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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.
Walter J. Burke,
Superintendent of Wire Division.
Edward E. Williamson,
Superintendent of Maintenance Division.
Peter F. Walsh,
Superintendent of Fire Prevention Division.
William J. McNally, M. D.,
Medical Examiner.
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[Document 12 — 1928.]
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1927.
Boston, January 1, 1928.
Hon. Malcolm E. Nichols,
Mayor of the City of Boston.
Dear Sir, — I have the honor to submit herewith the
following report of the activities of the Boston Fire
Department for the year ending December 31, 1927, as
required by section 24, chapter 4 of the Revised Ordi-
nances of 1925.
Fire Loss.
The total fire loss for 1927 in the City of Boston
as estimated by the insurance companies amounted
to $3,694,641, which was $1,505,324, or approximately
29 per cent less than the loss for 1926 and $1,712,429,
or approximately 32 per cent less than the loss for 1925.
There has also been a reduction in the number of alarms
in 1927, when the department responded to a total of
7,332 alarms of fire, which is 538 or 6 per cent less than
in 1926. This reduction in the fire loss in Boston is
more noticeable because of the fact that the loss in the
entire United States was reduced only about 10 per cent
in 1927, as announced by the Annual Convention of the
National Fire Protection Association. The foregoing
figures show that the fire loss in Boston was reduced
three times that of the average of the whole country.
City Document No. 12.
The following table shows a comparison in the fire
loss between Boston and certain other large cities in the
country.
Annual Fike Losses.
1926.
1927.
$5,199,965
$3,694,641
5,572,000
4,230,000
21,671,000
19,800,000
14,894,000
13,630,000
2,297,000
2,330,000
2,474,000
2,582,000
3,519,000
5,715,000
Percentage Increase
or Decrease Indicated
by + or — .
Boston
Philadelphia
New York. .
Chicago
Cleveland . . .
St. Louis. . . .
Detroit
— 29%
— 24%
— 9%
— 8%
+ 1%
+ 4%
+ 62%
It should be noted that Philadelphia received the
prize awarded by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce for the
city which showed the greatest decrease in fire loss during
the year. Boston was not entered in this contest, but
decreased its fire loss 5 per cent more than the first prize
winner.
In so far as the Fire Department is concerned this
reduction in losses can be attributed to two important
factors, namely, the increased efficiency and co-ordina-
tion of the fire fighting force and the reorganization of
the Fire Prevention Division.
During the past year and one half constant study and
consideration has been given to improved methods of
fire fighting in the department. New appliances have
been introduced and many other changes have been made
to increase the efficiency of both men and apparatus.
Fire Prevention.
Greater efforts have been directed towards fire pre-
vention than ever before. In accordance with several
conferences, which were held with your Honor in 1926, it
was decided that some action should be taken by the
City of Boston with a view to reducing the fire loss in our
city. For many years the city has been criticised for
having one of the highest per capita fire losses in the
country. According to the published tables of the
National Fire Protection Association the per capita fire
loss for the City of Boston in 1926 was $6.59 as com-
pared with $3.07 for Baltimore, $3.09 for St. Louis,
Fire Department. 3
$3.37 for Pittsburgh and $2.73 for Detroit. The total
loss for the City of Boston in 1925 was $5,407,070.
With your Honor's approval arrangements were made
to reorganize the Fire Prevention Division and place it
under the direction of an official who had a thorough
knowledge of the subject. It was finally decided to
recall from the retired list former Chief of Department,
Peter E. Walsh. Chief Walsh took charge of the Fire
Prevention Division in October, 1926, and introduced
new systems of inspection in order that certain fire
hazards throughout the city might be removed. During
the past year all classes of buildings in the city were
inspected by the members permanently and tempo-
rarily assigned to the inspection force of the division.
The total number of inspections made by the inspectors
of the Fire Prevention Division were 211,926. There
were 940 orders sent to owners and occupants to correct
fire menaces. In the balance of the cases, where con-
ditions were found which required attention, a verbal
request from the inspector was all that was necessary.
Two thousand seven hundred and thirty oil burners were
inspected and 546 defects remedied. There were 26 con-
victions for failure to comply with orders of the Fire
Commissioner to remedy hazardous conditions. Out-
side of the Fire Prevention Division 44,925 inspections
were made by the district officers of the department,
making a total of 256,851 inspections by the department
for the year as compared with 125,060 for 1926. The
number of inspections for 1927 was the greatest ever
recorded in the history of the department.
The appropriation expended for the year, including
the Wire Division, was $4,285,720.28. The revenue
from all sources amounted to $132,529.85.
During the year the department purchased the follow-
ing pieces of major fire apparatus:
6 Combination chemical and hose cars.
2 Aerial ladder trucks.
3 Four-wheel tractors.
New Equipment.
During the present administration new equipment
has been added to the department which has proven
invaluable, thus reducing losses. A very valuable addi-
tion was equipping the work boats attached to our fire
boats with outboard motors and the installation of
four to five horse power motor pumps which will deliver
4 City Document No. 12.
forty-two gallons of water per minute at seventy pounds
pressure. These boats have already proven their worth
by getting at fires located under docks, wharves, bridges
and other places where fires occur along the waterfront
that are inaccessible with the equipment carried on our
fireboats and land companies. Previous to the installa-
tion of this type of equipment the department was
severely handicapped by being obliged to launch a row-
boat, and with this make-shift arrangement, row the
boat, handle the line and keep everything balanced. It
was not always possible to get much nearer the fire
than the fireboat itself could get, and often the row-
boat tipped over, jeopardizing- the lives of the occupants.
The new boat makes it possible to go places it was never
possible to go before and to get quickly at the seat of
the fire. This new boat also makes it unnecessary to
waste time and energy of the men cutting floors and
doing considerable axe work, and by using the boat it is
possible to reach the fire without the delay incident to
making openings in floors.
Another effective addition which was made to the
apparatus of the department was the introduction of an
entirely new type of chiefs' car.
Instead of the ordinary car of the roadster type,
with which chief officers were formerly supplied and
which carried no fire-fighting equipment, they are now
being furnished with cars of the sedan type. The front
seats of the car are used by the chief and his chauffeur,
and the seats in the rear have been removed. A door
has been cut in the rear of the body and the passenger
space in back has been fitted to carry emergency tools
and appliances. These new cars carry the following
equipment :
1 Callahan door opener.
1 Mall.
1 Hacksaw and blades.
1 Elevator jack and wedges.
2 Jack bars.
3 Cold chisels.
1 Crow bar.
1 Pair of bolt and wire cutters.
3 Hydrant wrenches.
1 Life line.
1 Tow line.
6 Gas masks and canisters.
1 Pair rubber gloves.
1 Fire axe.
2 Foam type extinguishers.
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Since the installation of these cars, the equipment
carried on them has been used on many occasions, even
to the extent of extinguishing fires without the assistance
of the major apparatus of the department. Another
advantage of equipping the district chiefs' cars, as
outlined above, is that all this emergency equipment is
centralized in one place and quickly available in case
of necessity. These cars also provide a fire patrol for
the city, as the district chiefs are constantly on the
streets while making their inspections of companies
and buildings.
After making a very thorough study of the methods
of fire fighting in Boston and other cities it became very
apparent that the firemen were called upon to perform
their duties under a severe handicap. In other words,
they were compelled, literally, to ''work in the dark."
It appeared necessary and important that some con-
sideration should be given to this essential phase of their
work and a study was made of miner's lights and the
possibility of their adoption in fire fighting. An electric
lamp has now been developed which firemen can wear in
their helmets and which assure them of visibility where
any light can penetrate. The lamp carries a light-
weight, nonleakable storage battery, and will burn for
more than six hours. Its use has been carefully observed
and its effectiveness warrants further installations until
the department is fully equipped. The idea of making a
light a part of a fireman's equipment, without unduly
encumbering him, has been a distinctive departure from
previous methods. The results which have been
obtained in Boston in adopting the fireman's light as
part of their equipment have attracted the attention of
other cities of the country. There are now approximately
one hundred of these lights in use in the department
and many reports are on file citing their effectiveness.
During the year eighteen additional carbic flare lights
were purchased and added to the equipment of the
department in order to provide the men with light in
the performance of their duty. The department is also
planning to establish a new portable electric lighting
system of greater capacity than the one we have at
present. This should be completed early in the year 1928.
Sixty-four additional service gas masks were purchased
during the year in order that the men would be better
equipped to perform their duty in buildings charged
with gases and smoke. Two more Draeger smoke helmets
were purchased for exceptionally hazardous duty.
