| Show TIM el III mm J ei CT ED A chemick auld not best suit th Der gands of logan logaa SO SAY P republicans t mayor quayle oil oa record as ag say saying ing i tint that it does not perform efficient fire duty certain republicans affect great td indin indignation a ati 0 n because the chemical engine C is male made an all issue in this yet they believed believe dit it ri za lit and stroller proper ei eighteen 0 hacen months ago to te make the fire company a part izan issue they ignored the almost unanimous act pct petition of the logan fire department asking 0 that charles robbins be appointed as its chief they insulted every member of the old fire company by appointing ap as chief a man mail who did not even belong to the department but the boys hung lung together like lit roes s all and insisted upon their I 1 bights they wanted robbins for chief and signified their in of disbanding 0 should their p ifton be refused refus rd they were to si s mit to the will odthe of the republican c or disband inthey if they v nt led by their chosen chief C B Robbins they resigned their member ship chip but not before a republican councilman had bad given thern them this further insult at a special meeting of the city council held on oil friday night april 8 1892 councilman chris itten or raid that he h merited ra a re publican chief of the alre depart s to the petition of the firemen n its a party measure said paid lie he and he be further said that in his opinion a as good goad a crew could be organized out of republican can material in 21 hours this was published at the time and not denied by mr Po paterson terson at tile the same special meeting councilmen yates expressed himself sol f in I 1 favor avor of i ignoring noring a the petition of twenty four out of the twenty six members of the fire department and appointing ralph smith as its chief ile he said paid that smith was as good any of them whether hebe lon longed eato to the fire company or like mr Peter peterson Pon considered it a party measure according to 10 republican authority hit was all right but when a republican council wantonly wastes the peoples money on a worthless toy republicans protest a against ainest it being made a campaign issue have the taxpayers of logon logan city no DO right 0 to regard the wasting 6 ol of their thair money as a matter of pub importance we think they ha have ve that ri right ht have the people no right to lebike officials tor for experimenting with public funds we e think they have that right but lot us briefly review the history of the chemical to toy y during the latt administration of the peo ples plad party in this city the fite fire question was agitated 0 considerably on tile of may 1891 a peti tion was wan presented in reference to that matter the exact language of the minutes found on page 00 32 02 areas are is follows A petition na was then presented an anil real from moses 60 others asking the council to CONSIDER THE MATTER of purchasing a ENGINE for or losan lo 10 an city tho the question was on motion referred to the hie committee on oil fire department with will the mayor associated for a thorough investigation the matter was considered and among other firo fire engines the chemical was investigated by a committee appointed for that purpose hy by the city council on the let of july 1991 they reported that they had bail in pursuance of the petition and their instructions from tho the council made a thorough investigation ti their report concludes in these exact words and from the best information wo have been able to obtain we concluded that A CHEMICAL WOULD NOT BEST SUIT THE DEMANDS OF LOGAN cm CITY aud and therefore vc ire recommend mat one be not bought we would I 1 favor vor the purchase of EL a R if the coonc council ii thinks the they y call afford it signed WM 11 II TilA INN ANDREAS PETERSON AV E PARTI partington NOTON sec pare page 3 11 of the council minutes li it will be observed that all three of the men who signed the above report adverse ad verse to the purchasing basin of a chemical are prominent republicans and yet in the face of the records based on a thorough investigation ti 9 aaion this present council must purchase a chemical for pay frei freight lit NII bill fur for bringing a it from baltimore Bal timor e see it make a fizzle on its trial and at every bub sequent ire fire and still defend the machine which wm IL II thaine andreas peterson Pc terson and IV E partin partington ton told them would NOT ast the demands of logan 0 city chief stanton of the salt lake fire aie department camo came up tip when the he chemical arrived to aid in div iv ng anig it a trial A shanty was built on slain main street in the north part of town it was fired ind and the chemical bright 0 and shining canic came dashing up tip the street all who were present present remember its miserable failure tile the pretty toy sputtered and spouted but the fire grew wanner and the flames leaped higher all the time then the old hand pump which had been thrown aside was brought 1 upon the scene and ir in two mu niter it had the firo fire out while the gaudy plaything was being dra dragged ed back to the engine en rine house by a lot of disgusted firemen some claimed that it was no fair fiihr test but chief f stanton who was here in the interest of company wrote a letter to the nation baying 1 I claim that the engine ga gave e a thoro brou A f igei ig f alc i ii I 1 I 1 extinguishing ting b ng the fire anre at a I 1 subsequent trial the but useless thing made another failure while the band discoursed S ed soothing music nor have the people forgotten that it lias has frequently attended fires which would haye have done estimable dail damage lacre if the old hand machine had 1 not lot been present to put them out the city council recognizing 0 the fact that such a purchase ewas was a wilful waste of the peoples money which the people were bound to rebuke wavered about closing the deal for the chemical about that time there appeared on oil the scene a re representative represent atie c of the champion chemical engine co of Chicago who proved that ho he could sell them a better en engine c ine for less money than the engine they had on trial this convinced the counci council 1 that it had made a mistake and so BO it was decided to refuse the toy with which they were and still are experimenting this sill all happened at a council me meeting etino 0 arid on wednesday september alet let 1892 previous to this action of the city council chief of the logan fire department knowles stated that the chemical was wa the thing and was therefore refused and mayor james quayle quay ie sent a telegram to the I 1 holloway loll 1011 0 way company which manufactured the pretty toy now owned by logan city tho following is a copy of that telegram as published in the nation sep 28 18 1892 chemical Clie mical engine does not perform efficient fire duty du ty eugine engine is at your disposal logan city does docs not accept it sinned signed jaich mayor sir mr willard W V Maug I aughan hao city attorney by appointment gave as his valuable opinion of the matter that the city had bad a right to reject the chemical engine sold them by the holloway company but they reject it it is here yet in ill the face of all the records rec C in spite spile of the report of thaine paterson Pc terson and partington ting ton notwithstanding not with standing its miserable failure acknowledged by all it is still hero here and the people must pay for it in in the face of its rejection by the city council in spite of its ine afi chency as confessed by mayor quayle in spite of tho the learned attorneys attorney tor decision that the city could reject the thing if it wished to the chemical is still here as a witness irit ness to tile the weakness of tile present city administration |
