The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-05
o1D HAND ENGINE DAYS.


 The New Haven Vets Coming Visit to Hart- ford-The Old Colonel Ellsworth" Hand Engine Of Hartford.
 Of special interest to New Haven Vet. eran Volunteer f1remen, especially in view of their coming visit to Hartford, is the following from the Hartford Times.
 Finishing touches were put on the Colonel Ellsworth" hand.engine of the Veteran Firemen's association to make It ready for the squirt" which the old fire laddies expect to have at City Hall square. The vets will assemble at No 133 sheldon street, where the Colonel Ellsworth" Is stored, while awaiting the completion of the association's new building on Arch street. President D. H. Judd, Richard Costain and Steward Edward Downs have taken the old en- zine to pieces, and each part has been thoroughly examined and restored. The machine has also been newly painted, decorated and nickeled, and witt pre- sent an appearance that cannot be beat en by any engine in the country.
 The principal color of the paint used on the engine is cream white. and fine red stripes are used to break up the solid color. An abundance of gold leaf has been used in making the four wheels attractive. Hartford" is slettered on the suction case. On each side of the ma hogany box Colonel Ellsworth" is drawn, and also the coat of arms of the city of Hartford, done in oil and gold. Then the tool box is inscribed Built May, 1S61," and the arches that support the piano box to the forward axle tell when the association was formed, "Or- ganized November 25, 1SS9" On either side of the tool box is a striking picture of an eagle, perched on a rock in mid ocean, and the position of the bird iri- dicates that, like the engine that it decorates, 1t Is on the alert for it's prey.
 All the metal work has been nickel plated, and about S100 has been expend- ed on this part of the work. The nickel work includes the handsome play pipes. which are held by nickel-plated pipe holders, supported by new mahogany deck. The air barrel, connecting rods, crane necks, corner pieces of the box, springs, hubs, yoke, valves, and bell were also heavily nickeled. A noticeA- ble addition to the appearance of the machine Is a large, fine gilt eagle stand ing on a nickel-plated globe, which was presented to the association by Fire Commissioner Daniel Radett who was formerly member of Hope Engine company No of the old volunteer fire department. The brakes are of new wrought iron, being hydraulic pipes, in place of the old wooden ones.
 The Colonel Ellsworth" 1t will be re- rnembered, took second money, $150, at the tournament of veteran volunteer firemen held in Pawtucket September 13 1894, and many of the boys who helped to send the stream 193 feet 5-8 inches against a strong wind on that occasion will brake her down" to-rnor- row.
 The "Colonel Ellsworth was purchas- ed in Mohawk, N. Y, in the spring of 1894, and Is named after the New York hero who was killed at Alexandria dur ing the early portion of the war The Mohawk firemen, who had received the engine the day the news of the death of Ellsworth was received, named it for that brave New York colonel. The ma chine was commissioned in 1861, and re- mained in service there until 1867, when all the service it did until purchased by the Hartford association was to take part in the various parades of veteran firemen in New York state.