Show BIG FIRE BE OF linie LITTLE TO 10 tells CITY 1 after numerous demonstrations by some of the leading motor mot or truck salesmen of the state many of the firemen and most of the business men of eureka are of the opinion that it would be ally a waste of money to put or into a fire fighting mo me tor truck tor for this camp machines which sell for that amount of money are practically worthless here in eureka and while fire trucks are the proper thing in most of the cities of this size ma chines like those demonstrated here would give no added krotec tion to property owners and only increased grief to the members of our fire department even the higher priced machines would be of no use during the greater part vl nf the he year and the reporter be alieves that the cites city s mone and the money which has been raised by the fire department can be put to much better use in most ol 01 people the firemen are called upon to make long runs into outlying district and a motor truck is almost a necessity because quick action la Is what counts in checking fires here in eureka things are entirely different the buildings are all located within a small area and even with tho the hand carts the fire men can get on the job within a tyvr minutes time it Is doubtful if they would make as good time with a motor truck unless the city could afford to keep a regular driver and other men continuously on the job and this is entirely out of the he question I 1 very man who knows anything about automobiles who owns one or drives one knows that during the greater part of the year a motor truck would be simply just that much excess baggage even the most expensive truck that could be purchased would be out of commission during a good part of the year putting a big sum of money into a motor truck would be about the moat most foolish thing that lureka s firemen taxpayers and others could do it would be nothing less than a joke as fire trucks are not made for climbing the kind of hills that wo we have or for plowing through the snow and mud the lighter machines are the only ones that can get around in the winter time all others are tied up tight why not take a few hundred dollars and buy a s small mall truck the smaller the better just so it ie Is large enough to carry a une line of hose and two or three men such an outfit could be driven by almost any member of the department or b almost any school boy and we will wager a few dollars that it will beat any other truck made in getting about eureka a streets then use the money which haa has been appropriated by the city and which has been collected from other sources in constructing some new water tank tanks locating them on high ground so that every part of the city will have decent fire pro lection while some of the firemen may be anxious to ride around in an expensive fire truck most of the department members are more anxious to put the money which has been collected to a better purpose |