The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-31
THE FIRE DEP ARTlIENT.
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expecting it, And then th,. cprpu
lieut. CuIrt heav-d a full -iZ-d sigh mat
seemed Xix a rush Of wiud coming
DOVE canyon in th- SierTrs.
"Dii YOU notice that Their a'e three
sliding pul-- IN the buildIug2' he
asked. "WelI, they We're not put iu
there % much ON account of necessity
- To fl up the holes which Father
Time punched in the floor with hi
scythr" Ard then c,me another
sigh that made the TepOrr er'- ueckrie
wlggl,- Iu the wind. what We want"
he continued, 'is a new uuil1ing,
SOM thing tina will he "a credit To thu
city aud a suitable place for housing
the men aud the engines This place
j. thirty years old and used 20 b. a
place for storing salt by James Dow
sett. Lock around you AMI n on can
find "A board that you cannot -tick
your finger through Will cha ~ aud
put IL away a. a souvenir Just look
around again and see the character OF
the appliances we have. They ~ a
right a. can b., aud too good for the
building Throw your electric b ue-
on TN a harness AMI the arrangement
for re ting il on the horses, there's
nothing antique about It, II there?
nothing that would leah you To- De
Iieve il were used by the aUci-nts, i
there? Then look at this Eastman
hOld-r. Say! When / first went into
th. fire department IL used to take
four of Us TO mold pipe. with This
arrangement one man can hold ~ and
direct il Anywhere, provide the stream
j. not above 100 pounds pressure
The chief was % Interested iU explain
ing the working of this cOntrIvanre
that ne put the wrong end OF his
C gar in his mouth. THAT max
nae hOtp' he remarked after ne was
through splitting out tine ashr-i
"but here's something that
i am especially proud of; u.s. called
the deluge, aud when you learn what
il WILL do you Will make up your
mind that the man who chri-tened IL
knew his business.
"This hose, you will notice it, is a
regular three and half inch COTTON
affair, is connected with "a tee 20 that
two engines can pump a stream al one
time, and the water is forced through
the tee into the hose aud out Of thi-
pipe The size of the stream when n
spreads out il about the size of Nun
anu stream after heavy rain storm.
That's the reason IL il callefi IA deiuge.
We u-e it i'm tioOding a building,
or il can be used wnen there -
fire snOulderIng in a cellar.
There is another appliance that
will win your admiration il l.
called The ball nozzle, and 10y II We
get three actions. For instance, ~
you happen To be in room where the
fire il burning ON three sides Of you
and you wish spread, more than force,
just turn this crank so, aud a large
elegant -pray that reminds you of IA
lawn sprinkler Is the result. On the
fNfE h zFrssT frfa
strong stream, reverse the crank and
you have it. Now, suppose cIrcum
stances are such that you DOM know !
just what sort of stream of needed,
shut II off like this" turning the !
crank around again, ''and it does not |
make any difference what the pres |
sure il, you can go into room with |
the pipe ami not spill drop of water"
the reporter agreed with him.
"What do the men dO when they /
are not drilling? Oh, they stay around
the house and engage in any sort of
quiet pleasure they wish Tney have
twelve hours liberty three times
month when they earn IL by good be
haviOT; when they step over the
trace as we say in the classics, they
don't get their holiday, but -tay in
side ami play checkers or read the
War Cry, whichever they prefer.
There - always Work to TIE done ami
until IL il done they do not get away "
So far as the comfort of the men is
cOnc-rued the quarters at No > En-
glue House are not what they should
De; the building Is so old that Il fall
ing To pieces. There is scarcely a
pane of glass or sash in the place.
The root Is going as fast a. it can. and
II the meu have To occupy II another
year there will have to- be an item in
the appropriation for umbrellas amt
rubber blankets. The Government
owns lot AT the corner of Brretania
and Fort which will some day be Oc
,upied by n stone fire house, but not
until the legislature will vote the
$50 900 necessary for its construction.
The present building wOuld not win
he admiration of any one, not even
81 wash Indian.
Walter Bromley, the engineer, usu-
ally allows himself to get from the
bed to- the engine; the other six sec
Dnds he puts in figuring out electr cal
ievi e., and every one he has worked
)ut has proved q success.