Chief Engineer's Report. City of Hallowell, Kennebec County, Me.: Municipal Year Ending March 1, 1887. Mayor's Address and Annual Reports Made to the City Council of Hallowell, For the Municipal year ending March 1, 1887. With a List of City Officiers. Augusta: Charles E. Nash, Printer 1887 page 26 ******************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Project Archives by Tina S. Vickery 11/27/1999 ********************************************************************* Chief Engineer's Report. To the City Council: During the past municipal year there has been but a very slight amount of damage by fire. The calls upon the department during the past year have been five, tow of which were of some importance where the machines had to be worked, and three alarms where they did not have to work. March 12, 1886. Alarm of fire about 10 P. M., caused by fire being discovered in the house of Appleton Merrill on Winthrop St. The department was promptly on hand; the building was entirely destroyed; loss about six hundred dollars; insured for six hundred dollars; cause of fire unknown. March 15, 1886. Alarm about seven A. M. caused by the burning of a house owned by George Miller on the north end of Second St. It being some distance from the reservoir the house could not be saved; a part of the furniture was saved; loss about one thousand dollars; insured for one thousand dollars; cause of fire, defective flue. March 24, 1886. Alarm of fire at A. Sampson & Sons' Oil-cloth works, caused by naphtha igniting. The department was quick to respond, but their services were not needed; no damage. June 7, 1886. Alarm of fire sounded at about 6 P. M., caused by receiving a despatch to come to Farmingdale to render our assistance with steamer; on arriving there our services were not needed. September 4, 1886. Alarm of fire at nine A. M. caused by fire being discover in the old Elisha Fuller house on Second St. caused by children playing with matches and setting a bed on fire. The department was on hand as usual, but were not needed; damage slight. The fire department is in good condition. The companies have been well filled, the past year, with good men, although they have not had much work to do, as there has not been a fire where the engines had to be worked since last March, one year ago this month, which I hope will continue on. But I think the interest has been kept, and every thing in readiness, should there be a call to duty that they would be as prompt to respond at any time as they have in the past. There has been five hundred feet of new hose bought the past year, which makes some three thousand feet of good hose in the department. I would suggest the purchase of another joint of suction hose for the steamer before another winter, so that the barrels in the river may be set farther from the wharves, so the shore ice will not sink them. The reservoir at Loudon Hill has been repaired by a new covering, as the old one was in bad shape, and not safe; one at the south end of Second street, near S. B. Glazier's, has a leak which should be seen to the coming season; all the rest are in good shape. Respectfully submitted. J. D. Hodgdon, Chief Engineer. Hallowell, March 7, 1887.