| Show iun i bow it will appear THE EQUIPMENT sleeping apartment sliding pole and horse stalls electric fire alarm plans for the fire department building as remodeled by the council committee are now prepared we will adopt edveard Bell amys pan of annihilating time and will that it is august 24 1891 and that we are standing on the court hauae aquire in provo city admiring the new faie department part ment building winch haa just been completed we see before us a handsome two story brick structure facing north with a bell tower 67 feet bieh to the top of the flag and a one atory addition in the rear for horae stalls ahe size of the building ground measurement ia 37 feet 6 inches by 60 feet 8 inches the brown stone foundation extends 4 feet above the ground and is based on cement concrete the walls are of white urick atone and ogden presed brick trimmings and are thirteen inches thick the cornice of the building is of galvanized iron and the roof is a mixture of tar and gray el cast iron cre in front add to the neatness of the structure the tower has ame aingie roof and is mounted by a flag staff from which floats the stars and striped pea in the front of the building are three doors two of which lead into the equipment room and the other into a email hall on the west side of the building entering one of the former we find our selver in the equipment room 44 by 34 feet in size large enough to accommodate a fire engine two hose carta a hook and ladder wagon and a rack for drying the hose in one corner is a hydrant for cleaning the hose at the west aide under the stairs leading to the second story is an alcove for abe placing ot fir emens hats etc just south of this alcove is the pole on which the firemen slide down from the upper story when the fire alarm is given in the rear of the building are four horse stall 6 feet 3 inches by nine feet 6 hesland inc a grain room when the atall doors are unlocked they fly open and the horses rush forth to the engine and harness IB dropped on them behind the stalls is a small passage A bel rope extends irom the tower to abel equipment rom going to the front of the building again we enter through the third doorway into a small hall before mentioned and ascend the shaira to the second floor here is the assembly hall 25 by 33 feet in size the chiefs office eleven feet square is in the tower in the north epst corner and is so arranged that an electric fire alarm can be put in when desired in the rear is a bed chamber 11 by 17 feet and a hay loft 34 by 15 feet which extends andr the roof of tha one story portion of the building an d over the horses stalls convenient shoots for the passage of the hay are provided at the west side s the polo for the use of the firemen in sliding tu the equipment or engine room the plans for the hall were prepared by R klentine Kl eltine of salt lake t A number of the boys will sleep at the hall every and they expect with a litile practice and when the horses are trained to get out in from eight to nine seconds after the alarm is sounded the world enriched the facilities of the present day for the production of everything that will conduce to the material welfare and comford of mankind are almost unlimited and when syrup of figs was first produced the world was enriched with the only perfect laxative as it is the only remedy which is truly pleasing and rc freshing to the taste and prompt and effectual to cleanse the system gently in the spring time or in fact at any time and the better it is the more pop olar it becomes |
