New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-05

r., y, rHx SrIAx FIRE ExGIsE.-B1 S'ey :
- Al he foot OF South-si a. vet a. ne ih7
~; GA lie east sice Of the ,sia, Was glsai
Uni Of attraction for ali Eho ts&e an iotefess IA VIZ
E',A Department a. - presebtc0 shlu'e', as We"
-. tho desire 10 see the presen, syse n a)slsos',
- rs ,ocye In accordance wifh the progress OF t'5
- ,douted in lite stead. The Occ ison " IS tie "a
= he steam FIRE engine "Nil-s Grs-owo d, oah. a,
Crespsti for the city OF Boston, which was a,ohs
an the lower end Of the wbzf Win steam - ~ 80
c,ion poe set in the basiDg from the side OF zoe
do1k Al about quarter past cie:k ine smrpios,
,hs vharyes and the warehouses; IN All o"e1.o 80
vv,e thropged with spectators, and VI iyoi nliH'
With the members of the Council hasng -,
steam was put on the apparatus aad Two nv
st,esms az W stsr we're forced through nose 49,
20 feet long the two p5emen SHADING s-e " 80
Tbe streams thrown were OF inmehse souo a. q
fuly double if lot three times the tnIcehess "
Of the largest spout,ng engine., anu MI sstoosb
sideripg the weight Of waller, that was fu'y eSA'"
ing. ,.h,ed va. An inmsnse NUN.
her of our freneD, with the hrv funle iIoii az Sc
80. "a tie cjty and feeling OF opposliion was
,"s,;fsstea 20 the apparatus that would have been
m ,nsss.nt TO those 10 charge Of It, Va tney Dol
Zen u, ssre Of its power ana ability ID 90 al tus
90 nronfe ed Of it. AZ soon, however 80 tue ste an
80 n. mi be I'D way and the volume OF water sweued
- ;,s ful CO pscty all opposition was drowned 10 af.
,,;,atiop OF its performance. Toe streams contnuea
uninterrupted the power at the levers ad nD nor
dd the streams faulter but )ntinusd steady aed Hn
checked so long as they were required. 20 ol sucn
strtans carried 10 the upper part oil a oahIing 10
flames by some Of our energetic HOOK anu IL sa1e,
men would drown out fire from garret 10 csiar l.t
the combustion be ever 50 great, Id Yen minutes nis
Such was ibe opinion OF all nelgen' persoh7
Duripe the fine of the trial. the Union suction was
broupbt on the ground and put 10 operation wtntue
nonss nj of the Mayor. II worked remarkably wen
Tor lis sze and at brief intervals but the eomparson
only stentd more strongly to convince all present VI
The ,upe,ioriy OF the steam apparatus over the oes'
Of the baud mschnes now in use. The lhtrodlction
~ ci,,erps for them would Of course be necessary,
but that The steam fire engine and paid department,
With cisterbs instead OF hre-plugs, VIII ultimately be
ADOPTED in Baltimore in place OF the present system,
with its many grev0us appurtenaDces, there can De
no manner OF doubt II IS To be hoped that or pres
emit CITY Council will set the ball in motion for rs sc-
complishnent, 8ld there is no doubt that when once
baltimore American, "a
ERIE AND THE LAKE SHORE RAILROAD The
counsel Of the borough of Erie, Penn, and the Ceve
land and Asht9bula Road Company we're before the
Supreme Court at Philadelphia last week. on inc
question of the right to extend the track Of the latter
10 come clion within the borough with the ORTIZ
esst Road As the same issue 10 pending before the
Erie Chcut Court, final decision was reserved,
but the Court intirnated that they considered il a
great wrong on the part Of the borough TO prevent
"the com cton by violence iustead OF having the
illegal question first settled, aud tina. to save such
troubles, further time might, on proper motion, De
granted for executing the decreeSa the Gaze oil t1e
Northeast Road 10 preserve the old connection.
The time now fixed expires In March. se i0od re-
newa Of sixty days in the right Of tue Western
Road to pees through the borough is deoisd, would
carry the business OF the two roads into May, whea
The Lake will reopen navigation between Cleveland,
and Dunkirk.aud Buffalo. lCieve PlaindeAler, ols,.
DEATH or Coll. MARTIN Many will remember,
with interest the activeminded and sprghtly writer
for The Commercial in Curtisss tIne SIC. Coll. Mar
tin. He died at Newport, KY, on Saturday after.
pooD,.of upg fever, aged 40 years. He was con OF
Jonah Martin pioneer of the rtird w ard, st iis-
ing. He learned his trade, of printer, in The Adrsr-
tiser office with MOses Dawson. de, With lew prac-
teal printers. started The Message. He atterw lrd
was connected with The Enquirer, and as We stated
with The Commercial. Cincinnati Gazette.