Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-01
CITY OFFICIALS SEE
.REM0DELED FIRE HOUSE
Mayor, Council. Safety Direc.
tors Inspect Home Of En-
CINE Co. No. a.

Mayor Leroy Harvey, members of
City Council and the directors of the
Department of Public Safety last night
made an official inspection of the rebuilt
fire house of Engine Company No. 4, nt
Twelfth and King streets, formerly
the home of the old Phoenix Volunteer
Fire CO., and at its conclusion it was the
apparent unanimous decision of those
present that the building is one of the
finest structures of the kind that could
be found in any city in the country. 1t is
, regarded as a metropolitan fire house of
the latest design, equipment and construc
ton and, no doubt, will serve as model
which may be displayed with pride by
the city officials when there are visiting
fircmcn here from other places.
That the public at large may have an
opportunity of looking over the new
/ building and seeing what they have in
| the wav of homes for their hremcn the
safety directors have decided to throw
the house open for public inspection on
! Saturday and Sunday. The doors will
open at 10 o'clock each morning and
remain open until 10 o'clock i'll the
evening. Those calling at the house
will be met by courteous and gentle
manly iremen who will escort them
| through the building and show them
oil there is to be seen about the premises.
! The safety directors and the hremc n
too, are anxious that all who can, will
avail themselves of this opportunity on
Saturday and Sunday
After last nights trip through the new
building many of the officials were of
the opinion that the new No. 4 house Is
even more modern and convenient and
better generally than the rebuilt home of
Engine Company No. /, the first of the
reconstructed fire houses To be built and
Inspected some months ago. The home
Of No. 4 Company is looked upon as q
credit to the city and something of
which the residents ms well as the fire
men may we'll feel proud
When the inspecting party arrived last
evening they found the officers and mem
hcrs of the two companies QuartCrco
there drawn up at rigid attention foi
inspection. Engine Company No.
and Truck Company No. | are Located
in this house Lieutenant John Doyl,
was in command Of Truck Company
No. | last night and Lieutenant ID. J
Byrne was in command of Engine Com
panv No. 4. After being dismissed tn,
iiremen retired To their regular quarter
and then an alarm was sounded for tcs
drill They came down the slidin,
poles like streaks, tore off their shoes
jumped into boots, snatchcd hats anC
rubber coats and took their places on the
engines or truck after starting the motor
and were all set to start out on a run to
fire. II required just % seconds e
complete this Vancouver from thr.sound
ing of the first tap until the apparatu
had been manned and was ready {,
start out This is regarded rs exccp.
tional time and bears testimony to The
= efficiency of the men.
On the first floor of the new house ar
located the powerful pumping enein
and combination wagon of Engine Com
pany No. 4 and the big new truck q
Company No. l. The floor is concrete
easily kept clean and shining at al
times. On the north side of the room j
the booth for the man on watch wher
the telephones, alarms and Indicator
arc Installed. \ man is on duty thcr
day and night, in the rear Is a kitchen
and small dining room where the mel
may prepare their own meals while oi