The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-06
TRUCK IS AGAIN TESTED.
The Committee Votes in Favor of
Accepting It.
CHANGES WILL BE MADE
-he Truck Will Be Fixed Over to Comply
With Specif1cations-Addi
Equipments Have Seen
Sent.

The special committee named at the
last council meeting to give the new hook
and ladder truck recently purchased from
the Fire Extinguisher Manufacturing
company of Chicago another inspection
and test before the council took action on
the acceptance or rejection of the truck,
will make a report to the council making
exactly a contrary recommendation to
the fire and water committee and where
as, the regular committee recommended
rejecting the apparatus, the special com
mittee will recommend that it be &C.
cepted.
The regular committee gave the truck
two tests and came to the conclusion there
were too many defects in it to warrant
the city in saddling it onto the depart
ment, so recommended that it be rejected,
but at the last council meeting the rep
resentative of the Fire Extinguisher
company asked for another hearing and
submitted a statement of extras that had
been sent with the truck which had not
| been included in the specifications. They
were as follows: Six brass eclipse Ian
terms. S. each, $50: six brass eclipse Ian
tern brackets, $3.50 each, SIS; two rubber
fire buckets. 81 each, 81; snaps for same,
81. so: one steel crowbar, s.; snaps for
same 81 80; two No. 2 pol. copper Bah
cock extingushers, 500 each. $40; pol
shed brass sockets for same. s., SO: u
chemical charges for same, IS; one De-
troit door opener, SIS; snaps for same,
| 81 so; one Stecks electric wire cutter, 81;
one monkeywrench. 70 cents; one pitch
fork and snaps to hold same, $l.15; one
shovel and snaps to hold same, $lo to-
tai. $152. 10.
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pany another hearing and appointed spe'
cial committee composed of Aldermen
Knowlton. Macarthur and Page to be as
sisted by Chief Flannery and the city en-
gneer to make another test
The committee met yesterday afternoon
to make the test. The truck was taken
out and the 65-foot extension ladder
which furnished the basis for the principal
objection to the apparatus, was run up a!
the library building in the presence of Al
dermen Knowlton and Macarthur Chief
Fiannery and big crowd of spectators,
1t took 10 tiremen as many minutes to
raise the ladder, and when five men
mounted it it sagged and wobbled at
great rate and the support or stay poles
bent until little more weight would have
broken them. 1t was the unanimous opln-
ion among the spectators that they would
not care to risk themselves on the ladder
at a fire. when dozen or 10 people would
be likely to pile on it at one time. The
tiremen did not attempt to go to the top
of the ladder for fear of disastrous conse'
quences.
One of the chief objections to the ap-
paratus, of Chief Flannery as well as all
the members of the department, is that
the truck is built so high in the air that
they believe there would be great danger
of the truck turning over when going at
rapid rate around a corner on Butte's
side hills. No test was made in this re
spect. Aldermen Knowton and Near.
thur met last evening and decided to sub.
NTH the following to the council as the
committee report:
1--WE find on thorough investigation Of
the hook and ladder truck purchased Of
the Fire Extinguisher company as per
contract of Oct. 49, 1898, and of the speci-
| fications as referred to in said contract Of
Sept 7, 1898, now on file with the city
! clerk, and from which the Fire Extin-
| guisher Manufacturing company were re-
| quested to furnish their proposal by the
| city, said proposal being referred to in the
said contract of Oct %, 1885, that there
| being some minor points of objection
which, in our opinion, can be remedies;
| and.
| Whereas, The Fire Extinguisher Manu-
| featuring company agreed TO make GER
| tain changes as herein stated, as a matter
| of compromise without waving any rights
| under the contract; and,
| "Whereas, The said Fire Extinguisher
| Manufacturing company has sent a num-
| Der of equipments that were not asked for
| in the contract that will overcome any
| objections that may exist, we hereby rec
ommend that when the changes herein
| stated are made that the hook and ladder
| truck be accepted.
THE following are the changes to be
made: Heavier stay poles of three inches
| diameter to be provided; fastenings to be
provided to hold stay poles from sliding;
seat to be set six inches back and toe ran
to be raised or set up
The report was signed by Aldermen
| Knowton and Macarthur. Mr.. Page was
| not present