In the 1921 session of the Legislature there were seven Acts passed concerning elections in Boston, mostly due to the addition of women voters to the electorate, in accordance with the 19th Amendment to U. S. Constitution. The chapter numbers of same are stated above.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Office, City Building, Bristol street.

[Stat. 1850, Chap. 262; Stat. 1895, Chap. 449, §§ 9-11; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 17; Stat. 1909, Chap. 308; Stat. 1912, Chap. 574; Ord. 1912, Chaps. 4, 6; Ord. 1913, Chap. 1; Stat. 1913, Chap. 800; Stat. 1914, Chaps. 519, 795; Rev. Ord. 1914, Chap. 16; Ord. 1917, Chap. 4; Ord. 1919, Chap. 2; Stat. 1920, Chaps. 60, 68; Stat. 1921, Chap. 196.]

THEODORE A. GLYNN, Fire Commissioner. Salary, $7,500.
JOHN O. TABER, Chief of Department. Salary, $5,000.
DANIEL F. SENNOTT, First Deputy Chief. Salary, $4,000.
HENRY A. Fox, Second Deputy Chief. Salary, $4,000.
WALTER M. MCLEAN, Third Deputy Chief. Salary, $4,000.
EDWARD J. SHALLOW, Fourth Deputy Chief. Salary, $4,000.

EUGENE M. BYINGTON, Superintendent of Repairs. Salary, $3,500.
GEORGE L. FICKETT, Superintendent of Fire Alarm Branch. Salary, $3,500.
WALTER J. BURKE, Superintendent of Wire Division. Salary, $3,000.
EDWARD E. WILLIAMSON, Supervisor of Motor Apparatus. Salary, $2,700.
BENJAMIN F. UNDERHILL, Chief Clerk. Salary, $2,500.

The Boston Fire Department was organized in 1837. It is in charge of one Commissioner, who has entire control of the department, consisting of the Chief, four deputy chiefs, and fifteen district chiefs in charge of the fifteen fire districts, 66 captains, 96 lieutenants, 55 engineers, 56 assistant engineers and 901 hosemen and laddermen, making total fire-fighting force of 1,194, also 62 fire stations, a fire alarm branch with 41 employees, operating 1,250 signal boxes, a repair shop with 87 employees, also a veterinary hospital. Annual reports have been published since 1838.

Other yearly salaries, as increased in 1920: District chiefs, $3,500; captains, $2,500; lieutenants, $2,300; engineers, $1,900; ass't engineers, $1,800; first year privates, $1,400, with annual increase of $100 until the maximum of $1,800 is reached.

By Chap. 4, Ord. 1917, the firemen have one day off in three, dating from Feb. 1, 1918, instead of one in five, as before.

In calendar year 1921, total alarms 5,247, or 762 more than in 1920; total fires, 4,408, of which 2,696 were in buildings, with total loss of $4,008,132, or $1,010,316 more than in 1920, all insured except $257,270. Marine loss, $139,600 additional, all insured except $2,150.

In accordance with Chap. 2, Ordinances of 1919, the Wire Department, established in 1894 for the purpose of supervising and inspecting all electrical wires, cables and conductors and substituting underground for overhead transmission, was merged with the Fire Department. The

duties of the Wire Commissioner thereby devolved upon the Fire Commissioner, whose salary was accordingly increased from $5,000 to $7,500.

CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEFS.

Chief JOHN O. TABER. Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Mason street. In charge of the fire protection for the whole of the City, which is divided into three main divisions, each in charge of a deputy chief.

FIRST DIVISION. In charge of Fourth Deputy Chief EDWARD J. SHALLOW. Headquarters, Ladder House 8, Fort Hill square. Districts 1 to 5, inclusive.

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SECOND DIVISION. In charge of Second Deputy Chief HENRY A. Fox.
Headquarters, Engine 22, Warren avenue. Districts 6, 7, 8,
THIRD DIVISION. In charge of Third Deputy Chief WALTER M. MCLEAN.
Headquarters, Ladder House 23, Grove Hall. Districts 9, 10, 12, 13,
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BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND REPAIRS. In charge of Captain WILLIAM H.
MCCORKLE.

FIRST DIVISION - DISTRICTS, DISTRICT CHIEFS AND APPARATUS. DISTRICT 1. FITZGERALD M. O'LALOR, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Ladder House 2, Paris street. All that part of Boston locally known as East Boston. Apparatus — Engines, Nos. 5, 9, 11, 31 (fireboat), 40, 47 (fireboat); Ladders, 2, 21; Chemical, 7.

