The sun., 1916-12-04
IRE HORSE TO CO.,
DEGREES ADAMS0N'
Commissioner Says 100000 q
Year Could BE Saved by
Motor Engines.
CITY NJ TOO OLD
Average Age Of the 72O Is
Thirteen = &c.,
112 Is Asked.
CITY ANIMALS TOO OLD

rire Commissioner Robert Adamson
IA. decreed that the fire horse must 90.
.,a 70 quickly. Every horse In the de-
| ,.r,ment. and there are 720. Is a vet
,r,n OF a, least three years, for no IRE
,o,,c, have been bought since 1918. and
A. average age OF the 72o Is 10 years.
Commissioner Adamson wants more
nan $1,000, 900 worth Of apparatus to
,,olace the horses and the engines and
,n,cks they haul. Although the city
could have TO bond itself for the
amount and the annual interest would
n abou, $4,000, Commissioner Adam
son figures that the net saving to the
nv will be more than 100000.
The city must do one OF two thinga
and do 4, right away" Commissioner
ldamson said yesterday. ut must either
Auy horses TO replace our old animals
or give us motor equipment"
Mr.. Adamson's Request.
Here IL what Commissioner Adamson
NJ asked the city for: Forty-five trac-
sors for steamers at 33.60sS5, $751;
~ rs f.; four tractors for hook and lad
ar trucks at S3,60s. rs. &14.l35; one
tractor for water tower. $500; nifty
sx new type combination engines and
hose wagons. gasolene propelled. at
r,sl5, St44.920; twenty-eight aerial
trucks at $500. s23s.000; forty-nve
tenders. regulation. at 38.74S, 1i6e,70B
seven city service trucks at 34,7S7, 333,-
49, Total. &l.o66.lle.75.
The nfty-six combination engines
would be Of the new type single unit
engines Of which We now have seven in
he department" Commissioner Adam
son said. They are the most powerful
and most efficient of modern fire ap-
para,us. They are MOI only driven by
g~asolene power. but the pumping at
fires Is done by gasolene power instead
Of coal power. They are wonderfully
economical In operation as compared
with the old coal burning fire engines.
81. costs s7l9.64 a year for forage
alone for these old horse dra wn nre en-
zine companies. The horses must be
fed whether they go to fires or not. It
costs only s3o.65 a year for g~asolene to
drive the single unit engines to fires.
Steam must be kept up every hour, night
and day, In the coal burning engines,
and the coal for this costs
$3.50 a year for each engine. The
new type OF engine Is ready to start
pumping as soon as the motor Is started
and this Item Of cost Is entirely el,mi-
mated. The sum Of S3s3.7S a year for
hostlers. stablemen. horse shoeing and
veterinary attention for zach company
b also eliminated.
Comparison Of Cost.
IN other words. Il costs the city
N.ssSle a year TO operate these old
fashioned, horse drawn. two piece, coal
burning engine companies. while Il costs
only 1886 each 20 operate the new
combination gasolene engines.
"Ihs total annual saving IN the op-
ramon OF the new apparatus ! have
1ked for as compared with the cos, OF
operating existing apparatus il Sl35, 900
year. ! believe this saving can easily
pe increased TO $4,000. The motorixa-
Won OF existing companies and the con-
seouent !9crease In their radius Of op-
erstion VIII mako unnecessary the es-
punishment OF a number Of new con-.
panies which otherwise will have to be
ersanized.
The replacement Of horses ana old
spparatus cannot be deferred longer
man a year at most. Replacement Of
many OF me horses must be provided for
~ once believe the whole thing should
20 zone now, because Of the great
economy and increased efficiency thai
would result. hope to be able to com
Ilete the entire job before tho end OF
next year" "