6 City Document No. 12.
Other additional fire-fighting appliances were installed
when replacements were necessary and the service
required them.
Foam-mixing apparatus was furnished and installed
on Fireboat Engines 31, 44 and 47.
Buildings.
Two new fire stations are being erected. One on
Parish street, Meeting House Hill, to provide accommo-
dations for Engine Company 17 and Ladder Company 7.
The contract was signed on June 23, 1927, and is to be
completed at approximately the cost of $105,000.
Another new station is being erected on Broadway,
between Shawmut avenue and Washington street, to
accommodate Engine Company 26, Engine 35, Rescue
Company 1, Water Tower 2, the Chief of District 5, the
Assistant Chief of Department and Chief of Department.
The building will cost approximately $210,000.
Considerable attention has been given to the con-
dition of the other buildings and in many cases extensive
repairs have been made to meet the demands of the
service.
The work of remodeling Engine Company 42 was com-
pleted on April 1, 1927. This building was thoroughly
remodeled and better and more comfortable quarters
provided for the men.
New concrete floors were installed at the quarters
of Engine Company 11 and Ladder Company 21, Sara-
toga and Byron streets. East Boston, and other changes
made in the building.
A new concrete floor was installed in the quarters of
Engine Company 30 and Ladder Company 25, Centre
street. West Roxbury.
A new concrete floor was installed in Ladder Company
23, Washington street, Grove Hall, and other repairs
made to the building to put it in modern condition.
Throughout the department improvements and
changes have been made, such as the installation of
hot water heaters, weather stripping on buildings to
conserve heat, roofs and smoke pipes repaired, window-
shades furnished, mattresses and pillows renovated, etc.
Fire Apparatus.
In addition to the new apparatus purchased during
the year particular attention has been paid to the care
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and upkeep of the fire-fighting machinery in the service.
The following apparatus has been given a thorough
overhauling by the department mechanics during the
year.
23 Pumping engines.
23 Hose cars.
1 Fuel wagon.
16 Chiefs' wagons.
During the year the following pieces of apparatus
were painted:
9 Pumpers.
14 Hose cars.
8 Ladder trucks.
i Water tower.
15 Chiefs' cars.
1 Fuel truck.
1 Commercial truck.
8 Small trucks
The apparatus today is in the best condition it ever
was in the history of the department.
The three fireboats in the department were taken
out of service for the annual inspection by the United
States steamboat inspectors and considerable work was
ordered to be done, so that the boats would be in sea-
worthy condition. The boats are old and will require a
considerable amount of repairs each year. Fourteen
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dollars was
spent in contracts with outside concerns for making
repairs to the boats and department mechanics per-
formed 19,451 worth of work on the boats.
Drill School.
During the year thirty-nine appointees successfully
passed the intensive course of instruction in the Depart-
ment Drill School, together with several officers and
members from departments from outside cities and
towns.
Pump School.
Fourteen classes were conducted by the gasolene
pumping engine school during the year, during which
sixty-four officers and eighty-four men attended the
course of instructions.
8 City Document No. 12.
Chauffeurs' School.
Forty-eight members of the department received
instructions in the chauffeurs' school during the year
and were certified as operators of department motor
apparatus. In addition, special instructions were given
to various members in different companies.
Annual Drill.
The new plan of annual drill put into operation late
in the fall of 1926, whereby every officer below the grade
of district chief and every member of the department
must attend six sessions of the drill, was carried on
throughout the year, and every officer and member
completed the drill about the middle of July. Another
set of drills was then commenced and will continue into
the year 1928.
Company Drills.
The regular weekly company drills, under the super-
vision of district chiefs in the various districts, were
held during the year, and in addition lectures were given
by deputy chiefs on the subject of fire fighting, building
inspection, etc., to the companies in their divisions.
Hydrants.
The following is a list of the hydrants in service for
fire purposes on December 31, 1927, showing the number
and different types of same:
Public.
Private.
Ordinary post
Boston post
Lowry
Boston Lowry
Batchelder and Finneran post .
Boston
High pressure
Chapman post
Ludlow post
Matthew post
Coffin post
Totals.
4,033
2,995
1,162
472
1,685
131
451
116
7
11,053
136
21
30
5
3
114
55
13
4
381
Fire Department.
High Pressure.
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 . . .
Water discharge recorded on Venturi
meters.
254
211,000 gallons
165
154,000 gallons
(Owing to the construction of the Venturi meters, they
do not record flows under 600 gallons per minute.)
At the present time, the high pressure system now
includes 16.80 miles of piping and 451 high pressure fire
hydrants.
Clothing.
Article.
Received
and
Distributed.
Repaired.
1,322
1,071
631
157
7
5
92
28
293
636
134
330
711
91
37
Reissued.
Trousers
Sack coats
Reefers
Overcoats
Rubber fire coats
Fire hats
Winter caps
Summer caps . . . .
Chin straps
29
39
2
9
Medical.
Number of cases of illness on file 349
Number of cases of injury on file 1,543
Number of injured (but remained on duty) on file . . 1,170
Examinations.
Inspections and examinations at headquarters (recorded) , 1,245
For appointment as probationary firemen ... 36
For appointment from probationary to permanent men . 39
At engine houses of firemen, pulmotors, medicine chests
and visits at homes of firemen, either sick or injured
and at hospitals 1,500
10 City Document No. 12.
The number of sick and injured on file during this
year was about the same average as the year previous.
The number of injured remaining on duty during the
past year was 81 less than in 1926. Many cases have
been reported where firemen have been eager and prompt
in rendering first aid to citizens as well as to firemen.
Out of 1,543 cases of injuries reported during the year,
1,170 remained on duty and were treated either in
quarters or at the office of the family doctor or relief
station as emergency required.
FIRE ALARM.
Operating Records.
First alarms 3,462
Second alarms 59
Third alarms 19
Fourth alarms 3
Total 3,543
Box Alarms Received but not Transmitted.
Same box received two or more times for same fire . 304
Adjacent box received for same fire .... 283
Received from boxes but treated as stills ... 8
Total ^
Still Alarms Received and Transmitted.
Received from citizens (by telephone) .... 2,523
Received from Police Department (by telephone) . 251
Received from Fire Department stations . . . 1,127
Received from boxes but treated as stills ... 8
Mutual aid alarms, adjacent cities and towns, classified
as stills .......... 49
Emergency services, classified as stills .... 76
Total 4,034
Still alarms received by telephone for which box alarms
were later transmitted 274
Automatic and A. D. T, Alarms.
Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company:
Transmitted by company to department stations . 118
Department box alarms transmitted in connection with same :
Before automatic alarms 5
After automatic alarms ....... 4
Fire Department. 11
American District Telegraph Company :
Received at Fire Alarm Office 39
Department box alarms transmitted in connection with same :
Before A. D. T. alarm was received .... 9
After A. D. T. alarm was received .... 5
Received after still alarm was transmitted . . 0
A. D. T. alarms transmitted to department . . 30
Summary of Alarms.
Alarms received :
Box alarms, including multiples 4,138
Still alarms, all classes 4,034
Boston automatic alarms 118
A. D. T. alarms 39
Total received from all sources .... 8,329
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 ....
595
274
14
892
Total alarms, with duplications elmiinated, to which
department apparatus responded .... 7,437
Fire Alarm Box Records.
Boxes from which no alarms were received . . . 477
Box tests and inspections 12,893
(Note : All keyless doors are tested weekly.)
Construction Work.
Conditions in the fire alarm system were improved by
extending the underground system, by the replacement
of considerable line wire which was unsafe, and by
installing boxes where they were particularly needed.
The work was retarded to a considerable extent, how-
ever, because the cable ordered was not accepted until
it was too late to use it. This was due to unfavorable
reports concerning tests made. Because of this handicap
much of the work planned remained undone.
About 7,441 feet of ducts were laid underground;
37 box posts and 4 cable terminal posts were set; the
position of 10 box posts and 2 cable posts was changed
12
City Document No. 12.
because of change in street lines; of 68 posts damaged
by vehicles, 21 were replaced by new, and one post was
removed from service. Approximately 29,135 feet of
cable was hauled into underground ducts for extension of
system and about 4,970 feet of cable was used to replace
defective cable or to replace cable that was too small.
The overhead system was extended by the use of about
8 miles of line wire, but to offset that, about 10 miles of
line wire and 5 miles of working conductors in cables
were removed from poles.
