Show Two More Fire Trucks for City CHy pm CITY CO COMMISSIONERS tl are to be commended commendA commend- commend A ed their on action in ordering the city purchasing purchasing pur pur- c chasing asing agent to call for bids on two now new lire fire trucks a and a combination end nd ladder truck The action coincided with the visit to Salt Lake City of Jay V. V W. W Stevens chief of the prevention bureau of the National B Board ard of Fire Underwriters who warned that demands upon equipment manufacturers as a result of the national defense program may make snake it extremely difficult In the future for municipalities to secure needed new lire fire lIghtIng lIght fight ing trig apparatus Salt Lake City Gity has already experienced some me of this difficulty Last spring the need for lor r new apparatus was called to the city's attention attention at at- by Mr tr Stevens' Stevens caustic report on the Inadequacy of our fire department After Alter some delay three new pieces of equipment were ordered That was six months and ago as yet only one piece e of apparatus has been delivered although we were originally supposed to get alt all three within a few months It is believed the other two pieces will ill be received here in the near future However it has taken six months to get this apparatus and it is probable that it will iU take even longer to secure the other two pieces which we need to insure adequate and efficient effi cI cleat nt fire equipment for the city Breakdown of oJ the third old fire lire truck Wednesday emphasIzed emphasized emphasized sized again the n necessity of securing new equip equIp- n ment ent at once It would have been foolish for lor the city to delay further in calling for lor bids and placing orders for the two new trucks We really need them but under now the circumstances we will ill be lucky to get them by the end cad of 1941 1911 It is to be hoped that every effort eUort will be made by city officials to speed up the process of actually placing the orders for the newS new S apparatus We can be sure many other cities in the nation are faced with the same situation we are and that there will be unusually heavy demands by municipalities for fire equipment on top of national defense requirements It will be a matter of first come first served served- and for lor the sake of fire lIre safety In Salt Lake City we dare not be at the tail taU end of the procession |