New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-20
THE STEAM FIRE-ENGINE-A VISIT FROM
NEIY-YORk COUNCILNEN
From The Cincinnati Gazette of the I7M Inst.

From The Cincinnati Ga-etteof the i7M Inst.
A few weeks since Mr.. Benz. F; Pinckney, member Of
Council of New-York introduced resolution into the
Common Council authorizing the appointment of Com
mittee of Five inquire into the practicabiy OF
ganzng the Fire Department and changing the present
system The resolution adopted, and Messrs. Pinck
ney George w. Varian, George II. Raymond, F. e.
Mather, and exAlderman X. j. Smith, appointed
said Committee These gentlemen upon consultation de-
termined visit Cincinnati at their expense and
gather what information they could Of pay depart
system. The Committee left New York City
Monday morning last and arrived here on Wednesday
evening.
The Chief Engineer of the New-York Department was
expected Thursday, and the trial of the steam fire
gnes and the calling of the entire fire department
deferred until yesterday Friday afternoon In the
time the Committee visited the several engine houses and
number of our public institutions, Miles Greenwoods
foundry, and Clifton, Mt. Auburn and Welnu Hills.
According TO previous arrangement, on Friday after
noon the Committee stationed in prominent posi-
non on tue corner OF sixth and Vnests, at 81 o'clock
and IN few minutes after the steam fire engine Uncle
"Joe Ross was stationed on the intersection.
AT oclcock precisely the signals four large red balls
in the lookout on the Mechanics Institute elevated
and every FIRE aer-b in the city tapped and each
company started with their apparatus for the corner Of
Sixth and VIes. The Citizens Gift steam fire en-
CINE just five minutes and II seconds coming from
their engine.house Eighth between Plum and West.
err'row distance of six squares. From the time the
torch applied Until steam raised sufficient to work
the engines six minutes and ortythree seconds and
nine minutes and three seconds when the passed
through two lines Of hose and leaving the nozzle.
The several companies located on the streets below
named came up in the following time:
rs On Vine between Front and Couubia-ahesd Of time
"a George. between Plum and " estsn-rOw-l min
ys Fourth, betwet a Walnut and Vine-l min 6 sec
{s. Sixth AAd SycsmOre-not
SIS. Vine. between Canal and Court min 10 sec
Gs Esst Fronts.-6 min 81 sec.
rs Webster, between Sycamore and Main - sec
Sc Cutter between Lsurell and Betts-5min sec.
ys ksce between Fourteenth aud Freenth-3
lVs. Corner Lawrence and ~ min.
lls sixth, between Freeman and Cerr-6 min.
l<s Intersection OF Vine and Hsuntonrcad-5 Sec
1879. Bank between Wes,ernrow Linn- min 80 sec
Hook and Ladder. Race between Fifth and Sixth-iOsec
II will be that within seven minutes after the first
alarm was given, ever Company in the City was on the
ground ready for work. The steam in the Uncle Joe Ross
rsred very few minutes, and both engines we're
set to work throwing water through hundred feet Of
hose one, two, three four five six seven and eight lines
at the same time, and through 2 H. ~ and inch
nozzles distances ranging from ninety to one HUNDRED
and sizty feet.
Each engine threw water through two lines Of hose into
one short section and out OF inch nozzes above the
hisn pinnacles on the Institute building perpendicular
ngn' OF about one hundred and twenty-five feet Both
engines also threw eight streams through hreequarer
lnch nozzies distance Of hundred and twenty feet
Inc engines were tested in every possible way, and the
COMMITTEE, We understand, well pleased with what
they Witnessed They say that the working Of the engines
exceeded any thing they imagined, and will
amply repay them for their visit to the West. They will
return TO New-York City on Monday