apparatus  was  even  thought  of  for  the  present 
equipment  of  the  department.  The  majority  of  the 
stations  of  the  department  were  built  to  accommodate 
horse-drawn  apparatus  when  the  department  was 
operated  on  a  call  basis,  and  but  a  few  men  slept  in  the 
houses.  While  some  changes  have  been  made  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  men,  the  quarters  are  in  many 
cases  unsuitable  and  unclean,  and  the  buildings  are  so 
old  and  badly  located  as  not  to  warrant  extensive 
repairs  and  alterations.  A  rearrangement  of  the  houses 
would  result  in  a  material  reduction  of  stations  with  a 
great  saving  in  cost  of  maintenance,  give  a  better  system 
of  response  to  alarms,  as  well  as  improve  the  living 
conditions  of  the  men. 

4.  In  addition  to  planning  for  modern  stations  to 
take  the  place  of  buildings  too  old  to  be  repaired, 
economically,  many  fire  houses  need  extensive  repairs 
and  alterations  to  adapt  them  for  the  purposes  for  which 
they  are  now  used.  Many  of  our  present  stations  have 
wooden  floors  and  other  conditions  which  if  they  existed 
in  private  buildings  we  would  be  obliged  to  order  closed 
for  noncompliance  with  the  law. 

5.  False  alarms  constitute  a  menace  to  the  city  by 
having  considerable  sections  without  fire  protection 
while  apparatus  is  out  of  quarters.  We  have  also  had 
numerous  complaints  from  individuals  being  unable  to 
find  fire  alarm  boxes  at  night.  More  light  at  our  boxes, 
by  either  gas  or  electricity,  would  assist  the  citizens  in 
finding  the  box  at  night  as  well  as  to  discourage  mis- 
creants from  pulling  false  alarms.  The  lighting  of  our 
boxes  is  not  done  by  this  department,  but  by  the  Public 
Works  Department,  and  that  department  should  be 
provided  with  funds  for  that  necessary  purpose. 

6.  New  apparatus  in  the  form  of  lighting  equipment 
should  be  added  to  the  fire-fighting  machinery  of  the 
department.  At  the  present  time  the  men  are  literally 
obliged  to  fight  fires  "in  the  dark"  and  a  study  is  being 
made  to  provide  proper  lighting  at  all  fires. 


Fire  Department.  5 

7.  Plans  should  be  made  for  the  enlargement  of  the 
present  repair  shop  which  was  designed  to  accommodate 
horse-drawn  apparatus.  The  present  shop  is  overcrowded 
and  accommodations  should  be  provided  for  an  addition 
to  the  present  structure  so  that  present  equipment  can 
be  efficiently  handled.  The  department  garage  and  the 
fire  alarm  shop  are  now  badly  housed  in  old  buildings 
located  some  distance  from  the  main  shops.  These 
shops  should  be  centralized  with  the  other  shops  of  this 
department  in  the  additional  building  for  the  general 
repair  shop. 

Appended  hereto  are  reports  from  the  heads  of  various 
divisions  of  the  department  and  tables,  schedules,  etc., 
showing  the  activities  of  the  department. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

E.    C.    HULTMAN, 

Fire  Commissioner. 


City  Document  No.  13. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  DEPARTMENT. 


Boston,  December  31,  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  of  1926: 

Fire  Loss. 

Loss  (exclusive  of  marine  loss)       ....  $5,199,96500 
Marine  loss 31,487  00 


Total  loss  .  $5,231,452  00 

Number  of  alarms 7,870 

Average  loss  each  alarm          .        .        .     •  ,        .  $664  73 

Number  of  actual  fires 6,256 

Average  loss  each  fire      .        .        .        .        .        .  $836  23 

Additions  and  Changes. 
Apparatus. 

April  30,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75  750- 
gallon  combination  pumper  and  hose  motor  car  was 
placed  in  service  with  Engine  Company  3.  Weight, 
fully  equipped  without  men,  12,000  pounds,  seventy- two 
horse  power,  replacing  a  piece  of  apparatus  of  the  same 
type,  which  was  placed  in  reserve. 

April  30,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75  750- 
gallon  combination  pumper  and  hose  motor  car  was 
placed  in  service  with  Engine  Company  25.  Weight, 
fully  equipped  without  men,  12,000  pounds,  seventy-two 
horse  power.  This  replaced  a  Christie  tractor  steam 
fire  engine  which  was  placed  in  reserve. 

May  3,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75  750- 
gallon  combination  pumper  and  hose  motor  car  was 
placed  in  service  with  Engine  Company  4.  Weight, 
fully  equipped  without  men,  12,000  pounds,  seventy-two 
horse  power.  This  replaced  a  Christie  tractor  steam 
fire  engine  which  was  placed  in  reserve. 


Fire  Department.  7 

May  3,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75  750- 
gallon  combination  pumper  and  hose  motor  car  was 
placed  in  service  with  Engine  Company  38.  Weight, 
fully  equipped  without  men,  12,000  pounds,  seventy- 
two  horse  power.  This  replaced  a  Christie  tractor 
steam  fire  engine  which  was  placed  in  reserve. 

May  12,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75  750- 
gallon  combination  pumper  and  hose  motor  car  was 
placed  in  service  with  Engine  Company  28.  Weight, 
fully  equipped  without  men,  12,000  pounds,  seventy- 
two  horse  power.  This  replaced  a  piece  of  apparatus 
of  the  same  type  which  was  placed  in  reserve. 

May  15,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75 
750-gallon  combination  pumper  and  hose  motor  car  was 
placed  in  service  with  Engine  Company  32.  Weight, 
fully  equipped  without  men,  12,000  pounds,  seventy- 
two  horse  power.  This  replaced  a  piece  of  apparatus 
of  the  same  type  which  was  placed  in  reserve. 

May  15,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  17 
four-wheel  tractor  85-foot  aerial  truck  was  placed  in 
service  with  Ladder  Company  1.  Weight,  fully 
equipped  without  men,  17,000  pounds,  seventy- two 
horse  power.  This  replaced  a  piece  of  apparatus  of  the 
same  type  which  was  later  placed  in  service  at  Ladder  31. 

May  17,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  17  four- 
wheel  tractor  85-foot  aerial  truck  was  placed  in  service 
with  Ladder  Company  23.  Weight,  fully  equipped 
without  men,  17,000  pounds,  seventy- two  horse  power. 
This  replaced  an  American-LaFrance  city  service  truck 
which  was  later  placed  in  service  at  Ladder  6. 

May  25,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  14  city 
service  truck  was  placed  in  service  with  Ladder  Com- 
pany 6.  Weight,  fully  equipped  without  men,  11,500 
pounds,  seventy-two  horse  power.  This  replaced  a 
piece  of  apparatus  of  the  same  type  which  was  placed  in 
reserve. 

June  2,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75  com- 
bination hose  and  chemical  car  was  placed  in  service 
with  Engine  Company  46.  Weight,  fully  equipped  with- 
out men,  10,500  pounds,  seventy-two  horse  power. 
This  replaced  an  American-LaFrance  Type  10  hose  car 
which  was  placed  in  reserve. 

June  4,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75  com- 
bination hose  and  chemical  car  was  placed  in  service  with 
Engine  Company  30.     Weight,  fully  equipped  without 


8  City  Document  No.  13. 

men,   10,500  pounds,   seventy-two  horse  power.     This 
installation  made  this  a  two-unit  company. 

June  6,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  17  four- 
wheel  tractor  75-foot  aerial  truck  was  placed  in  service 
with  Ladder  Company  31.  Weight,  fully  equipped 
without  men,  17,000  pounds,  seventy-two  horse  power. 
This  installation  was  made  necessary  by  the  establish- 
ment of  a  new  ladder  company  in  East  Boston,  in  place 
of  Chemical  Company  7  which  was  disbanded  and 
the  motor  wagon  formerly  in  service  with  Chemical 
Company  7  was  later  placed  in  service  with  Engine 
Company  11. 

June  9,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75  com- 
bination hose  and  chemical  car  was  placed  in  service 
with  Engine  Company  18.  Weight,  fully  equipped 
without  men,  10,500  pounds,  seventy-two  horse  power. 
This  replaced  an  American-LaFrance  Type  10  hose  car 
which  was  placed  in  reserve. 

June  14,  1926,  a  Seagrave  combination  hose  and 
chemical  car,  which  was  formerly  in  service  at  Chemical 
7  was  placed  in  service  with  Engine  Company  11. 
Weight,  fully  equipped  without  men,  12,050  pounds, 
fifty-two  and  eight  tenths  horse  power.  This  installa- 
tion made  this  a  two-unit  company. 

August  3,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  14  city 
service  truck  was  placed  in  service  with  Ladder  Com- 
pany 3.  Weight,  fully  equipped  without  men,  11,500 
pounds,  seventy-two  horse  power.  This  replaced  a 
Christie  tractor  city  service  truck  which  was  placed  in 
reserve. 

August  5,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  14  city 
service  truck  was  placed  in  service  with  Ladder  Com- 
pany 20.  Weight,  fully  equipped  without  men,  11,500 
pounds,  seventy-two  horse  power.  This  replaced  a 
Christie  tractor  city  service  truck  which  was  placed  in 
reserve. 

August  5,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  14  city 
service  truck  was  placed  in  service  with  Ladder  Com- 
pany 21.  Weight,  fully  equipped  without  men,  11,500 
pounds,  seventy-two  horse  power.  This  replaced  a 
piece  of  apparatus  of  the  same  type  which  was  placed 
in  reserve. 

August  26,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  14 
city  service  truck  was  placed  in  service  with  Ladder 
Company  25.     Weight,   fully  equipped    without  men, 


Fire  Department.  9 

11,500  pounds,  seventy-two  horse  power.  This  replaced 
a  Christie  tractor  city  service  truck  which  was  placed  in 
reserve. 

October  27,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  14 
city  service  truck  was  taken  from  reserve  service  and 
placed  in  service  with  Ladder  Company  30.  Weight, 
fully  equipped  without  men,  11,500  pounds,  seventy- 
two  horse  power.  This  replaced  a  piece  of  apparatus 
of  similar  type  which  was  placed  in  reserve. 

December  10,  1926,  an  American-LaFrance  Type  75 
chassis  with  foam  tanks  was  placed  in  service  with 
Rescue  Company  2  at  the  quarters  of  Ladder  Com- 
pany 4.  Weight,  fully  equipped  without  men,  11,000 
pounds,  seventy-two  horse  power.  This  apparatus  was 
installed  on  account  of  this  new  Rescue  Company  being 
put  into  operation  on  that  date. 

An  American-LaFrance  Type  17  four-wheel  tractor, 
seventy-two  horse  power,  is  now  being  attached  to 
Water  Tower  1,  in  place  of  American  and  British  tractor 
which  has  been  dismantled  for  parts. 

An  American-LaFrance  Type  17  four-wheel  tractor, 
seventy-two  horse  power,  was  attached  to  the  reserve 
water  tower  in  place  of  American  and  British  tractor 
which  was  dismantled  for  parts. 

An  American-LaFrance  Type  17  four-wheel  tractor, 
seventy-two  horse  power,  85-foot  aerial  truck  was  in- 
stalled and  placed  in  reserve  service  on  August  3,  1926, 
replacing  Christie  tractor  which  was  dismantled  for 
parts. 

An  American-LaFrance  Type  17  four-wheel  tractor, 
seventy-two  horse  power,  85-foot  aerial  truck  was  in- 
stalled and  placed  in  reserve  service  on  September  28, 
1926.  Weight,  fully  equipped  without  men,  17,000 
pounds.  This  replaced  a  Christie  tractor  which  was 
junked. 

An  American-LaFrance  Type  17  four-wheel  tractor, 
seventy-two  horse  power,  75-foot  aerial  truck  was  in- 
stalled and  placed  in  reserve  service.  Weight,  fully 
equipped  without  men,  17,000  pounds.  This  replaced  a 
Christie  tractor  which  was  junked. 

Miscellaneous  Automobiles. 
A  new  Buick  sedan  was  installed  for  service  with  the 
Fire  Commissioner  on  June  21,  1926,  replacing  a  similar 
type  car  which  was  traded  in. 


10  City  Document  No.  13. 

A  new  Buick  coupe  was  installed  for  service  with  the 
Chief  of  Department  on  June  17,  1926,  replacing  a  similar 
type  car  which  was  traded  in. 

A  new  Buick  sedan  was  installed  for  service  with  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Wire  Division  on  March  6,  1926, 
replacing  a  Buick  touring  car  which  was  traded  in. 

A  Buick  touring  car  was  installed  for  service  with  the 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Repairs  on  March  10, 
1926,  and  later  placed  permanently  in  service  with 
Deputy  Chief  of  Division  1  on  July  1,  1926,  replacing 
similar  touring  car  which  was  traded  in. 

A  Buick  touring  car  was  placed  in  service  with  the 
Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Repairs  on  June  5,  1926,  replac- 
ing similar  type  car  which  was  placed  in  service  with  the 
Superintendent  of  the  High  Pressure,  Steam  and  Marine 
Service. 

A  Buick  touring  car  was  placed  in  service  with  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Fire  Alarm  Branch  on  January  9, 
1926,  replacing  Buick  roadster  which  was  placed  in 
service  with  the  medical  examiner. 

A  Buick  touring  car  was  placed  in  service  with  the 
Deputy  Chief  of  Division  2  on  March  11,  1926,  replac- 
ing similar  type  of  car  which  was  placed  in  reserve  and 
later  traded  in. 

Four  Buick  roadsters  were  purchased  and  placed  in 
service  with  various  district  chiefs,  replacing  three 
similar  type  cars  which  were  placed  in  reserve  and  one 
which  was  demolished  in  an  accident. 

A  Buick  roadster  was  placed  in  service  with  the  medi- 
cal examiner  on  January  9,  1926,  replacing  similar  type 
car  which  was  placed  in  reserve  and  later  traded  in. 

A  Buick  roadster  was  placed  in  service  with  the 
engineer  of  motor  apparatus  on  July  12,  1926,  replacing 
similar  type  of  car  which  was  placed  in  service  with 
Engineer  James  Wall  of  the  Bureau  of  Supplies  and 
Repairs. 

Buildings. 

The  following  new  and  alteration  work  has  been  com- 
pleted during  the  fiscal  year  ending  December  31,  1925: 

At  Engine  6,  Leverett  street,  West  End,  alterations 
on  main  floor,  extending  main  floor  to  rear  of  quarters, 
removing  stalls  and  stall  pans,  changing  locations  of 
pole  holes,  repairing  dormitory  floor,  new  cellar  stairs, 
new  hose  rack,  new  toilet  on  main  floor  and  incidental 
work;  also  roof  repairs. 


Fire  Department.  11 

At  Engine  Company  21,  Columbia  road  and  Annabel 
street,  complete  rebuilding  of  quarters,  completing 
grounds,  walks,  planting,  etc. 

At  Engine  Company  26,  Broadway,  South  End, 
Barnard  Memorial  razed  by  contractor  and  lot  is  now 
available  for  new  quarters. 

At  Engine  42,  Washington  street,  Egleston  square, 
complete  remodeling  of  quarters  and  adding  another 
story  to  quarters,  making  same  three  stories  high. 

At  Engine  43,  Andrew  square,  South  Boston,  new 
boiler  installed,  oil  burner  installed,  smoke  pipe  work  in 
connection  with  same,  incidental  work  and  roofing 
repairs. 

At  Engine  45,  Washington  and  Poplar  streets,  Ros- 
lindale,  new  type  heater  installed,  smoke  pipe  work, 
changing  of  heating  system,  repairing  water  pipes,  inci- 
dental work  and  roofing  repairs. 

At  Engine  51,  Oak  square,  Brighton,  new  drainage 
system  in  cellar,  new  sump,  gasolene  interceptor,  remov- 
ing toilet  from  cellar  and  building  same  at  rear  of  main 
floor,  installing  additional  radiators,  installing  kitchen- 
ette on  second  floor,  painting  doors,  fence,  terrazzo 
work  in  shower  room,  plaster  repairs  to  main  floor  ceil- 
ing, repairing  balcony  railing  and  iron  fence  and  renew- 
ing copper  facings  on  doors. 

