The herald., 1898-09-29
WILL SPEND The MONEY
CHIEFLY IN PURCHASING PROP
ERTY NOW RENTED
ENGINE HOUSES TO BE B0ILT
Fire Commission Will Improve the
Department at Once-Combina-
ton Fire and Police Stations

! At the weekly session of the fire COM
mission yesterday the matter of engine
houses to be built with the fund provided
by the recent bond sale was taken up and
considered in detail. 1t was decided that
council be requested to advertise for lots
and houses suitable for such purposes i'm
mediately; this part of the proceeding once
carried out, the work Of construction and
remodeling will he hastened as rapidly a $
possible.
contemplated will not increase the facili-
ties of the department to as great an extent
as one not knowing the situation would eX-
pect. There are now In use for department
purposes twelve engine houses. only two
of which are now owned by the city-one
on Downey avenue near Griffin and the
other on Belmont avenue near First street.
Nearly two-thirds of the money raised
| from the bonds will be applied toward the
purchase of lots and erection of engine
houses to take the place of those now un-
der rental In short, when the new houses
now contemplated are all erected. there
will be a total of only seventeen, five more
than at present. In advertising for sites
| the board will also receive offers both on
vacant lots and those with suitable build
inRs thereon, in order that the owners of
those engine houses now under lease may
have an opportunity to sell their proper
ties to the city. thus In some instances OBJ
| waiting the necessity Of a. new building.
1t was estimated last May when the bond
question was under consideration that the
lot( and buildings will cost $4,000. The re-
naming $51, 900 of the fund and the premt-
um realized in the sale will be used in i'm
lprovements and additions to departmental
| apparatus.
| Commissioners Kuhrts and Wells and
Chief Moore yesterday submitted de-
tailed report to the commission recon-
mending locations for all engine houses
and setting forth the desired changes and
additions to the apparatus. They were as
| follows:
| In the district bounded by Altura, Mani
tou. Sichel and johnson, bids will be re-
ceived for vacant lot and lot with
| building thereon suitable for an engine
house. No change contemplated In pres
| ent facilities, although a new engine may
eventually be put in and the twenty-five
year old one now in use will then be used
for relief purposes.
In the district bounded by Douglas Boyl
ston Bellevue avenue and Ionia street.
lot onl ywill be advertised for. To be sup
piled with a combinat tion chemical and
hose wagon with ladders and other appli-
ances In place Of hose carriage now in use.
| District bounded by Broadway, Olive.
Third and Fifth; vacant lot and lot and
suitable building. Now occupied by en-
gine company No. 8; will be supplied with
combination chemical and hose wagon In
place of the old Park hose wagon. which
will be sent to Pico Heights.
District bounded by Eighth. Orange, Bur-
lington avenue and Vernon avenue; vacant
lot only Covers Bonnie Brae. Knob Hill
and westlake district; will be furnished
with steam fire engine. chemical hose
wagon and truck with full line of ladders
and appliances.
District bounded by Eighth, Tenth.
Broadway and Santee; vacant lot only.
Now engine company No. 8; will be sup
piled with combination chemical and hose
wagon in place of old hose cart, which will
be retired from service.
District bounded by Flower. Hill, Pico
and Eighteenth; vacant lot only. Company
No. there at present. to have double
house; in addition to fire engine now in
service a combination chemical and hose
wagon will take the place of old cart now
In use and truck with full complement
of ladders and apparatus will be supplied.
District bounded by Berendo, Guada-
loupe, Sepulveda and Twelfth; vacant lot
only. Pico Heights; combination chemical
and hose wagon and ladders will be fur
nished.
District bounded by Constance, Valen-
cia, Twelfth and Sixteenth; vacant lot and
lot with suitable building thereon. No
change in present apparatus, as now in use
by chemical company No. 4.
District bounded by Portland, Thomp-
son on the east, Orchard avenue and
Thornton street on the west and Twenty
third and Twenty-eighth; vacant lot only.
lTo be supplied with steam fire engine,
combination chemical and hose wagon,
with ladders and other appliances.
District bounded by Maple and Grand
avenues: vacant lot only. No change In
present apparatu tus as now in use by engine
company No. 5.
District bounded by Birch. Paloma, Ninth
and Fourteenth; vacant lot and lot with
suitable building thereon. Now occupied by
chemical company No. S; no change in ap-
paratus.
District bounded by Adams, Jefferson,
Griffith and Naomi; vacant lot only. Ver-
non and vicinity; to be provided with hose
wagon.
District bounded by Alameda San Pedro,
Second and Fifth: vacant lot only Steam
fire engine and hose cart to be supplied.
District bounded byt Arcadia, Aliso. Ala
media, Macy and New High: vacant lot
and lot with suitable building thereon. Now
occupied by engine company No 3. They
are already fully equipped and no change
will be made.
District bounded by Cummings. Breed.
Second and Michigan avenue: vacant lot
and lot with suitable building thereon.
Now occupied by engine company No. 2. A
combination chemical and hou wagon will
take the place of hose cart now in use.
No lot is ia have less than twenty-five
feet frontage and those on prominent
streets and corners will be given prefer
ence; lots must be on corner OF a street or
alley or he sufficient width to permit Of a
driveway. Both sides of streets mentioned
are included in the boundaries.
The committees report on locations was
approved and the committee instructed to
present It to the council on Monday with a
recommendation that bids be advertised
for Immediately.
FIRE AND POLICE STATIONS