. Public works . FEDERAL CHEM BROCKWAY. Combination Chemical and Hose Truckfor Ely, Nevada. The fire department of Ely, Nevada,has had delivered to it a new combina-tion chemical end hose truck. The ma-chine is a lodel V apparatus madeby the Brockway Motor Truck Co.,Cortland. N. Y The motor of thetruck is 50 to 60 continental, four-cylinder, four-cycle, water-cooled. Thetransmission is Brown-Lipe, selective. ICAL AT WORK, pike pole, crowbar, axes, acid recep-tacles and 200 feet of chemical hose inhose basket. The whole machineweighs 6,000 pounds and is geared tomake a speed of from 30 to
. Public works . FEDERAL CHEM BROCKWAY. Combination Chemical and Hose Truckfor Ely, Nevada. The fire department of Ely, Nevada,has had delivered to it a new combina-tion chemical end hose truck. The ma-chine is a lodel V apparatus madeby the Brockway Motor Truck Co.,Cortland. N. Y The motor of thetruck is 50 to 60 continental, four-cylinder, four-cycle, water-cooled. Thetransmission is Brown-Lipe, selective. ICAL AT WORK, pike pole, crowbar, axes, acid recep-tacles and 200 feet of chemical hose inhose basket. The whole machineweighs 6,000 pounds and is geared tomake a speed of from 30 to 35 milesan hour. HOWE—FEDERAL. Double and Triple Combinations. The Howe Federal auto fire enginesfor smaller cities and towns are de-signed to give reliability and ability towork rather than high speed or high. KISSELKAR TRACTOR FOR HOOK AND LADDER (PATCHOGUE, L. 1.) < )CT<)BER S. 1914 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL 535 ;Miwcr. These machines combine theIcderal truck made by the FederalMotor Truck Co., Detroit, Mich., andthe Howe piston pump fire en-gine made by the Howe Engine Co.,Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. The claim ismade for tiiese engines that two maybe obtained for the price of one largeapparatus and that therefore there isless danger of being rendered defense-less by a breakdown of the large ma-chine. The capacity of the engine is350 gallons per minute. The Howe Triplex piston pump isclaimed to be simple, easily operatedand easily repaired. It is connected bya sprocket driven by a winch gearin the transmission and may be putinto commission by throwing the gear Radiator—Cellular, suspended between coil-ed springs. Drive—Clutch to transmission, shaft; jack-shaft to wheels, chains. Clutch—Pressed steel cone, leather-faced. Transmission—Selective sliding gear. Threespeeds forward
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