Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-14
DOWN TO HARD PAN.
A Positive Time for the Fire Engine
Test at Last Decided Upon.
IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW,
Whether Mr.. Vandeyelde Makes His Ap-
pearance Here or Not.
ALLEGHENY's ULrIMATUM Is ACCEPTED

Some additional spouting to that now 80
prevalent in political circles will take place
tomorrow. The engine test at Exposition
Park will positively take place. Chief j.
o. Brown has accepted the terms of Superin-
tendent Armstrong; letter insisting upon
the test taking place this week, and stated
yesterday he would send the engine over
whether Judge Vandevelde shows up or not,
expressing the most implicit confidence in
Mr.. Armstrong; Judgment on the subject
Chief Brown said he did not know whether
Julian Kennedy. the third judge, had been
notified or not, but he would have his engine
on the ground at 8 A. M, ready for work.
Mr.. Vandevelde was yesterday at Worces-
ter, Mass, and may possibly get here by the
limited train tonight, but whether he comes
or not the test will be held. Mr.. Brown
thought it would have been better to have
waited until Wednesday, so police and other
regulations could be made by the judges,
but from the peremptory nature of the de-
mand to held the test this week conceded the
point. The letter from Superintendent Arm
strong to Chief Brown was not received until
yesterday, and reads as follows:
ALLEGHENY'S ULTIMATUM.
"ALLEGHENY, PA, February Il 1890
~. o. Brown, Esq, Chief Of the Department OF
Public Safety, Pittsburg, Pa
DEAR SIR: Your letter to Chief Jones Of
February II has been handed to me, and, judg-
ing from its tone and temper, it would seem
that the way is open for q good deal of corre-
spondence about the test, without anything be-
ing done to bring about the same. In your let
nothing
time except to join in fixing the time that
would be suitable to all the judges. To this
would say, there Is nothing in the rules about
there is not is that at the time the rules
were formulated Mr.. Vandevelde said he
would be absent from Pittsburg
return and we could arrange the time and have
the test brought to a conclusion as soon as pos
sible. At that time 1 had no other idea but
that the test would be made in q few days, as
Mr. Vandevelde said, or certainly would have
had the date for it inserted in the rules, or re-
fused to have had anything to do with the test.
las this test has been delayed from time to
s6nhI time until the general R1Sc nays sseSs eSs
newspapers are making 1t butt Of ridicule, I
have come to the conclusion that 1t will be
better to have the test come OF soon or dropped
entirely, so will now give you AlleghenJ's
;'Chief Jones informs me that Exposition
Park Is now in good condition for the test to
take place, and, as you remark In your letter,
iire departments are always presumed to be
ready for action, l propose to have the test
take place on either Friday or Saturday, Feb
ruary IA or Is whichever Of these days will suit
you best l think this is ample notice, when
the numerous delays about this test are taken
into consideration.
A FINAL DEFIANCE.
II would like you to answer and let me know
which day will suit you best. Otherwise Will
have the Allegheny engine go to the ground on
Saturday morning ready to proceed with the
test, under the rules adopted for the same;
then If there Is no test the public can have their
own opinion as to where the responsibility
rests. will notify the Board Of Underwriters
through W. q. McCandless, Esq, of our readi-
ness to have the test on either of the above
dates Respectfully yours.
edward ARMSTRONG,
Judge for Allegheny F. D."
Some i've minutes after the reception Of the
above Chief Browns reply was being ground
considered eaustic and to the subjeot. It is a.
follows:
'PrTsBURG, February L. 1890
the Allegheny Fire Department:
DEAR SIR-ln answer to your communica-
ton Of February II, beg leave to say that
Saturday, February Is, will suit this depart
ment for the contemplated engine test. Twill
have the engine at the Exposition Park, ready
for said test at the time agreed upon, to wit,
SAL
Thanking you for the interest and courtesy
you have extended me in this matter. remain,
respectfully yours, u. o. BROWN,
"Chief Department of Public Safety"