Show CITIES AND TOWNS SHOULD MODERNIZE FIRE DEPTS NOW there Is 13 no more legitimate held field for the spending of public works arks funds than improving and mod mo drolz ing local ire fire departments such work cornea comes under the head of essential municipal improvement it Is in the long view a self liquid acing project ahagh A high fire loss increases taxes raises the cost of 0 ansur ance creates unemployment and la Is a barrier to business A low tire fire loss 1033 Is khe ithe friend of prowess prevents loss of business interruption of trade and population decrease the creation of a first class fire department manned with an experienced person not nel and provided with standard apparatus Is i great public service comma communities dittes can now achieve tills this ideal fire department much more cheaply and easily than in the past auty 10 percent of the tha fund they aliey bor row raw from the tha federal government continued on pass pase 4 V I 1 TIME TO MODERNIZE continued from page 1 must be returned the other 30 per centis given them Ta interest terest rates are extremely low and the principal can be repaid over a long period perio dof 0 o time for a community can make fire department improvements that thru ordinary channels of financing would cost wellin access of the same rel relation atlon obtains in the case of larger or smaller expenditures thousands Thou ands of american community comm uniti ties are operating today with substandard fire equi whose efficiency fi fici ency Is always doubtfully doubt full thousands of others should replace old e qui with new the public works bill has given them the opportunity to remedy conditions which menace the life and property of every citizen |