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Show SALT LAKE'S RECORD FOR. FIRES IS SPLENDID Conditions Better During 1904 Than Erer Known in Fire Department's History. 0 ' t SALT LAKE'S FINE FIRE RECORD ' & - v ' m Total fire losiwa to December 1. 104 $ 37,248.60 S) Total Insurance paid. 1904 27.902.70 . . ) Total Are losses to December 1. 1903 896.34S.68 Q (2) Total Insurance paid. 14 326,478.78 iftlSlffiffi wher be Is now th senior capUIn, was suoceeded In the orflce at head-Quarters head-Quarters by Harry W. Cowburn. who Is well qualified In every way, aa was Secretary Sec-retary Earl, for the many clerical duties of the office. 2Tw Improvements Planned. Chief Bywater. In his 'annual report, will report all changta and Improvements Improve-ments In the department and will aslt for other Improvements. The most Important Improvement whlcl the Chief will ask. for will be the establishment of a new Are station, with full equipment, to be located at Eleventh East and Tenth South streets, fcr the service of the southeastern part of the city. With new station at this point, all of the southeastern part of the city can be reached on a downhill run. This Improvement was asked for br Chief Devlne in his annual reports for several years, but the Council has to this time not seen fit to make the necessary appropriation. Chief Bywater Bywa-ter will present many facts to- the Council In his report, to show .the need of such a station at this time. approved hose with the regulation eou-plingrs. eou-plingrs. In the theaters all of the ushers and other employees have been given special spe-cial drills, so that they can work harmoniously har-moniously with the Are department in case of a Are. i Fire Drills In Schools. During his term In office. Chief By-water By-water has visited nearly all of the public pub-lic schools, and In those visited he has personally conducted the fire drill of the pupils. These drills have been most satisfactory In their results, and the schools have been emptied In remarkably remarka-bly short time without the slightest evidences evi-dences of disorder or excitement among the pupils. In some cases as many as 900 pupils have been marched out of a school building in less than two minutes, min-utes, without accident and without excitement. ex-citement. Changes In Personnel. There have been a few changes In the personnel tf the department during the year. Fire Chief James Devine, who for nine years was in charge of the department, depart-ment, was removed in March, and the appointment of Chief Bywater was confirmed by the Council and signed by the Mayor March 17. Chief Bywater took charge on the following day. Assistant Chief Charles E, Wood, who entered the Fire department as a fireman nearly ten years ago. and who, by reason of his special abilities, had risen from the ranks through all of the subordinate offices, to the second place In the department, resigned October 15, in order that he might go to farming In, Idaho. the business district, and to be held In i reserve when a part of the equipment Is j In Are service. The dormitories of the firemen will be much larger and better ! lighted ard ventilated. The new gymnasium gym-nasium will be a fine a room for that purpose as can then be found in the city, with ample room for all gymnasium gymna-sium apparatus, and a fine handball court. '. There Is back of this room, a flne hay loft, large enough to keep many months' suppplles on hand at a time. There is, In addition,"" a new battery room." The police patrol and the team that i Is used on it are now to be kept In the rvar of the fire department, where there j ill be ample equipment for quick service. ser-vice. West Side Quarters. At station No. 2, on the west side, the department has built a large stable for the storage of hay. In other years the department has been compelled to pay out many hundreds of dollars for the rent of stables for this purpose. Hereafter Here-after this Item of expense will be eliminated. elim-inated. The Improvements at the west side station have also included large dormitories, dormi-tories, better gymnasium facilities and other Improvements, the need of which bad long been felt. - Alarm System. Improved. During 1904 conditions with regard to the Are alarm system have been Improved Im-proved in many ways. Among the additions ad-ditions to the Are alarm telegraph system sys-tem are the new style Gamewell non-Interfering, non-Interfering, repeating Are alarm boxes, which have been placed in all theaters. In the Latter-day Saints' hospital, and the new box, old style, placed at Sixth Wesj and Third North street. The J'lre Department committee of the City Council is now considering the advisability advisa-bility of placing many other boxes in various parts of the city where requests re-quests for their installation have been made. '. i The year 1904, up until the first day of December, has been what might well be termed an exceptionally good one for the Fire department. In more ways . than one. During the eleven months there have rbeen a greater number of runs made by the department, though the loss In dol-jars dol-jars and cents has been a great deal lower than for the corresponding period of last year. - - There have been many improvements In and about the various Are stations, "'tBat' will mean great saving to the city In the long run, and that will add, when completed, greatly to the com-. com-. ..'fort of the Arsmen. 'Salaries Have Been liaised. During the eleven months, the salaries sala-ries of the department have averaged $C510.61, a total of $38,810.75, as com- f tired with $15,000.28 for the correspond-i correspond-i mg period of last year. This is the result re-sult of the raise that all Aremen re- -celved in salaries early In the year.