Bicycle Fire Apparatus.
Boston’s wide-awake firemen are always on the look out for improvements and novelties, and are willing to experiment to almost any extent. So when a manufacturing company sent a bicycle with fire apparatus attached to Ladder 5's house it was warmly welcomed by Captain Perkins, and it was resolved to give it a fair test as soon as an opportunity should occur.
Captain Perkins was called on and he courteously gave all the information in his power. The machine is a common safety bicycle, with a loop or U frame, made of double tubing, laterally braced. The extinguisher is supported at the bottom of the U, and steadied in its position by being strapped to the saddle post. On the left side of the rear wheel is an ax, attached to the mud guard by a clip arrangement, after the manner of the well-known military bicycle and in much the same manner as a rifle is carried by that machine.
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