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Show Shall We Buy New Fire Equipment Or Have Our City Rates Increased? " The city council recently received a letter from the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, stating stat-ing that Springville has not been graded for fire insurance in-surance rates since 1928 and is . . , .... . Sn . - on the list to be regarded this' spring. We quote from this letter: "The board is concerned about a number of towns because the population and structural conditions condi-tions have increased during the past few years. We have been finding a considerable discrepancy between the existing class assigned at the last grading and the present fire fighting conditions, and have had to increase the class in several instances. One of our neighboring neighbor-ing town was recently stepped up." And that neighboring town was stepped up 40 c,i. Should this same thing happen to Springville's fire rates, it would mean a difference of between be-tween $5.00 and $6.00 per year for each average home. It would mean a difference of hundreds of dollars per year for insurance on churches, schools, city property and business houses. This extra insurance cost for one year and each year hereafter would more (Continued on Page Nine) (Continued from Page One) Shall We Buy New Fire Equipment? than pay for a new fire truck. The city council has been practically prac-tically assured that if it buys a new up-to-date fire truck, and changes its type of fire hydrants in the main part of town, that no change in fire rates will be made. Now the question is, shall we buy a new fire truck and modernize our fire hydrants, and in doing so save enough to buy this equipment, or shall we stand by and have our rates increased ? Will you please drop a card or a letter to the city council setting forth your opinions, or if you care to send a letter to the Herald, voicing your ideas on the subject. The city council would like some reaction reac-tion on the proposition and the opinions of the townspeople. |