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Show FIRE CARS ON L ROAD Four Arc Installed on the Metropolitan Line in Chicago. ' CHICAGO, Dc t-What are to be the ftrst ' Are cars to be used on aa sleTsUd ra!lros4 la this country hav been Id tailed on ths Metropolitan Metro-politan 'ivated Unas. Ths cars correspond In trps to ths regular chemical engines In uss la the city fire department. Pour of them are stationed at the terminals of the four branches of the elevated road. In a trial glTen In the presence of members of the Chicago Fire Underwriters association and the officials of the elevated road company, com-pany, the speed end efficiency of ths firs cars were demonstrated. After a run of one mils a fire was extinguished within six minutes min-utes after the alarm was sounded. The equipment of the fire cars consists of two 100-gal Ion tanks of chemical solution and two lines of hose, each 150 feet long. In addition, ad-dition, a reservoir containing 200 more gallons of solution Is carried on each car. Two trained men compose the crew of each ear. |