New-York tribune., 1896-11-18
tFTER 4 BETTER FIRE HlDhANI.

TESTS NOW BEING MADE BY THE DEPART "r'Ni
OF PUBLIC WORKS
Commissioner Coils OF the Department of fuoic
Works has known for n long time that the city
y,os deficient in II least feature OF us water
s,,nrly-namey tha. which Is OF most importance
70 the Fire Department hydrants Inc hS"'''''
non. IN uso I'm This city are for the most part OF
crude and clumsy sort. There are TWO FihoS' pu'
tho mos, that can he said OF the best OF them Is
,hs, (, is less bad than the other ln"y are p'"'
ticaIIy what have been used for many years mere
"a ,.huo thor cities have been taking big str'o's
forward Sow-York has stood still In this matter
Tho hydrants are of such KIM tna' INV '."''
accident will put Ihem oxt OF or'er M" NV
have 10 be dug up and taken 10 fhe yar's u "'
dopartmen, for repairs. II boy raises ''''
and drops pebbl" INTO IN" cas-" '"'
fik.iv TO become useless.
Tho hvdran,s now In use are - arrane'h 'i~,
n. water has 20 shut on for several DOCKS anu
for NOR. than Law when a huilh'ng Is 7" ~ '''-
ncc,.d with the main. In cold weather 'h'S "'-~o
.ssilv and when the nremen respond TO a can 'heS
r. as likelv as not In winter to find tho hydran'S
,.,.,,. ,is-ht The Commissioner has been making
,,org.r,.nts for some time leading 10 an abate-
mon, ~ this evil md the first results of MS aporS
zero s..n Yesterday. when there h'gan ~ ''o Nv
uarfm.ut yards IN East Twenty ty-four'h-S'' TEST
Of a number ~ hylranis now in Us" IN o'he' ph''T
-. ,,,, ,oun,rv The tests not only include hy-
drarf- hu, all the kindred appliances that are
rnanuf lcttred to day. \ corps OF experts was III
.,,.udnnce Yesterday note the details OF the
trials which viii continue for some time ne ar'
s,,.,,,s ar. elaborate and all manufacturers
-, b,drants or other waterworks supplies nave
t, asked 10 send their products for trial The
b,dr,nts are 10 be- tested to the pressure they
,iiov ,h. quantity Of water they furnish In a
.,,.., time the amount OF leakage. and all the de-
.,ti. mat make a hydrant s"rviceahie. IN" OK
,r,s ,,iI talulat- the results OF their inNestieh
r.ftpff %
,.rnr,m.rd the adoption Of tn" appliances tha'
rr,ve most practicable. Special attention VIII ~
rivrn TO securing a hydrant Of simple mechanism
fhaf ,yill not gct OF order easily ana thdt II
,apobl. Of quick and inexpensive repair ,,,,.
The competing establishments are bIIIu'iH
Iron Foundry Providence. Il. l. NJ j. prummohd
& 60 a T. smith Newark: A =. Wheaia, Boston +;
foboson Engineering and Foundry company,
9;.orge EnrrI J. u. Frosts Sons. Towanda Penn
chapman XsvG cSmp"ERy EgndTT Mcnar eanpnny Phip
rsi.v T,vonn. \ j.: 4. J. Tyler Passac. y. j.,
+ II sh.dd providence. H. l.. Eddy valve com
panv Waterford. y. Y; Rensselaer, NliVr - y Iir- pm
'not' conn: Conn Valve Company. N'ponsr''
Mass: kennedy Valve Company, Norwood IN
cheering COMPANY. Florence. Mass Adams *
Sn'ifh j Thompson Co. Philadelphia thornton
!. un,i,, company, f. VI. Dart Manuticturinh
Somn.nv Providence X. l.; Walworth Valve Com
pany - ..,r,,.sio,o- collIs and Commits.
,n"yy Hnnls OF :he Dock Board were present
rba, m. fest began yesterday morning. ms were
49, Henry r. Cobt. Mayor OF Newton Mass
%nIoncl / " Jacobus. Commissioner fiardli chai1
man OF the Jersey city boarh oi ""'e' "o'"'' '
Charles Carr. OF Boston. A.. ,.,a,
The testing board who VIII carry on the , tIias
n,s,s III ~ Thief bonner OF the Fire Department
George " Birdsall chief engineer S' Wa,ar pr
nunr ~ m, Department: Horace LOOMS. engineer
IN charge OF sewers. and Colonel A. s. Gear.