The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-01
An Old Fashion Town Meeting

The adjourned session Of the Mayor
and Council on Tuesday night was still
further adjourned to Thursday night
without tr~ansacting any business and
an old fashion town meeting was
staged in its place.
there was a fair attendance Of Cit
Zens and together with the members
Of Council they entered into a pro-
tracted and animated discussion OF the
needs OF the Borough IN the way Of
fire protection.
The fire which destroyed Poland's
department store on Friday last was
sufficient incentive for such a discus
sion and those present were fully alive
to the fact that fire protection IS
an important matter in this com
munity.
The Borough is in the market for the
purchase of a modern pumping engine
together with sufficient hose and other
equipment to make il efficient.
The first speaker was H. H. Steel
ting, of Cleveland, o., who represents
the White Motor Truck Company
which also builds apparatus. His re-
marks of course was directed strictly
to the advantages of the apparatus he
represents, but he gave much valuable
and interesting information as to the
kind of apparatus the Borough needs.
He advised the purchase Of a triple
combination machine, which includes
on the same chassis, chemicals, tanks,
hose and pump, with a guaranteed
capacity of 600 gallons of water a
minute. The cost of such a machine
would be approximately. $1,000.
Fred a. Gentieu presented a propo-
sition to the meeting which met with
unanimous approval. If the Borough
would assume the cost of laying the
necessary line of six inch pipe to reach
the mains in the Village, connection
could then be had with the powerful
pumps of the dupont Company to sup
DIV u mains with much extra pres
sure of water. The water used will
be the same as that used in the VII
lage for household purposes and not
taken from the river which would con-
taminate our supply. 1t was also
understood that the Water Company
was favorable to this proposition and
would bear part of the expense. The
cost was estimated at about $1,000 for
about 800 feet of pipe and laying it.
The Connection can be made from the
foot of South Broad Street TO the
water main at the north end OF the
Supervisors Village at the Cove,
During the fire last Friday the man
shortage for fighting fire was lack OF
water rather than equipment.
When the water supply was put IN
years ago the contract was to have
nine pressure to send water from hose
connected at hydrant over the highest
building. The Water Supply Com
panv has failed to deliver the goods
as promised to put water over the
buildings by pipe pressure at fires,
The hose was effectively used and
the small pumping engine did eTfec-
tive work at the fire. What was most
needed was more water. 50 the ou-
Pont fremen connected by large hose
the hydrants at the Cove. When the
large pumping engine from Salem
connected there was a much larger
supply of water.
Laying this pipe to connect two SZS-
TENS will do much to remedy the de-
fciency of water. AS the Water sup
ply Company does not deliver The
goods paid for they should pay half.
Remarks were also made by Chez
Engineer Johnson, Nelson Munyon
Alfred Jess. Councilmen Smith, kidc
and Gillison. F. H. Elliott gave in
teresting data as to water pressure
and the present facilities for water
supply.
The "town meeting" was a success
and there is no doubt that man!
things suggested will be acted upor
by Council.