The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-12-10

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60 q ne1iAe. g y EaEzsA.
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ne sbs~e pesisios ~ presented
70 DE Cosncl a this tc~s = IN rz-
~ ssaE.7a, As< Noodzy ereaing-
AfssE easfsl exxzsasfsoa izss The
eAasscxex and oede.eiaas At The e.
CINE na.ed, asd . prosnged discus
son u The points sad Contingencies
Involved, the fosSo-iaz nsossn VA
pased:
That this Coascsl, IN accordance
With ths prayer OF the Position Of n
nan3 es6nsns and sax payers Of the
so~a u Tiyscu, d. ensey into crn-
ssacs with Tie cAanpsoa Fire EH-
tiagsisAes Company, looking 70 tn
4 - puibie purchase q or of
tAeir No > Chsmpi0a Csenical Ia
gissA
The e0sraet fhns asth1i1ed a,up-
On tAs psrs II the company, n agree-
asas TO fsrnish the engine complete
spca tbs terms namedin the petition,
- - - part Of the town. 70 pun
chase the engine II. after . practical
trial il il found 70 perform a repre-
sexstsd The Co-sHrI then ap,,oin,ed
. eommit;ee, consisting q Aessrx
Wan Ness, Cellar, AID Marshal San
fsd, 70 make a necessary arrange
aneshs on The part Of the town, and to
exercise general supervision over the
proposed test Of the engine The
following gentlemen, none Of them
0embers a the Council, were also
constituted committee aud request
"a ~ such, To witness the trial Of the
engine, and TO report ihereupoa in
writing 10 the Council: Wm. Dean,
wa- Il Tatniii, J. ". Casad, Cbas.
Hsaoood, W. p. AcSanars, II. L.
Dean, John CulbeTtson, e. P. Shell
d0a, r SvsrszlAader, J. l. RowelI,
J. c. Reichert, Fl. c. Piaii, Arvm
Bagiey, J. d. Shearer, and Samuel
Wsmpler.
BY way Of information il may nos
b smiss TO state here something ~.
gardirg the character Of the ere en-
CINE under consideration, and what Is
claimed for it. II depends for its ef-
6ciency upon the same chemical prin-
ciple several years successfully in
use by the Babcock and other en-
gines, but claims great superiority
over them in simplicity Of construc-
ton, power and completeness. The
one in question is Irregular city engine,
mounted On wagon and furnished with
two separate cylinders, with > cspac-
ity q l6O galloos,eq in extinguish-
ing power TO G.4Oo gallons Of pure
wster. Ii furnishes . town with .
compile outfit, ready for business; the
regular attachments TO the engine
consisting of 200 feet Of hose, two
ladders, Is feet long, made to splice,
two hooked poles, two lanterns, cans
for the chemicals, etc, and also hand
fire exiting uishers, TO be used in pick
ct duty At FIRE. As TO what it can
do and has done, the gentleman who
represented the company here, had his
pockets crammed With the highest
recommendations from city FIRE de-
psstnents Is TO its value, especially
On sccount Of the very brief time re.
quired TO put it into action 1t fire.
those 6rst moments being the vita
oDes. He had just returned from de.
livering such an engine TO the town
Of West Point, Nebraska and brough,
with him . copy Of the report Of the
trial Of the machine there; . repor,
made by large committee Of citi
sens, similar to the one provided "a
here. The test made WAS On . dr.
pine building, 12xiG and eight fee
high, containing two wagon loads 0
boxes, one ~ resin weeds and one o
straw, the whole saturated with ker
ossne. When it was burning 1t il
very hottest, the report stated, tn
Champion extinguished it in fou
minutes, repeating this the third time
and leaving board wall, built 70