Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-10
IN NEW FIRE HOUSE
Members of No. 2 Engine Com.
pany Move Quarters.
BUILDING IS COMMODIOUS
Arrangement Of Stalls Alongside
Harness Will Save Time.
TO BE CHIEFS HEADQUARTERS
Men Have Gymnasium in Top of
House and an Up-to-Date Clothes
Drying Apparatus.
TO BE CHIEFS HEADQUARTERS

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| their new home. 18th street between q
neon, leaving the old home, on p street
between 1ith and 10Th streets. TO the
pleasure of Uncle Sam. landlord. This
morning the new home looked as If the
company had been living i'm it for a month.
barring few small rough spots in the
general arrangements that will be
smoothed over after things get to running
exactly right.
The first thing that impresses the Wis.,
ltor at No. 2 Is the size OF the new
house. 1t is by far the largest in the
city and is one of the largest in the
country. The apparatus of the COM
2any looks lost in the place. However.
Chief Wagner has a great scheme I'D his
sleeve for a flying squadron to be placed
IN NO. : house some day. Just now he
lsn saying much about it, but the idea
is to use all that space on the floor OF
NO Tor one Of the most effective fir,
hghtlnS organizations on the face of the
globe
Several Time Economizers.
There are lot Of new things about the
house whereby time will be economical.
NO. company already has a reputation
Tor speed throughout the District fire
department that is enviable. to say the
least. When a driver knows that No. ,
company is on the road to the fire he
Understands mighty We'll he'd better keep
MS wits about him or he will have a
three-hitch team and 7,2)O-pound en-
glne climbing into his fire box
ohe Oh the tlme-saving devices is the
arrangement Of the stalls. Old No.
mad the stalls in the back Of the
mousse he hnr
OF the fire house before the automatic
harness clicked itself around them. New
NO. has the stalls arranged right
alongside the harness. so that when the
alarm comes in, the stalls open auto
matlcaily at the first tap, and the horses
step into place
Ano1her thing is the way the apparatus
runs out in tandem Most old-time houses
let broadside of apparatus out on the
street at once. Looks very pretty but
there Is an occasional Inix-up when it
comes to turning down the street Run
nlnS out in tandem there won't be the
slightest confusion. says Chief Wagner
boors that open outward are another i'm
nre mouse doors as a rule open inward
ana occasionally horse gets frightened
at the door as it swings near to his face
Set on sloping Tracks.
The apparatus. which consists OF an
American-La France, which throws 115O
gallons a minute, and combination
hose wagon and chemical engine. sets on
IL acks slOping slightly to the doors. The
slightest pull gets them going. and two
plunges of the teams viii put them at
high speed Just at present Capt. Car
rington is acting deputy chief. while
Deputy Chief Sullivan is under the
weather. and in addition to the regular
apparatus. Driver Offutt, who has been
driving chiefs and deputy chiefs for a
dozen years or more. Is in the house with
an extra buggy. Chief Wagner keeps his
old buggy there. too. He has that red
speed Law Wrecker of an automobile of
his, but he still has hankering for old
Dixie. whom Offutt drove for the chief
for many day before Congress allowed
an automobile.
The chief still hangs on to Dixie, for he
fears that some day something may 60
wrong with the machine-and Dixie is as
human a four-legged animal can be.
Driver Offutt had long talk about Dixie
this morning. The two are great friends.
They ought to be- Dixie saved his life
and the chiefs, too, one day on slippery
street. 1t was case where either Dixie
had to fall down of his own accord at
the risk Of breaking his legs, or let the
chief and Offutt smash into a heavy
brick cart. Dixie simply fiattened out
like a cat. They thought him gone for
good-but he wasn't, as any one can see
who wants to take look at the north
stall at new No. .
Neat Bunkroom
Fourteen clean white iron beds in the
bunkroom make the place look like a
nursery. It's as clean as a pin. The
sanctum sanctorum is in new No. 2 also.
this being Chief Wagner's headquarters
Few people know that when the chief
goes away from his office in the District
building he goes to fire engine COM
pany house to stay the rest of the TWEEN
ty-four hours He has a modern Office
there, a bathroom and bedroom.
The men have gymnasium in the top
of the house. with a brass pole down to
the next floor. They also have something
new in the way of a clothes dryer This
NJ a piece of apparatus that will dry the
tsoakin wet clothes and boots of a whole
company Of smoke-eaters in less than an
hour.
Just at present the men are working on
training the horses in getting used to the
new locations Of the stalls. AS soon as
the horses are perfect there will be a drill
for the benefit of the Commissioners.