Show ELECTRIC FIRE ENGINES J t 1 electric fire engines for new york haie been suggested on a truck of the of the ordinary steam fire en glie could be placed with an electric paulo of throwing several times the volume of water furnished by the steam engine the larger parts of both manhattan and that no building in them Is more than two or three hundred yards from a trolley line at any point of which one or two hundred horse power of current Is instantly available arrived at the alro this cable would be attached to the nearest trolley line overhead arunder ground or to the conductor of the elevated railway and instantly a power equal to that of many engines would be available the suggestion Is so simple that it might at least have a trial |