The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-12
THE HEATERS INSPECTED.
The Fire COMMITTEES Looks Over the
Fire Departnanf,s Nam A nnaratr1s

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Fire departments New Apparatus.
E. S. Clymer of the Jersey City fire de
partnent completed the attachments Of
four of the fire heaters to the steam fire
engines yesterday morning, and in the
afternoon Chairman Bailey Of the fire com,
mittee OF the council, and Alderman Reid
| with Chief Fireman Pu Ter, made an in.
| spectlon OF the heaters, and a test of their
practical working was had which was salts
! factory 10 the committee and the chief
Mr.. Clymer accompanied the party on its
rounds OF the four engine houses, and ex-
planned the workings of the heaters.
Inc iirst visit was to firemen's headquar-
ters when the gauge on the Nc. 3 engine
registered seven pounds of steam At a
signal the horses started off with the engine,
and the steam pipes leading from tue heater
TO the boiler of the engine were automati-
carly detached, and the furnace door of the
heater was automatically thrown open aud
the fire began to die down.
AT the No engine house the boiler gauge
registered 10 pounds, and at the No. 4 en-
CINE house the gauge indicated pounds,
the engineers at the different engine houses
stating that by the use Of two and half to
three scuttles of coal for twenty-four hours,
the steam varied from 5 to 20 pounds
Mr.. Clymer explained to the committee
that the Jersey City fire department kept
an average OF five pounds of steam, as it
was not necessary that the water in the fire
engine boiler should be higher than the
boiling point, as, except in very short runs,
a IuII working pressure could be had in a
snort time. There was no test at the No.
engine house, as the floor had been taken
out to be relayed
The fifth heater is at firemen's headquar-
tiers, and will be attached to the new La
France engine, which was shipped from the
factory last Saturday. Alderman Bailey
says the exact location of the new engine
has not yet been determined, but that it
will be located somewhere in the southeast
ern part of the city
mere Is already some complaint that the
use OF the arteslan water, owing to the
magnesium in it, clogs the pipes and will
scale the boilers. SO that a chemical com.
pound Is to be used in the boilers. Mr..
Clymer said it would be impossible to oper-
ate check valves on the heaters if
added that the check valves are
not necessary. He said that with little
use the amount Of steam carried can be
easily regulated and the amount of coal
used can be reduced to a minimum. He
leaves to-day for home and will stop off at
Charleston, where Mr.. Charles Greene will
show him over the city, after which he will
go to Philadelphia and thence to Jersey
City. Mr.. Clymer says that he is highly
pleased with Savannah and would rather
risk spending summer here than in New
York or other large northern cities, where
the heat is Iuore oppressive.
The chairman of the fire committee was
asked what location has been selected for
the No. 2 engine, which must be removed
from its present engine house Jan l, and
he said the city has not yet secured
site although several are in view. 1t
Is the aim of the committee to have the en-
CINE removed as short distance as possible
from it's present location. The city will
either have to lease or purchase place for
the engine, as the owner Of the building
has notified the city that he wants posses
sion Of the property by Jan. /.