Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-09-24

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FiFs Ch6p6ny 10 L calisd = our
once tar thspsrpans af sxes1diag 10
! ns an invitatlon b 60 down and wit
ness - t<tal ofths snew Hkean Fire
engine, which was 20 take place ct
Hpo0na LAkA We accepted, and at
about half pAst three o'clock we
staxted down and Asraved ID ne
Lake ut the sane time the engine
arrived. Soon altar our arrival sew
srai carriages containing quite o
number Of ladies and gentlemen ar
rived.
The boys commenced iaying their
hose at ave o'clock and in . few min
utes bad dawn their I so. sset reach
Ing almost half round the Laka. At
= minutes past Ave, the fire was
started, using Iowa Goa, SIN four and
one half minutes the whistle Was
soa;saled aad the eagtise WIS set In
motion In five and one half minutes,
having twenty pounds u steam on.
Water was bet into the hose In seven
minutes with % posauels OF steam,
and commenced discharging water
from the hose, through the entire
|, 500 feet In inst ssn minutafron the
time The fire was started, with 30
pounds Of skeaalas and water pres
ssareof 10 pounds In twenty min
ases from starting the Are, she had
On 80 pounds steam and ia5 pounds
water pressure. and was making 375
revolutions per minute, and la Two
INMATES more the steam bad reached
sepbands and the water pressure was
lT5 pounds, at which time she was
discisarging a steady stream Of wa
ter through g Ii inch nozzle throw
ing distance OF $50 feet horizontally,
but would not have been effective at q
greaterdistance than 100 fest from the
nozzle. At 30 minutes from starting
fire steady stream Sas discharged
through Ii inch noxzle, with 10
pounds steam and 100 poun6is water
pressure, throwing horizontally 100
feet, 0 sufficient stream to be eisesa- |
I've at that distance.
The length Of hose was then re-
duced to 500 feet and the nozzle to Ii |
inca, and water was projected y dis !
tanee of2i0 feet, with 50 pounds Of !
steam and l55 water pressure.
Through 100 feet Of hose water was
projected perIcntiicularly io the
hight Of $50 feet as estimated by
good judges ofdIstance. i
Col. j. G. aoffinayer, was the time
keeper, and In order that we might
give correct report, our figures are
taken from his minutes, for copy
Of which we here return thanks to
that gentleman.
The boys handle the machine very
well and with little practice, will
make hrst-elass firemen. AS yet the
men who handle the hose are rather
fond OF playing with the machine,
and perpetrste practical Jokes upon
parties who come within reach Of
them, by administering thorough |
doses Of water fresh from the hose.
We speak from experience when we
say that their Jokes are not pleasant
10 take. They must be q little more
careful In future, and outsiders must
endeavor to keep out OF their way,
because full stream Of water from
the engine at short range has ssiffi-
fieat force so kill q man instantly,
and serious results might accrue from
the perpetration OF only Joke.
The steam engine is success, aaa
we have no doubt but IL viii prove
D very useful thing TO our city In case
i FIRE should break out. When the
eity eisserns are coEaplese<l and Allied
with water, our eitisens may feel Sc
cure i1deel, In comparison with
what they could before the arrival
Of this new machine.
The eompany remained at the
Lake until after dark, when r. Il.
DeKay, with the German Brass
Band In that splendid Band Wagon
Of his, arrived and q procession was
then formed and marched through
the city 20 the delightful music pro-
tiuced by our German friends. The
lights ON the engine were beautiful,
bat the lanterns on the hose carts
and carried by the men, are decided
failures-the least motion fans them
out. We hope ssse company will Sc
cure something betssr In place Of
shena.
The whole affair, however, was
satisfactory b all parties concerned,
md the ladies present expressed
highly delighted. When
me company gees out sov another
Iriai cur reporter desires 20 be one
snsong the spectators.
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