FIRE AND WATER ENGINEERING.
Established 1877
Published Every Wednesday at 154 Nassau Street, New York
Subscription Rates, $3.00 a Year Foreign, $4.50
Representing
The Water Works and Fire Engineers’ Associations
F. W. SHEPPERD, Editor and Proprietor Associate Editors
VICTOR W. PAGE, M.E. Author of “The Modern Gasoline Automobile”
JOSEPH B. RIDER, C.E., Author of “The Little Engineer”
Contributing Editors
H R. YATES, Chief Engineer
H. W. BRINGHURST. Fire Marshal
Communications on all subjects relating to Fire Protection and Water Supply are solicited. The name of the author is necessary as a guarantee of good faith. The publisher does not hold himself responsible for the opinions of corresppndents. All advertising copy should be received no later than the previous Thursday to insure insertion in the current number.
Entered at New York as second-class matter.
New York, Wednesday, October 21, 1914.





















