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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, August 5. 1952 Central Point Rural Fire District Gets Discussion By City, District Heads Central Point "If Central Point and the surrounding rural fire district combine their equip ment and resources, we can have, a fire department second to none in Oregon," Councilman Bill Abbott reported to a com bined group of councilmen and fire district directors last night. Abbott, chairman of the coun cil's fire committee, had just re turned from a visit to nine rural fire districts in the northern part of the state, eight 'of which operated out of a nearby city, and reported on what had beenJ found. He stated the belief that the rural district could cut down its assessed millage to approximate ly two mills or less next year (the current assessment is four mills), .and still have enough money to start a sinking fund to replace depreciated equipment. Suggestions Repoiied A number of suggestions on a tentative basis were reported to both the council and directors by Abbott. He offered them as a starting point for city-district negotiations. They were that the city would agree to house the rural equip ment for S75 rental each month; the city would use this money to put into a sinking fund to build a new fire station; the rural dis trict would buy one additional piece of equipment. The city would agree to man the rural equipment in return for use of the rural equipment in town; the rural district would pay all gas and oil and repairs on its own equipment, and sep arate accounts would be kept for each group's equipment; the city fire chief would be in charge of, and responsible for, operation and maintenance of all equipment, and that he be held accountable to both the council and district. Would Increase Pay That the rural district pay one-half of the fire chief's and assistant fire chief's salary; if an agreement is drawn, the chief's salary will be raised to S30 and assistant chief to $25; the rural fire district would' pay half of the $75 monthly pay- Southern Pacific Plans Radio Use On Siskiyou Line Extensive radio communica' tions systems are being installed by Southern Pacific to facilitate train operations in the Sierra cascade ana faiskiyou moun tains, enlarging the railroad's al ready heavy use of electronics. according to D. J. Russell, presi dent of the company. -Freight trains operating over the Tehachapi mountains and along the southern California coast have been equipped with radio for some time, Russell said. Use of radio to speed com munications in large switching yards of the railroad has been increasing rapidly for the past six years, he added. Early Installation Due The new installations are ex pected to be completed before next winter. In the -Cascade, mountains of western Oregon, radios have been installed temporarily at Eugene, Carter, Oakridge, Mc Credie Springs, Wicopee, Cru zatte, Fields, Cascade Summit and Crescent Lake, and before next winter will be on all freight trains operating over the Cascade and Siskiyou moun tains, Russell said. Three Frequencies Used In its mountain radio installa tions the railroad is using three radio frequencies, one frequen cy reserved for train crews in communicating between head and rear end of their trains, one for snow fight lii g equipment, and the third i'or communica tions with or through the fixed stations. In the yards other fre quencies are used for the switch engines and the walkie-talkies. Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at 5 30 p.m. for following day: 10 a m Monday for Monday: noon Saturday ment to the department fund. The rural district would pay each fireman on a rural call $1.50 a call and $l-an hour, or a fraction thereof, on rural fires when out over an hour, with Jhe district being billed each month for services; that a written agreement be drawn between the city and rural district setting forth the duties and responsibil ities of each party for a five-year period, and that the agreement be subject to change at any time by he majority vote of both parties. If a fire is in the city and rural district at the same time, each party would have priority over own equipment; and that the city will allow any of their equipment to be used on rural fires where needed when avail able. Cost Outlined He outlined the approximate cost of such an agreement with the city to the rural district as S3.220, including purchase of a new truck. A summary of the activities of the city department was also made to the directors and coun cilmen. Central Point has 18 ac tive firemen using two city trucks and one rural truck with tanker support. The city governs the department and the chief and assistant chief receive $25 and $15, respectively, on part- time service each month. The city also pays the depart ment $75 each month to be used for whatever the membership decides (usually put back into equipment). In the first six months of 1952, there were nine rural calls .using a total time of SV2 hours and '65 men. The per centage of rural calls to city calls was eight to two, according to Abbott. This percentage was the basis for the division of ex penses between the city and rural district. Directors A. C Thompson and C. ,C. Hoover both stated that "there should, be some mutual agreement between the city and district no' matter what plan the district decided to work under in order that the resources of each could work for the benefit of the general public cc cerned." 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