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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1929-01-07-STM-MIN 221 TOWN MEET IN G . JANUARY 7 , l99 . The meeting was called to order by Moderator , Robert H . Holt . The Town Clerk proceeded to read the Wattant , but upon motion , the further reading of the Vidarrant was dispensed with . The Town Clerk then read the Constable ' s return of the Warrant . nrt . 2. . Under this article Mr . Albert B. Tenney , Chairman of the Committee on Investigation of the '' ire & Water Departments , offered the written report of the Committee which had been mailed to the voters with the Town Warrant . REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE TO\'jN TO STUDY ITS FIRE AND WATEh DEPARTMENTS . December 20th , 1928 . To the Citizens of the Town of Lexington : At the adjourned annual Town Meeting held on March 121 19r8 , Articles 4 , 28 and 30 were taken up jointly and the following motion ras adopted : " That Article 4 in so far as it relates to the Fire Department and Articles 28 and 30 be referred to a Committee of five to be appointed by the Modeel� 4�� one from the Board of Selectmen and eublic Works , and foutrt izens , none of whom shall bef o flee holders or employees of the Town . " " That this Committee study carefully the Fire Department in all its particulars especially the adequacy and efficiency of all its apparatus of every kind and description, including the fire alarm system, the personnel_ of its permanent and call men and their ability and training for the position held and paid for , the location of our station houses and possibilities of consolidation , and re-location - - new and better sites , if any , for htusing - - living accommodations and hours of duty of the permanent members , -- the laws governing the Fire Department and its legal relationship to our present form of Government -- and our water system , with special reference to the adequacy of street mains for the proper fire protection . " " And that in order to aid the Committee in its studies all records of the Department together with its entire personnel , as well as that of any other department having any relationship or dealings with the Fire Department be made available for the attention and consideration of this Committee . " " And that this Committee be empowered to employ the services of a properly qualified fire-fighter from any of the Metropolitan cities , or experts from the New England Insurance Exchange , in order that the Committee may be well advised . " " And that this Committee report at a later Town Meeting as to -- 1 - The necessity for a new pump and two additional permanent men . 2 - The adequacy of the present apparatus including the fire alarm system . 3 - Proper number of permanent men and what provisions are now made and should be made in the future for their training . 4 - The possibility of consolidating the two station houses . 5 - Possible location for a new site should the study show con- solidation to be advisable . ti 222 :74") 6 - Advisability of a permanent Chief . CC 7 - Responsibility of the Fire Department to our Board of Selectmen or Public Works or any other board of our Town Government . 8 - The adequacy of our present eater system for proper fire protection . 9 - Finally , any and all matters necessary to provide an effi - cient and ddequate fire department , consistent with our ability to pay , and the fire insurance exchange requirements . At a subsequent special town meeting held on June F'8 , 1928 $500 . 00 was appropriated for the expenses of this Committee . Under date of May 8 , the Town Clerk advised that the Moder- ator had under Article 4 appointed the following Committee : - Charles J . Dailey George H . Gibson Edward H . Mara James G . Robertson Albert B . Tenney Under date of May 14 , the Committee met and organized as follows : - Albert B . Tenney , Chairman James G . Robertson , Secretary Since that date the Committee has held 17 regular meetings and many conferences . The Committee feels itself extremely fortunate in having been able to secure the services of Peter E. Walsh , Esq . , Ex-Chief of the Boston Fire Department , whose training and exper- ience well qualifies him as a practical fire-fighter , and a competent advisor . His services have been supplemented by the l' ew angland Insurance Exchange , through its representatives Mr . P . C . Charnock , Engineer , and Mr . W . H . Merchant , Assistant Engineer , formerly Captain in the New Bedford Fire Department . In conjunction with these men , Metcalf & Eddy , expert Water and Sewer Engineers have studied the water system for the Board of Selectmen and Public Works , Acknowledgement of the valuable service rendered by these men is herewith recorded , as well as that of Mr . Eugene C . Hultman , Fire Commissioner of the City of Boston , Captain James W . Ryan , Engineer of the motor apparatus of Boston , Mr . James T . Ball , former consulting architect of the Boston Department , Mr . Edward H . Fenton, Acting Director of State Accounts , Mr . W . E . Dorman , Counsel for the Massachusetts Senate , Mr . George C . Neal , State Fire Marshal, Mr . W . S . Scamman of our Department of Public Works , Mr . Ross of the Water Department , Mr . Gorman , Forest Warden, our Board of Engineers , Messrs . Buttrick, Hooper , and Taylor , Mr . George E . Robinson of Boston , an architect skilled in the design of fire houses , Mr . Charles E . Beaudry of our Town, who aided the Committee in making maps , Mr . Louis Bills , Superintendent of Wires , Mr . Sydney R . Wrightington, Town Counsel , the officials of the Arlington Fire Department , who have rendered valuable service in training our fire department since this inquiry started and Mr . H . P . Allen , who acted as Clerk of the Committee . The Committee in its work visited the fire departments in the Towns of Billeric; , Danvers , Amesbury , Arlington , Ashland , Stoughton, and the City of Gloucester . 223 In the years past inspections have been made by the New England Insurance Exchange - - the last in 190 . Different Committees and Water Boards have studied the water problems . Never beforeto our knowledge have the problems of the Board of Select cn and Public VVorks , the Eire Department and the Water Supply haSPerhaps it may.P tudied jointly . . said that � be safely e a similar opportunity never presented itself . So rapidly has our Town grown that we have not noticed the demands that are made upon these departments . As a result of our studies we beg to report as follows : - In order to provide an adequate and efficient fire department consistent with our ability to pay and the Fire Insurance Exchange re :iuirements , we recommend -- 1 - The purchase of 750 gallon combination pump . That no more permanent men be added to the force at present . - That the present apparatus and equipment which is inade- quate be supplemented and the fire alarm system which is deficient , be completely overhauled , modernized and ex- tended . - That the proper number of permanent men cannot be determined until a skilled permanent chief has been appointed and given time to reorganize the Tesent force . That arrangements should be made to send all the permanent men to the Boston Fire Training School . Prior to this inquiry drills were held so infrequently as to be of no value ; since then, drills havebeen held and the efficiency of the force somewhat improved . 4 - That while it is possible to consolidate the two fire houses , it is not advisable to do it . 5 - Is answered in the previous paragraph . 6 - The ' employment of a permanent Chief , one who is a graduate of the Boston Fire Training School , and who has no other business interests directly or indirectly to the welfare of the Citizens . The Chief to co-operate with the Board of Selectmen in carrying out the recommendation of the New England Insurance Exchange and Chief Walsh as contained in their reports filed with the Town Clerk, not inconsistent with the general recommendation contained herein . 7 - The present organization consists of a Board of Engineers appointed annually by the Board of Selectmen . This Board of Engineers has full control of the department subject only to the vote of the Town . The present Call Chief presumably under the hcts of 1916 and 1917 previously accepted by the Town , holds his position indefinitely subject to removal only by the Selectmen . 8 - That additions to our present water system be made to meet the recommendation of the New England Insurance Exchange , Chief Walsh , and Metcalf & Eddy , rngineers , employed by the Selectmen to study the water and sewer problems of the Town . 9 - That the following additional suggestions be adopted : - ( 1 ) That two new fire stations be built and the present ones abandoned . (a) A new 3-door headquarters on Bedford Street on land to be bought for that purpose . 224 p 2 1J A7\) Raw., ( b ) A new 2-door bungalow type to be built on the present site at East Lexington . ( 2 ) In addition to the 750 gallon pump mentioned in recom- mendation No . 1 , the following apparatus be purchased , - a A forest fire wagon and portable pump . b A car for the permanent Chief . c The necessary _ auxiliary fire fighting equipment rec- commended by the New England Insurance Exchange and Chief Walsh . ( 3) Hose No . P be discarded and removed. ( 4 ) The Knox pumper be reconstructed to serve as a hose wagon . ( 5) The fire alarm system be rebuilt and extended . ( 6 ) All ratings of officers be abolished thus giving the permanent Chief freedom in reorgaiOizing the department . ( 7 ) A By- Law be adopted similar to the Statute which provides that cities , other than those under the two platoon system shall excuse its permanent firemen from duty one day in five without loss of pay . ( 8 ) That the Town accept Secs . 