The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-01

f h".a2 n.rl 0. th" dcpArtm"nt | N. H'.u ]. assistant chief and :..ni :;ar1"u' +. truck driver.
 I"r 'lI!pn"..t nr the department ! ..'ns:-;~ "I n ":i, horse power Stewart i ..v;Dm"h.Dr 'r",E. which cost $@5"n. pi Hhi,A nIuount rh" mcuhcrs of i .i.. ...' ,aHar..'..,.s ,t',:intrd $500. s!N i G.'lE'i .te; uc .inHiari Iirr hos" i
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 .o:.,i,. '"o t@".!;,-i ..nL I!.ry r"c, { .. 'l''. lHu.'.r ...''r .ll. .A, Mu,c. : go !.ln. ,urHl-st. .uur l'yr,!, ire '>'innu.ah'rs. two n\,.. two pay ' pipes. tao +hu;otr n.Ill,.:. .m' eel ! Iar rlrr anI .N tnru out :I:;~ Tor H." lar"ThcI# w..u ..rrp iu lh" ficr
 r@. .,nrrh lire station l. l"r"t"d i' cA" o:', l.au. al rhr corner O. Main and Fourth Streets, and there 1T" 'h',r su.,.r2tj,hs where Chrmi. 'n!- ar. l"rh: ulrr on Chicken E.Il,. ,'." ar tIr Cijy Dock sni the, other rn WuIrushhy A>rnur opp"$:t" Krip- haGin's barn.
 Tir'" years a"o there wa. iu- stalled Gamr~rn Automatic Fire Alarm *!stom. containing four lines Du, for ca.h oI rh" districts i3:o wh.,u lh" 'i'y A..s bp.n d...I"d ...': :.n. 3,.. :;, '.r,' ,t.":l. hv.,... - .' n.Af'M .'.':u" rh., ".." - ;rI'. "'.! ,nI' .'.r N',i"h rorl. '... t', .".a'i.n !".'n which ;H~ a.. ,1Ar. .n r..r ,h" tr.! ..hou!d !ail 10 ring. Aui there is repeat. ,ug ha>. I.ri g ""'L, d"ai in r,'n ur.tiun with telephone calls. Thi: l"!rAraru: :. similar 10 th" #~ii,h- hoard in trIcphou" exchange. n,.A "hcn q tire alarm k t"lrphoncd 'o ,hr oiIir" th" assistant plugs in on ] inc number indicating the locality where the fire occurs. and rings the box iu that district This system "o.Fs well and Aa; given eminent satisfaction
 1 The system of paying the members 1 of th" companies for their services ] k unique. Each member it paid the sum of one dollar for rcspondin& to "a call. and fifty cents additional ia case water is turned on. and this 1 compensation holds good without r"- gard tu the length of time spent 0n each call. In order to E.: their pond are required tO SiEn the roll after each alarm, and thOs" whose names do not appear ar" not "lI titled tO receive compensation. Tn" rule is strictly adh, ,~Cd to aud. in this way, the expense is kept down tO minimum.
 The present splendid system is the outgrOwth of a very modest h"' pinninS. It was first organized in lSSG. with Jack Timmons as chief. The equipment then consisted of q few axes a%h several five gallon oil cans. used as buckets. In the fall of that year small station was established. just in front of where Bcattics printing establishment Eow is located. on Second Street. \ small bell was placed on the station and it was equipped with q few rubber buckets. and this was the extent of the fire lighting appartu' of the city until lSSS. when tho department was rcOrganized by Elm
 cry Valentine. shortly thereafter
 NIT. Valentine purchased truck. ant
 tho equipment has continued tO grow
 ever since. The progress of tho
 Fire Department has not. however
 been strCwn with roses. At first |
 met with considerable opposition, oi
 the ground that 1t was an unneCcs
 sary expense and that the trucl
 would obstruct traffic on the streets
 Some of the citizens even going s
 far as to insist that the first trucl
 should be shipped out of town as
 nuisance.
 But therc were those who locke into the future. ard foresaw the cit
 into which tho then struggling mil
 ing village was destined to grow
 They continued to work, with daun
 less courage and unfaltering faitl
 for the upbuilding of this branch
 the municipal organization, until
 few serious fires stamped upon th