The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-03
MANY REPAIRS NEEDED.
Superintendent Browns Re
port of the Condition of
the Fire Houses.
SOME UNFIT FOR HABITATION'
The Roofs of Many Leak Badly
Finance Board to Be APP
pealed To:

AT the meeting OF the Board Of Fire
Commissioners tomorrow evening Super
intendent Brown will sumbit startling
reports of the condition of the fire houses
in the city with n request tina 1.-THE Com-
nlissioDers at once notify the Street and
Water Board and demand that the neces-
sary repairs be made. The matter OF
repairing the houses has been agitated
for quite some time, but the
repairs were never made and the houses
are daily growing worse.
II the present state of affairs is allowed
to remain throughout the winter the men
In the department will be the sufferers.
AS Superintendent Brown declared this
morning, many of the houses ara NOT lit
for human beings to live in.
There ID not an engine or truck house
in the city but what needs new roof,''
said the Superintendent. land hope that
lhe Street and Water B oard will arouse
itself and make the repairs before winter
sets 10. II this is not lone you may ex :
pect TO ses the houses flooded"
FLOODED CELLAR.
No. 1 Engine House Oh Warren street
is cited as being IN an especially
deplorable condition. When the build-
ing was erected the cellar was not
cementsd, and as result the cellar is
nnder several feet of water when the
Hudson River is at high tide. This
makes the house damp through>
out, and when one considers
that the men are forced to sleep and stay
there, it Is nothing short of an outrage
to allow such state OF affairs exist. If
the cellar was cemented." says Super.
inteudent Brown, "tha water could not
food the cellar" The tide water here
puts out the furnace fire.
LEAKY ROOFS.
The roof on No. 2 Engine house, at
Norris near Warren street, is in such q
bad coudition that on rainy days the
nremen have to rlRce pals on the floor OF
their sleeping apartments to catch the
w ater that comes through the sieve
like roof. The foor of this engine house
is also in bad shape, The boards have
all been worn through, ard to save the
horses from falling into the cellar the
fifemen had to secure lumber aud nail 1t
over the worn places.
AT the houses of No. Truck on Grand
| and Van Worst streets, aud No. Truck
Oh Ninth near Grove streets, the roots
are soreiy in need OF repair. They bott
are in as bad condition AS the ono ut No.
Engine house.
No. Engine house on Mercer street
near Grove. although practically new,
having been erected bat a shert
condition. The roots leaks and
several other repairs are necessar The
rsmshackle structure on First street
which is the abode of No. 4 Engine
Company, Is one OF the worst building,
| ip the city. 1t was condemned by the
Building Inspector quite some time ago.
| aud the firemen who are staying
In IL TISkinp THAR
lives. The Superintendent does
not ask for any repairs to this structure
Il is beyond repair. A new building is
needed. The present structure is not
even tiJ for sta9le. But this Is not the
only engine house that has been con-
G. les, has also beeu placed uuder tnaI
ban. This building is as bad if not worse
as that of No. engiue.
mo. engine Is one of the best COM
pinies IN the city," says the Supsringen,
deut, ana he certainly ought TO know.
This company has an excellent record
aud has to answer to many alarms, yet IL
Is forced to nabituate u structure that has
beeu condemned ana is in danger OF
| tum bling down at almost any moment.
These two houses are growing worse
daily aud the Superintendent pFay5 thar
the Street and Water Board will devote
IT'S attention first 70 these.
LYFAYETTE HOUSE IN NEED OF REPAIR.
The firsmen of No. 10 engiae on Hal
iaday street. Lafayette, are experiencing
much trouble From the roof on theii
building, which lsaks bsdiy. The fire.
men tako great pride in their parlor, which
is undoubtedly the finest of any il
the department The hremen have fitted
up, from time to time, this apartment
with furniture, carpet aud other things
that go to make life comfortable, and
| when a shower comes and the water
esk. through the roof i5 makes them
| wlsn that they could lay their hands on
the parties WHO are responsible tor this
condition ofsthings. On more than one
occasion the fremen have had the root
repaired at their own expense.
Ths large doors at No. Z engine house
are very shaky, and liable TO tum BILE
down. AS they weigh several hundred
poonds apiece they would kill passing
pedestrians should teey fall.g
HEADQUARTERS IN BAD CONDITION.
Headquarters, too. need looking after.
Here. as in the engine houses, the
roof leaks. The ceilin in the
Board room is badly sstained
from rain water. When 1t rains the
water comes pouring down between the
sliding doors on this floor and pHils ant
| other utensils have to De placed about to
nravank q flood