New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-15

odlGcc {, would break in the windows force its
way in through openings. and delrg" property ln
a most appalling way, 10 say nothing OF making 10
end OF other trouble for the occupants. Bat M"
shower Of rain from a ball nozzle covering an "S-
panse forty. nifty or sixty feet In diameter. won
reach the whol" surface at once, ana yet "iin"h'
smashing singh" pane.
SIN another striking merit Of the new device Is
that It docs away with back pressur"" Every on
familiar with the operations of a modern municipal
fire department. knows TIA. the taper Of noz1."
offers 50 much resistance 10 the passage OF the
water whom the latter Is flowing with great fore"
that three iour pipemen ~" needed - mauA,;"
the pipe. II Il one" gets away from them II "rr
giles 10 and fro Ike a mighty serpent. and is rs
hard to r"capture az an anaconda. The b"li--hfp"i
outlet e.ts rd OF this difficulty. 80 that uuan
can handle th- pipe with easr. This. of cours' is
a great gain iu any situation. Bat II is 81 ">cep
tona value when a fireman wishes to invade a
burning tencmcn: OF hotel. or even an unoccui"I
building IT end bcs him 10 advance far more rapid
Is ana effect rescues much more quickly ln crises
where every minute. every second. indeed. may
mean IT.. or death 10 unpcril"d human beng
And here. again. another highly deslrabi" OBJECT
is attained Having a. his command tine wide
sweeping rain projected from ball nozzle" ~"
daring fireman who uva1's a hliZirS building can
sweep the smoke before him lk" ~ayes before a
gale Whether the minute particles Of solid matter
which constitute the aunoca'ing and. binding c'ouG
BE- soizeI upon ana absorbed b. the water. or
whether some different process comes into play b.
uncertain But the RE- at is quite beyond doubt and
very decisive The air IS "ffoctuaiy cleared. the
gallant nfe-savcr presses his search with vastly in
cro .,d facility and the brwilicrc1. desperate NOR
rais who are suatch~d from "a aWfu. fate ar" able
TO breathe an almost uncontam,naied air some MN
utes before reaching the street
10 use in hotels. steamships. theatres, factories
and other large bnilIinss provided win th'r own
nre-cxtn,uishers. the bah nozzle is quite a. well
adapted ~ 10 municipal FIRE service and I'm both
these directions f. viii doubtless INA extensive
usefulness For such work the nozzle Is provided
also with - short tap"iIhg, tuDuidi oEiel 50 lhHt
one may have either the solid jet or the scattering
funnel 1T will bat not b0fh 81 once. Another form
permanently on a staudpipc. In TACT. several Of
Ia, m may bc connected with on" source OF supply.
,sImahi, not only m interiors bit also out IN rail-
way freight yards and Iumber-ydrds. where pro-
lection could be- extended oyer a VIDE area, IN
from the scene Of tronblc. In such cases it Is pro-
posed 10 erect the standpipes about 100 feet apart
The fountain playing in the Roosevelt Huildlng
affords hint of these possibilities but IT IL per
mitted 70 cover only thirty feet because that Is
about the diameter Of the basin. IT, however. the
water We're elected under fan pressure IT would
Ii was primarily lawn sprinkler that this nozzle
was vas devised Its nvTno DnSre1 w. poiiork OF
bursting OF rubber garden hose, In Consequence of
the back pressure" already referred TO. lie phil
non and concluded that by widening the outlet the
eyl wound be overcome Ana 4 was; 50 that now
every few weeks. and in addition. ne has obtained
much better sprinkler. The fire department of
Des Moines then tried II, with gratifying results
The fire losses I'm that city were sensiby diminished
by It's use. But the invention IL applicable other
uses than these two. II makes an exceedingly orna-
mental fountain. The water rises from a ball noz-
Zlc the tap IN inverted OF lovely sym
mery, and then curves over gracefully before fall
Ing II breaks, not into fine spray, but into large
drops. that - shape "a not easily disturbed ly
the wind by fixing such device IN the top Of a
delicate and rare tree. the latter might occasionally
be freshenci ana 5equlinci And it IS claimed that
with the necessary pipe system and ball nozzl- .
obtained at small cost. II would be possible 10
lrrigate large tracts of land In the Wcs, with only
one third the water necessary with open ditches