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Show SPEEDING WITH THE FIRE AUTOS As a result of a complaint registered regis-tered this morning by Chief A B. Canfield of the fire department with the police and Juvenile authorities, thai exciting but dangerous pastime by which youthful drivers of motor vehicles attempt to outdistance the automobiles of the fire department during runs threatens to be ended. Tho chief stated that from present Indications It Is the desire of youthful youth-ful chauffeurs and motorcyclists to boast that during a run to a fire they have outdistanced the fire apparatus. As an incident, showing the dangerous dan-gerous character of the practice. Chief Canfield stated that during the mn to the fires at Twentieth street yesterday a boy driving a taxicab, converted into a baggage wagon, kept ahead of tho chief's auto along Grant avonue. Afraid to pass the boy. the chief reduced his Bpeed, which seemed to give the hoy great joy. a6 he thought his remodeled car was surpassing sur-passing the famed auto of the department depart-ment The chief stated that had he fried to pass the young man on the avenue, with so much traffic, there might have been an accident. During all runs, the chief declared, that the machines are surrounded by a swarm of motorcyclists, all traveling as fast or faster than the fire autos. rr |