The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-07-25
GASOLINE SUppLAATS HORSES
Fire Houses and Police Department to
Have Full Equipment of Autos by
Gift Made by Local Company-Big
Plant to be Greatly Enlarged.


appreciative of the good will Of the
city Of Kenosha and it showed its ap-
probation on Thursday afternoon
when after the members of the COM
mon council gathered in special SEES
sion had agreed to grant the petition
of the company for the vacation of
the sOub-ends of Market and Charles
streets and an alley in the block bound
ed by them in order to permit the
growth of the big company, by maklng
magnificent present to the people of
Kenosha.
The present was complete motor
equipment for the police and fire de-
partments of the city. Thanks to the
gift of the Jeffrey company, Kenosha
will have the great distinction Of hav-
ing the best equipped fire and police
department of any city of the size in
the United States.
When the company filed a petition
for the vacation Of the streets to the
company Charles 7. Jeffrey, the presi-
dent of the company, appeared before
the council and declared that while he
was aware of the fact that the COM
pany could not purchase property which
was a part Of public streets, that the
company was not seeking anything for
nothing. After the council had agreed
to open the way for the enlargement
of the big plant, Mr.. Jeffrey explained
to the council his idea of what the
value of the property was. His prop
osition was to make the following
donations to the city.
An automobile truck for the North
Side engine house (now in commits
stony valued at $4,000.
A completely equipped automobile
fire truck for use in the West Side
station valued at $4,000.
A completely equipped automobile
patrol wagon for the use of the police
department, valued at $4,000.
A runabout for the use of the chief
of the fire department..
A runabout for the use of the chief
of police and his department.
All Of the brick in the paving of the
portion of Market street vacated TO
the company.
This, declared Mr.. Jeffery would be
the gift of the company to the people
of the city of Kenosha as an express
sion of thanks of the company to the
council in making possible the further
extension of the big plant.
In addition to this the company will
at once begin the extension Of the
plant it having purchased all of the
clock surrounded by the two streets
and this property will be made the
site for one of the handsomest office
buildings ever erected by any corpora
tior in this or any other city, In ad-
dition to this the steady growth Of the
big plant which has been continued
ever since the first Rambler automo-
bile was made in Kenosha, will con-
tinue without interruption and the
big "white wings Of the plant will
be extended to cover larger territory
and to increase the prestige of the
Jeffery company as one of the largest
makers of automobiles in the United
States.
The value of the gift made to the
Jeffrey company to the city can not be
in dollars and cents. The
fact that Kenosha will be the first
city in the state, and in fact of its
size in the nation to have a fully
equipped motor police and fire depart
ment will give the city wide note
among the cities of the state and the
country. The actual saving to the city
by the adoption of motors to take the
place of horses will be exceedingly
large as the cost of maintaining the
two departments will be greatly re-
duced.
With the installation of the motor
trucks in the various houses and for
the police department. the city will be
able to dispose of all of its old equip
ment, and it is expected that the sale
Of this equipment will bring to the
city beween three and four thousand
dollars in cash. In addition to this the
motor fire trucks will be of so much
value that the necessity of erecting
new fire house in the west part Of the
city will be delayed indefinitely as
with this splendid equipment it will
be possible for a fire in any part of
the city to be reached by fire truck
IN less than five minutes.
The Jeffery company has always
taken a great interest in the develop
ment of the fire department Of the city
and it was this company that gave to
Kenosha its first automobile fire trick.
Kenosha, the haRe of the Ramleler,
will now have a department. complete