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Show MAY GET AUTOMOBILE. Brlgham Residents Discussing Addition of Fire Apparatun to Department. Special to The Tribune. BRIGHAM CITr. Fob. 6. Tho matter of equipping the BrlgTiam City fire department de-partment with an automobile fire engine en-gine of the latest typo Is beginning to receive attention in this city at present, and with tho discussion by business men, officials and the public generally, the proposition will undoubtedly be given official of-ficial consideration at a near future dato. The typo of onglno recommended by Chief Taylor of the local department is a seventy-two-horsepower gasoline car, fully oqulppnd with 12,000 feet of hose and a large chemical tank with a capacity capac-ity of sixty gallons. It is said that such equipment In tho Brlgham department would have a tendency to lower tho Insurance In-surance rates now lp force, and Chief Taylor baa practically bcon assured by fire underwriters that a much lower rate would bo made in the city. |