Show I I FIRE CHIEF USES AN AUTO TO RUSH TO PHILADELPHIA FIRES This C This is the thc twentieth century way of fighting fires tires said John C. C Baxter r chief of tho the Philadelphia fire tire department depart depart- men merit ment t recently tIr as ho he proudly purveyed ed tho the ne new Peerless automobile thoughtfully thoughtfully thought thought- ht- ht fully provided by the city fathers to replace the old fashioned horse and b bu buggy CRy y formerly used to reach tho scene of con conflagration a Ga Gay jj in its panoply of red paint and shining hining brass the long low car ear stood on Broad street in front of the Quaker City Automobile company garage e need need- in jug ing only tho the moro more turn 0 or of fara a crank to send it speeding at a mile a minute gait Rait to Frankford Point Breeze or wherever the call of the tho firo fire gong on summoned Officially tho the machine has passed into in in- to the possession of tho the city cliv Of course the thc chief and his two chauffeurs formerly form crl erly drivers John and John havo have taken practice spins aplenty and so far fairly familiar with the tho possibilities of their new I speedster The city should havo purchased au an- I for the tho chief and fire firo marshals lon long Jong a ago o added Mr Ir Baxter for C for the long runs are mi mighty might ht hard on a a. horse borso I Inow Inow Inow now press a button a bell rin rings and before I can got down stairs my mv steed is ready to carry me to Cramps Cramp's s shipyard shipyard ship ship- yard in fifteen minutes to Point Breeze in ten or to the western limits of tho the city in twelve or so 80 My ax helmet ana and trumpet are already tucked into the tho ear car itself with roith n nf mill fire extinguisher isher thrown in for good vJ measure If by some somo chance chanco I stumble on a a. fire firo or reach ono one early I will not be helpless In tune time the fire firo marshals and even the tho district engineers will bo be provided with automobiles according to tho the chief but he dOM does not anticipate such luxury soon At present the director of public safety Henry HenrJ Clay and Chief Baxter aro are tho only city officials in the tho red devil class |