Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1918 — Home Town Helps [ARTICLE]

Home Town Helps

GKCATLT REDUCes FIRE Advantage of Couplings Quickly Perceived by |An association 1 Jh I Ohio htty recently with the Idea of standardizing the iff^ose^‘yoUpl|ngs ; ln I tie district,- aim it wad found tnat evme of the odd-size hose couplings could be changed to standard at small expense by means of taps and dtea> Srnjshed free by the Inspection buau, reports Country Gentleman. It X:"‘sa3©'»SW could be made; but in some towns the sfee was prohibitive. operative associations are being foribthat are reaching sflvanla, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia, and demands for the taps aid dies have come Trom Ne t w The <-->-i>peratlve idea not only takes in the waterßwlv Vw&lAaaW We smaller places; and Bw rfldtefe di the several cooperative units have canvassed their districts so that now they know not only what equipment • tosend in case of /urgent call, but the available water supply, the state of the aeterbiw to be worked upon. As most of the Oiflo eqidptn^Wß- - motorized, yreinSvkable l Hine- is made in towns where there is no fire-flghjlng equipment at all but where--®—powerful combination ehrinIcrtT truck/could handle a blaze_satis.the headquarters of the city depftrtments . and,-gaining practical; experljepeq ,at first-hand in actually fighting, fire, in discipline and in cape of equip-, inent:: .->TowhS'' finding that they canpot have assistance, by reason of odd-size couplings, are ordering all nev standard and are, of cqurse. tfieir hydranta to conform to the standard code. f ;,Tbe -vajue of the city and lnterurban co-opOrativAi wheel-wlthln-a-wheel- idea is that in many cased the town or rural equipment would master the flre ; but If Ts cObld not, file heYt ’hoirqst i**fi*' place could ’ rush tile proper paraphernaMA 4b tffe roads or- by .special train, either steam or electric. The idea of interurban andrural protection is about to take another leap forward, and the plaii- is, thter ff®hio and many other’ states are spiderwebbed with trolley lines. 'Suitable 7 1 tank cars,, rfiemicsrt (-quipnieht, pumps ,and i,WX> or thore feet of hose could.be held, in at terminal points and rushed, day or night, to the nearest point to a fire. In a a second lost may make for eternity.