A MOISTURE-RESISTING FIRE HOSE.

A MOISTURE-RESISTING FIRE HOSE.

A fire hose that absorbs no moisture and is able to stand every test is one of the great needs of the day. It is found in perfection in the wax and gum-treated, rubber-lined, cotton hose manufactured by the Fabric Fire Hose company, of 68 Murray street, Manhattan, this city, whose general manager is William T. Cole. This hose is skilfully and carefully manufactured from the highest grade of materials as follows; Each cotton thread is drawn through a bath of melted wax and gum mixed. These threads collected into strands are thoroughly twisted and cabled (they practically become waxed ends), and are then woven circularly into two, three, or four plies and lined with the highest grade of Para gum Thus it absorbs no moisture, and requires to be only superficially dried before it is replaced on the reel or on the hose wagon. The two illustrations presented with this article, used by courtesy of the New York Tribune, give a good idea of the quality and texture of this wax and gum-treated, rubber-lined, cotton hose and also of the same company’s “New Era” brand of carbolized rubber fire hose. The record of the former (says the New York Tribune) “under the severest tests of actual service, led the New York fire department, most expert of critics, to distribute in the boroughs of Greater New York, 14,000 feet of the hose during last year, while in the first half of March 10,000 feet more were delivered. A quantity of this fire hose of four-inch internal diameter is now under construction for use on the water towers—the most trying possible service.”

A fire hose that absorbs no moisture and is able to stand every test is one of the great needs of the day. It is found in perfection in the wax and gum-treated, rubber-lined, cotton hose manufactured by the Fabric Fire Hose company, of 68 Murray street, Manhattan, this city, whose general manager is William T. Cole. This hose is skilfully and carefully manufactured from the highest grade of materials as follows; Each cotton thread is drawn through a bath of melted wax and gum mixed. These threads collected into strands are thoroughly twisted and cabled (they practically become waxed ends), and are then woven circularly into two, three, or four plies and lined with the highest grade of Para gum Thus it absorbs no moisture, and requires to be only superficially dried before it is replaced on the reel or on the hose wagon. The two illustrations presented with this article, used by courtesy of the New York Tribune, give a good idea of the quality and texture of this wax and gum-treated, rubber-lined, cotton hose and also of the same company’s “New Era” brand of carbolized rubber fire hose. The record of the former (says the New York Tribune) “under the severest tests of actual service, led the New York fire department, most expert of critics, to distribute in the boroughs of Greater New York, 14,000 feet of the hose during last year, while in the first half of March 10,000 feet more were delivered. A quantity of this fire hose of four-inch internal diameter is now under construction for use on the water towers—the most trying possible service.”