This department installed 24 fire alarm boxes; 19
were installed by the Schoolhouse Department and 6
were installed on private property. The locations of
8 boxes were changed and 9 boxes were removed from
service. Two new box circuits were installed and all
public boxes and posts were painted. A new method of
numbering private fire alarm boxes has been adopted
and about twenty boxes were renumbered.
The radio service between fire alarm headquarters and
the fire boats has proved to be very practical during
the past year and new rules governing same have been
made which will tend to increase efficiency.
Underground Cables Installed.
East Boston.
Neptune road, from Bennington street to
Cottage street
To connect Box 6185 .....
Charlestown.
Post connections
Post connections
City Proper.
To connect horn at Cambridge and North
Grove streets .
Post connections
Post connections
Post connections
Post connections
Cond.
Feet.
4
895
4
355
10
30
20
30
2
225
4
380
10
110
19
90
37
90
South Boston.
D street, from West Broadway to Baxter
street 6 1,662
D street, from West Broadway to West First
street 6 1,085
West First street, from C to D streets . . 6 558
Fire Department. 13
Cond. Feet.
West First street, from E to Dorchester
streets 6 1,436
E street, from West Fourth to West Sixth
streets 6 608
G street, from East Sixth to East Eighth
streets 6 869
I street, from East Eighth street to Marine
road 6 334
L street, from East Eighth street to Marine
road 6 327
East Eighth street, from Dorchester street
to Old Harbor street 6 1,572
East Eighth street, from G to L streets . . 6 2,741
Mercer street, from East Eighth to East
Ninth streets 6 191
Northern avenue, from C street to Box 7127, 4 1,322
Post and pole connections .... 19 77
Post and pole connections .... 10 142
Post and pole connections .... 6 410
Post and pole connections .... 4 270
Dorchester.
Washington street, from Codman street to
River streets
Washington, Sanford and Morton streets
Post and pole connections
Post and pole connections ...
Post and pole connections
6
6
10
6
4
2,586
2,236
400
300
316
Roxhury.
Dudley street, from Ladder 4 to Warren
street
Northampton street, from Engine 23 to Wash-
ington street
Norfolk avenue, from Magazine street to
Proctor street
Magazine street, from Norfolk avenue to
Kemble street
George street, from Magazine street to
Gerard street
George street, from
Clarence street
Walnut and Westminster avenues to connect
Box 2192
Magazine street, from Norfolk avenue to
George street
Post and pole connections ....
Post and pole connections ....
Post and pole connections ....
Magazine street to
2
651
2
483
4
317
4
343
4
450
4
440
4
804
6
4
6
10
489
122
300
420
14
City Document No. 12.
West Roxhury.
Post and pole connections
Post and pole connections
Post and pole connections
Post and pole connections
Brighton.
Brookline.
Huntington avenue, from South Huntington
avenue to Station A
St Mary's street, from
Station C
Beacon street to
Cond.
Feet.
4
194
15
95
6
150
10
30
4
1,770
10
530
Box Posts Installed with Duct Lengths.
East Boston.
Prescott and Princeton streets
Neptune road and Cottage street
Saratoga street, near Annavoy street ....
City Proper.
Boylston and Exeter streets
St. Botolph and Garrison streets
South Boston.
Northern avenue, near Fish Pier
East Broadway and K street .
East Fifth and 0 streets .
East Eighth and M streets
N street and Columbia road .
Dorchester.
East Cottage and Humphreys streets .
Howard avenue and Harlow street
Howard avenue and Cunningham street
Dudley and Monadnock streets
Geneva avenue and Waldeck street
Centre and Seaborn streets
Morton and Owen streets
Roxhury.
Columbus avenue and Camden street
Parker and Alleghany streets .
Parker street and Parker Hill avenue
Heath square
Rockland and Rock streets
Rockland street at Rockland avenue
218
10
20
99
528
49
103
23
228
11
270
414
23
24
18
31
303
30
33
49
27
10.5
Fire Department.
15
Feet.
11.5
8.5
303
248
138
9
39
5
270
156
17.5
59
301
16
Westminster street and Walnut Park road .
Perrin and Alaska streets
George and Gerard streets ....
George and Clarence streets ....
Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury.
Minden and Day streets .
Weld Hill and Wenham streets
Hyde Park avenue and Hunter street
Ashland street and Brown avenue .
Ashland and Sheldon streets .
Florence and Hawthorne streets
Centre and Corey streets
Wren street, opposite Danville street
Brighton.
Gordon and Ridgemont streets
Washington and Brackett streets .
Box Posts Replaced by New.
{Broken by Vehicles.)
State street, opposite Kilby street.
Commonwealth avenue and Clarendon street.
Washington street, opposite Water street.
Commonwealth avenue and Washington street.
Shawmut avenue and Waltham street.
Hanover and Blackstone streets.
Washington street, opposite Valentine street.
Massachusetts avenue and Norway street.
Charles street, opposite Poplar street.
Washington and Dale streets.
Harvard avenue and Cambridge street.
City square.
South street, opposite St. Mark street.
East First and K streets.
Brighton avenue and Chester street.
Walnut avenue and Dale street.
Somerset and Allston streets.
Blue Hill avenue, opposite Clifford street.
North square and Garden Court street.
Forty-seven other posts were broken and parts were replaced.
Posts Relocated.
Harvard and Morton streets
Dorchester avenue and Codman street. (Additional)
Washington and Codman streets. (Additional)
Adams and Codman streets
New-
Ducts
28
2
1
7
16
City Document No. 12.
Adams street and Granite avenue
Columbus avenue and Arlington street. (Additional) .
Washington and East Dedham streets. (Additional) .
Alford street and Arlington avenue (lowered.)
Medford and Cottage streets
Dock square (cable post, 6 ducts)
Washington and Kneeland streets (cable post, 5 ducts).
River street and Reddy avenue
New
Ducts.
33
2
1
0
28
23
21
Posts Removed.
Washington street, near Arborway.
New Cable Posts.
George and Magazine streets, Roxbury
Codman square, Dorchester
Main and Alford streets, Charlestown .
Eliot and Centre streets, Jamaica Plain (2 ducts)
Feet.
19.5
7.0
12.0
42.0
New Manholes.
East Cottage and Humphreys streets.
Codman street, opposite Wessex street.
New Handholes.
George street, opposite Gerard street.
Howard avenue and Harlow street.
Howard avenue and Cunningham street.
East street, rear Engine Company 17 house.
Northern avenue and D street.
Northern avenue, near No. 275.
Heath square
Florence and Hawthorne streets.
New Pole Connections.
N street, at East Eighth street
Kemble street, at Magazine street
Morton and Owen streets
Morton and West Selden streets
Ashland and Florence streets .
Fairview and South streets * .
Powell and Spring streets
Bickford street, at Heath street *
Fisher avenue, at Parker street *
Parker Hill avenue, at Parker street *
East Eagle street, at Prescott street *
Mt. Vernon street, near railroad * .
170
75
148
173
147
197
109
205
129
178
39
551
* Installed by the Telephone Company for this department.
Fire Department.
17
Codman street, at Wessex street .
Codman street, at Hillside street .
East street, rear Engine Company 17 house
Matchett street, at Washington street .
Broadway, at Central Fire Station
Codman street, near Carruth street
Marsh street, at Granite avenue
New Conduit.
Northern avenue, at D street, between manholes
Ducts Abandoned.
Dock square (6 ducts) ....
Washington and Kneeland streets (5 ducts)
East Broadway and I street .
East Fourth and L streets
East Eighth and Dorchester streets
West Fourth and E streets
Howard avenue, near Dudley street
Adams street and Granite avenue .
Adams and Codman streets
Codman street, near Carruth street
Codman and Washington streets .
Harvard and Morton streets .
River street and Reddy avenue
Oakland street, at River street
Commonwealth avenue and Warren street
Washington street, near Arborway
Public Fike Alarm Boxes Installed.
1565. St. Botolph and Garrison streets.
1572. Boylston and Exeter streets.
2192. Westminster avenue and Walnut Park road.
2461. Forest Hills street and Rossmore road.
2525. Hyde Park avenue and Hunter street.
265. Cass street and Oak avenue.
2718. Centre and Weld Streets.
274. Centre and Corey streets.
3131. George and Gerard streets.
3146. Dudley and Monadnock streets.
3387. Harvard street and Courtland road.
3388. Harvard and Errol streets.
3485. Hilltop and Whitridge streets.
3537. Opposite 93 West Selden street.
3529. Babson, Delhi and Grossman streets.
5228. Western and Speedway avenues.
5277. Faneuil and Goodenough streets.
5283. Washington and Brackett streets.
Feet.
