The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-18
THE NEW FIRE ANNIHILAToR.
Trial OF the steam Fire Engine-Excitsnssne
In the Parh--stesm w. maseIe-sesnes, Ia
cidents, &C.. &c.


Trial OF the steam Ffre Engsne-Excitsnssne
In the Parh--steana w. maseIe--sesnes, In
cidents, &C., &c.
An Immense concourse Of people assembled yestsrdsv
morning In the Par 10 witness long tahed Of trial
Of the Sow steam fSe engine Miles Greenwood -hieA
was annou sced TO corzc of at ten O'Clock Additional
interest wss added to the exhibition by thu fac, that
the Exempt arc engine company had sfninsd their in
tenton 20 eempete with their engine Originally AZ.
double dscker) against tho candidate for popuia,
favor. Long before the nme specified vast crowds
might be seen vending tbeir way to the Of TIM
proposed trial. asfby ten O'Clock thce could not havs
BEEN lees than zen thounaad persons In the Park.
The rompstins engines lay Alongside tho City
hlb In font OF Me oGcs % tho Chief OF Police,
and were supplied with watey from the public CHS
tern at that place. The polics Arrangements we're
excellent large posss being In attendance and the best
Of order was maintaineddu the day. The ground
cleared 10 the distance OF hsndrcd afy feet
In every direction from tie compeDJ engines the crowd
being kept back by chains and every point guarded by
the policemen None SLOWED within the enclosure
but the members Of the press, tho prominent members
Of the Fire Department, anoa few nvi,sd guests. Al
though the trial announced TO come on st ten
o'clock, II after eleven before the re kndisd
IN the engine and half past eleven before the machines
were fairly nc work. Much interest manifsstsd to
know how soon the steam could be generated after tho
wood was gnited. II found that In about Mr MI
nutes sufficient steam had unuated TO throw QUITE
n stream Of water Every thing being In readiness the
word was given, and both engines commenced playing
to tho great delight OF the crowd who hAd become quite
impatient at tho delay Tho arst stream thrown va.
single one and at an angle Of forty i've degrees Tho
volume OF water from the steam engine apparently
much greater than the from tho hand engine,
though this TO extent due to the triangular
shape Of the nozzle OF tho former by this time the
crowd beginning 10 be excited and OF ther
symT athies altogether the side Of ths New York
engine, and at every renewed effort OF the Exempt Con-
paDy they were greeted with warm cheers For tims
the advantage appeared 10 be the aide OF the steam
engine, but by vigorous playing tho part Of the Nov
Yoraers, their stream Ahot far ahead and diStanoed
their formidable rival by at least thirty feet This per
fofmance elected the vehement cheering Of tho crowd
who by this tme fairly beside themselves with
c'tsmsnt and rush made, which, but for thu
efforts Of the police would have resulted In tho crowd
getting nsd. the enclosure
number Of amusing incidents occurred which served
In some measure 10 Keep the assemblagc In good
humor. One unfortunate wight. while crossing tho
pathway was struck by the stream OF water from the
steam engine and hurled with great orcs the ground
This excited the mifh o. thu crowd, who saluted tho
water soaksn and ohopfslen gentleman As he picked
himself up with shouts Of derison and laughter.
While The crowd In front Of the City Hall va. CARING
pressing eagerly forward and erosdns 10 r., rss
view OF the exhibition the pipes Of the competing
gnes suddenly turned In that direction and The
spray fen upon them with all tho forcs of thuna-r
gsst scene Of great confusion ensued the crowd At
tempted TO scatter In every direction but those behind
kept pressing on and prevented them Nrom escaping.
