HAMILTON, ONT., CANADA.

HAMILTON, ONT., CANADA.

Chief Engineer A. W. Aitchison, of the fire department of Hamilton, Ont., Canada, in his fifteenth annual report states that during the year 1884, there were received from various sources 182 alarms of fire, (23 in excess of last year), of which 14 were false. Two of these fires resulted in a loss exceeding $40,000; one, exceeding $2,000; two, exceeding $1,000, while 50 were ordinary fires, the loss in which was very small. The force consists of a chief, one foreman and one subforemau of department, and thirtynine firemen; the apparatus, of one steam fire engine, one chemical engine, one combination chemical engine and hose wagon, three hose wagons, one Merryweather fire escape and one hook and ladder truck, for the use of which there are sixteen horses. The department likewise owns 6,400 feet of hose, of which 500 feet is in poor conditions. The loss on buildings was $27,107.55, with an insurance of $163,149.52. The loss on contents amounted to the sum of $75,545.68, insured for $280,912.33. The total loss was $39,199.46, more than in the previous year. The amount of salvage was $342,973.63, while the loss not covered by insurance was $1,465.00. Of the total loss for the year $88,179.88, was the result of two fires. Hamilton being the “Ambitious City” of Canada, shows a laudable ambition on one point, at any rate, that of retaining in her service one of the best chiefs in the Cominion—a reputation which Chief Aitchison has nobly earned for himself during fifteen years of faithful service. And as is the chief, so are the officers and men.

Chief Engineer A. W. Aitchison, of the fire department of Hamilton, Ont., Canada, in his fifteenth annual report states that during the year 1884, there were received from various sources 182 alarms of fire, (23 in excess of last year), of which 14 were false. Two of these fires resulted in a loss exceeding $40,000; one, exceeding $2,000; two, exceeding $1,000, while 50 were ordinary fires, the loss in which was very small. The force consists of a chief, one foreman and one subforemau of department, and thirtynine firemen; the apparatus, of one steam fire engine, one chemical engine, one combination chemical engine and hose wagon, three hose wagons, one Merryweather fire escape and one hook and ladder truck, for the use of which there are sixteen horses. The department likewise owns 6,400 feet of hose, of which 500 feet is in poor conditions. The loss on buildings was $27,107.55, with an insurance of $163,149.52. The loss on contents amounted to the sum of $75,545.68, insured for $280,912.33. The total loss was $39,199.46, more than in the previous year. The amount of salvage was $342,973.63, while the loss not covered by insurance was $1,465.00. Of the total loss for the year $88,179.88, was the result of two fires. Hamilton being the “Ambitious City” of Canada, shows a laudable ambition on one point, at any rate, that of retaining in her service one of the best chiefs in the Cominion—a reputation which Chief Aitchison has nobly earned for himself during fifteen years of faithful service. And as is the chief, so are the officers and men.