The Park Governments of Chicago 161 



(5) Standard City Fire Department hose, properly housed and 

 supplied with nozzles, spanners, etc., should be provided for each 

 yard hydrant. 



(6) A regular night watch service, operating on the A. D. T. 

 system, should be installed. 



The New Power Plant, Washington Park. 



This is a modern fireproof electric power plant, with but little chance 

 of damage from interior fires, but rather seriously exposed by the stables. 

 The large brick stack is also subject to bad lightning damage. This plant 

 is almost entirely without small hand fire appliances. 



Recommendations. 



(1) All windows exposed by stables should be of wire glass. 



(2) Sand pails and chemical extinguishers should be installed 

 in engine room. 



The Old Power Plant, Washington Park. 



A dilapidated building, now used for storage of old machinery, odds 

 and ends of construction material, etc. The building should be removed, 

 as it is of little value and unsuited for any definite use. 



The German Building, Jackson Park. 



A brick building, equivalent to three stories in height, but mainly one 

 story and basement; of ordinary joisted interior construction, the high- 

 one-story parts having roofs supported on wooden trusses. Ordinary 

 plastered wood lath used in most of the rooms. The building is much 

 dilapidated but is now undergoing repairs. On account of the general 

 open interior construction, the use of ordinary wood lath and plaster 

 and joist floors, the building is subject to a bad loss in the event of a fire. 

 No conclusion could be reached as to the future arrangements of heating 

 and lighting from the present stage of repair work now going on. There 

 is almost an entire absence of hand fire appliances around the building. 



Recommendations. 



(1) A full supply of 3-gallon chemical extinguishers should be 

 distributed in all parts of the building. 



(2) Special care should be taken in all electrical installations in 

 this building. During the repair work now going on all old and 

 defective wiring should be removed. The class of construction is 

 such that a short-circuiting is liable to result in a serious fire. 



(3) Again, on account of the light-joisted type of construction, 

 wood flooring, and wood-lath ceilings, all cooking devices should 

 be especially well guarded. 



La Rabida, Jackson Park. 



A frame building remotely situated from any city fire-fighting appa- 

 ratus. This building was locked up at the time of inspection and interior 

 inaccessible. On account of its remoteness from city fire protection, it 

 is very probable that a total loss would result in the event of fire. There- 

 fore, every precaution should be taken in all heating and lighting devices 

 and a full equipment of hand fire-fighting apparatus should be installed if 

 such is not the case. 



Small Parks. 



In all of the small parks there is almost a uniform type of construc- 

 tion employed — concrete walls and concrete floors, with tile-covered wood- 



