Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-17 | Page 1 | Board Calls for New S. L. Fire Equipment

Board Calls for New S. S L. L Fire Equipment Purchase of four new pieces of ot equipment for Salt Lake City's fire department during 1940 including including in including in- in scrapping of the aerial ladder ladder ladder lad lad- der was recommended Friday by bya a special three-man three committee of civilian experts The committee comprising committee comprising DG D D. G G. Cunningham David M M. Snyder and Everett R. R Walton Walton made made its report verbally at a surprise meeting meetIng meetIng meet- meet Ing at the city and county building build build- ing Although intending to report Saturday the committee was assembled assembled assembled as as- by Mayor Ab Jenkins so that Jay W. W Stevens chief of Investigation in investigation investigation In- In for the National Board of Fire Underwriters could hear the committees committee's recommendations before beCore his departure Friday night It was Mr Stevens' Stevens criticism of the department that resulted Inthe Inthe in inthe the mayors mayor's appointment of the committee The committee recommended that the aerial ladder be replaced by a modern steel structure with witha a water tower life net and lighting equipment This is stationed at ati att i t- t 1 headquarters station adjacent to the public safety building Purchase of three new also was recommended for this year year year-at at stations No 1 No 7 at North Ninth West street and No 8 at Thirteenth East street While other equipment was deemed not satisfactory the committee committee committee com com- recommended that other replacements be made in 1941 Including in including including In- In a gallon 1000 per gallon per minute at No 1 station replacing one bought in m 1916 and new pump pump- ers at stations No 3 at 1135 East Twenty-first Twenty South street and No 5 at 1023 East Ninth South Souto street I Two new substations should be erected in the east and southern parts of the city the committee recommended suggesting locations at Nineteenth East and Thirteenth South streets and at Twenty sev South and Ninth East streets The committee severely criticized criticized criticized equipment and housing sayIng sayIng saying say say- ing some trucks could not stop on ondry ondry ondry dry streets traveling 30 miles an hour within feet