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I 228 -), CL correction of existing hazards . There in no municipal collection of refuse , material or garbage . " CC since the Insurance Exchange made its inspection the Town has voted to collect garbage . FIRE HOSE In this matter the Insurance Exchange says : - HOSE - - Hose is all of the 2i inch size , double- jacket cotton rubber lined , purchased under usual manufacturer ' s guarantee much of which was purchased within the past five years . The totcl amount in service is 6900 feet . Each hose carrier has 1000 feet on the apparatus and is provided with a complete spare shift in quarters , usually rolled and stacked on floor . No record of the actual service of hose is kept . 1111 hose is said to be tested annually but the method followed is unsatisfactory . Tests conducted under the supervision of the Exchange showed that practically all hose is capable of with - standing a pressure of 200 pounds . Hose on apparatus is not regularly shifted if not used at fires . Couplings of this and neighboring municipalities are of the usual screw type and conform to 1Jationa.l Standard dimensions . A special test of the fire hose was made and of this test the Exchange says : - - " Of the total of 7000 feet of hose in active service , all but two lengths were subjected to a pressure of P00 pounds per square inch . Of the two lengths , one was not tested due to its obvious poor condition . The other was found under hydrant pressure to be porous and was not further tested , " - yet the strength of a chain is no greater than its weakest link . WATER SYSTEM Of the Water Department , the " ew Gngla.nd Insurance Ex- change ' s engineer says in part : - " Organization and personnel well arranged and experienced . Emergency provisions ample but suitable facilities for receipt of fire alarms not provided and regular response to fires not designated . Records mainly good but lack some details and could readily be made more convenient in form . The source of supply is reliable and ample but service is limited by the capacity of a tingle supply line with a normally closed emer- gency connection of relatively small value . Pumping capacity is adequate , pumps in good condition and equipment generally well maintained ; continuous service provided . Elevated storage small and due to limiting capacity of supply main in connection with consumption is not maintained at full capacity , resulting in an appreciable drop in pressure throughout the town . The limitation in carrying capacity of the supply line may be accounted for somewhat by the interior condition of this pipe and possibly to a partly closed valve . Pressures while satisfactory for domestic service are not well maintained under fire flows and tests indicate that the total available fire flow to the principal mercantile district is too small to provide the protection desirable ; in the remainder of the town the distribution system cannot , in general , deliver required quantities for fire protection even at pressures suitable for engine supply and is very inadequate in quantities available for use of direct hydrant streams . Mains are cast iron of satisfactory quality , but secondary feeders are deficient and minor distributors small ; 79% of all pipe being 4 and 6 inch . * Lead ends are numerous and gridiron is wide . The system is fairly well equipped with gate valves although spacing is wide in some instances and some gates open opposite to the majority ; inspections are made at regular intervals and while condition appears satisfactory no records of such inspections are made . Hydrant distribution in the principal mercantile district is fair ana hydrants of mainly satisfactory size ; elsewhere dis - tribution is wide in many sections and includes a considerable number with too small barrel or branch or without necessary engine connections ; branch gates are provided in all cases . * The percentage of 4 " pipe is but 11% .