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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1891
Page
2
The piece notes Kipling’s softened stance and a proposed American marriage, a dinner for Blaine, and plays on the navy. It highlights Chicago’s coal smoke problem, a theft in Geneva, a heartfelt obituary for Rev. Rouxsay, and praises McKinley tariff shifts that boosted U.S. cotton tie production, reducing imports and benefiting American mills and planters.
Chief Doanes presents the annual report for the year ending December 28, 18g1. The department’s manual force includes one Assistant Engineer plus one hundred sixty five other men. Thirteen members were placed on the Exempt list during the year.
The city owns most fire houses and plans a suitable replacement for No 2 Engine house and No 11 Madison avenue. Equipment includes Amoskeag engines, hose carts, a ladder truck, and 21000 feet of hose needing drying wells. Water supply is aging with dry periods. calls for more hydrants and better wells. Fire alarm uses Gamewell system with 12 chime whistle, box network, and private boxes. thirty seven fires this year caused $70406 in losses with $135210 insured.
The memorandum thanks Mayor Gilbert and officials for their year of service and support to the Fire Department. Acknowledgments are given to C A Marsh and the Fire Marshal for plans and improvements, to C W Runyon of the New Jersey Telephone Company for fire alarm aid, and to assistants for diligence. Ends with an unrelated public notice fragment and an advertisement for Otto's Cure.
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