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Show PENSIONS FOR FIREMEN. Senator Sanford 's bill, providing for the pensioning of city firemen, should be called up and passed without delay in order to give the bouse ample opportunity oppor-tunity to take similar action before the close of the legislative session. The bill is far down on the calendar, and it mav not be reached in time unless it is brought up by unanimous consent. As no opposition has thus far developed, it will probably pass the senate in a few minutes if a vote can be secured. Four j times the Utah firemen have attempted to secure this legislation, and it should ' i not be delayed any longer. In proportion propor-tion to their numbers, more firemen than soldiers are killed in the performance perform-ance of their duty, and something should i be done for these public servants. The bill provides that the paid fireman iiku ' retire at his option at the age of j0 years or upward on half pay, after twenty twen-ty years of active service in a regularly , constituted fire department. Twenty . years of fire service is said to be about the limit of a man's endurance. Then . the scrap heap. The bill furnishes protection for the i volunteer firemen who prut Oct the homes, business buildings and public institutions throughout the state. For T mental or physical injury the paid fire- j men are protected bv the compensation ; f, act. This is not true of the volunteer.;;-firemen, volunteer.;;-firemen, hova ver, and the pension bill ; should provide fur them. It is to be 1 'f. hoped the present session of tho legisla- ,h tuie will not end until the fire laddies j are fully rotected. J |