Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-26
LONDON FIREMEN AND FIRE ENGINES.

A London correspondent of the Scientific Ame-
rican, writing under date of the 9Th utmo, gives
an account of the display of fire engines at the
Crystal Palace, trial of the merits Of which was
made on the Serpentine
ga large body Of the London Fire Brigade and COM
pany of Foot Guards selected to work them There
Canadian fre-engne built in Montreal which was COM
pared with the London engines, and proved superior Il
built in the same style exactly the old New York engines
Tns engine tried against two of the English engines
combined and discharged not only greater quantity Of
water, but threw it 10 greater distance. How wished
that some Of the New York Philadelphia engines had
been here think is a shame that they are not In
engines the United States exce but who knows about
that here People think the Canadians are ahead Of u.s.
confident that New York fe.engne would have come
of bearing the bell should state here that the Canadian
engine much larger being sixteen inches stroke or dou
BILE that of the London
In the Of London the small compact English en-
gines WELL they take up but little room and they
do wonders for their sze The London Fire Department or
Brigade is called is very differently managed from that
Of New York It is under the supernendence Of Mr..
Bradwood, Scotchman who planned the system. He 10
employed the London insurance companies under contract
he furnishing the engines and and keeping up the sys
tenn, they paying much, according to the property they in
The men have uniforms black leather Roman he'll
met and trim blue ock coat with standing collar In un-
dress they caps There six men, think employ
ed for each engine they do nothing else but wait upon and
manage it Of them always sleep in the engnebouses
and "ever ready" They do not drag the engine to
fe-two horses, day and night stand ready at moments
warning to be hched to the machine and their evoutons
exceedingly rapid and we'll directed. The are fine
set of fellows, trim, irony, and active they paid very
good wages and have mostly been London They
do work the engnes,he crowd the fires do ths the
from the crowd selected and paid shilling
ling per hour for their abor they managed and directed
by the regular remep and plenty of fellows be
ected at every fire. The regular femen Of the brigade
mount the laddrs and manage the hose They very
daring and supplies they along roofs and climb along from
window to window like The Fire igade is model
one, certainy-he Scotch superintendent engineer
keen wiry Paul Joneslooking chap There other
panes in London, such the West of England Brigade,
but it cannot compare with the London Brigade There
6rsngne in every barracks the soldiers turn out at the
fires, and very efficient set of remen, especially the
"Ssppers and Miners" They very intelligent soldiers,
small London engines said to be better adapted for this
city than larger ones they take up only about onethd
the room of a common New York engine They say eve
get quicker the fire than large one
This is true but large inch New York cylinder
of Agnew's Philadelphia cylinders, send stream of
eighty feet higher partial to the large engine, but
they say the large have been tried n London and
not SO useful the small There huge float
ing engines kept the Thames by Bradwood; esch
will take more than hundred work it they but
seldom used. The London Corporation has pay The
expense of the Fire Department; 10 horne by the gentle
Of the fire insurance companies, who, by very sensible
policy of John Bull made to do something for their
property. In the trial which took place between the London
and Canadian engines the did their work well and sys
temsicaIy. At fires there confusion and noise the
superintendent always hand, and s who appears
TO be every where at once"