71
300
54
107
60
108
211
28
19
21
35
30
152
88
6
19
7
130
136
6
27
179
50
5
18 City Document No. 12.
5296. Perthshire road and Matchett street.
6185. Prescott and Princeton streets.
6195. Neptune road and Cottage street.
7127. Northern avenue, near Fish Pier.
7317. East Broadway and K street.
743. Marine road and I street.
SCHOOLHOUSE BoXES INSTALLED.
1335. Allston and Somerset streets, auxiliary to Somerset
Street School.
15-1481. Girls' Continuation School, Washington street, near
Oak street.
12-1625. Way Street School.
2517. Washington street, at Toll Gate way, auxiliary.
12-2322. Trade School for Girls, Hemenway street, opposite
Astor street.
2628. Wren and Danville streets, auxihary to Randall G.
Morris School.
2661. Washington and Stimson streets, auxihary.
3266. Winter and East Streets, auxiliary to Lyceum Hall.
3344. Champlain School, Athelwold street.
12-3524. WilHam Brewster School, Morton and Norfolk
streets.
3575. Oakland and Kennebec street, auxiliary to Lowell
Mason School.
3627. Thomas J. Kenney School, Oak avenue, near Adams
street.
3773. Williams avenue and Summit street, auxiliary to
Fairmount school.
3816. Gordon avenue, near Austin street, auxiliary to
Henry Grew School.
12-414. Oliver Holden School, Pearl street, opposite Summer
street.
471. Abram E. Cutter School, Medford street, near Polk
street.
12-5161. Harriet E. Baldwin school, Corey road and Wash-
ington street.
12-627. Austin School, Paris street, near Meridian street.
12-7416. Michael J. Perkins School, Vale street, near Mercer
street.
Peivate Boxes Installed.
1264. Parker House.
1533. Hotel Statler.
1649. John L. Whiting, J. T, Adams, Harrison avenue and
East Brookline street.
12-2151. Warren Theatre, Warren and Waverly streets.
2497. Faulkner Hospital, Centre and Allendale streets.
3248. St. WilHams Parochial School, Savin Hill avenue
and Tuttle street.
Fire Department. 19
Fire Alarm Boxes Relocated.
2187. From Williams School, Homestead street, to Home-
stead and Harold streets.
12-3131. From Hampden and George streets to William
• Eustis School, George street.
3135. From George and Langdon streets to George and
Clarence streets.
3538. From West Selden and Rich streets to West Selden
and Halborn streets.
5285. From Mary Lyon School, Turner street, to Turner
and Hester streets.
687. From Noble School, Princeton street, to Princeton
and Shelby streets.
7422. From Columbia road and H street to East Eighth
and H streets.
7445. From East Fourth and 0 streets to East Fourth and
N streets.
Fire Alarm Boxes Removed from Service.
1267. Youngs Hotel.
1335. Somerset and AUston streets.*
1381. Home for Aged Women, Revere street.
2125. Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Zeigler street.
2517. Washington street and Toll Gate way.
2661. Washington and Stimson streets.
3472. Walnut Street School, Neponset.
3773. Williams avenue and Summit street.*
3816. Gordon avenue, near Austin street.*
Fire Alarm Boxes in Service.
Total number 1,412
983
256
53
120
Owned by Fire Department
Owned by Schoolhouse Department
Owned by Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company
Privately owned
Department Boxes.
On box posts 580
On poles 384
On buildings 15
In buildings 4
Equipped with keyless doors (bell-ringing attachment) 845
Equipped with keyless doors (glass guards) .... 49
Equipped with " quick-action " doors .... 83
Equipped with key doors ...... 6
* Fire Deparment boxes removed from service and schoolhouse boxes installed in place
thereof.
20
City Document No. 12.
Equipped with auxiliary attachments
Succession type
Designated by red hghts .
2
332
611
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 Company 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 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 1
83
District 2
70
District 3
35
District 4
85
District 5
54
District 6
97
District 7
91
District 8
104
Fire Department.
21
Classification of Fiee Alarm Boxes.
Academies
Adjoining city
Armory .
Asylums
Car houses
Cemetery
City yards
Home for Aged People
Hospitals
Hotels .
Manufacturing plants
Museum
Navy Yard .
Office buildings
Power stations
Prison
4
1
1
4
9
1
2
1
23
5
26
1
Public hall .
Railroad shops
Railroad stations
Railroad yards
Retail stores .
Restaurant .
Schoolhouses (public)
Schoolhouses (p a r o
chial) .
Stock yard
Street boxes (public)
Theaters
Warehouses .
Wharves
Wholesale houses
1
5
5
12
4
1
256
4
1
973
28
8
9
4
Posts and Cable Terminal Boxes.
Box posts in service 628
Box posts installed but not yet used .... 21
Cable posts in service (large size) 75
Cable posts in service (small size) ..... 25
Pole cable boxes in service (underground connections) ,• 262
Circuits.
Box circuits
Tapper circuits
Gong circuits
Special signalling circuits
Telephone lines to department stations
Telephone lines to Roxbury Exchange ,
Telephone lines to Kenmore Exchange ,
75
18
16
3
65
2
10
There are special lines to the Protective Department,
A. D, T. Company and the Boston Automatic Fire Alarm
Company and tie Unes to switch boards at PoHce Head-
quarters, Edison Electric Illuminating Company and to the
Wire Division of the Fire Department.
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
167
10
22
City Document No. 12.
Gongs in service
Registers in service, outside of fire alarm office
Relays in service, outside of fire alarm office
Telephones in department lines
Public telephones rented by department
Traffic horns in service . . . .
Traffic bells in service . . . . .
110
31
23
148
21
9
25
SUMMAEY OF WORK DONE.
Approximately,
Number of Feet.
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 .
Conductors in same
Underground cable replaced (due to defects)
Conductors in same
Conduits laid by this department .
Ducts in same
Ducts abandoned
Manholes built
Handholes built
Fire alarm boxes installed by this department
Fire alarm boxes installed by Schoolhouse Depart
ment
Fire alarm boxes installed on private property
Fire alarm boxes relocated
Fire alarm boxes removed from service
Box posts installed
Box posts relocated
Box posts reset or replaced by new
Box posts removed from service
Cable posts installed ....
Cable posts relocated ....
Underground cable boxes attached to poles
Underground cable boxes removed from service
81,340
52,400
2,200
6,300
4,100
41,000
29,135
162,895
4,970
106,027
7,399
7,441
1,089
2
8
24
19
6
8
9
37
10
21
1
4
2
5
5
WIRE DIVISION.
The usual and normal increase in the use of electricity
for lighting, heating and power purposes has necessitated
more diligent inspection and closer observation on the
part of the members of the division, and particular
attention has been given to all new installations in order
to pass upon and grant permission for the use of current.
Fire Department. 23
Old work is deteriorating from time to time, due to age,
wear and vibration, and whenever possible inspections
have been made by the division and defective con-
ditions ordered corrected.
Regular inspections have been made of theaters, halls
and other places of public assembly, as well as additional
installations in department stores, hotels, etc., where a
fire might mean a loss of human life as well as property
damage.
During the year the insurance loss from fires found to
have been caused by electricity was approximately
1240,000. Of this amount more than one half was
confined to three fires, the balance being distributed
among approximately one hundred smaller fires. The
heaviest loss was about $135,000 for a fire caused by a
breakdown of insulation of 100-ampere service cable
(old Parkway cable) 115-230 volts, where the cable
entered the foundation wall. This cable had been in
service many years.
One fire, where the loss was about $40,000, was
caused by an employee who unscrewed an old lamp from
its socket to replace it with a new one. In doing so he
put considerable strain on the cord, bending it and break-
ing some of the strands. The ends of the broken strands
were brought in contact with wire of opposite pole,
resulting in a short circuit which set fire to the insulation.
When the employee let go of the lamp the blazing cord
swung against excelsior-covered merchandise, setting
fire to same and communicating to building.
The third fire caused a loss of about $14,000 and was .
caused by installation of cord feeding a combination gas
and electric fixture, being worn through to the bare wire
by constant moving of a loose arm of fixture, causing
an arc and burning wires up through stem of fixture,
then extending to other parts of the room.
Several reports were received of blown fuses and short
circuits in wiring of electric cars, also fires in wiring of
automobiles which did not require examination.
The principal accomplishments of the division during
the past year are as follows:
1. The removal of about three hundred and thirty-
five old services of the old Parkway cable type, of which
there were about four thousand installed many years ago.
