Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-04-29
STEAM UP IN
TWO MINUTES
Official Test OF New Fire
Apparatus for This City
Held Yesterday.
THROWS THREE STREAMS
Prominent men from Nearby
Places Are on Hand to
Watch the Results.
THROWS THREE STREAMS

Official Perth Amboy, members Of the
FIRE department, and incidentally few
citizens and many boys, turned out In
force yesterday afternoon to witp -
the test of the two new pieces r Are
apparatus received from the Am, can
La France Fire Engine Company, Of
Elmira, n. Y, this week. The test vas
a successful one and easily demonstra-
ted the two pieces of apparatus, .
steamer and combination hose and
chemical wagon, to be far superior to
anything Of their kind in the city.
The test was held in Jefferson street,
near the federal building. Cold wster
was run into the steamer from a nearby
fire plug and fire started beneath its
boiler. Two minutes and ten seconds
later the indicator registered first
steam. The indicator then registered
the steam in pounds in elapsed time In
the following ratio: s pounds, min
utes, 80 seconds; 10 pounds, minutes,
s seconds; Is pounds, minutes, so SEQ
onds; 90 pounds, minutes, 20 seeondsJ
% pounds, 4 minutes, so seconds; 80
pounds, minutes, 10 seconds; 70
pounds, minutes, 40 seconds; 45
pounds, 6 minutes; so pounds, 8 min
utes, 10 seconds.
One Stream Started.
On reaching so pounds the engine was
then started with one stream. 1t soon
went up to $50 pounds and was throw
ing stream such as has never been
seen in this city before. Two lines Of
hose were then attached to the appas.
atus and 100 pounds was registered.
With thres streams the pressure was
110 pounds. Under all the tests good
streams were thrown. With the single
hose the nozzle got away from the Are
men at one time and gave some Of ths
spectators good wstting, sending
other eurrying for cover.
The new engine cost SIS 800 and has =
capacity Of about oue-third greater than
the present steamers in the city. Ths
old steamers in the city have attach
ments for only two lines Of hose, while
the new apparatus can handle three
streams. The new engine is an improve
ment over the old one in that it has
rubber tires, hub brakes, and automatic
oilers, oil pump and water glass. With
one stream it throws about 450 gallons
of water minute, according to the
figures Of Andrew Jersey, sales agent
q ans t9s 9ss sngaa pWo streams ehAFfae
$50 gallons minute spd w.t. w,ts eres
streams it throws $50 gallons a min
ute. Charles E. Vessel represented the
company as demonstrating engineer.
The makers claim that their engine
of third class, is equal to the second
class engine of other firms Perth Am
boy already has two steamers pur-
chased from the La France Fire En-
CINE Company in 1904. These were ra-
ted as third class engines at the time,
but would be rated as fourth class now.
New Combination Wagon.
The combination hose and chemical
wagon cost s2,525. It includes rubber
tires and two thirty-fve gallon chemi-
cal tanks At fire one tank can be in
the process Of being reflled while the
other is being emptied on the blaze.
The tanks are the champion Babcock In
vertsble. Accompanying the wagon IL
900 feet Of chemical hose, IA inches
in diameter. There is also a sixteen
foot extension and s ten foot roof lad
der attached to the apparatus. Two
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