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Show Fire Department . Expenses Low Th fir department of Halt Lak City I operated at a cost lower than any of. alsty-flv eltlee In th United States where a volunteer organisation la not ntslntalaed. Flguree compiled by the Minneapolis Min-neapolis fir deportment pise the operating coot of Bait Lake at 11. hi per capita. Denver la second ktweet with $1.4 and Kansaa City third with $1.$:.. r. 17 per cent more than Salt Lak. Springfield, Mass, with a population of 140 Oft, show a per capita coat of IS 2 Th area I forty square mile, as compared with - Salt Lake's of flfty-thre. Reading, Pa, shows a lower cot because It has largely a volunteer department. 11a coat le II cente. Th population ta HO.eO. and Ita area miles. Reading le without a chief .of the department and tber 'ar . $0. volunteer firemen. ) |