The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-18
Fire Fighters Of Zion

Salt Lake has n fire department that
she may well be proud of. The ap-
| paratus is modern md adequate TO
meet the needs of a much larger city.
| The stations are comfortable and com
modious The men in the service are
superior mentally. physically and NOR
| ally to those found in any city fire de-
| partment, and, above all. the man at
| the head of the department and the Of
fcers under him are fire fighters Of
many years experience
Born Leader of Men.
Chief Vail has seen many years serV-
| Ice in the department. and knows the
| fire -nghtIng business from A to Il. His
| knowledge of electricity Is an invalu-
able asset to the head of n fire depart
ment and Chief Vail is born leader
| of men To have been a companion
with the men I'm the department Tor
| many years and then rise to the posi-
| ton of their chief is a test that shows
UP the character of any man, and the
men of the department, one and all, In
speaking OF Chief Vail. can give moth
ing but praise for the manner In which
he has thus far handled the depart
mcnt.
All Is Harmony.
A Tribune representative has visited
the department at the different stations
and questioned the men as to the con-
ditions that now exist They all are
unanimous in saying that conditions
could not be more satisfactory TO them
than they are at the present time. They
say that whereas In former years dis
satisfaction has always prevailed to a
greater or less extent, that now every
thing is perfectly harmonious and that
they are anxious TO do the very best
they know how for the man that Is at
their head
Four Stations.
AT the present time there are four
stations. and if the ordinance now be-
fore the Council is passed one more VIII
be added, giving Salt Lake five fire
stations, all well equipped, we'll
manned, well distributed and afford
ing abundant protection tothe city.
Contract for New Station Awarded.
The contract for the new station TO
be known as No. 5. has already been
awarded and work viii commence on
It at once. This station is TO be locat-
ed on Ninth South. between Tenth and
Eleventh East. Protection Will be af-
forded by this station to a district that
has grown up very rapidly and Is in
urgent nteu VI al lllt SAutIOhr
Equipped With Steamer.
This station Will have the only
steamer outside of No l station. Be-
sides the steamer there VIII be an eX-
tension ladder, truck and u combina-
ton chemical and hose wagon. The
chemical tank has a capacity of forty
gallons The wagon Will carry 500 feet
of hose. There VIII be thirteen men at
III, a In
ant and eleven men.
At Headquarters.
At No. l station Is the Office and
headquarters OF the chief and assistant
chief and secretary of the department,
No. station is really u part of No. l,
and Is the home of the big extension
ladder truck that responds only to fires
in the business district, No. l and No,
3 stations being together as they are.
make one of the largest fire stations in
the United States.
Force at No, l.
The force at No. ! consists of Chief
Charles A, Vail. Assistant Chief Byron
r. Crosby. Capt James w. Love, Capt,
w. f. Cahoon, Capt. julius Sorensen,
Lieut.. William Fitzgerald, Joseph
Bowen. oliver Workman, Engineer
Reuben Simpson, Engineer William II.
c. Drake. Engineer c. f, Williams,
Frank Angel, Amos Moreton. George
Reid. Alfred Carlson, James Kennedy,
Andrew Eikrem. Fred Gulbradsen. A.
Kast. j c. Paul, Peter Mccarthy, Ed
ward Anderson, Charles Ciulbradsen.
Chase Smith. A. r. williams. Andy
Soder. ]. 5, Swyers, w. b. Morrison;
substitutes. Charles Sheeley and Kel-
sy Shoemaker.
Modern Apparatus.
The apparatus. which is practically
all new and modern. consists OF one
chemical wagon. one hose wagon. an
S5-foot extension ladder, two steam
er and two steamers In reserve; a hose
reel in reserve and the chiefs and as
sistant chiefs bugsies
At Station No. 2.
Station No. has a complement of nine
men. Captain, b. Young; lieutenant
w. s. Knight; r. n. Brinton. Joseph
Renzon. ]. 7 Berry, Fred Mowery, NJ
?. O'Reilly II. Robbins and f. j. Ran
dolph The apparatus consists or one
hose wagon, carrying 1000 feet of hose,
and the Martin extension ladder truck.
Station No 2 has a large amount OF
work to perform as the apparatus not
only has to answer To calls from its
own district, but whenever No l is
called out No. has to go to No. l sta
ton to protect the business district of
the city.
Nine Men ct No. d.
At No. station there are nine men.
The captain of this house is w. T Ay-
land and his lieutenant is Otto Witbeck
The others are F. II. Kempton, Harry
Price, John Oakason, Rufus Smith, G..
y. Ottinger. Harvey Handlcy and James
Murphy. Station No, has one hose
wagon which carries $50 feet OF hose
with 200 feet In reserve, and one extern
sion ladder truck The work OF this
station covers a large territory and is
very severe during the summer months,
as they called on to fight the brush fires
which rage so frequently along the
bench.
An act that is to be commended on
the part of Chief Vail is the returning