42 - 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws thereby substituting for a fire department under the control of a board of Engineers , a fire department under the control of an Officer to be known as the Chief of the Fire Department , the Chief to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen . By accepting Section 42- 43-44 the Chief shall then act as Forest Warden . ( 9) Each member of the force , permanent or call be examined physicially by the Doctor of the Board of Health to determine his fitness for the work . ( 10) Civil Service Statutes relating to fire departments be adopted by the Town , when all our present permanent firemen under 50 years of age have successfully completed the training course of the Boston Fire Department in a manner acceptable to the permanent Chief , and have passed a satisfactory physical examination . ( 11 ) Hereafter all candidates for permanent positions in the force : ( a ) First pass a satisfactory physical examination . ( b ) Be placed on a six months ' probation , during which time they shall complete a course in the Boston Fire Training School . ( c ) The first year be paid at the rate of 01 , 500 per annum . ( d ) after that be advanced at the rate of $103 a year until they reach 2 , 000 . ( e ) Lieutenants be paid $2 , 100 . a year and Captains $2 , 200 . ( 12) Abolish all call officers . ( 13) Maps be • made and hung on the walls of the Eire Houses showing locations and sizes of water mains and hydrants and fire alarm boxes . ( 14) A closer contact be established with the Water Department so that information relating to hydrants , tests , pressures , etc , s may be common knowledge in both departments . ( 15) All permanent and call men be trained in first aid , par- ticularly prone pressure method of resuscitation , by a qualified teacher . ( 16) The New England Telephone & Telegraph Company be asked to arrange its operations so that calls intended for the Bedford department be sent there , rather than Lexington , and for any other suggestions that they can offer for improvement in this essential service . 225 ( 17 ) Drills be held regularly at least once a month and call men as well as permanent men be required to attend and drill so that each may be familiar with every operation . ( 18) All purchases for the Department be made through the Board of Selectmen and the 'Superintendent of Public rks . ( 19) The Inspector of Fires , in co - operation with the per- manent chief , have full charge of the maintennnce of the Fire Alarm System responsible to the Selectmen, and that as soon as possible this office be made a full time position . ( 2 0) The Chief of the department take full advantage of the Metropolitan Fire District regulations to prevent fires . `' ( 1 ) All laws relating to fire departments and fire prevention be kept on file at headquarters so to be available to all members of the force . (f'<) ?roper rules and regulations governing the conduct of the men and care of apparatus and their general duties at fires and in the station houses be adopted , printed and placed in the hands of each member of the department . We have been advised by Mr . Waddell , Director of Accounts of the State Department of Corporation and Taxation, that bonds may be issued for all of these expenditures and the following table is submitted as a suggestion for yearly maturities : - TABLE SHOflNG ESTIMATED COSTS AND PERIOD OF BONDING Estimated Cost East Lexington House $20 , 000 . Headquarters 60 , 003 . Land 5x000 . $85 , 000 . Bonds to run '0 years . New Fire Alarm $20 , 550 . New Pumper 12 , 000 . • Forest Fire Wagon 2 , 500 . Chief ' s Car 1 , 000 . Miscellaneous 3 000 , $`9 , 050 Bonds to run 5 years . Total for Fire Department $ 124 , 050 . Water System 1-„_76 000 . Bonds to run `=0 years . Total Bonds 0400 , 050 . The following table shows the years in which the money would probably be spent : 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 Total East Lexington House $20 , 000 . $20 , 000 Headquarters 60 , 003 . 60 , 000 Land 5 , 000 . 5 , 0004 , New Fire Alarm 15, 094 . 1739 1239 1239 1239 P0 , 550 New Pumper 12 , 000 . 12 , 000 Wagon Fire 2 , 500 . 2, 500 Chief ' s Car 1 , 000 . 1 , 000 Miscellaneous _ 3 , 000_ 3 000 $118 , 594 . p124 , 050 Water _ _ 9560 X560 _39660 3D560 39560 276 ' 000 $1560794 . 41739 40799 4,799 40799 395(30 39R-5-1400 , 050 050 The Chairman of the Appropriation Committee has advised us that the town ' s financial condition is such that the foregoing ex- penditure can be made without exceeding the debt limit . Respectfully submitted , Albert B . Tenney , Chairman James G . Robertson , Secretary Charles J . Dailey George H . Gibson Edward H . Mara . 226 DISCUSSION p It is a matter of keen regret that the cost of printing the reports of the New England Insurance Exchange , Chief Walsh , Metcalf 8I Eddy and other date is so great that we did not feel warranted in incurring that expense . Consequently we will file these papers on which our conclusions have been based with the Town Clerk , - those wishing more detailed information than contained herein are re . 2ectfully referred to them . Extracts from the foregoing reports are quoted herein . Schedules are attached hereto showing an analysis of our fire department comparisons with other municipalities , copies of delegation of power by the State Fire Marshal to the Chief of the Lexington ` Dire Department and Sec . 4? , 4Z and 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws , etc . In all of the municipalities which the Committee visited , with the exception of Amesbury , the department is super - vised by either a permanent or a permanent deputy chief . The general appearance of these buildings is *ost excellent . To be sure while most of . them are new , the neatness , cleanliness , orderliness and discipline are in strong con- trast to ours . tine did not have an opportunity in our visits to witness any fire drills , so we could not compare their efficiency in this respect with our own . For this we feel justified in depending upon the reports of the New England Insurance Exchange and thr . Walsh . In this connection Mr . Walsh says in part : - " I think it would be sufficient to say without going into detail that the whole department gave an exhibition of its ability in handling the equipment at which a grave lack of training was demonstr^ ted . This situation can be easily remedied by sending men to the Boston Drill School . A request to the fire commissioner would probably result favorably . " There appear to be no permanent rules and regulations to govern the conduct of the members either in quarters or at fires . r= code of rules in very desirable towards promoting pfficiency . " A call captain is in charge of the ladder company . Like the case of the call deputy chief , ( mentioned in the full report to be filed in the Town clerk ' s Office) this is all wrong . n permanent officer should have charge of this mort important company and in the absence of an officer a permanent private should be placed in charge . (Mr . Walsh feels that a permanent private should have by training and experience greater ability to fight fires that a call officer ; if this is not so it should be so , parti - cularly if the men had proper training . ) " That as often as the strength of the department will permit a permanent officer or private be detailed to inspect manufacturing and mercantile buildings , schools , churches , garages , etc . , for the purpose of fire prevention . " The Chief being a Call Chief cannot measure up to the permanent chief because other business will not permit him to keep in touch with all the doings of the department . " The Fire Chief who has no business to perform daily other than looking after his men , apparatus and equipment , both in quarters and at firer , is without doubt better qualified to render a good account of himself in times of emergencies . This is true no matter how well intentioned the call chief may be . 00 4 d " That new Fire Department headquarters be erected to house all the apparatus in Town 2c t', e l l CF all the permanent members . " Chief Walsh makes sixteen recommendations , many of which shou Ld have been accompliehed in the usual course of Fire Denarttuent operations ; the balance would have required action by the voters . The New England Insurance Exchange says in part : - " The Deportment is poorly organized in that there are no full time chief officers and an inadequate number of full paid officer : and men . The Chief and assistant Chiefs devote only a portion of their time to the Fire Department service therefore , good supervision of department affairs in genera ] , suffers , and it is highly probable that efficient fire fighting is retarded by delay : attending their response or their absence at fires . The number of companies is sufficient but in some instance : the apparatus is not of the proper type . " Engine capacity is somewhat deficient ; the single pumper available and of value is of satisfactory size and in good condition ; operators are ample in number but with a few ex- ceptions have had little practical experience in pump work . " Discipline could be improved by the adoption of suitable rules for the government of the Department , their rigid enforcement and the keeping of proper records of service ; the lack of adequate full paid officers and large percentages of call members are factors /towards deficient control . tending " Drills and training are so irregular and infrequent as to be of little practical value and their scope limited by deficiencies in facilities and the lack of a drill -master to provide for uniform instruction . " During test mEnoeuvers the work of individual officers and men as Tell as company organizations indicated the urgent necessity of the appointment of a competent official to conduct drills which should be frequently and regularly held if satisfactory results are to be obtained . "Fire methods are only fairly efficient , considering the normally under-manned condition of the companies , some deficiencies in equipment and the serious lack of training in modern methods . "Building inspection work could be improved by a systematic use of members of the full paid force employing a proper form for reports , preferably accompanied by sketches , which practice would not only permit of the correction of hazardous conditions , but would familiarize the department with structures and occupancies , and add to the general and specific knowledge essential to successful fire fighting . "Records of fires are fairly complete , but other important der)artment matters are not generally reported . " BUILDING INSPECTIONS . In t i s. matterNews h the England Insurance Exchange ' s engineer says : " The Department inspection work is practically limited to the efforts of one officer who makes regular monthly visits to alt mercantiles and is at times accompanied by the Chief . Notes of conditions are made but the use of approved forms adapted and formerly used for this work have been discontinued . The Chief has sufficient delegated power to correct hazardous conditions whenever drastic action is necessary . Records are kept of the number of visits and of conditions in general but are satisfactory as to type and incomplete ; no data appears as to any necessary follow-up action of the department to ensure 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% . 