The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-05
vs~nd Review Of sire Compa"ies-r rrsi 81
Ans,n.s-rrsumph or New Yors Company
80. 0l, &c, scs

M.i 81
isv,sSed ny the President Of the 5orety ana c0oue E
Aaso, Of Ehrs Tue companies nth snssy engines sud
Saaca, marrbcd n procession sround tho ~hos oBgh o.
nc track The bright coi,rsc uniforms tho hraaion,
EeB engines, BANDS and banparr, extending over
more than bait milk in eSEta presented most
heAHtful specss fhe dres. Of OF the rustic
psa,es vsr,egssed snowy han the SERVICES
be uniform Of the meropoitanr the manly bea-ng
-. res unifor iy OF Hress aud regularity Of step Thai
shsras.crized latter A. the naes
t.pAiog oom,Any on parade me dre-s OF some 0 the
.Hcr omp.Dirs was qute mousrci and the bea ing Of
D~ing h the order Of tbs processicn:--
rhs Eim,ra Brasn BAND
Ocean 10 No. l, of Geneva
r1 Tar'sns NO NO I 1 o. 9, Ea;r. ETsMS@
Ynnpg America M T. oS EnirH
I'd Rover No 3, of Em,YA
n. xu.u. No s ' x s.s s S%s .,,s ser Washington
Torrent No 3, Of chester
CAsArsct NO. u, of Syracuse.
Ss.cca M I, of Watkins, NJ
Prosecson aoot and IAdcc- o. Il Elunira
me rro.ec'ioD Hook sod Lsede, Company No I, nth
sxxzs band, cauo from Bngnamsoo, y. Y, sno,tiy
Acs. but TOO Ase 70 ske pA-i in he review fney ~efe
Or rsmiums yh., company prs.entea tia ansss sr
.ranee o. Any on she sroSnd e1c"rs perhaps zoe met 30
ngsae of Tho New York style
TRIAL OF ENGINES.
Al one colo k u the trial Of engines On dhtsnce was
commenced. nghsy-two men snd the for al
sr.ke 81 time IL they cnud BE- 10. asge or they misn
ssheve anahsY tho braxos ofseu shss d-e cd
~ but few any Of companies hsd taas nambef Of
men the ground tDeJ exchanged and heited one Ana
her
Tns engines were placed on Plato, m 81 feet square,
Sves We os or end OF sfing poni taAed In the fair
VouDcs. Suction ~ss ssen rom . boK res, vide,
sees long ana feet deep the engines msde fast
thl
ass Of ncEzie-First oixs ros lsss hAn one lnch se
cond CLAIR, Is inch nozzle; third cAss, 4 inch nozzle
Time on distance 70 exceed four minaiss Length OF
hosa n.s Hess snan Two hundred feet
aSSLe pstm ............ SO0
mere Va. veey large a.ssniancs 10 .i.uo. ihs .our,
aEsnk
Fnsr q 50 KsGNB
ne engine Of Ocean OompAny, No !, of Gsncvs, vas
sxs; sory hse o them wero tho gro1ni They wers
d-seo In red sbirh ~h black veive collars, c.dksns
soS csi,Dee.s vim iaon s,roSs aad n r,s. srssr
Rss attached 70 the hal th- eutrs frcc
= stsnU ihsse en could be employ cd on .hem 81 time
Ates re Asscmene we're all completed but two ml
sstAs we're AIKEN ~ the oompsny In hsy ihros or dis
esos me fArh-st ds,ano. 70 which sno engpe thrc.
h.r nsst oupsny whish .rei its engine Franz
n, No =. Of Geneva, ". Hy-Ard, foren>n one
Va colAys rhs engine one OF luion make having
lc Dch as, GLASS LDdsrs, in,o stroke aud ~ cet
sse. Rolfs were s,sscnea 70 me o,ssee 90 INA NE
oompsrmeui Of mon empi1s ca upon tnsm II TIE
sAns 'ime. mo mcmbsrs were fuo gro IN, nu.ods
:sasss men, .oa =. =, S.,aDs ;Sss,nsr s.esd ssmso
cd tnJev spray ipp feet II nches
ne ,hi,d essihe uieJ Torrent No /, OF Emra
NJ hes seventy ave Dsp-J. andre sctins foreman
rsopmpsny dressed In black pAn,s, blue .hlrss
trimmed wrh red velvet bs bntious and the breast
S M ss s,s q ,d ls a re s1S 2 .0Ssss Ts,
vsn Tor parade oai 'eu hours IN Ne~ York r,e would
ss~Ac sorry =ors Of rhe engine -ss made o. Button
fho o. hnoera 10 n1hes in ciAmsfcr stta lc n.o
rs,cse "a orAhes Ropes were ,hed so N
sv,hes % tina, ,he fu oompl ment Of men rork
sp.n hem The members able bodied men, I'D
shssE ire spray ITO nes incbes
rsc fur,a Grit oass engine ricd tho Scptuuc M
ne srnop1. fhe engine an ouis ~ wsVrmsn, had qA
Dot cyiedsrs, mon sucse. ana "a fes brakes At n
seventy nve men -crked on the o'akes :. ihs sam
hme Daring tho tra mirae 10 sbon tne force -As ap
ped 70 the brakes the 1,s length " the broxe
~ comisns had V stop aud pu' In ne- kns.o d hsc,
sn~r ~hion tho trial vss rcsnmed but tae h1e burst
Again sai the company ruled out the dis,~nse
YES i9o fctt
moorp class usrn
mis- ciass nj ensnes emba tAose having cylinders
from sk pek ,po,es in diameter.