At  Ladder  12,  Tremont  street,  Roxbury,  remodeling 
second  floor,  work  on  main  floor,  altering  stable,  building 
kitchenette  in  rear  of  main  floor,  building  new  dormitory 
in  rear,  removing  old  lockers  and  building  new  lockers, 
terrazzo  work  in  two  shower  rooms,  terrazzo  floors 
and  base  in  sink  room,  dressing  room  and  two  toilet 
rooms,  plastering  same,  cutting  out  new  skylight, 
repairing  old  skylights,  building  new  roof  garden  and 
patrol  desk,  etc. 

At  Ladder  17,  Harrison  avenue,  South  End,  general 
remodeling  of  entire  building. 

At  Engine  52,  Callender  and  Lyford  streets,  Dor- 
chester, building  cement  walk,  foundations,  walls,  etc. 

Third  floor,  Headquarters  Building,  Bristol  street, 
South  End,  remodeling  for  offices  of  the  Fire  Prevention 
Division  and  Department  Architect. 

Fourth  floor,  Headquarters  Building,  Bristol  street, 
South  End,  fitting  out  the  former  fire  alarm  rooms  for 
offices  of  the  Wire  Division. 


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The  following  work  is  incomplete  at  this  date: 
Engine  26-35,  Broadway,  South  End,  new  quarters. 
Engine  17  and  Ladder  7,  Meeting  House  Hill,  Dor- 
chester, plans  now  being  made  for  new  quarters. 

Tools  and  Appliances. 

During  the  year  four  additional  Ross  thawing 
devices  were  purchased  and  installed  on  pumpers  in 
the  department. 

Seven  additional  P.  &  Q.  door  openers  were  pur- 
chased and  added  to  the  equipment  of  Ladder  Com- 
panies 2,  9,  12,  15,  23,  24  and  31,  these  tools  having 
proven  to  be  very  efficient  for  the  purpose  required. 

Four  of  the  so-called  "New  York"  bars  were  installed 
on  Ladder  Companies  1,  13,  17  and  18. 

A  Burrell  all-service  gas  mask  was  placed  in  service 
with  Ladder  Company  31  and  one  of  these  masks  was 
also  installed  on  each  deputy  chief's  car  in  the  three 
divisions. 

An  H.  &  H.  inhalator  was  purchased  and  added  to 
the  equipment  of  Ladder  Company  31. 

Seventeen  foam  type  fire  extinguishers  were  purchased 
and  added  to  the  equipment  of  various  companies,  this 
type  of  extinguisher  being  very  efficient  in  extinguishing 
small  oil  fires,  grease  fires  in  connection  with  oil  or  gas 
stoves  in  restaurant  and  hotel  kitchens. 

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  a  high  stand- 
ard at  all  times. 

Mutual  Aid. 

The  department  responded  to  forty-eight  (48)  alarms 
of  fire  outside  of  the  city  limits,  divided  as  follows: 


Chelsea 

1 

Everett 

1 

Milton 

23 

Newton 

3 

Somerville 

18 

Watertown 

1 

Winthrop 

1 

Fire  Department.  13 

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  forty   (40)   appointees  successfully 
passed  the  intensive  course  of  instructions  in  the  Depart- 
ment Drill  School,  together  with  two  officers  and  eight 
members  from  other  departments. 

Fire  College. 
Eighty  (80)  officers  from  this  department,  together 
with  twelve  officers  from  suburban  departments,  at- 
tended the  sessions  of  the  Fire  College  and  practically 
every  subject  in  the  fire  service  was  treated  upon  in  this 
course.  With  the  completion  of  the  final  session  of  the 
Fire  College  during  this  year,  every  officer  in  the  depart- 
ment below  the  grade  of  district  chief  has  received  the 
course  of  instructions  during  the  past  two  years. 

Company  Drills. 

In  addition  to  the  usual  drills  of  the  department 
another  form  of  drill  was  put  into  operation  during  the 
year  whereby  each  company  of  the  department  on  the 
day  platoon  drills  for  one  half  hour  by  raising,  lowering 
and  going  over  a  thirty-foot  ladder.  Each  member  of 
the  company,  including  the  officers,  takes  each  position 
and  performs  the  various  evolutions  in  connection  with 
the  handling  of  a  thirty-foot  ladder.  This  drill  is 
performed  daily,  usually  in  the  morning. 

This  form  of  drill  has  already  resulted  in  the  improved 
physical  condition  of  the  members  of  the  department. 

Fire  Prevention  Week. 
Fire  Prevention  Week  was  observed  in  this  city  during 
the  week  of  October  3  to  10,  1926.  All  schools,  both 
public  and  parochial,  were  visited  by  a  member  of  the 
Fire  Department  and  talks  given  on  fire  prevention. 
Fire  drills  were  also  held  in  all  the  schools.  Some  of  the 
churches  from  which  requests  were  received  were  also 
visited  and  talks  given  on  fire  prevention.  A  reel  of 
moving  pictures  was  exhibited  at  various  moving  picture 
theaters  in  different  parts  of  the  city  and  a  talk  on  fire 
prevention  given  in  conjunction  with  same.  Copies  of 
a  proclamation  issued  by  his  Excellency  the  Governor 
of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  were  distributed 


14 


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to  the  department  and  posted  on  the  station  houses  and 
other  prominent  locations.  A  supply  of  "Nearest  Fire 
Alarm  Box"  cards  was  also  distributed  to  the  depart- 
ment with  instructions  to  have  same  posted  in  various 
buildings  where  same  would  be  utilized  to  the  best 
advantage.  In  addition  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  instructions  given 
as  to  the  proper  method  of  sending  in  an  alarm  of  fire. 
In  fact,  every  effort  was  made  to  impress  upon  the 
general  public  the  necessity  of  taking  every  possible 
precaution  against  fire,  not  only  as  affecting  their 
places  of  business  or  employment,  but  even  more  so,  the 
importance  of  observing  fire  prevention  in  their  homes 
for  the  protection  of  those  near  and  dear  to  them. 

Hydrants. 
The  following  is  a  list  of  the  hydrants  in  service  for 
fire  purposes,   as  of  December  31,   1926,   showing  the 
number  and  different  types  of  same: 


Ordinary  post 
Boston  post 

Lowry 

Boston  Lowry     . 

Bachelder  and  Finneran  post 

High  pressure 

Boston 

Chapman  post     . 

Ludlow  post 

Matthew  post 

Coffin  post  . 

Total     . 


4,218 

3,052 

1,241 

506 

1,314 

451 

247 

181 

20 

4 

1 

11,235 


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, 

245 

169 

Total  time  pumps  actually  operated.  .  .  . 

91  hours,  38  minutes 

45  hours,  5  minutes 

Water   discharge   recorded   on   Venturi 
meters. 

475,000  gallons 

71,000  gallons 

(Owing  to  the  construction  of  the  Venturi  meters, 
they  do  not  record  flows  under  600  gallons  per  minute.) 


Fire  Department.  15 

During  the  year  1926,  the  High  Pressure  Fire  System 
has  been  extended  into  the  following  streets: 

Summer  street,  Atlantic  avenue  to  Dorchester 
avenue. 

Dorchester  avenue,  Summer  to  Congress  streets. 

Congress  street,  Estes  place  to  Dorchester  avenue. 

Including  the  above  outlined  work,  the  High  Pressure 
System  now  includes  16.80  miles  of  piping  and  451  high 
pressure  fire  hydrants. 

Once  again  the  continued  excellent  work  performed  by 
this  system  during  the  year  1926  has  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. 

New  Companies  Established. 

On  Monday,  June  14,  1926,  a  new  company  known  as 
Ladder  Company  31  was  established  in  the  quarters 
formerly  occupied  by  Chemical  Company  7,  Saratoga 
street,  East  Boston,  equipped  with  an  American-La- 
France  75-foot  four-wheel  tractor  aerial  truck.  At  the 
same  time,  Chemical  Company  7  was  disbanded  and 
the  members  of  the  company  reassigned.  The  motor 
wagon  formerly  in  service  at  Chemical  Company  7  was 
installed  in  the  quarters  of  Engine  Company  11,  making 
it  a  two-unit  company.  With  these  changes,  which 
were  strongly  recommended  by  the  National  Board  of 
Fire  Underwriters  in  their  1925  report  on  the  City  of 
Boston,  the  East  Boston  district  is  now  afforded  more 
adequate  fire  protection  than  ever  before. 

On  Friday,  December  10,  1926,  a  new  company  known 
as  Rescue  Company  No.  2  was  established  in  the  quar- 
ters of  Ladder  Company  4,  Dudley  street,  Roxbury. 
This  company  is  equipped  with  a  motor  driven  car, 
American-LaFrance  Type  75,  with  Foamite  Childs 
equipment  installed,  including  Foamite  tanks,  etc.,  two 
Burrell  all  service  gas  masks,  elevator  rescue  outfit, 
various  tools,  extinguishers,  life  line,  jimmy,  etc.  The 
establishment  of  this  company  fills  a  long  needed  require- 
ment for  a  rescue  company  in  that  section  of  the  city, 
and  the  apparatus  is  also  available  for  oil  fires  in  any 
section  of  the  city,  if  needed,  for  which  foam  is  par- 
ticularly adapted. 


16  City  Document  No.  13. 

Recommendations. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  new  apparatus  which  in  my 
opinion  is  required  to  place  the  department  on  an  effi- 
cient basis  and  provide  for  an  adequate  reserve: 

I  recommend  that  new  hose  wagons  be  supplied  to  the 
following  companies  which  are  at  present  single  units, 
thereby  making  them  double  unit  companies  and  increas- 
ing their  efficiency  100  per  cent: 

Engine  Companies  2,  16,  19,  20,  32,  49,  51,  52  and  53, 
total,  nine  companies. 

Reserve  wagons  301  and  302  to  be  replaced  with  new 
hose  wagons.  The  new  wagons  to  be  placed  in  Engine 
Companies  6  and  41  and  these  wagons  placed  in  reserve. 

Ladder  Companies  10,  29  and  30  to  be  replaced  with 
new  six-cylinder  city  service  trucks.  The  old  trucks 
to  be  placed  in  reserve  and  old  Christie  tractors 
to  be  discarded. 

Two  new  four-wheel  tractors  for  Water  Tower  403 
(Tower  3)  and  404  (Tower  2). 

One  spare  tractor  to  be  used  while  tractors  on  aerial 
trucks  and  water  towers  are  undergoing  repairs. 

The  pumpers  in  service  in  the  department  are  all  in 
good  condition  and  our  reserve  consists  of  eight  pumps, 
which  I  consider  an  adequate  reserve. 

With  the  purchase  of  this  amount  of  new  apparatus, 
eleven  hose  wagons,  three  city  service  trucks  and  three 
type  17  tractors,  the  department  would  be  placed  on  a 
very  efficient  basis  and  would  complete  the  plan  of 
making  all  engine  companies  two  units  which  was  started 
several  years  ago.  It  would  also  permit  of  the  discon- 
tinuing the  use  of  the  Christie  tractor  which  has  out- 
lived its  usefulness  and  is  a  very  undesirable  unit  for 
this  department. 

With  the  rearrangement  of  our  apparatus  we  would 
then  have  the  following  reserve: 

Seven  hose  wagons;  eight  pumpers;  five  city  service 
trucks;  one  water  tower;  three  aerial  trucks;  one  spare 
tractor. 

New  Buildings. 
Engine  2  —  Ladder  19. —  I  recommend  the  erection  of 
new  quarters  housing  both  of  these  companies  in  the 
vicinity  of  Broadway  and  L  street.  In  the  near  future 
the  territory  along  Summer  and  L  streets  will  be  built 
up  with  manufacturing  and  mercantile  buildings  require- 
ing  proper  fire-fighting  facilities  for  their  protection. 


Fire  Department.  17 

Engines  4  and  6  —  Ladder  21±.—  These  companies  now 
occupy  antiquated,  unsanitary  and  poorly  located 
quarters.  They  are,  in  fact,  a  disgrace  to  the  city  and 
not  at  all  in  line  with  other  recent  improvements  in  this 
section  of  the  city.  A  new  combination  house  on  a  wide 
centrally  located  street  is  a  crying  necessity. 

Engine  3  and  Ladder  3. —  The  present  building  is  old, 
somewhat  shaky,  unsanitary  and  should  be  rebuilt 
rather  than  have  the  large  amount  of  money  spent  upon 
it  which  would  be  required  to  help  improve  it.  New 
building  recommended. 

Engine  13. —  Old,  antiquated  and  unwholesome  build- 
ing. A  shame  to  fireproof  at  large  expense.  New 
building  recommended. 

Engine  16  and  Ladder  6. —  Old,  poorly  arranged  build- 
ings;  should  come  down  and  new  building  erected. 

Engine  18.—  Engine  Houses  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  and  21 
were  erected  at  the  time  of  annexation  of  Dorchester 
to  Boston  and  all  are  in  an  old  and  dilapidated  condi- 
tion. Engine  21  has  recently  been  rebuilt,  Engine  17 
has  an  appropriation  and  the  plans  are  going  for- 
ward for  a  building  commensurate  with  its  location. 
Engine  18  should  be  rebuilt. 

Engine  19. —  In  the  list  just  mentioned  hereinbefore, 
is  included  this  building  which  is  also  too  small  for  the 
company's  needs.     New  building  recommended. 

Engine  20  and  Ladder  27. —  For  many  years  this  loca- 
tion has  been  condemned  by  various  interests.  A  new 
building  on  a  new  site  is  recommended. 

Engine  23. —  This  old  building,  located  on  Northamp- 
ton street,  is  narrow,  jammed  in  between  other  buildings 
and  should  have  a  new  building  on  a  more  commodious 
lot. 

Engine  37  and  Ladder  26. —  The  large  expense  of  fire- 
proofing  and  remodeling  this  building  does  not  seem 
warranted.  It  is  located  in  a  growing  and  important 
locality  in  the  vicinity  of  several  hospitals.  It  is  almost 
impossible  to  house  an  85-foot  ladder  and  get  away  from 
the  building.  The  roof  construction  is  such  that  there 
is  not  ample  head  room  for  tillerman.  Would  recom- 
mend a  new  building. 

Remodeling,  Fireproofing,  Etc. 
Engine  29  and  Ladder  1 1 . —  This  house  should  have 
first  consideration  under  the  above  heading.     Drop  the 
floor  2  feet  in  order  to  obtain  proper  headroom  and 


18  City  Document  No.  13. 

lower  pitch  or  ramp  into  building.  New  concrete  floor, 
fireproofing  treatment  of  sidewalls  and  ceilings,  various 
improvements  on  second  floor. 

Engine  11  and  Ladder  21. —  This  structure  is  fairly 
modern  and  its  condition  warrants  fireproofing  with 
alterations. 

Engine  4-5  and  Ladder  16. —  This  structure  warrants 
going  ahead  with  fireproofing  and  improvements. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  houses  which  still  have 
wood  floors  and  consequently  are  not  complying  with 
the  law  for  housing  motor  vehicles.  They  should  be 
given  consideration  for  reinforced  concrete  floors,  fire- 
proofing and  remodeling: 

Engine  9  and  Ladder  2.  Engine  22  and  Ladder  13. 

Engine  24.  Engine  30  and  Ladder  25. 

Engine  32.  Engine  34. 

Engine  36  and  Ladder  22.  Engine  48  and  Ladder  28. 

Ladder  9.  Ladder  12. 

Ladder  23. 

There  are  a  number  of  wooden  floors  in  various 
houses  in  the  department  which  were  loaded  with  a  fire- 
proofing coat  of  3  inches  to  4  inches  of  concrete.  In 
most  cases  this  is  badly  cracked  and  the  whole  floor  will 
have  to  be  removed  and  a  reinforced  concrete  slab  sub- 
stituted. One  such  house  needs  this  treatment  at  once, 
namely,  Ladder  5  and  Engine  1. 

