Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-16
OUR FIRE LADIES.
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hunse-Nn Admirable rqulpment
rur sirs Uses
",
Tho large two story brick fro engine
house, built a few years ago ON West King
stroCt, above Charlotte, by the Humane
, fire company, No. q, of tho old volunteer
department, is now occupied by company
No. |, or the paid department.
Tho building, which is tho largest and
! mn6t substantial lice hUuso in th0 city, has
width Ol 8l f1et aud depth Of 100 foot,
| the height at tho ougiue room from nUor
to ceiling being 10 icct. As originally
buli, tho lower story WAS divided into
| three rooms, the front one being for tho
| engine and hose cart, both Of which were
then drawn by hand, the middle room was
used as u business oiliIo by the company
| except when balls aud parties were given
III tho large second floor hall, when IL was
used asa ladies' dressing room) and the
back room, on such occasions was used rs
bar room. But all these arrangements
are now changed tho partition between
the engine room and "ladios ronm," has
been removed, greatly increasing the
length of tho engine room, in the rear end
of which have been fitted up three stalls
| for tho accommodation of the engine
| horses and cart horse, while tho "bar
room," considerably reduced in size, Is
now used as tho sleeping room of the
company. The ball room on tho second
| hOor, is not used.
| Company No. |, as now org lnzed, con.
sists of the following force
Engine driver james Kautz.
Hose cart drivor--Adam j.. Smith.
Foremau-GeOrge w. Currcy.
| Engineor--lacub Waters.
uJsomeu--Adolph Strauss, Albert Gin.
| tim laa,h Rltamlu and David RlarI
The UompAny's Equipment
The steam engine used by the company
is the Button engine, built for the Union
fire company rs long ago as 1865, aud has
been in service over since and has
done excellent duty at many kre. II is
now badly ont of repair, and when the
reporter OF the lNTELLI6ESCER called al
the engine house on Friday IL WAS " out
of SERVICE" Que Of tho hiud wheels being
at tho shops for repair aud the othsr look
ing as it It ought to be thnre also. The
Button hose cart is in good condition, the
cylinder containing 500 feet OF rubber
hose, longer limo than is carried by any
other hose cart IN tho city, while on the
hose racks are lying 100 more Of uew
| Eureka cotton hose. As the engine viii bt
out Of service tor several DAYS, the boys
have taken the shafts from the hose car
| ~
tire they oan drive double tnstea1 OF q
single team
well Trained nor'e-.
The grey cart horse Sam ts tn,
largest and ono Of the most perfectly
trained horses IN the lire department. \
an illustration OF his strength and speet
il may be mentioned that when tho alarm
OF tire was struJk yosJerday he was jus
three minutes in being hIrnessad an,
hauling tho hose cart ~ tho fire, whicl
WAS three squares OIL. The engine horses
pretty pair Of iron grays. look to bo To-
light To haul tho engine (Which wei gh.
; 500 pouuis) over bgl roads, bat thn'
are well trained and tho driver SAYS the,
have never yet failed him.
Conyoui,nt Appliances.
The horses are provided with hsuginl
harness, Hudie's patent spiral sprinI
hangers aud collar snaps being used, tn
lremen themselves having paid for them
At their OSn expense, also, tue hIemeI
have erected very convenient appliance
connected with the electric alarm, 70
Lighting the gas, kindlins the fire in tn
engine and for opening aud closing tn
stable doors and the front doors Of tn
engine house. There are waterproof
Buckeye lamps aud automatic gougs o
the engine AMI hose cart water and ca
in all parts OF the house closets in ID
sleeping rooms for holding the clothing @
each member OF the company, aud larg
closet under the hose racks IN which t
keep brushes, buckets. oil cans and othG
tools and utensils. There are gratiugs /
the floor OF each OF tho horse stalls, con
ncctcd with sewers which convey TO th
manure bed in rear OF the hall all tn
water that would Otherwise accumulate i
the stalls. BY tho use of hoss the loo.
of tue stalls axe easily kept oleau
Taken all in all No. is very conyo
niently located and comfortably hyed NJ
They are Intelligent, active ingeniou
and industrious men, always on hand whe
duty calls them. An inspection of the
premises is all that is necessary to sho
how much more aud how much bstt'
work can be done by few we'll trainsC
3 paid men, than by ten times as many Ut
$ trained and irresp ponsible volunteers.