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Show FIRE APPARATUS IS IjpilATE Conditions in Camp for Fighting Fir Decidedly Poor, Particularly in the Business DistrictThere is a Remedy. Rem-edy. Is Bingham Canyon equipped to handle a big fire in the business district? dis-trict? Is there enough water in the camp to give adequate protection to property? Many wilt step up and say that with the cutting in of the dry fork water, there is plenty of H20 in this section to take care of a dozen fires, but the fire of August 17 proved prov-ed conclusively that we are not in a position to battle a spreading fire. - Then again, many will say that if this hadn't happened, and that had not happened, the fire of August 17 would have been checked, but the fact remains that this did happen, and that happened, with the result that thousands thous-ands of dollars in property went up in smoke. It is not the purpose of this story to revive memories of the fire last August, as all know that we went down with the rest, but there surely must be a remedy for the ilL One of the prominent men of the town has suggested two feasible ways of bettering our facilities for fighting fires, and both show the result of sound judgment. The first plan offered is to put in four new -water tanks, two on each side of the hill bordering the business district, with each tank having a capacity ca-pacity of 100,000 gallons. The tanks could be filled from the main line, in very short time, and it would leave the business district with 400,000 gallons gal-lons of surplus water in case of an emergency. A bond could be floated float-ed for the raising of the money for this needed improvement, and with 400,000 gallons of surplus water on hand, there is not a fire that could not be stopped, no matter how much headway it had gained. . .Th; secy nV pi w submitted would, 6e to have a new pipe line, a six or 8 inch pipe, running around the town, on the hills above, so that in case of fire, with the use of extra fire plugs, and extra water, a fire could soon be put under control. The last named method would be a bit more expensive than the first, but either one would do the work, and according to experts in this line of work the erecting of four tanks would be the most feasible at this time. It is to be hoped that the business men of the camp get behind this movement, and see that the tanks are forthcoming, as a repetition of last August may prove the wiping out of the entire community. Bingham Canyon is in a better financial fi-nancial condition at this time than any (other town In the state," and a bond issue would be just the thing for furthering the safety of our town in case of fire. " |