Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-17
ART1z AN STREET ENGINE HOUSE

Description of the Best Equipped
 House in the State-How 1t will
 Look When Opened to tho Pabhe
 Next Tuesday-Kquipped With All
 tho Hest Apparatus Known to the
 Service.
 The new Artizsn street engine house is practically completed and next Monday the apparatus will be removed from No. Ts house and placed in position at the new building. Tuesday afternoon from to 8 o'clock and every afternoon thereafter the house will be thrown open for public in specton, and everyone who takes advantage of this opportunity will witness the largest and best equipped engine house in the state, and one of the best in New England outside of Boston.
 The new engine house is Q three story brick structure with brown stone trim mings. The walls are sheathed with white spruce and the stalls and other fixtures are of the same material. The electrical ap- paratus is all new and of the best, as far as usefulness is concerned, available. The moment an alarm strikes the horses are unfastened, ali tho electric lamps in the apparatus and dormitory rooms are lighted, the wooden covers of the holes around the brass sliding poles are raised, and the num- ber of the box registered on paper tape. The mechanical appliances for fastening the horses were designed by Superintend- | ent Smith, and are the best in the city. There are two rooms on the first floor. In one of these is located ths hose wagon, | and there are two stalls on either side of l wagon with two other stalls further back. | There is also a heavy lattice work and sewer connection under each horse. In the | other room on this floor will bs located l truck Ne. 1 and the three horses, the horse 1 and wagon used by Chief Kennedy and 8
 chemical engine, when the department se- | cures 1t. with two more horses. In this room will also be located the telephone desk, and only the fireman on watch will
 be kept here.
 On the second floor are two dormitories,
 one for truck company No. and the l other for engine company No. 3. In all twenty five men will sleep in these dormitories. The sleeping apartments | are serviceably furnished and have both toilet and bath accommodations. There | are also twenty-five lockers in the rooms | in which each man can keep his clothine l and personal effects. Captain Martin'f EOOu IS lOChIcu dt tuo lEOuG ouu OI NO. G'k l dormitory, while Captain Fancher's room
 is located at the end of No. 1's dormitory Between the two rooms is another room
 which is intended for the use of another | officer, should one be selected. but for the present will remain unoccupied.
 The third floor of the building Is moi completed owing to the lack of funds When this floor Is completed (snd the fire
 men hope to get an appropriation witt
 which to finish it) it will be used for read
 ing and recreation purposes. From tn,
 rear portion or this room spiral staircas'
 leads down into the basement, connecting
 with both the second and first floors. II
 the cellar and sub-cellar will be kept tn,
 boilers. the coal and forage bins and 8 hose
 drying room with steam heater. There Ii
 also here hose drying rack which is th'
 invention of Chief Kennedy and is 8 mar
 vel of usefulness and serviceability. Al
 the stall work, the stall plumbing ant
 steamftting and the pole hole work wer'
 done ny members of the department, de
 tailed by Chief Kennedy, and in this wa.
 the city was saved an expenditure of abou | $2, 500.