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.

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,

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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.

FIRE-ENGINES. - Continued.

33 (With tractor and motor Boylston and Hereford sts.. hose-chemical.)

CHEMICAL ENGINES (separate), WATER TOWERS, ETC.

TOTAL EQUIFMENT IN USE AND IN RESERVE.

In Use: Auto combination gasoline engines, 29; tractor-drawn steamers, 14; 1 steam-auto engine; horse-drawn steamers, 6; total engines, 50, also 3 fireboats; combination chemical and hose cars, 32; horse-drawn hose wagons, 6; auto ladder trucks, 23 (10 aerial); horse-drawn ladder trucks, 7; auto water towers, 3; officials' cars, 33; auto delivery trucks, 11; one 31-ton emergency auto truck; one auto wrecker; total automobiles, 150, of which 106 are apparatus; horses, 112 (35 less than in 1921); 2-ton fuel wagons, 41; hose and other pungs, 29. Leading hose, 157,304 feet, and suction hose, 2,217 feet.

In Reserve: Auto gasoline engines, 5; tractor-drawn steamers, 3; horse-drawn steamers, 14; chemical and hose cars, 5; horse-drawn hose wagons, 15; horse-drawn chemicals, 8; auto ladder trucks, 6 (3 aerial); horse-drawn ladder trucks, 5; one auto water tower; 14 officials' cars.

BOSTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.

By Chapter 308, Acts of 1909, amended by Chapter 134, Acts of 1911, the Fire Commissioner and 12 members of the Fire Dept., to be elected annually by all the members, are constituted a corporate body for the purpose of holding and administering the Firemen's Relief Fund. This incorporation supersedes that of 1880. On February 1, 1922, the fund amounted to $254,000.