New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-11

7ss J.oobus Turs yussmith, wss sppoinisd to tab,
charge Of the FirsEa1n.' sad 70 Keep them n fsfsr
hi. o~u cost for s.iHy u tea pogads current money
Mr. TuTk undertook sarss the Dsst year 70 "iasf a.
snsias ior MsJ i5 49, The Common Coaneil o,ssrsa
bus Turh rnahls him y - n with finishing sm.ll
he snsue hs 10 masifg Tor "a -Ap.rinsntt" Ptooa0D
Ngter4g,r T. l757-Tne Common couneil drew up pc
titou 20 the Lssisa1is 10 susb- she Cofpofaion 10
gifhin Tbs Cty -haii esled The Ftrssa ~ this
CITY ~ofk and plsy the Ffshoz!nrs within N. sane
ron al occaots ard emeEgsrcisS whsa hey shell %
tsisuato required By The Oserser Of the said Epne'
Magistrates of the said City AID that the said hfe-
men s'afeeonPepse aud reSaFe ioI thst 'ersee usy,
BY tbs same az, be eHeu.sd asd ehsnlts fon 5sns
elected and serving In tie Office Of eonstAhe or being
enlisted or 90 ~ any duty Ia the ma reg meat fooP
mpanies In the said cry OF doing Any e1y ~ shJ
q be sid Offices. during their ecnunusnee - hfeinea
sfore'si" Thi' av was passes BY th- Assembly ia
september following, and TO Suty ot hfeneo cehaea
TIE no Ice Of Engines occurs ten yssrs IN
March 7i when the Corporation "o,detsG th.t one Of
the dfesn finss ~ this Cy Of the ''eo"d ne % r,uosed
fo MONTGOMERY. Ward Of this City. near hr. h.foen-
brooks and that shed be ba hef-ahcus A. the charge
thi. Corporiuoa sor th. securing .nd keeping he
By ttis II appears that several ensinef beside
fl- fwo 0rgiasi ones were o en- Ia use TIE one Jat
o.re- vs.. dH-r-rt sirs tuuch smaller than those
fs, ordered I.ute4rtain VIE her the additional oIes
ssr- msd. hy Mr. Turk. but probably not, since both
',rs, sua ore. wsrs ordered rom Londou Tor seys
y-srs sitter this dae from the io~ius extract We
Sod hat severs Of the LARGE hreensres THE sixth ,Ee Of
N,wsh.rni belonged 10 ths CITY february y. l7i9-
"Ofi.red that M.jsr Vanhousand and Mr. PoSost %
tst- get sufficient u,e bun Tor 9m Of re
IA r fre-eHrtnc r. D. srpt IN 'me pat o. han9set
s'afiE ~ A"N lNfr"F ~ st4t'
convenience made thsrcin for hanging hty buckets
also ordered that there BE one hundred new ire
Ma i15l 80 Orie ID that Jacob Turk have liberty to
purchase xix small pain e-irmFefs for tie use OF this
Cooperation - for thu puTFase Of giving d. eetions TO
freGen during conassfaons Js< -, l758. One large
are-engiue. one small DO. ard two hand DO we're or
dsr>d {, he procured flom London. Jsy -. l76l-Mr
Turk after .sperineudins the Engines Tor twenty i've
years. s1perseded by Jscohus siout-nouIgh, who
Va. directed 70 take charge Of them at salary Of thirty
pounds. and tbs late Oyerseer, Mr. Jisoba' Tui was
ordsre tO deliver up to the said Jseobq, ~
the sid several hre-ensne' Nottmosr ~, itu@ZIhs
fremen directed to Wesr eafAsr cap, when on duty
Nay 4 VIZ Al engine was ordered 10 BE crowded ioi
the Out wri. Jily 10, M" Alderman OaaNer ltld
before this Board 81 Of the cost q two fire.
engines b-lorgn1 Thomas riller snd Alderman t'aa
tier = requested . purchase the same Sfttem't >
IRA Committee was authorized 20 purchase one
other hre-epzne Of David Huut' The three ensnes s't
probably from n ssud for a. the time t-'e
machines were in the lit OF ordinary imported manuhe
lures.
IL wa, not tin several after the close OF The str1s
gl- for Indereuds1cs thar sengiDr wore made 10 he
sud other citts They htve. however, iorg been
made here aud "a Pti.deII hia, Rost q. SC sms En-
Dimes were formerly used. b1 they have erdualy di'ap
sppeared the ranui-curefs cor hning themeiFes pfh
cp.ly 10 the ltgest The Of buckets has sso been
stsronti,u-d on acc3unt Of he appca cf
hose VILLAGE rslu.. sometimes uc'ed with
gle cylinders aud double sctos boz being more liable
dersngemsnt they are cot extensively used kotsfy
also made in some pert.oi 'Engsnd IN
tie principle Of Brsmah ard D'ekensons pumps
A. ordinary frc-er gnss are merely forcing pumps,
arrsnzed In cadages and furnished with l9Hioe pipes
to he supposed that any radical rrrovement upon
them be effected The pump i'sslt ~ perhaps NOT
capable OF naeral chang for the better scd II Is AZ
present essentially the Then used by 't'sinus
and Her q Egypt twenty centuries az: he'ce hf>
enin.s hose pipes end sir ch'mbrrs W ~ MIRO
ducei have fsrei from each other chiefly IN the car
fisges ard 10 the Arrangement and mensons o. the
puups-as he position Of the cylinders, modes Of WORK
III the pston bore direction Of tho pas,fes Tor Inc
w-ter &c In these respects the IL not much onefenc9
between European and American engines n IN the
varieties If the latter. Those made IN PhiMelp na
raber resemble French an German engine n v Isisg
the pumps A. the ends ~ the carriages sni without The
sect and chains; while New York engines precisely
the sumo New.hsms both in the Arrangement o. me
pump. and rode Of working them with the exception Of
treddlcs which are not used.