Detroit Wants High-Pressure System.

Detroit Wants High-Pressure System.

Full plans for a high-pressure water pipe system were presented with the annual estimate for the fire department of Detroit, Mich. The fire commission asks a total of $l,800,t37.28. Last year the commission was granted $993,-249.80. Most of the increase is accounted for by the estimate for the first unit of the proposed new high-pressure system, which the engineers believe would cost $686,465.50. The fire department is asking 11 more men this year, the new total being 728, compared with the present number, 717 employes. The salary budget is much increased, however, amounting to $802,582.60. compared with $744,896.40 in 1910. The increase is due to the following raises in pay: Secretary, $250; superintendent of telegraph, $600; battalion chiefs, $200 each; assistant secretary, $300; captains, $100 each: inspector of telegraph, $100; engineers, $100; lieutenants, $100; pilots, $200; stokers, $100; first-class pipemen, $100; linemen, $100; third-class pipemen, $100; telephone operators, $100, and a few minor items. An inspector of telegraph, asked last year, is asked for again, and an extra operator and storekeeper at the central office is also wanted. Running expenses for the ensuing year are put in at $210,263.43, compared with $156,328.46 allowed for this year. The largest increases are in apparatus repairs, building repairs and water supply repairs, the latter item jumping from $28,000 to $48,491.50. The improvements, outside of the high-pressure system, amounted to about $100,000. One-third of this sum is for telegraph improvement; $20,000 is for conduit construction in connection with the public lighting commission, and the following new apparatus is asked : Autos for the battalion chiefs, $4,000; two new auto engines, $17,000; autos for the telegraph department, $2,000; new auto for the chief of the department, $2,000; auto trouble wagon for the telegraph department, $1,000; to rebuild aerial ladder into an auto ladder truck, $6,000.

Full plans for a high-pressure water pipe system were presented with the annual estimate for the fire department of Detroit, Mich. The fire commission asks a total of $l,800,t37.28. Last year the commission was granted $993,-249.80. Most of the increase is accounted for by the estimate for the first unit of the proposed new high-pressure system, which the engineers believe would cost $686,465.50. The fire department is asking 11 more men this year, the new total being 728, compared with the present number, 717 employes. The salary budget is much increased, however, amounting to $802,582.60. compared with $744,896.40 in 1910. The increase is due to the following raises in pay: Secretary, $250; superintendent of telegraph, $600; battalion chiefs, $200 each; assistant secretary, $300; captains, $100 each: inspector of telegraph, $100; engineers, $100; lieutenants, $100; pilots, $200; stokers, $100; first-class pipemen, $100; linemen, $100; third-class pipemen, $100; telephone operators, $100, and a few minor items. An inspector of telegraph, asked last year, is asked for again, and an extra operator and storekeeper at the central office is also wanted. Running expenses for the ensuing year are put in at $210,263.43, compared with $156,328.46 allowed for this year. The largest increases are in apparatus repairs, building repairs and water supply repairs, the latter item jumping from $28,000 to $48,491.50. The improvements, outside of the high-pressure system, amounted to about $100,000. One-third of this sum is for telegraph improvement; $20,000 is for conduit construction in connection with the public lighting commission, and the following new apparatus is asked : Autos for the battalion chiefs, $4,000; two new auto engines, $17,000; autos for the telegraph department, $2,000; new auto for the chief of the department, $2,000; auto trouble wagon for the telegraph department, $1,000; to rebuild aerial ladder into an auto ladder truck, $6,000.