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Show OTHER TOWNS I SHOULD OWN Flftf ENGINE This Is the Contention of Logan'c Mayor In Discussing Matter of Protoctlon Much discussion Iiob been Indulged lu us to Logan b obligation in the matter of supplying lire lighting tip-puiutus tip-puiutus to outsldo towns lu time ot need nnd It has been n niattur of considerable con-siderable concern with tho mayor ot Logan as to whether or not ho should poriutt the engine to go out of thu city. Thero nro sovoral reasons why lie should not let tho engine go. The first Is tho fact that It leaves tho homo property without llro protection and In tho second placo tho trips arc ory expensive and tho towns which turn In tho calls aro novur satisfied with tho charges mado fur services rendered. Jluyor P. A. Thatchor would like to mako It a rule that under no con Ultlons wl 1 ho permit thu heavy engine en-gine to go to neighboring towns, yet thnru has not been an oceaslon when It has gone out that It has not saved many dollars to tho town making thu tall and when it went to Hyrum It perhaps saved many times its own valuo In tho amount of service ren-derod. ren-derod. Our mayor contends that If tho outsldo towns want protection they should do somothlng toward getting that protection. Ho advocates tho purchase of a lighter engine thdn the ono now In uso by this city, having it centrally located In Logan whoro It could bo usod nt any time to make a run to a neighboring town. As thoro are only llftoon minutes between be-tween Lognn und any of tho towns of Richmond, Smlthfleld, Wellsvllle, Hyrum Hy-rum and Providence, these towns, It is contended could own thu englno and It could bo In readiness to go at a moment's caU at any tlmo. This question will bo urged upon our neighboring cltlzons. |