Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-08
SAFETY DIRECTORS
AWARD CONTRACTS
Smith Construction Co. to Do
Extensive Work at Friend
ship House.

Directors OF the Department OF
Public Safety ut a conference last
night with tho members OF the finance
committee and the public safety com
mittee of City Council considered at
length the twenty bids submitted on
a contract to make extensive alter
ations and improvements to the house
OF Engine Company No. 1, formerly
the Friendship Company's head
quarters. and finally decided to mako
the following awards:
Smith Construction Company. alter
ations and repair work. 310,l91. th~
lowest and best bid submitted.
T. T. Weldin and Sons. new heating
system. $t,325; plumbing work, ST.
AIS, the lowest and best bids received
on this work.
Plans for the alterations were draft
ed by Brown and whiteside. architects,
after they had made an exhaustive
study of modern fire houses and their
equipment In several other cities. The
Ore house will be equipped with shower
baths, new electrical f'xtures, tearing
out partitions. new flooring, Offices
for Fire Chief William ]. Lutz and
other modern improvements The
work will require at least month,
possibly longer. TO complete and dur
/, ing this time the men and apparatus
OF Engine Company No. l will be
: quartered in the house OF Engine Com
; pany No at Twelfth and King
: streets.
The next building to be improved
Will be the home OF Engine Company
No. Z. formerly the Washington Com
pany's house. This will be a double
company house and much work will
/, have to be done there. After that the
house OF Engine Company No. 4, for
merly the Phoenix will be taken up.
Fire Chief Lutz said today that he
expects the uniforms for the balance
OF the firemen to be delivered here
: about December Is. according to last
reports received from the company
making them. As soon as they are
, received they will be issued 10 the
men and the entire personnel will ther
appear In their new wearing apparel
, The uniforms are much the same n.
, those worn by the firemen in paid
! departments In other cities.
/, Chief I.utz also stated today thai
;, the officers and men OF the department
= are preparing To hold meeting ~
!, the near future to consider the plan,
. for the formation OF their pension
fund. They will have 10 elect trus
tees to take charge OF their fund,
and will also have to decide how mucl
= each man is 10 contribute per month
from his salary toward the fund. II,
:. the time the next General Assembl,
meets, the firemen hope TO have read,
Tor presentation hill which will auth
orize the City Council TO appropriat,
|, an annual sum TO the pension FUN,
: the same es Is done for the police de
: lpartment. From time to time the fire
men hope the fund will be increa SO,
by sums to be acquired as they ma,
lplan.
Shortly after o'clock last night a,
alarm came In from box No. 214 sum
moning Engine Companies Nos. 4,
and 10, and Truck Company No.
nj 10 4oe West Thirty-first street. tn
home of William n. Dickerson. wher
fire had broken out in chicken coor
Some member of the family had bee
in the small frame building with
|. lighted oil lamp. which exploded. TIL
f1remen extinguished the blaze b
using a stream of water from a gar
den hose. The loss was estimated a
$50.
o The home of J. Zowak, at 230l Mar
ket street was damaged by fire to tn
g eNtvn; Of 500 at noon today. Engin
n Companies Nos. ] and 10 extinguish
= ed the blaze, which originated in
" cupboard, with a chemical stream.