The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-16
Trial Of the Few Steam Fire Engine.

public trial os the steam FIRE engine, recently
nanufsc ured Stephsnsons coach manufactory after
two Intellectual attempts the past week at trial. soek
place yesterday afternoon in the Park preliminary
prvare trial it will doubtless be remembered made
If the eDgines capacities subsequent to its pletion
about two weeks since, and full account given in the
Herald The construction of the ergine with its points
of differ with previous steam FIRE engines, being
then entered into with minute detail, the same need
not now be recapitulated. The engine brought
INTO the Park shortly before two O'Clock r. n, and
stationed at the west side Of the City Hall near
the south corner. crowd, might be supposed,
Was soon In attendance to witness the prop osed
experiment Chief Engineer Carson, Fire Marshal Baker,
and . msjoity of the Fire Committees Of the Coun-
Gil Boaros present among the number At P. M,
fIs placed underneath the boiler and by of
profuse Of finely split kinding wood, and the
in the boiler having been heated in advance steam
produced within ave mil utss In eleven minutes the
main pump was In motion. The supply bose and main
hose were previously adjusted The pump now kept
moderately running TIL the steam reached 100 pounds
which a trife over half an hour. Mean ~hle the
machine kept pufpg Justify. Tue acting In the
psey OF engineer frequent circuits e the interior
o. 1Ds ns o Il MS s"ds
and startling roar 1he kindng WOO also increas
This kept up for nearly twenty minutes longer
stretched fronting the City Hail. The steam having
reached 140 pounos the water let off in psrpea
dicuiar stream, aimed at the clock on the City Hau
tower. The wafer kep. struggling upward, aui in two
minutes stream thrown twenty five feet above the
ssgr, making perpendicular height Of 173 feet Sue
ceedI experiments bnt the water did
he esgle The nozzle Of the bose used wAs ~ inch
sxpsYiD succeeded Of the epgpss capacity to
throw horizontal $50 feet hose was used wi
uczzle Of T inch. But triae 100 feet vas the
distance thrown. Some difficulty occurred from the hose
baviDe ics In them II nearly O'Clock when the
sxIerm. concluded. 1t Inounced thai farther
experiments would be made to-day comms nciug at 10
A. NJ the parties bav'Dg the machine In charge we're
not satisfied win LIS sxecution yesterday.
tts,ement Of what some ordinary hard werking
fire nes have done In the way Of tn owing water may
not be esting showing the ntve
OF steam, above and manual force In July last
gine No. g. second class engine Of Newport with 90
feet bose and nozzle u inch, threw horizontal stream
2l0 feet.
AT the Crystal Palace trial last September engine No.
8 Of Brooklyn 6rs class engine with hose 100 feet.
end nozzle inch, threw horizon al stream $50 eet.
At the celebrated trial In New Haven, the "Nameaug
threw perpendicular stream II 165 feet The Nameaug
second class ergine and threw watsr through go
feet hose with u inch nozzle
The "Gaspee Of Pr vidence r. L. at this trial,
first clsss engine, with length Of hose and y
inch nozzle, thew water 157 feet high.
The most fucceastul experiment Of American engine
record s that Of Engine No. 8. which through $50
feet hose and nozzle 10 inch threw from the top
The Marion street bell tower, 86 feet high water at
farther elevation Of 12s feet The engine on the
gonnd, and the mDe, pressure Of wate-, with the
Length OF tDse empnyed aid carried to the height was
can early be calculated.