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Show OLD AND NEW FIRE DEPARTMENTS COMPARED U5 U J1 ADVANTAGES OF MOTOR EQUIPMENT ARE SET OUT 1 - TINETY HORSEPOWER motoi -propelled gasoline truck and pump, one of Salt Lake' eight pieces of modem fire-fighting -L apparatus. Below, city's fire-fighting equipment of thirty years ago. . . -S?C $ J t : " 3uedj V , 1 c - , f ' I ' I : 1 1 1 L; : s::isitj-vH -1 ...-.-.n4.s! ' - i 4 -5 . ?- i 1 i I ' 't .b r :tr : Chief Bywater Discusses the Present Up-to-date Methods Meth-ods in Use Here. THE old fc;ilt T.ake City fire dT'-irt merit (thirty yearn iico): One fiaid enjrincer and JTjO call men. The nrw. Salt LaUo City fire dfpartment (today) : Eighty f ive trained men, eijiht pieces of motor pro pc.'Jed apprtratus, even pieces of horse-d horse-d rawn appara t u. it in a far rrv from the firt to the second statement , but it is iypica.1 of the rapid growth, the spirit of progress, the "up-to-dateness"' that. has kcft Halt Lai; e :ity in the front, ran 1; of western eit ies, erpia.1 op su perior in an infinitude of respects t other munici-paiities munici-paiities of its si.e. It is generally aecepte,! that, the rhnr aeter and st fin f I in of a nty's fire de pa rt mcnt is a ood i rid i eat ion of the city itself, and ineaMired by this t-trtnd-jt rd, Sa It I a kp lias no reanon to I ea r critical comparison with any eiiy of its f i,e the nation over. Up-to-date Equipment. Halt Lake todav po-se,-es cij-ht nieces of mot or pro f nd led f i re - f"n;h t i nf a p-paratus. p-paratus. and if the plans and hope of l ire chief V. II. Il water can he carried car-ried into effect, a few vea rs more will sec t he depn rl merit end rely (0,11 i ppe with t iin motor upparat us. t ho fa rt.li ful f i re horses, their u se ('11 1 nes.N i ri this depart merit outlived, t f) be utilized in some, other line of eitv work, and rnsoline will furnish the power that carrici men and uoichiuer', fo poslw of dutv in I'lini-' I'lini-' I .at willi d'-st'rovinir flame-, i A II of t his raises t h" ipuvd ion as to ; the relatie advantages of the nmtnr ! pmpelled and hfn-e drawn apa'aMis f'M-a f'M-a citv. for the nlizens, for I he firemen I t hemwdven. i ''lie horse rl raw n aiipajatns ha one initial ad va n t ;i , arnl on" nnl', . It, ro:.fn less to purchase at the s'art.' (.,Hal-itV (.,Hal-itV for qualilv. )!m tir;t ro-t nf I he hoi'.e a 1 1 pa ra t us is a piro: i ma t Ay .'".0 pi-r ecu f of (he rrifd nr a 1 ip:j r;i.l 1 1 s. And that i- all thai in In I.e s:.id in it': fa or. Chief Gives His Vii'ws. In cM-'t rd' m;i in I e na iu innm ocii pied, 1 IVici. ncv . diicildhl . , ai.itat eoi and ma ri v other j,h;i u I 1 ),,- pi dhlcm, the flill'erenrc i.. eutindv ai- h-rfodv in divor of the iinit'o- a p pa ra 1 11:-. I ,et Chief l'.y alT spejik lor liiiu'elf. lie Ves.ter-d;i Ves.ter-d;i said: Mnt..M.atiori nr.doiilde-IK tlm t I llOt e to I Ml prn e(i" I H j ) )),,-. 1 11 e d'' p;i r tm e n I, pel ice. The -a . inL' exleridn all riown Urn line; (lie lepaniiiL' and rrpl.ic.ii;' of InH draiie; in n a Ides, ; 1 1 -,v ; 1 -1 , an item of coiivi-lera Ide e leri 'e ; ' lie 1 III pioted .anidirv .OII.lMiolM in the ho.ee. . here die loo 1 'H h:,Ve lire,, taf eo onl roil ddlle ,..,, 1 ;,(,!,. h. tfejrrenl, Hie Willi, of v.;M h o. ojflicult to e:lnu;ite( I hi I, v.liicdl JO none the less apparent and generally general-ly recognized, 'I'he cost, per month of keeping team will average aliont in addition ad-dition to the lah'ir and nd. mtiou.' Whi'ii the motor apparatus is not in u e the maintenance cost, is iinmi-nul. iinmi-nul. For illustration: We had i dax last week withtoit a run. The motors are ready I'm- duty anv in- -dint, luit thev are con-inning not hin Cf. Hence it can he rc.