Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-26
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The New No. 4 ON Trta1-several
streams Thrown out In
All Directions.

The new rotary h~re-engiDe for the first
ward arrived yesterday morning In charge
of an engineer. who accompanied the
machine from Seneca Falls, What the
freight charges were on the squirt is not
stated. It is also difficult to say what the
precise cost of the engine is. Only $500
in cash was paid; the balance was taken
in old iron, to the amount Of $500. The
test of the powers, and points" snd
capabilities of the Washington was set for
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon, n 70
take place at the corner OF Main and
Madison. The firemen were all interested
in the new engine, and gathered round
In force to see the streams that she could
throw. She ran gsily down to the appoint
ed place in charge of the boys OF No. 4
Steagn was got up in four minutes. IL was
raised to one hundred n five pounds and
six hundred feet of hose Was laid out
and a IK-inch nozzle attached and the
stream began TO play upon the roof OF the
Odd Fellows hall. In the course OF g
minute or two the stream was raised to a
hight at least ten feet above the top OF the
staff. We could not ascertain b hight
of the staff, bus surmise il is somewhere
about one hundred and fifty or one hum
dred and sixty feet from the pavement.
That stream from an acknowledgements
nozzle was considered satisfactory. Then
two hose was attached, fifty or sixty feet
each, and two horizontal streams were
thrown about three hundred feet.
Several city fathers, the presidents OF
both boards, several insurance agents, the
mayor and a crowd of mechanics gathered
around to watch the performance. IL was
remarked that the engine started to work
with los lbs. steam, but in the course OF
ten minutes fell to So. What the trouble
was we could not learn. On b second
start there was a steam pressure Of loo
lbs; in one minute 1t ran down
60 So lbs, with the two hose attached
After several trials, with similar re-
suits, the engineer VINO came down with
the Washington commenced firing up
himself. He kept up the pressure at one
hundred, while ore hose, six hundred
feet, worked in fine style for ten minutes.
That was as long as we observed it. The
same pressure may have been kept up for
half an hour, or even an hour longer.
It may be generally stated thst the
Washington rotary is an average engine,
and after the stiffness of first trials shall
have worn away, and she gets in good
working order, she will do as well as any
we have.
Two of the fremen, Mcmahon and
Bracket. got burned about the face by the
ignition Of gas that gathered in the els
tern. They were about lighting b fire
in the engine CRATE with a torch, when
the explosion took plsce. 1t was like the
| sound OF q mountain howitzsr. The iDju'
ries sustained by the men are not very &C.
rious.
The official statement Of what was done
by the engine, as furnished by James Do
lon, engineer of Nc. 4, with one and q
quarter-inch nozzle, $50 feet hose, the
water was thrown W the ball on the
top of the flagstaff of the Odd-FelloWs'
hall. With the same nozzle, 100 feet OF
/ hose, the water was thrown 285 feet per
pendiculsr, with two-inch hose the water
was thrown 210 feet, with one and 6 hall
inch nozzle it was thrown 200 feet. There
was an average pressure of sixty-hve
pounds of steam when the water wss
thrown over the flagstaff. There was an
average of ninety pounds steam pressure
during the horizontal trial and one hun
dred and sixty-fve pounds cold water
pressure.