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	In 1909, University City residents passed a bond issue for funds to purchase a fire engine. In September 1910, the brand new state-of-the art 90 horsepower, 650 gallon per minute, automobile fire engine built by the Robinson Fire Apparatus Company of St. Louis, was delivered. It cost $9,000. One of the first demonstrations was to show how high the water could be thrown. It went 58 feet higher than the 135 foot high Woman's Magazine Building, This photograph appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on September 9, 1910.
	This photograph of University City's first City Hall, designed by architects Helfensteller, Hirsch and Watson, was taken just after the building at 6618 Delmar Boulevard was completed. New quarters for the Police Department were in the east wing of the building. Quarters for the Fire Department were in the west wing. The new Robinson fire engine, purchased by the city in 1910, is in front of the Fire Station doors and Edward Gardner Lewis is at the wheel.
	In 1909, University City residents passed a bond issue for funds to purchase a fire engine. In September 1910, the brand new state-of-the art, 90 horsepower, 650 gallon per minute, automobile fire engine built by the Robinson Fire Apparatus Company of St. Louis, was delivered. It cost $9,000. Fire Chief Oscar J. Kortkamp is at the wheel, and City Marshall John Willman is standing in the back. Delmar had been paved with creosote blocks just the prior spring.

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