Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-23
MOBILE FIRE
DEVICE SAVES
THOUSANDS
Apparatus Needed by AIbu-
QuerQue Proves Best Invest
ment Ever Made in City Of
San Diego,

That the automobile chemical fire
engine is the best investment ever
made by san Diego is the statement
made by the fire chief Of the Cali
fornia city. This device. which is AL
huauerquc's greatest fire fighting
need, abs proved its success every
where. Henry Brockmeirer, for
many years a resident Of Albuquer-
que, now of san Diego sends a clip
ping on this subject from a San Diego
newspaper with the following letter;
San Diego, Cal, June 20.-Editor
Morning Journal: A short time ago
The Journal contained an editorial in
regard 20 the automobile lire apparat-
US. You are on the right track and
to help You prove that you are ! en-
close Q clipping from the Evening
Tribune of Friday, June II, 1910. The
chiefs statement is short, but 1t is
right to the point. The a~uto-chem-
ical here IS @ combination nose and
chemical, very much like Albuquer-
que's wagon. If yours were an an
to wagon, you would increase the ef-
ficicncy OF your department or
thousand per cent in the outlying dis
tricts, and more than 100 per cent in
the business district. The San Diego
auto-chemical would have been ut the
aIldley hail fire from your downtown
station. ready for business in four
minutes. Ny home is . i-2 miles
from where the auto-chemical is sta
toned; another, propelled by horses
is q little less than IL mile distant.
Recently . fire occurred beyond my
place. The hose Wagon passed my
place only two blocks ahead Of the
auto wagon. =
| take an interest in the fire appa-
ra'us and still AXE al interest in the
albuquerque department because I
was once chairman of the fire cofn.
mites. There would be no mistake
IN getting Il good auto-chemicai and
hose.
Hurrah for statehood
Yours truly,
II. BROCkMEIEft.
Tho clipping from the San Diego
Tribune is as follows:
The monthly report Of Fire Chief
Louis Almgren covering the month of
May was turned oVcr to Superintend-
ent Of the Department OF Fires and
Sewers A. L. Dodson this morning.
The showing made is exceptionally
good, the losses by fire for the month
being but $5S0.35. This is considered
an exceptionally good average, ana
according 10 the fire chief rs attriltI.-
able almost entirely to the ability OF
the automobile chemical to get to the
scene Of 9 fire and e%xtinguish 1t be-
fore 1t has gained much Roadway.
According to the report, 81 alarms
were responded to during the month.
Thirteen of these were extinguished
by the auto chemical before any SER
ious damage "a done. The only SER
ious loss during the month was a
fire that occurred outside the city linn
its, and at q place where il was inn
possible TO give more assistance than
the automobile chemical could pro-
vide. Being outside the city limits it is
not o part Of the report.
When asked to what he a%ttributcd
the small fire losses the chief said:
First and foremost to the auto
chemical. In these days the only real
ly efficient fire protection is that fur
nished by automobile apparatus. Tho
~auto-chemical has demonstrated that
It is the best investment the city has
ever made and when the two other
pieces of automobile apparatus arrive
here, we will be pretty well protected.