Show siness lV Me en Ask for fir Platoon System I BETTER HOURS fOR FIREMEN OBJECT or OF City ity Budget Committee Is IsI I Told New System Will i Not Add Greatly to Expense Expense Ex- Ex I pense of Administration ING the two two-pla- A toon system for the city firemen more than fifty lending leading business busine s firms films of Salt Lake toda today filed a petition with the city commission The petition was referred re- re erred to the budget committee which Is represented by the full tull m membership ot of the commission The Tho petition recites that It Is the belief that Salt Lake should join in inline line Une with other othel cities as a a. matter ot of common fairness to the firemen and andIn andin In the name ot of Increased efficiency I LITTLE ADDED EXPENSE The petition further points out that by the adoption ot of the two platoon system allowing the firemen men to be I home more with their families that It would Involve nn an expense equal to only 5 cents on every 1000 ot of taxa- taxa tion Salt Lake City according to the petition petition pe- pe Is paying considerably less forthe for tor the maintenance and operation ot of the tire fire department than other cities with witha a population about the same At present the per capita cost forthe for tor the department Is stated to be 97 91 cents The proposed change to the two two- platoon system would Involve a per capita cot cost ot of which would be below the cost In cities with populations populations ranging from to FOR FIRST OF JULY The petitioners ask that the two two- platoon system be made effective July 1 next The firemen have asked the commission commission com com- mission on previous occasions to adopt the two platoon system Following the receipt ot of the p petition today by bythe bythe the city commission It was th the belief of the firemen that on this occasion their efforts coupled with those ot of the business interests would be crowned with success |