229 Inspections of hydrants should be made after use at fires or otherwise ; condition is generally good . " Of thirty-nine recommendation - made by Captain Merchant many should have been accomplished in the daily routine of the fire department , the balance would have needed the approval of the voters . The Board of Selectmen and Public Works , acting as a. Board of Water Commissioners , have had an independent study made by Metcalf & Eday of the present and future needs not only for domestic but for fire purposes . They summarize this report as follows : REINFORCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEXINGTON WATER WORKS "The conclusions of the Engineers of the Nev, England Insurance Exchange and those of Metcalf & Eddy , Engineers employed by the Board of Public Works to make a complete survey of the water system concur with respect to the inade- cuacy of our present supply of water for proper fire protection . " The Board of Public Works has already accepted the complete plane of Metcalf & Eddy entitled " Reinforcement and Improvement of the Lexington Water Works " as a guide for future extensions and improvements . borne progress has already been made in carrying out certain recommendations involving small expenditures of money . The Board has also adopted a tentative program which when completed will cover the first six recom- mendations in the report of Metcalf & Eddy . " These include a hook-up with the Arlington Water System in Westminster Avenue ; more cross connections wherever two lines of water pipe exist in the same street ; reconstruction of connections at the Venturi meter at the Arlington Line in Massachusetts Avenue ; extension of a 12 " pipe from the meter in Massachusetts Avenue up and across Liberty Heights and down Oak Street to laassachusetts Avenue , thence along the south side of the Avenue connecting with the 8 " main in k'ollen Road ; an extension of the present 1f2 " pipe in Massachusetts Avenue from Slocum Road to the Minute Man , thence in s' edford Street to Revere Street . This construction work to be spread over two years at a cost of approximately $78 , `'00 . 00 . A part of this cost to be taken out of Water Department earnings and the balance to be bonded over twenty years . " Other recommendations include a 12 " pipe extension in a proposed street from Rawson Avenue to Lowell Street ; 12 " pipe in Parker , Clarke and Forest Streets ; an 8 " pine in Muzzey Street ; a 12 " pipe from Massachusetts Avenue via Hayes Lane to the top of Granny Hill ; a 1 , 000 , 000 gallon standpipe on Granny dill ; a 12 " pipe from Massachusetts Avenue through Rindge Avenue extended to Rawson Avenue ; a 12" pipe from Forest Street through Vine Brook hoad , Winthrop Road Find Highland Avenue to Bloomfield Street , thence to Massachusetts Avenue through Bloomfield Street ; replacement of 4" pipe in Eustis Street , Percy Road , Warren Street and Pelham Road with 8 " pipe ; a 1.0 " pipe from MassachuE• etts Avenue through daple Street to Lowell Street . " Tne , complete program will cost approximately 4k76 , 030 . O0 but construction can be spread over many years . " Y"chile the necessity of a more adequate supply of water is essential from the fire protection point of view we must not lose sight of the fact that the growth of the town would soon compel the very improvements we are recommending in order to give the domestic users the supply and service for which they pay . 230 oessit0 " Some of the proporled extensions are through new streets or in old streets where no water pipes now exist . It is therefore evident that some of this expenditure would come beck to the town in increased valuations and that only a portion can be rightfully charged to Fire Protection . " THE NEW ENGLAND INSURANCE EXCHANGE At this time permit us to offer a word of explanation re - garding the New England Insurance Exchange . The real function of the New England Insurance Exchange is to determine the rates for fire insurance on buildings and contents in any given locality . 'These are determined by a system of grading - See Schedule A . " Rates for devilling properties are established under six grades of protection , " A " , r, B ,t , " C „ , " u„ , t? E,t , "F ,t ; i" A ” being the community having the best type of protection and " F" being very poor or no protection . For specifically rated property , such as stores , manufacturing establishments , etc . , under the analytic system of schedule rating there are ten classes desig - nated from one to ten ( 1 to 10) , 1 being the best protected community ( there are not any first class communities ) and 1D having very poor or no protection . " Lexington has enjoyed " B " classification for dwellings and 5th class for specifically rated property . We have been informed that since 1924 its fire protection was such that our dwellings really belonged in class " C " . Schedule A shows our deficiencies . Of the twenty- six communities to which questionnaires were submitted , seven are in class " C " , the balance in Class " B " : The New England Insurance Exchange in their report have specified that the town in order to remain in class "B " must adopt the following : - 1 - " That the chief engineer devote his entire time to the department ' s service , and that he be held solely responsible for the efficiency and maintenance of the department . F - " That at least four additional full , paid men be appointed immediately , and that eventually tale full paid membership be increased so that the least number on duty at all times will be 20 during the day and 8 during the night . * 3 - "That an automobile combined pump and hose wngon with pump of not less than 750 gallons per minute capacity and equipped with 60 gallons or larger water tank , or a 40 gallon chemical tank be provided for Hose Company No . 1 at East Lexington . The present combination hose wagon be equipped with a turret pipe and transferred to headquarters in place of the present Knox pumping engine . 4 - " That complete fire department rules and regulations be prepared and adopted covering decipline , house rules and other fire department matters ; printed in a form for in- dividual distribution and that they be rigidly, enforced . 5 - " That suitable drilling facilities be provided , preferably including a drill tower , and all members' be regularly drilled in the use of all apparatus and appliances , ,quick • * NOTE : The call force to be retained until such time as the fullpaid strength of companies can be established as given in the table above . Call men should be employed in the town and reside in proximity to station of assignment . 2.31 handling of hose lines and ladders , salvage work and -Life- saving . These drills to give special attention to individual members and new members as ;Yell as to company organizations and to be under the direction of a competent officer who should be sent to some city maintaining a drill school to obtain experience in modern fire methods . 6 - " That members make systematic monthly inspections for the accumulation of rubbish and inflammable material inside and in the rear of all buildings other than dwellings , and that the chief be given authority to cause the arrest for vitlation of the explosive and inflammable laws . laembers making inspections to be required to file detailed reports of all such inspections on approved forms , preferably accompanied by sketches , and the reports to be properly filed et fire headquarters . 7 - " Provide lightning arresters properly grounded where circuits enter the buildings at headquarters and at East Lexington . 8 - "That the mains shown in colors on the accompanying plan be laid . Mains colored in red for immediate installation . That mains and street intersections marked on the accompanying plan be cross - connected and gated . " While in the main your Committee is in full accord with the recommendations of the Exchange , it does not advocate the adoption .f ail of them at once , - this is particularly true of the number of permanent men mentioned in paragraph two . We feel that tide should approachthis question with caution , andthat no nc.w men be added until we have employed a permanent chief and adopted a by-law fixing the days off at not less than " one in five . " After this has been done , there will be time enough to determine whether we should increase our force and if so to what extent . The foregoing are mandatory and step : must be taken within the next six months to carry out same , or our rate classifi - cation will be changed from " B " to " C " . Then these recommendations havebeen accomplishedthe specifically rated building will be benefitted as they will then pass from Class 5 to Class 4 . after these eight reLluirements are accomplished many other minor requirements should be put into effect . The Committee believes that it will be possible to retain class " B " rating by adopting a progressive system of expenditures as outlined . The Insurance Companies are loath to increase rates and will only do so if the town fails to meet them half way in their recommendations . To drop to class " C " need be only temporary , depending upon the wishes of the voters . As near as we can estimate the average annual increase in the cost of insurance if the classifications dropped to " C " , is approximately 6410 . 00 p 'cr annum , or $ 1 . 63 increase per dwelling . Schedule B contL. ins an estimate of the additional insurance cost . APPARATUS In the main , the apparatus is favorably considered by both experts . There are deficiencies in equipment both major and minor . 'shat the department has been cognizant of these major deficiencies is shown by the many repeated recommendations by it to the Town that it increase the appropriation for apparatus , personel and fire alLrm extensions . In so far as failure to obtain new egilipment or additional personnel , the Committee feels that no criticism should be attached to the department for the deficiencies in these particulars . 