ALBANY, N. Y. FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ALBANY, N. Y. FIRE DEPARTMENT.

The receipts of the Albany, N. Y., fire department up to October, 1895 from all sources were $139,814.28; expenditures including salaries ($77,056.42) and supplemental pay roll accounts, $269.61, fire alarm, etc., $111,065.15. During the year steamers Nos. 3 and 6 were rebuilt with improved coil boilers, and,with the overhauling of the pumps and machinery, they are now practically in first-class condition. The record of fires for the past year exceeds that of any previous year since the establishment of the steam department. The total number of alarms from all sources was 540. The following is a summary of the large fires. December 25, 1894, Y. M. O. A. building and adjacent property, loss $29,930.04; December 30, 1894. the Detavan house fire, was the largest and most disas. trous during the year. The department confined the fire to the hotel proper,which,with a portion of one building of the annex, was destroyed, entailing a loss of $218,142.70. Damage to the amount of $1,498.37 was caused to the buildings on the opposite of the street by falling walls October 24, 1895, the Stark fire and the adjacent property, caused a loss of $82,336, 05. A recapitulation of the fires shows that there was only one fire where the loss was over $10,000 and less than $15,(xx two with a loss of over $5,(xx) and less than $10,000; twenty-four with a loss of over $1,000 and less than $5,o fourteen with a loss of over $500 and less than $i,rxx>; fiftytwo with a loss of over $100 and less than $500; sixty-six with a loss of over $25 and less than $100; one hundred and seventy-eight with a loss of over $1 and less than $25. Also, there were 140 fires where no loss was claimed. Omitting the three large fires during the year, amounts only to $109,063.03,which clearly demonstrates the efficiency of the department under the able charge of Chief Higgins. The total loss was $439,471.82. The insurance loss on real estate was $212,476.07; on personal property, $214,902.75; while the uninsured loss on real es tate was $14,488; on persona! property, $7,605, covered by an insurance at risk of $2,374,242.03. Forty-three of the fires were of incendiary origin. Since the organization of the steam department in 1867 there have been 6,687 fife and alarms, witli a loss of $3,892, 509, 36, covered by an insurance of $34,559,546.49.

The receipts of the Albany, N. Y., fire department up to October, 1895 from all sources were $139,814.28; expenditures including salaries ($77,056.42) and supplemental pay roll accounts, $269.61, fire alarm, etc., $111,065.15. During the year steamers Nos. 3 and 6 were rebuilt with improved coil boilers, and,with the overhauling of the pumps and machinery, they are now practically in first-class condition. The record of fires for the past year exceeds that of any previous year since the establishment of the steam department. The total number of alarms from all sources was 540. The following is a summary of the large fires. December 25, 1894, Y. M. O. A. building and adjacent property, loss $29,930.04; December 30, 1894. the Detavan house fire, was the largest and most disas. trous during the year. The department confined the fire to the hotel proper,which,with a portion of one building of the annex, was destroyed, entailing a loss of $218,142.70. Damage to the amount of $1,498.37 was caused to the buildings on the opposite of the street by falling walls October 24, 1895, the Stark fire and the adjacent property, caused a loss of $82,336, 05. A recapitulation of the fires shows that there was only one fire where the loss was over $10,000 and less than $15,(xx two with a loss of over $5,(xx) and less than $10,000; twenty-four with a loss of over $1,000 and less than $5,o fourteen with a loss of over $500 and less than $i,rxx>; fiftytwo with a loss of over $100 and less than $500; sixty-six with a loss of over $25 and less than $100; one hundred and seventy-eight with a loss of over $1 and less than $25. Also, there were 140 fires where no loss was claimed. Omitting the three large fires during the year, amounts only to $109,063.03,which clearly demonstrates the efficiency of the department under the able charge of Chief Higgins. The total loss was $439,471.82. The insurance loss on real estate was $212,476.07; on personal property, $214,902.75; while the uninsured loss on real es tate was $14,488; on persona! property, $7,605, covered by an insurance at risk of $2,374,242.03. Forty-three of the fires were of incendiary origin. Since the organization of the steam department in 1867 there have been 6,687 fife and alarms, witli a loss of $3,892, 509, 36, covered by an insurance of $34,559,546.49.