DIST. No. 2. WILLIAM E. RILEY, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 50, Winthrop street. All that part of Boston locally known as Charlestown. Apparatus - Engines, Nos. 27, 32, 36, 50; Ladders, 9, 22. DIST. 3. CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Ladder House 18, Pittsburgh street. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of State and Devonshire streets, thence through State street to the water front, across the harbor to the extension of C street, South Boston, through C, Cypher, B and West First streets to Atlantic Avenue Bridge, through the latter and Atlantic avenue, Summer and Devonshire streets to the point of beginning. Apparatus Engines, Nos. 25, 38, 39, 44 (fireboat); Ladders, 8, 18; Water Tower, 3. Rescue 1.

DIST. 4. CHARLES A. DONOHOE, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 4, Bulfinch street. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of State and Devonshire streets, thence through Devonshire, Water, Washington, School and Beacon streets to Charles street, through Charles and Pinckney streets to the Cambridge boundary line, along said line to its intersection with the tracks of the Eastern Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad, thence to the Warren Avenue Drawbridge, to the Charlestown Drawbridge and around the water front to the extension of State street, thence to the point of beginning. ApparatusEngines, Nos. 4, 6, 8; Ladders, 1, 24; Water Tower, 1.

DIST. 5. ALBERT J. CAULFIELD, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Mason street. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of Devonshire and Water streets, thence through Water, Washington, School and Beacon to Charles street, through Charles and Pinckney streets to the Cambridge boundary line, thence along said line to the extension of Otter street, through Otter, Beacon, Arlington, Boylston, Church and Providence streets to Columbus avenue, through said avenue, Church and Tremont streets and Broadway to Fort Point channel, thence to Atlantic Avenue Bridge, through the latter and Atlantic avenue, Summer and Devonshire streets to the point of beginning. Apparatus - Engines, Nos. 7, 10, 26, 35; Ladder, 17.

SECOND DIVISION DISTRICTS, DISTRICT CHIEFS AND APPARATUS. DIST. 6. JAMES J. CAINE, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 1, Dorchester street, South Boston. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue Bridge and Fort Point channel, thence to West First street, through West First, B, Cypher and C streets to the water front, thence to the extension of Columbia road, through Columbia road, Mt. Vernon street, Willow court and Massachusetts avenue to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad tracks, along said tracks to the South Bay, to Fort Point channel and through the latter to the point of beginning. Apparatus Engines, Nos. 1, 2, 15, 43; Ladders, 5, 19, 20.

DIST. 7. FRANK A. SWEENEY, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren avenue. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of Beacon and Otter streets, thence through Beacon, Arlington, Boylston, Church and Providence streets to Columbus avenue, thence through the latter, Church and Tremont streets, and Broadway to Fort Point channel, through said channel to the Roxbury canal, through the canal to Massachusetts avenue, to the Cambridge boundary line, and along said line to a point opposite the extension of Otter street, through Otter street to the point of beginning. Apparatus — Engines, Nos. 3, 22, 33; Ladders, 3, 13, 15; Water Tower, 2. DIST. 8. FRANK J. SHEERAN, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Ladder House 12, Tremont street. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and the Cambridge boundary line, thence through said avenue and Washington, Marcella, Centre and New Heath streets to Heath square, thence through Heath street, South Huntington and Huntington avenues, to the Brookline boundary line, along said line to Cottage Farm Bridge, thence through Essex street to the Cambridge boundary line, and by said line to the point of beginning. Apparatus - Engines, Nos. 13, 14, 37; Ladders, 12, 26. DIST. 11. JAMES F. MCMAHON, Disi. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 41, Harvard avenue, Brighton. The territory included within the district known as Brighton, which is west of the Cottage Farm Bridge and Essex street. Apparatus Engines, Nos. 29, 34, 41, 51; Ladders, 11,14.

THIRD DIVISION

DISTRICTS, DISTRICT CHIEFS AND APPARATUS. DIST. 9. JOSEPH H. Kenney, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 12, Dudley street. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of the extension of Columbia road and Old Harbor; thence through Columbia road, Mt. Vernon street, Willow court and Massachusetts avenue to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad tracks, thence along said tracks to the South bay, along said bay to Roxbury canal, through the canal to Massachusetts avenue, thence through said avenue, Washington, Elmore, Munroe, Warren, Sunderland and Stanwood streets to Columbia road, thence through Columbia road, Stoughton and Pleasant streets and Savin Hill avenue to Evandale terrace, thence through said terrace to the water front and along the water front to the point of beginning. Apparatus — Engines, Nos. 12, 21, 23, 24; Ladder, 4.