2:32 , THE KN OX PUMPER AND LA FRANCE LADDER TRUCK CD ►Io much has been said regarding the Knox Pump that we secured the services of Captain James Ryan , engineer of motor apparatus of the Boston Department . lie made a most careful examinc. tion . The pump was removed and taken apart ; the chassis given a road test , and while use could be made of it as pumper by spending 45 , 000 , his opinion was against our spending anything , except to continue its use as a hose and chemical wagon , as a '' spare . " The Committee feels that more use may be had from this machine by taking the chemical tank from the discarded Kissel car and mounting it on the Knox . Three cities aimi towns in the thetropolitan mire District and the City of Gloucester still have Knox pumpers in commission ; viz : Arlington , Recding and " ec;ton . Vve feel that had our department taken sufficient care of this apparatus to have kept it in proper condition it would not new be necessary to recommend the purchasefbt a new machine . Other cities and towns are still using this very type daily , but due either to neglect or failure to properly care of this apparatus , we are obliged to recommend the purchase of a new pump to replace this machine . Much also has been said regarding the ownership of this apparatus . It is the opinion of our Town Counsel that it be- longs to the Town . A more recent occurrence of the lack of proper maintenance of apparatus shows that the Lafrance ladder truck was out of commission several weeks the past summer , it being necessary to make extensive repairs to same , costing in the neighborhood of $ 1 “, 00 . The La France people informed our expert that either lack of oii in the crank case or improper adjustment of the bearings and the use of improper sized cotter pins necessi - tated these extensive repairs . PORT;BLE FOREST FIRE PUMP HOSE V fiGON . /in equipment of this type consists of a light chassis which can be driven to points ordinarily impossible to reach with the heavier machine . It is so constructed that four men can carry the pump to any body of water that a truck cannot reach . It has 2 , 000 feet of le hose which is so light and flexible tint one man can handle it . The Committer: believes that such a piece could not only be used for grass and forest fires , but as is done in Norwich , Connecticut , can be used in a large percentage of fires with much less water damage to the property than with the heavy pump and hose . FIRE HOUSES Headquarters on Meriam Street is a fairly modern building , principally of wooden construction , too small to house properly the apparatus , difficult of ingress and egress , and exposed to great hazard by surrounding wooden buildings , and deficient in fire protection . This building houses the battery and generator set and repeating instruments , the very center and heart of the fire alarm system . The experts state , and our own -'oard of Engineers agree , that in this building , as well as that at East Lexington , many rules and regulations relating to fire prevention are being neglected . The Committee feels that these risks could have been materially reduced by better housekeeping methods , re- gular training and inspections . We recommend the abandonment of this building and site . 233 The s � ee��n� conditions for �hv me�� taexctllen�i �hen ©om- arrangemen S ea qua.r ers are air , pored with the conditions in the fire house at East Lexington . The East Lexington fire house is so bad that it is diffi - cult to find words to describe it . The sleeping conditions are poor , the toilet arrangements could not be worse . In this house the boiler room is on the same level as the apparatus floor , and at headquarters it is below both boiler rooms open directly into the apparatus floors without adequate protection to pre- vent gasolene fumes from coming in contact ,with the heating boilers , so that the possibility of a fire or explosion is very great . The second floor of this station is used for religious services and other meetings ind in order to reduce the possibilities of an accident , temporary wooden posts are attached to the ceiling of the first floor which may be let down so as to form additional supports for the second floor when services are held . In connection with the use of this building for public purposes the State Board of Public safety condemned its use three yearsago , unless more adecuate means of egress and proper signs were installed . fire have been advised that these re- quirements would not cost over $500 . The possibility of a holocaust is co great that we re- commend the immediate adoption of the requirements of the State Board of Public Safety regardless of what action the town may decide to take regariing the balance of this report . Before reaching the conclusion that neither of these buildings could be remodeled satisfactorily for fire department purposes , we studied most carefully all possibilities for altering them tomeet the future needs , but had to give up the idea of rebuilding them . CONSOLIDATION OF FIRL HOUSE: This question has been carefully studied and maps prepared showing possible locations , which would meet with the rules of the insurance exchange , viz : that there should be a fire station within two miles of every house and one within 3/4 of a mile radius of the mercantile center , this distance being measured over the traveled highway , in order that the prop3rty may be considered properly protected . Under such conditions the required locations are as follows : 1 - between the Arlington-Lexington town line and Marrett Road onLassachusetts Avenue , 2 - within a 3/4 of a mile radius of the old town Hall , which would place one on Massachusetts Avenue or Bedford Street , within the limits bounded by Revere Street on the west and Percy Road on the east . Three sites have been suggested for a new headquarters . One at the corner of Grant Street and Massachusetts Avenue and one on Bedford Street between Phelps Garage and the Lexington * � Lumber Company . There is also room on the easterly siaecf the Cary Memorial building . Of these the Committee feels that the second is not only cheaper but better adapted and better located than either of the others . A station at this point together with one on the present East Lexington site would serve practically all the houses now built within two miles over the traveled highway . The Bedford Street lot contains approximately 35 , 722 square feet of land , and is large enough to house the additional apparatus recommended , a new battery room, the fire whistle , drill towers and other necessary equipment , and We have been informed that it can be botght for 45 , 000 . This is approximately 15 cents per square foot . I ii 234 c: In the opinion of our experts this location in the most desirable one . Chief WalSh in his report strongly recommends for fire department organization development , the consolidation of our two houses into one believing thereby we would get from a fire fighting standpoint , greater efficiency at less cost . After years of experience in the crowded streets of Boston with motorized apparatus he feels that even with the in- creasing traffic on our highways an effective force would handle satisfactorily any fire that we might have . On the other hand , the insurance/ rates are based in part upon having two fire houses and in a sense duplicate apparatus . While it is true that we have mutual aid from Arlington and Waltham , yet we are not given as high a credit in the insurance rating as if either one or both were in the boundaries of our Town, nor could any better rate be obtained by a fire house owned jointly with either Arlington or Waltham . Sufficient land in the mercantile center of the town , adequate for a consolidation would be expensive , and we believe further that with the growth in outlying sections we would soon find ourselves facing the necessity of a second fire house . We feel that the continued growth of Lexington is assured and that to postpone the building of two houses in but postponing the evil day , and we further feel that the expense will be but little greater to build two now than one . While the Committee agrees with Chief Walsh in his opinion , yet after considering all the conditions it feels that the Town would be best served by building a bungalow type of fire house on the present site in vast Lexington and establishing at once a new headquarters within a 3/4 of a mile radius of the old Town Hall . METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT - - GRASS FIRES AND FIRE PREVENTION Cities and Towns in This District Cities Towns Boston Melrose Arlington Saugus Cambridge Newton Belmont Stoneham Chelsea ctuincy Brookline Watertown Everett Revere Lexington Winchester Lynn Somerville Milton Winthrop Maiden Waltham Reading k iilliamstown Medford Woburn Rockland V-iilming ton On larch 1 , 1915 Lexington voted to enter the Metropolitan ! ire District . By so doing , it placed itself in a position to enjoy the benefits of the powers of the Fire Marshal to prevent fires , to investigate premises and buildings and to prosecute those individuals who persist in creating and maintaining nuisances which may become fire hazards . On December 9 , 1961 the State Fire marshal , Mr . George C . ileal , issued an order to the Chief of our fire department delegating to him broad powers in this connection . Schedule C of this report contains a copy of this order . by this order the chief of the fire department has under Chapter 148 of the General Laws , Section 28 to 51 inclusive , unusual powers to compel the removal of rubbish or refuse which may become dangerous as a fire menace in buildings or premises ; refusal or neglect to comply therewith is punishable by a fine of $ 50 or in the case of a continuing offense , not more than 4p10 per day for each day which the neglect or refusal continues . { A 4) 3E A large number of our fires are grass or forest fires and are under the charge of our Forest Warden . The Fire 'department renders valuable ilia and responds readily with its facilities when called upon to do so . Our interviews with both officers have indicated clearly that neither of them thought he had the authority to compel the owner to reduce fire hazards , but a reading of the law , confirmed by an interview with the State Marshal , indicates that the Chief of the Fire Department now: has this authority except for grass or forest firer hazards . Ve believe that many of these fires could be prevented if the Chief of the Fire Department is made Forest Warden which can be done by the Town accepting Sec . 