Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-25

from mechanic who cared for same and drove it. They have paid men to handle the machine, and this seemed to be one of the principal oD1ectlons learned that NJ. R. Joy, an associate member of the fire department, and
 owner of local garage directly be-
 sides the engine house, had Noiun-
 teered to drive the machine, ana had
 stipulated that in case he was absent,
 would offciate in his place, MT. Joy
 doing this for the next two or three years. just to help out good cause
 Result Shows EoonomY
 Middletown reported a cost of four
 horses for a four year period to have
 been nearly four thousand dollars,
 thus showing that the cost of opef-
 a.ting and maintaining the machine to
 have beenl much less than the horse
 drawn machine. The results obtained
 by getting to the fire in one-haH or
 a quarter of the time, thus getting control before the fire gained great
 headway, were much more to their
 satisfaction.
 Several recent fires here have been
 what is termed Chemical Fires" that
 is. they could have been more effectu- ally handled with chemicals, and the
 result in loss by water would have
 been practically eleminated-
 The proposed machine would have a tank with capacity of eighty gall Ions, and carries a ladder with exten- sion, approximately thirty feet long some 1,200 hundred feet of regular hose, as we'll as two or three hundred feet of hose for chemicals also car
 ries hand chemicals. and has carry ing capacity of eight or ten men. IL is also suggested installing a few more ''tappers'' in homes of firemen. so thai they would not be dependent, upon hre alarm bells, for their call.
 Insurance Rates May inereaee. Remarks were made by Mayor Me Donald. c. s. Andsm. E. C. Morse G. L. Baldwin, " V. Reed. E. M Wheaton and several others. and Il was brought forth that the insurance risks will surely increase again unless some action is taken to properly pro- tect the city in case of fire. Members who have examined into conditions 1T surrounding places. are unanimous IT saying that Putnam has the poorest equipment to be found.
 Special City Meeting Favored. The following resolution was voted and will be presented to the city council:
 ''Resolved: That the Putnam Bus mess Mems association endorses any action taken by the city council to call a meeting of the voters to ascer- tain If the city will purchase an au-
 tomobile chemical fire apparatus, This was voteS unanimously ana the discussion brought forth the fact that the Putnam Business Men are fully alive to conditions existing. and are very willing to put effort forWard tt bring the conditions up to sIanoafu u IL seems probable that the council wilt call a special meeting to vote upon this matter and that it will meet with the full approval Of the citizens The association has fifteen up-to- date committees all working in har- mony and obtaining fresults very sat isfactory, and many exceptionally fne plans are under way to improve city i and town conditions. and make Put nam a prosperous city.
 Much enthusiasm is being shown especially in regard to clean-u week l and it is safe to say that Putnam Will shine when this committee, which con- l sists of fourteen sub committees. gets | throu gh with their work