New Britain herald., 1916-03-18


 wonders how anyone who accepts oysters can refuse them In Canton, quered the veteran Scheuv two years ago and has since made good in the office himself He expects the people will return him. MT. Ha1lin is like wise Waging determined campaign. He has host of friends in the city and with the support pledged to him this race should be the closest and most exciting of any in the republi- can field.
 Among other things. the plan for motorizatiOn of the fire department and the placing the men on a perman ent basis is giving thinkers much food for thought. The purchase of new mo- tor apparatus at the figures offered by the American La France company will give the city real bargain at an extra expense not great enough to hinder. The fire department will then be thor OughlN modern. It is presumed that the big aerial ladder at the central station will be retained with q pair of horses for emergencies until such time as a tractor may be purchased. Any fears that the heavy, motor driven apparatus may not be able to give eff
 
 snow falls is alleviated by the infor- matiOn that the American LaFrance company will give the city a pair of fire department pungs that can be used in snow emergencies. These pungs will cost the city nothing eN- ccpt freight In the course of a year there are really very few daNS when the auto service is not available.
 The proposed purchase of two pumping engines is another item not fully understood. These two engines will be exactly like the present auto chemicals except that they will be Of the six cylinder type instead of the four And in addition to the equip ment of the chemicals the new trucks will have powerful pumping engine operated by the same motor that drives the car. Thus each pumping engine will be a combined chemical, with hose ladders, etc, and pump: The value of these engines was re- centlv demonstrated at a Fall River fire Help was summoned from New Bedford and one of these engines was driven to the ncighborlng town. Ar- irving at the fire the propelllng mo- tor was switched onto the pumping en- zine and the motor was drlVen con tinu0uslv for nine hours before it was stopDcd. For each or the old steamers now in service the services of driver and engineer and stOker is required. ,l,;,c now puup will do away with the engineer and stcker and the driver after arriving at the fire can also be detailed for duty. That a couple of rood DInppinc engines arc needed is 1 shown in the growing Osgood IIill | section where the water pressure is but eighteen pounds
 Making the fire department per 1 nnancnt and doing away with the call i! system is causing storm of protest ! from thc latter and their friends The l rlan is to get four new mon this year. 1 do awav with the Callmen and then 1 with the pay thus saved engage four i teen more permanent men. This will 1 bring the total of the fire department l ,lu to forty-four men with Q minimum l of moro than five in each company. But as each man gets one 0aN off in l ecvcn. this leaves the actual working l force composed Of but thirtN-seNen l mon each daY From the ranks of the . fiftv-cicht caIlmcn the eighteen new regulars would be selected, Another i question arising from this actlon IS what will become of the ten or eleven callmen who have been m the SerFlcc t>ventv-five wears or more. It is hardly likely that the conn mission will place them on the pension list. Many have been wondering what will become Of Assistant Chief William J. Noble when the call system is abolished. The plan is to retain him in exactly nls present capacity, to he in charge when the chief is absent ana to '"9Nei ''7 as Ut present.
 Ono more thing causing some specu- ,,+;o, ie what will become of the Fire mans Pension and Relief assoclauon .oreanized eight years ago. Callmeh who have belonged since it's organza- tion have paid their $3 yearly dues, to s24. Some advocate that if the callmen are done away with they be permitted to draw out eighty