WATERWORKS SYSTEM OF TOLEDO.
Chief Engineer Wm. Mayo, of the fire department of Toledo, Ohio, makes the following report on the waterworks system of that city: “It has become necessary to use steamers at all fires in buildings of more than four stories, as it is not safe to depend on the domestic waterworks pressure any longer, owing to the extension of mains, and the increased number of taps decreasing the pressure. It has been customary for the water works department to raise the pressure at all large fires; but this has become dangerous, owing to the age of the pipes, which are likely to burst' at any time under the extra pressure, and leave the city without fire protection, other than what can be obtained from the river. Our city has but ten fires engines, with a total pumping capacity of 7,800 gallons a minute, which is entirely too little for a city the size of Toledo, and much less than any other city of our s>ze in the country.
Chief Engineer Wm. Mayo, of the fire department of Toledo, Ohio, makes the following report on the waterworks system of that city: “It has become necessary to use steamers at all fires in buildings of more than four stories, as it is not safe to depend on the domestic waterworks pressure any longer, owing to the extension of mains, and the increased number of taps decreasing the pressure. It has been customary for the water works department to raise the pressure at all large fires; but this has become dangerous, owing to the age of the pipes, which are likely to burst' at any time under the extra pressure, and leave the city without fire protection, other than what can be obtained from the river. Our city has but ten fires engines, with a total pumping capacity of 7,800 gallons a minute, which is entirely too little for a city the size of Toledo, and much less than any other city of our s>ze in the country.
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