Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-22
FIRE CHIEF KLEIN
SAYS ALBUQUERQUE
MADE GOOD DEAL
ON FIRE ENGINE
American Ia France Made
Wonderful Showing in Sc.
we're Twelve Hour Test at
New York City.
DAYS OF THE STEAM
MACHINE ARE OVER

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That Albuquerque. In purchasing
an American Ia France motor driven
hrc engine made no mistake. and no.
cured ihe best machine FOR Is size on
the market. Il the opinion az fire
Chief Jacob Klein who on Saturday
night returned from New York cry
whore he attended the meeting Of tho
International Congress Of Fire En-
gineers.
Tho gathering Included nre chiefs
from every important city In the Unit
cd states and Canada as well as a
member from the larger cities Of
Europe. Africa and Australia.
One OF the feature Of the meeting
waa a test Of lite apparatus and en-
gines IN which machines were entered
BY all the leading manufacturers o.
the world
"rho nro engines we're placed on a
wharf at Fifty-fourth street and the
North river said Chief Klein this
morning. each machine was pros
vided with aasOilnc from measured
cans and each was manned by crew
OF two picked engineers. The test WIS
the most severe possible. the ma
chimes being required 10 run a. full
capacity for twelve hours without
stopping.
IAN old fashioned steamer, provid-
cd By the New York department blew
a whistle every fifteen minutes. when
the work OF each OF the contesting
machines was noted By the scorers.
II was remarkable showing and
the machines stood up remarkably
we'll a. whole, although toward the
end. one or two developed signs of
weakness and had 20 be shut down Tor
moment or two 20 make minor re-
pairs or adjustments. The test, how
ever. was such a severe one that many
OF the chiefs present considered u un-
fair 90 the manufacturers In my
opinion a IRE engine, In actual SER
vice, has never been required 20 run
twelve hours without shutting down.
"The American In France was rep
resented by huge machine with a
capacity OF fourteen thousand gallons
pei minute. or Just double that OF the
Albuquerque engine. and It's work Was
on par with tho best shown there.
con the other hand. a couple OF the
machines which the city council was
usked TO buy, did not show up very
well and one which tho council at one
time had almost decided to buy. was
not represented az all. For this rea-
son ! am convinced that the council
and the fire committee, headed BY Al
derman Coen. made the best possible
selection when they authorized the
purchase OF the present engine.
"Anothel thing that the test showed
was that the day OF the steam FIRE en-
CINE Is over, the International COM
hustion engine 0utclasslng 4 IN every
particular. or course there are mill
lions Of dollars Invested in steamers.
ana these machines will not be scrap
ped for years to come. but, In my
Judgment from now on, very few win
be built or purchased.
In New York they are utilizing
'heir horse driven apparatus by bulld-
ing auto trucks into them and Il viii
only be short time until horses dis
APPEAR altogether from the service IN
,he big city.
II noticed with interest that many
OF the chiefs are using Ford ears aim
iar TO that recently purchased for
use cf the Albuquerque department,
but the Idea OF placing "A large tank ON
ore 81 these machines Is generally
secuted as ridiculous. A machine to
carry large chemical tank must be
built especially FOR that purpose and
from the samples I saw exhibited IN
New York. viii cost In the neighbour
hood OF $500.
Among the nre chiefs from abroad
IN New York were a. r. Dryer Of I.on-
don; Captnin Hiyert and Lieutenant
Ia Point, OF Paris; Thomas Purcell.
of Dublin. Colonel N. kirhoH. Of 81
Petersburg. Captain Portage. Of Edln.
hurgh; r. A. +. schaenker. OF Frank
fort-On- the- Main; Felix Mitchell. OF
Cape Town; G. r. bennington, OF pre-.
toria; y. J. Stein. OF Melbourne; Au-
gust Deering. OF Honolulu. and &. y
Wiedman. of Panama.
Fire Commissioner Johnson and
chief Nenlon OF the New York depart
mont discussed "Fire Insurance and
It's Relation 10 incendlarism." chief
Henry G. Bunker and william Clark.
director OF public safety Of Cincin-
natl talked on '"fhe Inspection OF
Buildings and Contents by Members
Of d Uniformed Force" other papers
were read by chief A v. Brunnett OF
birmingham, Ala, on Motor Fire Ap-
paratus," and BY Charles s. Dcmorost
OF the New York IRE department. on
The Gasoline Motor Pumping Enc
CINE"
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