The  department  garage  needs  a  new  floor  on  top. of 
old  sunken  one.  The  building  itself  is  not  adequate 
and  a  large  convenient  site  should  be  obtained  and  a 
new  building  built  as  soon  as  possible. 

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  depart- 
ment in  the  carrying  out  of  many  progressive  measures, 
I  wish  to  extend  my  sincere  appreciation.  Also  I  desire 
to  extend  my  thanks  to  the  various  municipal  depart- 
ments, public  service  corporations  and  the  Boston  Pro- 
tective Department,  which  rendered  valuable  service 
during  the  past  year. 


Fire  Department.  19 

Finally,  to  the  members  of  the  department  who  so 
devotedly  and  efficiently  performed  their  many  difficult 
and  at  times  hazardous  duties,  I  wish  to  express  my 
heartfelt  gratitude,  and  it  is  my  sincere  hope  that  the 
department  will  continue  to  maintain  its  position  among 
the  leading  fire  departments  in  the  entire  world,  by 
rendering  the  same  high  standard  of  service  as  in  the 
past. 

Respectfully, 

Daniel  F.  Sennott, 
Chief  of  Department. 


20  City  Document  No.  13. 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ALARM    DIVISION. 


Boston,  December  31,  1926. 

From:    The  Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm. 
To:    The  Fire  Commissioner. 
Subject:    Annual  Report. 

I  herewith  submit  the  annual  report  of  the  Fire  Alarm 
Division  for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1926. 

OPERATING  RECORDS. 

First  alarms 3,706 

Second  alarms  . 54 

Third  alarms 16 

Fourth  alarms 1 


Total 3,777 

Box  Alarms  Received  but  not  Transmitted. 

Same  box  received  two  or  more  times  for  same  fire     .  324 

Adjacent  boxes  received  for  same  fire     ....  259 

Received  from  boxes  but  treated  as  stills      ...  19 

Total 602 

Still  Alarms  Received  and  Transmitted. 

Received  from  citizens  (by  telephone)    ....  2,709 

Received  from  Police  Department  (by  telephone)       .  264 

Received  from  Fire  Department  stations              .        .  1,186 

Received  from  boxes  but  treated  as  stills      ...  19 
Mutual  aid  alarms,  adjacent  cities  and  towns,  classified 

as  stills .  53 

Emergency  services,  classified  as  stills    .  58 

Total    . .  4,289 

Still  alarms  received  by  telephone  for  which  box  alarms 

were  later  transmitted 287 

Automatic  and  A.  D.  T.  Alarms. 

Boston  Automatic  Fire  Alarm  Company : 

Transmitted  by  company  to  department  stations    .  140 


Fire  Department.  21 

Department  box  alarms  transmitted  in   connection 
with  same: 

Before  automatic  alarm 7 

After  automatic  alarms 8 

American  District  Telegraph  Company: 

Received  at  Fire  Alarm  office 37 

Department  box  alarms  transmitted  in    connection 
with  same: 
Before  A.  D.  T.  alarm  was  received     ....  6 

After  A.  D.  T.  alarm  was  received      ....  2 

Received  after  still  alarm  was  transmitted        .        .  3 

A.  D.  T.  alarms  transmitted  to  department      .        .  28 

Summary  of  Alarms. 
Alarms  received : 

Box  alarms,  including  multiples 4,379 

Still  alarms,  all  classes .  4,289 

Boston  automatic  alarms 140 

A.  D.  T.  alarms 37 


Total  received  from  all  sources        ....        8,845 


Exclude  following  duplications : 
Box  alarms  received  but  not  transmitted 
Still  alarms  for  which  box  alarms  were  transmitted 
Automatic  alarms  for  which  box  alarms  were  trans 

mitted 

A.  D.  T.  alarms  for  which  other  alarms  were  pre- 
viously transmitted       .        .        .        . 

Total  duplications  eliminated  .... 


602 

287 


902 


Total  alarms,  with  duplications  eliminated,  to  which 

apparatus  responded 7,943 

Fire  Alarm  Box  Records. 
Boxes  from  which  no  alarms  were  received   .        .        .  399 

Box  tests  and  inspections 9,633 

(Note:  All  keyless  doors  are  tested  weekly.) 

Exterior  Work  Done. 
Considerable  work  was  done  during  the  past  year  to 
improve  outside  conditions  in  the  fire  alarm  system 
especially  concerning  circuits.  Seven  new  box  circuits, 
four  tapper  circuits  and  three  gong  circuits  were  made 
and  other  circuits  were  rearranged  to  make  them  more 
uniform.  With  but  one  or  two  exceptions  no  circuit 
now  has  more  than  the  required  number  of  boxes  or 
other  apparatus  connnected. 


22 


City  Document  No.  13. 


This  department  installed  28  new  boxes,  6  were  in- 
stalled by  the  Schoolhouse  Department  and  7  were  in- 
stalled on  private  property;  2  boxes  were  relocated  and 
10  were  removed  from  service.  All  boxes  and  posts 
were  painted. 

Because  of  the  delay  in  receiving  cable  from  the  manu- 
facturer only  about  one  half  of  the  underground  cable 
work  planned  was  done.  Approximately  22,450  feet  of 
cable  for  extension  of  underground  system  was  installed 
and  about  12,350  feet  was  used  to  replace  defective 
cables  or  those  too  small  for  requirements.  About 
3,770  feet  of  ducts  were  laid  underground,  31  box  posts 
and  5  cable  posts  were  set,  14  box  posts  damaged  by 
vehicles  were  replaced  by  new  posts  and  52  other  posts 
damaged  had  parts  replaced.  Because  of  change  in 
street  lines  3  posts  were  relocated.  Two  manholes  and 
2  handholes  were  built.  Many  changes  and  additions 
to  electrical  equipments  in  department  stations  were 
made  for  the  betterment  of  the  service. 


Underground  Cables  Installed. 
East  Boston. 

Bennington  street,   from   Brooks    street    to 

Prescott  street        

To  connect  Box  644,  White  street  . 


City  Proper. 
Post  and  building  connections 
Post  and  building  connections 
Post  and  building  connections 
Post  and  building  connections 
Post  and  building  connections 


South  Boston. 
Dorchester   street,    from    Fourth   street   to 
Eighth    street     (replacing    6    conductor 


Cond. 


Feet. 


10 

1,817 

6 

495 

61 

22 

20 

68 

10 

148 

6 

25 

4 

400 

cable) 

To  connect  Ladder  19  house    .... 

19 
15 

1,818 
375 

East  Broadway,  from  O  street  to  P  street     . 

L  street,  from  East  Broadway  to  East  Sixth 

street        

6 
6 

664 
989 

Roxbury. 

Beacon   street,   from   Brookline   avenue   to 

Maitland   street    (replacing   6    conductor 
cable) 

10 

1,832 

10 

6 

1,054 
190 

19 

3,653 

19 

565 

10 

2,667 

6 

6 

10 

6 

2,528 
810 
723 
486 

Fire  Department.  23 

Cond.  Feet. 

Beacon  street  from  Maitland  street  to  Audu- 
bon circle  (replacing  4  conductor  cable)     . 
Post  and  building  connections 

Dorchester. 
Washington  street,  from  Erie  street  to  Park 

street  (replacing  10  conductor  cable) 
Harvard  street,  from  Washington  street  to 

Engine  Company  18 

Dorchester  avenue,  from  Engine  Company 

46  to  Codman  street 

Oakland  street,  from  Mattapan  square  to 

Richmond  road 

To  connect  Box  3521         ..... 
Pole  and  building  connections         .        . 
Post  and  pole  connections        .        .        .        . 

Jamaica  Plain  and  West  Roxbury. 
Centre  street,  from  Moraine  street  to  Engine 

Company  28 

Centre  street,  from  Engine  Company  28  to 

Eliot  street 

Beech  street,  from  Orange  street  to  Colberg 

avenue      

Post  and  pole  connections        .... 
Post  and  pole  connections 

Brighton. 

Washington  street,  from  Winship  street  to 

Academy  Hill  road 10  695 

Cambridge  street,  from  Sparhawk  street  to 

Washington  street 6       1,139 

Warren  street,  from  Commonwealth  avenue 

to  Woodstock  avenue 6       1,815 

Box  Posts  Installed  with  Duct  Lengths. 
East  Boston. 

Feet. 

White  and  Eutaw  streets         ......  6 

City  Proper. 
Poplar  and  Chambers  streets  .....  13 

Columbus  avenue,  Stuart  and  Arlington  streets  .  50- 

South  Boston. 

West  First  and  C  streets  .......  19 

West  First  and  E  streets 8 

West  First  and  East  First  streets 14 


19 

2,720 

10 

1,290 

6 

10 

6 

1,565 
75 

185 

24 


City  Document  No.  13. 


West  Second  and  D  streets 

Baxter  and  D  streets 

West  Sixth  and  E  streets 

East  Eighth  and  Old  Harbor  streets 

East  Eighth  and  G  streets 

East  Eighth  and  H  streets 

East  Eighth  and  K  streets 

East  Ninth  and  Mercer  streets 

Marine  road  and  I  street 

Marine  road  and  L  street 

East  Broadway  and  P  street    . 


Dorchester, 
East  Cottage  and  Batchelder  streets 
Savin  Hill  avenue  and  Saxton  street 
Freeport  and  Beach  streets 
Washington  and  Codman  streets 
Washington  street  at  No.  1051 
Morton  and  Sanford  streets 
Morton  and  Oakridge  streets 
Morton  and  Harvard  streets  . 
Callender  and  Lyford  streets  . 
Jones  avenue  and  Mascot  street 


Roxbury. 
Norfolk  avenue  and  Magazine  street 

West  Roxbury. 
Washington  street  at  Granfield  avenue 
Washington  street  at  Denton  terrace 
Beech  and  Eastbourne  streets  .... 

Box  Post  Removed  from  Service. 
Clinton  street  opposite  Blackstone  street. 

Box  Posts  Replaced  by  New. 
{Broken  by  Vehicles.) 
Marlborough  and  Gloucester  streets. 
Chestnut  avenue  and  Green  street. 
Tremont  and  Parker  streets. 
Bunker  Hill  and  Vine  streets. 
Strathmore  and  Sutherland  roads. 
Harrison  avenue  opposite  Sharon  street. 
Albany  and  Yeoman  streets. 
Edward  Everett  square. 
Huntington  and  Longwood  avenues. 
Richmond  and  Commercial  streets. 
Washington  and  Matchett  streets. 


Feet. 

4 

114 

274 

12 

26 

16 

12 

181 

15 

31 

19 


103 
14 
96 
16 
24 
23 
36 
6 
11 
33 


20 


64 
13 

27 


Fire  Department.  25 

Dudley  street  and  Guild  row. 

Roxbury  and  Centre  streets. 

Charlesgate  West  and  Newbury  street. 

Fifty-two  other  posts  were  broken  and  parts  were  replaced. 

Box  Posts  Reset. 
(Out  of  Plumb  or  Loose  in  Ground.) 
Florida  and  Templeton  streets. 
Ipswich  and  Lansdowne  streets. 
Hanover  and  Parmenter  streets. 
Commercial  and  North  Market  streets. 
Main  and  Miller  streets  (new  gas  connection). 

Posts  Relocated. 
(Change  of  Curb  Line.) 
Cambridge  and  South  Russell  streets. 
Tremont  street,  near  Warrenton  street. 
Washington  and  Thorndike  streets. 

New  Test  Posts. 

Feet. 

Cambridge  and  North  Grove  streets      ....  48 

Atlantic  avenue  and  Congress  street      ....  24 

West  Broadway  and  D  street 21 

Dorchester  avenue  and  Freeport  street  (4  ducts)         .  23 
Blue  Hill  avenue  and  Fremont  street,  replacing  cable 
box  on  pole. 

New  Conduit. 

White  street,  from  Brooks  street  to  Eutaw  street       .  329 

Morton  street,  at  Harvard  street  (2  ducts)   ...  44 

New  Manholes  and  Handholes. 

West  Second  and  D  streets. 

Morton  and  Harvard  streets. 

White  street,  at  East  Boston  High  School  (2  handholes). 

Ducts  Replaced. 
Warren  avenue,  near  bridge  (Box  481)  .       .       .  22 

Ducts  Abandoned. 

Standard  street,  at  River  street 76 

Allston  street,  at  Washington  street       ....  153 

Warren  street,  at  Commonwealth  avenue     ...  50 

Oakland  street,  at  Blue  Hill  avenue       ....  179 


26 


City  Document  No.  13. 


New  Pole  Connections. 

Brooks  street,  at  White  street 
E  street,  at  West  First  street  * 
F  street,  at  West  First  street  . 
East  Eighth  street,  at  L  street 
Norfolk  avenue,  at  Magazine  street 
George  street,  at  Magazine  street  (north)* 
George  street,  at  Magazine  street  (south)* 
Norfolk  avenue,  at  Proctor  street   . 
Kimball  street,  at  Dorchester  avenue 
Greenwich  street,  at  Dorchester  avenue 
Park  street,  under  railroad 
Groveland  street,  at  River  street    . 
Harvard  street,  at  Morton  street    . 
Woodland  road,  at  River  street 
Huntington  avenue,  at  River  street 
Belnel  road,  at  River  street 
Evergreen  street,  at  South  Huntington  avenue 
Nikisch  avenue,  at  Beech  street 


129 

122 

163 

153 

102 

152 

147 

48 

92 

8 

165 

215 

139 

149 

103 

43 

194 

166 


Public  Fire  Alarm  Boxes  Installed. 

1519.  Columbus  avenue,  Stuart  and  Arlington  streets. 

2495.  Winchester  and  Lila  roads. 

2519.  Washington  street  and  Granfield  avenue. 

2527.  Neponset  avenue  and  Grover  street. 

253.  Sycamore  and  Brookdale  streets. 

2537.  Mt.  Hope  and  Brook  streets. 

2551.  Canterbury  and  Ashland  streets. 

2567.  Washington  street,  at  Denton  terrace. 

257.  Nikisch  avenue  and  Brahms  street. 

2577.  Mansfield  street  and  Weeks  avenue. 

264.  Bellevue  and  Martin  streets. 

2667.  Hinsdale  and  Trevore  streets. 

2717.  Selwyn  and  Knoll  streets. 

2727.  Cerdan  avenue  and  Bellaire  road. 

2728.  Weld  street  and  Ravenna  road. 
2747.  Vermont  street,  opposite  No.  59. 
2758.  Lasell  and  Atlantis  streets. 

3246.  Savin  Hill  avenue  and  Saxton  street. 

3255.  Savin  Hill  avenue  and  Evandale  terrace. 

3257.  Grampian  way,  opposite  No.  29. 

337.  Callender  and  Lyford  streets. 

341.  Greenwich  street  and  Fenton  place. 

3517.  Capen  and  Fuller  streets. 

3521.  Jones  avenue  and  Mascot  street. 

3623.  Carruth  street  and  Elm  avenue. 

371.  Coronado  and  Belnel  roads. 

3812.  Austin  and  West  streets. 

3813.  Austin  and  Beaver  streets. 


Installed  by  Telephone  Company  for  this  department. 


Fire  Department.  27 


SCHOOLHOUSE   BOXES   INSTALLED. 

216.     Memorial  High  School,  Townsend  street. 
2184.     Walnut    avenue    and    Crawford    street,    auxiliary    to 

Morrison  Estate  School. 
2663.     Washington  street  and  Intervale  avenue,  auxiliary  to 

Beethoven  School. 
3278.     Grover  Cleveland  School,  Charles  street. 
61.     Donald  McKay  School,  School  street. 
644.     White  and  Eutaw  streets,  auxiliary  to  East  Boston 
High  School. 

Private  Fire  Alarm  Boxes  Installed. 

1378.  State  House,  Mt.  Vernon  street  entrance. 

1379.  State  House,  Ashburton  place  entrance. 
1465.     Keith-Albee  Boston  Theatre. 

1477.  Metropolitan  Theatre. 

2122.  Dudley  Theatre,  Washington  street,  near  Palmer  street. 

2359.  Deaconess  Hospital,  Pilgrim  road. 

3555.  Walter  Baker  &  Co.,  Central  avenue. 


Fire  Alarm  Boxes  Relocated. 

