Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1888 — A Five Company. [ARTICLE]

A Five Company.

The work of organizing a fire company to operate the new chemical fire engine and also a hook and ladder outfit which it is pro* posed to buy, is making good progress. The Town Board met Monday evening to take the necessary steps to legalize the organization. It is proposed to organize with about thirty members, of whom over 20 have already been secured. The hook and ladder truck, to cost from 8250 to 8350 will be paid for largely by popular subscription; a paper for which has already been circulated, with encouraging success. Full particulars regarding this excellent enterprise will be given in due time.