The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-08-17
GETS TEMPORARY
FIRE PROTECTION
CITY RENTS SUBSTITUTE
FIRE TRUCK FROM LA
FRANCE COMPANY
MEET INJUNCTION
Injunction Technically Restraints
City From Use of New Truck.
Committee Rents Old One.

Under the terms Of the injunction
recently filed against the purchase
If the LaFrance fire truck by the
council the city would be technically
without fire protection as the in
junction restrains the city from the
use of the new truck.
At a special meeting of the councn
held Friday night the fire COMMITTEES
was instructed to arrange for tempo
rary fire protection pending the ad-
j Indication Of the injunction proceed
ings in the courts
7 The committee completed arrange
ments for the rental of the substitive
truck which was sent here by the La
/ France people TO be used until the
new truck arrived, at rental Of IS
per day.
The new truck will be locked anc
stored in the city fire department
building pending final adjustment Of
the matter in the courts.
I 1t ]. possible that a hearing Of the
injunction on its merits will be held
about September /. Judge Woodwards
health is anything but good and it IL
hardly probable that hearing can be
arranged before that time. Mayor Nc
Clanahan communicated with the
Chancellor by telephone the past week
and secured a promise of an early
hearing.
The truck was put through severe
and rigid tests on Wednesday after
noon. Water was pumped from
Moore's creek near North Third street
and streams Of water we're forced
under high pressure through long
hUse lines TO all that section Of thu
aity which have been sithous s-Ssquatt
fire protection all these years.
In taking care Of this section Of the
city from the standpoint Of fire pro
lection this saves cost Of approx
niately $1,000 for water mains
The tests showed that the truck
motors are capable Of forcing a
stream / l-8 inches in diameter, 500
gallons under pressure Of l65 pounds
at the nozzle. An idea Of this pressure
may be had when il is well known
that at the recent big fire here there
was less than 40 pounds Of pressure
Industries Of the city will have ade-
Quate protection as water may be
pumped from streams, ponds OF
lakes under high pressure, and re
mote sections of the city where there
are not fire plugs long lines Of hose
will reach to them and with the aid OF
the high powered pumps Of the new
truck high pressure stream may be
4 used it'll maximum results.
Following are the minutes Of the
special meeting Of the council: =
! August 1898.
r Council met pursuant to call when
h and where there were present the
= following named members, to-wit:
ID. S. McClanahan, Mayor, Council
p men G. Y. Banks, L. W. Stevens, L
A. Vaughan, f. E. Chapel, Joe Il
Love and S. NJ. Nash
Z 1t was moved by Councilman Banks
r and seconded hv COMEDIAN Nash
- that pursuant to chartered SJthority,
r to maintain the existing fir depart
p ment of this city, and to provide for
the equipment and cover nent Of
< the same, that the Fire Committee Of
4 said City be and they ar, hereby
4 empowered and authorized 10 confer
: with the representative Of tha Amer
can LaFrance Fire Engine co, Inc,
now present in the city, and MAXI
and consummate with him if practi
cable, ten porary arrangemt ats fo'
the rent for use by the city Of onS
of its fire e-gines, as said COMMITTEES
A deems necessary or expedient for tha
protection from fires of the interest
of the property holders Of said city
for during the pendency Of the exist
ing injunction proceedings now pend
Ting in the courts against the May0E
and City Council Of said City