Show the fire steamer the testing of the new tire fire engine took place yesterday afternoon a snort distance east of me city hall the steamer is a silsby no 4 and was tested b by mr james B teller of the silsby manufacturing company who have built nearly 1000 of these engines mayor y or armstrong chief engineer ottinger and quite a number of spectators tors witnessed the trial of the new machine and were highly pleased with the results attained in about six minutes from the time of firing up the register showed 20 pounds of of steam which steadily in greased creased 1 until the limit pounds was re reached ached while the average during the trial was ablat about pounds tb the e water was first turned on through two lines of hose connected near the nozzle by what is known as the sia wese coupling which unites the two streams and a solid stream of water was thrown a distance of feet on a level through a 1 X inch nozzle while the spray went considerably further the nozzle was then turned skyward and the water shot up into the air about feet the 11 siamese 11 was then taken off and two 34 inch nozzles were attached to two lines of et hase and two streams were thrown th rown simultaneously about leet feet on a level tl ehte siamese being boeing again brought into requisition four streams of water were thrown at the same time each stream being about feet orf on a level for the next test 1000 feet of hose was run ran out and a 1 inch nozzle attached the water was thrown a dist distance tuce of 17 5 feet on oa lev elout before tills this trial was finished two sections of hose burst buist under the pressure ro re which they were subjected to pounds r but as chief ot linger awl and mayor armstrong were thoroughly satis tied that the engine would stand any strain it might tie be subjected subject pl to in actual service the trial was brought to a close |