威尔明顿的轮船测试。

威尔明顿的轮船测试。

Before an audience which numbered close to the thousand mark, the new Metropolitan fire engine recently built by the American-La France Fire engine Company, of Elmira, N. Y., for the Weccacoe fire company, of Wilmington, Del., was given a test at the foot of West street along the Brandywine creek recently. The test, which was public, was under the supervision of Andrew Jersey, a representative of the constructing company, and C. Whistler, their engineer. Besides these men the members of the local fire company were present, and nothing but admiration was manifested by all who witnessed the working of the modern firefighter. Steam was raised within seven minutes after its arrival at the testing grounds. The first test was with 1,000 feet of hose, the nozzle used being 1⅛ inches. The next test was with two lines of hose 500 feet in length, and this, too, was made with a nozzle of the same dimensions used at first. Two lines of 250 feet were tried, and this, too, proved satisfactory. Three lines of hose containing 100 feet lengths with an inch nozzle were connected, and the amount of water poured through the sections combined the same, appearing to prove the assertion of the builders that it would pump 8.000 gallons a minute. The last test applied to the engine was of two lengths of hose of 50 foot lengths siamesed into one, and for this test a nozzle 1½ inches in diameter was used. Although the high winds made all attempts at height throwing an impossibility, those present were elated at the working of the machine, and several of those present, who had come from Philadelphia, Woodbury, N. J., and other cities, congratulated the members of the local company on the success of the apparatus. The machine cost $5,250. It was placed in commission immediately after the test. The committee of the Wcccacoe company was complimented by Chief Moran of the jocal department for its selection of such an engine.

Before an audience which numbered close to the thousand mark, the new Metropolitan fire engine recently built by the American-La France Fire engine Company, of Elmira, N. Y., for the Weccacoe fire company, of Wilmington, Del., was given a test at the foot of West street along the Brandywine creek recently. The test, which was public, was under the supervision of Andrew Jersey, a representative of the constructing company, and C. Whistler, their engineer. Besides these men the members of the local fire company were present, and nothing but admiration was manifested by all who witnessed the working of the modern firefighter. Steam was raised within seven minutes after its arrival at the testing grounds. The first test was with 1,000 feet of hose, the nozzle used being 1⅛ inches. The next test was with two lines of hose 500 feet in length, and this, too, was made with a nozzle of the same dimensions used at first. Two lines of 250 feet were tried, and this, too, proved satisfactory. Three lines of hose containing 100 feet lengths with an inch nozzle were connected, and the amount of water poured through the sections combined the same, appearing to prove the assertion of the builders that it would pump 8.000 gallons a minute. The last test applied to the engine was of two lengths of hose of 50 foot lengths siamesed into one, and for this test a nozzle 1½ inches in diameter was used. Although the high winds made all attempts at height throwing an impossibility, those present were elated at the working of the machine, and several of those present, who had come from Philadelphia, Woodbury, N. J., and other cities, congratulated the members of the local company on the success of the apparatus. The machine cost $5,250. It was placed in commission immediately after the test. The committee of the Wcccacoe company was complimented by Chief Moran of the jocal department for its selection of such an engine.