. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . e upon leaving quarters, and the engine be placedin service as soon as proper connections can be made and hose laid to theplace where water is required. Each boiler has a tram pipe attached, with steam whistle and four guagecocks, to ascertain the quantity of water iu the boiler that the engineer maykeep it well supplied. In 1884, at the Annual Convention of the National Association of held at Chicago, Chief Engineer G. C. Hale, of Kansas. Mo., read apaper on the
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . e upon leaving quarters, and the engine be placedin service as soon as proper connections can be made and hose laid to theplace where water is required. Each boiler has a tram pipe attached, with steam whistle and four guagecocks, to ascertain the quantity of water iu the boiler that the engineer maykeep it well supplied. In 1884, at the Annual Convention of the National Association of held at Chicago, Chief Engineer G. C. Hale, of Kansas. Mo., read apaper on the desirable points of mechanism in steam fire engines. A steamfire engine, said Chief Hale, to meet the requirements of present engineers,should contain first, a quick-steaming boiler, as time is an element of greatimportance in combating fires, a delay of a few minutes in a critical case mayresult in a large conflagration. Especially is this true of fires in large manu-facturing establishments filled with combustible material. Delays are dan-gerous, is an old maxim, and is nowhere more truly demonstrated than in. FIRST STEAM COIL FOR STEAM FIRE ENGINEBOILER. OUR F 1 K E M E \ 1001 getting up steam in the boiler of a steam lire-engine after an alarm is tapped—other things equal, that engine in which a working steam power is most. quickly required is to be preferred. Second, the construction and mounting ofHit- ixuler on the engine frame should permit of a satisfactory working on aneven ground. It is not always possible to locate a steam fire-engine over thecisterns or other source of supply in such a manner that it will be substan-tially level from aft and crosswise, and if it was possible, DO time can be con-sumed in levelling it up without serious risk to the burning property. ABteam fire-engine boiler should, therefore, be adapted to work equally wellwhether level or considerably out of plumb. Third, a steam fire-engine, as awhole, should be constructed in such a manner t ha
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