. Public works . tiismanufactured by the Davis Manufacturing company, of thiscity, the new Dayton Tri-car, for use in small towns andcities. The test was a severe one as the streets were deepwith nmd, and conditions were in every way adverse tosatisfactory results. Notwithstanding this, the car madea run of one and one-quarter miles through mud well upto the axles in some places, making five turns on the run,in exactly two minutes. A huge pile of store boxes hadbeen fired and the blaze was extinguished by the chemicalin one minute after the arrival of the apparatus. The car\ taken to West
. Public works . tiismanufactured by the Davis Manufacturing company, of thiscity, the new Dayton Tri-car, for use in small towns andcities. The test was a severe one as the streets were deepwith nmd, and conditions were in every way adverse tosatisfactory results. Notwithstanding this, the car madea run of one and one-quarter miles through mud well upto the axles in some places, making five turns on the run,in exactly two minutes. A huge pile of store boxes hadbeen fired and the blaze was extinguished by the chemicalin one minute after the arrival of the apparatus. The car\ taken to West Milton under its own power, making therun of 16 miles in one hour. exhibition was also givento the officials of Pleasant Hill. West Milton has no firefighting apparatus and the officials there expressed them-selves as well pleased with the showing made by the Day-ton machine. Pleasant Hill has a small hand engine, butis also considering installing one of the Dayton cars, shownin the accompanying DAYTOX TRI-C.\R. New Auto Apparatus Received. Summit. N. T.—The new automobile apparatus orderedfor the East Summit Hose Company has arrived from theAmerican-La France Elmira, N. Y. The machine wastaken to the old city hall, where it will be kept while un-dergoing tests. Bostons New Pumper Tried Out. Boston, Mass.—Engine 41 of the Boston fire department,the Robinson piston pumper which made the efficiencyrun at the fire chiefs convention, had a successful tryouton the Charles River before the city officials and expertsand came off with flying colors. The engine proved tohave a greater capacity than any other in the department,barring the fireboats. With a 12-foot lift she gallons a minute through four lines of hose, and anozle pressure of 120 pounds through an inch and a halfnozzle- Mayor Curley and Chief Grady expressed par-ticular pleasure at the performance. GOVERNMENT AND FINANCE Commission Government for Asbury Park, N. J.—Asbury
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