Show CHOKER WAS FIRST TO USE FIRE AUTOS Eire Fire Chief Croker of ot New York Tork was perhaps the to adopt the automobile automobile automobile automo automo- bile for carrying him quickly to the scene of action At any rate he surely was a pioneer in the Introduction of an ear earsplitting splitting blood curdling signal for his own exclusive use The interesting point is that outside o of the initiative on the part of Chief Croker Croker Cro Cro- ker the smaller cities show much more enterprise than the larger ones in the adoption of ot the automobile for official purposes Many cities of the third and fourth class dass have motor chemical wagons wagons' or engines or hose carts that are wholly I absent In cities of ot the first and second class The same seems to be true with I regard to the use of or personal motor cars carsby carsby by the heads of fire departments A case In point Is N. N Y where Fire Chief Henry B. B Yates has hu just installed for his use nothing less than a horsepower 40 Alco a car that will carry him to the fire at a mile min ute clip In this matter of the Introduction Introduction introduction tion o of motor cars for or official use the history of tho e adoption d of t the street t ear car trolley i seems en ent t to be nearly a l parallel The Tiie trolley car was Installed In rural regions and villages long before it was in the big cities Yet the economy of the automobile automobile automo automo- bile Is easily demonstrated and the selection selection tion of Chief Yates justified for Deputy Fire e Chief I In the borough r of Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lei Ifo fi eh I og lyn h has a horsepower 40 o e Alco that has been in commission two years at a total cost of 01 30 for Tor repairs |