Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-05

That old Nameaug steam fire engine that has been condemned for the past five years has been disposed of at a profit and considerably more than could have been obtained by disposing of the engine to some local junk deal- CT, although sold to an unwilling pur chaser It was sold to the Pope Man ufacutring company of Hartford, an allowance of $500 being made in the purchase of a chemical and hose wag- on, such as the one in use at Norwich. That old Nameaug steamer, with steamer of the same make for the Niagaras, was the first apparatus of the kind to come to New London over forty years ago and did good service for many years, The machine has been thoroughly rebuilt during the long term of service, but has not been in active service in the last decade and has been in storage for half that period absolutely worthless for the purposes for which built While the Pope com allowance, the representative of am other fire apparatus house went the offer s150 better, but the offer of the Pope company satisfied the committee who were pledged to purchase the ma chine made in Hartford. The commit tee did well in realizing such a hand some sum for the old Nameaug and the citizens are satisfied. It is one good way of disposing of useless and obsolete fire apparatus, especially as
 
 regular price.
 It is expectedt hat the new apparatus will be in the Thomas Hose house within month. Then the city of New London will have three motor driven fire apparatus and the city will be better protected from fires than ever before. In the Pequot section is the Oldsmobile chemical and hose wagon with the American La France Niagara oh md nd m ing engine in the centre of the city and the Pope Hartford chemical and hose wagon at the north end. The Mag aras are planning to repurchase from the American LaFrance company their old chemical and hose wagon for which an allowance of s1,000 was made in the purchase of the new apparatus That machine is the first automobile fire service in the United States and was purchased by the Niagaras over twelve years ago. Should this com pany succeed in getting the ownership called, 1t Is planned to give the appa- | ratus a thorough overhauling, get her prepared for active service and for use l in case of emergency. The old auto is steam machine and in case of 1 big fire could be put in commission in 1 ten minutes. or in case the new ma l chine went out of commission for re- l pairs Old Maude could be put in as 1 substitute. connected up with the gas 1 and be ready to make imm ediate re- l sponse to fire alarm. When compared | with the new machine it is like unto | the d-time stage coach and the fast | electric cars. The Niagaras are de- sirous of securing Old Maude also for l sentimental reasons, as the company was the first in the United States to 1 have auto chemical and hose wag- on in the United States there's com pany spirit to retain the ownership, i he int uyh y1nr a e | years roll on
 In the event of public parade in which the fire department participated. the Nfagaras could appear in line, with their old-t time hand drawn hose reel, a first class steam fire engine, the first chemical apparatus in the United States and the most modern triple action motor driven fire appa-