Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-16

poSlLoH " De posted Ill that respect.
1t is not so many years ago when
| the charity commissioner not only
| MADE investigation Of suspicious cases
! Of imposition, kept the accounts of
the of1ice in most excellent shape and
found time also to investigate many
/ cases that were not really charged BILE
4 TO the New London charity depart
/ meDt and collected what was due from
I other towns for the care of their poor
/ III this city. The comm issioner also
, made study of the liability of the
| state in certain grade of charges
| tnat had been made against the CITY.
I AS result charges that had hereto
lore been paid by the city were paid
by the state and result ed in a saving
to the city that was greater than the
| salary OF the charity commissioner
This same commiss Ioner made
special study Of all 1lat was connect
ed with the position and brought the
business down to Q, system that has
proven of consider able benefit to the
city. Perhaps with the aid of an in
spector the charity department of the
city might be conducted more eco
nomically than at present and the
work Of the insI Rctor be saving
even greater tina the salary.
The new auto mobile chemical enuine
. that passed thT 0ugh New London last
uesday night! bound for Norwich
Whlle fire sas in progress looked
good 10 the D ew London firemen as
IT stood best " the Niagara automo-
bile chemical and hose wagon. the
Frst TO be used in any fire depart
ment in the United States The Nj
asara mas Feen in active service for
nearly ten years and has saved her
cost many times by the efficient ser
wee rendered The Norwich machine
up TO da te in every detail. is about
the same relation as q modern tour
ing car b big coal truck when com
pared fifth the Niagara machine
Ihere was demonstration Of the prog
ress m; tde in self-propelled fire fight
ing ma chimes and the only thing lack
ing III the Norwich machine was the
pumpsi to do the work Of a steam fire
engine if necessary. In that respect
the rAew machine that is to come to
New London viii be superior to the
one that became part of the Nor
wien department this week
Ii has been demonstrated beyond /
g questioning that the self propelled are
tar rnpre efficient than the horse /
Drawn apparatus not only on account |
OF speed but for the superior pow
ed This fact was demonstrated at /
the recent fire at the Riverside ship |
taftL All the apparatus had no diff |
hcuh BY in going down the unusually |
steep and muddy hill into the ship |
yaId but the going up the hill was a |
o. h'rent problem. The pair of horses !
on each Of the hose wagons did not |
nav the strength to haul their load I
tfp ough the deep mud and up that |
teep hill Of long grade. So a pair |
CT large draft horses were pressed in |
70 service to help the fire horses. up |
the hill
With the mud over the feny of each |
wheel and gradually sinking deeper /
I'm the mud was the Niagara auto |
chemical weighing five tons loaded. |
double that of any of the other hose /
wagons. The offer Of the draft horses /
was respectfully declined With a |
run head Of steam and the throttle /
Wlde open the pioneer in that line of |
hre apparatus reached the summit Of |
the Hill unassisted. This machine has |
OFTEN climbed hills of almost equal |
grade but over q roadbed that was |
considered impossible.
The Niagara is steam driven car
with an Oldfelt boiler of tubular pat
tern and capable Of making all the |
steam required and in short order
nearly one hundred pounds a minute |
When necessary, but the two indie
pendent working engines are If e,,1a11
pattern such as we're used in staa,1
pleasure cars ten wears apo bafora
the gasoline burning cars bncar1o al
most universal When Tho ,7a+I- e.
fighting machine comes 10 +oT,.
the old Niagara might be utilized for
exhibition PURPOSES at the o.ra,+
tomobile show. But in All f9irnass -
the faithful old machine in The opiro
ion Of many expert machinists frbo
have made personal examination +haro
IS not one of the new tangled ma
chimes, so to speak. that will Ii,-a &C
long as the Niagara with eoual neeoe