Evening journal., 1897-08-19
THE INSPECTION ENDS.
City Council Committee Looks
Over the East Side Houses.
GRATIFYING REPORTS ARE MADE


CLASS CONDITION ATTHEHoMEs
OF THE PHOENIX. DELAWARE,
WASHINGTON. RELIANCE AND
LIBERTY.
Last evening the Fire Committee Of
City Council completed It's semi-annual
inspection of the houses and the appa
ratus belonging to the department.
The inspection party included those
whose names appeared in the Evening
journal Of yesterday. and Councilmen
O'Neill Oberly, Leary and Robertson,
John Taggart and Harry Stats.
The party left the City Hall about S
O'Clock and drove at once to the Phoe'
nix house. Webster, the old ana reliable
horse Of the company, was missing. lie
is 20 years Of age, eleven of which were
spent in fire service. The Phoenix
house is the most inconvenient in the
department 1t is entirely too small,
but the company will soon remedy this
as he house No. 1902 King street,
which adjoins the house of the COM
pany, has been purchased and the resi-
Of the companies had better look out
for the Phoenix boys will try their best
to outdo them in the line Of improve
ments. The horse which replaced Web
ster. Dandy, is the heaviest in the SER
vice, weighing 1,73O pounds. The re-
port of the secretary showed real and
personal property, Sl9,25O; l Clapp \
Jones engine. valued at $4,000; l,OOO
feet Of first-class hose, vamed at $500.
The company has hose cart, four
horses and a membership Of eighty-iive,
Of which twenty-five are active. Re
freshments were served to the visitors.
The party then proceeded to the
Delaware house. This company's re-
pert showed that it has a Hayes truck,
| four extinguishers an S5-foot extension
| ladder. q 45-foot extension ladder and
five ether ladders of various dimen-
sions; one 250-fOot ladder and three
horses. Value of real estate and per-
sonal property. $4,000. Honorary
membership, 40; active, 80
At the Washington house several new
fire appliances were seen. The report
showed. One Amoskeag engine and a
| Halloway chemical engine; 1900 feet of
good hose. 5 horses and telephone in
i engine house which is used for calls to
4 fires exclusively. Value Of real estate
and personal property, S24 ,320
1
furnished and presents a neat appear
ance. There are 1OS active members
The Reliance was next inspected and
/, the new Improvements made to this
/. house since the inspection last May
were highly commended. A new floor
has been laid in the house and the in
, terror painted, and in all it presents
very attractive appearance. The Rell
ance boys take much pride in their en-
gine house The real estate and per
sonal property is valued at S2l,5OO. The
company has one Silsby engine, valued
at s4 500: one Silsby hose carriage
which cost $3.50; 1000 feet Of first-class
hose and 500 feet Of medium hose
Three horses, valued at $500; houst
valued at S11 900. Active and honorary
members, so.
The Liberty, which is called the baby
of the department was the last, bu
not the least on the list The Liberty
has the neatest and most modern i'm
proved house Of any company in th'
!, department The credit is due 10 th'
interest ana diligence displayed by th'
% No. boys in their hCme. The par
which the hoys "crOw' about Is th'
= mark in .he rear of the engine house
II ia called Liberty Park. Here trees @
natural variety have been planted. Oh
/, one side of the park is the name LIB
ertv S. +. Co., No. 8. in variegf.e
! colors. Benches have been put In tn
- park and there the members and thei
, friends spend the evenings despite TN
war waged by the mosquitoes.
!. Last night the park looked hne. Chl
nese lanterns hung everywhere. IN
engine Of the Liberty is, as the kids
over Third, street bridge say, 'de om
ting On der dump The company ha
a 400 feet of good hose, three horse
% valued at $3.50; furniture valued a
= 81 600. one Gleason & Bailey nos
5 wagon. The total value Of real an
= personal property is S1S5OO. There
9 an active membership OF thlrty-nine.
3 To demonstrate the quickness an
D, promptness with which the compan
6. responds to an alarm of fire, a test wa
d given. Four men were upstairs whe
1, the gong sounded and these descende
E. the sliding pole, the horses ran TO thel
It respective places, were hitched to tn
1t apparatus. and a short drive was take
from the house 10 Liberty Park an
hack again. The horses were unhilcf
ed. nut i'm their stables in the remark
IS eblv quick time of one minute an
D. thirty seconds. The company ha
3r waged 500 that the same test can t
a accomplished in fifteen seconds les
le time. The inspection party were the
escorted to the third story Of the bulk
If ing. where an. elaborate lunch was PR
rs pared. This closed the inspection.
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