Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-26

rives in this city. The city council
| authorized the fire department COM
| mittee to purchase a truck at a cost
| not to exceed $1,000. and this com
| mittee has ordered type H.
| Americana aFrance machine. which
| is to be placed upon the cars within
10 working days.
| This truck is large enough to take
care of the needs of the city for sew
| latest type Of fire fighting tools and
Will be Il distinctive addition to the
! city'S fire fighting machinery.
The truck is to be just as pic
tured above. with wheel base Of
.G2 ! > inches and an over all length
of 40 feet. The motor is of six
cylinders with a bore of ) L. inches
| and a stroke of six inches. delivering
a brake horsepower of 105, and is
| water cooled,
The transmission is of the select
i've type, with three speeds forward
| and one in reverse. The final drive
| is by chains. Brakes arc both in
| ternal- expanding and external-con-
f., tracing. the foot brake being of the
| latter type and the emergency brake
being of the internal expanding
| type.
| The truck will be equipped with a
| single front. and dual rear wheels,
| of the disk type. The tires will be
pneumatics and the width of the
| track from center to center of the
outside tires on the dual wheels will
! be II IA inches The truck will be
| equipped with a locomotive bell and
| i siren.
! The equipment of this truck in
! cludes the following ladders. one 30
#. extension with shores; one 4O-ft.
extension with shores; one Soft. ex-
tension; one 32-ft. wall; one 2O-ft.
f, wall; one 1S-ft. wall: one Aft. wall;
one 25-ft roof: one 2O-ft. roof and
one 13-ft. roof. The roof ladders
are all to be equipped with folding
hooks.
! Beside the ladder equipment the
truck will carry 40 gallon chemi-
cal tank with POO feet of "a inch
| chemical hose on 4 reel. This tank
will come in very handy at times.
| where the chemical can be used to
! better advantage than the large
| hose.
A list of the other equipment is as
follows: Two PIP gal. Foamite
tanks and holders: 81 ID. fire axes
with holders; four lanterns: one sig
nal lantern with red globe: two
crowbars: six SIT. plaster hooks;
I one loft. plaster hook; one wall
| hook; one Detroit door opener; one
! Buster Bar: two pitchforks: two
! shovcls: one maui; one pull down
| hook and chain; one hose hoist: one
| 1O-inch searchlight; one wire cutter;
one tin roof cutter; j. logging
chains: one 91-2 life net; one re-
volving cellar pipe.
With an up-to-d date ladder truck
| such as this will be. the people of
Augusta may be sure that the fine
work which the Augusta Fire De-
partment has always done will be
not only continued but improved
upon, if that is possible, as the bet
ter the equipment they receive the
better work they can do. One fine,
thing about this truck is the fact
that it is motor drawn. 1t will get
to the fire when it is needed. and
will not cause any delay in the fight.
i, The ladder equipment of the new
truck will be sufficient to cover the
buildings of the city in fine style.
1t has been common knowledge that
the equipment on the one in present
use is in such shape that the men
had rather 90 up the stairs and take
their chances than carry line Of
hose up the ladders. The added