4r , 43 and 44 of Chapter 48 . He would then hove , in our opinion , the opportunity to compel owners of premises offering fire hazards to clean them up in anticipation of the grass and forest fire season which comes in the Spring and eE rly Sunder . Schedule C - 1 . • In Arlington , in this matter of fire prevention , in one week the Fire Department force inspected every private house and public building in the town and made recommendations to the owners . Some 8 , 330 buildings were inspected . hile it is true that the law does not permit entrance into private dv. elling ` except when the Chief of the Fire Department has reason to believe that a hazard exists or about which a complaint has been made , yet experience has shown that house owners and occupants gladly co- operate with the Fire Department in these annual inspections . We believe that Lexington can do as much as Arlington . To send our permanent men out on inspections or to Eoston to train in the fire school , may involve the employment of one or two 111 temporary men to fill in during the absence of these men on other duties ; we feel sure that no criticism would be made by the citizens of any sums spent in such a worthy cause . PRESET ORGANIZATION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT The present organization consists of the following : - A Board of three engineers appointed by the Selectmen . One of the three engineers is the Call Chief who presumably holds his office permanently or until removed by the Selectmen , and who devotes but part of his time to the department . The other two are Assistant Engineers . ( The three foregoing men constitute the present Board of Engineers . ) • The Board of Engineers is organized as follows :� . - The Call Chief as Chief Engineer . 4 The other two memberC as Assistant Engineers one of whom is Secretary or Clerk . These Enginers are Call Officers only . Contrary to the general practice of town boards , the Board of Engineers have kept no permanent records of its meetings or actions . "1e know that in 1911 records were kept but our repeated requests have failed to produce any records of meetings of the board . have been informed that any action taken by the Board was covered by correspondence by the Chief , but eventhese records have not been forthcoming . Consequently the Committee can draw but one conclusion , viz . - that no records of any kind have been kept other than of fires , attendance , and apparatus used . 236 p PERMANENT FORCE This consists of nine permanent members , three of whom are Captains and six are Privates . The privates receive , for the first year 331 . 50 per week or ; 1 , 638 . per annum ; for the second year m5 . 00 per week or $ 1 , 850 per annum , for the third year $38 . 50 per week or $2 , 00E . per annum r;ith " one day off in every four . " This is often called the one platoon system . The Lieutenants receive $ 103 . more a year than Privates . Captains receive 00 . more a year than Privates . Each permanent man receives two full weeks vacation v i th pay , and a reasonable amount of sick leave as occasion requires it . Permanent men are entitled to pensions after 1:5 years of continuous service and after having reached the age of 60 years . The pension is one -half of the salary . Permanent members disabled on active duty may be pensioned with - out meeting the above requirements . CALL FORCE This force consists of 6 men ll of whom are officers and 15 privates . One Call Chief . * One Deputy Call Chief . Two Engineers . * One Call Captain Six Call Lieutenants . Fifteen Call Privates . SALARIE ' OF CALL FORCE The Call Chief receives $500 . per year , and in addition thereto is allowed j? O0 per year for the use of his automobile . The Deputy Call Chief receives $200 . The two Engineers receive 3:: 5O . each . • The Cali Captains receive $150 . The CallLieutenants receive $ 137 . The Call Privates receive cl25 . The entire Department including call and permanent members consists of 35 men of which 14 are officers . A comparison with Boston will be interesting at this time . Here we find the applicants for positions with the fire department must first pass a physical and civil service examination . A successful candidate is then appointed to the fire department on probation for six months . He is obliged to take a course ifi the Drill School for a period of thirty days . If he passes this training he is again physically examined by the medical examiner of the fire department , and if he is in good physicial condition he is appointed permanently at the expiration of the probationary period . He is expected to become a telegrapher , a chauffeur and a pump operator by attending the respective schools at this department . Before he can be a lieutenant he must have served six years in the department , and before he can advance to the grade of captain he must have another years experience . The first year the men receive $1 , 600 per annum . Each year they ;ire raised $100 . until the rrivate receives a maximun of v1' 400 . Pump operators receive $- , ?OO . per annum , Lieutenants $1 , 400 . and Captains " I; They have two weeks regular vacation pa a p , 600 . withY � limited amount of sick leave , pensions , and are on the two platoon system . * These three constitute the Board of Engineers appointed annually by the Selectmen . 237 another interesting comparison may be made v. ith Stoughton , - here the population is about the some as Lexington , about the same miles of highway and square miles of area as our Town . Stoughton has 1834 houses while Lexington has ` 163 . This Town has a permanent force of but four men . It has a modern head- quarters built within a year costing about 058 , 000 . and houses four pieces of apparatus with room for more . The men receive but $1 , 664 per annum , two weeks vacation with pay , no pensions rnd but " one day off in six " and there are plenty of applicants for the positions . Comparison shows that our permanent firemen receive compensation in proportion to that of the Boston firemen , where the hazards and opportunities for personal injury are seeral times greater . \ e have been informed that shortly after the last annual town meeting the Board of Engineers advanced the salaries of the Lexington permanent men to 36 . 00 per day , of C;42 . 00 per week , or O? , l90 per annum , but at the re ues t of the Selectmen this increase was suspended until after the report of this committee . We understand that during the past year a movement was started to change the number of drys off from " one in four" to " one in three . " Under the present schedule of " one day off in four " with 9 men , either three men or two men are off duty each day , leaving but six men , or seven men on duty . Under a schedule of " one day off in four" with 11 men , either three men or two men will be off duty each day , leaving but eight men or nine men on duty . Under a schedule of " one day off in three " with 9 men , three will be off duty every day , leaving but six men on duty . Under a schedule of " ond day off in three " with 11 men , either four or three men will be off duty every day , leaving but seven or eight men on duty . force of 11 men will mean an ultimate annual increase in the payroll of $4 , 0151 or an increase of approximately ;' 22 . Under a schedule of " one day off in five " with nine men cs recommended by your Committee , either one man or two men will be off duty every day , leaving eight men or seven men on . duty . This schedule will give the same working force as " one day off in three " with 11 permanent men at no additional expense . Uur police department has one day off in eight and officers on night duty when called to court to prosecute arrests made by thein often fail to get their one day in eight . Consequently in view of the foregoing we recommend that the days off be fixed by by - law at not less than " one day in five . " 6uch an arrangement will be a distinct benefit to the Town . FIRE ALARMS A careful study of the records of the fire alarms for the years 1925 , 19E6 and 1927 , and the first xeven months of 19f8 show for these years alarms of all kinds as follows : I l 238 Cal0 1st 7 mos . 1925 192 6 1927 1928 Alarms of all kinds 297 259 294 218 Duplicate grass alarms 128 68 42 28 Other duplicate alarms 4 4 5 5_ 132 47 33 Net fire alarms 165 187 247 185 Grass alarms 128 68 42 28 Still alarms 99 116 164 136 Bell Alarms 59 64 66 33 Uut of town alarms 11 11 22 21 297 259 294 218 Exclusively grass alarms both still and bell 55 69 108 11 Ratio of grass alarms to net fire alarms 33% 33% 43% 60% It is interesting to note the increasing number of grass fires and the large percentage they bear to the total . An analysis of the foregoing tabulation showed a large number of fire alarms at which no officer was in charge , privates directing the operation of the department . 1st 7 mos . 1925 1926 1927 1928 Total number of alarms of all kinds 297 259 294 218 Number in charge of privates 171 126 145 103 This condition could not exist if we had a permanent chief . His presence would increase the number of our regular force of ten , which we feel is more than ample for our present requirements with the mutual aid available from Arlington and Waltham . In the appendix to be filed with the Town Clerk are schedules showing time of apparatus in service , total miles apparatus traveled , cause of fire - bell alarms , still alarms , etc . TOTAL EXPENSE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE, TEN YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31 , 1927 . ( See Schedule C - 2 ) This table shows expenses by years for maintenance of equipment , buildings and grounds , and salaries and wages paid the firemen both call and regular . The biggest increase is in wages increase running from $7 , 831 to $21 , 469 . This is due principally to the increase in the number of permanent men and increase in wages . COMPARISON OF COSTS yITH OTHER CITIES tiND TOWNS It is difficult to find municipalities comparable with Lexington . We selected twenty- five which we thought were fairly so and obtained from the Department of Accounts at the State House data shown on Schedules D - 1 -2-3-4 . Towns to which questionnaires were sent : - Arlington Dedham Needham Swampscott Belmont Hingham Norwood Watertown Braintree Hudson Reading Walpole Bridgewater Mansfield Saugus Wellesley Chelmsford Marblehead Stoneham Ywinchester BRIN8F4 Milton Stoughton Winthrop 239 We divided these municipalities into three classes according to their population , - Class 1 . 11 , 500 to 30 , 000 population Class . 7 , 800 to 9 , 468 rr Class . 3 . 