Read this passage from the article:
Back then, there was a sense of competition between fire companies. Each one tried to arrive first.… Kenyon had found a way to give his company an advantage.
Why did the author include this passage?
To argue that companies cared more about winning than about fighting fires
To argue that fire stations wasted their time by mounting fire poles
To show why fire poles proved to be popular among firefighters
To show why brass fire poles took the place of wooden ones