. Water & sewage works . ting from the more prompt ar- September, lOU MOTOR FIRE APPARATUS 211 rival of motor apparatus and the extin-guishing of fires before they have gainedmuch headway. ^ AN ACTUAL ntiiirliou of $3e9,000^J-» has bec7i made by this city as a re-sult of the installation of niwtcen piecesof motor apparatus. The result of thisefficiency has been a reduetion in fire in-surance rates. A report submitted recently by the firecommissioner and chief engineer ofSpringfield, Mass., throws interestinglight on how effectual motor apparatus really is in reducing fire loss, and whythe insu
. Water & sewage works . ting from the more prompt ar- September, lOU MOTOR FIRE APPARATUS 211 rival of motor apparatus and the extin-guishing of fires before they have gainedmuch headway. ^ AN ACTUAL ntiiirliou of $3e9,000^J-» has bec7i made by this city as a re-sult of the installation of niwtcen piecesof motor apparatus. The result of thisefficiency has been a reduetion in fire in-surance rates. A report submitted recently by the firecommissioner and chief engineer ofSpringfield, Mass., throws interestinglight on how effectual motor apparatus really is in reducing fire loss, and whythe insurance companies are willing tomake substantial reductions in premiumrates in cities whoso departments are mo-torized. This report states that there arenow 22 pieces of motor apparatus in theservice of the Springfield department, andcompares the fire loss last year with thatof five years ago—1907—as follows: AlarmsYear. Motors. Answered 1907 3 489 1912 22 829 PropertyLoss.$.535,, Difference |369, ^ TWO different types of horse-drawn apparatus whichhave been motorized by attaching Couple-Gear elec-tric tractors. ^ ^ ^ ^^ ? L f^Hii.^a^^.^^ii^ i i 1 mm^- -•«tr^ m 2 »*-A i ? -J September, 1911 212 MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING
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