Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-11-27
A New steamer for orr CITY.

Wilmington now boasts OF a wen
oryanized volunteer fire department.,
with an excellent Hook and Ladder
apparatus and three steamers, The
pionc ar. steam fire engine is the John
z. Rd2lki3a. a. machine Which has
rendered most effective services and
been Instrumental in saving hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars Of propertyfrom
destr uction. Originally warranted for
five years, it has seen six years OF
steady. service. and cost the city next
I'd nothing for repairs during the en-
tire time. But machinery, as well as
men cannot last always and it has
been known for sometime past that
the Engineer and Company have not
Been over confident as to the efficiency
Of t}ieir once magnificent machine,
Which is believed to have succumbed
to the wear aud tear, Of fine and ser
vice. Ever .enterprisirg and alive to
| the inter- It Of the city, and with the
ardor Of true fireman, the Company
Fave, resolved that it's efforts shall not
run tlre risk Of being crippled by
worn ont machine, anG hgye recently
taken action looking to q trade
by which 3 new steamer with
all the modern improvements can be
| secured. It VIII be recollected that the
present engine is private property,
purchased entirely by citizens and be-
! LONGING to the. company, with whom,
Of course, It's disposition now freely
rests. We Learn that negotiations have
| been made with the Seneca Falls Man
ufacturing Company Che rotary en-
gine works. by y1ich new and lighter
engine. but with equal power, VII be
| Tn - S+,t the old H.
| CINE Will be taken, ard the difference,
| the sum OF s., &C., the members of the
| company undertake to raise. They
! a~e ready to subscribe literally among
| themselves md have, we learn, given
! pledges to q praiseworthy amount;
but to complete the sum they viii be
! compelled to appeal to our citizens.
| We trust their efforts VII receive lib
eral assistance. and We are assured that
they viii secure machine that viii be
q pride to ON city. In order that our
citizens may see what the "Little Gil
art" Che class Of machine they have
determined to seeure) can do, we sub
| Ioin the following description Of the
result Of trial Of this class Of engine
at Beaufort, S. @, a few days since.
It is taken from letter written by the
secretary of the company purchasing
the machine to Chief Eng1neer Man
ming. Of the RGnEil..
~ > VIZ placed the engine on tie
! dock end drew salt water about L feet.
III two minutes FROM tEe5ae match
was lit she had 5 pounds steam, III
three minutes 90 pounds, and N five
minutes played leo feet through l0U
feet hose, inrh nozzle, we then
run oJlt 1900 feat hose, with inch
nozzle, md played : stream Deer 8
vely high q story building q distance
Of about IT'S feet steam carried was
not registered. We then put on 8
Siamese brit, 100 feet straight hose,
With two streams so fec. each, : noz'
zlo. ana with 80 pounds steam threw
each Of the two streams about 15G
feet ftile distance was paceal. We
then, through SOC feet, cae stream a.
same time with Siamese but
on other gate, threw three stream:
145 feet each, al EoZzles ) inch
Steam pressure not registered. Tx
next day while out for practice for oG1
, engine in fresh water, she threw :
, stream 265 feet. This test was made
at tine request OF the Assistant. Chic
and Intenecnt Of The town, who hap
pened to be present. Steam pressure
not registered. There was it'll,
i Wind blowing, a,t3 il blew the water
: y about % fest. The advantages
claimed for the rotary engines were s.
: pIaioly demonstratcdfas &c convince a
who saw her wor!-. The greatest fsa
! was tlrow-ng three streams 145 fee
: each; aud next TO this vas throw nG
/ two streams through LOO ieet Q.
| hose. $50 feet each.