. Water & sewage works . ^ 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. NOTT six-cylinder fire engine and hosetcagon ivith a pump capacity of 900gallons per minute against 150 poundspump pressure. ^ A single bad fire in 1907 acconntod fora large part of the difference in propertyloss, yet it is evident that the motorequipment has enabled the department totake care of almost double the numberof fires with greatly lessene
. Water & sewage works . ^ 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. NOTT six-cylinder fire engine and hosetcagon ivith a pump capacity of 900gallons per minute against 150 poundspump pressure. ^ A single bad fire in 1907 acconntod fora large part of the difference in propertyloss, yet it is evident that the motorequipment has enabled the department totake care of almost double the numberof fires with greatly lessened propertyloss. Economy of maintenance is of secondaryimportance, of course, to efficiency anddependability. But motor apparatus hasnow been in actual service in manycities for varying periods, and its effi-ciency and reliability can be testified toby so many fire authorities that there Isno good ground for entertaining doubtsof these points any longer. Fire ChiefKenlon, of New York, touching on thismatter, made the statement that in sixmonths the motor-drawn steamer in themetropolitan department answered near-ly 500 alarms, and In no case had failedto reach the fire, in most cases in bettertime than the horses. As a result of thisrecord, t
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