. Public works . Municipal Journal \-lumc XXXVII NEW YORK, JULY 9, -;team fire engine, electric traction. PHILADELPHIAS FIRE DEPARTMENT One Hundred and Seventy-four Pieces of Apparatus, Fire Boat and Thirty Miles of Hose—Rapidly MotorizingApparatus—Gasoline, Gasoline-Electric and Storage Battery-Electric Apparatus. Although not the largest city in the country, Philadel-phia probably has a larger area of residence districtsmore or less closely settled than any other city of thecountry, and in this respect presents a problem of fireprotection different from that found in the other largeci
. Public works . Municipal Journal \-lumc XXXVII NEW YORK, JULY 9, -;team fire engine, electric traction. PHILADELPHIAS FIRE DEPARTMENT One Hundred and Seventy-four Pieces of Apparatus, Fire Boat and Thirty Miles of Hose—Rapidly MotorizingApparatus—Gasoline, Gasoline-Electric and Storage Battery-Electric Apparatus. Although not the largest city in the country, Philadel-phia probably has a larger area of residence districtsmore or less closely settled than any other city of thecountry, and in this respect presents a problem of fireprotection different from that found in the other largecities. The population of the city is 1,658,000, coveringan area of 83,340 acres, of which we believe a less pro-portion is unoccupied or thinly settled than in eitherChicago or New York. In order to furnish fire protection for this area, theBureau of Fire of the Department of Public Safetymaintains a fully paid force of 1,022 men in 71s fire sta-tions, and uses 172 pieces of apparatus in addition to afire boat and repair truck. The force comprises a chief—William
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