Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-31
AUTO TRUCK
HAS ARRIVED
NEW CITY FIRE TRUCK NOW ON
TRACKS HERE.
DEMONSTRATOR HERE NEXT WEEK
Lai'rance Combination Hose Truck
and Chemical Engine Arrives Here
Ent viii Not BE Cnloaded Until
(omuany's Representative Arrives.

(omuany's Representative Arrives.
The LaFrance combination hose
truck ana chemical engine ordered
by the city council some months ago
has arrived, 1t came in Tuesday
night' but is still on the cars pend
ing the arrival of the man to be sent
by the company from the factory to
set the truck up and instruct the
man or men selected to handle the
machine for the city. The machine
is certainly a beauty The following
is brief description of the machine:
Four cylinders cast in pairs with
D " inch bore and 6 inch stroke give
the motor a horsepower of ~ and
enable car to make 45 to so miles an
hour on level ground, 80 to 35 on
I We per cent grade, 20 to 80 on 10,
o to 20 on 10, 10 to 10 on 20. The
machine carries Jones speedometer
with an extra hand to register high
est speed attained.
Machine has three speeds forward
and one reverse with direct drive on
high speed. Single operating lever
controls all gear shifts and any speed
gears may be meshed without pass
ing through other speeds. The gears,
shafts and pinions are all made of
chrome nickel steel, case hardened.
Hand wheel eighteen inches in dame
ter, aluminium, hard rubber covered
with serrated inside edge, giving
firm grip.
Double side chains from jack-shaft
sprockets to rear wheel sprockets
drive machine. The chains are of
roller type, made of special steel and
practically noiseless Internal ex-
panding brake in drums on rear
wheels operated by foot, emergency
brake operated by hand lever.
Carburetor is of float feed type,
automatic auxiliary air intake, water
jacketed. Gasoline tank of twenty
eight gallons feeds under pressure.
Bosch high-tension dual ignition with
dual coil, two six-volt storage batter
les. Throttle valve controlled by a
hand-lever at steering wheel Lubri-
cation by force feed to crank shaft
and front cam shaft bearings, sup
Piled by gallon oil tank between cyl
inders, also partial splash. Cooling
By honeycomb radiator and gear
driven centrifugal pump, belt driven
fan and fan IN flywheel.
Car framework is practically inde-
structible-being of chrome nickel
steel. Length 1861 inches, width
3S inches. AXles Krupp chrome nick
el steel. Heavy semi-elliptical springs
front and rear. Wheels artillery
type, 3S inches diameter with cush-
ion tires single in front and dual in
rear. Mud guards both front and
rear. Tire chains furnished.
Gauge of car 62 inches from cen
ter 10 center of front tires and 60la
inches from center to center OF in
side dual tires at rear. Center to
center of outside dual tires at rear
70A inches.
AS two tanks are used the body
has a capacity of 1000 feet 21a
inch hose, drivers seat divided with
space for two men, also space for two
on sides of body and standing room
for two on rear step extending full
width of car. Steps both sides.
Two 10 inch electric reflector
lamps on brackets front OF radiator
and 10 inch electric searchlight on
dash, lighted and controlled from
drivers seat. Mechanically operated
siren horn and penetrating hand
born. Tool chest-with all neces-
sary machine tools-on left step.
Ladders of several sizes, lanterns,
crowbars, axes, etc.
Specifications as to chemical equip =
ment provide for two 35 gallon
Champion chemical tanks of best
Lake Superior hammered copper.
chemical hose reel mounted over
body carrying 200 feet q inch spec
ial 4 ply chemical hose, appliances,
tools, etc.
The apparatus is very Handsomely
painted in fine coach colors-the de-,
orative work being artistic in design
and execution, and well grounded
and finished with the best wearing
The color is English YER
million with gold stripping. The
name Ashland" appears on each
$ de of the hood and mo. L" on each
end of the seat.