. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . olly unfit for use. The danger of such habits is sufficientlyohvious, and is well illustrated by the case above mentioned. Since the 3-ears 1879-80 the construction of all apartment houses has beenregulated by the Board of Health, and although many of them as at presenterected leave much to be desired, the improvement upon the style at firstadopted is considerable and undoubted. As showing the height of perfection which some of the dwellings of these O 1 K F 1 It K M K N. 1027 d
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . olly unfit for use. The danger of such habits is sufficientlyohvious, and is well illustrated by the case above mentioned. Since the 3-ears 1879-80 the construction of all apartment houses has beenregulated by the Board of Health, and although many of them as at presenterected leave much to be desired, the improvement upon the style at firstadopted is considerable and undoubted. As showing the height of perfection which some of the dwellings of these O 1 K F 1 It K M K N. 1027 davs have reached, the subject of electric Lighting may he referred t in con-nection with the illumination of streets anil for domestic purposes. Previousto the year 1T)>1, the lighting of the public streets of New York was not at-tempted at all in any systematic manner, although lanterns were fixed at afew of the more important points in t he city. It was the custom for some ofthe generous-hearted inhabitants to place lights in their windows for the pur-pose of enabling pedestrians to liml their RESIDENCE OF >TR. A. M. HOTT 5TH AVENUE. The house of Mr. A. M. Hoyt, which was erected by Mr. Hoyt in 1882—1883, is thoroughly fire-proof, built of brick, and with iron beams and parti-tions all through with brick. The style is old Colonial and finished in hardwood. In about the year 1761 provision was made by the authorities to light OUR FIREMEN. the streets by means of oil lamps at the public expense These were usuallyfixed on iron or wooden brackets projecting from the walls. The appearanceof the streets at that day must have been peculiar in the extreme. Thelow-framed dwellings with their overhanging gables, and the more importantbrick structures with the characteristic feature of the Dutch style in theturreted or stepped gables, dimly lighted by the oil-lamps placed few andfar between, forms a striking- contrast with their present condition. In the year \H->» gas
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