5 , 800 to 7 , 000 rt An analysis of these twenty-five municipalities shows that - Lexington is the 3rd highest in maintenance and repairs of equipment See Schedule D - 3 . Lexington is the 5th highest in fuel and light . See Schedule D - 3 . Lexington is the 6th highest in total cost per capita . See Schedule D - 2. . Lexington is the 7th highest in wages per capita . See Schedule D - Lexington is the 12th highest in maintenance of buildings . See Schedule D - 4 . Lexington is the 17th highest in other expenses . See Schedule D - 4 . COMPARISON 0k ORGANIZATION WITH OTHER CITIES AD TOWNS . A questionnaire was prepared and sent to the same 25 municipalities , answers being received from 21 and some of the information thus obtainec: shown on Schedules E . and F . Two features stand out prominently - first , that of these twenty-five municipalities , fifteen have permanent chiefs . Practically ell give two weeks vacation , pension , sick leave ; three are on the two platoon system , two dive one day off in six , one gives one day off in seven , six give one day off in five and Lexington one day off in four , the others fail to report anything definite . Eleven have accepted civil service in part or in full . In the matter of training schools , five send men to an organized school, while seventeen either have their own or none at all , nineteen have reciprocal help . In this connection the Committee wishes to say that in these places visited where they have permanent chiefs , we noticed a marked improvement in the discipline , equipment and general neatness of the department . FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN SCHOOLS The vote of the Town did not contemplate an inquiry into this subject . Ir . Bills , ►superintendent of Wigs , `..nd well skilled in this subject , has called our attention to it , and we feel it our duty , as in the case of the East Lexington kire house , to call your attention to the subject . He says : - . " Our school houses are in need of fire alarm systems . I went to the High School with (Thief Taylor and found that they had a fire alarm system , but this one was out of order , on account of poor installation . I think this is important that the schools should have an up to date fire alarm system . They c.an install a system in the schools thit is reliable and would be under the Fire Department and supervised by the Fire De- partment ." He estimates the cost to be for all schools $7 , 800 . 7Ve have been informed that the system in the High School was installed by a reliable party and the only recommendation we make is that the School Committee take this matter up with the Contractor and ter . Bills , and correct any deficiencies ; and that they carefully consider the advisability of definitely placing the care and maintenance of all fire alai. . Systems in the school under the Fire Department thus placing the respon:iibility for the proper functioning of so important a factor in our schools directly on the Fire Department . 240 00 O TNNCCP GOVERNMENT With the exception of the School Committee , the Library Trustee : , the Cemetery Commission and the Fire Department , all the opera ting departments of our Town are localized in one board and the responsibilities for their success are centralized in the Board of Selectmen and Public V,'ork . We believe that the time has come when the fire department should be brought under the same jurisdiction and responsibility . We believe that such consolidation will better serve the future growth of our Town . It will also permit the purchasing of all supplies through our superintendent of Public Works , effecting added savings . We believe that a permanent Chief of the Fire Department should be appointed by and be responsible to the Board of Selectmen and Public Works . We believe that existing conditions now require and the future will continue to demand the employment of a permanent Chief wno will devote his entire time to this work, a man having no other business to require any of his attention ; to be trained in fire fighting and fire prevention and a graduate of the Boston School of Fire Training . To accomplish this it will be necessary for the Tov. n to accept the Sections 4 �' , 43 and 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws , giving the authority to the Selectmen to employ and appoint a permanent Chief of the Fire Department . While the present Board of Engineers and Chief of the Fire Department have served the town faithfully and well according to their experience , yet we recommend that they voluntarily retire from service not only as members of the Board of Engineers but as officers of the Department in order that the Selectmen may carry out the recommendation of the leve England Insurance Exchange and Chief Walsh for a permanent Chief , as outlined by this Committee in its 6th recommendation on p . 3 . We believe that the organization and condition of the deportment as found by this Committee ' s experts warrant this urocedure . We believe that the future welfare of the community requires it . Then with a permanent Chief of the qualifications heretofore specified , to reorganize , drill and direct the department , the Town start a building program in conformity with the foregoing recommendations . Your Committee has not had the facilities to acquire accurate costs covering its recommendations . The best it has been able to do is to obtain general information from those familiar with this class of work . We believe that the services of a permanent Chief , such as we have outlined can be had for 4` 1400 . per annum . with the department reorganized , savings can be made in the salaries of the present Call and Deputy Chiefs , the two ,6ngineers , and the one Call Captain of $1 , 550 . 1 making a net increase in the present pay roll of but $ 1000 . 03 per annum . We would then have ten permanent men on our force . Permanent Chief ' s Salary 4.;P1400 . Savings to be made : 1 Call Chief , 500 . 2 Engineers 500 . 1 Deputy Chief X50 . 1 Call Captain 150 . 1 , 400 . Additional cost to the Town $ 1 , 030 . 241 This would provide one of the two additional men asked far by the department last spring at less than 2 the cost of an inexperienced man , whose training must be had at the expense of the Town . This Committee in completing its work and closing this ai :. cussion briefly summarizes its study as follows : The Committee feels that the Town should enlarge its water ;system , build two new fire houses , purchase ridditional equipment and reorgiynize its fire department , all recommended in the first part of this report . So f�, r as the Water system is concerned , the adoption by the Board of Selectmen and Public Work: of Metcalf & Eddy ' s report as a guide for the future installation of rater mains has , if carefully followed , put an end to the policy of laying rater mains regardless of the growth of the Town and its ultimate needs . It is a real constructive action . There remains only the question of the Fire Department and this is now in the hands of the citizens . Respectfully submitted , For the Committee , Albert B . Tenney , Chairman James G . Robertson , Secretary . CHAPTER 48 GENERAL L LIS SCHEDULE C - 1 REL!.TIVE TO FIRE LEPARTiiENTS . Section 4 . Towns accepting the provisions of this and the following two sections are hereby authorized to establish a fire department to be under the control of an officer to be known as the chief of the fire department . The chief shall be appointed by the Selectmen , and shall receive such salary as the selectmen may from time to time determine , not ex- ceeding in the aggregate the amount annually appropriated therefor . He may be removed for cause by the selectmen at any time after a hearing . He shall have charge of extinguishing fires in the town and the protection of life and property in case of fire . He shall purchase subject to the approval of the Selectmen and keep in repair all property and apparatus used for and by the fire department . He shall have and exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed by statute upon engineers in towns except as herein provided and shall appoint a deputy chief and such officers and firemen as he may think necessary , and may remove the some at any time for cause and after a hearing . He shall have full and absolute authority in the administration of the department , sh&1 .1 make all rules and regulations for its operation, shall report to the selectmen from time to time the condition of the department with the recommendations thereon ; he shall fix the compensation of the permanent and call members of the fire department subject to the approval of the selectmen . In the expenditure of money the chief shall be subject to such further limitations as the town may from time to time prescribe . Section 43 . The chief of the fire department shall act as forest warden in all such towns , and shall have authority to appoint deputy wardens and fix their compensation subject to the approval of the selectmen . Section 44 . The two preceling sections shall not affect the tenure of office nor apply to the removal of permanent and and call members of fire departments in towns which have accepted chapter thirty- one or corresponding provisions of earlier law's . Said Sections shall not apply to cities . 242 ^. CL CD SCHEDULE A Z7 NEW ENGLAND INSURANCE EXCHANGE Rctober 15th , 1918 Mr . A . B . Tenney , Chairman , 1 Adams Street , Lexington , idH. s s . Dear Mr . Tenney : Re : Lexington , Mass . In accordance with your request , vie submit below a summary of the grading for the town of Lexington flowing the various points of deficiency which are charged against the items entering into our grading schedule : Vater Supply 561 Fire Department 708 Fire Alarm System 315 Police 20 Building Laws 142 Hazards F01 Structural Conditions 345 Climatic Conditions 31 Total 2 323 5th Class You will recall that I have advised you previously of the total points of deficiency allotted to each function in our grading schedule which go to make un the 5000 points of deficiency on which the schedule is predicated . So that you may have them before you , I will quote them again : later Supply 1700 fire Department 1500 Fire Alarm System 550 Police 50 Building Laws 200 Hazards 300 Structural Conditions 700 Total 5000 We trust the above inform' tion will serve your purpose . Very truly yours , P . C . Charnock , Engineer . SCHEDULE B . ESTIMATED INSURABLE VALUE AND COST OF INSURANCE . 1928 Assessed Value of Bldgs . ; 11 , 85010O0 . 00 191:8 Assessed Value of Mercantile & Mfg . Bldgs. 988 , 000 . 00 Dwellings . Private Garages ( 1100 Dwgs . $5 , 172 ) 10 , 862 , 000 . 