Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-23
The Fire Department.

BIDS FOR BUILDING SITES FOR NEW ENGINE
HOUSES.
The Fire Commissioners met last night for
the purpose of opening bids for lots for loca-
tons of two truck companies and one engine
company; all the members present, with Mr..
Collins in the chair and Mr.. Reed secretary.
A communication from Mr.. VIM. Stickney to
the District Commissioners, recommending
the location of an engine i'm the NORTHWESTERN
section of the city-eaSt of 18th aud north Of l.
StreetS-WaS received from the Commissioners
and placed on file. The bids We're then opened
and scheduled as follows: For lots on which TO
locate the truck company for the West End,
ChaS q. Evans, lot 9, square 81. i4Xl22 feet, at
50 cents per foot. Nj. l.. NOerr, parts lots and
", square 81, 54XlOl, 80 cents per foot. +. 4.
Alexander, lot 3, square - containing sac
feet, at 45 cents, subject to 800 taxes. Xii
bOurn & Olmstead, part of lot 2, square 80,
square II, 52xsl, 10 cents A. Wiege, lot %
square 30. 1883 feet, at 81 cents: or 40x10O of
the south part at . cents; or 25xl$2 OF the
lot 2, square is, at 9o cents. A. WiIIige, west
part OF lot IL, 30xeH, at Sl.lO. Henry Burch
lots . and -, square l0). 75xl?S, at -
cents GO G. IL L. Wi d part Of lot IL square
parts OF lots 10 and II, SlX1O2, - cents. Isaac
Bradley lot y, square -, 1iNsl, for 81, t522D. OF
any other lots in same square at - cents per
foot. Z: H.. Wood, lots 80 and 81, square %, for
SD. ". Ill. Clagett, parts OF lots | aCd 2
square Il, as much as needed at 40 cents. VIM.
Fletcher, lot l. square y, i0xlgl at 81 >. Fred
~, >
J. E. 4 NJ. Roberts, lots 10 and II, square 81, 20
TO 7Ox75 to %, at 30 cents. Samuel Gross, lot p
square y, 3OA9l, at 30 cents, or 3)xl5O at IS
cents. j. A. Griffin, lot :, square 81, 2Sxl22, az
10 cents. L. j. Brown, lot l., square 81, 5Sx75,
at 40 cents:
For lots in the northern section for the new
engine engine house: I. j. Brown, lot 4, square BIZ,
SNllu. at 81 cents 39XUU, at 20 cen 5, or 3iXlC0,
at 10 cents. b. f. Steiger cots 10 TO Is, square
SO, 45x93, at % cents. ID. NJ. Rowe, lots 8 to 5,
square Isl, 5Oxl2O, at SIS. L. $ Robinson
nj far - ~ l.~r.
to 81, square 800, 65x95. for 5000. T. j. Brown
sub-IOt 10, square 3GS, 25xl3S, at 80 cents.
For lots for the truck house in the northeast
ern section:-B: IL. Warner & Co., lots 81 and
5, square 6S6, 2lX90, at - cents; part of lot /
square ~, 4lO2 feet, at IS cents part of lot !.
square bS5, 3lxlU9, at ~ cents: J.. Luchs, west
syth, parts Of lots and 5, square q, 70x95, for
$,42- I. f. Waggaman, lot 3. square 757. FIX
l29, at go cents. W. ID. Grossman, lots Il ana
10: square rs 6oxll2, at 800. Edward Kuebel,
sub lots Is and y, square 6S. 3iXllS, at 60 cents
B. Robinson, part of lot IS, square IA, 57x9O at
40 cents Joseph Williams, lots 3lx32, square
square $50, 5000 feet, at a cents
On motion of Mr.. Reed, the bids were re-
TERED to the committee thIeSSrs Hume and
TAT, Chief Engineer CrOnin, and Building In
SpectOr EntwiSle) for examination, and their
report upon the subject at special meeting
next Thursday evening.
A number of the lots offered are outside OF
the meteS and bounds which were prescribed
by the board, as follows: Between I'D and 9th
streets and the Circle and nj streets north
between Il and ID streets northwest, and Del.
aware avenue and I'd street northwest, and
between 10th and 18th streets and y street
and RhOle Island avenue. As, however, there
was not as many offered inside these bound.
aries as was expected, and most OF those at
high prices, those Immediately outside will re-
ceiye consideration.
A proposition was read from J. c. Wall Of
ferlng to cover all the hOt-water feed boilers
with cOttOn-seed hull felting for SO or with
asbestos cement for $50. 1t was referred to
Messrs. Bacon and TAFT the committee on
apparatus.
Applications for positions in the depart
ment We're submitted and placed on file:
Smith Phillips, Jas; E. Sadler, Richard 7.
BrafOrd, David L. Cooper. John I. LinkinS
Edwin l.. Thomas, Jas. E. Pegg, Frank Jones,
Chas. Nj. Mccarthy, Louis j. Knight, Thos. III.
IipscOmb, John 81. Minor, Vim. l.. Fry, Jas.
Foley, Daniel j. Reidy. w. Scott Olive, Leroy
Harry, Jas j. Gallagher, Dennis Harrington,
ShaS- Matthews and Jas. NJ. Ahern. Levi
Mohng, private of No. company, applied
Tor position as engineer of one OF the new
companies The SiSby Manufacturing com
Pany, OF Seneca, \. Y, sent a letter, inclOSIng
a bill OF ladlng, for new front axle for No !
eOmpany,which they furnished free OF charge.