. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. bury Park are brilliantlyilluininated. Oil lamps are used but little, and as the authorities are very active in preventing and pun-ishing the sale of kerosene below the legal standard, fires are of comjiaratively rare occurrence at AsburyPark, and when they do occur they are almost sure to be promptly squelched, for the fire department is oneof the most efficient in the State and is aided bv a water svstem and hydrant service of which the residents 22 ASIURY PARK .1X1) ITS JV/XJS OF IXfEREST. of tlic place may well feel proud. There are sixty hydrants advantageousl
. Asbury Park & Ocean Grove. bury Park are brilliantlyilluininated. Oil lamps are used but little, and as the authorities are very active in preventing and pun-ishing the sale of kerosene below the legal standard, fires are of comjiaratively rare occurrence at AsburyPark, and when they do occur they are almost sure to be promptly squelched, for the fire department is oneof the most efficient in the State and is aided bv a water svstem and hydrant service of which the residents 22 ASIURY PARK .1X1) ITS JV/XJS OF IXfEREST. of tlic place may well feel proud. There are sixty hydrants advantageously scattered about the town,and as the water they deliver comes from a stand-pipe 125 feet in height, the pressure is so great thatwater may be thrown over anv building. But dependence is not placed entirely upon hydrant pressure byanv means: the fire apparatus including two first-class steam fire-engines, two chemical engines, hook andlatider truck. fi\e hand-engines, ai;d miiiy water carts equipped with force pump and THE RABY The efficienc) of the fire department lias been repeatedly proved by the doing of prompt, skilful andwonderfully efifeclive work under the most unfavorable conditions, and but one thing is lacking to makethe .\sbnry Park fire service equal to that possessed bv any citv or town in the countrv, and that is an elec-tric fire-alarm telegraph. The general use of the telephone throughout the borough affords a comparativelyquick and sure means of giving an alarm, and a big steam whistle and a resounding fire-bell soon telleverybody for miles around that a fire has been discovered ; but the weakness of the present system liesin the liability of delay in getting the news of a fire to headquarters, and as five minutes work at the incep-tion of a blaze is generally more effective than an hours work ten minutes later, it would pay the Asburyfolks to introduce a reliable fire-alarm telegraph as soon as possible. The public-spirited Asbury Parkiie is d
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