13-51.     From  Chelsea  Police  Station  to  Chelsea  Fire  Head- 
quarters. 
2663.     From  Washington  street,  opposite  Edgemere  road  to 
Washington  street  and  Intervale  avenue. 

Fire  Alarm  Boxes  Removed  from  Service. 

1312.  Moxie  Company,  Haverhill  street. 

2184.  Walnut  avenue  and  Crawford  street.* 

2242.  Boston  Belting  Company,  Linden  Park  street. 

2247.  Myles  Standish  School,  Roxbury  street. 

2464.  Washington  street,  near  Arborway. 

2663.  Washington  street,  opposite  Edgemere  road.* 

3197.  Boston  Elevated  car  barn,  Grove  Hall. 

430.  Oliver  Holden  School,  Pearl  street. 

629.  Atlantic  Works,  Border  street. 

644.  White  and  Eutaw  streets.* 


Fire  Alarm  Boxes  in  Service. 

Total  number 

Owned  by  Fire  Department 

Owned  by  Schoolhouse  Department 

Owned  by  Boston  Automatic  Fire  Alarm  Company 

Privately  owned 


1,372 

963 

237 

55 

117 


*  Fire  Department  boxes  removed  from  service  and  schoolhouse  boxes  installed  in 
place  thereof. 


28 


City  Document  No.  13. 


Department  Boxes 
On  box  posts 

On  poles       .... 
On  buildings 
In  buildings 

Equipped  with  keyless  doors  (bell  ringing  attachment) 
Equipped  with  keyless  doors  (glass  guards) 
Equipped  with  "quick-action"  doors 
Equipped  with  key  doors 
Equipped  with  auxiliary  attachments 
Succession  type  .        .        .        .        . 
Designated  by  red  lights  . 

Schoolhouse  Boxes. 

On  box  posts 

On  poles 

On  buildings 

In  buildings 

Equipped  with  keyless  doors    . 
Equipped  with  key  doors 
Equipped  with  auxiliary  attachments 
Succession  type  .        .        .        . 
Designated  by  red  lights  . 

Boston  Automatic  Fire  Alarm  Boxes. 
On  poles       .... 
On  buildings 
In  buildings 

Equipped  with  keyless  doors 
Equipped  with  key  doors 
Equipped  with  auxiliary  attachments 
Succession  type 

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 
Succession  type 

Fire  Alarm  Boxes  in  Districts. 


District  1 

80 

District  9 

106 

District  2 

68 

District  10 

107 

District  3 

35 

District  11 

122 

District  4 

88 

District  12 

99 

District  5 

52 

District  13 

138 

District  6 

93 

District  14 

112 

District  7 

86 

District  15 

82 

District  8 

103 

Fire  Department. 


29 


Classification  of  Fire  Alarm  Boxes. 


Academies 

Adjoining  city 

Armory  . 

Asylums 

Car  houses 

Cemetery 

Church    . 

City  yards 

Homes  for  aged  people 

Hospitals 

Hotels     . 

Manufacturing    plants 

Museum 

Navy  Yards 

Office  buildings 

Power  stations 

Prison 


4 
1 
1 
4 
9 
1 
1 
2 
2 

22 
4 

26 
1 


Public  hall     . 
Pumping  station 
Railroad  shops 
Railroad  stations 
Railroad  yards 
Retail  stores  . 
Restaurant     . 
Schoolhouses  (public) 
Schoolhouses  (p  a  r  o 

chial)  . 
Stock  yards    . 
Street  boxes  (public) 
Theatres 
Warehouses    . 
Wharves 
Wholesale  houses  . 


Posts  and  Cable  Terminal  Boxes. 

Box  posts  in  service 

Box  posts  installed  but  not  yet  used      .... 

Cable  posts  in  service  (large  size) 

Cable  posts  in  service  (small  size) 

Pole  cable  boxes  in  service  (underground  connections) 


Circuits. 

Box  circuits 

Tapper  circuits 

Gong  circuits 

Special  signal  circuits 
Telephone  lines  to  department  stations 
Telephone  lines  to  Roxbury  Exchange 
Telephone  lines  to  Kenmore  Exchange 


There  are  telephone  lines  to  the  Protective  Depart- 
ment, A.  D.  T.  Company  and  Boston  Automatic  Fire 
Alarm  Company  and  tie  lines  to  switch  boards  at 
Police  Headquarters,  Edison  Electric  Illuminating 
Company  and  to  the  Wire  Division  of  the  Fire 
Departments. 

Fire  Alarm  Apparatus. 

Tappers  in  service 

Boston  tappers  in  adjoining  cities  and  towns 
Tappers  connected  to  systems  of  adjoining  cities  and 
towns  in  Boston  stations       .... 

Gongs  in  service 

Registers  in  service,  outside  of  fire  alarm  office 
Relays  in  service,  outside  of  fire  alarm  office 
Telephones  on  department  lines 
Public  telephones  rented  by  department 


1 
1 
5 
5 
12 
4 
1 
237 

2 

1 
952 
28 
8 
9 
4 


590 
22 

75 

21 

262 


73 
18 
16 

3 
64 

2 
10 


166 
6 

6 

113 

31 

22 

148 

17 


30 


City  Document  No.  13. 


Summary  of  Work  Done. 

Line  wire  used  in  new  work  and  replacements 
Line  wire  removed  from  service 

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  (due  to  defects) 

Conductors  in  same 

Conduits  laid  by  Fire  Department 

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  removed  from  service 

Fire  alarm  boxes  relocated 

Box  posts  installed     .... 

Box  posts  relocated    .... 

Box  posts  reset  or  replaced  by  new 

Box  posts  removed     .        . 

Cable  posts  installed 

Underground  cable  boxes  attached  to  poles 

Underground  cable  boxes  removed  from  service 


Feet. 

61,270 

17,240 

2,865 

5,730 

19,774 

165,986 

26,972 

304,073 

4,838 

47,502 

31,810 

351,575 

4,677 

103.015 

3,658 

458 

2 

2 

28 

6 

7 

10 

2 

31 

3 

14 
1 
5 


Respectfully, 

George  L.  Fickett, 
Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm. 


Fire  Department.  31 


REPORT    OF    THE    MAINTENANCE    DIVISION. 


Boston,  December  31,  1926. 
From:     The  Maintenance  Division. 
To:    The  Fire  Commissioner. 
Subject:    Annual  Report  for  1926. 

I  report  that  the  following  is  a  summary  of  the  activi- 
ties and  work  performed  by  the  Maintenance  Division 
for  the  period  commencing  January  1,  1926,  to  December 
31,  1926,  inclusive. 

Extensive  repairs  and  alterations  to  various  quarters 
as  follows : 

Engine  Companies  6,  21,  26,  42,  43,  45,  51  and  52. 
Ladder  Companies  12  and  17. 
Headquarters,  third  floor. 
Headquarters,  fourth  floor. 
Maintenance  Division. 

Number    of    jobs    performed    by    department 
mechanics  on  department  buildings  or  property,  1,178 

Cost     _ $52,372  67 

Number  of  jobs  performed  by  outside  concerns  on 

department  buildings 109 

Cost      ...  $136,112  07 

Various  jobs  performed  by  company  members, 
stock  being  furnished : 

Cost 


The  following  company  quarters  had  spaces  set 
aside  and  were  used  by  the  Board  of  Election  Commis- 
sioners as  polling  places : 

Engines  13,  19,  29,  33,  36,  46,  49,  51  and  Ladder  9. 

New  house  heaters  installed  at  the  quarters  of  Engines 
43  and  45.  Oil  burners  installed  at  the  quarters  of 
Engines  21,  43  and  Ladder  17. 

Galvanized  chain  link  woven  wire  fences  installed  at 
the  quarters  of  Engines  28  and  32. 

Canvas  roof  garden  awnings  installed  at  the  follow- 
ing company  quarters :  Engines  5,22,  23,  40,  43,  50, 
51  and  Ladders  2,  4,  13  and  18. 

Canvas  window  awnings  installed  at  the  following 
company  quarters:  Engines  3,  5,  9,  15,  18,  20,  22,  25 
and  Ladders  2,  3,  6,  8,  13,  19  and  23. 


32  City  Document  No.  13. 

Lungmotor  installed  on  Rescue  1. 

Burrell  All-Service  Company,  10  gas  masks  installed 
as  follows:  Deputy  1  car,  deputy  2  car,  deputy  3  car, 
Ladders  1,  31  and  Rescue  2. 

New  pool  tables  installed  at  the  quarters  of  Engines 
21,  42  and  Ladder  17. 

Pool  tables  at  the  following  companies  overhauled  or 
repaired:  Engines  1,  3,  5,  7,  12,  14,  27,  28,  29,  33,  36, 
37,  38-39,  44,  45,  48,  52,  53;  Ladders  3,  4,  8,  31; 
Rescue  1. 

Air  compressor  installed  at  Wareham  Street  Garage. 

New  550-gallon  gasolene  storage  tank  and  1-gallon 
pump  installed  at  the  quarters  of  Ladder  Company  17. 

New  500-gallon  gasolene  storage  tank  and  1-gallon 
pump  installed  at  Engine  Company  21  quarters. 

New  550-gallon  gasolene  storage  tank  and  1-gallon 
pump  installed  at  the  quarters  of  Engine  Company  11. 

Swinging  arm  installed  on  gasolene  storage  tank  at 
the  Wareham  Street  Garage. 

Painting  jobs  performed  by  outside  concerns  at  the 
Maintenance  Division  Repair  Shop  and  Fire  Alarm 
Quarters,  11  Wareham  street. 

Roofing  repairs  performed  by  outside  concerns  at 
the  following  company  quarters:    Engines  1,  2,  3,  5,  6, 

8,  9,  13,  19,  20,  22,  25,  28,  29,  30,  33,  35,  36,  37,  38-39, 
40,  41,  42,  43,  44,  45,  49,  50,  51,  52  and  Ladders  1,  5,  8, 

9,  12,  15,  19;   Rescue  1  and  Headquarters  (Drill  School 
Shed). 

Plastering  jobs  performed  by  outside  concerns  at  the 
following  company  quarters:  Engines  10,  27,  38-39; 
Ladders  1,  6,  12  and  19. 

Window  and  door  screens  furnished  by  outside  con- 
cerns at  the  following  company  quarters:  New  Fire 
Alarm  Headquarters,  Engines  11,  22,  29,  41,  46  and 
Ladders  12,  17  and  19. 

Window  shades  furnished  by  outside  concerns  at  the 
following  company  quarters:  Engines  1,  4,  5,  7,  10,  15, 
20,  21,  28,  30,  33,  34,  37,  41,  48,  52,  53;  Ladders  9,  12, 
17,  19,  20,  22;  Wire  Division  Headquarters  and  third 
floor  Headquarters  Building. 

Main  doors  installed  at  the  following  company 
quarters:     Engines  1,  10,  18  and  Ladder  1. 

Mattresses  and  pillows  renovated  at  the  following 
company  quarters:  Engines  1,  3,  4,  7,  8,  9,  11,  12,  13,  15, 
17,  18,  20,  21,  23,  24,  25,  27,  28,  32,  33,  35,  44,  49,  50; 
Ladders  2,  3,  5,  8,  10,  12,  15,  17,  27;  Rescue  1  and 
Towers  1  and  2. 


Fire  Department.  33 

Foam  type  extinguishers  furnished  to  the  following 
companies:  Engines  1,  4,  5,  6,  9,  15,  22,  25,  28,  48; 
Ladders  4  and  31  for  oil  fires  in  quarters  as  these  quarters 
are  equipped  with  oil  burner  heating  systems. 

Foam  Fire  Department  type  extinguishers  furnished 
to  Engines  4,  6,  7,  8,  10,  29,  34,  41,  51;  Ladders 
1  and  17. 

Carbic  lights  installed  on  the  following  ladder  trucks: 
Ladders  2,  9,  11,  13,  18  and  23.  These  lights  were 
furnished  in  order  to  provide  better  lighting  facilities 
at  the  scene  of  fires. 

Blanchard  adjustable  angle  nozzles  installed  on  En- 
gines 1,  3,  8,  9,  18,  33,  36,  45,  48  and  one  in  reserve  at 
Maintenance  Division  Storeroom. 

Metal  lockers  furnished  to  the  following  company 
quarters:  Engines  3,  12,  28,  45,  48;  Ladders  6,  16  and 
Rescue  2. 

Mattress  and  blanket  rack  installed  in  Maintenance 
Division  Storeroom  by  an  outside  concern. 

New  life  nets  purchased  and  installed  on  the  follow- 
ing apparatus:  Engines  10,  14,  25,  52,  53;  Ladders  2, 
31  and  Rescue  2. 

Paige  and  Quinlan  door  openers  installed  on  the  fol- 
lowing apparatus:  Ladders  1,  2,  4,  8,  9,  12,  13,  15,  18, 
23,  24,  31 ;   Rescue  1  and  2. 

New  York  bars  installed  on  the  following  apparatus: 
Ladders  1,  11,  13,  17  and  18. 

Entorf  gasolene  filters  furnished  to  the  following 
company  quarters:  Wareham  Street  Garage,  Main- 
tenance Division,  Engines  1,  11,  13,  29,  37,  51;  Ladders 
1,  8,  13  and  15. 

One  set  of  Ever-Safe  high  voltage  tongs  installed  on 
Rescue  1.  This  set  of  tongs  is  to  be  used  for  the  hand- 
ling of  highly  charged  electric  wires. 

Universalites  installed  on  the  following  apparatus: 
Ladders  1,  2,  4,  5,  8,  9,  12,  13,  15  and  17. 

One  Putnam  automatic  power  engine  sold  at  auction. 

For  the  convenience  and  comfort  of  the  members 
stationed  at  the  various  quarters  the  following  articles 
were  purchased  and  distributed : 


38  rugs. 

75  dozen  sheets. 
100  dozen  slips. 

8|  dozen  spreads. 
16|  dozen  roller  towels. 

7\  dozen  hand  towels. 


157  chairs. 

4  bedsteads. 

5  tables. 
1  desk. 

1  chiffonier. 

36  square  yards  linoleum. 


34  City  Document  No.  13., 


Furniture  Repaired. 

Number    of    jobs    performed    by    department 

mechanics 108 

Cost $630  22 

Number  of  jobs  performed  by  outside  concerns   .  90 

Cost      .               $3,115  77 


Motorless  Vehicle  Activities. 

Four  horse-drawn  steam  fire  engines  were  taken  to 
the  Veterinary  Hospital  Yard  and  auctioned  off  by  the 
Municipal  Auctioneer. 

Old  horse-drawn  steam  fire  engine  No.  6  was  turned 
over  to  the  Institutions  Department  on  September  23, 
1926. 

Sleds  and  pungs  for  salting  hydrants  furnished  to 
several  companies. 

Number  of  repairs  to  salt  wagons  and  pungs  by 

department  mechanics 23 

Cost $560  87 

Motor  Activities. 

Thirty-two  (32)  motor  vehicles  purchased,  tested  and 
placed  in  service,  viz. : 

4  American-LaFrance  city  service  trucks. 
6  American-LaFrance  pumping  engines. 

3  American-LaFrance  combination  chemical  and  hose  cars. 
2  American-LaFrance  aerial  ladder  trucks. 

5  four-wheel  American-LaFrance  tractors. 
2  Buick  sedans. 

1  Buick  coupe. 

2  Buick  touring  cars. 

4  Buick  roadsters. 
1  Ford  roadster. 

1  Ford  coupe. 

1  Reo  commercial  truck. 

Cars  Turned  In. 

1  Buick  sedan. 

1  Buick  coupe. 

1  Reo  commercial  truck. 

4  Buick  touring  cars. 

3  Buick  roadsters. 


Fire  Department. 


35 


Apparatus  Painted  by  Shop  Mechanics. 
2  Buick  touring  cars. 
1  Ford  roadster. 

