New Orleans Republican., 1871-06-08

Algiers; for they take every opportunity to
practice the machine, and to place them
selves on terms of the utmost intimacy
with it. -a.. .-.u.. .H.
We have been furnished by our thorough.
going friend, Thomas H. Jones, Chief En-
gineer of the Algiers Fire Department, with
the following description of the engine
1t was built by William Jeffers, at Paw
tucket Rhode Island 1t is the kind known
as third class double pump engine, with
1 two steam cylinders six and a half inch
in diameter and seven and half inch
stroke, with valves of j. G. WillhOlland's
patent 1862. The valves are covered with
Princes metal, as is also globe throttle
| valve. The four oil cups, two to the valves
and two to the cylinders, are each sur
mounted with small statuettes of tiremen.
The engine has two double acting pumps
three and seven-eighth inches in diameter
and seven and half inch stroke, which re-
ceives the water both from back and front
of the engine through suction pumps four
! inches in diameter. There are also two
small force pumps to feed the boiler, inde
pendent of the main stroke, each of these
| pumps being one inch in diameter and seven
and a half inch stroke, with two relief valves
to the main pump, so as to work inde-
| pendently of each other if necessary. There
are also two discharge openings on the
main pump, for the purpose of examining
valves and attaching hose if necessary.
| Beside this there are two discharge
openings from the front of the engine,
| with the necessary cut off gates, the
handles being silver plated. There is
also a fancy brass water tank on
the front of the engine, ON top of which is
the drivers seat. The air chamber is pol
ished copper with brass connections, sur
mounted with handsome silver plated
signal lamp. the front glass blue, with the
| motto of the company cut thereon, ''ready
relief" and a star in the centre; the side
glasses red, with the name and number cut
thereon, pelican =" the rear glass being
white, so as to throw the light on the
machinery when working at night. On the
top of the lamp is a pelican feeding her
young, embematic of the State On each
side of the air chamber are two brass dis
charging pipes, with rs and IA inch also
two spare nOzzles, 7s inch, and two brass oil
cans.
| The whole machinery rests on two side
rails independent from the boiler, giving
ample room to work the engine. The
pumps are braced together with six steel
upright columns, twenty-slx inches long and
fastened to two iron bedplates
She has an upright boiler, made of the
best material, thirty-nihe and one-half
inches long, with 262 copper tubes one and
| One-eighth inch in diameter, and stands sew
enteen inches from the ground. On top of
| the boiler Is a steam drum, twelve inches
high. Under the boiler is a half inch pipe
to heat the water as it is received from the
feed pumps previous to its being forced
into the boiler, with a globe valve on the
end to prevent sand remaining in the coil
or choking it.
The outside of the boiler is covered with
wood one inch thick and cased with Princes
metal with the latest improved safety valve
| a,I -ba lot h.
which the engine can be run independent of
the throttle valve, with two steam gauges
and water pressure gauge, silver plated.
Also, foam or surface gauge and a tool
box for the engineer. The dome or chin
ney being also cased with Princes metal.
There are three silver plates screwed on
the boiler. On one is engraved in large
letters Pelican l. This plate is over the
furnace door. The other two plates are
in the shape of a shield. On one is en-
graved William Jeffers, Pawtucket, Rhode
Island No. 1877; j. T. Condor, agent, New
Orleans" On the other side is engraved
Building Committee-Thomas H. Jones,
chairman; w. H. Martin j. Heyer J. Lar
rieu, f. NJ. Wish. w. Meehan, A. +. Fox"
| There are also hanging to the boiler two
| handsome nickel silver hand lamps. The
| engine and boiler rests on three steel
| lliptie springs-one in front and one on
each side-three feet one and one-half
|
| leaves in each with levers, so that when in
service the engine can be lifted off the
springs.
Attached to the rear of the engine is
| coal bunker capable OF carrying fuel for
tour hours service. The suction hose is
four inches in diameter, and twenty-one
feet six inches long, and can be attached to
| the front or rear of the engine with a swivel
| so as to use it in any desirable position. The
front wheels are four feet ten inches in
diameter, with three inch tire, and two and
| one-fourth inch felloes, with metal hubs and
brass caps. The hind wheels are the same,
except in diameter-they being five feet
three inches-all handsomely painted and
striped. There is polished steel parade
tongue, when the engine is drawn by hand
also pole with the necessary chains, ETC.,
for two horses.
In case any of the valves of the feed
| pumps get out of order at a fire, there is
placed next to the boiler and between the
check valves a stop cock so that the valve
out of order can be readily removed and re-
placed without disabling the engine or
causing the engineer to blow the water out
of the boiler or in any way Gripping the
engine while in service.
III all, she is one of the most improved
steam fire engines ever built in the United
States, and has done better throwing than
| any engine of her dimensions on record.
were made at the suggestion of the agen ntin
this city, Mr.. j. I. Condor, and the success
which attended the trial of this engine is
due to him. The engine works steadier
than any other we have ever seen. A glass
| of water was placed on top of one of the
hind wheels, and with l20 pounds steam,
threw a distance of 235 feet, through 100
| feet of hose and | "a inch nozzle. Nothing
touched the glass, and it remained on the
wheel until after the ngine was stopped,
this being the best proof of her steady work
ing. She will keep up eighty to one hun
dred pounds steam steady at a fire with
only three inches of coal in the furnace,
and is less apt to burst the hose.
The builder claims to show less pres
sure on the hose, and to throw fur
ther with less steam than any
other engine built All the necessary
wrenches to use around the engine, an extra
set of valves and springs and two sets of
link blocks are furnished by the builder,
and the total cost of the engine at the
manufactory in Pawtucket, Rhode Island,
is S4600 The freight and insurance to this
| city was Sl7l 25 by steamer via New York.
The cost of a second class engine, same
style and build, 1880, and the freight and
insurance will be about 5000.
We are not prepared to state anything
about the durability of these engines in
this city as this is the first one here and if
| it proves as the builders say it will, equal
to any in this city, we will expect to see
more of them in this department.
The New York World says of the Demo