New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-19

engine, although, After all of the, ob;ect;ons h.
been offered, they were nearly oil Wiling 10 sda,it
asite from al prejudice, TIA, IL the m,.hips voulo
operate and could be supplied with water enough !,
would be first rate for heavy free in v.,eh ,u.es
among shipping or the like, where water mas, bs
poured on by the hour to drown the Ere oa,
The epgire is shout eight fee, wide. eleven zee,
b'rh and sixteen feet long. and not unlike rsv,,
locrno'ivS in appearance The running gear is CO n.
posed Of tve large wheels at the sides, sod Ia,
ore in 'front.' Of and uoder the apparatus ~ which the
drsugt sbsf f,r the horses is attached Tns wheel
Is so constructed to allow OF turning NE engine
rcuo6 in pace ss greater than its ewn length. On
the front of the enyine large cylindrical vessel
ao1rd the top and cc1ans water for supplying the
boiler, which s si,uStci q, the rear whore tse fires
are located between the back OF the boiler ard the
water chamber lie ali the pumps and mach merry by
which The epgns is operated Stretching acroec the
of the boiler. that .ae engineer in charge has
his back 20 the front Of the machiue three up
right air vessels moDopolze She space and i'm ret.-
atey adjob ny them the pu NE perform their rsvcl
tons. The cylinder is sixteen inches in diane
ter, and two feet stroke. TIE machinery appears
rather complicated but is said 10 be- in reality, of
very simple character
The maker claims that one Of these machines is
capable of throwing from 200 to 1000 barrels of
water an hour, and the engine is said to work well
through two lines Of hose Of GOO or 800 feet long
throwing the water as high the top OF the most
lofty building. IL is further claimed that in five
minutes from the time of kindling the fires, steam
enough can be generated 10 set the pumps to work.
The watereve Of the boilers is another feature in
the machine worthy of notice by this arrangement
the engine requires no trimming or ieveIing anu may
be oPcI as.d With equal facility upon tie most uneven
surface, as upon level pavement Ten men aud SIX
horses required 10 an eDgne-four horses to draw
the engine, and two horses {, draw the hose-rees,
with coo feet of 3-inch hose each. The cost of
operating each engine is IS, year, which is said
TO be no more than the expense Of working first
cless hand machine, while in capacity it Is equal to
elk OF such engines.
On the trial we observed that in six minutes and
bali after the application Of the match to the pine
shavings wood and other combustibes in the grs'e,
the engine commenced throwing good stream OF
water from her pipe. The steam engine and the
II aohine of the Exempt Company both drew Their
water om large cisterns the first through two sue
ton pipes each seven inches in dian eter, the latter
through a single suction hose not four inches In diane
fer. The cistern from which the steam engine drew
s water was constantly fed by three hydrsns, while
tina, from which the Exempts played had but one
bydrant stream running into it, The steam engine
sucked out the fluid much quicker than it could be
supplied, and was compelled to stop once for want OF
water. The Exempts claim that although they did
not want for water their apparatus drew out water
much faster than one bydrant could supply it, and
that consequently they had to draw it from much
greater de- th than their antagonist
But to the trial:
T. A single stream was forced through so feet o.
hose out of trisn gulsr nozzle, an men ana nan
in da meter to distance OF ls2 het, by the steam
engine. The single stream from the Exempt Engine
came through an inch and sixteenth nozzie' ana
reached 10 distance Of ls9 feet.
III On the second trisl, two inch and an eighth
streams were forced by the steamensine through loo
q ct Ct hose to about the same distance as the single
stream from the Exempt Engine.
Ill -Four streams were forced through Samese
bu.ts and 30 feet OF hose to great dstanee through
ronod MOBILES fve.eighths of an inch ia diameter.
This effort elected much applause, aud established
the superiority of the circular over the triangular
MOBILES, the former throwing q much more solid
stream than tina. which came out Of the triangular
pipe.
Nv. This. the last and test trial, exhibited in an
eminent degree the superiority OF steam over muscle
Hosting 80 feet OF hose to the top OF the City Hall
and facing eastward to the clock, the plpsmsn
awaited the coming of the water Forcing against
tho enormous back pressure OF the water IN such
quantity of hose, Is no mean task. IL 10 the wofx
that would be required of steam engine in this Cfy,
whore fires in the upper stories OF co'ton-sores and
similar buildings require the hose to be taken up on
the roof or through window on the nth or sixth
eoor. Both engines started about together, and the
,tresms for time were pretty nearly eqsal, though
q. both cached their maximum hight, slight differ
ence appeared in favor of the Exempt; it continued,
hovexer for but few seconds, and then the hand
angina oave out while iis antagonist was spOuting On
immense stream and go far as appearances went,
might have kept on without firing or stopping until
il had sucked the Croton Reservoir dry.
The great superiority Of steam over the old hand
engine ia. that il nerer tires. by the hand-maehne
water can be thrown to great hight for short time
bpt Il is well known and generally admitted that whIs
the hest engines in this City cam spur, be made
10 force water to the top Of the highest buildings ihe
avs,sOe altitude Of the streams thrown by muscular
power falls fer short Of this mark
TIE steam.machne during the day was under the
charge Of her builder, Mr. A. b. Latta- Inc nose
used was Of gutta-perchs-the butts being 1t
| ircbss in diameter Al the conclusion Of the day S
performances che was sen, to the railroad depot and
last night was taken to Boston. The Exempt Engine
vasunder the control Of the Foreman OF the Compa'
nv. Mr.. James L. Miller and his assistants "hen
the trial was fDsbed she was taken to her mouse 10
Beaver st., gaily decked with flags amid The CHEERS
Of the large assembage present.
Among the interesting and interested spectators ~
the trial we noticed "poick, his eye IN hne frenzy
rolling, ct ceters, vide brother poet "hen Ns
Trial was over he rushed msdly from the scene buried
him,en in an oyster cellar whence he emerged is'e
a, night little .bakey in the knees, in fact ssgse,'