-- The expanse account of the department depart-ment for the eleven months, runs up a totai of $4S08.68, as compared with ', $7Q72.0J. for 1903. This difference was rot caused by a lack of economy in the "former administration, but by reason of ' ; the fact that the contracts for hay and ' . ' grain have dnly been partially delivered , - up to the present time. This contract ; for hay and grain includes stock feed ! - . for all departments of the city. ! - . . All of the departments In the past '. have purchased their grain and. hay s parately at an increased price to the city. . ' Haj From City's Ground. There will also be about one hundred T tons of hay used by the department, vhich was raised on the land controlled ' by-the city, in Parley's canyon, under - the direction of the Land and Water Commissioner. . This manner of purchasing the sup-'." sup-'." plies for the various departments Is in . line with the recommendations of Mayor May-or Morris to the Council, for the ap- rointment of a purchasing agent for all city supplies. T V- The total cost of the department for the eleven months ending with the be--. pinning of tbe present year was $42,072.43, while tbe expense and salary - Recounts for the present year to Decem- - ber 1 have been $43,419.43. TTork of th Department, During the eleven months there were -...' - ' ' 1S3 runs made by the department In which the equipment or the department covered 357)4 miles. During 1903 the department went to 167 Ares, and ran j 3454 miles. This year the Aremen have ' been In actual Are service 164 hours and 43 minutes, as compared wlt,h 17$ hours and 45 minutes last year. The department has been fortunate in the matter of making quick runs and speedily extinguishing small Ares' in their Inclplency during the past eleven months, and many Ares that have Jeopardized a great amount of property have been speedily extinguished extin-guished with small losses. The runs made by the department, by months, were as follows: , January, 10; February, 11; March, 9; April, 9; May, 13; June, 24; July, 36; August, 18; September, 13: October, 22; November, 18. Total to December 1, 1S3. Losses Only 37,2$8.60. .The total property value involved was $2,588,637. The. insurance ran up a total to-tal of only $27,902.70, while the losses were $37,248.60. This made a net loss of only $3346. , , Record by Comparison. The property involved for the Arst eleven months In 1903 was valued at $2,046,824; the insurance. Involved was $1,115,975, while the Insurance paid was $226,478.76. The Are loss was $396,345.68, while the uninsured loss was $68,867. The totals ail the way around were sweUed to these huge proportions by the memorable Are In the old Atlas block, which entirely destroyed that building ana did great damage to nearby near-by buildings. This Are was perhaps the greatest ever recorded in Salt Lake. The loss over and above insurance in this Are reached a total of $58,700. Chief William H. Bywater, whose appointment ap-pointment to that position was confirmed con-firmed March 17 of the present year, and who took the affairs of the department depart-ment on the following day, thus relieving re-lieving Chief James Devine, who had been in command of the department for nine years, has brought about many improvements during his tenure In of-Ace. of-Ace. Improvements of Tear. The conditions at headquarters have been preatly Improved, as also have b en those at station No. 2, on tbe west side of the city. At headquarters, the improvements will have cost, when completed shortly after the Arst of the coming year, fully $12,000. These Improvements will give the department increased room for equipment for use in cases of Are 'In t Captain Workman Promoted. Captain W. G. Workman, senior captain, cap-tain, was promoted December 12 to the position made vacant by the resignation resigna-tion of Assistant Chief C. E. Wood, and his appointment was unanimously con-Armed con-Armed the same night by the City Council. Coun-cil. . Assistant Chief Workman is one of the oldest men In the department, having hav-ing been continuously in the service for eighteen years. He was Aret a volunteer volun-teer Areman, and later Joined the regular reg-ular department upon Its organization. He was senior captain for ten years. The promotion of Captain Workman resulted in the following promotions and changes, effective December 14: Captain J. W. Love, promoted to senior se-nior captaincy, and transferred from station No. 2 to headquarters. Lieutenant James W. Wilson, promoted pro-moted to captaincy, succeeding Captain Love, in command at station No. 2. Lieutenant Julius Sorensen, stationed at headquarters, succeeding Lieutenant Wilson at station No. 1. Fireman William F. Cahoon promoted to a lieutenancy, stationed at headquarters, headquar-ters, succeeding Lieutenant 8orensen. Another resignation received during the year was that of Superintendent of Fire Alarm Telegraph Charles T. Vail, who left the service during November to accept a more lucrative position with the Salt Lake Electric Supply company. Mr. Vail had also been connected with the department for more than a decade. de-cade. Chief Bywater soon afterward appointed ap-pointed W. B. Morrison, an electrician of wide experience, as superintendent of this branch of the service, succeeding succeed-ing Superintendent Vail. A number of the Aremen have also left tbe service to take up other lines. Secretary Earl's Change. Former Secretary Michael W. Earl, who was transferred to toe chemical, Tours of Inspection. During the year, Chief Bywater has personally conducted the tours of Inspection In-spection that have always been made by the department. These inspections have been more rigorous than ever before, be-fore, and as a result, the chief, in his annual report to the Council, will be able to state that the alleyways and the yards at the rear of places of business are freer from lnAammabe rubbish than ever before. Chief Bywater has been complimented compliment-ed by the actuaries of various large Insurance In-surance 'companies who have made reports re-ports to their respective companies after af-ter the most thorough Inspection of conditions. These men have reported to their companies that Salt Lake Is in from 60 to 75 per cent better condition than ever before. . These Insurance actuaries have made positive promise that when Salt Lake's water supply is Increased, the rates of Insurance wiU be reduced greatly. Protection In Theaters. During the year, aU theaters of tbe city have been equipped with asbestos Are curtains. In accordance with the new ordinance, and the exits of all theaters the-aters have been greatly enlarged and facilities for the quick emptying of the buildings In case of Are have been Improved. Im-proved. . x ...... All doors of ail public buildings are now made to swing outward, andi all theaters and public buildings are connected con-nected with the prater mains and have new standpipes of the required size. AD theaters are supplied with new and |