Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-01
new FIRE ENGINE
DEMONSTRATES
CAPACITY
City Engineer James Glaading
and Fire Chief J. Klein Con.
duct Official Tests Of the
Equipment Today.

The two tests made today by tho
city fire department with tho new an-
tomibile flre engine. one &C the cor
nor OF Third street and Mountain
road, and the other az the Elks' club.
FULLY realised the expectations OF the
council niombcrs, mayor, IRE chief
aud large crowds OK citizens present
to see What the big new engine can
really DO. Aside from demonstrating
20 The crowds what Immense throw
Ing power the engine has. q technical
test, the requirements OF which must
De satisfied before the engine is ao.
ceptcd BY the city. was made By city
Engineer Ciadding and chief Klein
and the engine fuidilcd every speclf-
cation. By the specifications drawn
up % insure the best machine on the
market the engine was required 20
throw zoo gallos OF water q minute
through two flfty-foot lines Of hose
with nozzles each e inch In diana
otcr. BY the calculations OF the city
engineer the engine threw under
these conditions 70a gallons a min
ute, while the representative OF the
company figured that no gallons
were thrown. Had The engine thrown
slightly less than Toe the require
ments would have been fulfilled az
per cent ~ always allowed in by
draullc measurement,
a report 10 the effect that the city
pressure Is not sufficient 20 supply
adequately the new engine has been
In circulation and gained considerable
impetus az result OF yesterdays
demonstration In the highlands. How
ever, there Is absolutely no ground
for such n report. Tho city pres
sure is approved by the insurance un-
derwriters' association and today evil
denced that II il ample. II u thought
that there might have been an oh
struction In the main az the corner Of
Central and Broadway from which
the water was gotten yesterday, thus
causing the shortage And oven II
there shovld be trouble In supplying
the water Il Is the fault OF the STRIFE
ture IN the water plug. not the pres
sure. All OF the connections from thu
mains 20 the IRE plugs are {, or
inches In diameter. while the outlsi
from the plug Is only go inches. thus
restricting the flow and detracting
from the efficiency. IN case that y
proves necessary 20 get more water
the enlargement OF the fire plug out
let Is all that viii be necessary.
The council will IN al probability
ask the water company 10 put In new
plugs in the downtown district and
I II this Is done the outlet Of the new
I plugs win be made 4 instead Of 2 H..
inches Ia diameter. Chief Klein
Mayor Elder, Aldermen COen and
\ Clark, all OF whom rode on the bia
engine 10 the scene Of the test. were
we'll satisfied with the showing made
land no trouble whaiever Is expected
from the water supply. In all the tests
the pressure ran higher al Third ano
] Mountain road than at the Elks' club
Fifth and Gold This difference was
lcxpiainod by the fact that the plul
used IN the north end Of the city !.
supplied from both Central avenue
aud Mountain road, while the plug a
the Eiks' club Is supplied only from
Central avcaue
At the Elka' club a mcaus Of egti
lm0tiRg distances was afforded. witt
three 50-f0Ot lines IN commission, tw'
with MOBILES Us Of an inch IN dia
HAhAtAI NtAe R~tatA WIN - WAt30tANN A0A
zle, almost perpendicular stream
we're thrown about 20 feet above th'
club building and well back onto th'
roof The Elks' building Is about q
feet high. After demonstrating IN,
machines efficiency vita three lines
one line was taken OF and nozzle
III inch 10 diameter were put OF
the two lines. With these two lines
streams much greater In volume thai
with the three lincs were thrown q
height approximately twice tn
height Of the building. and wbei
thrown horizontal to the ground. full
twOthlrds the length OF the bloel
from Fifth TO sixth.
while the volume OF water unde
qartaiu imposed conditions by o..
specifications, az previously stated, q
iiXed az 200 gallOn8 q minute, II shout,
be understood that under ordinary iirl
circumstances this volume would no
be approached even X four line
were IN use, The pressure was pu
TO more severe strain today In en-
test than Il will experience In an.
N other than a ten nfaw fire.