The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-05
THE ENGINE HOUSES.
Plans Prepared for Five Fine
Buildings.
THEY WILL Sc BUILT AT ONCE,
The Central ssataon VIM Cost sBeo.oee
ard All five wan Cesf
s4s.0ee.

SeAttiess nye neE engine hQhses viii pe
The han6so1nest ard best arranged build
ings OF thsir kind in the country The
plans for these buildings will be in the
hands OF the IRE and wAfef committee Ct
the council today OF tomsorrow and bids
viii at once be asked for fheir construction.
All OF these baiidings. except the central
station. can he put upEn month or SIX
weeks and they viii 81 be built rs quickly
81 possible The architects. III designing
the buildings. have paid partie ciar attef'
tion TO the exterior and have made snodern
looking structures, which vi ! be creditable
to the city and 10 the IRE department IS
well.
TMR HEADQUARTERS.
The headquarters. or central station. 20
cost s2o.09o which viii be bnilt On colum-
bia street, between Sixth and Seventh,
covers an area OF 6lxs0 feet and viii be buiii.
Of brick and stone, she stone reaching up.
TO four feet above the FIRST floor. In she.
front viii be four arches, ten ieet wide. and
back of these q distance OF six feet and
forming an arcade viii be the dou6ie doors
through which the fire apparatus Is brought
A tower. thirteen feet square and sixty 1--we
feet high, rises gracefully from the east
end OF the building This tower Is for the
bell and also for the drying of the hose
which is ran into the tower from the base
ment On the northeast corner of the FIRST
floor is the Office in which the chief will
stay. and the main room will hold hook
and ladder truck, an engine. hose cart,
the chief's buggy and stalls for eight horses.
Automatic switch-baek doors will be placed
between The horses and the trucks
connected electrically with the alarm sys-
TEN. When man pulls the lever IN an
alarm box anywhere in the city, he not
only wakes up the hTemen. If they happen
TO be asleep. but Il win also unhitch the
horses and open the doors in front OF them
as vel. In the large dormit0ry on the
second floor, 26l<x5s in size, are accommo-
dations for nineteen men. This room Is
connected with the large room below By
two pairs OF stairs, and two brass poles for
the men 70 slide down.
In the front are also the chiefs and as
gistant chiefs rooms, and back OF the dor
mitory is the readingFoom, 20x24 feet in
size, and the battery. electricians and re-
peasing roems. In the southeast corner Is
q large room for hay and grain. On the
third floor is line assembly room, well
lighted, and connected By airs and brass
pole with the flcor below. This room Is
2ax60 feet in size Saunders & Houghton
are the architects for the headquarters sta
ton.
THE BATTERY STREET HOUSE.
The second fire house in point Of cost
VIII be the one on Battery street and
Fourth. Plans are being drawn By Archi-
tect Richie for the baflding. IL viii cost
S. COO will be made of wood entirely and
viii be 50xG0 feet in size. The bell and hose
tower viii be iorty-tive feet high and the
building will accommodate hook and lad
der truck, an engine and hose cart. The
exit doors for the hook and ladder truck
are flush with the front, but the others are
recessed six feet. allowing the doors
70 swing out without obstructing
the sidewalk. There are stalls
for nine horses and the heater
for the engine Is in the basement A stair
way 90 the second story opens into the
SOFAS foot barracks room, which has nine
windows. sixteen clothes-closets and beds
for as many men. Ia the front Is hand
some lossia, or open portico. which viii
prove q very convenient addition 10 this
room A large bath and toilet room, and u
large stairway leading to the third door are
connected with this room, and also two
\ NFtFAtt UtAlNOAAto 4Vi tHE captain anu tAA3
assistants. Two iron. or brass. drops give
quick access 10 the apparatus room below.
Another drop is arranged from the attic or
third floor room. which lands the hremen
near the engine. on the hrst floor. The
third floor room is 40x50 feet IN size and is
we'll lighted.
The principal feature of the exterior Of
this building is the tower. eight feet square
with rounded corners and batter swell 10
the top which Is seven feet feet wide In
the center OF the front is a gable. below
which are two large columns against the
side of the building and having square
pe5estaIs The three large double doors in
'front.' are handsomely paneled with glass
and wood panels.
THREE-coRxERgp HorsR.
The enginehoase at the intersection Of
Terrace. Broadway and Tenth streets IL q
three-cornered building. Its plans have
also been drawn by Architect Richie.