. Water & sewage works . ratus,stated that the operative cost for six October, ms hooks, axes, etc. The larger stationarychemical tank employs what is known asthe Kanawha system in which the crea-tion of pressure does not depend upon theusual chemical action but is accomplishedby a powerful auxiliary air pressure sys-tem. On the running board of the truckthere is a steel tank of compressed airwith a conveniently located pressure the line from the air tank to the chem-ical tank there is a pressure regulatingvalve enabling the firemen to admit theair to the chemical in accordance withthe
. Water & sewage works . ratus,stated that the operative cost for six October, ms hooks, axes, etc. The larger stationarychemical tank employs what is known asthe Kanawha system in which the crea-tion of pressure does not depend upon theusual chemical action but is accomplishedby a powerful auxiliary air pressure sys-tem. On the running board of the truckthere is a steel tank of compressed airwith a conveniently located pressure the line from the air tank to the chem-ical tank there is a pressure regulatingvalve enabling the firemen to admit theair to the chemical in accordance withthe requirements of the blaze or the con-sumption of the chemical. It is possibleto have a stream as powerful at the endas it was in the beginning and, unlikeother systems, it is not necessary to re-fill the chemical tank every time it isused. The fire department of Dover, N. J., isequipped with the most modern fire ap-paratus both as to vehicles ami the para-phernalia. The most recent installation 392 MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING. COMBINATION hose and chemical truck capable of a speed offifty-five miles per hour. Manufactured by the White Company,Cleveland, Ohio. was a self-starting 6-cylinder, 60-horse-power combination chemical and hosetruck, built by the White Company, ofCleveland, 0. It is equipped with everydevice or implement that has a usefulplace in units of this kind and is so com-plete in appointments, modern in designand efficient in fire fighting that it wasexhibited in the last New York motortruck show as an example of the latesttype of combination trucks. Twelve hundred feet of 2i2-inch hoseare carried in a steel hose bed, which isquickly accessible from the rear runningboard. This bed occupies the conven-tional position between two seats runninglengthwise of the truck. These seats,which are capable of seating eight fire-men, have cushions that are deep andsoft. Beneath each row of seats there arelarge lockers. Hand chemical tanks are strapped tothe running board and the l
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