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56 ORGANIZATION.
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Old No. 4 hand-engine also went in part
payment for this new truck.
The present Babcock
aerial ladder truck was purchased in June,
18!> 1, and the old truck transferred to Newton
Highlands, and truck company No. 2 organized
and put in service July 1st of that year.
West Newton made its first request for a steam
tire-engine at a town meeting held March 1, 1869,
when it was referred to the selectmen and engineers,
who unanimously reported inexpedient
at the annual March meeting in 1ST0.
The following
year a similar request was made, and at
an adjourned meeting held April 3, 1871, it was
granted, and
October 2d the present engine
No. 2, a second-class Amoskeag engine, arrived
and was placed in temporary quarters under the
old town hall, where police headquarters now
are.
The highway department horses which
were used to haul it and the new four-wheeled
hose-carriage which came with it were located
in an old stable across the street.
It was transferred
to its present station June 14, 1873.
In January, 1872, the selectmen received the
following petition: —
"NEWTON CENTRE, January 25, 1872.
"To the Honorable Selectmen of Newton.
" Gentlemen,—We the subscribers, citizens of
Newton Centre, hereby request your honorable
board to have inserted in your warrant for our