The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-19
BAD BLUNDER IN
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fifteen Hundred Feet of Hose
Purchased, but Cannot
Be Used.
HALF AN INCH TOO LARGE
Costly Supply on Hand. but Fircmcn
Do Not Know What to
Do With It.

With $500 feet OF new hose ON f+-
hands. which Is onc-haIf inch .rar-rr
than standard and cannot bc ussI i'm
connection with the present raura .f
street INdrants or the present apugrl-
tus without expensive a1tor.ff,ue t....
salt Lake fire denartmenf ir 1-.,i,,
crippled. and. again. by its own
the hose. which Is too large and cam
Hol pc coupled with standard hose OF
other standard fire apparatus. was re-
Gently ordered 10y the Citv council from
Fairbanks Morse g. 90. AL Al
furnished 10y officials OF the fire do
partment In that tIo hose is Iarre-
than than tie STANDARD size and had to be
Morse d Co. il is doubtful f'F ig ia
manufacturers viii take il back in a.
Snahse Tor standard hose. 90 ls said.
Costly BIuudcr.
ne d5iTIy = ieln ls,, or che hose each
~ llre hcadVuartcrs. When nrpuarl-
lions were being made To NUT mo Hrss
INTO service it was discovered that ir
was larger than standard hose and
consequently as useless to tho fire ds-
partnent as garden hose. The hose
cost the CITY Sl-"to. Tt required several
shipped TO salt Lake. Thc firc dCnarf-
ment was never iu greater mood az
nose. Large quantities or tho hose now
nelnE used I'm the fire department f-
unsafe. and during crisis NAV crinuie
the entire fire department
Fire Chief w. II. Glore admitted vcs-
terday that tho couplings connocffr.-
the hose were halo am inch too Iar-r
and did not bear standard thread Tnrr.
IS no hydr7ut I'm salt Lake to which
any OF it can DE connected. The rrfrr
stated last night that n remedy rufr-rr
be offered I'm ordering new counfInre
Ihese viii have Co boz equipped with
reducing shoulders, which i'm turn viii
reduce the efficiency of the hose
forming water resistance banks cvarv
IutN tcet, or where each counting fe
play.
Standard Hose.
just how the mistake was made Is
not known, or officials OF the fire de-
partuent are not willing 60 shoulder
any blame. They all know that stand
ard hose lS used I'm every mart of fHa
country. standard hose has a diameter
hose I'm receipt at fire hpadouarfers 81
three inches in diameter. Hose OF
ellnllar dimension is not used in any
part OF tho United States Coueeouorf-
manufacturers take it back. The man
uIaCturers claim that they nrcnarcd tho
nose Tor salt Lake in accordance with
! gures furnished them by salt Lake
fire officials.
When the last lot or hose was or
uered by the fire department 90 result
Cd IN lively debate among members
or the city council. Fire Chief GIore
wanted 20 buy the new hose from the
New Jersey Spring d Rubber company.
MemDers OF the CITY council were on
posed TO this and 1.500 feet OF 50oO-
loot order was given to Fairbanks
Morse x Co The New Jersey
Spins * Rubber company is said to
have received hose dimensions similar
TO those furnished FairbanSs-AIorse &
Co.. and IL is feared that the err
TOT IN buying the latest lot OF hose
viii prove expensive to the CITY.
The committee on fire department in
the city council is planning to conduct
an investigation as to who IS respou-
slble Tor ordering hose that IS not
standard in dimensions
conversationalist. He was regarded as
unusually generous.
Funeral Tuesday.
At the time OF his death Mr. Tanner
had SOC direct descendants. represent
ing rive generations They reside
throughout the intermountaln district
and in Canada. They are am reputcd 20
be nrnznnrnm.. a lo-- ~. 20 M