On many there were indications of trouble, and these
were replaced as speedily as possible.
24
City Document No. 12.
2. The clearing of previously prescribed underground
districts of poles and wires.
3. An increase in fees received for permits to perform
inside electrical work.
The income for the year for permits to perform
interior electrical work was $97,265.52.
Interior Division.
Careful inspections were made of all interior electrical
construction in progress during the year. Wherever
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 25,590
Number of permits issued to turn on current . 18,676
Number of incandescent lamps inspected . . 2,292,263
Number of motors inspected 13,227
Number of buildings in which wiring was com-
pletely examined 7,480
Number of inspections made of theaters, places of
amusement and public halls .... 1,505
During the year there were one hundred and seven
fires and seven accidents to persons (three of which were
fatal) caused by electricity as follows:
Fires in interior of buildings .
. . . 96
Fires on poles
4
Fires in manholes
. . . 3
Injuries to persons
... 7
Miscellaneous overhead fires .
4
Exterior Division.
The underground district for the year 1927 as pre-
scribed under authority of chapter 240, Acts of 1926,
comprised the following streets:
ROXBURY.
Eustis street, from Hampden street to Dearborn street.
Norfolk avenue, from Hampden street to Magazine street.
Parker street, from Tremont street to Heath street.
New Heath street, from Columbus avenue to Parker street.
Heath street, from Parker street to Day street.
Fire Department. 25
George street, from Hampden street to Shirley street.
Gerard street, from Massachusetts avenue to George street.
West Roxbury.
South Fairview street, from South Conway street to South
street.
South street, from South Conway street to Brookfield street.
Dorchester.
River street, from Washington street to Central avenue.
Howard avenue, from Dudley street to Quincy street.
East Boston.
Prescott street, from Bennington street to East Eagle street.
Charlestown,
Rutherford avenue, from Cambridge street, a distance of 5,790
feet to a point within 110 feet of Devens 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, 1927, a total of two hundred and seven
(207) poles, (not including the trolley poles of the Boston
Elevated Railway, which are exempt), supporting a total
of one million thirteen thousand six hundred (1,013,600)
feet of overhead wires or a little less than one hundred
ninety-two (192) miles, owned by the Edison Electric
Illuminating Company, New England Telephone and
Telegraph Company, Charlestown Gas and Electric
Company, Western Union Telegraph Company, Postal
Telegraph Cable Coinpany, Boston Elevated Railway,
Boston Fire Department (Fire Alarm Branch) and
Boston Police Department (Police Signal Service.)
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 seventy-eight (178)
poles decayed at base and thirty-two (32) poles leaning,
or a total of two hundred and ten (210) poles, which were
replaced by new poles or reset by the various companies
at the request of this department.
26 City Document No. 12.
Sixty-one (61) 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, 1927, to December 31, 1927, inclusive:
Number of new poles in new locations . 553
Number of poles replaced, reset or straightened . 626
Number of poles removed 280
Number of poles now standing in the public
streets 17,916
Number of defects reported 1,890
Number of defects corrected 1,425
(Other defects in process of correction.)
Number of notices of overhead construction . 13,151
Number of overhead inspections .... 24,548
Number of overhead reports 11,450
Amount of overhead wires removed bv owners
(in feet) ' . . 2,166,903
Underground Construction.
The ducts used this year for the underground conduits
of the drawing-in system are of the following type:
1. Vitrified clay (laid in concrete).
2. Fiber (laid in concrete).
3. Concrete.
4. Iron.
5. 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.
The electrical approvals for underground electrical
construction numbered 5,075.
Number of inspections of underground electrical
construction, 9,961.
Number of reports of underground electrical con-
struction, 5,059.
Fire Department. 27
Character of Cable Used by the Various Companies.
Company.
Kind of Insulation.
Size.
Boston Elevated Railway .
Boston Fire Department (Fire
Alarm Branch) .
Boston Police Department (Police
Signal Service).
Charlestown Gas and Electric Com-
pany.
Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
pany.
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, weatherproof and
paper.
Rubber
Rubber
Varnished, cambric and
rubber.
Paper and rubber
Paper
Paper
Paper
0000 to 3,000,000
C. M.
2 to 37 conductor.
7 conductor.
No. 6 to No. 0000.
No. 10 to 1,500,000
C. M.
2 to 1,212 pair.
15 pair.
11 to 125 pair.
Table Showing Underground Work for the Year 1927.
Company.
■3
"S
0
0
a
0
Q
'0
0
0
II
Boston Elevated Railway
Boston Schoolhouse Commission. .
5,501
702
10,892
227,879
3,901
4,000
30,730
455
4,971
6,914
49,842
702
25,153
384,735
3,901
4,000
100,354
455
9,758
19,533
128,932
18
6
4
Charlestown Gas and Electric
Company.
Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
pany.
Fire Alarm Branch (B. F. D.)
Metropolitan District Commission,
60,813
1,421,925
29,135
17
463
286
3,366
32
7
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company.
Police Signal Service (B. P. D) . . .
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
and Boston District Messenger
Company.
Western Union Telegraph Com-
pany and Mutual District Mes-
senger Company.
144,036
23,848
2,575
10,159
34
16
15
111
7
9
Totals
295,945
598,433
1,821,423
563
3,828
Note. — "Split Fiber Solid Main System" is included in the above figures, comprising
18,838 feet of conduit and 36,911 feet of duct of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company
and 1,107 feet of conduit and 2,214 feet of duct of the Charlestown Gas and Electric
Company.
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City Document No. 12.
Table Showing the Amount and Distribution of Boston's Electrical Power
December 31, 1927.
Company.
-SfL, ©
-gffi o
03 „, M
Capacity of
Incandescent
Lamps in
Kilowatts.
^-2
•|oS
s h _
o
^ o
if -O to
2;
50,852
54,424
252,353
292,816
4,103
*
2,000
125
140
15
*
170
368,777
*
1,750
106
75
85,870
*
925
215
IS'
Edison Electric Illuminating Company. . .
55
1
620
500
400
363
1
1
Totals
106,396
545,932
6,368
185
370,708
87,010
76
* Unknown. (Meter capacity connected to lines of Edison system, 918,373 kilowatts.)
List of Wire Division Employees,
December 31, 1927.
1 Superintendent
1 Chief Inspector
1 Chief Clerk .
1 Chauffeur
1 Clerk and Cashier
1 Clerk and Stenographer
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Engineer .
13 Inspectors
22 Inspectors .
1 Stenciler .
1 Stenographer
1 Stenographer
1 Stenographer
1 Telephone Operator
Sl,700
1,800
Salary
Per Annum.
$4,000
2,900
2,600
1,700
2,000
1,800
1,500
1,200
2,400
to 2,200
to 2,400
1,600
1,700
1,500
1,400
1,200
Statement of Appropriation and Expenditures
FROM January 1, 1927, to December 31, 1927.
Appropriation . . $105,356 16
EXPENDITUEES.
A-1. Employees .
F-7. Pensions
Carried forward .
,456 10
600 00
,056 10 $105,356 16
Fire Department.
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Brought forward .
B-1. Printing and binding
B-3. Advertising .
B-4. Car fares
B-12. Premium on bond
B-13. Telephones .
B-39. General plant
C-4. Motor vehicles
C-13. Tools, etc. .
D-1. Office forms, etc.
D-11. Gasolene, etc.
E-10. Batteries
E-13. Stenciling materials, etc
Total expenditures
Unexpended balance .
5,056 10 $1
95,356 16
31 50
109 20
3,006 28
12 00
620 83
112 90
249 11
36 39
2,112 82
297 41
9 68
125 00
101,779 22
$3,581 87
List of Property — Wire Division.
7 150-300 volt Weston Direct Current Double Reading
Voltmeters.
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 Voltmeters.
1 15-amp. Thomson Alternating Ammeter.
1 1,500-amp. Weston Direct Reading Mil-ammeter.
1 200-amp. Thomson Alternating Ammeter.
1 500-amp. Weston Direct Reading Ammeter.
1 15-volt Weston Direct Reading Voltmeter. , .
1 Queen testing set.
3 Bichloride of Silver Batteries, each 60 cells.
1 120-volt Weston Direct Current Miniature type Voltmeter.
1 150-volt Weston Direct Current Miniature type Voltmeter.
1 Ford truck.
1 Buick sedan.
1 Buick runabout.
1 Camera complete.
Recommendations.
Mutual Aid.
