HomeMy WebLinkAbout2038.3 Report of committee on a "steam-gong" for the schools and on the needs of the Fire Department, 1893 t
Your committee appointed in March 1892, to provide a steam-gong
to be used in connection with the public schools and, in addition, to con-
sider and report upon the needs of the Fire Department , beg to report as
followe : -
A chime steam-whistle has been purchased and placed upon the
pimping station of the Lex.Water. Co . , at a total cost of $3?.22. , the ap-
propriation therefor having been $50. This whistle will be blown i:y
the Water Co. , without expense to the Town, whenever it may be necessary to
convey information to the teachers and pupils regarding school sessions.
A code of signals has been arranged and is published in the report of the
Supt. of Schools, Should it be found, upon more extended trial , that
this whistle is not easily heard in all sections of the Town, a larger one
will be substituted.
Your committee have met sev(: ral times to consider the needs of
the Fire Dept, , the officers of the { ire companies being invited ''to meet,
informally, with them. As a result, your commi-ttee are ready to indorse
the request of the Fire Dept, , should it be. made, for an appropriation suf-
ficient to cover the purchase of the following articles/(�}�ich, it seems to
your committee, are urgently needed, viz: - /
18 buckets for the chemical engines, u� uco► ' 35
One single swinging-harness for the hose wagon, 75.
Two cut- off spray nozzles, 2
It is the sense of your committee that, with the above exceptions,
and aside: from certain repairs that, it is understood, will be made from
the regular appropriation for fire purposes, the ' equipment of the Fire
Dept . , a.s-`as complete as. is uecessary 'and possible under its present or-
ganization. It is evident that adequatQ. general protection against fire
in such a town as Lexington, can be given only by one or more steam fire-
engines; but, as this is a question involving an entire re-organization of -
the fire seryice, as well as a considerable expenditure of money, your com-
mittee do not feel competent to ma p recommendations further than to call
the attention of the Town to the grave necessity of rovi.ding adequate
protection against loss by fire, fo " the public and private property of
the Town,
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MINORITY REPORT ON
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE OF STEAM GONG ARID IPTVRSTIGATION
OF NEEDS OF FIRE DEPART1.0"TT,
As a member of the above Committee I subscribe to all
of the report with . the exception of the concluding pa.ragraph', to
which I respectfully dissent , a.nd would recommend the purchase of
a steam fire-engine for the Town of Lexington, the stain for the
purchase -therefor to be expended Linder the direction of the
Selectmen. and Fire ' Fngin:ee:rs .
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