[Trade Journal]
Publication: Annual Reports of the City Departments of the City of Cincinnati for the Fiscal Year Ending February 29, 1868
Cincinnati, OH, United States
p. 69,81,131,258-259,311,313,318-321,339-341,386, col. 1
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CITY FINANCES.
Fifteenth Annual Report of the City Auditor.
EXPENDITURES.
GENERAL FUND.
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Fire Alarm Telegraph.
Paid Gamewell & Co., for alarm gongs.. $400 00
Paid Gamewell & Co., for magnets......... 72 00
Paid E. A. Hill, for battery jars and
zincs.................................................... $ 507 85
Paid Burdsal, Brother & Co., for
battery acids........................................ 371 84
Paid F. H. Lawson & Co., for spelter 46 51
Paid Hume & Co., for battery zincs......... 16 48
Paid William Bromwell & Co., for
brushes................................................. 14 00
Paid B. B. Glass, for acid......................... 1 60
______ 958 28
Paid George Floyd, for right to use
patent bracket and insulator.............. 500 00
Paid Hill & Evans, for making and
repairing insulator brackets.................. 393 68
Paid Lane & Bodley, for making and
repairing insulator brackets.................. 239 02
Paid Hemingray & Co., for insulators 133 32
Paid M. Greenwood, for brackets............. 50
______ 1,266 52
Paid J. F. Harcourt, for telegraph
poles.................................................... 16 25
Paid Cope & Co., for telegraph poles...... 2 70
______ 18 95
Paid Carter Cook, for buckets and
scoops.................................................. 21 25
Paid Burdsal, Brother & Co., for white
lead.................................................. 12 00
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Amount carried forward................................................ $2,749 00 $203,241 97
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CITY OFFICERS
—FOR—
1867-1868.
MAYOR.............................................................CHARLES F. WILSTACH.
Mayor's Clerk.........................................JAMES B. CHADWICK.
City Solicitor.....................................................HENRY A. MORRILL.
Assistant..................................................J. BRYANT WALKER.
Clerk........................................................JOHN S. CONNOR.
City Civil Engineer...........................................JACOB WIRTH.
1st Assistant.............................................LEWIS W. MATHEWSON.
2d Assistant.............................................ALFRED H. NEWELL.
Draughtsman...........................................PETER GANO.
HARRY D. BLACKBURN.
Rodmen.......................................... {
JAMES M. HARPER
City Treasurer...................................................EZEKIEL L. DECAMP.
Assistant.................................................HENRY L. WEHMER.
City Auditor......................................................HENRY H. TATEM
Assistant.................................................WILLIAM B. FOLGER
City Clerk.........................................................JULIUS F. BLACKBURN.
Janitor of City Buildings.........................THEODORE BEALL
Messenger of Public Offices...................ALFRED THOMAS
Wharf Master....................................................JOHN A. BAKER.
Register...................................................HERMAN FICKE.
City Commissioner (term expiring April, '68) EDWARD C. BOYCE.
City Commissioner (term expiring April, '69) FREDERICK JENNY.
City Commissioner (term expiring April, '70) JOHN H. LAWRENCE.
Clerk of the Board of City Improvements........FRANK M. McCORD.
Superintendent of Markets...............................EDWIN STEBBINS.
WILLIAM OHMANN.
FRED. FEID.
Assistants.................................{ LEWIS WILSON.
WILLIAM W. WARE.
J. POLK SMITH.
Judge of Superior Court
(term expiring April, 1868)......................CHARLES FOX.
Judge of Superior Court
(term expiring April, 1869) ....................ALPHONSO TAFT.
Judge of Superior Court
(term expiring April, 1870)....................BELLAMY STORER.
POLICE COURT.
Judge...............................................................WALTER F. STRAUB.
Prosecuting Attorney.......................................CHARLES H. BLACKBURN.
Clerk................................................................LEOPOLD MARKBREIT.
WILLIAM S. JONES.
Assistants.................................{
WILLIAM BAUER.
Sergeant-at-Arms............................................WILLIAM NOON.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chief Engineer...............................................ENOCH G. MEGRUE.
LEWIS WISBEY.
Assistants.................................{
THEODORE CHAMBERS.
Secretary.......................................................A. MORRIS RUST.
Chief Operator of Fire Alarm Telegraph......B. B. GLASS.
CHARLES GILMAN.
Assistants.................................{
HOPE J. LOCKWOOD.
Repairer.........................................................GEORGE FLOYD.
STREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent...............................................A. M. ROBINSON.
Clerk..............................................................ROBERT S. POMEROY.
