The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-12-19
New Force Pump Adds
Prote ction
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4 pump, is twenty feet long ana this
j makes it necessary that the water
shall be within that distance of the
/ truck This means that places for
which such protection is desired should
/ be provided with cisterns of consider
/ able capacity and not too deep. The
/ Redwood County Agricultural Society
is considering such protection for
! the fair grounds acting upon the adj
! vice of Mr.. Corbett who has made it
4 clear to the Board of Directors that
such protection may mean the saving
of thousands of dollars worth of pre-
perty and possibly of many lives 1t
is also quite within the realm of prac-
| ticality for farmers to place big
cisterns near their buildings thus as
s,lring themselves of splendid protec-
/ ton.
Before the truck with the pump
installed was released by the Water
! Gus Company by which it was in
stalled, it was given a severe under
writer's test at Lake Phalen. The re-
port of this test, certified to by L p.
| Storey of the Waterous Company is
as follows.
Guaranteed contract $50 gallons
per minute at 120 lbs. pressure, 225
gallons per minute at 200 lbs. pres
sure, $50 gallons per minute at $50
| lbs. pressure. Test made using 80 TT.
of four inch suction. Distance from
water level to center line of pump
suction 6 'ff.)
/ First Test
/ p
/ Nozzle; pressure at pump $50 lbs. OBJ
served. Pressure at Nozzle los lbs.
R. P. M. of pump 920. Gallons per
minute 473. Ratio direct.
Second Test
Zone line Soft. 212 in. fire hose;
II R in. smooth bore nozzle; pressure
at nozzle rs lbs; pressure at pump
30 lbs. Observed; r. P. M. of pump
k540. Gallons per minute 231, Ratio
second speed.
Third Test
"One line soft of 21a in. fire hose;
] Ia in. S. B. Nozzle. pressure at noz-
zle Is lbs, pressure at pump 255 lbs.
/ observed; r. f. M. of pump 470; gal
Ions per minute 158."
The fact that the pump can stand
so well such rigid test means the
| reduction of fire insurance rates with
in the protected area of Redwood
Falls
Several months ago the Depart
ment set about equipping itself with
a real hook and ladder truck. And
equip itself" it literally did, the
i expense of this truck being born en-
! tirely by the Department. A part of
i the Indebtedness thus incurred it paid
from funds already on hand, and the
/ balance it expects an appreciative pub
! lie to pay through patronage of sew
eral benefits which the Department
will sponsor within the next few
months. A Ford truck was purchased
and Mr.. Corbett, using his knowledge
as an expert mechanic and assisted
] by Assistant Chief Chris Schultz as
designer and builder, and others of the
Department, rebuilt and equipped the
/ truck until now it is completely
j equipped Hook and Ladder Truck and
also carries the big forty-gallon
chemical tank, three small three-gal-
/ lon chemicals, and other equipment
! for use in other emergencies than fire.
/ A pulmotor is a part of the equipment
! of this truck The ladders it carries
are a ffty-foot extension ladder, two
twenty weight foot single ladders, and
three roof ladders as well as consider
able hose The truck cost, in addi-
/ tion to all the gratis labor done on it,
between eight hundred and nine hum
dred dollars. The Department hopes,
| through the patronage of the public
to be able to have this truck entirely
free from debt by next spring. The
Indebtedness on the force pump has
been assumed by the City Council.
The Gazette has several times in
/ the past found OCCASION for express
I ing the approval of the townspeople
for the splendid work done by this
band of volunteer workers, and especi-
ally of the thought, labor and time
Mr.. Corbett has spent in perfecting
the work of the organization which
he leads and in his efforts to forestall
any big tragedy for his town. AS
one bystander said, while watching
i the demonstration Friday. "This
town is-lucky to have man like
Joe Corbett to work out all these
4 things for its protection. The Ga
I zette editor feels decidedly like lapsing
into slang long enough to add tsWe'n
Il fell tho world we're lucky!