Show FIRE A service we should all be proud of NOTHING LIKE IT IN rhe WEST best best ordered and best drilled fire department in the intermountain action salt lake paper of recen recent t date devotes an entire page to ta ot the officers and men of tho tile fire department there and five columns more to a eulogy of the department generally and a g great deal of interest in the subject lias has t thereby been aroused in ili that city it is a good thing once in ili a wh while tor for I 1 no w sp ape ia it a town lo 10 set bea before ore it te t in u a ity an linest it showing of these it it important kobau n t adjuncts the public welfare anuswith anu nd 11 with this end in bew THE tile STANDA lias has sorn mins to say about firo fire department it ia is not purpose of this article to make invidious comparisons or to puff anyone into public favor and for th tins Y a reason only special individual mention has been avoided and arid the public is left to draw its own conclusion conclusions F B mcelroy the agent of tho tile callahan fire apparatus company ny of boston writing io to chief B binford from san francisco after an extensive ilvess investigation ti of the fire system there says 1 I must say that your fire department though much smaller than this one here is far superior in every res respect ct hitching cleanliness equipment 1 discipline 1 all and a apparatus this is tile opt opinion mon of a man whose business knowl edgo of these matters is tile result of many any years observation and experience and is well founded as will wil 1 bo be readily admitted upon investigation 0 TUB THE AND ArP apparatus ARATUS the central station is a sno two story etory modern brick structure built especially for the purpose it now serves and cost the city it is equipped with about worth of apparatus of the latest and best kind all through on tho tile first floor is situated the alarm system which is in many respects entirely n new one thing original I 1 with will this department is the light cul oft off by this ver very simple contrivance the ili night ailt ly man a fire call by simply pressing a it button buttell rings the gong and ana turns on the lights not only at the station but at the ducts house as well this arrangement which is unknown to the salt lake system saved tle people many a dollar when the ct esy wila a co iledan pay forthia for the Te litsi and ana I 1 as is at TD tile the greatest now in many ways for one tiling thing it relieves the men and horses from frolli the necessity of eL elli in the full glare of tho tile lights it was ladeby made by the department electrician on this floor also is the shop where all ordinary repairs to apparatus are made by tl the men themselves and the commissary commissary department here too are the horses et stable ables and tile chemical engine the hose wagons and find tho the aeriel ladder truck the chemical engine is a gal gallon ion champion of tho the newest make e equipped qui aped with two 12 foot connect connecting ina 1 ladders adder ono perfection holder and arid deluge set used as a ground water tower axes pido poles buckets extra nozzles and feet of chemical hose and cost 9 2000 tho tile hose wagon ie is equipped with 1200 feet of ag 2 inch hose five nozzles two ten gallon babcock fire extinguishers buckets and other appliances and tools too numerous to mention and cost agoo the aerial ladder truc tr kis the third 0 one tie built by the tire grand rapids F L and E company com r it carries one foot and one foot extension ladder a 24 and arid an 18 foot ladder and two 16 foot toot foot scaling ladders and two 16 foot ladders life belts and lines two gallon 8 babcock extinguisher a wilson fire escape ropes axes hooks chains crowbar crowbars sledge hammers etc and a 1 bresnan distributing nozzle which is like a stanton spider cost there is in tho the station feet of extra hoso hose and 1200 feet more bus has been ordered in ili tho tile cellar collar is the furnace and the coal room on the second floor is located tile chiefs office back of which is his bedroom and a closet chero extra house supplies are kept the tire officio la ls supplied with a manhole and sliding pole for emergencies south of tile is situated alie mens dormitory therease there Ther eare arc three manholes manh olea and sliding poles one for or each creep crow and near these are arranged tho tire neat treat iron cots of the men back of tho the dormitory ie is the tile gymnasium gymnasia rn and billiard room where tho the men amuso themselves in their leisure moments around ono one side of this room are the tio lockers for their clothing and personal effects back of the gymnasium ia Is the batter battery room where here the tle electricity that works the eighteen alarm boxes all aft over the city is generated and off this is tho tile bathroom and arid tho tile paint shop occupies a part 1 of tho tile hose lower tho aall captains commis department ia is a novelty and consists of a box which contains a huge coffee pot with tin cu cups pa and spoons and one box filled w with ill I 1 suga r another with coffee and a third with biscuits uit the house man has lias charge of this and it ia is hia duty when tho depart mentia out tor for along a long cold night with a fire to see that the coffee ia is steaming and