Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
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WINS STAR AWARD
Clears Quarters in 6 as Sec
onds to Retain Possession
of Fire Trophy.
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perhaps was a bit too eager to prevent
crashing into the curbing.
No. IA Engine Company, one OF the
three to tie in seconds, is located on
Eighth street between D and E streets
w. B. Bateman showed real burst OF
speed at the cranking job and the motor
answered roaringly. In making the
dash across the sill, however, the motor
missed fire several times, spelling what
might have been close call for No.
81 Lieut.. II. BUTLER was in command,
with F. Literal driving.
No. 2 Engine Company, on Twelfth
street between G and H streets, dupli-
Gated the time of z seconds. Without
any engine trouble, the time showed
that human element counts and the
fraction of a second lost in getting the
apparatus in action might cost VIC
tory. Sergt. N. S. Bradford was in COM
mand, with j. H. Hennig doing good
job in the drivers seat.
Engine Trouble at No. 1.
Engine trouble lost whatever chances
Rescue Squad No. / may have had for
championship honors. 1t is located in
the same house with No. 2 Engine.
With Lieut.. j. A. Mayhem in charge,
Driver w. A. Clark got his motor off
with a bang. Then it began to sputter
until the seconds few by one after an
other Clark finally coaxed the appa-
ratus to a start, but the eight or nine
seconds lost spelled misfortune. The
time was 10 3-5 seconds.
A quick run to K street between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets
brought the judges to the familiar
scene of No. Engine Company. Here
was where Chief O'Connor earned all
his promotions in % years of strenuous
duties as fireman. But fortune failed
to smile upon the men at No. yes
terday. They did their best under the
circumstances. but failed to score de-
cisively with time of 10 2-5 seconds.
Sergt. r. G. Anderson took command
and Driver E. P. Archer used the self
starter in getting under way.
Better time was made by No. En-
CINE Company in 8 2-5 seconds, thanks
to a well behaved self-starter and mo-
tor. Sergt. j. c. Lacey was in charge
and S. o. White drove.
: The next company visited, No. z
Truck, on Eighth street southeast. Of
: fered wonderful expectations. 1t Is one
: of the newest in the District and re-
: puted to be one of the speediest. II
: needed no cranking by hand. NO. I.
: however failed to break any record,
! hut cleared the quarters in 3-5 Sec
: onds. Capt. w. N. Green took COM
: mand of the situation, with F. M:
Over at the wheel A rather still
motor. perhaps, was the reason OF It's
: undoing.
No. IS Struck Bad Luck.
No. 10 Engine, the next company
visited in the Southeast section, had
srun of plain bad luck. G. E. Kliesslng
made a speedy dive for the crank ana
gave it husky tug. 1t shipped ana
he lost several seconds trying to get IL
to 1T again. The time, consequently,
was ONLY 10 Us seconds. Lieut.. E. M;
Illskey commanded the apparatus ana
81. e. Weaver tried his best to make up
for lost time by dashlng the nose carr
out of the quarters with a real burst OF
sspeed. 49,, ,
mittee at the wharf of the fire boat at
the foot of Seventh street southwest.
When it comes to getting into acton,
: the fire boat crew admits no superior
: in the whole department The pig tug,
with engines cold, was released from
its mooring on the wharf and It's p!iot
! was stationed IA feet from tne piIoc
4 house. in accordance with the same
rules governing other fire apparatus:
: At the first strike of the gong, Pilot
~ 3. Raleigh seemed to take his post
at a single bound. It required high
stepping. When the signal came to
EGO" the propeller almost instantly
began to churn the water furiously.
THE big tug moved slowly at nrst IN
scomparison with its motor car rivals,
but gained steadily in momentum. AS
Sit passed the 29-foot clearance mark,
lit Seemed almost in full speed. When
sthe stop watches were examined, the
slime was found to be % 2-5 seconds,
which is real class for any fire boat:
! lent. II. Kinsell was in command OF
! Operations.
stopped Too Soon.
Tn the Southwest section, No. 10
Engine, commanded by Lieut.. 5. +.
.Colvin. cleared the house in Is seconds
fiat. Driver r. E. White stopped the
sapnaratus too soon. It was just nall
.vav over the mark at the sill and ne
had to start the motor again. Il: 5.
.Sweetwood did the work at the crank.
No. 10 Truck Company did better,
with a time of seconds. due to pretty
!. work on the part OF the crew; me
shouse is stationed on K street near
sFour-and-a-h half street southwest. the
.street is very narrow and Driver w. l..
king applied his brakes quickly to keep
sthe long truck from striking the curp-
ling. w. w. Brown made quick Jop
sof cranking and Capt. Charles Thomas
twas in charge of the apparatus.
Heading for Anacostia, the judges next
pulled up before No. Is engine house
TO find the men waiting for them. NO:
Els did the trick in 8 3-5 seconds, but
slost a good chance to do better when
sDriver G. w. Heigh applied the brakes
sbefore the apparatus had cleared the
sill. There is a rather steep incline
sfrom the entrance. Sergt. w. G. ReeS
swas in command and c. w. Ridley did
sthe work at the crank.
: No Is Engine Company, In Congress
sHeights. did better. 1t showed real
sburst of speed in clearing the quarters
lin u -5 seconds. This Is the company
Ito which Mr.. Biondi the official gong
sounded Of the tests, formerly belonged.
sDriver r. Cooksey relied on the self
Sstarter and Lieut.. T. H. Green gave him
Sthe signal.
( Self Starter Fails.
In this house also is No. Truck,
with Sergt. G. w. MCGOWAN in charge
aof the competing crew. Sergt. Nc
sGowan. Of Herculean physique and for
3merly on one of the rescue squads, was
Gin command and had E. B. Rollins for
sdriver. They relied on the self-starter,
Shut that piece Of mechanism failed TO
sdo its duty promptly Getting away to
Ia slow start, the big truck could only
smake Is AS seconds.
In Randall Highlands, No. 10 Engine
sCompany, using a cranker, got away
. in 10 As seconds. L. L. Rabe per.
sformed the duty at the crank and E
sHauxhurst occupied the drivers seat
sSergt. G. C. Monkey was in charge Of
Kennilworth boasts one of the
sspeediest engine companies in thu
ssuburban districts It is No. 81, with
sCapt. j. w. Myers. It established the
slime of 8 is seconds, despite the fact
SHAT the motor is an old one and hae
sonIy recently come out Of the repair
;shop. Capt. Myers had two veteran
assistants in Driver B. M. Euers ane