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Show Further Advances For Fire Safety Following a meeting in which representatives rep-resentatives of the Gunnison city council, Centerfield town board and the Gunnison Lions club were present, held Tuesday evening, another ad-, ad-, vance step was made for the conjoint installation of an adequate fire-fighting apparatus that would give protection protec-tion to Gunnison, Centerfield and outlying out-lying districts. After studying the several designs of engines, pumps, hose and everything complete, it was estimated that the equipment would cost in the neighborhood of $4,000: This fund would be raised by levying levy-ing a half-mill assessment on all assessed as-sessed property within the two municipalities. muni-cipalities. This levy, it was pointed out, would pay for the fire-fighting equipment and would meet the requirements re-quirements of the Board of Underwriters Under-writers of the Pacific, which company has been quizzed relative to the in-ftallation in-ftallation of the apparatus. Representatives were named by the Gunnison city council and the town board of Centerfield to take further steps in the movement of securing the fire-fighting apparatus, and to this end action will start at once. If the plans are put over the Legion members of the district will formulate . , plans for the organization of a group of able men, who would have charge l of the fire-fighting brigade. I |