. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ls and turning around to get totheir places. This change was no sooner made than a further improvement OIK FIR E M E N . - 1041 suggested itself. Why not put the stalls forward, near the apparatus? Thisteas immediately done, and as tin- horses would thereby reach tin; enginequicker than the men could from the story above, the extension was used asa bnnk room. Some Utile time before litis the Dopurtmcnl commenced Sub-stituting sliding front doors for the old folding ones. The new
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ls and turning around to get totheir places. This change was no sooner made than a further improvement OIK FIR E M E N . - 1041 suggested itself. Why not put the stalls forward, near the apparatus? Thisteas immediately done, and as tin- horses would thereby reach tin; enginequicker than the men could from the story above, the extension was used asa bnnk room. Some Utile time before litis the Dopurtmcnl commenced Sub-stituting sliding front doors for the old folding ones. The new buildings erected at this time were generally on the same plan,but the stories were made much higher than formerly, and the window areawas greatly increased. The second story was used as a sitting room, and inthe third story, rear, was placed a drying room and the wardrobes for the the front was a hay and feed room, connecting with the lirst story by a hayshute, and galvanized iron leaders for the feed, stored in metallic feed the roof were placed a hose tower and a lank room. The fronts were. IN. IDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A quite simple, built of iron in the first story, and brick and brown stone above,the whole being surmounted by a galvanized iron cornice. Above the roof thetowers were unornaniented. On the introduction, a few years ago, of sliding poles between the stories,the first story rear bunk room was no longer required, and this space wasmade available for apparatus and spare horses. The bunk room was thenplaced in the second story, and the third story remained as before. Under thisarrangement, the upper stories wore made longer than previously, and wher-ever the lot admitted of it, a small rear 3-ard was left. The towers above theroof were also made decorative in galvanized iron, and the fronts elaboratedby terra-cotta diaper work over the windows and in the cornice. When the bunk room was moved to the second story, the desirability ofremovi
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