Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-12
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available to draw the hook and ladder, and in case of fire outside of the very heart of the business section, the mem- bers of the department would be help less if ladders were needed A ire in the business section could be fought hy bringing the ladders from the fire barn by hand. but this would not be practical should the fire be at any distance from the headquarters. Every member of the council is aware of the seriousness of the situation and they all agree with May or Marcy who at the last meeting stated that if a special meeting of the voters is called for, and the matter is then turned down by them the responsibility for serious fire in the future, should the 1remen need ladders and not be able to get them would rest with the voters | and not with the city's governing body. The report of MT. Byrne at Tuesday's session dealt largely with the probable cost of a new piece of apparatus. and
 the various types of truck that would be available. The report states that the committee has been able to locate one piece of used apparatus that has been turned into a large automobile manufac- | turing concern. This concern will equip the truck with new material and offers it at considerable reduction from the | price of a new machine. It is then pointed out that there are three classes of apparatus available. First machines designed and built especially for fire work. Second, fire apparatus mounte | upon commercial chassis which has | been changed over and adapted to fire work in such details as drive, length of | wheel-bas and type of tires Third, a l commercial chassis upon which the nec- 1 essary equipment of ladders and other | fire fighting appliances can be mounted | 'ither by the city itself of by the firm l from whom the cha ssis is purchased. The committee states that this type of ma l chine would have to be at least two- and-one-half-ton truck chassis with d wheelbase of at least IS feet, and equip l ped with cushion tires.
 l In touching upon the price of each of l these possibilities. the report says that the cost of fire apparatus built and de- signed for fire purposes and msnufac- l tured by companies specializing in this | type of truck varies according to size | and horsepower of engine. and also in ac- l cordance with equipment. The second | type. that of fire apparatus mounted on | a commercial chassis. costs from S7000 l to $S.500, varying with the equipment 1 The final proposition. a commercial
 chassis upon which the city could mount ' | lows: cost of chassis with heightened
 wheel base s450O; cost of equipment.
 ladders. lights etc, s25O9: tire changes, etc, $500: total s7500. The above prices do not in any case cover chenli- | cal apparatus for which about $76O
 should be added.
 | Alderman Byrne pointed out at Tues days meeting, as he did at the meeting i week ago, that in the long run it does not pay to buy cheap apparatus The strain of a fire truck is severe at times and unless the apparatus is well butt
 and fully guaranteed. the city might be
 called upon to pay perpetual repair bills.
 For this reason he believes a good truck
 should be bought. However. whether a
 truck is purchased or not rests with the citizens, who will express their wishes at
 the meeting Wednesday.
 A heavy thunder shower late Wednes- l day afternoon broke up one of the hot
 test days experienced in Putnam this
 summer After the rain there was re- 1 freshing breeze and the atmosphere was much cooler.
 Mrs. George L. Padgett of Fremont | street. is visiting friends In Townsend | Vt.
 The Connecticut Company. which op- crates the trolley lines thraugh Putnam.
 
 division. Tuesday the first of the newly
 painted cars ran through this city The
 cars are bright yellow with white trim
 mings. The word Connecticut in large
 red letters appears on each side
 Manager Carl T. Kent. MT and Mrs
 Charles Thayer and daughter Gather
 inc. MT. and Mrs. D. N. Stahl, the Misses
 Alice and Ernestine Sherman, represent i ing the Putnam exchange Wednesday
 attended the outing and clambake held
 by employees of the Southern New Eng Hand Telephone Company at Golden Spur
 near Mantle.
 Rain may have interfered somewhat 1 with the plans, and probably reduced the
 attendance, but it certainly did not dam | ren the interest of those who gathered 1 in Ponfret Wednesday afternoon, at ex- i ercises held under the direction of the | Colonel Daniel Putnam Association. and
 two tablets in memory of General Israel | Putnam were dedicated. AS it was the attendance was large, and included 2 l number of notable guests. among them
 Mrs. George Maynard Minor. president
 general of the Daughters of the Amer
 ican Revolution.
 | 2S0 at the estate of Lieutenant 4, B.
 Lapsley. It was on what is now the
 Lapsley farm that Israel Putnam first
 made his home after coming to the Con
 necticut colony from Massachusetts where he was born. The tablet erected
 at the Lapsley farm commemorates this
 fact. Ernest Ellsworth, in behalf of the
 Colonel Daniel Putnam Association