The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-02
PROTEIN RELICS"
Old Engine-Houses May
Be Condemned.
"DELAPIDATED AND UNSAFE"
To Demand New Buildings and
Apparatus.
"DELAPIDATED AND UNSAFE
THE ANNUAL INSPECTION MADE.
Fire Commissioners Examine Struc'
lures and Stores-No Fault
Found With the Men.

It may have been merely coincidence
that on Yesterday, the day set for the an
nual inspection of the Fire Department.
every engine and truck house in the city
was as clean as the floor of Dutch
kitchen. The machines glistened as if
they had just been turned out Of the SNIP.
the men were were all in their places. and
the horses had holiday shine on their
backs.
The inspecting party was composed OF
Fire Commissioners Edwards, Martin.
Brown. Bohen and Mcdonald, Chief Sui
Ivan. Mayor Ebert, City Attorney Cres-
we'll and Supervisors Day, Denman, Dun
don, Refs, James and Kennedy.
They procured carriages at an early
hour, and consum ed the remainder Of the
day in visiting the houses. pausing just
long enough to partake of a collation. pre-
pared for them by the Chief at the house
of engine 4.
The result of the inspection will with
out doubt be an appeal to the Supervisors
to appropriate money for the erection OF
several new buildings in place Of what the
inspecting party termed rotten relics,
and the purchase of apparatus for South
San Francisco.
The inspectors found the building occu-
pied by truck 4 on Pacific street in very
dilapidated condition. it was erected
twenty-six years ago, and was voted too
bad to mend" One of the party said
afterward:
Engine IL is housed In a relic of an
tiquty. The floor. on account of the re-
cent grading of the street, is below the
level of the sidewalk, and new building
is sorely needed.
The house Of engine s was found by
the inspectors in shocking condition. A
new building Will be recommended.
"Engine-house 9. on Main street, Is In
good repair. 1t is built on deep lot. and
Commissioner Martin suggested that an
extension might be added to it for the
housing of truck. as the truck nearest
the water front is at the corner of O'Far-
rel and Dupont streets. His suggestion
was favorably received by his fellow
inspectors.
street, near Third. 1t has been patched
and braced up until its occupants are I'M
able to find any considerable portion of
the original structure. a new building
was the remedy suggested
The old truck-house of engine is ap-
parently in as good condition as it was
when the masons laid down their trowels.
The inspectors thought that some slight
alterations might be advantageously made.
This leased building OF chemical l, on
New MONTGOMERY street, was visited, and
there the old plan for locating an en- CINE
house at the corner of Market and Bush
streets was discussed. The city pays $50
month for the ground on which the
chemical house stands. and some OF the In
spectlrs were heartily in favor Of building
ON the Market and Bush site.
1.-THE building of engine 16 at the Po-
trero was inspected and found to be in
need of immediate repair.
"There is room to spare in the house of
engine 10 and the commissioners favored
using it for housing truck yet to be
purchased for South San Francisco.
THE house of engine /. on Guerrero
street, has been abandoned by the cem-
pauy on account of its dangerous condi-
lion. A new building will be recon-
mended."
AT several houses the celebrity of the
men in responding to an alarm was dis
played greatly to the satisfaction of the
Commissioners and Supervisors, who COM
plmented the Chief on the efficiency and
the excellent discipline of the department.