Changes in New York Fire Department.

Changes in New York Fire Department.

有各式各样的重要更改the department so far as concerns Manhattan and The Bronx. Engine companies Nos. 72 and 20—both double companies—have been transferred from Lafayette street and Fast Twelfth street, Manhattan, to outlying districts. Their places will be taken by two hose tenders drawn by three horses and built on new lines— the forerunners of others similarly constructed for use in those districts where the high-pressure auxiliary system is installed. In these wagons will be forty lengths of hose 50 ft. each— double the size of the old lengths, a standpipe with three big hydrant nozzles (behind the driver's seat), to be connected with the mains by lines of 3-in. hose. Tbe double company at the house of engine No. 20 at Lafayette street, now becomes hose company No. 20. a double company, consisting of a captain, three lieutenants and twenty-four men. The company mans two of the new hose wagons. Engine No. 72, located at 22 East Twelfth street, has been replaced by hose company No. 72. All these changes may—possibly must—necessitate sizing tbe men to fit the hose, engine and hook and ladder companies, in order to handle the heavy high-pressure hose. These will most probably be selected from the hook and ladder crews, who are bigger physically than their fellows in the engine companies and are distinguished in the rolls kept at headquarters bv the letters E fengineman) and H (hook and ladderman), which show the degree of each man’s height and physique. The reason for thus discriminating is that for the hook and ladder service are needed strong men with long arms to lift the ladders and raise them in a hurry. Men of that calibre and considerable physical strength will he required to handle the heavy hose of the high-pressure system. each length of which weighs about TOO lb.— twice as much as the ordinary engine hose. As to the removal of these powerful engines, the prudence of such a step is questioned by manv Old and experienced fire chiefs of cities where an auxiliary high-nressure system is installed take care to keep their engines on the qpot and readv for action in case of anv accident happening to the new system, which in Manhattan has already twice proved itself more or less baulky.

有各式各样的重要更改the department so far as concerns Manhattan and The Bronx. Engine companies Nos. 72 and 20—both double companies—have been transferred from Lafayette street and Fast Twelfth street, Manhattan, to outlying districts. Their places will be taken by two hose tenders drawn by three horses and built on new lines— the forerunners of others similarly constructed for use in those districts where the high-pressure auxiliary system is installed. In these wagons will be forty lengths of hose 50 ft. each— double the size of the old lengths, a standpipe with three big hydrant nozzles (behind the driver's seat), to be connected with the mains by lines of 3-in. hose. Tbe double company at the house of engine No. 20 at Lafayette street, now becomes hose company No. 20. a double company, consisting of a captain, three lieutenants and twenty-four men. The company mans two of the new hose wagons. Engine No. 72, located at 22 East Twelfth street, has been replaced by hose company No. 72. All these changes may—possibly must—necessitate sizing tbe men to fit the hose, engine and hook and ladder companies, in order to handle the heavy high-pressure hose. These will most probably be selected from the hook and ladder crews, who are bigger physically than their fellows in the engine companies and are distinguished in the rolls kept at headquarters bv the letters E fengineman) and H (hook and ladderman), which show the degree of each man’s height and physique. The reason for thus discriminating is that for the hook and ladder service are needed strong men with long arms to lift the ladders and raise them in a hurry. Men of that calibre and considerable physical strength will he required to handle the heavy hose of the high-pressure system. each length of which weighs about TOO lb.— twice as much as the ordinary engine hose. As to the removal of these powerful engines, the prudence of such a step is questioned by manv Old and experienced fire chiefs of cities where an auxiliary high-nressure system is installed take care to keep their engines on the qpot and readv for action in case of anv accident happening to the new system, which in Manhattan has already twice proved itself more or less baulky.