. Public works . rge electric searchlight on the dash whichcan be swung to any angle and be of much service atnight fires. The cost of the truck is $9,000. New Combination for Ithaca. Ithaca. N. Y.—The new $6,150 combination hose andchemical autombile fire-fighting apparatus of Cayuga HoseCompany, No. 1, has been delivered by the American-LaFrance Company of Elmira. The new machine is of thesix-cylinder type and carries extensive hose and chemicalequipment. The acquisition of this machine makes threepieces of automobile fire-fighting apparatus in the IthacaFire Department. The new machine was
. Public works . rge electric searchlight on the dash whichcan be swung to any angle and be of much service atnight fires. The cost of the truck is $9,000. New Combination for Ithaca. Ithaca. N. Y.—The new $6,150 combination hose andchemical autombile fire-fighting apparatus of Cayuga HoseCompany, No. 1, has been delivered by the American-LaFrance Company of Elmira. The new machine is of thesix-cylinder type and carries extensive hose and chemicalequipment. The acquisition of this machine makes threepieces of automobile fire-fighting apparatus in the IthacaFire Department. The new machine was paid for as fol-lows: The company paid $2,000; the City of Ithaca, $2,000;the American-La France Company allowed $500 on thecompanys horse-drawn apparatus: and the company gavea note for the balance of the cost of the machine. More Motorizing for , Mass.—Engine 5. located at the Fayette street sta-tion, Woodend. has been motorized thus completing themotorizing of Lynns fire apparatus. The engine is a. (Mass.) Daily Evening Item. LYNNS NEW MOTOR ENGINE first size Metropolitan engine equipped with an A and Bgasoline electric tractor made by the American BritishManufacturing Co., Providence, R. I. Lynn has four otherengines equipped with the same make tractor. The other engines are first size Metropolitans, one a first size andanother a second size Amoskeog. Lynn has now twenty-three pieces of apparatus all together and Chief EdwardE. Chase evidently believes in the value of motorizing. GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE Commission Charter for Salem, Ore. Salem, Ore.—The commission appointed last fall to pre-pare a commission form of charter for this city has com-pleted the work, and tlie document will be submitted tothe Council. Should the people at a special election adoptthe charter, then an election will he held on the last Mon-day in November to nominate the officers provided for byit. The charter provides for a commission of seven, arecorder and a manager.
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