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Show Spanish Fork Has New Fire Engine' SPANISH FORK Purchase of a $7 000 fire trucK aim pumping unit has been made by Spanish Fork cit;', announces Councilman Walter Briggs, chairman of the fire department committee. The new fire unit has passed exhaustive ex-haustive tests conducted by the state fire underwriters. It is expected ex-pected to materially reduce the fire insurance rate of the city, according to Mr. Briggs. The new truck haa a development develop-ment of 128 horsepower and a speed of 65 miles per hour. It has a centrafugal pump to care for sand and rock if ditch water be used rather than water from hydrants. hy-drants. The unit pumps 646 gallons gal-lons of water per minute at 120 : pounds pressure. Four-hundred feet of two and , one-half inch hose and 300 feet of one and one-half inch hose have : been purchased, making a total ' of 1,500 feet now owned by the : city. |