The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-06

Glne Threw 100 Saiionb per minute
The hydrant pressure here wa,
ninety-five pounds:
With these three lines OF hos,
and nozzle OF an inch and three
quarters there was a pressure OF q
hundred and forty pounds at the pumT
and a hundred pounds at the nozzle
and the engine threw sos gallons Q
minute.
with these same three lies Of hose
and with two-inch nozzle, there
was "a pressure OF hundred and
Twenty pounds at the pump and
seventy-four pounds at the nozzle, and
the engine threw It's maximum OF
1923 gallons a minute.
Almost as large a crowd gathered
TO watch the tests that were made
on the river bottom, under the Main
street bridge 10th the bridge and
the bank on tho city side were
heavily lined with people.
! Records Made During Test.
Here with the three lines Of hose
and with a nozzle OF an inch and
three-quarters, there was, pressure
OF hundred aud twenty pounds at
the pump and eighty-four pounds at
the nozzle, and the engine threw
$50 gallons per minute. With a two
inch nozzle. there was pressure of
ninety-nve pounds at the pump and
sixty-fve pounds at the nozzle, and
the engine threw 95S gallons a
minute. With nozzle of an inch
and half, there was a pressure OF
o hundred and twenty-five pounds at
the pump and a hundred and FIVE
pounds at the nozzle, the engine
throwing $50 gallons minute.
With three lines OF hose and a
nozzle on each, the engine delivered
S31 gallons per minute, the pres
sure being eighty-nine gallons at one
nozzle, eishty.six at another and
ninety at the third. The pressure at
the pump was q hundred and FIVE
pounds.
With Just one line and one-inch
nozzle. there was q pressure OF two
hundred and fifty pounds at the
pump and two hundred and ave at
the nozzle.
The fourth and last test was
made In 'front.' of the normal school
at Fifth and Cherry streets. Here
three hundred feet OF hose were ex.
tended in sing'n line, with nor.
zle Of an inch and a eighth. There
was pump pressure OF three hun
dred pounds and n nozzle pressure
OF a hundred and sixty. The engine
pumped AIS gallons OF water per
minute. With one-inch nozzle on
the same hose, there was a pump
pressure OF three hundred and
twenty pounds and two hundred
pounds. at the nozzle, the engine
pumping Ave hundred gallons a
minute.
At this place the hydrant pressure
was sixty-eight pounds. without the
pump. the one-ihch nozzle had
pressure Of forty pounds to the
square inch, and threw 1877 gallons
of water per minute, and inch-and.
an-eighth nozzle had a pressure OF
thirty-two pounds and threw 212 gal
Ions per minute.
Madison Lake, MIMI, Febru-
airy rs, fs14.-To The Free
: Press: ! have heard a good
many people talking about the
deposition Of the tax money
for road work and most Of them
think that u will be put on the
main roads In the county and
not on the roads In the dis
triets where the tax ls collected.
OF course u Is well known
that there are districts that
never work out half their road
tax. and they are generally the
ones that make the most com
plant about bad roads.
Now 10 you can explain
through your paper how this
road work IL 70 be managed,
! think a cool many Of your
readers would be thankful.
Yours truly, r. A. simons.
County Auditor Kennedy has
very recently compiled some infor-
nation on this matter, which viii
be distributed among the town
clerks and members OF the town
boards Throughout the county. He
quotes from the recently effective
Dunn Minnesota road law, which is
operative In the state this year.
Relative to the working out OF
road taxes, this law provides that
all road and bridge money shall be
raised by taxation: and that the
tar must be raid IN cash. No
highway labor win be assessed
hereafter. AS to where the money |
shall be spent. the law recommends |
that the levy that "a made. for road |
dragging shall be used on the mali |
travelled roads and rural routes. |
Other than that Recommendation !
the county board has absolute |
authority TO designate where the
road work shall be done. II
Board Must Make Statement.
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