https://archive.org/details/cambridgedirecto1848unse
(right side - options - i downloaded the pdf) page 7 - FD had stipend men + hourly guys + vols - aka - paid on call + irregular vols + call when needed - they also had 1 city engine company with a rig but no staff - and an old tub that was never used the volunteers were "not obliged to respond" - LOL - (especially if tanked - LOL) - the vols owned their own rig IIRC or maybe that was the hourly guys - I am so confused list of water reservoirs given there might be a list of fire boxes some where here this is the first Cambridge Directory that was published - the pdf is 200 pages I think - I think there is a listing of every citizen - the publisher laments the lack of house (address) numbers in the Intro city population was only 2,000 then - it is 100,000 now -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
