The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-11-30
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
.CUE NEW STEAMER,

pany, OF HUDSON, ~. l., Tedcheu hoi0 III
safety, on Wednesday of last week. AS a.
specimen of excellent workmanship and
taste, she is as near perfect machine, as
wa in our meagre mechanical knowledge,
can conceive of; handsome is hardly the word
to be used in describing her appearance
she is more than that she is beautiful, and
an ornament of which all our citizens may
well feel proud In form she is unique, un-
ike the machines of any other manufacturer
and in finish, and completeness and utility
of parts equalled by none, not excelled, GER
tainly, by any of the many we have seen
The running gear of the Pocono, whether
for locomotion or work. with the exception
of the wheels, are of polished iron and steel,
while her ornaments and many of her work
ing parts are of German silver, brass and
copper. The jacket of her boiler is of Ger
man silver highly polished, while the dome
is covered with brass, of the color of what
used to be known as French gold, relieved
with narrow bands of German silver, equally
well finished. Her steam chest is banded
with German silver and topped with brass,
both highly finished, and her air chamber is
made of planished copper so highly polished
as TO answer well the purposes of a mirror
in addition to those for which it was de-
signed. The pump-box is of brass, and
could not possibly be made neater than it is
five were posted technically we might enter
into minute description of all the parts Of
which the machine is composed, but as We
are not, we content ourselves with the asser-
ton, from which we intend no drawback,
that no town in the State or Union can pos
sibly turn out neater, handsomer steamer
than can Stroudsburg.
But it is not of the beauty of Pocono No.
], alone that we boast. Her manufacturers
have done wonders on her in this respect.
but they have done infinitely more for them
selves by way Of reputation, and for Strouds-
burg by way of utility, in the superiority of
her working powers. In the several trials
had OF her capacity she has proved herself
fully up to all requirements, and satisfied ali
our people that she is just the thing needed
to save US from exhorbitant insurance pre-
lniums, and to protect our property against
fire. In this respect she showed wonderful
steam raising and preserving qualities, and
power in raising and forcing water equal to
any emergency that can possibly arise.
In the trials of Friday and Saturday, the
elements appeared to be against her, but she
proved fully equal to the opposition, aud
presented record quite creditable to her.
The trial of Friday, was unofficial and under
taken merely to crafty the curiosity of any
who might choose to look On. Owing to the
heavy rain storm prevailing, the trial was of
but short duration but eminenty satisfac-
tory.
The trial on Saturday was official, and
hence we are enabled to give somewhat of
a record kept of her performance. Her first
effort was with l and 3-16 inch nozzle
through 100 feet of hose, during which her
stream reached 20S and 2l6 feet in face of
heavy wind, and through damp, murky
and extremely dense atmosphere. Through
| and Is inch nozzle, against the same re-
sistants, she made 235 feet. Through the
same sized nozzle and 500 feet of hose, |
against the same resistants she made 1901
feet Through the same sized nozzle, and
against the same resistants, with 1918 feet
of hose her stream covered l 35 feet in length. |
Al who saw these tests conceded in the
opinion that they were not fair tests of ca
pacity, owing to the resistants named as well
as to the fact that the hose were not suffi-
ciently strong to stand the pressure when
the steamer was worked to It's full capacity
On Saturday afternoon the steamer was
removed to the lower end of town, and
placed on the bridge, over McMichaels creek.
Here she drew water through twenty-five
feet of suction hose, and up perpendicular
was taken of the work done here, but every
thing judged comparatively with the work
done by the Peto Steamer in September
last This was through an inch and quar-
ter nozzle and ore hundred and fifty feet of
hose, when the stream was forced at least
twice the height of the MILL and sent such
shower over the roof as amounted almost to
deluge The Peto Steamer barely raised
water to the cone Of the roof, and spread
but mist over it. The next attempt was
at the Methodist Church steeple, which is
l6O feet high, with the building standing
upon an elevation at least twenty I've feet
above the bridge. Here the same size noz
zle was used and the water forced through
about 400 feet of hose The result was that
the stream reached within about 80 feet off
the Spire, and at least rs feet above what
the Peto machine accomplished with three
quarter inch nozzle There is no telling how
much more the Pocono would have gained
in height, as she had just got fairly at her
work when the hose burst. This closed the
work of the day, and fully satisfied every
body but the agent of the Manufacturing
Company, Mr. Harris, and the Engineer,