Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-06-19 | Page 16 | City's New Fire Engine Passes Tests is Called the "Henry W Lawrence"

CITY'S NEW FIRE ENGINE PASSES TESTS a & "! IS CALLED THE "HENRY W. LAWRENCE" Wi ATCHTNG the teats-Top, left to right-Arthur "Lowe, city purchasing agent; Tl"Cr-jL0T of Fire Chief W. H. Bywater of Salt lke, Fire Chief Joseph Lovelace of Pro yo LeE cy Dixon conu one: of public safety of Prove, and Mayor Decker of Prove, watching the final test of Salt lake s firf ""in chine, the "Henry W. Lawrence." Middle-Tie "Henry W. Lawrence" in charge Xute being Knight. Bottom-The final test at Liberty park. Two streams of water, aggregating 975 gallons a minute, being thrown across the park lake, a distance of about 300 feet. IL v V a v 1 - j " - li II ?V $y LttA " T ' If if " ' S i I i 4 t - I VV 1i , s - 11 t f K 'V 1 ' i"1 If VrV' " ' l , Ji If , L. h t i v'-' I if.' - h Jk3J:i it f " , 1 I " j ' T V 3 V -f i ft tf, IfJ v J j A f7 ? ' t! iff - r" , - jfs Fire Chiefs From Neighboring Neighbor-ing Towns Attend Official Experiments With Car. SALT LAKE'S newest "piece of fire-fighting' fire-fighting' apparatus, a combined motor pumping; engine and hose carrier, known as the "Henry V. Lawrence." was put through all its paces In the final test before the fire chiefs of Salt Lake, Provo and Ogden, representatives of the fire underwriters' association and city of Metals yesterday morning. Preliminary tests were made in front of the headquarters fire station on First South, where the water was taken from hydrants, and then the big machine was taken to Liberty park to( pump the water it used from the park lake. The tests were satisfactory in every ev-ery detail, the big machine doing about ; 30 per cent better in every respect than required by the contract specifications. i In the test at the fire station the water wa-ter was forced through 1000 feet of hose and high enough to easily reach the top of the highest buildings in the city. At Liberty park the water was pumped from the lake and two streams, aggregating 975 gallons per minute, or i5 gallons more than the specifications called for, were thrown across the lake, a distance of about 300 feet. The machine carries 1500 feet of hose, is guaranteed to pump 700 gallons per minute, and will throw the water approximately approxi-mately 250 feet in the air. It is the very last word in fire-fighting machinery. -111