1  Ford  truck. 

2  Hose  cars. 
1  Pumper. 

9  Salt  pungs. 
4  Salt  wagons. 
1  Buick  coupe. 
1  Ladder  truck. 

3  Buick  roadsters. 

Motor  Vehicles  Painted  by  Outside  Concerns. 

Owing  to  lack  of  space  and  facilities  at  the  Mainte- 
nance Division  Repair  Shop,  the  following  number  of 
motor  vehicles  were  painted  by  outside  painting  concerns : 

6  Pumpers. 
4  Ladder  trucks. 
1  Touring  car. 
3  Roadsters. 
8  Hose  cars. 
1  Water  tower. 


23  Total. 

Our  motor  equipment  at  the  present  time  consists  of 
the  following: 


Tvpe. 


Pumping  engines 

Steam  engines  (tractor) . . . 

Hose  cars 

Aerial  ladder  trucks 

City  service  ladder  trucks. 

Water  towers 

Chief  officers'  cars 

School  car 

Rescue  cars 

Fuel  cars 

Portable  lighting  plant 

Wrecking  car 

Motor  cycle  (fire  patrol) . . 

Commercial  trucks 

Emergency  cars  (Ford) .    . 
Roadsters  (Ford) 


36  City  Document  No.  13. 

The  following  pieces  of  motor  apparatus  were  given  a 
general  overhauling  by  shop  mechanics  during  the  year : 

Pumpers.—  Engines  2,  7,  10,  22,  26,  27,  33,  53; 
Reserve  129-P  and  Reserve  132-P. 

Hose  Cars.—  Engines  5,  7,  8,  22,  23,  33,  39  and  42. 

Ladder  Trucks. —  Ladders  14  and  30. 

Buick  Cars. —  Districts  8,  12,  14,  15. 

Ford  Truck. —  Wire  Division  No.  418. 

Ross  thawing  devices  installed  on  the  following 
pumping  engines :  Engines  3,  4,  25  and  38. 

New  pump  installed  on  Pump  School  Pump,  Serial  No. 
137-P. 

Hose  cars  at  Engines  30  and  46  fitted  with  deck  guns. 

Motors  rebuilt  on  the  following  apparatus  by  shop 
mechanics:  Engine  9  pump,  Ladder  12,  Reserve  truck 
216-T;  Reserve  222-T. 

Engine  19  pump,  new  Seagrave  motor  installed. 

Winter  side  enclosures  installed  on  Buick  cars  085,087 
and  094. 

Vertical  capstan  winch  and  power  take-off  installed  on 
Fire  Alarm  G.  M.  C.  truck  No.  422. 

One  new  Reo  chassis  placed  in  service  with  the  Fire 
Alarm  Branch. 

Knox  hose  wagon,  serial  307,  sold  to  Newton  Fire 
Department. 

The  following  apparatus  was  towed  or  driven  to  the 
Veterinary  Hospital  Yard  and  sold  at  public  auction 
during  the  year: 

Christie  Tractor  Drawn  Steam  Fire  Engines. 

105-T  109-T  117-T 

106-T  110-T  118-T 

107-T  115-T  119-T 

108-T  116-T  122-T 

Christie  Tractor  Drawn  City  Service  Ladder  Trucks. 

215-T  218-T 

216-T  222-T 

Velie  hose  car,  serial  No.  309. 

Self-propelled  steam  fire  engines  Nos.  35  and  38. 

Upon  the  request  of  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners 
24  omnibuses  were  inspected  by  the  Supervisor  of  Motor 
Apparatus,  passed  and  reports  forwarded  on  same. 
This  duty  was  later  taken  away  and  performed  by  the 
Public  Works  Department. 

One  thousand   five  hundred  and  forty-six  complete 


Fire  Department.  37 

inspections  of  motor  vehicles  made  by  the  Engineer  of 
Motor  Apparatus,  James  W.  Ryan. 

Three  thousand  four  hundred  and  three  calls  re- 
sponded to  by  the  emergency  crews. 

Number  of  repairs  on  apparatus  by  department 

mechanics 5,515 

Cost $85,230  50 

Number  of  repairs  on  apparatus  by  various  outside 

concerns 675 

Cost $10,555  00 

Not  having  proper  facilities  at  the  Maintenance 
Division  Repair  Shop  certain  articles  were  repaired  by 
outside  concerns,  namely,  springs,  fenders,  wheels,  stor- 
age batteries,  carburetors,  siren  horns,  pressing  on  and 
off  solid  tires,  etc. 

Motor  Pump  School. 

Motor  Pump  School  was  uninterruptedly  maintained 
from  April  24  to  July  9,  inclusive. 

During  this  period  eight  classes  were  held. 

Forty-nine  members  of  our  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 
confirming  them  as  motor  pump  operators. 

At  the  close  of  the  school  session  the  Engineer-In- 
structor inspected  all  thawing  devices. 

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  in- 
spectors from  the  State  Registry  of  Motor  Vehicles  for 
same. 

Hose. 


Purchased.  Feet. 

Leading  cotton  hose  .  .  17,800 

f-inch  chemical  hose  .  1,000 

1-inch  deck  hose         .  .  290 


Total    ....      19,090 


Condemned.  Feet. 


Leading  cotton  hose  . 
3-inch  flexible  suctions 
3j-inch  deluge  hose    . 
f-inch  chemical  hose 
1-inch  deck  hose 


10,800 

195 

87^ 

1,150 

100 


Total    ....    12,332| 


38 


City  Document  No.  13. 


In  Use. 
Leading  cotton  hose  . 
3-inch  flexible  suctions 
3§-inch  deluge  hose   . 
4-inch  hard  rubber  suctions, 
f-inch  chemical  hose 
1-inch  deck  hose 

Feet. 

141,571 

790 

613 

1,050 

20,250 

100 

In  Storage. 
Leading  cotton  hose  . 
3-inch  flexible  suctions 
4-inch  hard  rubber  suctions, 
f-inch  chemical  hose 
1-inch  deck  hose 

Feet. 

13,350 

33 

189 

1,100 

100 

Total 


165,174 


Total 


Leading  cotton  hose 
f-leading  chemical  hose 
1-inch  deck  hose 

Total    . 


Hose  Eeapired. 


14,772 


22,408* 
4,950 
100 

27,458| 


Clothing. 


Kind. 

Received 

and 

Distributed. 

Repaired. 

Reissued. 

1,082 

366 

4 

21 

356 

25 

917 

75 

4 

1,062 

129 

7 

45 

547 

325 

3 

31 

10 

15 

High  Pressure  Station  No.  1. 

The  pumps  at  this  station  responded  to  244  alarms 
of  fire  during  the  year,  being  in  operation  ninety-one 
hours  and  fifty-six  minutes.  The  Venturi  meters 
recorded  the  pumping  of  475,000  gallons  of  water  for  this 
period.  Spare  parts  of  pumps  secured  at  this  station 
and  held  for  any  emergencies. 

Pump  No.  1  at  this  station  repaired  by  manufacturers. 

One  set  of  thrust  pump  plates  rebabbitted  for  pump 
No.  1  at  this  station  and  held  at  hand  for  emergency  in 
case  of  breakdown. 

Venturi  meters  at  this  station  inspected  and  repaired 
by  manufacturers. 


Fire  Department.  39 

High  Pressure  Station  No.  2. 

The  pumps  at  High  Pressure  Station  No.  2  responded 
to  169  alarms  of  fire  during  the  year,  being  in  operation 
forty-five  hours  and  five  minutes.  The  Venturi  meters 
recorded  the  pumping  of  138,000  gallons  of  water  during 
this  period. 

Venturi  meters  at  this  station  inspected  and  repaired 
by  manufacturers. 

Number  of  repairs  to  high  pressure  stations  by 

department  mechanics 2 

Cost $235  93 

Number  of  repairs  to  high  pressure  stations  by 

outside  concerns 4 

Cost $571  88 

Steam  and   Marine  Engineering   Service. 
Engine  31  Fireboat. 

Fireboat  docked  for  the  United  States  Steamboat 
Inspectors'  inspection,  cleaned  and  painted  by  Bethle- 
hem Shipbuilding  Company. 

Contract  for  repairs  to  boat  awarded  to  R.  T.  Greene 
Shipbuilding  Corporation,  and  during  the  progress  of 
the  work  under  this  contract  it  was  discovered  that  a 
rotted  condition  existed  around  the  stern,  which  neces- 
sitated the  installation  of  a  new  stern  above  rudder  posts, 
which  has  been  done. 

Solid  sheathed  deck-housing  rudder  quadrant  replaced 
with  open  grating  deck  to  allow  better  ventilation. 

Steel  house  deck  plates  renewed  under  the  pilot  house. 
New  box  grated  flooring  installed  in  place  of  the  solid 
flooring  to  allow  better  ventilation  and  eliminate  the 
cause  of  corrosion. 

Emergency  acetylene  cutting  outfit  installed  on  boat. 

H.  and  H.  inhalator  installed  on  boat. 

New  compass  installed  and  adjusted. 

Engine  44  Fireboat 

New  rope  fender  for  boat  made  by  an  outside  concern. 

Fireboat  inspected  by  United  States  Steamboat 
Inspectors,  boat  docked,  cleaned  and  painted  and  various 
other  repairs,  as  per  orders  of  steamboat  inspectors,  per- 
formed by  Atlantic  Works.  Contract  for  general  repairs 
to  this  boat  also  awarded  to  this  company. 


40  City  Document  No.  13. 

Condensers  retubed  on  this  boat  by  department 
mechanics.  This  work  of  retubing  condensers  is  needed 
periodically. 

Emergency  acetylene  cutting  outfit  installed  on  boat. 

New  searchlight  installed  on  boat  by  Fire  Alarm 
Branch. 

Engine  J+l  Fireboat. 

New  bumper  for  boat  made  by  members  of  the  com- 
pany, stock  being  furnished  by  Maintenance  Division 
Repair  Shop. 

Wharf  at  quarters  repaired  by  an  outside  concern. 

Fireboat  docked  for  the  United  States  Steamboat 
Inspectors,  boat  inspected  and  repaired,  as  ordered  by 
said  inspectors  in  order  to  comply  with  law. 

Steel  house  deck  plates  renewed  under  the  pilot  house. 
New  box  grated  flooring  installed  in  place  of  the  solid 
flooring  to  allow  better  ventilation  and  eliminate  the 
cause  of  corrosion. 

Ceiling  and  several  frames  renewed  back  of  fresh 
water  tanks,  which  necessitated  the  removing  of  the 
water  tanks  in  order  to  allow  this  work  to  be  performed. 

New  searchlight  installed  on  boat  by  Fire  Alarm 
Branch. 

Emergency  cutting  acetylene  outfit  installed  on  boat. 

Number  of  repairs    to    fireboat  by  department 

mechanics 73 

Cost $1,597  00 

Number  of  repairs   to   fireboat  by  outside  con- 
cerns           20 

Cost $22,293  27 

I  would  suggest  that  consideration  be  given  toward  the 
erection  of  a  new  building  in  as  close  proximity  to  the 
present  Maintenance  Division  Repair  Shop  as  would  be 
possible,  for  the  purpose  of  storing  all  our  reserve  motor 
apparatus,  to  give  more  efficient  service  when  replacing 
disabled  apparatus. 

Consideration  should  be  given  to  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  618  Harrison  avenue  used 
principally  for  the  storage  of  reserve  chief  officers'  cars, 


Fire  Department.  41 

truck  and  cars  of  the  Fire  Alarm  Branch,  Wire  Division 
and  Maintenance  Division,  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  reno- 
vated by  this  department  for  use  as  a  garage  and  class- 
room for  the  Fire  College. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Edward  E.  Williamson, 

Superintendent  of  Maintenance. 


42  City  Document  No.  13. 


REPORT   OF   MEDICAL   EXAMINER. 


Boston,  December  31,  1926. 

From:  Medical  Examiner. 

To:  The  Fire  Commissioner. 
Subject:    Annual  Report  from  January  1,  1926. 

I  submit  herewith  the  following  report  for  the  year 
ending  December  31,  1926: 

Number  of  cases  of  illness  on  file    .        .        .        .        .  348 

Number  of  cases  of  injury  on  file 1,568 

Number  of  injured  (but  remained  on  duty)  on  file      .        1,251 

Examinations. 

Inspections     and     examinations     at     headquarters 

(recorded) 1,474 

For    appointment    as    probationary     firemen    (civil 

service) 40 

For  appointment  from  probationary  to  permanent  men,  34 

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  I  find  about  the  average  number 
of  sick  and  injured  on  file  up  to  the  month  of  July  when 
a  large  number  of  men  were  affected  severely  from 
inhalation  of  celluloid  fumes,  the  same  causing  the 
death  of  one  fireman. 

From  August  1  to  December  1,  1926,  there  has  been 
a  falling  off  in  the  number  of  sick  and  injured  (less  16 
ill  and  less  36  injured  than  the  four  months  previous). 
The  past  four  months  I  find  on  record  79  sick  and  113 
injured.  The  previous  four  months  I  find  on  record  95 
sick  and  149  injured. 

The  men  have  always  been  eager  and  prompt  in 
rendering  first  aid  to  all  citizens  as  well  as  to  firemen. 

It  is  worthy  of  record  to  report  this  year  that  out  of 
1,568  injuries  on  file  1,251  men  were  treated  at  quarters 
or  as  out-patients,  and  remained  on  fire  duty. 


Fire  Department.  43 

Deaths. 

Francis  H.  Campbell,  died  February  15,  1926. 
George  H.  Hutchings,  died  May  14,  1926. 
Joseph  H.  Kenney,  died  June  7,  1926. 
Michael  J.  Travers,  died  July  1,  1926. 
John  M.  Devine,  died  July  2,  1926. 
John  E.  Lorway,  died  September  19,  1926. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

William  J.  McNally,  M.  D., 

Medical  Examiner. 


44 


City  Document  No.  13. 


REPORT  OF  FIRE  PREVENTION  DIVISION. 


Boston,  December  31,  1926. 

Fkom:  Superintendent,  Fire  Prevention  Division. 
To:  The  Fire  Commissioner. 
Subject:  Yearly  Report. 

I  submit  herewith  the  following  report  of  the  activities 
of  this  division  during  the  year  ending  December  31, 
1926. 

The  amount  of  fees  collected  for  permits,  license 
renewals,  etc.,  totaled  $27,799.50  as  compared  to  $23,891 
collected  during  the  year  1925. 

From  January  1  to  October  19,  inclusive,  the  work  of 
the  Inspection  Bureau  was  as  follows: 


Building  surveys 
Reinspections 
Personal  inspections 
Garage  inspections 
Conditions  corrected 

Total    . 


2,915 

5,377 

941 

666 

4,020 

13,919 


There  were  sixty  convictions  for  violation  of  stable 
laws;  two  convictions  for  violation  of  garage  regulations. 
The  above  convictions  were  carried  on  through  com- 
plaints made  to  the  Fire  Marshal's  Department. 

On  October  11,  1926,  the  Bureau  of  Fire  Prevention, 
License  Division,  Building  Survey  and  Inspection  Divi- 
sion of  Uniform  Force  were  abolished  and  all  were 
merged  into  the  new  Fire  Prevention  Division. 

Commencing  October  20  and  continuing  for  the 
remainder  of  the  year  the  inspectors  examined  the  first 
floors  and  basements  of  mercantile,  manufacturing 
buildings,  garages  and  all  buildings  where  entrance 
could  be  gained  in  the  course  of  their  routes,  including 
hotels,  apartments,  frame  dwellings,  etc.  The  total 
number  of  inspections  as  above  are  as  follows: 


Fire  Department. 


45 


Building  inspections 
Complaints  and  reinspections 
Personal  inspections  ■ 
Navy  Yard  inspections 
Navy  Yard  surveys   . 

Total    .... 


33,882 

1,304 

347 

550 

58 

36,141 


The  grand  total  number  of  inspections  for  the  year 
amounted  to  50,060.  There  was  one  conviction  for 
violation  of  section  34  of  chapter  148. 

