Show Fire Destroys Patrols Patrol's Radio Station S. S L. L Police Provide Air Service Following Blaze The Utah highway patrol Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day was using services o of the I Salt Lake City police pollee department I radio station after the patrol transmitting terminal at at South and 1400 West Vest burned to the ground late Sunday Setting up a temporary transmitter transmitter trans trans- mitter is already being planned by Patrol Supt P. P L. L Dow and patrol radio engineers Salt Lake county firemen stood helplessly by durin during early mornIng morning morning morn- morn Ing hours when their fire tire engines were unable to get within a mile mileo o of the terminal due to dri drifted ted tedI I snow Almost Covered Co One of or the three hU huge e fire trucks was almost completely covered by snow and firemen had to abandon abandon abandon aban aban- don it around 4 am a.m. An attempt to reach it was being made Mon Monday day morning by a county rotary plow and a county fire crew The fire came at 11 1140 40 pm p.m. during the worst part of a severe storm which clogged roads all over the state Highway patrolmen lost radio contact during one of their busiest ni nights as they aided j I stalled motorists and blockaded roads to warn travelers away from I danger spots Radio cars of the county sheriff and officers in Murray urray Midvale Mid I and South Salt Lake also were out outI I of commission when the highway station went off the air Valuable Gear Dama Damages es were estimated at Supt Dow said the three- three room frame building was valued at and contained 2000 2000 worth orth of FM and AM radio equip equip- ment Highway patrol transmitters at Brigham Ogden and Logan allon all allon allOn on the setup setup are are not affected affected af at- by the blaze as they are equipped with separate trans trans- In the Salt Lake City area a reay re relay re- re lay ay system immediately was set setup j jup I up whereby patrol cars could radio I V and police dispatchers would then notify the highway patrol dispatcher in the state capitol capitol cap- cap I I itol 1101 building ng by telephone |