TIE sIiy sngino q this css tested ~ss that Of Young
America, No. a. cf Emira; % member were pr senS
Ne o.nI~ny dr3ssd in rec shha tim med win
sss asd .c,e ihs se- York sue Os nremea', nal roe
kkap inch cylinder, ~hh 40 lash s,r ks This 10
sup~s, ch ay e,mpsed Of boys; shsy hrc~ spray isI
MS Glars emeraccs all engines having cyinicrs cf less
Ara sk sohes In diameter.
DEEMS o,npAsv NO 81 oV VSuv oRS, vTSs YRIzs
Our sev York companies have novor ocforc cnsaroa
srctest hhe lhs, shh out sngc exocpton kngno Con
p~1y 3o In 1888 l,1k part similar ma'cn At Ser
vsn bot retuI ned .shsui rise ns maj be accounted
~ from the fact thai 10 mascn mo odds are 10 favor Of
M c'upany -ho have had most ime - dri foe snot
esquit"-suooess depspdpe upon ,he rssii Ani uacrm
vcrtps an engine ou,Bs soase Of IRON g. 70 10 90
enrds oniy. He tho "oDunuy" On ppAniss ara home.
rv engines arc nj buin " dra tnsir ssler oy 500
ba Anc. having every fAclli5 os drilling iha nsmbers
psuce vUkns for mosshs bsiore ensoriIy contest IN
Las nlrryah. more leisure r,,sp FOR psrfvc,i,n i
vuhhs The b akcs- Our hrsncn here being hole ~
.Is on ., an n'ur o. Tho sy or nlsnt nave No lao
~ "'atcy" pls,ns Tnelr engines built manly 10
vork tnro 90 conncc ous TO- supply OF sooe and
tetp stesdy stream IN whsl they oai IA all nigh
A~c" For steady sorSing, throwing arEs aod aniio,
sody Of ~s,er, and unrrns asydniy In ngalng . aro,
he~ York nrcmcn and cnsipes csnnoi bc surpassed
scs~ i.hs .andns these dra-sSk-, he altuai Engine
rpany sa sI rerros.n cd ,ns se. Ycrs IRE Dep.r.
m~ni this scurnamsn, The compan sas orsanp,d Ia
1870 sna preseni runecrs six,y ne-be- lhr; ,hrcs
4 vhom sooo s1ed NE Nsiss u Efnri me oom
HEJ ss.... "a f-enis s-ccsd sues, near sscond ave
tue, and dot. dosy IN The Ffs, Fourh aad rita grc diq
,rsrs fs cflcers are G-orse hccrsth foreman; wn n
Hail. sssvtAn, foreman; and Joab sm,h. secres.sy
he sspsny were oresssd hs rsus spls u aos vs,.
sursn wearing black closh nous, asan.I ssr
ss.as BODY srls, h.rk sils u.sais shs msrnpoIi,sb
syt Il ar.men, hs and Apsae CAP hanrlns n ,n
tnNr bep. me snsins 'snanf a." AMI oaln In
s, 20 mi, m.es,p. /. ,ss a., or .ss s,s,ss.. q
uys nA nun in tns c't AMI ,s.es w cis IA thai
asnacd denomination upon the facs Of having snors
eorJ upou .evy hsn -ae-is fts Apparatus also
Anss considerably from hat ~ nthfr Machine Toe
utndeys meuss eight ipcnes 10 diAnetr. wih stroke
Oms. MEASURE t-en'y ieet In lesrh, and nlr,y.
fur men wu-k UPON them tine
" HtoTo leaving New Ynrx many q tns oshsr me CON
r~rics urged the Muuil rot 70 % he iourramsnt
We ooubty mschiae ~ouh Be sare W beat them under
We o ndi,ions ,qurei But he ha-dy members Of bi
rortt ths'o cbsnce for them, sud iea'essv pre-
Ys'ed rr he struggle rheg The Ore, al The fair W
ro Gays bsy made al he necessary arrangements,
ne orcs Of ssoa 10 me-. S.s been oeg 70 he brake.
~ be engines ptevfeusly riet; hut the Mutual could
NJ squeese 20 men thcis and yet tney had not been
tnsy teosnds before the bose bu st, 70 81 ~as
- 'essufe upon " The hoee the beet lhst could be
- 20 me CITY A nev piece OF bose ~as ins-red and
nc heropoltans again with ubbo,s win and brawuy
Sms suufset vhh the brakes But was for fev
Hny Tor hs hos bug asen before the full force
~ rracosd, and they were ruled out rne dhtsnoe "
which they ,hrew ~s1r -ss ia se.s I,cho. vhIch
rtups'ey for them, surpassed bv several Get Ire dls
-non sneir competitors, usins all their fsvoe coad
tecond engine Of tsis o.ss tried vss The ,cpecs OF
WMns numberins 81 memners an n -hnn
we've sort, hesvy TIE cy Hnders ~sra ss
ncse-, srete7k inches length Of brake Ie rees Arc,