The  number  of  inspection  reports  from  district  officers 
and  local  district  inspectors,  including  buildings  of 
various  occupancies  such  as  garages,  theatres,  hotels, 
dwelling  houses,  schools  and  other  public  buildings,  car 
barns,  etc.,  totaled  approximately  75,000,  this  making 
the  total  number  of  inspections  for  the  entire  depart- 
ment 125,060. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Peter  E.  Walsh, 

Superintendent  Fire  Prevention  Division. 


46  City  Document  No.  13. 


REPORT   OF   WIRE   DIVISION. 


Boston,  December  31,  1926. 

From:  Superintendent  Wire  Division. 
To:  The  Fire  Commissioner. 
Subject:  Annual  Report. 

I  respectfully  submit  the  annual  report  of  the  Wire 
Division  of  the  Fire  Department  for  the  year  1926. 

The  Wire  Division  moved  to  its  new  quarters  during 
the  year,  where  a  new  telephone  switch  board  with 
additional  trunk  lines  and  stations  were  installed,  which 
afforded  improved  service  to  the  public  and  others 
having  business  relations  with  the  division. 

The  Permit  Office  of  the  division  was  moved  during 
the  year  from  Room  906  to  Room  307,  City  Hall  Annex. 

A  new  underground  act  (chapter  240  of  the  Special 
Acts  of  1926)  was  passed  during  the  year,  and  the  under- 
ground district  for  1926  was  prescribed  and  advertised 
in  accordance  with  this  act. 

A  new  edition  of  Rules  and  Requirements  of  the  Fire 
Commissioner  (Wire  Division)  was  compiled  and  is 
ready  for  distribution. 

During  the  year  there  were  eighty-nine  fires  and  three 
accidents  due  to  electrical  causes.  The  total  of  fire 
losses  in  so  far  as  could  be  determined  was  $91,720.82. 
Thorough  investigations  were  made  by  employees  of 
the  division  of  all  fires  and  accidents  attributed  to 
electrical  causes,  and  complete  reports  made  and  on  file 
in  the  records  of  the  division. 

Rigid  inspections  were  made  of  all  new  electrical  con- 
struction of  which  the  division  had  knowledge. 

Plans  and  applications  for  all  underground  electrical 
construction  were  thoroughly  examined,  and  work  in 
connection  with  this  and  overhead  installations  was 
properly  inspected  and  reported  upon. 

The  income  for  the  year  for  permits  to  perform  inte- 
rior electrical  work  was  $95,701.01. 

INTERIOR   DIVISION. 

Careful  inspections  were  made  of  all  interior  elec- 
trical construction  in  progress  during  the  year.     Wher- 


Fire  Department.  47 

ever  installations  were  reported  as  defective,  interested 
parties  were  immediately  notified  to  make  corrections 
necessary  to  comply  with  the  rules  and  requirements 
of  the  Wire  Division. 

Following  is  a  table  showing  a  summary  of  the  work 
of  the  division: 

Notices  of  new  work  received 25,480 

Number  of  permits  issued  to  turn  on  current       .  18,711 

Number  of  incandescent  lamps  inspected      .        .  1,990,326 

Number  of  motors  inspected 12,876 

Number  of  buildings  in  which  wiring  was  com- 
pletely examined 7,811 

Number  of  inspections  made 45,457 

Number  of  inspections  made  of  theatres,  places 

of  amusement  and  public  halls     ....  1,309 

During  the  year  there  were  eighty-nine  fires  and 
three  accidents  to  persons  caused  by  electricity  as 
follows : 

Fires  in  interior  of  buildings 87 

Fires  on  poles '     .  1 

Fires  in  manholes 1 

Injuries  to  persons 3 

EXTERIOR   DIVISION. 

The  underground  district  for  the  year  1926  as  pre- 
scribed under  authority  of  chapter  196  of  the  Acts  of 
1921,  comprised  the  following  streets: 

Roxbury. 
Magazine  street,  from  Norfolk  avenue  to  Dudley  street. 

South  Boston. 

East  Eighth  street,  from  K  street  to  N  street. 

East  Broadway,  from  Dorchester  street  to  L  street. 

E    street,  from  West  Broadway  to  West  First  street. 

Jamaica  Plain. 
Day  street,  from  Centre  street  to  Heath  street. 

Charlestown. 
Baldwin  street,  from  Bunker  Hill  street  to  Medford  street. 
Polk  street,  from  Bunker  Hill  street  to  Medford  street. 
Elm  street,  from  Bunker  Hill  street  to  Medford  street. 
Pearl  street,  from  Bunker  Hill  street  to  Medford  street. 


48  City  Document  No.  13. 

Dorchester. 

East  Cottage  street,  from  Columbia  road  to  Dudley  street. 
Adams  street,  from  Dorchester  avenue  to  King  square. 
Washington  street,  from  end  of  present  prescribed  underground 

district  530  feet  north  of  Codman  street  to  River  street. 
Barrington  street,  from  Beaumont  street  to  Elm  street. 
Wilmington  avenue,  from  Nevada  street  to  Milton  avenue. 
Cushing  avenue,  from  Sawyer  avenue  northwesterly  to  130 

Cushing  avenue. 
Freeport  street,  from  Dorchester  avenue,  a  distance  of  2,022 

feet,  to  a  point  139  feet  beyond  the  east  line  of  Beach  street. 

Making  a  total  distance  of  four  miles  as  provided  by 
law. 

In  these  prescribed  streets,  from  which  poles  and 
overhead  wires  were  to  be  removed,  there  were  standing 
on  January  1,  1926,  a  total  of  two  hundred  and  forty 
poles,  not  including  the  trolley  poles  of  the  Boston 
Elevated  Railway,  which  are  exempt,  owned  by  the 
Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Company,  New  England 
Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  Charlestown  Gas 
and  Electric  Company,  Postal  Telegraph  Cable  Com- 
pany, and  American  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, supporting  a  total  of  one  million  three  hundred 
sixty-four  thousand  five  hundred  feet  of  overhead 
wires,  or  a  little  more  than  two  hundred  and  fifty-eight 
miles  owned  by  the  Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Com- 
pany, New  England  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, Charlestown  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  Postal 
Telegraph  Cable  Company,  Boston  Elevated  Railway 
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  stenciled 
by  this  department  for  purposes  of  identification,  brass 
tags  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. 

During  the  past  year,  the  inspectors  of  this  division 
have  reported  one  hundred  and  three  poles  decayed  at 


Fire  Department.  49 

base  and  forty-eight  poles  leaning,  or  a  total  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty-one  poles,  which  were  replaced  by 
new  poles  or  reset  by  the  various  companies  at  the 
request  of  this  department. 

Thirty-six  (36)  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 
January  1,  1926,  to  December  31,  1926,  inclusive: 

Number  of  new  poles  in  new  locations  .        .        .  767 

Number  of  poles  replaced,  reset  or  straightened     .  600 

Number  of  poles  removed 238 

Number  of  poles   now  standing  in  the   public 

streets      17,643 

Number  of  defects  reported 2,355 

Number  of  defects  corrected 1,939 

(Other  defects  in  process  of  correction.) 

Number  of  notices  of  overhead  construction        .  13,876 

Number  of  overhead  inspections     ....  29,490 

Number  of  overhead  reports 13,501 

Amount  of  overhead  wires  removed  by  owners 

(in  feet)  .; 2,651,038 

Underground  Construction. 

The  ducts  used  this  year  for  the  underground  con- 
duits 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  5,042. 

Number  of  inspections  of  underground  electrical  con- 
struction, 9,804. 

Number  of  reports  of  underground  electrical  con- 
struction, 5,516. 


50 


City  Document  No.  13. 


Character  of  Cable  Used  by  the  Various  Companies. 


Company. 


Kind  of  Insulation. 


Size. 


Boston  Elevated  Railway. 


Charlestown  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
pany. 

Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Com- 
pany. 

Fire  Alarm  Branch  (B.  F.  D.) 


New  England  Telephone  and  Tele- 
graph Company. 

Postal  Telegraph  Cable  Company 
and  Boston  District  Messenger 
Company. 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Company 
and  Mutual  District  Messenger 
Company. 


Rubber  and  paper . 


Varnished  paper  and  cam- 
bric. 

Rubber  and  paper 


Rubber . 
Paper.  . 

Paper.  . 
Paper.  . 


4-0,       500,000       and 
1,000,000  CM. 

No.  6  to  No.  4-0. 

Nos.    6    to    1,500,000 
C.  M. 

4  to  61  conductor. 

2  to  1,212  pair. 

15  pair. 

11  to  50  pair. 


Table  Showing  Underground  Work  for  the  Year  1926. 


Company. 

43 

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O 
O 

V 

3 

Q 

°o 

0 
S 

a 

OS 
O 

1=1 

la 

0  g 

u  o 

30Q 

Boston  Elevated  Railway 

13,100 

122,386 
34 

13,774 

707,815 

1,686 
195,413 

857 

38,529 

56 

24 
2 

ciation. 

Charlestown    Gas    and    Electric 
Company. 

Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Com- 
pany. 

Fire  Alarm  Branch  (B.  F.  D.) 

New     England     Telephone     and 
Telegraph  Company. 

Police  Signal  Service  (B.  P.  D.)..  . 

12,080 
245,690 

41,983 

35,089 

1,617,835 

30,813 
285,375 

9 

380 

11 

54 

267 

3,339 

29 
6S 

11 

Postal  Telegraph  Cable  Company 
and  Boston  District  Messenger 
Company. 

Western  Union  Telegraph   Com- 
pany and  Mutual  District  Mes- 
senger Company. 

1,860 
2,336 

5,418 

16,547 

12 

8 

Totals 

318,271 

1,05S,512 

2,011,837 

522 

3,748 

Note. —  "  Split  Fiber  Solid  Main  System"  is  included  in  tne  above  figures  comprising 
19,967  feet  of  conduit  and  38,469  feet  of  duct  of  the  Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Com- 
pany and  1,834  feet  of  conduit  and  3,646  feet  of  duct  of  the  Charlestown  Gas  and  Electric 
Company. 


Fire  Department. 


51 


Table  Showing  the  Amount  and  Distribution  of   Boston's  Electrical   Power 

December  31,  1926. 


Company. 

■gWo 

■gSf 

•gWo 

Capacity  of 
Incandescent 
Lamps  in 
Kilowatts. 

0 

m  ° 
£  O 

~  5 

§1 

Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company 

Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Company .  .  . 
Charlestown  Gas  and  Electric  Company.  . 

46,702 
54,424 

252,353 
283,432 

4,054 

1,800 
125 
140 

15 

165 
106 

361,840 
1,750 

85,900 
325 

17 

53 

1 

Quaker  Building  Company 

620 
500 

400 
363 

1 

75 

215 

1 

Sudbury  Building  Plant  t 

Totals 

102,246 

536,548 

6,119 

2S6 

363,665 

S6.440 

73 

*  Unknown.     (Meter  capacity  connected  to  lines  of  Edison  system,  819,030  kilowatts.) 
1'Discontinued. 


52 


City  Document  No.  13. 


LIST   OF   WIRE    DIVISION   EMPLOYEES, 
DECEMBER  31,  1926. 


1  Superintendent 

1  Chief  Inspector 

1  Chief  Clerk    . 

1  Chauffeur 

1  Clerk  and  Cashier 

1  Clerk  and  Stenographer 

1  Clerk       . 

1  Clerk       . 

1  Engineer 

6  Inspectors 

3  Inspectors 

7  Inspectors 

4  Inspectors 

5  Inspectors 
4  Inspectors 
4  Inspectors 
1  Inspector 
1  Stenciller 
1  Stenographer 
1  Stenographer 
1  Stenographer 
1  Telephone  Operator 


Salary 
Per  Annum. 

$4,000 
2,700 
2,500 
1,600 
2,000 
1,800 
1,500 
1,200 
2,300 
2,300 
2,200 
2,200 
2,100 
2,000 
1,800 
1,700 
1,600 
1,600 
1,600 
1,500 
1,400 
1,100 


48 


Fire  Department. 


53 


STATEMENT  OF  APPROPRIATION  AND  EX- 
PENDITURES FROM  JANUARY  1,  1926,  TO 
DECEMBER  31,    1926. 


Appropriation     .... 

$106,012  61 

Expenditures. 

A-l. 

Employees     . 

$93,176  65 

F-7. 

Pensions 

600  00 

B-l. 

Printing  and  binding   . 

1,163  25 

B-3. 

Advertising    . 

137  00 

B-4. 

Car  fares 

3,126  71 

B-12. 

Premium  on  bond 

12  00 

B-13. 

Telephones 

535  44 

B-14. 

Auto  repairs  and  care 

— 

B-35. 

Auto  fees       .        .        . 

— 

B-37. 

Photo,  etc.     . 

— ■ 

B-39. 

General  plant 

236  40 

C-4. 

Motor  vehicles 

1,724  80 

C-9. 

Office      .... 

83  03 

C-13. 

Tools,  etc. 

48  51 

C-17. 

Badges    .... 

7  50 

D-l. 

Office  forms,  etc.  . 

2,001  00 

D-ll. 

Gasolene,  etc. 

289  95 

E-10. 

Batteries 

9  54 

E-13. 

Stencilling  materials,  etc. 
Total  expenditures 
Unexpended  balance    . 

109  10 

103,260  88 

$2,751  73 

54  City  Document  No.  13. 


LIST   OF   PROPERTY.  — WIRE  DIVISION. 


7  150-300  volt  Weston  Direct  Current  Double  Reading  Volt- 
meters. 

1  300-volt  Weston  Direct  Reading  Alternating  and  D.  C. 
Voltmeter. 

1  1,500-volt  Weston  Direct  Reading  Voltmeter. 

1  50-amp.  Weston  Direct  Reading  Ammeter. 

2  300-volt  Weston    Alternating    and    Direct    Current    Volt- 

meters. 
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  sedan. 
1  Buick  runabout. 
1  Camera  complete. 

Respectfully  yours, 

Walter  J.  Burke, 

Superintendent,  Wire  Division. 


Fire  Department. 


55 


THE   DEPARTMENT   ORGANIZATION. 


Fire  Commissioner,  Eugene  C.  Hultman. 

Executive  Secretary,  Herbert  J.  Hickey. 

Chief  Clerk,  James  P.  Maloney. 

Chief  of  Department,  Daniel  F.  Sennott. 

Superintendent  of  Maintenance,  Edward  E.  Williamson. 

Superintendent  of  High  Pressure,  Steam  and  Marine  Service, 

Winfred  C.  Bailey. 
Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarms,  George  L.  Fickett. 
Superintendent  of  Wire  Division,  Walter  J.  Burke. 
Superintendent  of  Fire  Prevention,  Peter  E.  Walsh. 
Chief  Operator  and  Assistant  Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarms, 

Richard  Donahue. 
Chief  Clerk  of  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,  William  J.  Hurley,  Frank  M.  Fogarty,  William  J. 
O'Donnell,  Thomas  W.  O'Connell,  Warren  F.  Fenlon,  Henry  J. 
Egan,  James  H.  Finnerty,  John  J.  Shea,  Charles  S.  Carroll, 
William  D.  Slattery,  Eugene  Sullivan,  Oscar  J.  Kent,  William  V. 
Doherty,  William  H.  Murray,  Edward  L.  Barry. 

Wire  Division. 
Chief  Clerk,  John  F.  Flanagan. 

William  McSweeney,  Martin  P.  Cummings,  Celina  A. 
O'Brien,  Mary  E.  Fleming,  May  D.  Marsh,  James  P.  McKenna, 
Mary  E.  Sullivan. 

Headquarters. 


Per  Annum  _ 

1  Commissioner       .        .                                                     $7,500 

1  Executive  secretary 

$2,500-$3,300 

1  Chief  clerk    . 

$2,700-$2,800 

1  Executive  clerk     . 

$2,700-$2,800 

1  Medical  examiner 

3,500 

1  Clerk      . 

1,800 

2  Clerks     . 

1,700 

1  Clerk      . 

1,500 

1  Clerk      . 

$1,100-S1,300 

1  Clerk      . 

$1,000-$1,200 

1  Elevatorman  and  assis 

tant 

janil 

,or 

1,700 

56 


City  Document  No.  13. 


