Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-28
NEW ENGlNE-HOUSE.
r,,r PREPARATIONS TO begin
WORK on BROAD STREET.
-, One nip He'll for the Entire
,u, Alarm scrvicc--Ncw WACO"
uurn,-A Circuit for Man.
.,er--rroposcd improvements.

...,,. preparatlons are hcins made for
-..,ioo Of the new engine-house on
,, NJ Wnshiazton Hail. on Broad
, and temporary quarters are being
o.. - thc l{owltzcr Armoyy. Engine 3
81, chemical VIII be CHARTERED there.
.,, che Hayes truck will be stationed
,.-,h street near Broad under a shed
-. ,.ere of apparatus cannot be turned
.~. aide street and Will therefore he
.t II tac above point. Besides II
,- r,, reach the business centre quick
,..-a q 10 were plccd at the armory.
-,. row quarters viii greatly adorn
81 street. and represent the latest de-
-, io fire quarters The building Will
-...frIcfcd Of James river granite and
. with tcr.a-cotta trimmings, ana
-. have commanding tower IL VIII
.aiciy arranged 10 allow the big
&C.,. t.l have What IS known as the three
.... t.tch. enabling three horses 90 come
..r,ast polling the machine. which
,.,..s over nine thousand pounds
ri, HAVE 4 CENTRAL REi-L
v,. contemplated 20 place on steel
So one hundred feat high a lar Gle 70
,...,...l bell and discontinue all other
=. throughput the city ringing for nre'
\. 81, view o. the cost this viii be post
,,-.f fsr "a few months. The Fire Com
'.....-,rs arc determined. however, 10
,-.-afv this confused bell ringing as soon
r.-.r.e. both for the benefit Of the
md the rremcn. This bell viii
. .h..f three thousand pounds, ana
.-...ed ln "a steel tower one hundred
flrn. and viii only strike the NUMBER
- Oh. box. besides tho tim olows-o a.
:, - ST.. and T.. VI. The cost OF the
i.lv boz about three thousand dohar'
Tie next important matter that as
So ,.. F.r. Honri IS the present I'M
,..ah.s quarters az Engine-House No. q. On
- avenue. which is the most poorly
.---rr.. h.u.c .n the department. There
= b., comfort there for The men, and a
s.i,t movement exists 10 make as soon as
lc.s.t.. I'D comp etc change.
g b Tos.cr's Sons have about inished
, strong ana beautiful new hose wagon
"a No @ Eneluc Company. 1t has every
80 Improvement ana 81 said 10 be the
t.,, wagon turned out yet While finished
!, ,.il ret be- placed IN active service now
X ,Gl hc reserved for the new engine
eols". ,,.o~i,
David Ansiic. Esq, is also AZ worh
erar a ncW FIRE buggy for Firs'-Assis'ahl d,
Tf..f shaw. and when completed i VIII
4 beauty This vehicle VIII carry Il
,-se.cailon extingu'sher. johnson pump
90 n medicine chest fun and complete
~ every drug needed for emergencies.
MANCHESTER ALARM CIRCUIT
The hoard. lookiuc forward TO the an
"a U4N,
, La, o. existence what Is known rs the
,f.,rha-,sr fire alarm circuit which now
,~.e.az tho river. taking the electro power
,,.,Ion and returning via Belle Isle. and
,r,gl ,hs city ana Manchester unite II
wi ne n comparatively easy matter 10
,.r.re the boxes on this line. i bfins
estimated that our sister town needs just
Ant ticht nre-alarm stations 10 b prop
~ equipped.
Slrcr.ute ndent Thomrson and his as-
y'.tants have on exhibition AT the central
iNce a flye-circuit tEInsmitter for send'nS
lt.rms Of fire % the runners, ana II Is
WONDERFUL piece OF machinery and reflects
mot credit upon them. IL has cost years
K labor. and every part was built ~ me
tfice. This city Is with one exception the
Triv place whore all OF tie WoIk - done
J. i;s own force.
Governor O'Ferra'l has ordered signal
TX 90 he placed in the Capitol GROUNDS
Tor the protection ~ the stat" pnhohsS'
There are 20 fre-statlons IN ms
r'.v. which a. Richmond tn best
equipped city IN TIE country in tbs re-
fpcc-
First-Assis.anf-Cn chief Shaw has been &C.
fouslv ul. bat is now couvalescent. cap
IAN Waiih1u. OF No. :. is acting In his
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