A free fight was the consequences, bat, As all hAnds
were blinded BY the falling spray, little damage
sdded TO the interest and of other portoes
Of the crowd, who appeared 10 be highly delighted With
whIs playing In horizontal direction thsrs appeared
to he Tut little advantage 10 either Of ths englns In
%ns PM o. ~, distance sa, ,ss sls%p' soon a'.a out,
and heavy stream which proved its Immense supe-
rerity 10 this important particular over the hand
engine. when both streams directed towards
the rentb their respective heights about equal
With slight advantage in favor Of tbs Erompt Comps
nys engine tn. breadth Of the stream from hs Gre~s
wood, however, was at least double that Of s oompsa
tor.
ON the frat trial an inch and an eighth plps with
round bore, vas used BY the Sev York company, Aad
afterwards an inch and quarter pife without sppa.
reptIy any variation a. 10 the dstano. of the volume AZ
water thrown by them. The steam engine then uisd
with two streams with the triangular pipes and alter
wards with -four strssms With pipss Of round bore. In
Tn last trial was from The roof q the Ciy Hail. -h.s.
the rupsrieuty of tbs steam engine sirk ngly mani
tested though st times In ftful jerks the hand sngns
shot up stream as high its eomps,itor Tho ngure
o. Ju,tee on the tower well washed tho STRAINS
playing directly AMI a. Whenever the sirea.n
was thrown Al right angles against N. to-sr ~, po~~r
was enormous This last performances concluded the
srtanmen and the crowd after quietly dispsrssd.
We lsarn that In GacinnAt there three ef th@ss
steam bre engines, and their performances have given
great satisfaction n the people o that city The osst
~ one ~ these engines IL from % 900 20 o. O0 accord
Ing 10 ita sIs One Of them capabs Of votk ing near
y 900 barrels Of water In hour that 10 sAy has
about the aams capacity as i've ordinary hrst class
gines
One of tho most striking pscuIl4rtiss Of tho watsr
level of The boiler s afapat 10 any grade Of th~
street, whether level otherwise. Tho machine u,sa
ytstsrday l. ~ feet long, 10 IN h.ght, 10 Width Asd
weighs over -four tons II has bat ihres -bssls. tbs
'front.' one having peculiar arrangement By which u
b. turned round In q street This 10 an Import
spt confederation for the great objection to thsss
chimes is their knstb masipg them hard 10 be nanA~d
In a street hlled -iih other vshielss.
The great argument 10 favor o thess engines is the
capacity they have Of throwing hsavy and costlnaoas
stream 81 water -itboat cssssOn and without ulna
ton During tbs time nrsrn@n stop 10 breathe ths
band engine the ere males considsrsbk bssdwAy. An
this 70 obvstsd With these maeblbss vbo.s eon tls
streams run a. long a. tho water lasts.
II must b. confessed that thsre Ia little preIudos
sRnst this engine In oar firs Department. Oh hrsmea
regard innoyaison that should not be tolerated.
I'll objected that would b. utterly unit for service
account Of ts clumsnsss, Abi b@sdss that uoaH bs
impoasibs 20 turn u Ia narrow street Bat thsn u
has BEEN proved that Ia Cincinnati water has bs~n pro-
thousand feet Nth suelsnt force "a reach high sjs
rAt0n and thls fac, you'd obvis,s sny necessity for
nsir even entering nsrfo- obsifgsisi stfrst ~
lane Another Afvsntass 10 their favor that fouft~~a
men are amply ssesnt "a thsss sngibss, ib~rsby
dgpsnsng With q vast amount ~ unnecessary Labor
There but opinion rpsss@ef yssi~rdsy ~ 10
the oomplss ~ this Apphesii9n u steam.
The committees spponi~ ~ bth tfanshss u tbs Csmr
Ceuneil the Chsf Enrinssr Alfred C&rson Assist.
ant FDgnssr Crsyisr, zophsr Mills Alfred Bsssr girs
Marshal sno nsmbsr a. othsr gsn,israsn vhess opi-
MON. are .stlilsd v rssi weight srpr~sss thssslv-s
The Niles Grs.n-ooi ssr,sd for Bo.toa y.stsrdsy
af,sIno0D, ~ vay u tho Esw lIsysa eNs.