The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-22
MORE FIRE APPARATUS.
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and said that in IS inches or even two
feet of snow he would guarantee that
it couid be driven anywhere in Brat
tleboro. 1t carries 200 feet of fire
hose, 200 feet of chemical hose, a 40
gallon chemical tank. a 35-foot extern
SIGN ladder. an 1S-foot ladder and ~
foot ladder-enoueh ladders to handle
any ordinary dwelling house fire. 1t is
driven by a 75-horsepower motor, has
axes, lanterns and pony chemicals and
seating capacity for "a crew Of eight /
men. The price of such piece of APP
paratus is $4,000.
Cost About $1,000.
Mr.. Richmond asked if it would not |
be possible 10 use some of the equip /
ment OF the present horse drawn com |
bination wagon the big chemical |
tanks. etc, and Mr. Lewis replied that
it undoubtedly would and that the |
price could be brought down probably |
to about $1,000.
Mr. Richmond explained that he had |
investigated and was pretty we'll salts |
fed that the running gear of the horse
drawn combination wagon could be
converted into gear for a ladder truck
that would serve to replace the an
tiquated and unsafe specimen now
I II.
| Chief Sanders said carries one good
ladder.
Speaking Of the plan to purchase a
horse-drawn ladder truck. Mr.. Rich
mond pointed out that there is not a
/ fire department building in the village
in which one could be placed except
in fire headquarters ard there is no
room for one there.
Taylor for More Hose.
/ The meeting was opened by Linn D.
I Taylor, who was heavily interested in
/ the Grange building, which was burned
/ Sunday night. and whose insurance
agencies carried all Of the insurance
on both binding and contents, lie dis
cussed the need Of additional fire hose
and cellar nozzles or pipes.
Mr.. Taylor maintained that 800
feet Of new hose was none too much
to buy and that if one cellar pipe was
valuable, two wonld be more than
/ dOubly 50 when there was use for even
one. Commissioner Cain. during the
course Of Mr.. TAYLOR 5 discussion of
the subject. gained the impression that
tie commissioners were being criticised
for not having cellar pipe in~the de-
partmenf He said that since he had
bttH Rh iltt NbliiHttHStbti ne fidtl never
heard Of the possible need OF cellar
!, pipe until after the Ere SUNDAY night.
Northampton Set Example
This led T. G. Crosby to make the
remark that i few wears ago. when
there WIS cellag fire on Main street
which thc fire department. was lucky
enough 10 keep coutiHed TO the cellar
: because Of the opportunity to get into
il, the advtsabiiitv. Of having Il cellar
pipe was considered Northampton had
similar fire about the same time and
purchased i cellar pipe. but Brattleboro
lid not
Fire chief sanders INTERCEPTED tia
remark that the growth Of the fire lie
Partment had by no means been Oh j
par With the growth Of the town
} Engagement waxed Warm.
The discussion a. to whether go,
feet or 800 feet OF hose should tx
bought became general ana engage
ment in il waxcd warm around tn,
circle. It served 70 develop the infor
u nation thar there was 300 feet Of oil
hose ON il hand reel on Prospect hill
and 1000 feet Of similar equipment il
West Brattlehoro that was not in rs.
sunday night.
Commissioner Cain arsued that th
could have been obtained and that i
would stand the demand upon IT, III
appealed 10 Mr.. Lewis to know if hos
that was tested three years ago AN,
z found satisfactory was not all RICH
and Mr.. Lewis replied. after lie foun,
that il had not been wet moro thai
once or twice since. that he would con
slider il much more valuable if il ha
# been used once III while Mr.. Cain al
20 mitted that it might leak a little bu
that it was hose and could be use
II at fire.
Mr. Taylor maintained that hos
over two miles away when wanted /
IN hurry was as good as none at all an
IF held. as The Reformer did Monday
- that had the front walls of the Grang
bGilding fallen the majority of tn
- hose in Brattleboro would have gon
ID out of commission and that there wa
IN no reserve. Fire Chief Sanders sal
Of that every foot of hose was in use e,
d cept the ! 800 feet of old hose at Yves
I'll Brattleboro ami on Prospect hill.
Effective Point by Cain.
: Mr.. Cain AT this time made an e
~ fective point. He said that few veal
in ago there were only - hydrants in tt
90 village and that now there were liz
" that the water pressure in the bushes
4. section had been increased from 80 !
10 and that 5000 feet OF hos
m about the quantity the department hi
-. ready for use in the village proper, w;
he more effective with 10 hydrants tina
- 1000 feet or 5000 feet would be wit
bo only AZ hydrants. The argument W;
n admitted to be sound, but no one W;
~ willing to admit that it was an arg
- ment against the purchase of mo
- hose. Mr.. Cain made it plain that
= was in favor of some new hose, Il
,or diversity of opinion appearing 10
80 ON the question of 900 feet now al
500 feet year or 1900 feet now al