DIST. 10. FRANCIS J. JORDAN, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 18, Harvard street, Dorchester. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of the extension of Evandale terrace and Dorchester bay, thence through Evandale terrace, Savin Hill avenue, Pleasant and Stoughton streets to Columbia road, thence through Columbia road, Blue Hill avenue, Canterbury and Morton streets to Blue Hill avenue, thence through said avenue, Woodrow avenue, Norfolk, Centre, Adams, Mill, Preston and Freeport streets to Dorchester bay, thence along the water front to the point of beginning. Apparatus - Engines, Nos. 17, 18, 52; Ladders, 7, 29.

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DIST. 12. JOHN N. LALLY, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 28, Centre street, Jamaica Plain. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of Washington and Morton streets, thence through Morton and Canterbury streets to Blue Hill avenue, thence to Columbia road, thence through Stanwood, Sunderland, Warren, Munroe and Elmore streets to Washington street, thence through Washington, Marcella, Centre and New Heath streets to Heath square, thence through Heath square, Heath street, South Huntington and Huntington avenues to the Brookline boundary line, thence southeasterly along said boundary line to Perkins street, thence through Perkins and Prince streets to the Arborway, thence through the Arborway to the point of beginning. Apparatus - Engines, Nos. 28, 42; Ladders, 10, 23, 30. DIST. 13. MICHAEL J. KENNEDY, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 45, corner Washington and Poplar streets, Roslindale. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of Washington and Morton streets, thence through Morton, Harvard and Ashland streets to and across the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, thence southerly along said railroad to the boundary line of Ward 26, thence southwesterly along the said boundary line to the Dedham boundary line, thence along the latter to the Newton boundary line, thence northeasterly along the latter to the Brookline boundary line, thence southeasterly and northerly along said line to Perkins street,

thence to Prince street, thence to the Arborway, thence to the point of beginning. Apparatus — Engines Nos. 30, 45, 53; Ladders, 16, 25 DIST. 14. ALLAN J. MACDONALD, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 46, Peabody square, Dorchester. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of Dorchester bay and Freeport street (Commercial Point), thence through Freeport, Preston, Mill, Adams, Centre and Norfolk streets to Woodrow avenue, thence through Woodrow and Blue Hill avenues, Morton, Harvard, Oakland and Rexford streets to Blue Hill avenue, through said avenue and Fremont street to the Neponset river, thence along the Neponset river and Dorchester bay to the point of beginning. Apparatus - Engines, Nos. 16, 20, 46; Ladders, 6, 27.

DIST. 15. JOSEPH A. DOLAN, Dist. Chief. Headquarters, Engine House 48, corner Harvard avenue and Winthrop street, Hyde Park. The territory included within a line beginning at the intersection of the extension of Fremont street and the Milton boundary line, thence through Fremont street, Blue Hill avenue, Rexford, Oakland and Ashland streets to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad tracks, thence along said tracks to the boundary line of Ward 26 and along said line to the Dedham boundary line, thence along that line to the Milton boundary line and along the latter to the point of beginning Apparatus - Engines, Nos. 19, 48, 49; Ladder, 28.

FIRE-ENGINES (WITH HOSE WAGON FOR EACH HORSE-DRAWN ENGINE.)

Officers.

Wm. F. Field, Capt.
J. H. Stout, Lieut.
M. F. Hayes, Lieut.
E. Conners, Capt.
(G. A. Carney, Capt.
William Peterson, Lieut.
W. F. Quigley, Capt.
T. F. Lynch, Lieut.
T. J. Hines, Capt.
D. M. Condon, Lieut.
Edward McDonough, Capt.
Napeen Boutilier, Lieut.
Henry Krake, Capt.

W. H. D. Nichols, Lieut.
H. J. Power, Capt.
M. D. Sullivan, Lieut.
T. J. Flynn, Capt.
D. J. Gearin, Lieut.
D. J. O'Brien, Capt.
J. H. Laughlin. Lieut.
J. W. Dwyer, Capt.
G. E. Darragh, Lieut.
F. F. Adams, Capt.
J. J. Devine, Lieut.
Thos. E. Conroy, Capt.
J. J. Cremin, Lieut.

NOTE. Wherever a street, channel or bridge is named as bounding a district, the senter line of each is the boundary line. Inspections of these islands in Boston Harbor will be made under special orders of the Department Chief, viz.: Apple. Gallop's, George's, Governor's, Long, Lovell's, Rainsford, Deer, Thompson's and Spectacle.

NOTE The "Auto combination" is a gasolene pumping engine, chemical engine and hose reel combined in one automobile. Five of these do not include the chemical.