The mutual aid system now in effect between the
Boston Fire Department and the departments of adjoin-
ing municipalities imposes upon this city a serious lia-
bility with little or no compensating advantages. The
Fire Commissioner of Boston has never been authorized
30 City Document No. 12.
by the City Council, the proper body to grant such
authority, to send the men and apparatus of this depart-
ment outside the city Umits. In view of recent legisla-
ture the Fire Commissioner can do nothing to extend or
strengthen the present system of mutual aid. While
any system of mutual aid, which can be devised, will be
of greater value to the adjoining municipalities than it is
likely to be to this city, I recommend that the City
Council take action to authorize Boston to legally take
part in a comprehensive system of metropolitan mutual
aid in fire protection.
Relocation of Fire Stations,
A thorough study has been made of the locations of
fire houses throughout the city for the purpose of elimina-
ting some of the old stations which are inadequate and in
congested locations. In several sections of the city there
are stations within a short distance of each other, housing
one company and a few men. The consolidation of these
companies in one fire station will effect a very substantial
saving in upkeep and maintenance and greatly improve
the I orale and efficiency of the department. A tenta-
tive plan, therefore, has been devised to rebuild certain
fire houses in Boston. The first step in this direction
should be the establishment of a central fire station in
the vicinity of Bowdoin square to provide quarters for
Engine Company 4, Engine Company 6, Ladder Com-
pany 24, Water Tower 1, the District Chief of the Dis-
trict and an additional Rescue Company, In adopting
such a plan the department would be able to abandon the
fire stations on North Grove street, Leverett street and
Bulfinch street. I recommend, therefore, that such a
station be built as soon as it is possible to provide the
funds.
As part of the comprehensive scheme to reduce the
number of fire stations and to improve the efficiency of
the department I recommend that a new fire station be
erected in South Boston to provide accommodations for
Engine 2 and Ladder Companyl9. Engine 2 is located
on the corner of O and Fourth streets and Ladder 19 is
located on Fourth street. Both of these fire stations are
old and would have to be rebuilt within a short time.
Better accommodations will be provided with greater
efficiency and economy if the two companies are placed
in the one station in the vicinity of L street.
Fire Department. 31
The quarters of Engine Company 29 and Ladder 11
in this department now located on Chestnut Hill avenue,
Brighton, near the courthouse, are in bad condition and
need such extensive repairs and changes, if they are to be
continued in use as a fire station, that I would recommend
that a new central fire station be built in Brighton.
The increasing need for better fire protection in the
Aberdeen section of Brighton has been recognized by
this department for some time. A house sufficiently
large to accommodate three companies should be built
on land now used as a paving yard by the Public Works
Department. Such a house would then provide better
fire protection for that section of the city.
Engine Company 8 on Salem street and Ladder Com-
pany 1 on Friend street should be consolidated in one
house in the vicinity of Cross and Richmond streets.
The present locations of these two houses are on narrow
streets in very congested districts. These two very
important companies are constantly being delayed in
their response to alarms, and very serious delay is liable
to occur at any time.
Ladder 12 is on Tremont street and Engine 13 on
Cabot street. These two companies are very near
together and housed in obsolete buildings in Roxbury
and would serve the community with greater efficiency
and economy if they were combined in one house.
Engine 24 is located at the corner of Quincy and
Warren streets, not far from Ladder 23, Grove Hall. I
recommend that quarters be provided in the house of
Ladder Company 23 and that the station on Quincy and
Warren streets be abandoned.
During the year considerable progress has been made
in remodelling some of the fire stations in order to adapt
them to the requirements of motor apparatus. The
main feature of these changes has been the removal of
wooden floors and old horse stalls and the installation
of concrete floors. I recommend that this policy be
continued, and that the buildings, which are not too old,
be remodelled and modernized in order to comply with
the law.
Maintenance Shops.
Plans should be made for the enlargement of the
repair shop which was designed for horse-drawn appara-
tus, the motive power of which, of course, was not
32 City Document No. 12.
repaired in the shop. The present machine shop is well
equipped, but has entirely inadequate floor space, which
should be provided by an addition to the present
structure, so that the present equipment can be effi-
ciently handled. The department garage and the fire
alarm shop are now inadequate and poorly housed in
old buildings located some distance from the main shop.
These shops should be co-ordinated with the other shops
of this department in the general repair shop of the
department.
Respectfully submitted,
E. C. HULTMAN,
Fire Commissioner. -
Fire Department.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Expenditures for the Year.
Personal Service:
Permanent employees
Temporary employees
Unassigned
Service Other than Personal :
Printing and binding
Advertising and posting .
Transportation of persons
Cartage and freight .
Hire of teams and auto trucks
Light, heat and power
Rent, taxes and water
Surety bond and insurance
premiums
Communication .
Motor vehicle repairs and care
Care of horses .
Cleaning ....
Medical ....
Expert ....
Fees, service of venires, etc.
Photographic and blueprinting.
General plant ....
Equipment :
Cable, wire, etc .
Machinery .
Electrical . . .
Motor vehicles .
Furniture and fittings
Office ....
Marine
Tools and instruments
Wearing apparel
General plant
Supplies :
Office . . . .
Food and ice
Fuel ....
Carried forward
$3,296,252 56
4,113 29
3,714 01
$3,304,079 86
$88 15
137 75
355 75
322 49
768 15
28,125 90
3,319 44
15 00
11,061 80
12,928 67
2 50
7,436 86
999 99
1,169 00
583 00
667 88
74,820 11
142,802 44
$13,491 04
2,365 11
11,959 22
144,622 17
7,887 18
1,944 38
300 00
38,005 34
32,011 15
6,292 28
258,877
87
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$9,816 84 •
665 32
84,521 68
$95,003 84 $3,705,760
17
34
City Document No. 12.
Brought forward
Forage and animal .
Medical, surgical, laboratory-
Laundry, cleaning, toilet .
Motor vehicle
Chemicals and disinfectants
General plant
Materials :
Building ....
Electrical
General plant
Special Items:
Pensions and annuities
Workingmen's compensation
Wire Division:
Personal Service:
Permanent employees
Service Other than Personal:
Printing and binding . $31 50
Advertising and post-
ing . . . . 109 20
Transportation of
persons . . . 3,006 28
Surety bond and in-
surance premiums . 12 00
Communication .. . 620 83
General plant . . 112 90
^95,003 84
92 86
184 85
3,145 11
29,341 42
3,414 66
5,184 22
$19,837 02
3,217 06
33,873 37
$284,850 41
41 00
5,705,760 17
,451 17
Equipment :
Motor vehicles
. $249 11
Tools and
instru-
ments
. 36 39
285 50
Supplies :
Office .
Motor vehicle
$2,112 82
. 297 41
2,410 23
Materials :
Electrical .
. $9 68
General plant
. 125 00
134 68
Special Items:
Pensions and annuities
600 00
136,366 96
56,927 45
284,891 41
t, 183,945 99
101,774 29
t,285,720 28
Fire Department.
35
Fire Station, Shawmut avenue and Tremont
street :
Balance of Payments:
Executions of court on account of breach of
contract :
Architect, Louis J. St. Armand .
$4,000 00
Contractor, Alco Contracting Company .
55,176 00
Expert
1,000 00
Auditor
250 00
Stenographic services
159 57
$60,585 57
New Central Fire Station :
Continuation of Payments :
Site:
Land, Warrenton street and Broadway . $93,196 81
Experts 1,300 00
Examination of title 95 00
■ Architect, John M. Gray Company . . 3,899 36
Contractor, John B. Dolan .... 147,429 09
Lajdng water pipe 175 00
Blueprints 130 30
Advertising 18 00
$246,243 56
New Fire Station, Engine 17 and Ladder 7,
Dorchester :
Continuation of Payments:
Contractor, Phandor Company
Engineer and draftsmen
Architect, John M. Gray Company
Printing
Blueprints
Duct for electric wires
Advertising
Recapitulation.
Fire Department $4,285,720 28
Fire Station, Shawmut avenue and Tremont
street 60,585 57
New Central Fire Station 246,243 56
New Fire Station, Engine 17 and Ladder 7,
Dorchester 69,845 51
$65,113 40
2,190 90
1,562 69
635 25
201
54
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23
10
50
$69,845 51
$4,662,394 92
36
City Document No. 12.
Income for Year,
Permit fees for fires in open spaces, garages, etc.,
blasting, transportation and storage of
explosives, etc
Sale of old material :
Junk
Condemned hose
Old equipment (old tanks, old heaters, etc.)
