The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-17

over a fireman's head to be used by him in fighting fires under extreme diffl- culties. It's makers guarantee that a man wearing this protector can go into all kinds of noxious and deadly fumes and breathe as freely as in the purest air. The process of purifying the air before it reaches the nostrils is ohemi- cal. a reservoir for the chemicals be- ing applied to the back of the hood. The protector will protect the head completely against fire, heat, smoke. gas, steam, falling debris. ammonia and sulphur fumes and bad air. The wear CT can breathe, hear and see with per- feet freedom. The inventor of the pro- tector MT. Willis c. Valjen, intends to give public exhibition of his device on the green.
 An interesting feature of the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber company is the Dixon gun, which shoots life line to the top of any building in the world, and attached to which line is a folding wire ladder, which Is capable of sus- taining the weight of two persons at time. A life-saving harness, invented by Captain Griffin of truck 8, Boston department, is also shown. With this harness persons insensible, overcome by smoke or injured, can be removed from buildings or brought down by lad ders easily and with safety. Alumi- mum fire hats, too, are shown.
 This company shows a great variety of articles. There are goose necks for use on flush hydrants, lanterns, gongs. nose protectors, hose hoists, hose and ladder straps, hose menders, spanners. Siamese connections, hydrant gates. hose caps, strainers, torches, hats. trumpets, hose reels, hose racks and innumerable arsicles.
 On the second floor is the large ex- hibit of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele- graph company of New York. The Gamewell system Is in use in this city and in between 700 and 800 other cities in the United States. This company is also making the largest display that it has ever done. It has about two doz- en gongs, all of different sizes and de- signs, indicators, tappers, fire alarm boxes of all styles, including the plain, non-interfering, successive, keyless. school and railroad boxes; also police signal boxes and apparatus. There are also automatic repeaters and switch boards, storage batteries and switch boards for the same, bell striking ma- chinery, whistle blowing machines and also auxiliary alarms and boxes. All of these things are connected up with electricity and are in first-class work ing order.
 c. F. Berry of Cambridgeport, Mass, has an exhibit that consists of swing ing harness and the Berry harness. with a new device for locking the col lar, the bolt being interchangeable. The Berry spring which holds the har- ness aloft is new and interesting to firemen.
 The invention, which consists of two elliptical gears, with spring attached to one to hold the harness in position, is placed between the ceiling and the floor above. Unlike the weight, which de- mands steady pull to draw the collar down for locking, this spring simply re-
 quires a slight touch to drop the har-
 ness upon the horses back, thus mak- ing the operation of locking very easy ! matter To the other elliptical gear is fitted a cylinder containing a spring.
 around which cylinder Is the cord for
 drawing the hanger quickly and stead fly upward, thus preventing all punc-
 turing of the ceiling. They have also l three-horse hitch which can be util- ized in houses with only a seven-foot
 doorway. This is on exhibition for the first time,
 The Archibald Wheel company of Lawrence, Mass, show powerfully built wheels and gears, while next Is the exhibit of the Hall Manufacturing com- pany of Rockland, Md, axes and axe
 handles. On the left at the entrance is the New Jersey Car Spring and
 Rubber company's exhibit of hose, while next is that of the Hunter self- cushioned life-saving net.
 The United States Fire and Police Telegraph company of Boston will show
 an extensive and valuable system of alarms. With the exhibit are J. J. Rud- dick and Edward Heymann.
 Other exhibitors are: Malcom Hun- Rter Long Island City, life nets; Knight
 & Thomas, Boston, fire extinguishers and many others
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