Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information by Lilyan Stratton
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three minutes after the alarm is sounded, are used, and twenty-four
men man the trucks on the platoon system. The department has a record of efficiency and the loss by fire is very low in Reno. Police Department--Reno also has a very efficient police force of fifteen men. An identification bureau and emergency hospital is maintained by the police department. Only sixteen burglaries occurred in Reno in 1920, and eight of the perpetrators were apprehended. Eleven robberies were reported and six apprehended. Reno Chamber of Commerce--The Reno Chamber of Commerce is an organization of 1,300 members employing a managing director, a secretary and a traffic manager on full time. These men maintain a credit bureau, mining information bureau and traffic bureau, and are carrying out a program of civic improvement and state development. The rooms occupy the fourth floor of the Reno National Bank Building in the heart of the city, and are used by some thirty organizations as a civic center. The business and community life of Reno revolves around the Chamber of Commerce. [Illustration with caption: THE TRUCKEE FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE] [Illustration with caption: LOOKING NORTH OF VIRGINIA STREET] Aviation Field--The municipal aviation field consists of some sixty acres of land one mile south of the city, and is headquarters for the aerial mail service. The county is building a hangar costing $30,000 and the government stations over thirty men at the field. Two mail planes arrive each day and are repaired and overhauled at the field. In the event of the mail service being extended to Los Angeles and the |
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