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Show FIRE STATION LOOKS LIKE NEW ' l' ' ' I One' of the most 'Metropolitan ventures ven-tures that Ogden na taken lin her-felf. her-felf. In many years Is the recently purchased Stoddard-Payton auto-, chemical, which has Won installed at: Fire Station' No:" 1 for the dr of Fire Chief Canflrld nd his assistant When thy carinas been fully equipped equip-ped with Kr ' glistening alarm 1M1 placed on the head In front of the driver and rung by an rxcenhic attachment at-tachment to 1b mechanism, the rlty will be provided Iin a very attractive jrnd up-to-date piece of f Ire-fighting equipment. The machine ha been Uttd with a 3j-gallon chemical tank and hose basket with sufficient capacity to contain con-tain 200 feet of chemical hoso. These are nttached to tho frame work directly di-rectly back of the seat. The hose iawkf-i was made, by the lirown Iron Works and the tank and Its attachments attach-ments were attached at the Becraft Automobile garage. Kxeellent work Is evident throughout and no one would Kiispoct that the fiitlre outfit wa not turned out by a factory making mak-ing a specialty of these things. Instetifi of a gong. Chief Canfield ha decided that a neat fire bfll hung over tho hood of the machine will add to the appearance and alfo servo as a distinguishing feature for the outfit. The bell wllJ !c rung automatically auto-matically by the engine. Chief Canfield nan been carefully tuning up the machine during the past week and It Is already In good running condition. Its 4(-hors-pow-er 4-cyllnder motor is of the walking beam tjpe and works perf'-ctly. Two search lights of the "Presto-Lite" make have been Installed and an electrical elec-trical attachment will bo added for automatically lighting the lamps by the turning of a switch as the driver leaps Into the car. The chief entertained a representative representa-tive of the paper yesterday with a trial spin in tho new car. Going south to the city limits, a run was made out the recently completed beulevard at tho rate of 50 miles an hour and while no fires were extinguished extin-guished It was evident that only tho flre-froof oualitles of the new road alone saved it from a severe scorching. scorch-ing. The machine worked perfectly and proved, under the tjkllful guiding guid-ing hand of Chief Canfield. a most j sensitive piece of mechanism respond lng instantly to' tho slightest, touch of the driver. "It works like a watch", 6houted the chief as the car sped along the level highway like a "streak of greased greas-ed lightning," aud another week will find It in tip-top condition. There Is J practically no vibration whatever In spite of the high speed we are making." mak-ing." The bottom of the car only clean the ground by nine Inches which II-Hmlnates II-Hmlnates all danger of up-setting In turning fast corners. ' The tires are of heavy non-skidd.ng type and the lgultlon Is being adjusted so that the engine will start from the spark without with-out cranking. The fire station has been entirely overhauled during the past few weeks and presents a most sanitary and neat appearance. The btJlding has been j papered and painted throughout, tho brass work of th? equipment glistens like gold, and with the beautiful flowers and ornamental shrubbery which has been grown on both sides of the station under the careful attention at-tention of the fire boys. Ogden can lay claim to the raot attractive fire station In the state If not tho whole lnter-mountain region. Evidently all that Is lacking Is an up-to-date hook and ladder truck of the automatic type. The present piece of apparatus with Its warped and antiquated extension ladders Is nuything but a life-saver and the men who mounted it during a test on Twenty-fourth street not long ago risked their lives more In five minutes min-utes than in a year's ordinary fire fighting. |