1  Janitress  (cleaner) 

1  Assistant  engineer  (messenger) 
4  Hoseman  clerks 


18 


Fire  Prevention  Bureau. 


Per  Week. 

$22.00-118.00 

Per  Annum. 

$2,000 
2,000 


1  Chief  Fire  Prevention 

1  Clerk      . 

1  Clerk      . 

1  Clerk      . 

1  Clerk      . 

1  Constable 

1  Captain  Fire  Prevention 


Per  Annum. 

$2,700 

2,000 

L,400-$l,500 

L,200-$l,300 

L,000-$l,100 

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-Commissioner  (private) 
3  Engineers  (marine) 

6  Masters 

50  Engineers 

53  Assistant  engineers 

1,094  Privates: 

774 

17 

36 

227 

40 


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-$2,000 
.,800-$  1,900 
.,700-$l,800 
.,600-$l,700 


1,435 


Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Repairs. 


Per  Annum. 

$2,900-$3,500 


1  Superintendent  of  Maintenance 

1  Superintendent,    High  Pressure    Steam  and 

Marine  Service  .        .        .        .        .  2,800 

1  Shop  foreman 2,700 

1  Lieutenant,  foreman  hose  and  harness  shop     .  2,300 

1  Motor  apparatus  engineer 2,700 


Fire  Department. 


57 


1  Engineer  and  architect 

1  Storekeeper  (hoseman) 

1  Master  carpenter  (hoseman) 

1  Foreman  painter  . 

1  Foreman  auto  repairer 

6  Privates 

1  Clerk  in  charge     . 

1  Clerk      . 

2  Clerks     .        . 
6  Engineers  in  charge 

1 1  Engineers  (High  Pressure  Service) 
13  Engineers,  motor  squad 


Per  Annum. 

$2,500 
2,100 
2,100 
2,000 
2,100 
2,000 
2,100 
1,700 
1,600 
2,300 
2,100 
2,200 


3  Firemen  (7  day)    . 


Per  Day. 

$6  00 


3  High  Pressure  engineers 
1  Engineer 


Per  Week. 

$43  00 
42  00 


1  Master  steamfitter 

1  Master  apparatus  painter 


Per  Annum. 

$2,200 
1,900 


16  Auto  repairers 

31  Mechanics 

6  Blacksmiths. 

9  Painters. 

5  Carpenters. 

3  Steamfitters. 

4  Machinists. 

1  Machinist,  tool  and  die  maker. 

2  auto  mechanics. 

1  Rubber  goods  repairer. 

2  Plumbers 

2  Wheelwrights 

3  Leading  auto  repairers 

7  Helpers 

1  Auto  trimmer  and  canvas  worker 

1  Hose  repairer  and  carriage  trimmer 

1  Hose  repairer 

1  Vulcanizer  and  assistant  storekeeper 

1  Chauffeur 

4  Laborers 

1  Brick  mason 

Per  Day. 

$5  50 
5  50 


75- 


56  00 

6  00 

6  00 

15  00 

50 

50 

25 


50-9 


25 
50 
00 
00 


130 


58 


City  Document  No.  13. 


Fire  Alarm  Branch. 

1  Superintendent  of  fire  alarm 

1  Assistant  superintendent  and  chief  operator, 

1  Aid-to-superintendent 

1  Batteryman 

1  Clerk 

1  Assistant  to  custodian 

1  Foreman  of  construction 

1  Assistant  foreman  of  construction 

1  Instructor  of  telegraphy 

1  Supervising  operator    . 
3  Principal  operators 
3  Operators 

2  Operators 

6  Assistant  operators  (9) 

1  Stockman  (property  clerk  and  storekeeper) 

1  Attendant  and  guide 

3  Cable  splicers  (4) 
5  Inside  wiremen 
1  Laborer 

10  Linemen 

3  Machinists  (7  day) 
1  Machinist  (6  day) 
1  Radio  electrician  . 

4  Repairer  and  linemen 

58 

Temporary. 

1  Superintendent  of  Fire  Prevention  Division 


Per  Annum. 

$4,000 

5,200-$3,400 

2,200 

2,000 

2,000 

l,700-$l,800 

2,800 

2,300 

2,500 

2,600 

2,500 

2,300 

2,200-12,300 

L,600-$2,000 

L,900-$2,000 

Per  Day . 

$5  50 
6  25 
6  10 

£5  00 
5  50 
5  50 

5  50 

6  10 
5  75 


Per  Annum. 

$4,000 


$4  50- 


Fire  Department.  59 


CHIEF   OF   DEPARTMENT. 

Daniel  F.  Sennott. 

Headquarters,  Engine  House  21,  Columbia  Road. 

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  Henry  Krake. 

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,  L-31. 

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. 


60  City  Document  No.  13. 

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,  Louis  A.   C.  Stickel  and  Victor  H. 

Richer. 

Headquarters,  Engine  House  7,  East  street  (tem- 
porary). 

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. 

Teehan. 

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. 


Fire  Department.  61 

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,  William  H.  McCorkle  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  William  F.  Quigley. 

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   Charles 

A.    DONOHOE. 

Headquarters,  Engine  House  45,  Corner  Washington 

and  Poplar  Streets,  Roslindale. 
Apparatus  Located  in  the  District—  Engines  30,  45,  53, 
Ladders  16,  25. 


62  City  Document  No.  13. 

District  14. 
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  15. 
District  Chiefs,  John  P.  Murray  and  Michael  F.  Silva. 

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. 


63 


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,  Roxbury 

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 


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 

2,600 

10,377 

14,358 

12,261 


8,1S8 


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Eng 

Eng 

Eng: 

Eng: 

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Eng: 

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Eng: 

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Eng 

Eng 

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Eng 

Eng 


ne  1  and  Ladder  5. 

ne  2. 

ne  3  and  Ladder  3. 

ne  4  and  Engine  26. 

ne  5. 

ne6. 

ne  7. 

neS. 

ne  9  and  Ladder  2. 

ne  10. 

ne  11  and  Ladder  21. 

ne  12. 

ne  13. 

ne  14. 

ne  15. 

ne  16  and  Ladder  6. 

ne  17  and  Ladder  7. 

ne  18. 

ne  19. 

ne  20  and  Ladder  27. 

ne21. 

ne  22  and  Ladder  13. 

ne23. 

ne  24. 

ne  25  and  Ladder  S,  Tower  1. 

ne27. 

ne  28  and  Ladder  10. 

ne  29  and  Ladder  11. 

ne  30  and  Ladder  25. 

ne  31. 


Engine  32. 


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Fire  Stations. —  Concluded. 


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 


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  Soley  streets 

Oak  square,  Brighton 

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 

Saratoga  street,  East  Boston 


5,646 
4,637 
5,668 
5,231 
4,000 
4,010 
6,112 

3,S48 
5,133 


14,729 

4,875 

11,950 

9,450 

3,412 
14,475 
5,230 
9.S89 
7,200 
11,253 
1,676 
3,923 
4,290 
4,311 
2,134 
8,964 
3,101 
6,875 
3,918 
9,300 


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. 

Engine  52  and  Ladder  29. 

Engine  53. 

Ladder  1. 

Ladder  4. 

Ladder  9. 

Ladder  12. 

Ladder  17. 

Ladder  IS  and  Tower  3. 

Ladder  19. 

Ladder  23. 

Ladder  24. 

Ladder  31. 


Headquarters  Building,  Bristol  street,  15,679  feet  of 
land. 

Water  Tower  No.  2  is  in  Headquarters  Building. 


Fire  Department.  65 


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  Alarm  Station,  Back  Bay  Fens. 


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GASOLENE   STATIONS. 
Division  1. 


Districts. 


Locations. 


Capacity. 
(Gallons.) 


Pump. 


Engine  5 

Engine  11 

Engine  40 

Ladder  2 

Ladder  31. . . 

Engine  27 

Engine  32 ... . 
Engine  36 ... . 
Engine  50. . .  . 

Ladder  9 

Ladder  8 

Ladder  18... 
Engine  38-39 

Engine  4 

Engine  6 

Engine  8 

Ladder  1 

Ladder  24 . . . 

Engine  7 

Engine  10 

Ladder  17. . . 
Rescue  1 


280 
500 
550 
550 
550 
550 
550 
280 
280 
220 
120 
280 
280 
280 
280 
280 
280 
550 
550 
220 
550 
550 


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. 
1  gallon. 
1  gallon. 
1  quart. 
1  gallon. 
1  gallon. 


Fire  Department. 


67 


Division  2. 


Districts. 


Locations. 


Capacity. 
(Gallons.) 


Pump. 


6.... 

6.... 

6.... 

6.... 

6.... 

7.... 

7.... 

7 .... 

7.... 

1 .... 

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 

Maintenance  Division,  repair  shop 

Department  garage 

Fire  alarm  shop 

Engine  13 

Engine  14 

Engine  37 

Ladder  12 

Engine  29 

Engine  34 

Engine  41 

Engine  51 


280 
280 
2S0 
280 
550 
280 
550 
280 
550 
280 
280 
550 
550 
120 
280 
2S0 
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. 
1  gallon. 
1  gallon. 


68 


City  Document  No.  13. 


Division  3. 


Districts. 


Locations. 


Capacity. 
(Gallons.) 

Pump. 

550 

1  gallon. 

550 

1  gallon. 

280 

1  gallon. 

120 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

550 

1  gallon 

220 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

550 

1  gallon 

120 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

220 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

280 

1  gallon 

9 
10 
10 
10 
12 
12 
12 
13 
13 
13 
14 
14 
14 
15 
15 
15 


Engine  12 
Engine  21 
Engine  23 
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 


Fire  Department. 


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CANNEL   COAL   STATIONS. 
Division  1. 


District. 


Location. 


Capacity. 

(Tons.) 


1 
1 
2 
3 
3 
4 
4 


Engine  11.. . 
Ladder  31  .  .  . 
Engine  36  .  .  . 
Engine  38-39 
Ladder  18. . . 

Engine  4 

Ladder  24. 


15 

5 
2 
6 
4 
2 
15 


Division  2. 


District. 


Location. 


Capacity. 
(Tons.) 


6 

6 

7 

7 

8 

8 

8 

11 

11 

11 

11 


Engine  2 

Engine  15 

Fourth  street  (Old  Ladder  5) 

Engine  3 

Engine  33 

Engine  13 

Engine  14 

Engine  37 

Engine  29 

Engine  34 

Engine  41 

Engine  51 


40 

4 


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City  Document  No.  13. 


Division  3. 


District. 


Location. 


Capacity. 
(Tons.) 


9 

9 

9 

9 

10 

10 

12 

12 

13 

13 

14 

14 

15 

15 


Engine  12. . 
Engine  21. . 
Engine  23  .  . 
Engine  24 . . 
Engine  17 .  . 
Engine  18. . 
Engine  28 .  . 
Engine  42 .  . 
Engine  30.. 
Engine  45.  . 
Engine  16.  . 
Engine  20 .  . 
Engine  19 .  . 
Engine  48 .  , 


Fire  Department. 


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City  Document  No.  13. 


Expenditures  for  the  Year. 


Personal  Service: 

Permanent  employees 
Temporary  employees 
Unassigned    . 


(,273,249  14 
1,114  61 
3,649  78 


Service  Other  Than  Personal 

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Printing  and  binding   . 

$726  85 

Advertising  and  posting 

121  00 

Transportation  of  persons 

915  09 

Cartage  and  freight 

363  82 

Hire  of  teams  and  auto  tru 

cks  .          5,305  18 

Light,  heat  and  power 

27,986  28 

Rent,  taxes  and  water 

4,597  65 

Surety     bond     and     insui 

ranee 

premiums  . 

15  00 

Communication    . 

10,894  57 

Motor  vehicle  repairs  and 

care,        11,784  23 

Motorless  vehicle  repairs 

15  00 

Care  of  horses 

222  85 

Cleaning 

8,858  64 

Disposal    of    ashes,    dirt 

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6  50 

Expert    .... 

150  00 

Stenographic,   copying  an 

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58  32 

Fees,  service  of  venires,  etc 

416  00 

Photographic  and  blueprint 

ing  .             334  42 

General  plant 

87,408  51 

160,179  91 

Equipment : 

Cable,  wire,  etc.    . 

.      $13,092  17 

Electrical 

12,476  26 

Motor  vehicles 

.      250,822  97 

Furniture  and  fittings 

6,963  04 

Office      .... 

993  99 

Tools  and  instruments 

.        40,617  40 

Wearing  apparel  . 

25,932  52 

General  plant 

3,390  61 

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Office      .        .        .        . 

$7,491  54 

Food  and  ice 

647  04 

Fuel        .... 

94,013  33 

Forage  and  animal 

1,068  31 

Medical,  surgical,  laboratoi 

y     .             190  85    • 

Laundry,  cleaning,  toilet 

3,176  13 

Motor  vehicle 

34,033  09 

Carried  forward 


$140,620  29  $3,792,482  40 


Fire  Department. 

85 

Brought  forward 

$140,620  29  $3,792,482  40 

Chemicals  and  disinfectants 

2,990  52 

General  plant 

5,704  75 

149,315  56 

Materials : 

Building 

$19,933  08 

Electrical 

3,228  50 

General  plant 

42,954  85 

66,116  43 

Special  Items: 

Pensions  and  annuities 

$282,350  95 

Workingmen's  compensation 

49  50 

282,400  45 
$4,290,314  84 

Wire  Division: 

Personal  Service: 

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Permanent  employees 

$93,176  65 

Service  Other  Than  Personal: 

Printing  and  bind- 

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$1,163  25 

Advertising    . 

137  00 

Transportation   of 

persons 

3,126  71 

Surety   bond   and 

insurance      pre- 

miums 

12  00 

Communications  . 

535  44 

General  plant 

236  40 

5,210  80 

Equipment : 

Motor  vehicles 

$1,724  80 

Office      . 

83  03 

Tools  and  instru- 

ments 

48  51 

Wearing  apparel   . 

7  50 

1,863  84 

Supplies : 

Office      .        . 

$2,001  00 

Motor  vehicle 

289  95 

2,290  95 

Materials : 

Electrical 

$9  54 

General  plant 

109  10 

118  64 

Special  Items : 

J.  XO    Ul 

Pensions  and  annuities 

600  00 

103,260  88 

$4,393,575  72 

86 


City  Document  No.  13. 


New  Fire  Station,  Engine  21,  Dorchester: 
Continuation  of  Payments : 

Contractor,  Archdeacon  &  Sullivan 

F.  J.  Gallagher  &  Co.,  completing  grounds 

Architect,  Mullhall  &  Holmes  Company 

Finished  hardware 

Gasolene  tank  equipment 

Screens  . 

Electric  light  fixtures 

Four  lanterns 

Blueprinting 

Advertising 


$21,639  75 

4,013  00 

854  68 

662  00 

390  00 

352  00 

274  00 

268  00 

22  08 

13  00 


,488  51 


New  Central  Fire  Station: 
Payments  on  Account: 

Architect,  John  M.  Gray  Company 

Real  estate  expert  opinions 

Printing  specifications 

Test  borings 

Blueprinting 

Advertising    .... 


56,840  00 

1,682  00 

670  02 

240  00 

9  00 

6  50 

;9,447  52 


Fire  Alarm  Signal  Station,  Back  Bay  Fens: 

Continuation  of  Payments : 

Connor  Electric  Company,  pulling  cables 
Grading  grounds  and  driveways 


51,257  40 
1,893  20 

53,150  60 


New  Fire  Station,  Engine  17  and  Ladder  7,  Dorchester: 
Payments  on  Account: 

Architect,  James  T.  Ball     .        .  .        .  $2,005  42 

Fire  Station,  Shawmut  avenue  and  Tremont  street: 
Continuation  of  Payments: 
Dorchester  Rapid  Transit,  preparing  plans,  etc.         $1,254  96 


Remodeling  House,  Engine  8: 
Continuation  of  Payments: 

Contractor,  P.  H.  Rose  Construction  Company,  $124  16 


Fire  Department. 


