Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-16
A COMPARATIVE TEST.


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! Yesterday the first comparative test of the
! dolly System of Nater-worXs proved sue
cesstul and entirely satisfactory. Our neigh
| oors o. Newport visited CovIngtJn about
| four z. NJ, a large delegation acoompsny Ing
he steam hre engine Newport No. l p TO
est the thing and throw water tor the edit
cation OF those who have little faith in
! Holly" They raised steam and threw q
uue stream of water away above the wire
stretched across Madison sareet, at hight
| Jf 100 feet, for which feat they received
| ooisterous cheers; their squirt lasted about
i've minutes, when they shut off to recuper-
ate and get up steam, which they did III a
Commercially short space of time, then
| away went the water again even higher Than
| before
10 the mean time 'our Holly" had not
opened. When they did, il IVES through 4
Jne-And half inches nozz.e, throwing
! through one hundred feet OF hose, and keep
ng the stream up as long as desired. Thsu
! "a additional stream of one inch WAS put on.
way it went, ia above either stream of the
iOrmsr then three more; then Il oue-and-s-
hRlfIn ch stream, ali gong far above the
,nehu dred feet mark wire stretched
rom Walker TO DrsxiIleus' store). AS the
pressure on the pipes throughout Covington
over sixteen mIles-was but los pounds
to the square inch, DR.. Cushman, electrici-
al Of the frsAlgrm telegrRl b, sent word to
| pat on heavy pressure, which was i'm u edi-
! Ately responded to By the engineer at the
works, and in twenty-five seconds the gauge
IN the Wster-works Office indicated ISL
pounds pressure. Then Holly went up with
| i've powerful streams, while Newport went
ut of the ring-feeling we'll, Lut not smin
-utly satisfied.
! The Newport had 100 pounds pressure,
and was barely able to force one stream to
| he distance that the Holly streams reached
| and then had TO stop three times, while our
Eorks kept on
During the trial q committee of gentle
men from Atlanta, consisting of A. Murphy,
Esq, chairman of the committee, and
James L. Dunping, Esq James Ormond,
Esq, Charles Shesrer, Esq, n. Spaulding
Esq, John A. Grant, City Civil Engineer,
J. f. Edward Esq, of the firm of Shure
Wright, commission merchants, were pre-
,~nt; also, the following committee from
| Macon, Georgia ]. G. MoBurney, chair
nan, Major Gordon Gardner and s. ".
| Rasdel
|
| Cov'ngtpn to attend the final test on the day
revious, to- ether with committee from
olumous, Ga, but failing TO connect at
Chattanooga, were delayed.
They seemed exceedingly pleased with
the Performance OF the works-both on tbe
street in throwing water, and the case with
which it can be controlled by the enginee,
n charge While portion of the commit
zee remained upon the scene of water con
est, the other visited the building TO witDes,
he modUCf operandi of shifting machinery
rom domestic to fire pressure, which va.
executed in hAlf minute, from gang to 70
rary
Messrs Davis and Stone, Couucilmen
from Newport, we're on the ground and Mr.
Williams, Chief of the Fire Department
with his men. were Jealous in the discharge
of their duty 10 sustain Newport.
The cistern from which the NeUport took
suction, was being supplied by the Water
works during the contest, the water flowing
INTO it so fast that the engine could not keel
he streets from being flooded. This was al
additional taxation on the pumping work.
Of the Holly