00 Plus 30% over Assessed Value 3 , , 50 000 . 00 Insurable Value ( Av . 6 , 70 . ) $ 14 , 112 , 000 . 00 Insurable Value Furniture W , 867 . per Lwg . ) 6 , 000 , 000 . 00 Insurable value Dwgs . & Conts .& Private Garages $` 0 , 112 , 000 . 00 Cost Under Class B . Full Protection - Dwellings & Private Garages $13 , 69 , 000@ 72¢ - 5 years Furniture $5 , 8:1- 01000 . 84 - 5 years 48 , 888 . $147 , 470 . 00 Within 500 ' of Hydr . - miles from Fire Station Vvithin 1000 ' of Hydr . within 2 miles n H Dwellings (65 ) 4 i0 , 000 . g . 96 - 5 years 4103.t . Furniture 180 , 000 . ® .1 . 00 - 5 years 1 800 . 5832 . 00 $153, 302 . 00 ?!4 3 COST Under Class C Full Protection - Dwellings & Private Garages $109 , 536 . $13 , 69 , 000 . @ 800 - 5 Yrs . Furniture 5 , 8 ? 0 , 000 . 88;5 - 5 Yrs . 51 , F•16 . $160 , 752 . Vithin 5 )0 ' of Hydr - 2 miles from Fire Station Within 1000 ? of Hydr . within 2 miles " rr Dwellings , Private Garages and Furniture $600 , 000 . 1 . 60 - 5 years 9 . 600_ „170 , 352 . 00 Increased 5 years cost $17 , 050 . 00 rr 1 rr tT $3 , 410 . 00 Annual Average Increase per dwelling $1 . 63 Annual increase per $1 , 000 of Insurance under Class C Full protection - Dwellings and Private Garages 160 Furniture 160 Other protection described above - Dwellings and Private Garages $1 . 28 Ftrni tur e $1 . 20 Property outside allowed limits of protection - No change in Rate . * $4 , 800 , 000 . Mercantile , lig . Town and Tax Exempt property specifically rated - - NO CHANGE IN RATE . Would benefit by lower rate if Town qualifies for Class B . * Torn property $1 , 750 , 000 . Tax Exempt 750 000 . Mercantile & Mfg .. 1 , 533, 000. Mercantile & Mfg . contents 800 , 000 , $4, 800 , 000 . October , 19`8 . SCHEDULE C THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DE- PARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Alfred F . Foote , Commissioner Office of the Division of Fire Pre- vention . A new cele ation of Powers to the Head of the Fire Department of the Town of Lexington made by the Fire Prevention Commissioner . I , George C . Neal , duly appointed and qualified as the State Fire Marshal for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , by virtue of the authority vested in me by General Laws , Chapter 148 , do hereby delegate to the Head of the Fire Department of the Town of Lex- ington the following powers conferred on my by said General Laws , , to be exercised by him rithin the said Torn of Lexington in accordance with the rules and regulations now established or hereafter to be established by the said State Fire Marshal in reference severally to said powers . This delegation of powers shall continue in force until a revocation thereof shall have been filed with the Board of Selectmen of the said Town of Lexington . 1 . The right to enter at any reasonable hour any building or other premises , or any ship or vessel , to make inspection or in furtherance of the purpose of any provision of any law , ordinance , or by- law , or of any rule or order of said State Fire Marshal , without being held , or being deemed to be guilty of trespass ; provided , that there is reason to suspect the existence of circumstances dangerous to the public safety as a fire menace . 4 . 244 O ca) r . Q The right to approve or disapprove solely from �C considerations of fire hazard licenses for the keeping , storage , use , manufacture or sale of explosives and volatile inflammable fluids issued by the Board of Selectmen . 3 . The right to require the removal and destruction of any heap or collection of refuse or debris that in his opinion may become dangerous as a fire menace , and all other powers con- ferred by Section 64 of said Chapter 148 . 4 . The right to issue any permit authorized by General Laws , Chapter 148 , 6ections thirty to fifty- one inclusive ; the carrying out of any lawful rule , order or regulation established by the Fire Marshal , and the right to make any inspection re- quired under said sections . 5 . The delegation of powers to the Head of the Fire De- partment of the Town of Lexington , made on the tenth day of September , A . D . 1915 , by the Fire prevention Commissioner of the Metropolitan District , is hereby revoked and replaced by the foregoing new delegation of powers . In witness whereof, the State Fire Marshal has signed this delegation of powers this ninth day of December , A. D . 1926 . Geo . C . Neal , Approved : State Fire Marshal . Commissioner . Hurn 7rLr C - 2 T3 I OF LT,XINGT ON ire Department Expenditures for Ten Years to December 31 , 1927 . 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 Salnries and Wages 8 , 731 . 64 :4; 9 , 742 . 97 : C.31673 . 24 673 . 24 15 , 502 . 22 $15 , 329 . 80 814 , 525 . 10 15 , 657 . 58 - d 16 , 798 . 71 $19 , 690 . 17 $21 , 469 . 61 Expenses 111 . 10 - - - - 566 . 00 162 . 22 395 . 39 1 , 040 . 04 22 . 20 35 . 84 . 50 10 . 75 Equipment , Varnish and I-z :?pairs 3 , 898 . 33 4 , 341 . 41 71 , 726 . 39 5 , 174 . 86 4 , 002 . 72 4 , 676 . 38 4 , 337 . 33 3 , 248 . 64 5 , 892 . 68 6 , 504 . 07 Maintenance , Bldgs . and Grounds 636 . 39 659 . 00 1 , 372 . 29 657 . 31 1 , 040 . 45 2. , 654 . 66 579 . 54 555 . 90 813 . 32 678 . 60 Totals T3 , 377 . 46 14 , 743 . 38 19 , 337 . 92 -21-,T9-6 . 61- 20 , 768 . 36 2° , 096 . 18 20 , 596 . 65 20 , 639 . 09 26 , 396 . 67 29 . 663 . 03 Emergency Appro- priation - - - - -- 493 . 42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fir•e Alarm System Repairs - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 , 843 . 11 - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - New Fire Pump - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - 11 , 000 . 00 - - - - - - F m; Alarm , Connec - tion , Arlington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 980 . 00 - -- Install - 5. Fire firm T owes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 875 . 00 - - - Totals 3 , ?77 . 46 14 , 743 . 38 19 , 831 . 34 21 , 496 . 63. 25 , 611 . 47 22 , 896 . 18 20 , 596 . 65 32 , 99 . 09 28 , 251 . 67 28 , 663 . 03 Hydrant Service 1 , 9Y0 . 00 2 , 060 . 00 2 , 100 . 00 2 , 300 . 00 2 , 300 . 00 2 , 350 . 00 2 , 430 ..00 2 , 610 . 00 2 , 860 . 00 4 , 605 . 00 -„ Fire Protection 77 . }2 108 . 08 101 . 38 72 . 99 91 . 71 95 . 16 102 . 87 105 . 67 112 . 03 114 . 0 : Village Hall Fire Station 1 , 272 . 22 399 . 15 500 . 00 1 , 187 . 80 859 . 28 601 . 27 541 . 38 554 . 80 474 . 42 731 . 41 Grand To lual 43 , 717 . 60 $17 , 310 . 61 5322 , 532 . 7e- :450057 . 3 * .;4 : , : 6 . 4 6 o 5 , 942 . 61 823 , 670 . 90 y35 , 409 . 56 $31 , 698 . 12 : 34 , 113 . 49 *The above figures include fire protection State Tax and Village Hall Sewer Assescr:.ent , therefore these totals for the year will be slightly in excess of the figures arrived at by the Department of Municipal Statistics at the State House . Regul tar ific. n . 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 isil . 1 r" 246r.), a 0 cas) . SCHEDULE D - 1 Statistical Comparison of 26 Cities and Towns in Massachusetts . Areas and Higlflps Assessed Valuation Miles of Miles of Population Area Highway Total V:atertovmn 1 3D1000 4 . 163 66 . 73 7 , X024 , 409 . Jrling ton 2 5 , 000 5 . 2 82 . 79 51999 , 153 . Belmont 3 18 , 500 6 . 60 . 32 , 124 , 285 . Winthrop 4 16 , 000 1 . 6 30 . 25 , 085 , 600 . Milton 5 15 , 650 13 . 51 . 31 , 848 , 695 . Braintree 6 , 15 , 000 14 . 121 . 20 , 891 , 800 . Norwood 7 14 , 151 10 . 50 48 . 26 , 464 , 530 . Dedham 8 14 , 000 10 . 9 56 . - 2 , 590 , 825 . Saugus 9 12 , 700 . 11 . 50 110 . 13 , 166 , 755 . Danvers 10 11 , 798 11 . 33 90 . 12 , 007 , 85 . Winchester 11 11 , 500 6 . 50 57 . 29 , 692 , 275 . Bridgewater 12 9 , 468 28 . 1 80 . 5 , 460, 060 . Stoneham 13 9 , 084 6 . 50 . 11 , 835 , 050 . Wellesley 14 9 , 042 10 . 4 65 . 31 , 105, 875 . Needham 15 8 , 977 12 . 5 52 . 18 , 713 , 975 . Swampscott 16 8 , 953 2 . 62 40 . 22 , 294, 78P . Reading 17 8 , 700 9 . 8 57 . 14 , 377 , 149 . Marblehead 18 8, 214 4 . 4 50 . 18 , 628 , 530 . Hudson 19 8 , 130 11 . 7 68 . 7 , 220 , 091 . Stoughton 20 7857 15 . 55 . 8 , 399 , 175 . Lexington 21 7 , 800 16 . 5 58 . 17 , 105 851 . Concord 22 7 , 000 23 . 70 61 . 55 8 , 419 , 490 . Chelmsford 23 6 , 573 23 . 3 119 . 7 , 721 , 960 . Walpole 24 6 , 508 20 . 31 75 . 13 , 117 , 116 . Mansfield 25 6 , 500 . 20 . 12 73 . 7 , 684 , 795 . Hingham 26 6 , 100 24 . 2 84 . 14 , 198 , 415 . • t SCH;,fTTT' n - 2 Statistical Comparison of. 26 Cities and Towns in Massachusetts . Annual ?Tet Salaries Appro - Total Less Net Expenses P. nd Wages priat ion Ex- Hydrant Pix- Per _ Per Amount . penses Expenses penses Capita ! mount Capita Watertown 1 Z: 101 , 682 . Sy 90 , 469 . --= 90 , 469 . 7 , 015 : 80 , 843 . "2 .69 Arlington 2 92 , 865 . 77 , 914 . -- - 77 , 914 . 3 . 116 69, 416 . 2 . 776 Belmont 3 77 , 760 . 74 , 336 . -- - 741 , 36 . 4 . 018 57 , 796 . 3 . 124 'Winthrop 4 36 , 360 . 37 , 450 . 5 , 310 . 32 , 140 . 2 . 008 25 , 738 . 1 . 608 . 7i1tcn 5 56 , 256 . 62 , 411 . 9 , 000 . 53 , 411 . 3 . 412 46 , 801 . 2 . 990 Braintree 6 33 , 350 . 32 , 585 . 500 . . 32 , 085 . 2 . 139 25, 539 . 1 . 702 Norwood 7 33 , 959 . 32 , 220 7 , 500 . 24 , 700 . 1 . 745 16 , 702 . 1 .180 Dedham 8 39 , 825 . 38 , 478 . 520 . 37 , 958 . 2 . 711 30 , 885 . 2 . 206 . Saugus 9 24 , 751 . 23 , 079 . 500 . 22 , 579 . 1 . 777 19 , 783 . 1 . 557 Danvers 10 30 , 584 . 28 , 403 . - -- 28 , 406 . 2 . 407 20 , 649 . 1 . 750 "`inchester 11 42 , 278 . 40 , 721 . 50 , 721 . 3 . 540 32 , 801 . 2 . 852 Bridgewater 12 13 , 763 . 13 , 631 . 2 , 605 . 11 , 026 . 1 . 164 7 , 293 . . 770 Stoneham 13 24 , 900 . 22 , 845 . 2 , 000 . 20 , 845 . 2 . 294 18 , 330 . 2 . 017 '7ellesley 14 43 , 391 . 42 , 825 . 5 , 030 . 37 , 795 . 4 . 179 30 , 380 . 3 . 359 Needham 15 25 , 406 . 24 , 290 . -;- - 24 , 290 . 2 . 705 19 , 623 . 2 . 185 Swampscott 16 44 , 435 . 41 , 183 . 1 , 000 . 40 , 183 . 4 . 488 35 , 594 . 3 . 975 _ Reading 17 24 , 250 . 34 , 154 . 7 , 315 . 20 , 2,'9 . 3 . 084 20 , FF1 . 2 . 362 Marblehead 18 27 , 71C . 30 , 997 . -- - 30 , 997 . 3 . 773 22 , 221 . 2 . 705 Hudson 19 12 , 000 . 17 , 217 . 5 , 425 . 11 , 792 . 1 . 450 9 , 344 . 1 . 149 Stoughton a) 15 , 200 . 13 , 687 . -- - 13 , 687 . 1 . 742 ' 9 , 933 . _ 1 . 264 texington 21 33515 . 33 , 90-3 . 4 , 605 . R292 8. 77756 21-,-544-• - 2 . 7-* Concord 22 15 , 000 . 27 , 116 . 12 , 000 . 15 , 116 . 2 . 159 9 , 297 . 1 . 328 Chelmsford 23 9 , 680 . 8 , 164 . 1 , 520 . 6 , 644 . 1 . 010 4 , 011 . . 610 Walpole 24 13 , 350 . 12 , 609 . - - - 12 , 609 . 1 . 937 5 , 295 . . 813 Mansfield 25 13 , 500 . 15 , 501 . 500 . 15 , 001 . 2 . 307 11 , 093 . 1 . 