The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-16

4 ell sketch illustrating his ideas as TO
how the building should be appointed,
and from this Architect Ware drew the
plans.
The building is 81 by So feet in di-
mansions, and two stories high. 1t is
built of brick, with pressed brick front,
trimmed with kyune stone. The tower
/ IN the rear is five stories, or about so
/ feet in height, and is for drying hose
and for drilling purposes, with five Win
/ dows on the rear side, one over the
other, intended for practice with the
pompier ladder.
The first, or apparatus floor, will be
used for the especial accommodation of
the hook and ladder truck, the chemi-
cal and the chiefs buggy. The floor is
of Nicholson pavement, cedar blocks.
six inches long, set on concrete foun-
dation and filled around with pitch. as
phaltum and gravel. In one corner is
section of cement flooring, which, to-
gether with the floor of the tower, also
of cement, will be used for cleaning.
hose
There are two large front entrances.
II feet inches wide Facing one of
these will stand the truck and directly
behind will stand the chemical. with
stalls for the horses on either side of
each piece of apparatus. Facing the
other entrance will stand the chiefs
buggy. in front of the tower and di-
rectly underneath the chiefs office on
the upper floor. In the center is a stair
way leading to the second floor and in
front, almost opposite the entrance for
the CHIEFS buggy, is another stairway
leading TO the chiefs office. In the rear
is another broad entrance, which is
har-
old arrangement 1t admits of driving
the apparatus in at that end of the
building, thus saving the trouble of
backing the apparatus in, as has had
to be done in the past
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Underneath the stairway in the rear
are closets, water tap and grain
chute. the latter being provided with
a cleaner of Chief Devine's own manu-
facture which is intended to clean the
cats before being fed to the horses.
SIX horses will be kept on this floor. all
released with a trip attachment by the
stroke of the gong. A hay and straw
chute connecting with the lofts in both
the new and old buildings is also 10
Gated on this floor.
3. 81 (.
That portion of the second floor in
tended for the occupancy of the men
viii be at present arranged in one long
dormitory as the sleeping apartments
for the men employed on the apparatus
underneath, fitted with, closets for
each man. On this floor will also he
two small store rooms hav and
straw sloft. the chiefs office and a
large grain bin which extends down
to within eight feet of the lower floor
and which holds 10000 pounds of grain.
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Immediately underneath the floor of
the second story, is an immense hose
reel which is perhaps the greatest con-
venience the new buildin-. contains
over the old arrangement. The rec. is
situated near the rear entrance and on
1t. 1.2OO- feet of hose will always be
kept reeled I'D, ready for use in an
emergency, and can be pulled into the
hose wagon without delay and with no
help aside from the driver II is
especially Cor use when it becomes
necessary to send back for more hose
and obviates the necessity of soaring
more than one man.. Heretofore, the
hose has had to be kept in 5O-foot
lengths and in such an emergency il
has been necessary to couple UP every
joint. In big fire the time saved in
this alone would be an important
factor.
The old building viii be used much
as heretofore with the exception that
the chemical win be moved to the
new building and give place to the
steamer whose place it now occupies.
The new building is a substantial and
well built structure. and its arrange
ment with the old one reflects much
credit on the designers.