A new fire station would be built, but the question was, where? A park was one of the possibilities.
From the Arizona Daily Star, Thursday, august 17, 1916:
Fire Station Will Be Located in City Park Currently Reported
Would “Beautify” Natural Beauty Spot, Its Advocates Argue
Although the report of the committee to select a site for the new fire station on the north side has not been as yet made public, it is understood that the committee has chosen as a location the city park on the north side between First and Second streets and between Fourth and Fifth avenues.
The new fire station will be located within the park and will face wast, thus fronting on North Fourth avenue. This is thought to be the best street on which to get out of the station on. It is the street the subway is on.
It is the plan to build a Mission style fire station and to surround it with three and shrubbery, thus adding to the beauty of the park instead of allowing the building to detract from the park effects.
With the building of a station on the north side it is believed that the whole department will be motorized and horses done away with entirely. It has been proposed to see the old fire engine and purchase two new triplet motors, carrying hose, engine and chemical apparatus. With the present motor chemical it is believed that this equipment would serve the city for a number of years to come.
The department has $14,000 approximately at its disposal and will get credit for horses and the old fire engine.
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This was the day for the police committee meeting, in which a number of items of interest would be discussed including complaints against officers.
Police Department Inquiry Occurs Today
Probe Follows Sergeant’s Letter to Paper Defending Revenue Officer
Police conditions in Tucson will be made the subject of an investigation by the police committee of the city council at a meeting this afternoon at 3 o’clock in room 2 of the postoffice building.
Among other matters to be probed, will be the release of Revenue Officer Nick Brown, of Phoenix, by Sergeant James Sullivan some moths ago after he had been arrested the evening before by Patrolman T. S. Sullivan on a charge of carrying liquor into the restricted district. Sergeant Sullivan has received a summons to appear before the committee and it is probable that other witnesses will be asked to appear.
It is stated that there will be a number of other matters to be brought up at the meeting of the committee and it is promised that publicity will be given to every thing brought out at the meeting.
Sergeant Sullivan’s action in the matter were entirely free and above board. In fact, the manner in which the case became public was from a letter written by the sergeant to a local weekly newspaper protesting against the injustice done to Mr. Brown in an article dealing with the matter.
Wind at a rail yard cased a lantern to blow out at the most inopportune moment.
Like Breath of Cruel Fate, Wind Blew Out Lantern, Yardman Hurt
Impossible to Give Stop Signal, Two Strings of Cars Collide
The sudden snuffing out of his lantern, which made it impossible to give a stop signal to the engineer, is the explanation offered for a collision in the Espee yards yesterday morning at 4 o’clock in which M. P. Stevens, a yardman in the local yards sustained serious injuries to his head and right arm.
According to the investigations of local officials, Stevens was riding on the head car, a boxcar, of a string of eleven cars moving eastward on track No. 9 for coupling with another string of cars.
On approaching the other string, Stevens failed to give the signal to stop and the cars crashed into the waiting string with the result that the head boxcar of the moving string was doubled up by the heavy tank car following it. Stevens in the meantime had walked back to the end of the boxcar and was climbing down the ladder, presumably to give the signal to stop, which he was unable to do when his lantern went out, and was caught between the telescoping cars.
On account of the fact that he was on the ladder, his injuries were not serious and it is probably that this saved him from instant death.
He was rushed to the Arizona hospital and given emergency treatment immediately. It is not believed that his arm will have to be amputated.
Stevens had worked for the company two months. It is said that he has a wife in Texas who expected to join him shortly.
