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Show SALT LAKE'S FIRST BE SEEN AT FAIR Pod owing th oondinnatloa of th nrat flr angina vr wnd by tUJt Lak City, th first that waa r n In th tntat-mountain roartoa. that hlttorle pto of fir Aft. tins apparatiw has bn turaad ovar to th Stat Fair association as a parmanant xhlbit and historical rs-mlnder rs-mlnder of ths first spurt of cWVc snisr-prlss snisr-prlss of ths olty. Ths an fin ! no lonaer of uss to ths flr departmant, and whirl various parts of ths machln might bs usd In rapalr work on ths modern anainaa now tn aarv-ics. aarv-ics. It was dind that th machlns was of far greater value as an historic -.-htblt than It would be? In ths rspalr shops of ths firs department. Tha angina was purchased by public subscription In 170 and haud by hand to ths flrss that Occurred during ths first fsw months. Ths task was too arsat for ths volunteer tlrs biicadss. however, hers use of th dsep mud that covered ths streets, and ths lack of other municipal Improvements, After endeavoring to up th sngtns by hand for several months, ths volunteer volun-teer firemen concluded that ths task was too strenuous for thsm, and th city purchased a flrs team and th first set oT drop harness that waa used between Denver and Ban Franc! . Ths englns wss In constant servlcs until un-til about flvs years ago. whsn ths wear and tear of many year told upon ths machinery to such an sztent that It was no longer considered reliable, and Its condemnation follrfwed. The sngtns had been kept In storage until a aftort tlnie wgn,"" and ml ftguied In e)meer hs sets of the flrs departmsnt. whsn as a matter of fart It had no practical value to th department. I When the engine was transferred to ths stats fair, ths oldest firemen on ths department looked at It with msny recollections recol-lections of "the good old days." and compared ths department of today with earlier times, and not without a full appreciation of the wonderful advancea that have been made In tbe department eincl that time. ' "ITacle" Reuben Slmpeon. as be Is affectionately af-fectionately known among all the firemen fire-men and their frlende, was the flrat driver of tbe old engine, and before the flrat team was purchaaed waa captain of the hand brigade- that hauled the apparatus through the muddy streets. "iTncle" Reuben Slmpeon la now engineer engi-neer of one of the fire engtnee la service at headQuartere. |