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Show 0ms m fire mwm Annual Report of Chief By-water By-water Is Unusually Interesting In-teresting Document. RECORD IS EXCELLENT Salt Lake Stands Second in Minimum Losses Among Similar Cities. Among cities of the l,"nited states that h:ivr V'ipiilatinns of hxHioil or there;,!, ,,1,1... Salt Lake stands ;-cennd in the los.i by fire-, per capita ami fourth in the nillulier ill' h'rci I" Hip Iimiii ill-hnhihintR ill-hnhihintR for the year Inch ended December De-cember .11, 1!'15, acenrdint; to tin1 annual an-nual report of Fire hiet' V.'. II. By-wafer, By-wafer, made iiblic vcterda.v. In com-pa com-pa rati vn finn.es for I'.H-l, the report ulno shows that the lo.-al department made niyjitv eiht more runs; that the tire ns in inl.i was $7.l'.i:j.;!2 more thau in mil. ami that the insurance loss for Ifll.", was til'. Ill less than in 1111 I. This is considered a renin rl able showing in view of the fart that liH.'i- -especially the summer .season was irinrh more arid than I !' I t. In I'-'l'i Salt Lake had a ratio of 5.1 to eai'li llliXi inliahilanls and a loss per tapita of .fl.lri. Bridgeport, conn., was th'' only other rily in the L'nited States of the same size' that had a lower per capita loss. Other eities having fewer tires tn each loot) population than did s.iit Lake are Hartford. Conn., and Trenton. V J. Statement of Losses. tine hundred and twenty-eight thousand thou-sand four h ii m! red and seventy-eight dollars and eighty-two rents, 1 UH.fl ItUU of v, liieh was rovered by insurance, was tin1 total value of property destroyed -in;; the year. Property' of a value of ,."T;:.U:'; was involved in tires ftiir-in- the twelve months and the amount nf insurance iuvulved was $:!.'Jini,:i5.i. Tin- uninsured lire losses were $2-l,0o0.1S. .Many interesting figures are ron-laineil ron-laineil in the report. A total of tiCl :ilarm were answerer! and of this number num-ber '."'! "i pioved to have been actual tires. Three liuiulred and forty three tires occurred oc-curred in buildings nnd 22a occurred in pli s other than buildings, siieh'as gar- I'Hge rans, fences, power -poles aud the like. Many Miles Traveled. Ihirini; the year IPii.i', miles were t!aeled Ijy the department. 3883 gal; Ions of cheini.-als were used, feet of ladder raised and HS.iioO feet of hose -rrmig. The time spent in actual servire at liiv-. was 07 hours and MO minutes, -v '.'our iliousand, seven hundred and sev-I'utx sev-I'utx two inspections were made by the inspector. I'UH were made by squads and ' were made hy the ehief. Theater The-ater details numliered 167.1 and tile av- i-rage water pressure was 8f.21 pounds. ! The cost of maintenance of the do- partinont of street lighting, which is also under the supervision of the ehief if the lire department, totaled $ 7, Sri .". "-). During the year the lighting light-ing dif-triets were greatly enlarged, IIS are lights having been installed. January Jan-uary 1. there w;ere 1216 arc lights in i operation. Distribution of Cost. The total eost of the maintenance of the Hie do pa it ment for the rear was $lii(i.n4."i.o6, distributed as follows: Claries 5 ftS.niO.30 i HTicr iind house exprnse .... l.UTS.l-t r)orinit"'iy expense juid repairs. 010. 40 Rnn.-iir tMiqicy, harness-, eic... 20. 1 trirseshneing -Ufl.7,"i llnrsf f.-cl " 2.0-10.12 esioi k expense, veleririarv. etc r,. t;; Furl 2. 03 Upplacemrnis. etc.,, lo buildings ? I1.:!3 i'lioini-ii! 1 :!S . 1 "J Knrniture h in! fixtures 20H . S! Xrw eiir,jnnf-in 2.S8!:'.S1 Repaii-s to equipment 3, -479. 77 Mefl;i-;i 1 ami snrcical expense . . 1 -tl . 71 j Mfleuiuerv and tools "OS.r.O1 S:llaiies. fire alarm dei'nrtment l..i00.00j Supplies anl expense, ' fire alarm departmr-iu 003.01 Renewals. eh. fire alnni) de- ! partment 3.-130. BO 1 Livestock expense. veterinar-, etc.. fire alarm department.. 51.17 1 Total S120.04S.66 , The follow ins table shows the number of fires and . per capita loss in several cities of the l'nited States of 100,000 population or thereabouts: Xo. Per rap. City. Pop u la t ion. fires. loss. P-ruleport. Conn. .110,1)00 ) ? .72 Trent on, X. .1 leil.iii.Mi 4 i.S-i Flartfoni. Conn, . ..in.i.nno 1.-12 Sn!t Lake. Ctah . . 1"m"i.0"H ."..01 1.16 Cambridge. Mass . . ln..Ono r. . 7-i 2.01 I'allas. Texas pn.nfiii rt.77 ::.r.,"i AlbHiu-. X. V I'Vi.Oiin :.?7 2.:-'. F-pri np field. Hi Ihh.Od'I 0 . r.O 2 . 7"i |
