The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-10-04
NEW FIRE ENGINE.

The new gasoline fire engine and
hose wagon COM biued, ordered some
time ago by the town commissioners
OF the Howe Engine COMPANY, of H.
dIsnapolis, arrived in town last Thurs
day morninr and was unloaded and
taken to the oil mill for preliminary
test.
The engine which appears like a
city hose wagon but which has a twen-
ty horse power automobile motor con-
nected to trlplex pump with capacity
OF ten barrels minute carried under
the bo3y of the hose wagon, was drawn
close to the big we'll at the oil mill and
the rubber suction hose put Into the
water, an electric switch was pushed
and pull given the starting crank to
the motor and the engine was in mo-
ton. The clutch lever was pushed
| and in less than ten seconds powerful
Inch stream WAS shooting away above
the top of the mill smoke stack, then
two and three streams were thrown, all
going way above the top of the tall
three story mill.
MIR. P. G. Howe, OF the company,
then showed how, IN event OF trouble
occurring with the engine from lack OF
gasoline or other causes, auxiliary pair
CT cylinders connected to the power
pump could be put into operation bv
band brakes and ten men pumping by
hand throw good fye-eighths stream
high In the air above the mill roof.
The engine WAS then taken by horses
over town, and run was made from
In front OF Mr.. Pu,rington's store to the
town we'll in front of the Brick Hotel,
laying 80 feet of hose en- route, and
water taken from the well and thrown
with great force against the cornices of
Il. q. Josey & Company's store, the
time from start to finish being two and
one halt minutes. A stream was sent
up In front OF the hotel, tearing up the
flooring OF the second story balcony
for several feet. After this test it was
put up for the night.
An official test for the commission
ers was made Friday morning. The
engine was drawn by ten or twelve men
along the sidewalk from the Baptist
church and set at the town we'll, laying
QUO feet OF hose on the walk and waite
thrown above the ninety feet Baptist
church steeple in one minute and
twenty seconds, Mr.. A. Mcdowell TAX
ing the time. After other tests the
council met and completed the pur-
chase OF the machine. A number of
the citizens we're instructed in starting
the engine IN the afternoon and be-
came quite proficient.
Now, let's have some fire wells put
down so as to give ample water for the
protection of our homes, and our peo-
PIE will soon receive insurance reduc-
ton enough to pay for the water. Our
town we'll WAS still unexhausted " hen
the final test WAS made, notwithstand-
Ing an hours pumping of the first test
and the half hours trial afterwards.
There is more Catarrh in this sect
ion OF the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the
last few year was supposed to be incu-
rable. For great many years doctors
pronunced it local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by
constantly falling TO cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be con-
stltutional disease and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to teaspoonful. It
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address,
F j CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, o.
Sole by Druggist, Is.
Take Halls Family Pills tor constipat-
Ion.