Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1915 — OFFICIALS OF CROWN POINT VISITED HERE [ARTICLE]

OFFICIALS OF CROWN POINT VISITED HERE

Came to Inspect Fire Department and See Town With Trees On Two Sides of Court House. Mayor Kvost, of Crown Point, accompanied by the members of the city council, the chief of the fire department, the eity attorney, the city clerk, the city engineer and three or four citizens, came to Rensselaer Sunday and inspected our fire department and our . light and water plant, gave the city the “once over”, had a spread at the expense of the Rensselaer officials at the Makeever hotel, satisfied themselves that there are trees on two sides of our county house and expressed themselves as well pleased with everything they saw. The visit had been planned several days before and Mayor Spitler and Fire Chief Montgomery had arranged for their reception. The chief purpose of the visit was to ascertain what kind of a fire fighting equipment we had here and this was displayed by Fire Chief Montgomery. The method of signaling the fire plug number and of giving the alarm was also explained. They expressed their full approval of the system used here, and it -is probable that Crown Point will adopt a somewhat similar one. The visitors were: Mayor E. A. Kvost, Councilmen D. W. Vincent, Cyrus Hayden, Clyde W. Allman and H. E. Jones, Fire Chief Fred G. Hoffman, City Clerk Lowell V. Parry, City Attorney Martin J. Smith, City Engineer T. L. Knight, Citizens Geo. Hayden, C. D. Robbins, Wm. J. Knopt, Albert J. Meyer and Fred Wheeler. The latter is the editor of the Crown Point Star, who has maintained that there are trees on only one side of our court house It is presumed that he wanted to justify his contention before the officials of Crown Point. Our fire department is all right and is in mighty good hands, and it has been demonstrated a number of times that the fire team should not be permitted to leave Jhe business district. The case of the Thos. Crockett fire last Saturday proved the value of having the team at the engine house. A bad fire was averted by prompt action, while a delay of a few minutes might have resulted in a big loss. Mayor Spitler, City Attorney Leopold, Councilman King, City Clerk Morlan and Fire Chief Montgomery dined with the visitors at the Makeever hotel.