Show I I MOTORIZING FIRE ENGINES IS SOlVED To successfully motorize the horse drawn steam fire engine has b been on ono one of f tho the big problems of ot the tho fire engineer A new method b by which the boll boiler or en engine englee ensine en- en sine glee and pump arc are all mounted on a a. fire truck ruck chas chassis Is has been worked out b by tho the Peerless s Motor Car company One of tho the first engines to t bo be eb rebuilt In n this way went into service in Cleveland Clovo- Clovo land and recently at the Woodland avenue and East Seventy ninth street treet station Safety Director Ch declared after aler witnessing a demonstration of or the tho machine machine ma- ma chine that it was as good as it Il ever had been an a a pump while the tho speed and range of ot operation made possible by the motor chassis c raised it to the tho class of the m most t. t efficient modern s gasoline motor engines It cost the city only half hatt as tu much as all a new engine of that hC type Fire chiefs everywhere are aro agreed motor apparatus in IR much superior to horse lorse drawn Statistics eh show a 1 in hr fact fad thAt hat whereas the horse drawn chemical wagon was not a very efficient piece of ot apparatus motor chemicals beca because o they reach the spot so much quicker have ex ox- extinguished extinguished 9 92 per cent of oC the fires fIreR to which they have responded in tho the United States during the p past t five years Practically every city Is IB now preparing to motorize Its equipment as fast as money can be secured for Cor the purpose In developing a 8 line of or fire tire apparatus pp the Peerless company has hM put ut much emphasis em em- on motorizing present horse drawn equipment so that it need not be e scrapped and much expense can be saved while tho the fire tire department is still brought fully up to date Hook and ladders ladders ladders lad lad- ders and water towers are motorized by means of or a a. wheel four tractor |