706 Hingham as 36 , 375 . 35 , 470 . 10 , 945 . 24 , 525 . 4 . 020 12 , 136 . 1 . 989 4: j, 2 .48 A .R SCHEDULE D - 3 STATISTICAL COMP T?ISON OF 26 CI TI I,T) f. ND TO /TS IN MASSACHUSETTS . Equipment Maintenance Pr Repairs Fuel and Light Amount Per Capita Amount Per Capita Watertc 1 n 1 ( - 833 . -777P,27 ' 1 , 067 - r-0C5 Arlington 2 3 , 990 . . 159 2 , 059 . . 082 Belmont *3 11 , 721. . 633 1 , 477 . . 079 Winthrop 4 3 , 313 . . 207 771 . . 048 Milton 5 3 , 329 . . 212 1 , 681 . . 107 Braintree 6 5 , 006 . . 333 737 . . 049 Norwood 7 3 , 934 . . 278 455 . . 032 Dedham 8 4 , 716 . . 336 1 , 203 . . 085 Saugus 9 1 , 424 . . 112 600 . . 047 Danvers 10 4 , 743 . . 402 1 , 294 . . 109 Winchester 11 6 , 103 . . 530 636 . . 055 Bridgewater 12 3 , 008 . . 317 374 . . 039 Stoneham 13 1 , 521 . . 167 511 . . 056 • '"ellosley #14 3 , 757 . . 415 2 , 050 . . 226 • Needham 15 2 , 851 . . 317 594 . . 066 Swampscott 16 2 , 389 . . 266 952 . . 106 Reading 17 3 , 906 . . 448 419 . . 048 Marblehead 18 6 , 287 . . 765 866 . . 105 Hudson 19 1 , 485 . . 182 718 . . 088 Stoughton 20 2 , 815 . . 358 -- - -- - Lexington 21 6, 865 . .751 . . . 127 Doncord 22 2 , 702 . . 386 1 , 859 . . 256 Chelmsford 23 1 , 200 . . 182 376 . . 057 Walpole 24 4 , 518 . . 694 1 , 015 . . 155 Mansfield 25 2 , 571 . . 395 318 . . 048 Hingham 26 6 , 813 . 1 . 116 1 , 100 . . 180 * Includes new wiring for fire alarm . /1 Not including fire alarm expenses which are included with police signal system. t No details a' nil able . fr • - - _ - ____ _ _ 1 249 SCHrT1T L F D - 4 aTATI : YTI C AT, COMPARISON OF 26 CITIES AND TOWNS IN MP. ^ ACHTTS7TTS . Maintenance of Buildings Other expenses Amount ?or Capita Amount Per Capita "Tatertown 1 ' . O2 1 , 124 . ' . 03'7 :!�,E�OU . , Arlington 2 1 , 410 . . 056 1 , 038 . . 041 Belmont 3 3 , 012 . . 162 327 . . 017 ' 'inthrop 4 1 , 607 . . 100 709 . . 044 Milton 5 1 , 035 . . 066 563 . . 035 Braintree 6 525 . . 035 276 . . 018 Norwood 7 3 , 224 . . 227 383 . . 027 Dedham 8 452 . . 032 701 . . 050 Saugus 9 391 . . 030 378 . . 029 Danvers 10 1 , 417 . . 120 301 . . 025 Winchester 11 466 . . 040 714 . . 062 Bridgewater 12 135 . . 014 213 . . 022 Stoneham 13 336 . . 036 145 . . 015 Wellesley 14 994 . . 109 612 . . 067 Needham 15 803 . . 089 416 . . 046 Swampscott 16 947 . . 105 300 . . 033 Reading 17 1 , 175 . . 135 785 . . 090 Marblehead 18 1 , 396 . . 169 218 . . 026 Hudson 19 185 . . 022 58 . . 007 Stoughton 200 939 . . 119 Lexington 21 673 . . 086 219 . . 028 Concol d 22 142 . . 020 1 , 115 . . 159 Chelmsford 23 433 . . 065 621 . . 094 Walpole 24 1 , 112 . . 170 667 . . 102 Mansfield 25 7 .4. 0 . . 113 278 . . 042 Hingham 26 3 , 915 . . 641 5` 9 . . 091 # No details available . ri 1 , . - - - _ _ . __� _ S IJ OG 8 , SCHT9TLF F Call Chief ' s • Regular Chief ' s r 'aximun Firemen ' s Number of Of- Call Captain ' s gCaptain ' s SalRries Salaries Salnries Salaries Salaries ficers and Men In:u ranee Chief Deputy Chief Deputy Capt . Lieut . Capt . Lieut . Call Regular Call Regular Rating --rt- - - Men . Men . Watertown 1 8 20n �fi :� - Ir- 2P600 � 2 , 0 . .stn --- . � 40 B flee flee :? 3 , --- -- - 45 °2 , 200 ' 2 31 B Arlington 2 -- - - -- 3 , 200 . 2 , 800 . flee - - - 2 , 500 . 2 , 300 . None 2, 190 . g Belmont 3 flee - - - - 3 , 000 . 2 , 500 . flee flee 2 , 400 . -- - 125 . 2 , 200 . 6 30 B 7inthrop 4 500 plus 75 plus Supt . Mech . 1 . 00 per 1 . 00 per flee 1 , 924 . 1 . 00 per 1 , 820 . 37 10 B 1 . 00 per 1 . 00 per 2 , 132 . 2 , 236 . Call Call Call Call Call 25 . 20 . 15 . Milton 5 --- - - - 3 , 000 . 2 , 600 . -- - -- - flee 2 , 400 . 187 . 50 2 , 200 . 15 21 B Braintree 6 flee flee 3 , 000 . 2 , 200 . flee flee 1 , 872 . 1 , 768 . 75$ per 1 , 560 . 37 12 C hr . 40 . Norwood 7 flee 375 . 2 ,700 . flee 220 . 295 . flee flee 275 . flee - 31 1 B Dedham 8 flee 400 . 2 , 600 . flee 275 . 250 . flee - - - 250 . 2 ,000 . 31 11 B , 2 10 C Saugus 9 flee flee 2 , 200 . --- - - - - -- 2 , 300 . 2, 098 . 150 . 2007 . Lanvers 10 - - - 2 , 000 . 300 . -- - - - - 200 . 200 . 200 . 1 , 825 . ;-, 5 , 8 B Winchester 11 flee - - - 3 , 000 . 2 , 125 . flee -- - 2 , 075 . flee 200 . 2 , 000 . 21 Bridgewater 12 225 . 150 . - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - 2 007 . 2 - 7 B Stoneham 13 --- - - - ' , 600 200 . flee flee - 175 . , 2000 . Wellesley 14 -- - - - - 2 , 500 . - - - - - - 2 , 100 . 2 , 050 . 200 . , . 14 17 B Needham 15 -- - aaa 2 , 400 . 2 0 300 . 1 : b5 . - - - - - - - - - 200 . 2 , 000 . 27 8 B 2e 225 . le 150 . Swampscott 16 - - - - - - 2 , 600 . - - - - - - 2 , 160 . 2 , 100 . 200 . 2 , 000 . 12 16 B Reading 17 - - - - - - 2 , 300 . ese177 . - - - 1 , 900 . __ _ 152 . 1 , 900 . 21 9 B Marblehead 18 350 . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 150 . 1 , 825 . 32 10 B Hudson 19 - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- B Stou:hton 20 150 . - - - --- 1 664 . 125 . 125 . -- - .. . 125 .125 . 1, 664 . 40 4 C - xingt on 2 500 . flee fl e e •I . 0 . 37 . , 210 . sea 125 . 24.002 29 B or C Concord 22 175 . 1-60 . - - - --.7.------ -- � -- _ I�5 . Z0 3 L __ _ --- Chelmsford 23 150 . 10 . - - - - -- 9 . 8 . - - - - - - 7 . 50 75 50 C Walpole 24 1 . 00 per 1 . 00 per - - - - - - 1 . 00 per 1 . 00 per -- - flee 1 . 00 per 54 --- C hr . hr . he . hr . hr . plus 300 . 75 . 40 . 37 . 34 , Mansfield 25 500 . -- - - -- 100 . 1 , 560 . 38 4 B Hingham 26 - - - - _ - - - - -- - flea - - - - - a flee - - - - -- -- - B C 17 C\1 * Very infrequently , if at all , prior to June . SCHEDULE F . Since this inquiry some Brills have been held under the direction of the Allington drill master . TOWN OF LEXINGTON . Vacations , Pensions , Days Off , Etc . Civil Service , Schools , Drills , Etc . Civil Service Training Reciprocal Vacations Pensions Sick Leave Days Off • Law as adopted. Schools Drills Help Watertown 1 2 Weeks Yes Yes 2 Platoon Yes -res - Twice a ear Yes System 6 Weeks period Arlington 2 Chief has According Chief Chief No 16 - 30 Days Continuously With 5 towns charge to law Boston 2 masters and cities Own drill Tower . Belmont 3 2 Weeks General Left to Left to Yes No Once a month Yes _ Law Chief Chief Winthrop 4 2 Weeks 2 Pay With Pay 2 Platoon Yes No No Yes System Milton 5 2 Weeks i Pay Yes 2 Platoon Yes Yes , Boston In Summer Yes System Braintree 6 2 Weeks Yes No 1 in 5 No Yes , Boston 2 "leeks , call Yes 24 Drills , year Norwood 7 2 Weeks Chap . 32 Yes 1 in 5 Yes , except- No Weekly Yes Sec . 85 ing Chief Dedham 8 2 Weeks Yes No rule 1 in 5 Yes No Once a week in May & June Saugus 9 - - - -- - - - - -- - Yes No No Yes Danvers 10 2 Weeks No No 1 in 6 Chief only No Monthly Yes Winchester 11 2 Weeks Yes Yes 1 in 3 Yes No 3 times weekly Ms Bridgewater 12 2 Weeks None -- - • _- _ _ _... __ _ Stoneham 13 2 Weeks i Pay No No No No No Yes Wellesley 14 2 Weeks Yes Yes 1 in 5 Yes Yes , Boston Monthly Yes Needham 15 2 Weeks No No set limit 1 in 5 No No Bi-monthly Yes 4 months period Swampscott 16 2 Weeks '' Pay Full pay in- 1 in 5 Yes No Weekly Yes jury on Duty. i Pay outside . Reading 17 2 Weeks None 2 Wks . with 2 Platoon No Yes , Boston Monthly Yes nay System Marblehead 18 2 Weeks - Yes Full Pay Every 6th day . No No No No Hudson 19 -- - .. . - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - Stoughton 20 2 Weeks i Pay One month 1 in 6 No No Monthly Yes Lexington 21 Weeks Yes Yes 1 in 4 No No * Yes Concord 22 2 Weeks --- --- 1 Day per week No No Twice a month Yes ghplmsford Ei h y apo a None None None None No No Once aMonthl( ���� t to Yes G` 1 Mansfield 25 2 Weeks _-- N ne Hingham 26 2 Weeks None No1 in 7 I every 5th Sunday . °o tall in 252 Z, Under this Article Mr . Albert B . Tenney offered the following motion which was unanimously voted . " Voted : That the report of the Committee authorized by the Town M rch 1 � , 1928 to study the Fire & Tater Departments be re- ceived , and the Committee be discharged . " Mr . Albert B . Tenney then explained the report of the Com- mittee in a general way and offered the following motion : " Voted : That it is the sense of this meeting that the Town approves the recommendations contained in the report of the Committee authorized by the Town March 1 , 19: 8 to study its Fire and water Departments which report has been received at this meeting . " i rguments relative to the merits of the report were entered into by Edward W . Taylor , Chief of the Fire Department and Norman C . Hooper , Fire Engineer , anti Hallie C . Blake . Mr . Phillip A . Nelles entered into a lengthy statement in regard to the conduct and management of the Fire Department . Mr . Albert H . Burnham , Chairman of the Selectmen, stated that the Selectmen were in favor of the report of the Investigating Committee . Remarks were made in favor of the report by Mr . David J . Maloney , Mr . Ashburn C . Kilgour , Mr . Fred H . Moulton , Mr . William J . Marshall , Mr . Theodore A . Custance , and Mr . James G . Robertson . Mr . Hallie C . Blake offered a substitute motion for the original motion as follows : Moved : " That the motion before the meeting be amended as follows : That the report be submitted without approval to the Appropriation Committee for their consideration with instructions that they submit to the citizens of the Town a report as to the financial condition of the Town and their recommendations as to the feasibility of the program for proposed expenditures as outlined in the report . " The original motion as offered by Mr . Albert B . Tenney was rejected by a standing vote . Mr . Robert P . Clapp then offered an amendment to the sub- stitute motion that the words " without either approval or disapproval " besubstituted for the words " without approval" in Mr . Blake ' s motion . The amendment of Mr . Clapp was unanimously accepted by the meeting . The substitute motion as offered by Mr . Blake as amended by Mr . Clapp was then passed by vote of the meeting , the motion being as follows : "Voted : That the report be submitted without either approval or disapproval to the Appropriation Committee for their consideration with instructions that they submit to the citizens of the Town a report as to the financial condition of the Town , and their recommendations as to the feasibility of the program for proposed expenditures as outlined in the report . " nrt . 3 . Mr . Sydney R . Wrightington explained that owing to the absence of Mr . William H . Ballard there would be nothing to present under this article , and it was therefor voted to indefinitely postpone the article . The meeting adjourned at 10 : 30 P . M . A true record , Attest : , 4 . %/e7r-s-z,e_, Town Clerk .