-i d i ly seen that the upkeep or maintenance mainte-nance eo-t a hii.r item in favor of t he motor a ppa ra t n. ISitf Itfpm of Expense. 1 The hui.es must he fed and cnied for with regularity. The dill'erence in the cod of operating the motor propelled com pa red with the fi or sell se-ll raw n apparatus is aliou! in per j cent in favor of the motors. Now we come to the question of efl'ii'iencv, the ri'altv-t and moal i m porta nt poin t of all. H ere (lie motor-propelled U paratu has die stril:ine; superiority- of from -In to "in per cent, old'n even more than the hinder figure I have named. For i I lustra t ion : On a Ion run, even with fnvnrnlde conditions of roads and weather, vmir huisesi are ''jome'' after a. mile and a half or two m i it". The f n rt her von r nm for troes the hetter condition it is in for mnl inn; speed. Speffl Is Doubled. The motor norma llv 1 1 a ids a t twice the speerl ol he swift horses a rid ea n u t h ree nr f our I inn's an fa-t in 'eases of emergency. (tften-t (tften-t imes I he loiw run is due fo a fah'e alarm, or some fri'ia Idaze Unit. i-Miies no damage, lull voir dories ha e made t he run a rid a re u ea ry ; 1 he-,- mil :t n"-t l-efore t hev a I'e ea -palde of efixdior t;rod seri'-e. i" j i miitor r o i n e - I. ail' dined up. II" it were, read v i n a ri i mm a ri I for a u other Jwil't' run to anv part of the .-it v. I I is natural no should ask nm about tin m an, roads. Improve tneiil s in I ires du ri ne; the t wn 'eais 1 a v e 1 iff ii remarkable. The tire;-: t"W made for service in the fire depart mcnl apparatus stand al rne-t ae'Hiieu': " haio'.-s are re nude, indeed, that I hey will fail in au einerjooicv. i (if roiirse we u ould b U e I o ha e cn.ooth ami ha.d ma, , all the year , round, but actual te have demon ; fd rated that the m n! o r pro pe 1 let I ap ! paradM can be haedb-.J ; hot- f 11 1 1 v nv.'i: atP kind of road thai hor'M 'nil d rae t he nuf h i ncr v a ml e en nviT rnn'd.H that the Im.j's catinul. 1,e;odial'. (!hr:iper 'n (lie End. makes no dilferenen how inilddv ur MHiivv or hppery the mad m.'iv be, if the Iwu-cm can i:e o die jtlnce-i de'-ii-nnled the rnolor-. J v ill I then. al'-. and accompli, h ' fh,. la I in a errul deal b- s lime, (on- motor fipparatii.i -:. b; alnnil .Ml ,,er cent more I o -.tart wit h, n ml on en o ai vine md hi m; ruoi-e i n ;i v or of Ihe' hone drawn e-pi i 1 1 men t . Tin- maintenance of the motor a paralu'i in l' per cent lr:'i, it.j i;J' ficienev is from AO to 60 per cent greater. Cities that can raise the money to motorize all their f ire-fihtinc ire-fihtinc apparatus will realize at die erv ieat more tlian 10 per eent on the investment. Chief iywater said in conclusion that the motor propeIlel apparatus of the f.i'i La ke f i re depart men' w as of t he best quality in its respective eiass, ami that tin eitv of this size in the 1'uited States had any beder or more ollicient equipment for filitinrr fire. |
