SUMMARIZED FIRE REPORTS FOR 1900.
CHIEF JOYNER, of Atlanta, Ga., in his sixteenth annual report states that the percentage of fire loss to the amount of property at risk was less than two per cent. The department answered 432 alarms during the year—forty-eight more than in 1899. The total loss was $75,876. An appropriation of $131,500 is called for, which will enable him to have a new station built for hose company No. 3, put the two steamers in service, restore the salaries of the firemen, place the fire alarm wires underground, and buy a new hook and ladder truck.
The fire department of Bay City, Mich., answered 136 alarms during 1900. The fire loss was the smallest in years, being less than $40,000. Two general,and two second alarms were turned in during the year. The department record was of the “highest order.” Every alarm was responded to promptly—this beiug evidenced by the small loss.
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