The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-24
MOVE THE FIRE STATION
Additional Quarters for the
Municipal officers.
ANOTHER CITY HALL PLAN
The Scheme Meets With General Favor
and Is Approved by the Mayor.
An Addition to the Quartz
Street Station.

What seems to be the best plan yet
suggested in regard to additional quar-
ters for municipal offices, is now being
considered by the mayor. and is regard
ed by him with much favor. This plan
is to purchase the "a feet adjoining the
Quartz street fire station on the east
and make that the central fire station.
This would move the fire department
out of the city hall and give ample
space for all the municipal offices for
ten years to come.
The "a feet adjoining the fire street
station, ii was ascertained yesterday,
can be purchased at a price not to ex-
ceed $4,000. The present Quartz street
fire station is 20 feet in width, so that
there would be lot of 81 feet in width
on which two-story building for fire
purposes could be erected From Quartz
street the business portion of town
could be covered in case of fire as well,
II not better than at present. There
are no street car tracks on Quartz
street and the department would have
clear run east to Main or Arizona
streets and west to Alaska street, pro-
ceeding south by way of these streets.
At present the central fire station, be-
ing on broadway, has an uphill pull to
any part of town above Broadway
In case the plan goes through 1t is
proposed to have another small fire
the southeastern part of town and the
railroads. The entire business section
to Park street would be covered by the
central station at Quartz street.
This plan would greatly relieve the
cramped condition of the city hall. The
fire department now occupies the en-
tire ground floor of the city hall and
part of the second floor is also used as
sleeping quarters for the firemen. The
plan is to move the police court room
and the entire police department down
on the ground floor now occupied by
the fire department. At present the
police only have one little room, which
is not large enough for all the police
men to stand in at one time. They
could have a large assembly room on
the ground floor and private offices for
the chief of police, detective and police
judge
Removing the police court room. po-
lice headquarters and firemens' sleeping
rooms from the second floor would per-
NIT OF enlarging the city treasurers
Office, which is now woefully cramped.
The city attorney could be given an
office something he has not now, and
the street commissioner and health de-
partment could be moved down from
the little closets they occupy on the
third floor and given rooms on the sec
ond floor commensurate with their i'm
portance Their little offices on the
third floor could be added to the quar-
ters of the engineering department and
the building inspector. The city Jail
would remain in the basement as at
present, and would be in close touch
with the police headquarters and the
police court room.
From sanitary point of view this
change would also be most beneficial
The city hall officials are practically in
a barn and nothing can prevent the
stencil rising from the fire department.
Water from the department constantly
leaks down into the city jail The fire.
mems sleeping quarters now are utter
ly without ventilation. The new fire
hall on Quartz street could be built
according to the most approved modern
plans, giving the iiremen well ventilat-
ed quarters.
In order to obtain money to make the
change it is proposed to sell the old
city hall on West Park street for which
the city can get $4,000. The "a feet
adjoining the present Quartz street sta
tion can be purchased for $6,000 and
S4,5c0 would cover the new building.
The sum of 81 900 more would make the
required changes in the present city
hall. and the balance would nearly
cover the cost of new little fire station
in Park street.
An objection made to this plan is that
the entire fire alarm system would have
to be changed if the central station is
moved. II is proposed however, to
leave the fire alarm system as it is. and
have the alarms come into the city hall
as al present From the city hall the
bell could be plainly heard at both
Quartz and Park streets, whereas If
the bell was moved to Quartz street it
might not be plainly heard at the Park
street station.