The old fire truck recently traded in by the City of Marion on the purchase of a new fire truck was sold Wednesday afternoon by the Central Fire Truck Corporation of St. Louis to the village of Cowden, near Shelbyville. The Central Corporation promised Wednesday that the new truck will be delivered during the next few days. In the meantime the interior of the fire station has been remodeled to make room for the new apparatus. The old truck has been stored in a local garage, and was available at night only when the garage was open. Storage cost the city $5 a month. Recently the main section of the fire station has been enlarged by the removal of the walls which divided the main room from another room formerly occupied by the controls for the abandoned white way lighting system. Throwing the two rooms together will enable the two trucks to be kept in the station.

(Extracted from local newspapers and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us )