Daily Republican., 1879-10-25
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THE wECCACOE's NEW SIR. !.

Its Arrival Here ut Ko., -
"A Fuil Description Of ,a.
snd saucy Machine That C...A'
~ isa Beauty-sen,etb,.S -
the Boys should Feel Prom, !.
We have frequently allna.,
these columns to the Weccacoa r
Company, Of this city, procr, na
new fire engine; not because ,hs
one is worthless, but Of Lo %
provemen's made since the purcn,.,
the one now in use.
The energy and push displsv.,
the Weccacoe Hose Company SIM.
organization in 1869 has maSa '
career an eventful one. Tbai'
noval from an old frame shan,v
West Second street, thence to on,
much better in West Wilmington
then to their new and beautiful ~
quarters on Jackson street bs,s
Front and SecoLd, only shows Ms
has been their aim TO make and l..
themselves IN more CONVENIENT y
tion to further the interests Of ,bo
zens, and property holders in tbn.s
tion of the city.
Their new engine was built bv A
Clapp 4 Jones Manufacturing Con,,.
of Hudson, N. Y, (the same finn S,'
ing built the Water Witch engine sl,'I
and is what firemen generally term
third class of the following dimeu,i0,'
The boiler is one Of K NJ. Chrnl
patent circulating tubular, and s,,I
able of raising steam in 3 to 5 mlnut
from the time Of lighting fire. Il
covered with brass, with nickel Mat
and Princess metal bands, and A d0,l
Of Princes metal and German silye,
The steam cylinders are fitted to a
bed plate with adjusting psr
packing, and they, with the bed pll
are cased in brass and nickel plalII
The main forcing pump is double aet,
and highly polished. There is al.o
circulating or cburn valve for the rI
pose of feeding the boiler when
streams are cut off and to prevents
ing in extreme cold weather.
The safety valve "a late improvemss
throttl. valve and cross pead, one
fine composition polished. The 4
pump, eccentric strap, connecting Il
bearings and pipe holders are of a /,
composition also, and polished, as
also the steel and iron work of the 4
gine. The wheels are made Of psts
bolted hubs, selected timber and wl
pared in the best manner painted !
beautiful deep red, the fire box m|
tongue being the same color also, al
striped with gold. The front wh~ |
are 4 feet, and the rear ones 5, vii
tire Of steel 3 inches wide.
The steamer Is fitted to he drawn
hand or horses, with pole, whippl
trees, and seat for driver, with br,I !
to be worked by hand or from the dt 7
er's seat. She is supplied with % 1
of suction hose, ! suction basket
brass hose pipes, s nozzles, Of variS
sizes, and one fre-plug reducer d
tools required in working the engi
such as oil cans, shovel, poker, wrepd
es and a box OF engineers tools. H
size of the steam cylinder is 9 inch
with an s inch stroke size Of pump
inches and all 8 inch stroke. The
gine already described was contra
for on July 18th last, will weigh, nd
for service, about 4,60O pounds,
cost over $4,000.
The following are the building d
mittee of the engine: d. s. Red
chairman; C. Ii. Lukens, R. Cotd]
ham, A. l.. Carmichael, X. C. Luka
J. T. McDermott and P. II. Miller
At first when the engine was c,nul
ted for, it was decided to have ra
ton upon its arrival, but a very sen
BILE conclusion arrived at by \
committee and company was tLs
should at once be taken to
engine house upon its arrival,
same as a number of the steans
received by other companies in !
partment, so between the hours d
and 8 o'clock this afternoon, the ma
bers of the company in citizens did
and wearing their fire badges, ac@t
panied by the Rokeby cornet band
will be taken to their engine house
In all probability a trial of its pofd
will be tested tomorrow afternoon
wa are unable TO state at what locslJ