87 


Recapitulation. 

Fire  Department $4,393,575  72 

New  Fire  Station,  Engine  21,  Dorchester    .        .  28,488  51 

New  Central  Fire  Station 9,447  52 

Fire  Alarm  Signal  Station,  Back  Bay  Fens         .  3,150  60 
New  Fire  Station,   Engine   17  and  Ladder  7, 

Dorchester             2,005  42 

Fire  Station,   Shawmut   avenue   and   Tremont 

street 1,254  96 

Remodeling  house,  Engine  8          ....  124  16 


$4,438,046  89 

Income. 

Permits  for  fires  in  open  spaces,  fireworks,  blast- 

ing, transportation  and  storage  of  explosives  . 

$27,967  50 

Sale  of  badges  . 

577  00 

Sale  of  old  fire  apparatus 

3,332  18 

Sale  of  old  material 

2,666  89 

Sale  of  oil  and  gasolene  . 

610  37 

Sale  of  coal 

20  00 

Damage  to  cable 

121  88 

Damage  to  property 

18  65 

Damage  to  fire  alarm  posts  and  boxes 

2,439  99 

Damage  to  fire  apparatus 

2,480  35 

Installing  fire  alarm  boxes 

87  10 

Telephone  refund 

13  76 

Central  Fire  Station: 

Sinking  Fund 

105  00 

Rents : 

Church  street  property 

225  00 

Wire  Division: 

Permits  .... 

95,701  01 
$136,366  68 

City  Document  No.  13. 


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Fire  Department. 


89 


Causes  of  Fires  and  Alarms,  from  January  1,  1926, 
to  January  1,  1927. 


Alarms,  false,  needless,  bell 

and  still 1,463 

Alarms,  out  of  city 54 

Automatic     alarms,     false 

and  accidental 97 

Automobiles 535 

Brush,  rubbish,  etc 1,584 

Careless  use  lamp,  candle,  41 

Careless  use  matches  and 

set  by  rats 520 

Careless   use   pipe,    cigar, 

cigarette 732 

Chimneys,  soot  burning .  .  446 

Clothes  near  stove 11 

Defective  chimney,   stove 

pipe,  boiler 114 

Electric  wires,  motors ....  161 

Fireworks  and  firecrackers,  85 

Gas  jet,  gas  stove 13 

Gasolene,  naphtha,  ben- 
zine   13 

Grease  in  ventilator,  oven,  41 


Hot  ashes  in  wooden  re- 
ceptacle   Ill 

Incendiary  and  supposed,  31 

Lamp  upsetting  and  ex- 
plosion   8 

Miscellaneous 546 

Oil  burners 49 

Oil  stove,  careless  use  and 

explosion 30 

Overheated  furnace,  stove, 

boiler 129 

Set  by  boys 142 

Sparks      from      chimney, 

stove 160 

Sparks     from    locomotive 

engine 36 

Spontaneous  combustion. .  158 

Thawing  water  pipes 16 

Unknown 544 

Total 7,870 


Fire  Extinguished  By 

1926. 

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72 

102 

185 

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March 

27 

April 

44 

May 

111 
127 
141 

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25 

114 

133 

154 

64 

134 

142 

154 

45 

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July 

39 

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September 

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27 

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1,348 

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90 


City  Document  No.  13. 


Fires  Where  Losses  Exceeded  $15,000, 


Date. 


Location  and  Owner. 


Loss. 


1926 

Jan.  6 

Jan.  11 

Jan.  13 

Jan.  16 

Jan.  23 

Jan.  24 

Jan.  31 

Feb.  4 

Feb.  6 

Feb.  9 

Feb.  13 

Feb.  16 

Feb.      19 

Feb.  19 
Feb.      21 

Feb.  21 
Feb.      22 

Feb.  27 
March  3 
March  5 
March  12 
March  13 
March  13 

March  15 

March  25 
April  8 
May  2 
May       3 

May       8. 

June  18. 
June  21 , 
June     25 


332-340  Summer  street,  Kistler,  Lesh  &  Co.,  Inc.,  et  al. . . . 

39  and  41  West  street,  I.  Schneider  et  al 

20-30  Maverick  square,  Maverick  Realty  Company 

380  and  382  Boylston  street,  C.  Fisher  Company  et  al.. .  . 

18-24  Simmons  street,  A.  J.  Tower  Company 

27-35  Exchange  street,  Boston  Curb  Exchange  et  al 

1063  and  1063A  Blue  Hill  avenue,  Mrs.  L.  Cohen  et  al. . . . 

1  W.  Third  street,  Gerstein  Brothers  &  Cooper 

16-22  Hay  ward  place,  J.  Simon  et  al 

97  South  street,  St.  Thomas  Parish  House 

24  North  street,  W.  T.  Crowther  &  Son  et  al 

52   and   54   Devonshire  street  and   22   Congress  square, 
Clarks,  Inc.,  et  al 

280-284  Commercial  street,  Commercial  Reed  and  Rattan 
Company  et  al 

50-62  Hanover  street,  M.  C.  Rosenfeld  Company  et  al.  . . 

646-650A  Huntington  avenue,  Huntington  Avenue  Home 
Pharmacy  et  al 

59-65  Temple  place,  R.  Saranoff  et  al 

177   and  179  Washington  street,  Babcock's  Lunch  and 
Bakery  et  al 

1255-1263  River  street,  E.  Snyder  et  al 

29-33  Sleeper  street,  Twitchell  Champlin  Company  et  al. 

695  Atlantic  avenue,  Essex  Hotel  Company  et  al 

37  and  39  Pearl  street,  Mass.  Envelope  Company  et  al .  .  . 

63  Long  Wharf,  M.  L.  Hall  Company  et  al 

119-135  Hanover  street,  64-68    Union   street,  Monarch 
Clothing  Company  et  al 

1797-1807    Washington    street    and    128    Northampton 
street,  L.  H.  Gans  et  al 

50-54  Sudbury  street,  T.  J.  Holmes  et  al 

S9  and  97  Federal  street,  Henderson  Brothers  et  al 

569  and  571  Golumbus  avenue,  Mrs.  A.  Mueller  et  al 

104-114  Lincoln  street,  Burtman  Rondeau  Company  et  al. 

24  Jersey  street,  Boston  American  League  Baseball  Com- 
pany et  al 

24  Ralston  road,  Massachusetts  Pottery  Company  et  al.. . 

121-125  Kingston  street,  Berger  Dry  Goods  Company.  .  . 

659-665  Washington  street,  Max  Goldman  et  al 


$267,103 
16,622 
54,102 
15,877 
25,000 
22,009 
16,678 
24,306 
23,330 
21,540 
18,060 

25,616 

20,852 
45,142 

34,980 
25,791 

24,897 
18,262 
25,044 
21,431 
29,809 
143,501 

72,550 

15,672 
18,114 
27,139 
18,860 
143,139 

26,705 
25,452 
21,576 
16,073 


Fire  Department. 

Fire  Losses. —  Concluded. 


91 


Date. 

Location  and  Owner. 

Loss. 

1926. 

June 

28 

23  and  25  Commercial  street,  North  American  Creamery 

$35,825 

June 

28 

73-85  Bedford  street,  Manhattan  Collar  Company  et  al.. . 

32,574 

29    . 

25,000 

June 

30 

9  Lotus  place,  Kinney  Manufacturing  Company 

15,768 

June 

30 

20-26  Kingston  street,  Lion  Neckwear  Company  et  al.  .  .  . 

41,863 

July 

6 

638-648  Warren  street,  King  Solomon  K.  P.  Lodge  et  al. . 

17,994 

July 

8 

626-636  Washington  street,  Hub  Cloak  and  Suit  Company 
et  al 

21,718 

16  ... . 

66,848 

July 

19 

1653-1663  Blue  Hill  avenue,  J.  F.  Glynn  et  al .  . 

15,499 

July 

21 

263-267  Atlantic  avenue,  D.  J.  Koury  Company  ct  al .  .  .  . 

46,481 

July 

23 

80  Border  street,  Atlantic  Works  et  al 

342,758 

Aug. 

18 

28  and  30  Canal  street  and  27  and  29  Merrimac  street, 

196,595 

19    .... 

66,068 

Aug. 

20 

69  Broad  street,  National  Remedy  Company  et  al 

19,470 

23. 

16,617 

Sept. 

196  Marlborough  street,  Mrs.  M.  Handy  et  al 

59,420 

Sept. 

6 

15,256 

Sept, 

17 

11-17  Kingston  street,  Friedman  Fashion  Hat  Company 

17,603 

Sept. 

28 

52  and  54  Commercial  street,  Kay  Furniture  Company  et  al. 

25,096 

Nov. 

6 

94-98  Washington  street  and  28-34  Friend  street,  Hoover 

60,057 

Nov. 

15 

2S-90  Commercial  street,  Carlisle  Ayer  Company 

34,599 

27 

17,124 

Nov. 

27 

440-446  Tremont  street,  New  England  Film  Laboratories 

21,663 

Dec. 

7 

178-188  Harvard  avenue,  Sunshine  Art  Stores  et  al 

40,672 

Dec. 

8 

19,259 

Dec. 

12 

180-188  Congress  street,  Arnold  Roberts  Company  et  al.  . 

35,507 

Dec. 

16 

17  and  19  Dixwell  street,  S.  Ginsberg  et  al 

18,754 

Dec. 

19 

770  Washington  street,  Taylor  Furniture  Company 

20,270 

Dec. 

24 

467  and  469  Washington  street,  Hudson  Suit  and  Cloak 

58,214 

Dec. 

25 

59  and  61  Cambridge  street,  Liberty  Tobacco  Company 

15,203 

Dec. 

31 

65  and  67  Merrimac  street  and  115  and  117  Portland 
street,  Haymarket  Electrical  Supply  Company  et  al. .  .  . 

25,534 

92 


City  Document  No.  13. 


Statistics. 

Population,  January 

1,  1927  (estimated) 

793,000 

Area,  square  miles 

47.81 

Number  brick,  etc., 

buildings  . 

39,333 

Number  wooden  buildings 

85,300 

Fires  in  brick,  stone, 

etc.,  buildings 

2,207 

Fires  in  wooden  buildings 

1,559 

Out  of 

city  . 

54 

Not  in 

buildings,  false  and  needless 

4,050 

Total  alarms 

7,870 

Fire 

LOSS    FOR    THE    YEAR    ENDING    DECEMBER    31,     1926. 

Buildings,  loss  insured 

$2,378,052 

Contents,  loss  insured 

2,613,900 

$4,991,952 

Buildings,  loss  not  insured        .        .        .    $85,143 

Contents,  loss  not  insured                        .    122,870 

208,013 

Total  loss  buildings  and  contents 

.      $5,199,965 

Marine  loss 

$31,487 

Yearly  Loss  for  the  Last  Fifteen  Years. 

Year  ending  January 

1,  1913   .... 

$2,531,017 

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u                 a 

1,  1914   . 

*  3,138,373 

u 

a                a 

1,1915    . 

3,013,269 

u 

a                a 

1,  1916   . 

3,004,600 

u 

u                a 

1,  1917   . 

f  2,372,489 

a 

a                u 

1,  1918   . 

%  3,981,227 

u 

u                 a 

1,  1919   . 

2,822,109 

it 

u                 a 

1,  1920   . 

2,577,584 

a 

a                 u 

1,  1921    . 

3,139,566 

u 

u                 u 

1,  1922   . 

4,010,201 

a 

a                 a 

1,  1923   . 

3,304,595 

a 

u                u 

1,  1924   . 

6,286,299 

a 

a                a 

1,  1925   . 

4,735,595 

a 

a                a 

1,  1926   . 

5,407,070 

a 

u                 a 

1,  1927   . 

5,199,965 

*  Does  not  include  marine  loss  of  $1,116,475,  steamship  "Templemore." 

t  Does  not  include  marine  loss  of  $101,302,  steamship  "City  of  Naples"  et  al. 

j  Does  not  include  marine  loss  of  $75,660. 


Fire  Department. 


93 


Alarms  for  the  Past  Ten  Years.* 


Year. 

Bell. 

Still  and 
Automatic. 

Totals. 

1926 

3,762 
3,798 
3,640 
3,239 
2,733 
2,359 
2,029 
2,733 
2,413 
2,252 

4,108 
3,904 
4,353 
4,002 
3,401 
2,888 
2,456 
2,690 
2,649 
2,526 

7,870 

1925 

7,702 

1924 

7,993 

1923 

7,241 

1922 

6,134 

1921 

5,247 

1920 

4,485 

1919 

5,423 

1918 

5,062 

1917 

4,778 

*  Each  fire  is  treated  as  having  only  one  alarm. 

John  E.  Fitzgerald  Medal. 

John  J.  Leary,  Ladderman,  Ladder  Company  1,  for  1922. 
Daniel  J.  O'Brien,  Captain,  Engine  Company  10,  for  1923. 
Thomas  F.  Kilduff,  Ladderman,  Ladder  Company  4,  for  1924. 

Walter  Scott  Medal. 

Dennis  M.  Condon,  Lieutenant,  Ladder  Company  1,  for  1922. 
James  H.  Curran,  Hoseman,  Engine  Company  8,  for  1923. 
Edward  J.  Crowley,  Hoseman,  Chemical  Company  7,  for  1924. 

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. 
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. 
Carl  S.  Bowers,  Lieutenant,  Aid  to  Chief. 
Henry  J.  Kelly,  Lieutenant,  Engine  Company  32. 
Timothy  J.  Heffron,  Lieutenant,  Ladder  Company  9. 
Michael  J.  Dacy,  Lieutenant,  Ladder  Company  20. 
John  J.  Kennedy,  Ladderman,  Ladder  Company  13. 
Martin  A.  Kenealy,  Captain,  retired. 
James  E.  Downey,  Hoseman,  retired. 
James  J.  Buchanan,  Hoseman,  Chemical  Company  7. 
Arthur  A.  Ryan,  Hoseman,  Engine  Company  13. 
Carl  V.  Anderson.  Ladderman,  Ladder  Company  8. 


94 


City  Document  No.  13. 


Members    Pensioned    from    January    1,    1926,    to 
December  1,  1926. 


Eugene  H.  Byington. 
Mrs.  Mary  C.  McDonough. 
Albert  F.  Single. 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  Campbell. 
Henry  J.  Kelly. 
Joseph  F.  McManus. 
Peter  M.  Kendrick. 
Mrs.  Mary  B.  Travers. 
Miles  E.  Tennihan. 
Charles  C.  Springer. 
Daniel  M.  Cranitch. 


Charles  A.  Randall. 

Mrs.  Margaret  F.  Brotherson. 

Mark  N.  Sibley. 

James  J.  Hughes. 

William  E.  McKeever. 

Thomas  J.  Muldoon. 

Thomas  J.  Fitzgerald. 

Charles  E.  Whiting. 

Mary  F.  Hines. 

Fred  S.  Young. 


Deaths    of    Members    from    January    1. 
December  1,  1926. 


1926,    to 


James  W.  Collins. 
Capt.  George  H.  Hutchings. 
Michael  J.  Travers. 
John  E.  Lorway. 


Francis  H.  Campbell. 
District     Chief     Joseph 

Kenney. 
John  M.  Devine. 


H. 


Deaths   of   Pensioners   from   January  1,   1926,  to 
December  1,  1926. 


James  Elsworth. 
Lieut.  Daniel  L.  Cadigan. 
Michael  J.  Lawler. 
John  I.  Quigley. 
George  B.  Norton. 
Gardner  Dennison. 
Alfred  G.  Baynton. 
W.  J.  Dower. 
William  J.  Gaffey. 
John  Lynch. 


Albert  S.  Penney. 
James  F.  Boyle. 
James  M.  Elliott. 
David  J.  O'Connell. 
Henry  J.  Kelly. 
Jeremiah  F.  Sullivan. 
Henry  Heymann. 
H.  G.  Dwight. 
Thomas  C.  Haney. 


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