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Volume 076-3 - July 2022 (8 pages)
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The Seagraves Truck, Searls Historical Library.
that, one of these days. More the boys looked
at that picture the itchier they got.... Ralph
Gaylord ...was prevailed upon to write the
Seagrave Fire Company and see what could be
done about the purchase of one...
Ralph soon had a working plan... The Seagrave
agent came to our City and approved the plans;
a down payment was agreed upon together
with yearly payments and [in 1913] we were
the proud possessor of an up to the minute Red
Motor driven Seagrave Truck. .... Much work
and changes had to be made in the No. 2 Fire
House to change over from horses to motor
equipment. This work was soon accomplished
and it was a big day for everybody in Nevada
City; needless to say this was RED LETTER
DAY FOR Firemen of Nevada City, when this
big red Seagrave Fire truck drove up Broad
Street and permanently parked in No. 2 fire
House. ... Gaylord ...procured a Nevada County Bank Loan for the down payment and the
department members signified their willingness
relative future payments. Ralph started out with
a couple of blank sheets of paper seeking endorsements and soon had one 100 per cent sign
up of members of the Nevada City Fire Department to pay the balance of payments as they
fell due. Several months had passed after the
Boys had placed their “JOHN HENRY” on the
Truck Bank Loan Note with the Nevada County Bank, the question arose relative the large
debt, responsibility etc each member held. Mr
G. J. Rector attended the meeting and personally gave the Boys the LOW DOWN; very much
to the surprise of many when he stated each
and every name appearing on the note could be
held individually responsible for the entire debt
plus interest and not collectively. Boy o Boy
you should have seen the expression of the faces of many members change to a fiery red and I
would not be surprised if icicles did not run up
and down their spines. They realized that they
had signed their entire holdings including wife,
kids, even their cows and chickens away....
[Revenue from the popular masquerade balls]
and donations cash rolled in and in a surpris-