Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-16
NEW FIRE CAPTAIN
Berth al Baldwin Street Engine
 Rouse Nearly Ready.

Who'll be captain of the Baldwin
 street engine house? Don't ask me.
 This question is heard quite fre-
 quently these days and in almost
 every instance the query meets with an evasive answer. It is nice house and will make a first-class place for good man. No doubt the
 department has several competent
 men and it is but fair to assume
 that one of them will get there. In
 addition to the captain there will be
 seventeen or eighteen men, and it is
 likely that these will be chosen from
 among the members of the fire de-
 partment who live in that neighbor-
 hood, but it may take some time be-
 fore this can be done and not cause
 too much inconvenience in the ether
 houses. Then again there is danger
 of trouble in selecting the men.
 There are more firemen residing in
 that part of the town than will be
 needed in the new building and it
 will be nice job to select without
 being charged with favoritism. But
 the selections will have to be made just the same and probably those who will not get there will be satis- fled. Who knows but a fireman might prefer to be in house some distance from his own home, so that he would have the pleasure of nice walk to and from his meals. However, work is progressing favorably on the house and when it is completed aud everything in its place it will be a beauty, although some folks are saying now that the huge metal cornice which is now being put on does not look quite so well as some other kind of finish would. This is no knock at who- ever has the j0b-the man who is Writing this article doesn't know who he is, and thinks himself that it doesn't look bad. It is certainly as nice job as could be made out of that style of finish and those who Claim they do not like it had better wait until it is completed before reaching conclusions. But this, is a small matter. The house will te all right and in addition to being quite m ornament it will, to use an old saying, fill a long felt want in the south end of the city. So far as anybody can see, the workmanship rom the cellar to the roof is good, and if the material is not what ev- erybody might desire this is some
 hlng the contractor is not responsi- Ole TOT. It was intended to use bet .er brick, but the board of safety lad to economize somewhere and in 5ettlng within the appropriation they lad to use cheaper article on the 'lde walls than on the face of the but this will not in any way impair the usefulness of the louse. With the right kind of men md up to date apparatus and an abundant supply of water, which VIII be available after larger main s laid from Washington street to -ounsbury street, the department will be in a position to render ef- lc1ent service, and that is all that is One of the new fire hy- irants was set on the high service tt the corner of Washington and
 o'iNC'o sSSleTudy ana when it was tested it threw streams If water as high as Pine hill. The vomen folks and the youngsters wondered what was up, but after hey learned that this was q part # the programme which is to give ;ood fire service they said they were leased to have lived to see it, and ome of them felt like calling upon layor Thoms and his board of fire commissioners and thanking him for Vhat they had done in that district. ut upon second thought they de- ided to wait until after they have eceived some further Improvements 'nlch they have been looking for so atlently-perhaps we should have aid impatiently-for many years.