Daily Republican., 1880-08-21
DELAWARE ENGINE HOUSE.
a Description OF che View Raildirs
of tho Delaware Fire Company.

a Description OF the View RuiIdtrs
OF tho Delaware Fire Company.
The Delaware engine house situated
on French street just below Sixth Ii
completed and ready to be delivered by
the contractor to the building commit
tee. During next week 1t will be fur
nished and on Monday night week it
will be formally opened. Tue plans OF
the structure were published in these
columns when the contract was award
ed, but description Of the house in its
finished state may not be out Of place.
Without doubt it is one of the most
conveniently planned buildings in the
city. The heating and ventilating ar
arrangements are excellent and the work
has been done in the finest and most sub
stantial manner. The external appear
ancs Of the building is very pleasing,
.he wood work above the front entrance
doors being quite attractive and the
marble trimmings over the six front
windows very pretty. The marble is
polished and this is the only job of the
kind in the uity.
The first floor of the building consists
Of a main room go K 20 feet with a
stable in the rear, Is II feet. The
main re ON contains "a closets for coats,
hats, &c., and six hose racks, the latter
being an entirely new departure. The
racks will hold 600 feet Of hose. 1t is
lighted by four very pretty chandeliers
hanging from centre pieces, Of original
design. The floor is Of 3 inch deck
plank, At inches wide, rendered tight by
Q lulking Of cotton and white lead
while the nail holes are plugged. A
private side passage connects with the
yard in the rear and the stable, and a
person going back into the yard need
not 20 through the stable. The stable
contains three stalls, which is some.
thing new, it being the intention of the
companysometime to run the carriage by
horse power. There is rear entrance
to the stable, and the horses will be
.aken out in this way instead ol
through the engine house except dur.
ing fires. Situated Immediately above
the stable is the drivers room aud the
feed loft. The former is 8 X IA feet
has three windows and is well ventila
ted. One thing for which the company
deserves praise is having the windows
in tbs engine room made of ground
glass, which will prevent the children
in the school near by from looking II
and thus neglecting their studies.
You are taken to the second story by
= stairway which for graceful curves il
the banisters cannot be equalled in the
city. The railing is Of walnut. This
takes you to ten foot landing, which
is lighted by a handsome bracket gas
jet and turning to the left you enter
the parlor through folding doors. 1t Ii
very handsome room and She wood
work is Of grained walaut. Around
the ceiling runs 22.inch cornice. The
walls are finished with white coating
It is lighted by two 2S.globe chanda
Tiers, hung from attractive centr'
pieces. The size ofthe building is 201
so, and the ceiling is II feet high
Lace curtains will be hung during th'
coming week, and carpet (bodJ
Brussels) will be put down. The fur
niture will also be put in during tina
time. 1t is being made by J. & J. N
Harman and will be very handsome
| II will consist of four sofas covered with
! red plush, sixteen wall chairs, four arm
chairs, and three marble-top tables.
The furniture will be the finest in any
of the engine house pariors.
The third story will be used as the
meeting room OF the company. 1t is
lighted by 3 chandelier of "a globes.
The furniture is of solid walnut, of repp
pattern, and consists of four sofas, three
reception chairs, a dozen small chairs.
rhe platform at the west-end of the
room for the officers is IA inches high
in the middle and 8 at each side. A
splendid view of the river can be had
from the landing.
A thing which deserves mention is
the handy manner in which the doors
VI TIC uIot uuOI olo 1iiobBCus SAlohS
springs are attached to each one and
they swing open instantly on the draw
ing OF the latch. This will be particu.
larly handy especially with the doors
opening on the street.
The building has been a cheap one.
Including the purchase of ground and
horses, the cost will not exceed 81, 900
and the Company may congratulate
itself that they have such fine struot-
ure at such little cost. The building
Committee consists Of Joseph Dutton,
L. G. File, John T. Kelley james Daley,
Jesse Cannon, B. Hamilton, Andrew
Peterson, J. Il. O'Brien and Samuel
Lewis.
The contractor for the building was
Harry Lape. The sub-contractors
were as follows painting, James
O'Brien; graiping, Washington Smith;
plastering, Robert Hattock; brick
work, Archibald Reed; plumbing, Cav.
throp L Bro. The marble work above
the windows was done by Davidsons.
Peach Shipments.
The peach shipments yesterday over
the Delaware railroad amounted to 1921
oars, and were as follows: