Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-30
ENGINE COMPAN
WILL RUN OFF TIL
Nos. II and % Will Decide
Cup Winner Tomorrow on
Neutral Floor.

| Tie between no. 81 aud No % Enl
J CINE Companies for possession NJ The'
| Evening Star Cup. and the honor oil
thus being adjudged the speediest firei
| fighting outfit in the District Of Col
/ lumbia. will be fought out on neutra
| territory tomorrow afternoon
| At 2:30 o'clock the dea dlock com i
! panies will meet for a final decisionI
/ in the new quarters OF No. al
/ Engine Company, on the Conduit
| road near Reservoir road. They will
! first he required To compete accord !
| ing 10 the rules that governed the
| test just ended should another tie
! result. both engines will he lined M.
side by side. the alarm will be-
sounded and the first nose appearing
across the sill Will get the cup.
The decision to hold the final test
on neutral ground resulted from the
desire of the judges TO make sure
| that both companies would have
equal opportunities. Both are to
use exactly the same floor and both
will toe the same mark in the first
run-off. Two Of the judges will re !
main in the quarters 10 watch ~
| men get off and the third will hoid
the STOP watch AT the door 10 snap
the time.
Companies Ready for Test.
The companies are Keyed M 10 a
high pitch. Each is determined To
! take home the bacon" Because Of
/ this enthusiasm officials of the Fire
Department decided that the new en-
CINE house on Conduit road should
he used To insure against accidents.
Its doors are wide there Is ample
space for the apparatus to run after
| IT crosses the sill and there will be
little traffic. In addition. there will
be plenty of room for spectators.
Under the rules laid down FOR the
run-off the same crews that brought
the engines ont during the test Of
the entire depa rtment must no IN
charge. Several Of the men had al
ready been sent away on furiouEh. j
hut they have been recalled for sat
urday The only change will he that
/ ignition switches may he kept ''on. +"
During the tests all companies were
required TO have them off Since
most engine switches are kept In
contact all the time, however, this
change was made.
After the winner Of The Star cup
has been decided tomorrow arrange
mentS will he made Immediately for
presenting the trophy. This will he
done at the winning COmpany'S head
quarters late next week. The Ner-
chants and Manufacturers Assncia-
ton cup will he presented to No. -
Truck. on Wisconsin avenue near
Friendship. which defeated all other
truck compa MES, the same evening.
Five Under Eight Seconds.
The test this year has developed
FIVE companies in Washington, and
one of them a truck company, which
can leave their quarters on regular
alarm Of fire in less than eight sec
onds Although the winning truck
was a trifle smaller than the big
dreadnaughts with the automatic
/ ladders, it has two fewer cylinders
and develops less horsepower, so that
| Ii is just about on par with the
Big Berthas' of the department.
No. ~ Truck finished its run in
I As seconds. The low engine COM
panies were: No. %. Is seconds; No.
| 81, 1-5 seconds: No. 6, 2-5 seconds.
and No rs, : As seconds. Only one
piece of apparatus failed to function.
1t was No. s truck. one of tho big
Sea grave juggernauts. A new battery
had recently been installed and when
the driver failed TO turn his engine
over in 60 seconds he was disqualified
and the shop was notified TO examine
the apparatus.