The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-30
THE NEW ENGINE ON DUTY.
II Makes an Excellent Showing in The
Final Tests.

OF the nay 0LEGEb MaAh DAON6u MOI
Water Enough for First-class En-
gine-The New Engine to Be Located
at Headquarters and Known as Num-
Der 3-The Old Engine Will Also Be
Held in Service at Headquarters.
The new fire engine the latest addition
! 20 the citys fire service, has been sta
! toned at headquarters, and is now ready
/ for duty.
/ The engine was put through a most
/ thorough and satisfactory test yester-
/ day. which demonstrated two things.
/ one is that the new acquisition is the
/ best engine the city has ever had in its
/ service. and the other is that the Bay
street main is entirely incapable of sup
plying a large sized fire engine working
with fun head of steam, and that its
replacement by larger sized main with
different style Of hydrant is an immedi-
ate necessity.
1t viii be remembered that during the
test of the engines on Bay street under
the inspection of Chief Hale of Kansas
City, No. ?, the largest engine then in
the service, failed to work satisfactorily
at the Bay street main. Mr.. Asa La
France, who superintendent the test yes
| terday, said that this was undoubtedly
due to the inability of the hydrant to
supply the engine with the proper amount
of water
The new engine was tested in Reynolds
square at II clock in the morning The
test was in charge of Mr.. Asa LaFrance,
| brother of the maker of the engine, Mr..
p. p. Crowley travelling representative
of the company, and Chief Puder. The
water was taken from the cistern in the
square in order that the engine might
have all the water 1t could possibly take.
In 81 minutes, after being fired
up the engine registered 100 pounds of
steam, and was ready for work. The
Siamese connection, which consists of two
| hose leading from the engine for three
| lengths, leading into a single hose, was
used, as by this means the greatest pos
sibe pressure is obtained. lA-inch
nozzle was put on, When the engine
| registered 1855 pounds of steam and 2O
pounds water pressure water was turned
on. Water was thrown with the IA
inch nozzle a distance of 264 feet. With
a lh-inch nozzle and 200 pounds pressure
it was thrown $50 feet
A very large hose known as the Deluge
was Joined to the Siamese coupler and l3D
pounds of steam and 40 pounds of water
pressure was put on. The Deluge is not
used for throwing a stream any distance,
but for emptying the largest possible
amount of water on given point at
short range. 1t proved worthy of its
| name. The square was flooded in a very
short time. A 194 Inch nozzle was used.
With two streams of water with Ia
inch MOBILES water was thrown a dis
lance of 24O feet. The last test, and prob
ably the most important, was the 2-inch
nozzle attached to the Deluge. Water
was thrown $50 feet. At this rate the
! engine was emptying 900 gallons of water
a minute. A fire would have a good start
indeed to live in the face of such a
| stream.
! Chief Puder was very much pleased with
! the showing made by the new engine,
| as were also Messrs. Crowley and La
! France The engine was next taken
! around to Bay street and a connection
made with the hydrant in front of the
! city exchange. The small suction pipe
was attached and the Siamese connection
made with the two-inch nozzle. The en-
| CINE had only reached a pressure of
| twenty pounds, when the water supply
/ failed to meet the demand. The small
| suction was taken off and the large one
! put on, but no better results were OBJ
tanned. The water only poured out from
the nozzle for a few feet in a broken
stream. A one and one-half inch nozzle
was then put on with only slightly bet
ter results. A one and one-quarter inch
! nozzle was then put on and very re-
| spectacle stream thrown. AS soon as
the pressure reached 100 pounds, however,
the water supply proved inadequate.
As the whole Advantage of the large
! engine consists in throwing a large stream
a considerable distance, the test showed
| conclusively that the large engine could
| not be worked from the Bay street main
to as much advantage as the smaller
| ones and, in fact, will require careful
| handling to be used at all unless the
pressure is kept down to the capacity OF
the main the extra revolutions per min
ute only serve to churn up the water in
the tanks and diminish the force of the
stream. A wel-known insurance agent
who was standing near inquired of Mr..
LaFrance what the trouble was
The main is Inadequate" he replied
ito supply the required amount of water
1t is useless to attempt to work power
full engine without the proper supply of
water. The main should not be less than
eighteen inches in diameter. The lead
ers from the main are also entirely toe
small. 1 am informed that they are only
three inches in diameter when they
should not be less than six inches. This
is the only city IN the country that ]
know Of Of any size where such small
sized leaders are used. AS the pipes
were put down a number of years ago
they are probably badly incrusted with
rust, which further decreases their ca
pacity. Another defect is that the con
nections with the hydrants are entirely
too small. The style of hydrant used is
out of date. When the new main is put
in the leaders to the hydrants should not
be less than six inches in diameter, and
the hydrants should have two 2A-inch
connections and one 4-inch connection, sc
that any sized connection could be used
as desired. Then you will obtain first
class service from your two large en-.
giues. With a tremendous water pres
sure fair service might be obtained from
the 6-inch main, but your water works dc
] civ a -
The new engine was taken down to
No. > engine house, where it is stationed
temporarily No. engine was taker
down to headquarters in the afternoon
where 1t was given thorough overhaul.
ing by Engineer Founder under the super.
vision Of Mr.. LaFrance. At Chief Puder's
request MIR. LaFrance and Mr. Crowley
will supervise test OF No. > early this
morning. This engine is 400 pounds heav-
Ter than the new engine, but lacks about
100 gallons a minute in equaling it in
| capacity
The new engine viii now be known as
No. 3. old No. 3 will be kept in reserve
at headquarters in readiness TO respond
to any fire at which 1t may be needed
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