STUDIES ON MUSEUMS AND KINDRED INSTITUTIONS. 



413 



possibly snhjoct to spontaneous combustion, iiro covored with strong 

 asbestos paper Hve-eijihtlis of an inch thick, and the neiohl)oring- wails 

 are similarly cov'cred to a thickness of an inch and a quarter. The 

 heating plant is placed in a detached building. Throe trained men from 

 the city tire departnuHit, together with the employees of the building, 

 have charge of the service, da}^ and night, without and within. These 

 three firemen each perform sixteen hours of service during the 

 twenty-four hours, and the entire building is inspected every four 

 hours, the inspection being registered by a service clock of the 

 "Americ'an Watchman's Time Detective System," and the record is 

 laid before the director ever}^ morning. The doorkeepers and watch- 

 men are drilled twice a month. The greater mnnber of those em- 



m I 178 I 177 I 176 



r i 1 1 

 *A • • • • •J 



Fig. 33. — Field Cohimliiun Museum. Plan of gallery. 109-18S, Botany. 



ployed were previously in the service during the exposition, and may 

 be considered as veteran tiremen. The electric conduits in the l)uild- 

 ing, which supply -ID arc lamps, are carefully inspected daily and put 

 in order. In each of the four wings of the principal building the 

 following apparatus is distri])uted: 2,500 feet of hose upon racks and 

 reels, together svith a hose carriage; -i 25-foot tire ladders; T tire poles 

 of various lengths, with iron points and hooks to ])reak through ceil- 

 ings or to pull them down; 2(1 tire axes and 145 tiiv ])uckets. There 

 are 8 tire hydrants within the principal building and 12 on the exter- 

 ior, also 4 hose reels upon the galleries and I in each of the two side 

 l)uildings. '^Phere are also ])rovided and distributi^d 1 large chemical 

 tire extinguisher of 55 gallons capacity, supplied with 300 feet of 

 hose, to reach every portion oi the building; 42 chemical hand extin- 



