Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-18
The Fire Department.

PROPOSED SITES FOR THE -p,y ,
HOUSES .rc hN'lNE
The Board OF 20 Commissioners met last
evening; resent, Messrs. Collins (presidentl.
Reed tseeEetary), TAFT, Hume, Bacon, Guam
trill and Stewart.
TELEPHONE.
A communication was read from VIM. G.
Leduc, commissioner Of Agriculture saving:
III has Deen proposed to establish telephone
connection between several departments of
the government now connected In that way
and the main Office of the fire alarm in order
70 secure instantaneous communication in
case oil necessity. If it is found desirable to
carry out this proposition have to ask if there
VIII be any objection on the part of your hon
0rable board to the establishment of such con-
Columbia"
The secretary was directed to write a reply
stating that the board consented to have the
required connection made.
THE NEW ENGINE-HOUSES.
The committee to whom was referred the
communication of the District Commissioners
IN relation 70 new engine houses, tCommis-
Entwiste, and Chief Engineer CrOnin) submit
ed their report as follows:
THE building committee of this board, to
whom was referred the communication Of the
District commissioners, requesting the board
to report at its earliest convenience the most
suitable locations for the fire engines and
sundry civil expense bill of June %, 1875 beg
to make the following report The bill author
ICES. the purchase and erection OF two rev
engine houses and one hook and ladder
house, and for the equipment Of the same In
making proper distribution OF the depart
ment your committee recommend latter thor
oughly canTaSSlng the city, that one of the
hook and ladder companies should be placed
In the first ward, bet I'D and oath Sts- and the
circle and M street north, thereby command
ing Georgetown, and northwestern and central
sections OF this city; the other truck company
should be located on Capitol Hill, between B
and ID streets northeast and Delaware avenue
Evii pn r1r a
the northeast, southeast and center of the city,
To adopt this suggestion it will be necessary
TO convert the present hook and ladder house
into an engine house and place one of the new
engine companies there. We therefore most
earnestly recommend that the present hook
and ladder house be converted into an engine
house and one of the new engines placed
there: also TO impress upon the board the i'm
pOrtance OF this location for an engine COM
engine company be placed in the northern sec
ton of the city. between 10th and 18th streets
northwest and street and Rhode Island ave-
nue.. Your committee have very carefully ex
amired the map of the city, as well as making
personal nSl ecLiOn of the localities mentioned
and feel satisfied that in accepting the above
the department will be made. Your commit
tee beg TO state that large number of per-
sons have offered lots for sale in various sec
tiOnS of the city. and to say that in each of the
locations named a number of suitable lots can
be procured, and suggest the propriety of at
once advertising Tor proposals for lots within
III.
that al owning ISuitable property may have an
opportunity to present their bids. Your COM
mlttee believe the appropriation, with strict
economy in selecting the lois and contracting
for the buildings, is ample to make the changes
neceSs ary-tO make the Old truck-hou an
englne-hOuSe, and build the three new houses
and equip Them
After some discussion, the report was re-
ferred to the District Commissioners, with the
full approval of the board, and with the re-
quest that authority be given to advertise at
once, so that the bids received for sale OF lots
can have the attention OF the board on Mon
day evening next The endorsement also
suggested that it should be stated in the ad-
Yertisement that the lots should be not less
than thirty feet front by ninety feet deep
COLORED APPLICANTS
A communication was received from a num-
Der OF citizens calling attention to the aDpli-
cations of cOlOred citizens for positions under
the board to do service in the new FIRE cOmpa-
distribution of positions in said companies
their claims for representation he fayOrably
considered in connection with the claims Of
al OTHER applicants Among those who signed
the letter were Frederick Douglass l.. III.
Douglass, l.. q. Hine, VIM. A. Cook, Henry
johnson, and Isaac n. Cary
A communication was read from A. l.. Bar
Der & Co., stating the necessity of having an
engine located in or near LIE Droit Park. and
also Of having IN 6ire1alarm boy in the park.
pany, applied for promotion is engineer.
APPLICATIONS
tor POSITIONS IN the Department were received
LukoWitz, Nicholas Miles, Franklin P White,
Paul Chase, Joseph o. Guy, Timothy A DOYLE,
L. l. Beach, John E. Aleider, Churchill Car,
W. Lehman, s. f. Bryan, c. w. Spates, Hest
johnson, j. 7. A. Lane, Edward Pulaski Cur
It's bangle i. 0. ID. BrOderick, John Muir
head, Andrew j. Sullivan, Thomas G. Robin
son, j. s. Brosnan, Henry Matthews, Edward
l. Heating, James j. Sullivan, T. w. Scott j.
b. Slack, Thomas j. Needham, Joseph A. Cox
Benedict nj. Hilton, William Sch0aler. vii
liam III. Barker, John Barron, James Ralph
William II. Hazel, w. Z. Carter, and S. H e.
us. The board went into executive session to
try charges against fremen.
Bad Plumbing.