The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-09-13
NEW ENGINE SOON TO BE
ADDED TO CTTYS FIRE
FIGHTING EQUIPMENT
Pumping Engine OF Late Design Contracted For BY Council
and viii Arrive Within so Days Old Equipment
Worn and Inadequate

Mayer Prank CAVITY today has an
nuunced tire lease bv the city OK =
new American La-Franne FoaTulte
fire engine pslrnper 70 Be added %
the ettyz fire APPARATUS As soon IS
delivery can be made on N Mayor
Canty and Councilmen v P DeJesn
and Piacide Walker. have signed the
contracts calling for the lease with
N option 70 purchase Of the engine
a. a cost Of sis0a6
The apparatus VIII b fully equip
ed and viii be OF ~ lstest OF is
type, II viii have g 100 gallon per
minute Dunptng capacity. : 200 gall
ION booster pump wsth fnArnite gen.
orator. first aid supplies hose. lad
ders. gas masks. and other new
equipment
The decision to purchase the ap-
sratus was made after the present
Apparatus. because OF is age, has
been breaking down and the present
equipment is considered far made
quate 70 be depended upon for fight
ting fires.
The city,s present fire engines =
over 20 years old and according 20
Mayor Canty. the first was purchaS-
ed In 1918. from the City Of Hatries-
burg which had abandoned its use
Il vas repaired and put In first
class shape after being bought by
the city Of Pascagoula At that time
The following year In 1918 the newest
Of the bumpers was bought and Il Is
stin in service although frequent and
expensive repairs have been made
recently.
For the past several months the
present fire engines have been
broken down with great regularity
In the last two weeks the newer and
better OF the two engines broke down
and during the first few days IN
which emergency repairs we're being
made Mayer George Wood OF Moss
Point and the fire department there
offered TO send one OF their pieces Of
apparatus TO PascaxouIa for use.
This offer was not accepted by the
city officials because It was thought
better TO LET the city OF Moss Point
standby 70 answer any Pascagoula
alarms.
In order to do this the city Of
loss Point put on a night engineer.
at the expense Of the city Of Pascal
goula. 81 that the Moss Point equip
ment would be made available as
quickly as possible IN case of fire.
The city eouncllmen. members Of
the Pascagoula fire company and
citizens generally have walked UP TO
the emergency which exists by rea-
son Of the worn out condition OF the
fire fighting equipment
On September 3, the c0uncilmen
authorized Mayor Canty TO negou-
ate for the acquisition Of a new fire
engine and other needed fire equip
ment. Wednesday Of this week,
September Il. Mayor Canty report
ed to the council that the city's
bonded debt would not permit the
issuance of the bonds to purchase
such equipment at this time but that
the American La-France Foamite
Corp had offered TO lease to the
city a new Type-1000. triple COM
bination pumping engine. together
with other equipment needed, and
had offered TO incorporate in the
lease a purchase option giving the
city the right to purchase the APP
paratus and equipment al any time
during the lease period at the pres
ent delivery prices, plus G percent
per annum interest from the date of
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