The Insurance Year Book Volume 39; Fire and Marine (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ... paid full time 10, paid part time 47. Water Supply--Source, Metropolitan water supply, 6 miles from business center; system, gravity; quality of water, good; res. cap. 1,500,000 gals., located Prospect av.; mains, cement lined, cast iron and wrougb iron, 43 1-5 miles, 1 to 16 in. dia.; 160 hydrants, Chapman and Ludlow; 360 valves, Chapman, Ludlow, Pcet, Nelson; meters, total number 297, Hersey Rotary 7. Hersey Disc 107, Hersey Torrent 5, Worthington 4, Trident 37, Lambert 2, owned by town and consumer; 3,023 services; pipe, wrought iron and cement lined; pressure, dom. 30 lbs., fire 70 lbs.; bonded debt, $344,000; int. paid on bonds, 3% per cent; works belong to town. ROCHDALE, pop. included in Leicester. Fire dept.--1 steamer, 1 hose cart; whistle alarm; 12 volunteers. ROCKLAND, pop. 6.287; fire area, 6,400 acres; mercantile bldgs.. brick and wood, 2% stories; private, wood, Vfy and 2% stories; wooden roofs permitted; no fireworks and combustibles ord. Fire dept.--1 steamer, 1 hand engine, 1 h. & 1. truck, 2 hose carriages, reels, 3, etc., 8 hired horses; hose, cotton, rubber lined, good 3,600 ft; inferior, all kinds, "'" ft.; total hose, 3,895 ft.; fire alarm, Gamewell, 16 boxes; value of dept. equipment, $6,500; value of bldgs., $4,500; ann. exp. of dent., $4,300; total mem., 70, paid part time; underwriters' rating, second class. Water Supply--Source, pond, 6 miles from busi ness center; system, prmp to stdp.; stdp. cap. 367,163 gals., builder Cunningham; pumping engines, cap. per day 4,500,000 gals., constructors Worthington, Barr; mains, iron, 22% miles, 4 to 16 in. dia., Warren; 148 hydrants, Coffin; 93 valves; meters, total number" 275, Crown, Union, Hersey Rotary, Thomson, Worthington; 1,175 services; pipe, iron, pressure, dom. ...