Sale of Cannel coal
Oil adjustments or penalties (through Supply
Department)
Sale of badges
Damage to fire alarm posts and boxes
Damage to apparatus . .
Damage to property
Rents
,552 75
784 30
211 56
158 00
64 00
y
488 71
636 50
2,385 70
1,760 60
67 21
155 00
$35,264 33
Fire Department.
37
FIRE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION.
Fire Commissioner, Eugene C. Hultman.
Executive Secretary, Herbert J. Hickey.
Chief of Department, Daniel F. Sennott.
Superintendent of Maintenance, Edward E. Williamson.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm Division, George L. Fickett.
Superintendent of Wire Division, Walter J. Burke,
Superintendent of Fire Prevention Division, Peter E. Walsh.
Medical Examiner, William J. McNally, M. D.
Clerks.
Fire Department.
James P. Maloney, George F. Murphy, Edward L. Tierney,
Wilham J. Hurley, Frank M. Fogarty, WiUiam 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 J. Sullivan, Oscar J. Kent, WilUam V.
Doherty, William H. Murray, Edward L. Barry, Dorothy E.
Campbell.
Wire Division.
Chief Clerk, John F. Flanagan.
Wilham McSweeney, Martin P. Cummings, Celina A.
O'Brien, Mary F. Fleming, May D. Marsh, James P. McKenna,
Mary E. Sullivan.
Headquarters
1 Commissioner
1 Executive secretary
1 Chief clerk .
1 Executive clerk
1 Medical examiner
1 Clerk
2 Clerks
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Clerk
1 Elevatorman and assistant janitor
2 Clerks (vacant) ....
1 Janitress (cleaner)
1 Assistant engineer (messenger)
4 Hose man clerks .
Per Annum.
$7,500
3,300
2,800
2,800
3,500
1,800
$1,700-$!, 800
$1,500-$1,600
$1,300-$1,400
$1,200-11,300
1,700
1,100
Per Week.
$22.00-$18.00
Per Annum.
$2,000
2,000
20
38
City Document No. 12.
Fire Prevention Bureau.
1 Chief Fire Prevention .
1 Clerk ....
1 Clerk ....
1 Clerk ....
1 Clerk ....
1 Constable
1 Captain Fire Prevention
Per Annum.
$2,800
2,000
$1,500-11,600
1,300
$1,100-$1,200
1,600
2,500
Fire-fighting Branch.
1 Chief of Department
1 Assistant Chief of Department
6 Deputy chiefs ....
30 District chiefs ....
75 Captains
109 Lieutenants ....
2 Aids-to-Chief (lieutenant)
2 Aids-to-Chief . . . .
3 Aids-to-Commissioner (private)
3 Engineers (marine)
6 Masters
3 Engineers
6 Assistant engineers
46 Apparatus operators
47 Assistant apparatus operators
1,094 Privates:
Per
770
36
220
38
30
$1,900-!
$1,800-!
$1,700-!
$1,600-!
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
2,100
2,000
2,000
^2,000
^,900
^,800
U,700
1,434
Bureau of Supplies and Repairs.
Per Annum.
1 Superintendent of Maintenance . . . $3,500
1 Superintendent, High Pressure Steam and
Marine Service $2,800-$2,900
1 General Foreman . . . . '. $2,700-$2,800
1 Lieutenant, foreman hose and harness shop . 2,300
1 Motor apparatus engineer .... $2,700-$2,800
1 Engineer and architect 2,500
1 Storekeeper and property clerk (hoseman) . 2,300
1 Master carpenter (hoseman) . . . $2,100-$2,200
1 Foreman painter $2,000-$2,100
1 Foreman auto repairer .... $2,100-$2,300
1 Clerk in charge $2,100-$2,200
1 Clerk $1,700-$1,800
Fire Department.
39
Per Annum.
2 Clerks .11,600
5 Engineers in charge 2,300
11 Engineers (High Pressure Service) . . . 2,100
13 Engineers, motor squad 2,200
Per Day.
3 Firemen (7 day) $6.00-$6.50
Per Week.
3 High Pressure engineers $43 . 00
1 Engineer 42.00
Per Annum.
1 Master steamfitter $2,200-12,300
1 Master apparatus painter . . . $l,900-$2,000
Per Day.
47 Mechanics . $5.50-$6.00
6 Blacksmiths.
9 Painters.
5 Carpenters.
3 Steamfitters.
4 Machinists.
16 Auto repairers.
1 Auto trimmer and canvas worker.
2 Auto mechanics.
1 Rubber goods repairer.
2 Plumbers $6.00-$6.50
2 Wheelwrights . . . . . . . $6.00-$6.25
4 Leading auto repairers $6 . 00-$6 . 50
6 Helpers 5.00
1 Hose repairer 5 . 25
1 Vulcanizer and assistant storekeeper . . $5 . 25-$5 . 50
1 Chauffeur 5.50
3 Laborers 5.00
1 Brick mason 7 . 00
1 Mason . 6.00
Per Annum.
1 Supervisor, building repairs .... $2,400
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Fire Alarm Branch.
1 Superintendent of fire alarm
1 Assistant superintendent and chief operator
1 Aid-to-superintendent
1 Battery man .
1 Clerk . . . .
1 Assistant to custodian
1 Foreman of construction
1 Assistant foreman of construction
1 Instructor of telegraphy
Per Annum.
$4,000
3,400
2,200
2,000
1,700
.,800-$l,900
5,800-$2,900
J,300-$2,400
2,500
40
City Document No. 12.
1 Supervising operator .
3 Principal operators
5 Operators
7 Assistant operators
1 Property clerk and storekeeper
1 Attendant and guide
4 Cable splicers
5 Inside wiremen
1 Laborer .
9 Linemen
2 Machinists (7 day)
1 Machinist (6 day)
1 Radio electrician .
4 Repairers and hnemen
54
Tempobiaby.
1 Superintendent of Fire Prevention Division
Per Annum.
$2,600
2,500
2,300
^, 600-12,000
2,000
Per Day
$5.50
$6.25-$6.50
6.50
5.00
$5.50-$6.00
$5.50-$6.00
$5.50-$6.00
$6.10-$2,000
$5.75-$6.25
Per Annum.
$4,000
Fire Department. 41
CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
Daniel F. Sennott.
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 Chiej of Department, Henry A. Fox.
Division 1.
Deputy Chiefs, Henry J. Power and John J. Kelley.
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, Michael Silva and John J. Kenney.
Headquarters, Ladder House 18, Pittsburgh Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 25, 38,
39, 44 (fireboat), Ladders 8, 18, Water Tower 3.
District 4-
District Chiefs, Avery B. Howard and John F.
McDonough.
Headquarters, Engine House 4, Bulfinch Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 4, 6, 8,
Ladders 1, 24, Water Tower 1.
42 City Document No. 12.
District 5.
District Chiefs, Louis C. I. Stickel and John F.
Watson.
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 William F.
QUIGLEY.
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 Victor H.
Richer.
Headquarters, Ladder House 12, Tremont Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 13, 14,
37, Ladders 12, 26.
District 11.
District Chiejs, Thomas H. Andreoli and Cornelius |J.
O'Brien.
Headquarters, Engine House 41, Harvard Avenue,
Brighton.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 29, 34, 41,
51, Ladders 11, 14.
Fire Department. 43
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 Dennis Driscoll.
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
DONOHOE.
Headquarters, Engine House 45, Corner Washington
and Poplar Streets, Roslindale.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 30, 45, 53,
Ladders 16, 25.
District 14-
District Chiefs, Allan J. MacDonald and James
Mahoney.
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 John F. Murphy.
Headquarters, Engine House 48, Corner Harvard
Avenue and Winthrop Street, Hyde Park.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 19, 48, 49,
Ladder 28.
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Engine 40
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Engine 14
Engine 37
Ladder 12
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Engine 34
Engine 41
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Division No. 3.
Districts.
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Engine 23
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Engine 28
Engine 42
Ladder 23
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Engine 53
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1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
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1 gallon.
1 gallon.
1 gallon.
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Engine 14
Engine 37
Engine 29
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Engine 24
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Engine 28
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Fire Department.
69
Causes of Fires and Alarms, from January 1, 1927,
TO January 1, 1928.