all ready for the boys when they come in hall frozen and used up after it is over there are seven horses which certainly deserve special mention hock and bob who carry tho the chemical engine are a pair barrt of big ig bright bays fit sixteen lianda hands high frank and jim who run tho tile hose lose wagon are borres eo quick as cats intelligent and arid trained to a hair fred and dick who pull the aerial truck are largo large dark lark bays these horses are all trained to their work to perfection and the chiefa white buggy r loree sailor there are thirteen men cor connected infected with tho tile central station and each man knows ilia his duty and performs it like clockwork they are captain 31 J ewett II If lieutenant D 31 caggie electrician trici tr ician an E F harrison driver chemical engine ell gine I 1 L lee extra driver arid man low macintosh driver hose wagon J D hay extra I 1 1 4 I 1 rs driver ai sims in a em a n L D rogers hydrant t man L E G west vest driver truck fy ci fred d 11 woodmansee foreman G A graves n J B fergerson er gerson I 1 ladder ladderman nian P F B mckenzir McKen benz ie F porter is the veto veterinary binary surgeon on for the department enl a and n d ur dr sai M arte rte N graves is the do department P r t physician there is ft a straw elied in the rear and an extra largo large box stall used for a hospital for the horses enca enclosed 0 sed with a high board fence 0 on n returning from a fire ire the machines drive into the yaul wash wah off and then on to their places in the tile building The Salt lake depar department t are obliged d to wash off on the street and back bac their heir machines in another of tho the departments own mechanical ch anical contrivances is the method of taking off the rope that bars the door W when hen going out to answer an alarm the driver in h his I 1 a L seat eat merely pulls a string which releases one enit end of the tile rope and a lead weight attached pulls it aside in a twinkling it is a wrinkle the salt lake department is not up to yet t and saves many a valuable second amro there are a hundred things of the same nature little timesaving time saving devices contrived by bv the chief which cannot be n noted aithea as they deserve for lack of space STATION TWO Is modeled after the tile central station except in point of size the building cost the personnel of the men ia is captain N T moore lieutenant 11 II dapple ill biver driver charles pipe I 1 mat ed auth tho tile discipline and eg t of this station is a miniature imitation tri arho lie central at live five there is an emergency branch e equipped ped 6 h a hand engine hose ree reel nn stillman tillman afif laic 1 k and arid about 1400 feet of hose the discipline nil all through gli U t very rigid each man gets twenty lo it ir hours off arc once 0 in thirteen days forty minutes are allowed tor for meals and thereisa the there roisa is a register in the alarm office kofl ico showing when any man is off duty at each station the tile night man goes on after drill at 8 and is off after waking the men at 5 in the borni morning ug the rule regarding ding drinking on or afi off duty is very strict instant discharge being the penalty the department lias has up to date this year turned out to fires mayor lundy and mr gill oil of the firo fire committee have havo the of the chief for the interest they have shown in the department I 1 THE DRILL commences at 8 each night and continues about thirty minutes and it is liere here that the perfect training and discipline of both men and horses hor sea is a shown and arid it is liero here where the tile lost marked superiority of ti the lo 10 ogden department part ment over th that at of S sale a it lake lak e i is a more especially manifested there is not nor a word spoken tho the chief touches a button the lights are turned on oil the gates of the tile horses stalls fly up some black streaks glido glide down the file a sliding poles and men and horbes meet III in their stations beneath the tile dorsee in ill front ot alio ma I 1 ines abrew rew ino ind nav 0 ers arc are seated the man mort at their places the drivers pull a string the doors open and away they v go 0 ifill all like i magic I 1 so 1 0 quick EO so silent so exact not a motion t th thrown rown away not an effort wasted masted not a fraction of time lost j at drill however tire work stops steps when the drivers spring to their seats but there is no confusion when it t is over another touch on oil the electric button the men descend and take their P places at t the horses heads no talking 0 or looking g around but attentive ready and watchful this drill is one of the most interesting sights conceivable and our citizens most of whom live on in blissful ignorance that they have under their very noses tho the best fire service system in the whole western country should wake up and go down to see it itsume some night nigh tand arid be shocked into a fair appreciation of it the ea capable and air efficient head of it a all 11 cl clinef bablo binford Bin tord and arid his able abl 0 assistant abo abe levy are courteous and arid obliging to visitors at all times and certainly the ogden fire department drills is th alie e tiling thing best be st worth seeing of all the many attractions 1 of I tho the city |