Show When The Fire Engines Go By Most om us have hare never nevor outgrown II a thrill of ot at the engines roar by The Tho hurtling bustling red tho the scream of ot the n and the tho eight Bight ot of o the gleaming equipment Is la the tho Bluff that makes for vivid drama We might enjoy tho the B spectacle tl Cle lee however It If wo we topped to realize that wo we are raring the tho bill for tor that engine enginO and for tor th the tho tire It 1 la Is going It The cost of ot maintaining and operating fire departments Is li an essential and major Item Item In Ia orrey eneT municipal bud bud- got bud get and and the more prevalent nr fIres are aro aretha the tha more tho the department costs coeta I I And bero beros bero's a fact tact that nay may oom as aa a II surprise to the bulk bulle ot of n wo we all 11 must chip In tn to 11 pay tor for the property which la Is destroyed or darn darn- dam damaged aged whoa when ere Cre sweeps through h It We pay our baro In a number ot of ways One ot of o tho ways waya Is la through higher In the cot costs tho rte r t In an any com corn community community OTe over r a 11 period ot of time Is la bas baa based bas based baaed ed upon the tho amount of or fire tiro lose It the ho fro Ero h happens to affect a fac- fac factory rae fac factory tory wry men are arc thrown out ot or ort Torl ori Sn- Sn Investments In Investments vestments are aro lost Jot Io t or Impaired and the entire community f fela fe ls the tho nd nd ad- ad Torso vorse effect ot of lost purchasing power and destroyed opportunity Again In 11 Inthe the cue case of ot any tire dro ot or substantial size I taxable property Is eliminated from the tax roll rolls and 1 tho the revenue lost to the community must bo ho roads mada up by bS higher ber taxes on all other oilier properly property Firo prevention Is 19 both a duty and an obligation which every ettry citizen cUben owes his bis neighbor and his common common- community ity It I la In tho the Interest of ot everyone It It moans means actual cash cub savings s to us usall usall nil all Its It's fib fun to w watch the 11 0 ro engines go 10 but by-but by but It Isn't eo co much fun tun to topa pa pay the bill I Y N Mattison of Glastonbury Vt holds hold 10 of oC tho the villages village's 18 governing offices |