The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-08
FIRE STATION
LOOKS LIKE NEW

One OF the most metropolitan ven
lures that Ogden has taken upon her
self in many years is the recently
purchased Dayton auto
chemical which has been installed at
Fire Station No. for the use OF
Fire Chief Garfield and his assistant
| When the car has been fully equip
ped with It's glistening alarm bell
placed on the head In front of the
driver and rung by nm cxcentric at
tachmcnt to the mechanism. the city
will be provided with very attractive
and up-to-date piece of fIrc-tghtlng
equipment.
The machine has been fitted with
35-gallon chemical tank and hose
basket with sufficient capacity TO con-
tain 200 feet of chemical hose. These
are attached to tho frame work d.
rcctly back OF the seat The hose
basket was made by the Brown Iron
Works and the tank and its attach
mcnts were attached at the Becraft
Automobile garage. Excellent work
Is evident throughout and no one
would suspect that the entire outfit
was not turned out by factory MAX
Ing specially OF these things.
Instead Of a gong. Chief Garfield
has decided that neat fire bell hung
over the hood OF the machine will
add 10 the appearance and also serve
as a distinguishing feature for the
outfit. The bell viii be rung auto
matically by the engine
Chief Garfield has been carefully
tuning up the machine during the
past week and it is already In good
running condition. It's 40-horse-pow-
or i-cylinder motor Is Of The walking
beam type and works perfectly Two
search lights OF the "Presto-Lite"
make have been installed and an cleo
trical attachment will he added for
automatically lighting the lamps by
the turning of a switch as the driver
leaps into the car.
The chief entertained 4 representa-
tive of the paper yesterday with
trial spin in the new car. Going
south TO the city limits. run was
made out the recently completed
boulevard at the rate of 30 miles An
hour and while no fires were eXtin.
Gulshed IL was evident that only tho
fire-iroof qualities OF the new road
alone saved it from a severe scorch-
ing The machine worked perfectly
and proved. under the skllful guild
ing hand of Chief Garfield. most
sensitive piece of mechanism respond
Ing instantly TO the slightest touch of
the driver.
1T works Ike a watch, shouted
the chief as the car sped along the
ed lightning" aud another week will
find 1t in tip-top condition There Is
practically no vibration whatever In
spite OF the high speed we are max
ing"
The bottom of the car only clears
the ground by nine inches which IL
inmates all danger of up-settlng In
turning fast corners. The tires are
OF heavy non-skidd.ng type and the
ignition Is being adjusted so that the
engine will start from the spark with
out cranking
The fire station has been entirely
overhauled during the past few weeks
and presents a most sanitary and neat
appearance. The building has been
papered and painted throughout, tho
brass work of the equipment gllstens
like gold, and with tho beautiful
flowers and ornamental shrubbery
which has been grown on both sides
of the station under the careful at
tention of the fire boys. Ogden can
lay claim TO the most attractive fire
station In the state Ii not the whole
inter-mountain region.
Evidently all that is lacking Is an
upto-date hook and ladder truck OF
the automatic type The present
piece of aDDaratus with ltg warned
and antiquated extension ladders is
anything but llfe-saver and the men
who mounted it during a test on
Twenty-foUrth street not long ago
rlsked their lives more in five min
utes than in years ordinary fire
fighting.