El Paso Fire Department Report.

El Paso Fire Department Report.

Chief Holland, of El Paso, Tex., reports that the total property risk during the year had been $727,428, carrying a total iusurance of $4/2,980. The losses had been $113,229 and the insurance paid $63,724—leaving a net loss of $49,505. The department laid 53,300 ft. of hose, used fifty-two chemical tanks, twenty-four Babcocks and, in going to fires, had covered 205 1/2 miles. During the year the department had purchased two combination chemical and hosewagons and one Silsby engine and installed them in two new stations. Twenty-four fire-escapes had been put up, and all buildings in the city having a height of three or more stories are now equiped with such escapes. One hundred and ninety one alarms had been responded to, classified according to cause as follows: False alarms, 20; gasoline and oil, 25; spontaneous combustion, 10; defective flues. 7; unknown cause, 55; defective wiring, 7; sparks and hot ashes, 18: cigarettes, 18; lamp explosions. 5; matches. 9; trash and rubbish, 9: overheated stoves, 7. The structures damaged by fire were classified as follows: Brick and adobe, 90; frame, 25; corrugated iron, 6; others, 69.

Chief Holland, of El Paso, Tex., reports that the total property risk during the year had been $727,428, carrying a total iusurance of $4/2,980. The losses had been $113,229 and the insurance paid $63,724—leaving a net loss of $49,505. The department laid 53,300 ft. of hose, used fifty-two chemical tanks, twenty-four Babcocks and, in going to fires, had covered 205 1/2 miles. During the year the department had purchased two combination chemical and hosewagons and one Silsby engine and installed them in two new stations. Twenty-four fire-escapes had been put up, and all buildings in the city having a height of three or more stories are now equiped with such escapes. One hundred and ninety one alarms had been responded to, classified according to cause as follows: False alarms, 20; gasoline and oil, 25; spontaneous combustion, 10; defective flues. 7; unknown cause, 55; defective wiring, 7; sparks and hot ashes, 18: cigarettes, 18; lamp explosions. 5; matches. 9; trash and rubbish, 9: overheated stoves, 7. The structures damaged by fire were classified as follows: Brick and adobe, 90; frame, 25; corrugated iron, 6; others, 69.