Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-25

Holly pump. One of the Holly engines
was overhauled some time since and re-
pared at an expense of 81 800.
MIR. Williams suggested that the Trustees
enforce the ordinance which says: " No
! person or persons shall use or cause to be
used any city water for the purpose of irri-
cation except between the hours of and
s p. NJ. and from to A. NJ, except at the
| City Cemetery, State Capitol grounds and
the Plaza; and any person or persons own
ing or in possession OF pipes or hydrants
dlscharging city water, who may violate or
permit the violasion of this section, shall,
| upon conviction, be liable TO a fine of ten
dollars for the first offense, and twenty
dollars for each additional offense" Until
this is done the fire pressure will be found
hard to work up, except by both pumps,
between the hours of 2 and 4 P. NJ
a special policeman by the name of
Armstrong says the fire alarm was at 1920
He was sitting on box at street corner
| two blocks distant, ran to the fire as fast as
he could, but was beaten by the engines.
He thought there was plenty of water.
A. Heinrich. engineer of No. 3 said he
found but fifteen pounds of water pressure
when he arrived at the fire He said he
was not surprised at Mr.. Anderson saying
the gauge registered fifty pounds, for An
L..
not know steam from water-gauge He
had to keep a register of the water pressure
at all the fires. On that occasion ii was
fifteen pounds. He said he found 10 diff
Guilty in
SUCKING SIX-INCH PIPE DRY
When the pressure was light. He said he
found the following pressures at the fires
that have since occurred: At the Ninth
ls IL
so pounds Nineteenth-street fire, 60
pounds About the time the mill property
was burned down we had plenty of water.
Mr.. Longabaugh, the fireman on duty at
the water-works with Mr.. Williams, gave
the same testimony as did the latter He
said the fire pressure was always put on in
one and a half minutes.
Thomas B. Hall, of the Citizens Commit
tee was the next witness. He related their
experiments, full statement of which has
been already published
Mayor Brown said evidently somebody
had lied, or else the mains had been tam
peled with between the water-works and
the fire. He referred to test given year
lie funny business" practiced. We want
to know that these tests are made squarely
and honestly
Mr.. Hall said he did not know positively
that the firemen made a square test the
other day, but he had every reason to be-
lieve that they aid so. He said his COM
mittee had made careful and truthful
statement of their conclusions and honest
convictions. His impression was that the
engines offered no resistance, or little if
any, when not in operation. When started
at twenty pounds it offered a little resist
ance, but as the steam increased they threw
the water further, and finally gobbled all
the water from the hydrant hose.
Mayor Brown asked Mr.. Arnold if he
had any more witnesses. The latter re-
piled, Not that know of. We are of the
opinion that wrong has been committed,
and we realize that we are the sufferers
We have been financially ruined, and this
investigation may be the means of saving
others from a like catastrophe If there is
any way in which we can be recompensed
for our loss. that is what we desire"
The meeting adjourned to the call of the
Mayor.