HARNESSES FOR FIRE ENGINE HORSES.
A trial lately took place in the United States Circuit Court, Northern District of New York, in which the presiding judge gives in his decision several very interesting particulars. It was the action of Worswick Manufacturing Company et al. vs. City of Buffalo et al. Judge Coxe’s decision is as follows:
The complainants are the owners of letters patent No. 171,190, granted December 14, 1875, to Edward O. Sullivan, for improvement in harness for fire engines. The patent relates not only to the construction of the harness, but also to the manner of suspending it above the horse. The object of the invention is to enable the horses to be kept unharnessed until the moment of the alarm, and then to attach them to the engine with great expedition. One man is thus enabled to do the work of three under the old system. The harness is made in sections, is permanently fastened to the neap or thills, and suspended from the ceiling by means of straps and spring catches, so that it maybe dropped upon the horses and quickly secured.
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