The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-06

Winchester having a $4,650 auto
mobile hose wagon for her fire de-
partment, the finest fire fighting APP
paratus that is made and the only one
In the State of Kentucky is no longer
a probability or a dream but a stern
reality. The City Council at its reg
ular meeting Friday night accepted
the report of the committee to which
the matter of purchasing an automo-
bile hose wagonwas referred and rec
commended the purchase of Webb
Combination Motor Hose and Chemi-
cal Wagon for our fire department at
a cost of 1850.
The wagon is to be in this city
thirty days from the date the con-
tract is executed which will make il
due to arrive here the first week in
March. The Webb Motor Hose Wa
gon is put up by the best known and
most reliable concern making that
kind of apparatus in the country and
comes under an iron bound guaran-
tee with the company, to be just as
they have represented it; of the very
--latest type of the best material and
workmanship that can be obtained.
The money is to be paid in two in
stallments, one due the first of June,
1909, and the other the first of No
vember, 1909. Notes not to be ex-
ecuted until the wagon arrives and
to bear SIX per cent interest from
date. The wagon contains a forty
gallon chemical, 1900 feet of hose of
the very best make, one twenty-foot
extension ladder and all kinds of
tools such as picks, axes, etc. 1t is
propelled by forty-horse power
motor; its maximum speed is 10 miles
per hour. The vote of the Council,
on purchasing the wagon was unani-
nous.
A petition was presented to the
Council by the Commercial Club, ask
ing that the city dispose of none of
its present equipment by reason of
the purchase of the new wagon. The
petition was accepted but no action
was taken on it. 1t was deferred un-
til the next meeting. Fire Chief, A.
r. Baldwin, recommended that there
be another man out on at the Cen
trail Station and was adopted by the
Council and Maurice Stroud was
chosen for the place at salary of
$40.
Mr.. j. Napier Dyer, secretary of
the company, from whom the hose
wagon was purchased, was before the
Council explaining the merits of the
wagon and looking after the COM
pany's interest in the deal. The COM
pany will send an experienced man
here with the wagon to learn some
one here how to operate it.
Winchester can now boast of hav-
ing the best equipped fire department
ms the State. The boys at the fire
department are very much elated over
he purchase of the wagon but are
by no means in favor Of doing away
with any of the present equipment.
Chief Police Tarpy reported twelve
cases during the month with fines
amounting to $43 being imposed.
Costs, $40.
The report of the City Treasury
showed balance of 2,867,39 in the
treasury and $4,000 in the sinking
fund. The City Clerk reported $780,
SO collected during the month on IL
censes.
City Clerk, S. B. Tracy, made his
annual report of the total receipts
and disbursements during the year
which was $39,826.81 for the total re-
ceipts and the disbursements equaled
the receipts. His report was referred
to the Financial Committee for inves-
tigation to see if it was correct.
Councilman John S. Reese, from
the first ward was chosen City As
SCISSOR for the ensuing year and re-
signed as Councilman and Mr.. S. J.
Hadden was chosen to FIJI the vacan-
cy caused by his resignation. Mr..
Hadden qualified before Deputy
County Clerk, S. W. Powell and i'm
mediately took Mr.. Reese's chair in
the group of the city fathers.
1t was ordered that the City Clerk
be directed to pay off the Judgment
against the city of $40 obtained by
the Everett Manufacturing Company
at the last term of Circuit Court in
the suit that involved some wagon
beds purchased by the city.
The Judgment of $50 obtained by
81. F. Glass against the city for dam
ages to his house caused by an over
flow of the sewer on Buckner street
was also ordered paid.
Bills were presented by a number