THE MORSE MONITOR NOZZLE.

THE MORSE MONITOR NOZZLE.

There are doubless a large number of firemen throughout the country who are unacquainted with the origin and application of the Monitor Nozzle to fire boats and lately to water towers. In 1891 Chief Bonner of New York had a Monitor Nozzle placed on the fire boat which proved very satisfactory, but as the diameter was only three inches a larger one capable of throwing a 5 1-4 inch stream was tried with the like favorable results. The Chief was so well pleased with the experiments that he placed two of the three inch and the large nozzle on the boat where they have been doing good duty to the present date.

Soon after the Monitors had been placed on the fire-boat Chief Bonner conceived the idea that he could utilize them for land service and he accordingly had one of the watertowers fitted with a reservoir on the end of the tower, in the rear, the reservoir being on the principle of a large Siamese with four 2-1-2 inch inlets to which were attached four lines from as many steamers, or less, and on the top of the reservoir, the Monitor was placed. It has a radius from perpendicular to fen degrees below horizontal and while the tower is throwing water into the upper stories, a stream from 1 1-2 to 3 inches according to necessity, can be thrown into the lower floors.