Iditarod pioneer., 1914-05-23
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 A meeting of the town council was he'd on Wednesday evening. primarily for the purpose of deciding on the proposition ct substituting a gasoline plant for the present steam fire apparatus, but considerable other business was transacted. The meeting had been announced q week ago, and the public had been invited to be present to partlcI- pate in the discussicn but no one avaiIad hismcN cf the opportunity presented to en- lghtcn the city dads on the relative merits Of the two systems of fire protection Either there WAS uuaccountabla indifference pn this important subject or there was i'm rhcit confidence in the ability of the mem bcrs of the council to decide the question without outside advice.
 The council was called to order at g 30 by Mayor Claude Baker, and roll call dis closed al members present with the eAcal- tion of Mr Porter The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved The following bills were read and ordered paid:
 D. Hartnctt $50; Alaska Wireless Tclo graph Company, $2205 C. Johnson labor SIP; Bill Murray, labor, &&5; W, Lewis labor. SIP; J. Stevenson, labor S9.50; Northern Commercial Company &2.50.
 An inquiry by Mir MaIthy developed the fact that there WE, no ordinance regulating tho storage and handling of explosives and comb, tiblas, such as dynamite, fuse. caps, carbide. gasoline, etc, within the town i'm l* With the recent pubic scare in ml"d rhen a warehouse containing large quanti- ties of these materials took fire, endangcr- Me life and property, MT. Naltby made a motion that a committee be appointed by ;be mayor to draft an ordinance covering rGe subject Tie committee conists of Mcs>rs. MaIJby. Holmes and smith.
 It was brought to the attention of the council that a ditch or sewer on Front street was blocked by iec. "nI that waste from certain business houses on that thor oughlare Was being cmptied in the street. 4ua constituting a menace to health. Tn rect committee was authorized and in ,.ructC. tu have the sewer opened
 The fire committee, through Mir Rod~a reported its actions in carrying out the instructions of-thc previous meeting. The following telcSra:a~ had been exchanged:
 Idi;ar.I. Alaska. May l, 1914. T. C. McLu~2h.ll.
 Fairbanks Horse {. Co.,. Seattle:
 City wi-i., tu rorl4ca -lcam fire pump with gasoline. FayorS your combined n@mper. Lf yau recommend for the pur- pose mentioned. quote price f. O. b. -aattI- of suitable size Must Use two lines two and ona-haH hose inch nozzlas. Seven hun Gred and fifty feet is the lJrg2st Qistamc. ll .1clu.~iI suction, twenty.
 FIRE COMMITTEE.
 By j. C. Currin
 Seattle. Wash, May ,, I91t. j. C. Currin I&tarod:
 TweHt--hrc co,hiued S1G00; caaaci'v. 800; pressure, 90; shipment. ,ix weeks.
 FAIRBANKS, MORSE X CD.
 This means that twenty-five horse power c"ahtned gasoline engine and p4mr with a capacity of 300 gall 5ns per ,nln1te and d pressure of ninety pounds to t|r inch, can be procured for $I,5J0. anI c4a he shipped in six weeks
 3!r. Hodea stated tha. the committee had concluded to recommend the purchase of ;he plant in question: He said that with the present equipment the city did not have much fire protection. With a gasoline plant such as that recommended, water caulI b, turned onto a confa-ration in from three to five minutes. The operation of the plant was very simple and 1t would not require the services of an expert. It would be au economical plant, as the only expense .u connection with it while not in operation would be sufficient fuel to keep the engine aoHse warm. Under the present plan the matter of fuel was quite q large item, as more than forty cords of wood had been consumed during the past winter Gasoline plants such as the one under discussion were in operation all over the country. and gave satisfaction He was satisfied that with such plant there would be a,IpIc lire protection He estimated the cost of the plant, including freight charges and in 7talation, at S2 POO or $500. He csti- mated that there would be a saving on the item of fuel of at least S450 per year.
 MT Currjn indorscd the remarks of Mir Roden and answered queries of various members as to the practicabilty of such a 'Iant He stated there was no reason why the plant should not be a success and an swer the needs of the city
 After a general discussion of the prcpo ltlOn, including the details of fn9ncin, tho