Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-03
NEW TRUCK TO
ARRIVE, JULY |
Contract Is Signed In Course
of Construction.

The contract for seventy-flve
foot American automatic aerial hook
and ladder truck Of the latest and
most improved type, has been exc
cuted. The builders, the American
La Fra~.e Fire Engine Company, of
Elmira, N. Y, are about to, start
officials declare the truck should be
here ready for use about July /. A
copy of the contract duly signed by
Acting M; yr Garretson and D. repre-
sentative VI the successful Bidders is
In the hIlds Of City Clerk La Roe.
The company holds another.
Automatic Operations.
The apparatus is to be furnished
complete with additional side ladders
and tools. 1t will be automatic in
action operated with springs and
crank wheels. 1t IS TO be equipped
|s,'sta+es s7ss 7ssssle.sa.eop!c ae9lal ladder ex
tendi ,-eIeyenty five Feet from IT,
groufd, consisting OF two section
o1S~sliding within the other. 1t viii
De elevated by means Of a phosphoI
bronze cable wound On a drum with
crank wheels, the drum 10 be at
tached to the lower section Of the
ladder. The ladder is to be S5erated
by a new and improved spring rails
ing system controlled by an air cyl
inder. BY this system the aerial lad
DER can be raised from horizontal
TO a vertical position without manual
labor.
According to the specifications, the
raising device will consist of combi-
nation coil springs enclosed in steel
tubes permanently mounted on a
turntable, gear segments forming a
shoe for the aerial butt ladder and
revolving with the same on q main
supporting shaft. The device will be
so constructed as to permit raising
and lowering Of the ladder without a
jar, by means OF an air cylinder
from which air is TO escape through
small opening while springs force
the ladder upward. The air cush-
ions and power OF supporting springs
are to effectually prevent the ladder
from falling at any time.
Large Aerial Ladder.
The aerial ladder Is to be lowered
by COMPRISING coil raising springs
by means of crank wheels All
mai puldCAOh, Idl9illS anu ic"ci III q
main ladder, extending and lowering
fly ladder and revolving the turn
table is to be performed without 0p-
orators leaving the turntable plat
form. The turntable platform is to
be located on the forward end of the
truck and will revolye with as little
resistance as possible on ball bear
ings.
The truck is to be equipped with
fancy hardwood running boards un-
der which Is to be constructed plat
form for carrying a life net 1t will
also be equipped with fancy tool
platforms, tool box and wire basket.
The drivers and tillerman's seats are
conveniently located and are equip
ped with brightly polished brass rail-
ing. The steering gear is to be OF
the latest approved type, non-rever-
s:ble and self-locking. The rear axle
is to be of the stationary type fast
ened to half elliptic springs The
apparatus will also be equipped with
internal expanding ring brake, will
have sixty-two inch track and will
be painted In fine coach colors, chief
ly English vermlion. The letter
ing on it will be "P. F. A. D., No. ! -
The ladder equipment VIII consist
of a forty-fve foot rapid hoist with
rope and pulley and forty-fve foot
extension ladder, and a thirty, TWEEN
ty,elght. twenty-four, twenty and six
teen foot single ladders and twelve
foot and sixteen foot roof ladders.