CHARLES F. WILSTACH, Presid't.
LARZ ANDERSON.
Board of Supervisors.........................{ HENRY HUNEKE.
SAMUEL S. STOKES.
DAVID BAKER.
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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER
OF THE
Cincinnati Fire Department.
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR, ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1868.
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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
OFFICE CHIEF ENGINEER FIRE DEPARTMENT,
CINCINNATI, March 1st, 1868.
TO THE HON. CHARLES F. WILSTACH,
Mayor of the City of Cincinnati:
SIR — In conformity with the provisions of the Ordinance regulating the duties of my office, I have the honor of submitting, for your examination, the Fifteenth Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department; exhibiting in detail the operations of the department under my supervision, during the year ending February 29th, 1868.
Extensive improvements have been made during the year, and the expenditures have exceeded those of any preceding term of like duration; but I can confidently assert, that there has been no outlay beyond that rendered imperative by the growth of our city, and the failing condition of our older apparatus.
The department, in its workings during the year, has given the fullest satisfaction, and is now in a most healthy and flourishing condition.
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FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
The Fire Alarm Telegraph is in thorough working order, and during the past year has given renewed evidence of its invaluable advantages as a system for transmitting alarms. The Chief Operator, Mr. B. B. GLASS, and his Assistants, Capt. C. GILMAN and Mr. H. D. LOCKWOOD, have been faithful and efficient in the discharge of their several duties; and by the correct interpretation of signals, and the prompt transmission of alarms, have assisted the department in saving much valuable property.
Mr. GEORGE FLOYD, Chief Constructionist, has kept the apparatus and lines in thorough repair, and has introduced several valuable improvements in the details of the system. The adoption of this gentleman's Patent Bracket and Insulator, has proved an economical and advantageous measure.
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THANKS.
I cannot close my report without expressing my gratification at the faithful, energetic, and willing manner in which the members of this department have discharged their duties during the past year- duties that have often been severe, and, at times, most hazardous. I accord to them my earnest thanks; as, also, to the Assistant Engineers, for their able co-operation with me in directing the operations of the department.
The gentlemen constituting the Committee on Fire Department have given the fullest attention to the requirements of the department, and have successfully advocated, in the City Council, all measures tending to its welfare. The thanks of the entire department are due them.
Finally, I would express the hope, that the same spirit of liberality toward the Fire Department, that has characterized the City Council of Cincinnati in the past, may prevail in the future; confidently assuring your Honor, that no exertion will be spared, on the part of officers or members, to render this department in every way worthy of the favor it may receive.
Respectfully submitted,
E. G. MEGRUE,
Chief Engineer Fire Department,
and Sup't Fire Alarm Telegraph.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Fifteenth Annual Report of Chief Engineer
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EXPENDITURES.
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Fire Alarm Telegraph.
Paid Gamewell & Co., for alarm
gongs and strikers............................... $400 00
Paid Gamewell & Co., for magnets......... 72 00
Paid Gamewell & Co., for bone-rubber
wire.................................................. 73 85
Paid Farrar, Follett & Co., for No.
9 telegraph wire............................... 94 37
______ 168 22
Paid E. A. Hill, for battery-jars,
zincs, and coppers.............................. 507 85
Pain Hume & Co., for casting
battery zincs........................................ 16 48
Paid Burdsal, Brothers & Co., for
blue vitriol and sulphate of zinc...... 371 84
Paid B. B. Glass, for sulphate of
zinc...................................................... 1 60
Paid F. H. Lawson & Co., for spelter 46 51
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Amount carried forward............................. $944 28 $640 22 $233,183 76
Amount brought forward............................ $944 28 $640 22 $233,183 76
Paid William Bromwell & Co., for
battery brushes......................................... 14 00
Paid Will & Evans, for making and
repairing brackets for insulators.............. 393 68
Paid Lane & Bodley, for making
brackets and repairing striking
machines.................................................. 239 02
Paid M. Greenwood, for brackets................ 50
______ 633 20
Paid R. Hemingray & Co., for
glass insulators.................................... 133 32
Paid J. F. Harcourt, for poles and
blocks................................................. 16 25
