Milford chronicle., 1955-04-01
CARLISLE FIRE COMPANY DOES
GOOD WORK


Four fire alarms were answered by the
Carlisle Fire Company of Milford last Sun
day. While not normal, this number is not
a record breaker for the company. What
impresseS us with the membership of the
group is the willingness with which they
respond to the call for assistance in all
kinds of weather and at any hour of the day
or night. 1t is amazing how quickly the first
truck leaves it's quarters after a call has
been received. Others follow quickly. One
Of the best equipped fire-fghting organiza-
tiOns in our state, the Carlisle Fire Company
owns and maintains at a high state of eff
cheney a total of six trucks. The newest is
a combination pumper and tank truck, which
is equipped with fog producing mechanism
which is highly efficient in fighting most
types of fires. A rescue truck provided by
the Office of Civil Defense will provide
useful adjunct in case of disaster. And the
ambulance, donated by the Milford Lions
Club, is making trips of mercy every day
in the year.
The members Of the Company are en-
thusiastic and regular attenders at fire here
An average of twenty-six men per fire ans
wered 178 calls during the year 1854. That is
a record which speaks for itself and which
calls only for praise and support by the
people of Milford and the surrounding terri
tory.
For years we have felt that the company
is handicapped by the lack of an aerial truck.
This badly needed piece of equipment could
easily pay for itself at one dangerously To-
Gated cOnhagratiOn. We watched at the Plaza
Theater fire several years ago when Dover
firemen responded with their aerial truck
and made an excellent contribution to the
fight to contain the blaze within the doomed
structure We again saw the value of such
an apparatus when Calvary Church was de-
strOyed few years ago. Again Dover came
to the rescue. Still another fire which dem
onstrated the need for such equipment was
the Ruby Vale residence. Few knew of this
instance, but two firemen were in danger
of serious injury or possible death, when
aluminium ladders which had been hooked
on the roof buckled. Fortunately, they were
unharmed but the potential danger was there
just the same. And more recently the Hotel
Norman fire one week ago demonstrated the
need for an aerial truck.
We are writing this because we honestly
believe that the Carlisle Fire Company
should have such equipment added to its
excellent group of fire fighting trucks II
Will be costly. There Is no question about
that. But the saving of one life, or preven-
ton of severe injury to even one member
together with the tremendous saving of prop
erty merits such expenditure. Should the
members of the Carlisle Fire Company en-
bark upon fund raising campaign for the
purchase of an aerial truck our citizens, anC
citizens OF nearby communities, should con
tribute literally to the fund. We offer this
suggestion for careful consideration.
$500
PURE AND IMPURE ELECTRICITY
It's obvious from the squabble over tn,
Dixon Yates contract and other such events
that the public power advocates regard tn,
electricity that comes from tax-supportet
socialized systems as pure-and that whicl
comes from taxpaying private plants as i'm
pure.
The Wall Street Journal had an enlighten
ing commentary on this. 1t said: Zone of tn
things that has made the public power stal
warts throw up their hands in horror owe
the proposed Dixon-Yates contract is tn
thought that a private power company
perish the thought-WOuld be furnishin
electricity to the IVA.
s"Public power is public power, so tn
IVA refrain goes, and private power is bt
yond the pale and never the twain shOul
meet.
well, we have just been looking at tn
annual report Of the Louisville Gas and Ele,
trio Company. We see that for some tin
now the IVA has been calling on the Louis
vile company for help whenever it ran shol
of power Let the rains slack off and lowe
the water level in IVA dams and the All
thority hooks in with the private compar
to fill its electrical lines. Last year this W;
no small business. Louisvilles sales to TV
in 1854 totaled S4,251,868 worth of ele
tricity. We haven't heard any speech,
on the floor of the Senate denouncing
And we haven't heard that this mixing
private power with Government power bic
out any fuses.
eve don't suppose this bit of intelligen
will dampen the fervOr of those who thiI
iva viii be contaminated by Dixon-Yat
power. But it ought to perish thoughtle
argument.