Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-30
FIRE DEPARTMENT
 GAVE GREAT DEMONSTRATION
Merchants Week Feature Had Big
 Crowd Out to See lt.

The fire department demonstration for 8 Merchants week feature was carried out successfully on Thursday morning at 1o.s0 on Union square and had & large crowd to see the water throwing that was done by the Nor wich apparatus, assisted by the Amer ican LaFrance pumping engine that came here especially for the event.
 The companies were summoned by an alarm from box B at Union square, rung by Thomas H. Bechley, chair man of the fire commissioners. Chief Stanton in his buggy from the Cen tral station was first to arrive. close ly followed by the engine and the aer- ial truck from the central station, The autochemical came from the head of Broadway hill, arriving at the same time as Chemical Co. No. 1, from the
 Main street station, just ahead of the
 American LaFrance machine, which
 came from West Main street near
 Ricker's drug lore. It shot past the that 1t coy not make the turn and
 had to go on to Franklin square, and
 up through Bath street.
 c. V. Pendleton, Jr, brought Assist ant Engineer Adam J. Gerhard in his
 motorcycle side car and the Falls company came from the head of Broad
 way hill through Union street. The
 last to come in was the horse drawn
 chemical company from the West Side
 station.
 All took their assigned stations and
 when all were working there were )
 or 10 streams of water thrown up Broadway in a regular blanket. Withi nthree minutes after the bell the companies had hose connected and water playing.
 The water pressure on Union square from the hydrant was about S5 pounds. Tho hin tiOT1 which is ht-
 ted with an engine of 102 horsepower
 had a net pressure of 150 pounds and there was seen a material difference in the force of the several streams
 thrown up the street.
 For the combination bumper, a con- nection was made with the cistern on the square and all water drafted there from by the bumper. The bumper did excellent work and there was general satisfaction among those who witness ed it. There were attached to the bumper two streams and then four
 single streams which were sent through nozzles of 1 inch. They were sent to great heights.
 The visiting piece of auto appartus made convincing demonstration e1 it's usefulness, both upon the mayor
 and the city officials and the general public.
 After a display of different streams | single, siamesed and other ways a | wagon pipe apparatus was shown to
 which were attached two streams from the combination bumper. Water was sent through a 1 3-8 nozzle higher | than the court house steeple adn a1- though it went out of the nozzle 1T | large volume it precipitated in form o1 | a mist. This pipe arrangement was | conceived by Chief Stanton who used | in the arrangement two circular | wheels such as are used for steering automobiles and with these the water | is distributed at any angle and is | termed a fire gun"
 The final point in the demonstra. | tion was showing how the Norwich | fire engine could be run by a. com. pressed air connection.
 At one time during the exhibition {
 nozzle on a stand broke away from thu
 man in charge and the hose soaked l several within reach before it could b. 1 controlled
 After the regular demonstration ol %Union square the combination pumpe l was driven to Cedar street and ther7 a hydrant connection was made t, | show Fire Commissioner Waters ant 1 other business men of the city wha | it would do. Under ordinary pres | sure there of 25 pounds and the pres | sure of the bumper 180 pounds Witt | two streams the bumper pressure wa | reduced to-140 pounds and with thre' | streamS/the pressure was so pounds | This demonstration was very gratify 1 ing to those in charge of the machin | and the spectators.