Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27
ENGINE q EQUALS
RECORD
Leaves Quarters in 7 rs
Seconds-Truck Breaks
Old Mark.

The record Of Z 2-5 seconds for an
engine company leaving it's quarters
i'm response to an alarm Of fire was
equaled and the record of s seconds
for a truck company was smashed
this morning in the race between the
various engine and truck outfits of
the Washington Fire Department for
possession of The Star cup and the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation cup.
The first engine company to match
the speedy record set by No. % engine
in the same contest last year was No.
q engine, stationed on Lanier place
near Ontario road. Fire prevention Of
flcials from other cities had expressed
frank doubt over the ability or any
company TO leave It's quarters In snch
a fraction of time and predicted that
if it was actually accomplished IL
would never again be equaled.
Continuing the tests which were
begun Yesterday to decide the win
ners of the, coveted trophies-The
Star cup to the engine company
leaving its quarters in the shortest
time on an alarm of fire. and the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation cup to the truck company Tor
the same accomplishment-the judges
went to the headquarters of No. Il
Engine Company few minutes after
Q o'clock this morning.
Men Ready for Test.
Every man was ready for them.
Sergt. n. o. Bailey was in command
and Private r. p. Allison was as
signed to the task of driving the
powerful little Americana France
anna ratus out of the door. Private
ri !. Thiele, from Fire Department
headquarters, struck the boX-num-
her 10. The stop watches began
ticking the fractions of a second as
the first gong sounded through the en-
sine house. They were stopped the
instant the rear step of the appa-
ratus flashed across the sill.
To insure all companies against
mistakes, two watches were held at
every test. When the comparison
was made this morning 1t was found
that No. 81 had equaled the record
that gave No. % possession of The
Star cup last Summer. Incidentally,
in view of the fact that the tests were
made according to rules previously
laid down by the companies OF other
cities LAYING claim to national speed
honors, the Washington department
had claimed this time to set ma
tional record, since 1t was three sec
onds faster than the nearest COM
petitor.
wear has not vet been decided, how
ever. since fully third of the entire
depa rtment remains to be tested. The
spirit and enthusiasm with which the
men of every company has gone after
the honor of holding the cup FOR a
wear NAV bring an even lower record
single movement executed a nash
aster could lop off the fifth or
second, which would establish
record of seven seconds fat for all
the world to shoot at.
No. 10 Truck Sets Record.
The new record for truck companies
was established by No. IL Truck, sta
toned on Wisconsin avenue near
Friendship. No. Truck, Park road
near Thirteenth street. won the Mer'
chants and Manufacturers Association
cup last year by leaving It's quarters
in seconds fiat With Sergt. ID. j..
Reilly in command and Pvt. G.. ID.
Meese at the wheel, No. 20 roared
across It's sill in As seconds, which
broke the standing record for trucks
by fifth of a second. A number or
other truck companies Icltldlli " w
tested, too, however
Taken as whole. most of the en-
CINE companies seem to be several
points ahead of their records of last
wear. There have been three or four
instances where overZealous drivers
choked their engines by trying to
push them out too suddenly, but no in
stance had been found up to this noon
where an engine had failed to function
through any mechanical disability.
Two companies that had fine chances
to win the cups fell down when the
man at the crank found his strength
insufficient to turn the big engines
over fast enough.
Yesterdays Results.
Results of the test yesterday after
noon and this morning follow:
No. Engine, Lieut.. C. B. Bartelmes
commanding, Pvt ]. d. Morrison driv-
ing. S.6 seconds: No. IA Engine. Lieut..
+. III. Newton and Pvt. L.. G. Helwig,
II seconds: No. 16 Engine, Lieut.. j. r.
| Costello and Pvt. i. w. Brown. 1916
/ seconds; No. IL Engine, Capt w. II.
beavers and Pvt. A. Lewis, 1876 sec
onds: No. 26 Engine. Capt. e. III.
Nohe and Pvt. N. T.. Bowen, f2.4 sec.
| onds. No. IL Engine. Lieut.. r.. c.
| Glasscock and Pvt. J. w. G.. Hefiin
/ 10.6 seconds: No. Engine, Capt. G..
| W. Smith and Pvt. G.. NJ. Dixon, 1912
seconds.
No. IL Engine, Lieut. o. B. Holmes
| and Pvt. c. L. Darling, So seconds
No. "a Engine, Lieut.. r. d. Cromptor
and Pvt. c. d. McAulIffe 1s seconds
Z ~ 90. Engine Cant r u Cream and