The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-10
1BE new ENGINE HOUSE
mo Plans Of Architect Hamilton
Delight tho Committee.
ATLANTIC HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS
O.c,acd on Last Night-.A Description
ortbc Proposed Vigilant House and
,he improvements 1t Introduces
other Repairs.

below Is printed a picture Of the
.aw engine house to be erected in
To.,,. Wheeling in place Of the old
vi,iIoat engine house, rendered use
,..by fire some time ago. The i'm
",ay,ments to be contained in the in
.,,ior Of the new building are modelled
.fsr engine house No. II in Pitts
t t said to be one OF the most
.,npIe,e in the country. The Pitts
Trrgb house is Of pressed brick,
With elegant stone trimmings, and
:. fitted up like mansion.
Wheeling. of course, is not able to go
;,,oeagine house building on exactly
,bs same plan as that, which cost
SfGO, but according to the plans pre-
S IA by Architect Charles Hamilton,
!Ss new building, while not so elegant
u ~ sni.h. will be as well fitted for its
Fl bS new engine house will be 50 by
:; ieet and the estimated cost is s., 300.
Tbr front will be OF pressed brick, with
same t"y trimmings, and the building will
he two stories high.
There will be two sets Of doors in the
i,ont The engine and hose carriage
iii, iii Stand side by side, instead OF tan
jam as at present. and can both start
ami from the building simultaneously.
TSc int floor will contain the engine
'ni hose wagon and four stalls, 81 by 8
a.. nS, for horses. The first floor will
have inside walls OF enameled pressed
brck, and will be covered with metal
ceiling. ~
ritoy dressing room, bath room and
T,,ar closets. The walls will be plas-
,sr,l with cement. In the first story the
S.liDcvi!l he fifteen feet from the floor,
IN ,hr second twelve feet. One OF the
l., improvements is the system of
b5.r washing. As soon as the reel re-
,pn, from answering u call, the hose, If
6ty. is Immediately unwound down
through trap in the floor into a fifty
ioot trough in the cellar, and the reel is
rwound with dry hose.
Aiterbeins washed, the hose is raised
k block and tackle and hung between
wooden pins in the side tower.
The side tower system Of drying hose
oilers radically from the old way. The
tower being 4 recess in the wall OF the
briding, the hose when hung up to
DIV. is always in full view, and exposed
70 Tree circulation OF air. The entire
building is to be erected on the slow
combustion plan, and will have a cellar
under it o! feet deep.
The committee, which met last night,
vas much pleased with the plans pre-
pared BY Mr.. Hamilton, and decided to
iirertise for bids in all the daily papers,
bids to close July %. The committee
then had long discussion about the
Heel Of Improvements at the Atlantic
engine house. The chief explained that
the apparatus is liable to be delayed
ans tine BY the stalling OF 3. q 0.
riniRiront OF the building. The COM
aitiee decided to build new entrance
On EOiF street, and put the stables on
De east side. A new floor is badly
EeS!ed. The committee estimated the
DC: o. these necessary improvements
70 be about 500, and decided to ask
Council at its next meeting for an ap-
popiation covering this amount.
The department is in need OF six
bones in place OF some of the broken
d0vn specimens that now hobble along
Tie streets in answer to fire alarm,
Tile committee authorized the purchase
q enc horse for the hook and ladder
house
NJ Marsh was authorized to contract
iotth laying OF floor in the Seventh
yaEl hose house, the cost not to exceed
syn Permission was also given the
c!hid to contract for any white washing
70 the different houses that he may
deea necessary.
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