Fire Houses in Residential Districts
An unusual case is that recently decided by Judge Boyd, in Houston, Tex., in which an injunction was granted against the building of a fire house in a residential district on the ground that its erection would depreciate the property of the adjacent owners. In rendering the opinion the judge freely confessed that he was in sympathy with the city authorities and those of the fire department, but felt it his duty to give the opinion on the law of the case.
In the majority of instances of this kind where objections have been raised by residents to the erection of fire houses in districts devoted to high class private residences the differences have been settled by the designing of the stations in accordance to the nature of the neighborhood. Fire houses, usually of the bungalow type and of handsome design, corresponding to the surrounding residences, and with neatly parked grounds, usually satisfy the objectors and are an ornament rather than a detriment to a section, besides providing efficient fire protection to it. The latter is a very important consideration, for. as a rule, the residential section with its frame houses and—only too often—wooden shingle roofs, needs this more than any other.
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