Arizona republican., 1916-03-24
FIRE STATION NOW
 IN SE RV|CE

Central Fire Station, the handsome new building at First and Jefferson streets the most modern and ultimate ly to be the best equipped in the south west, went into commission yesterday morning. The big truck which has been housed for several months in the brick shed just east of the new struc- | ture, was rolled in upon the cement 1 floor; the fire chiefs bright red Hup- mobile was given it's position on the l same floor; the enunciatOr was 'cut over from the temporary quarters and 1 the new beds in the dormitory and smaller rooms were made up," and oc- cupied for the first time last night.
 l It was a busy day for the members of Company No. l, the men in charge of the new station. All day they were l engaged in transferring various equip ment and personal belongings. The fire chief and his assistant occupy the spacious room at the northwest corner of the building. The next room south is for the captain and lieutenant, and sull further south is the big lounging land day room for the men,
 The dormitory runs the entire length of the center of the building. In it lthere have already been placed ten iregulation fire house three-quarter beCs, with easy springs and the very best mattresses. Lockers run on both sides Of the dormitory nsuring the men ample space for keeping their uniforms land other belongings. There are four Isnooth brass slide poles leading from this floor to the first floor
 l L. Coffee, master mechanic of the Gamewell Fire Alarm company, has ar rived With a force of electricians and has alrleady started the work of in- stalling the modern fire alarm system recently contracted for at a sum ap- proximatng $16,00O. There will be 104 new boxes, the very latest repeating stations and every appliance necessary to insure the speedy and accurate regis tering of all alarms. There will be several circuits so that in case of trouble on one, the entire system will
 not be placed out of commission anG making the locating of the trouble the matter of but a few minutes.
 It is expected that within shorl time the new American La France automobile fire pump will arrive anC this together with one of the steamer
 will probably occupy place at the ,Central station. There is still some finishing work to be done about tht
 new station, but for all practical pur- iposeS it is now completed. The mem 1 bers of Company No. l were like Schoo , children moving to q class higher uI yesterday. They have been content t,
 occupy anything but comfortabl, tion of the day that arrived yeSterda,
 and now they are happy. Even MT 1 Frosty Wilson cracked a smile as h, proceeded to prepare his bed ant
 Slim" Paddock forgot to kick becaus
 beds were not made long enough fo
 him, making it necessary for him eithe to slip in the hose, or draw up like al extension ladder Captain Anderson took pleasure in rearranging his beaut, lparlor; Charles Nafsiger threatened t
 take bath an hour; Art Wilson cam
 to life for the first time in six months
 Jim Troutman wanted two lockers o
 none, while Chief Wright and Assis
 tant Chief Billy Simmons had scral
 as to whether they should sleep facin
 the open windows or with their back to them. And last night somebod
 cut the fire alarm wires and all wen
 to sleep determined that the first nigh in the new house should not be dis
 turbed by such a commonplace happen
 ing as a flue fire or false alarm.