Alarms, false, needless, bell
and still 1,229
Alarms, out of city 49
Automatic alarms, false
and accidental 84
Automobiles 583
Brush, rubbish, etc 1,648
Careless use lamp and
candle 62
Careless use matches and
set by rats 487
Careless use pipe, cigar,
cigarettes 716
Chim,neys, soot burning. . . 366
Clothes near stove 7
Defective chimney, stove
pipe, boiler 61
Electric wires, motors 206
Fireworks and firecrackers, 48
Gas jet, gas stove 31
Gasolene, benzine, naph-
tha 11
Grease in ventilator, oven, 55
Hot ashes in wooden re-
ceptacle
Incendiary and supposed.
Lamp upsetting and ex-
plosion
Miscellaneous
Oil stove, careless use and
explosion
Overheated furnace, stove
and boiler
Oil burners
Set by boys
Spark from chimneys,
stove
Sparks from locomotive,
engine
Spontaneous combustion . .
Thawing water pipes
Unknown
Total
73
103
13
503
19
111
37
150
132
30
186
15
317
7,332
Fire Extinguished By
1927.
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76
21
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35
34
56
26
107
127
66
109
129
191
118
294
80
102
162
154
56
April
55
May
78
15
72
42
47
36
43
111
89
69
31
116
102
125
92
56
35
44
45
52
July
34
August
77
29
70
41
31
34
47
September
86
32
80
49
28
53
43
97
100
23
28
103
84
53
49
30
34
49
97
37
November
44
December
118
47
118
90
27
139
45
Totals
1,171
483
1,286
1,015
555
929
531
70
City Document No. 12.
Fires Where Losses Exceeded $15,000.
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
1927.
3
$20,338
12
12
18,440
Jan.
109 and 111 Waumbeck street, J. Gray et al
23,288
Jan.
13
531-537 Albany street, Gordon Supply Company et al.. . .
152,254
Jan.
13
15 and 17 Columbia street, Macey Morris Company e«aZ. .
41,.390
Jan.
24
83 Newbury street. Musicians Supply Company et al. . . .
50.038
26
27
650-654 Centre street, A. S. Pearlman et al
19,288
Jan.
133-139 North street, A. Baldini Company et al
19,252
Feb.
24
332 and 334 A street, American Storage Battery Company
et al.
42,633
March
6
15-18 City square, Waverly Clothing Company et al
16,637
March
25
30
1
326-338 Atlantic avenue, Argonaut Club et al
37,186
March
33,622
April
211 and 213 A street, Sherwin-Sheppard Company etal..
50,559
April
3
7 and 9 Fish Pier, Whitman, Ward & Lee Company etal. . .
22,248
April
8
268-276 Franklin street, E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
etal.
22,600
April
10
145-155 Brighton avenue, T. Murphy et al
77,286
April
13
32 and 34 Dorchester avenue, Foss & Co., Inc., et al
32,617
April
13
47-53 Farnsworth street, Corn Product Sales Company
et al.
25,387
April
14
16
24 Crowell street, R. Shiman et al
18,111
April
Boylston and Amory streets, Boylston Congregational
Church.
17,235
April
21
349 Newbury street. School of Fine Arts and Crafts et al. . .
45,687
April
24
16 and 18 Brighton street, National Furniture Company
et al.
16,691
April
30
20
24
27
73 and 75 South street, M. N. Berkovitch etal
48,210
May
321—325 Summer street, Howe & Fenlon et al
44,606
May
67 Nottinghill road, W. A. Hermanson et al
26,575
May
88 and 90 Commercial wharf, E. F. Houghton & Co. etal. .
37,940
May
28
28-36 Merchants row, Apartments Dairy Lunch et al. . . .
17,568
June
4
145-149 Staniford street. United Wearing Apparel, Inc.,
etal.
53,376
June
12
22
24 North street, W. T. Crowther & Son et al
16,892
June
47 Bay State road, W. L. Shearer et al
133,749
July
16
11 Columbia street, J. Hetherington & Sons et al
81,089
Aug.
24
112 and 114 Sudbury street. Bankers' Electric Protective
Association et al.
46,574
Fire Department.
Fire Losses. — Concluded.
71
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
Sept. 8
Oct. 3
Oct. 5
Oct. 11
Oct. 18
Nov. 1
Nov. 14
Nov. 24
Dec. 16
Dec. 25
Dec. 26
Dec. 27
Brighton Abbatoir, Butchers' Slaughtering and Melting
Association.
42-48 Woodlawn avenue, J. J. Noonan Estate et al
35 Hawkins street, C. H. Graves & Sons et al
89-95 Summer street, J. F. Kilderry et al
243 North street, Lovell & Covell Company et al
2101-2115 Washington street, Signal Shoe Company etal. .
Cambridge street, Boston & Albany Railroad
45 Englewood avenue, C. Dodd et al
68 and 70 Bartlett street, J. Boss et al
170 and 172 Washington street, S. J. Beckwith & Co., etal.
26 and 28 Commonwealth terrace, Mrs. S. F. Healey etal. .
26-32 Atlantic avenue, P. Goldstein Company
S35,798
44,649
68,821
15,315
15,762
19,080
47,483
17,393
62,679
16,226
17,116
17,149
Statistics.
Population, January 1, 1928 (estimated)
Area, square miles ....
Number brick, etc., buildings .
Number wooden buildings
Fires in brick, stone, etc., buildings . 2,040
Fires in wooden buildings . . . 1,335
Fires out of city 49
Not in buildings, false and needless . 3,908
Total alarms
Fire Loss for the Year Ending December
Buildings, loss insured
Contents, loss insured
799 200
47.81
40,093
87,828
Buildings, loss not insured
Contents, loss not insured
Total loss buildings and contents
Marine loss
$62,582
130,265
7,332
31, 1927.
$1,928,108
1,573,686
$3,501,794
192,847
13,694,641
$232,731
72
City Document No. 12.
Fire Department.
73
Yearly Loss for the Last Fifteen Years.
Year ending January 1
1, 1914
$3,138,373
1, 1915
3,013,269
1, 1916
3,004,600
1, 1917
2,372,489
1, 1918
3,981,227
1, 1919
2,822,109
1, 1920
2,577,584
1, 1921
3,139,566
1, 1922
4,010,201
1, 1923
3,304,595
1, 1924
6,286,299
1, 1925
4,735,595
1, 1926
5,407,070
1, 1927
5,199,965
1, 1928
3,694,641
Alarms for the Past Ten Years.
Year.
Bell.
Still and
Automatic.
Totals.
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
3,492
3,762
3,798
3,640
3,239
2,733
2,359
2,029
2,733
2,413
3,840
4,108
3,904
4,353
4,002
3,401
2,888
2,466
2,690
2,649
7,332
7,870
7,702
7,993
7,241
6,134
5,247
4,485
5,423
5,062
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.
74
City Document No. 12.
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.
Members Pensioned from January 1,
December 31, 1927.
1927, to
Dennis F. Courtney.
Catherine M. Dowd.
Mary A. Quinn.
Mary L. Donovan.
Edward J. Shallow.
Thomas J. Lannary.
Edwin F. Richardson.
Walter S. Eaton.
WilUam Peterson.
Ebenezer H. Wheelock.
William L. Nolan.
Edward F. Doody.
Robert J. McKay.
George A. Carney.
Anna M. Mclnness.
Charles J. McCarthy.
Hugh Gallagher.*
Frank H. Nickerson.*
John J. Cunningham.
Richard Donahue.
James F. McMahon.
George W. Darling.
WiUiam P. Kehoe.
Allan J. MacDonald.
Richard F. Aylward.
Deaths of Members from January 1, 1927, to
December 31, 1927.
Frederick L. Lanigan (Wire
Division) .
George W. Driscoll.
James J. Quinn.
B. J. Dowd.
Joseph M. Donovan.
Thomas F. Quigley.
Fred W. Battis.
Frank H. Laskey.
C. A. Weick (Wire Division).
Daniel T. Mclnnes.
Walter P. Corbett.
John E. McConologue (Main-
tenance).
John L. Galvin.
James Gavagan.
* Boston Retirement Fund.
Fire Department.
75
Deaths of Pensioners from January 1,
December 31, 1927.
1927, TO
A. J. Dooley.
B. J. Carleton.
William Bowers.*
William Lally.
R. E. Handv.
G. R. Williams.
Cornelius Donovan.
William Chittick.
T. M. McLaughlin.
M. M. O'Hare.
G. D. Bullard.
J. D. Fitzgerald.
C. E. Randall.*
J. A. McGee.
G. N. F. Getchell.
J. M. Fitzgerald.
J. E. Cassidy.
Katie J. Wall.
E. B. Johnson.
G. R. Donnelly.
* Boston Retirement Fund.
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