Show ADVANCE GUARD motor Carria ceri unc 1 ly by the berlin fire the berlin fire department Is considered the model tire department of europe on account of its excellent organization its great attention to the improvement of apparatus an za FIR FIrl ON till WAY TO A F FIKE lity by carefully batchin wat watching chin the progress of science has but recently introduced for some purposes the ganswindt motor carriage which is propelled by foot power the apparatus after having been thoroughly tested has been found to be very eft lelent and Is now being rapidly introduced into the fire departments of all the german capitals A squad known as the advance guard consisting of six men la Is mounted ed on one of these motor carriages carriaga eq which Is always ready at the door of the fire station the men are in their places ready to start at the first signal the two first ones attend to its girding one to the steering and the other to ring ringing ing the bell tb the e S six IN men stand la in pair upon long iong treadles tre adles and by alternately raising and lowering their feet the movement Is transmitted by means of strong belts upon illion a horizontal mechanism the active power being considerably lu increased creased by spiral springs and add ratchets attached to the axis and by a very clever arrangement rang ran eident gement of the he leverage the entire motor carr carriage Iaze Is built as lightly as possible of steel tubing all and 1116 hickory wood the machine ww was for more than a month sent out with nith the regular lire patrol ant and it was found that tile the carriage rides very easily and safely it proceeds faster than the wagon drawn by hornes hores and that if the distance is not entirely too great roat the men arrive at the tire lire in excellent condition for their arduous duties |