Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-13


ing old wheels, equipping with nom
skid chains, self-starters and genera
tors to be attached to tn eSusquehan-
ma, Paxton and Citizen company en-
gines. Bid, S3,S00 each; total. $1l, 400.
One American La France front drive
tractor, type six, and rebuilding of
Good VIII company engine; total cost
OF Improvement, making practically
new engine. $500.
Two Seagrae Triple Com bination
pumping engines, chemical and hose
cars, each $500; total. S176OO
Harrisburg Company Gets Contract
To Harrisburg Automobile Com
pany, six com mbination chemical and
hose cars, REQ chassis and James
Boyd and Brother fire apparatus
equipment, each s2,716.60; total. $16,-
299.60.
Two Duplex service ladder trucks.
$4,000 each; total, $4,000.
All apparatus will be fully equip
ped Commissioner Gross explained,
and the capacity of a number of the
pieces will be increased twenty-five
per cent.
Much New Equipment
The triple, centrifugal bumpers.
with chemical and hose equipment.
viii be new apparatus for the city de-
partment. At present all pumping is
done by stea mtire engines. With the
addition of these two pieces, one for
the Allison Hill district and another
In the West End, the first triple serv-
ice apparatus will be in use
Commissioner Gross. in speaking of
the new equipment, said:
"One of these will be for the Mt
Pleasant Company, to replace the old
rotary st am engine there, which is
beyond repairing.
The other triple piece will be sta
toned at the Camp Curtin Company
house. adding pumper to the appa-
ratgS IN the uptown section.
The equipment for each will in
clude pump with a capacity of $50
gallons minute; two 35-gaIlon chem
lcal tanks with 200 feet of chemical
hose; containers for acid and soda to
make additional chemical prepara-
lions while apparatus is in service;
one trussed- d-eXtension ladder in two
sections Of twelve feet, total length
when open twenty feet; one roof lad
der, twelve feet long; poles. bars Ian
terms and holders, small ChamiCal
tanks, metal baskets for firemen's uni
forms and all other necessary acces-
sories, including tool-set.
"One of the features of the chemical
tank equipment of the triple appara-
tus is that the small chemical hose
can also be used for a q inch water
stream on small fires when a y inch
plug stream is unnecessary. This can
not be done with the present equip
ment.
New Trucks for Reilly and Allison
The service trucks each will have a
REQ chassis, with Duplex equipment
built by the Persch Company in Wis
consin. These will be new, one for the
Reilly Hose and the other for the AllI-
son Hill company. Ladder equipment
for each, according to specifications,
Will include one Persch ladder. fifty
five feet long: automatic locks: one
Persch wall ladder, twenty-five feet;
two ladders, each twenty-five feet on
sides of truck; one interior extension
ladder, sixteen feet; one roof ladder,
sixteen feet; one roof ladder, twelve
teet one wall ladder twenty-five feet:
other equipment; two crotch poles; one
wire cutter; one tin roof cutter; one
pull down hook with siXteen-foo pole;
one plaster hook, six pike poles. one
wall pick and holder, two crowbars
two shovels, two pitchforks, one De-
troit door opener four fire axes, one
life line and loop, one patent hose shut
off, four New York fire department reg
ulation lanterns and holders, two torch
es, two steel baskets for uniforms.
two three gallon chemical extinguish-
ers. and other smaller parts. Much of
the equipment with the exception of
the ladders will be pieces which we
have not had in the department..
THE Susquehanna, Citizen and Pax
ton engines Will be mounted on 'front.'
drive tractors. These will be shipped
here and put on. in all probability
within the next thirty days. The Good
Will engine at present is in the La
Fran, ,e factory for repairs. To over
haul it and rebuild it, making prac-
ttcally new machine. together with
motoriZation, Will cost about $4,000.
This will give the city four motorized
steam engines. "A triple piece to re-
W.1sU . h..
and the old chemical wagon; and one
triple pumper for the West End in ad-
dition to the Good VIII steamer
Six Chemicals
The six chemical and hose cars
which will be fu nished by the Boyd
Company, of Philadelphia, will be dis
tributed to replace the chemicals of
the other companies. which are horse
drawn. The hose car viii carry 1900
feet, practically 300 more than the
present capacity. In addition, there
will be two S5-gallon chemical tanks,
200 feet of chemical hose, large steel
basket for uniforms, the small extern
sion ladder and straight ladder, picks,
axes. hooks lanterns and accessories
Next month we Will purchase more
2 y Inch hose which will bring the
amount in service up TO the require
ments of the fire underwriters who re-
rated the city in 1915. Hose driers will
be bought for all companies. also, an
other specification of the underwrit-
ers.
II have been receiving anonymous
communications asking about repairs
TO the fire enginehouses in the city,
As we will have ali tho horses to sell,
together with some OF the equipment
not taken By some OF the contracting
companies. l beiieys this viii provide
ample funds for the improvements, In
the bids an allowance was made foF
much Of our old equipment. which will
be replaced with new.
IF possible. the cid Mt, Pleasant re-