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Show A FIRE ENGINE HOUSE. The Plans and a Description of a Handsome and Convenient Building. A MODERN AND UNIQUE HOUSE. Louis H. Gibson. Gives a Few Practical p.nd Pertinent Pointers on Building, .Herewith are shown the plans and elevations eleva-tions of a modern flro engine house, in I which one steamer and a hose reel or wagon are placed. There arc stalls for three horses for active service and a oqx stall for an extra horse, or for one that is laid by on account of illness. The engine requires two horses, and the reel in this instance ESN dodo V5 aboo ipi m ona coo ' 0 ODD ODD REB ODD ODD M enoike nousE. one. It it is a heavy reel or hose wagon four ;ould be provided for by making the stalli a trifle smaller. Then there would lie two horses for the engine and two for the hose. In a modern engine house everything is arranged with a view to the most rapid service. There is at nil t imes steam in t he boier. This is generated by a special generator, gen-erator, which may be placed in the basement at the side of tho engine room, which connects con-nects with the steamer. These steam generators gen-erators are nothing more or less than auxiliary boilers which connect with the steamer boiler. While these auxiliary boilers do not maintain a high pressure o( steam they givo sufficient, so thatin aBhort time tho extra fire in the furnace of the steamer gives it a proper working pressure. ill i ! I . km rafj FlliST STORV. The principal front door of the engine house may or may not be made to swing open automatically. It is used onjy for the purpose of the pasaago of the fire apparatus.. appa-ratus.. Thero is a side entrance for the ordinary or-dinary passage of tho ilremen when not ciiK:ii?ed in activedtity. Uutwecu this door and the large one in front is shown a cirelo, with the center marked. This center indicates indi-cates tho position of a brass pole about 3,! inches iu diameter, which extends from' t he lirst up to and into the second floor. The men who have their sleeping room above grasp the pole and slide down it into the engine room in case of an alarm. Thit is quite a saving of time over the usual method of coming down the stairway. This arrangement is now common to aV first class department houses. J ; I Down- jj Sl(fin Room.. t,m 0 J j SECOND STORT. In an ordinary engine house the m&b sJeep immediately above the steamer room, and in ordinary single bunks arranged along the wall. It is very common to have these sleeping rooms very beautifully furnished. fur-nished. The arrangement of this building are sufficiently well shown to be clear to any one interested . Louia S. Qibso |