The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-09
NEW ENGINE HOUSES.
Two Of Them Accepted by the
Common Council.
ON MAIN AND BATTERY STREETS.
They Are Both Models OF Convenience
and Are Well Equipped-Posi-
lions Of Engines.

Councilmen Durie. Hall, WalIingford
and Phillips, and Chief Kellogg, of the ire
department, yesterday visited and formally
accepted the new engine-houses, Nos. 3
and 4, on Main and Ninth, and on Battery
and Fourth streets. respectively, and the
department will at once move into them.
The houses are models of neatness, and
the arrangements are nearly perfect. All
the lstest mechanical appliances will be
put in to facilitate the department in get
ting to fires in quick order, in taking care
OF the apparatus, and to make the iremen
comfortable.
Engine-house No. 4. on Battery street,
has room for an engine, hose cart and
hook and ladder truck. The barracks
have room for twenty men. The house is
fitted up with bathrooms, heater for the
engine. a drying tower for the hose, and
everything else to make the house COM
plete. Old No. 2 Gould, now in the shops
being repaired, will probably be stationed
permanently at this house. Hose company
No. 4, now in the small building near the
Bellevue hotel, will move into the new
house at once. This company is now COM
posed of Alex Allen, captain; Robert john
son, driver; Harry Johnson and Robert
ellis, pipemen. Four men, an engine
driver. an engineer, stoker and pipe
man. will be needed to complete the COM
pany. The small hook and ladder truck
now stored in the chemical house on Broad
way. will be put at No 4, and new COM
pany will be organized to equip and oper-
ate it. Until No. engine is ready for use,
probably one of the Ahrens engines will be
stationed at No. house.
he Main cfroof 30 a uaru
handsome building. 1t is all complete,
even to the smallest detail.
It has room for an engine and hose cart,
ten men and four horses. On the first
floor there is besides the main room, in
which is stationed the engine and hose
cart, q heater, q harness room, an Office, q
place for drying hose. lavatories, closets,
etc. The radiators are placed above the
reach OF the horses. Back of the building
is place for washing the apparatus and
storehouse, Three brass poles, o stairway
and ladder lead from the second floor, on
which are spacious barracks, the captains
room, the engineers room. the smoking
room. and in the rear the hay NOW and
the feed bins. A chute carries the grain to
the first floor below. The high tower is
constructed so that the hose may be hung
mp to dry. On the third floor is a large
trunk room.
Old No. Gould engine was placed in No.
8 house yesterday and will hereafter be
known as No. 3. One of the hose carts at
the central station will be put here to COM
plete the outfit and it is probable that Cap
tain Hunt, OF No. /, and his crew Of eight
men will be placed in the house.
The swinging harnesses ordered by the
council some time ago have not yet arrived.
Superintendent Snow, in charge of the fire
alarm system, has the gongs up in both of
the new houses and will probably have the
big bell at the Columbia street house in
working order today. The Ariel truck will
be placed at headquarters under the new
arrangement
The No. bell that has been used at
North Seattle was hoisted into the belfry of
the Battery street engine-house yesterday
afternoon.
The Pine street engine-house will be
ready next Saturday to be turned over to
the council and fire department..
The three new engine-houses will be used
next Monday as voting places for the city
election.