Paid Cope & Co., for poles and
splicing............................................... 2 70
______ 18 95
Paid George Murray, for making
and repairing lightning arrestors,
magnets, and springs....................... 21 25
Paid James Hume & Co., for sundry
repairs of machinery and
connections...................................... 38 23
Paid Carter Cook, for copper buckets
and scoops....................................... 21 25
Paid Duhme & Co., for watch-oil ......... 3 00
Paid Bart & Hickcox, for gum
springs, etc,..................................... 1 80
Paid Lynn & Donohue, for wire
gauze............................................... 50
Paid H. McCollum & Co., for sheet
lead................................................. 5 55
Paid Burdsal Brothers & Co.. for
white lead....................................... 12 00
Paid DeCamp & Son, for hardware
and tools......................................... 60 79
Paid F. H. Lawson & Co., for
soldering-irons, tin, and wire...... 16 70
Paid Lowry, Perin & Co., for
hardware and tools......................... 6 15
Paid J. L. Wayne & Son, for
hardware and tools......................... 16 45
Paid Thomas Holliday & Co., for
hardware and tools.......................... 5 08
______ 105 17
Paid G. F. Nieber, for ladders................. 11 50
Paid George Mahl, for repairing
ladder............................................... 1 00
______ 12 50
Amount carried forward............................. ............ $2,605 22 $233,183 76
Amount brought forward............................ $944 28 $640 22 $233,183 76
Paid E. G. Megrue, for freight on
battery, etc.................................................... 28 94
Paid A. M. Rust, for freight on
battery............................................................ 2 15
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Paid H. O. Homan & Co., for signal
cards.............................................................. 146 65
Paid Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin,
for signal cards.............................................. 31 75
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Paid George Floyd, for right to use
"Floyd's Patent Insulator and
Bracket"............. 500 00
Total paid for Fire Alarm
Telegraph...................................................... ........... ............. 3,314 71
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Paid Carter Cook, for buckets and
scoops.................................................. 21 25
Paid Burdsal, Brother & Co., for white
lead.................................................. 12 00
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Amount carried forward................................................ $2,749 00 $203,241 97
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FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Central Station, S. W. corner of Sixth and Vine Streets.
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CONDITION-SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
The telegraph corps has charge of the following property: 106 fire alarm signal boxes distributed throughout the city, together with the wires connecting the same with the Central Station. 2 sets instruments complete, each working four signal circuits, 5 signal bells, 5 bell relays, 5 bell keys, 1 switch-board, 13 lightning arresters, 8 galvonometers, 1 repeater, 1 clock, 1 police instrument, complete, 1 water-cooler, 4 chairs, 1 desk, 1 alarm register book, 1 galvonometer register book, 1 inkstand, 1 looking-glass, 7 curtains and cords, 1 stove and pipe, 2 coal-scuttles, 1 coal-tongs, 1 coal-shovel, 1 poker, 3 spittoons, 1 piece zinc, 1 piece oil-cloth, 1 piece matting, 1 door-mat, 10 gas-burners, 4 shades, 4 framed cards, 2 dusting-brushes, 1 bottle of ink, 1 city map, 1 spy-glass, 1 water pail (tin), 1 wash-basin, 1 tin cup, 1 pair shears, 2 pair plyers, 1 screwdriver, 1 lamp, 3 oil-cans, 5 cold-chisels, 11 files, 2 gimblets, 1 punch, 3 hammers, 8 weights, 1 pair climbers, 4 brooms, 1 mop, 144 rubber springs, 1 furnace, 1 soldering-iron and bucket, 75 test register sheets, 2 bars solder, 5 angers, 247 battery cups, complete, 4 scrapers, 6 patterns, 2 pounds nails, 2 water-cans, 2 copper buckets, 2 iron pots, 5 pair plyers, 65 extra zincs, 426 extra porous cups, 4 bits and brace, 2 hatchets, 125 extra copper cups, 20 extra jars, 5 gross screws, 4 steel springs, 80 extra copper cells, 75 extra clamps, 2 chamois skins, 3 sponges, 2 copper scoops, 1 barrel vitriol, 6 bottles watch-oil, 200 hooks, 3 wooden buckets, 1 copper dipper, 1 quire emery paper, 1 large syringe, 1 tub, 1 tank, 1 whetstone, 2 hand-vices, 2 water boilers, 450 rolls register paper, 2gas stoves, heater and pipe, 2 zine platforms, for stoves, 1 tool cupboard and tool-sack, 1 horse, wagon and harness, complete, 4 coils iron wire, 7 barrels insulators, 450 feet bone rubber wire, 100 feet copper wire, 4 ladders, 1 coil cotton-covered wire, 2 wrenches, 2 poles, 2 saws, 1 pair gas-tongs, 6 tie-wrenches, 8 battery brushes, 5 forks, 4crowbars, 1 mold for zines, 35 brass adjusting springs, 3 gongs, 4 extra lightning arresters, 5 extra magnets, 46 iron brackets, 210 wooden brackets, 18 extra poles.
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