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ounds and has attached a neat hose carriage carr in one thousand feet of hose.
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cylinder is eleven and a half inches, with six and a half inch steam pump and fourteen inch
stroke. It was completed on the 16th of October, 1858, and yesterday was the second time 1
it has ever been tested. It is stated that steam can be got up in eight minutes, but owing
to the wood used yesterday being somewhat damp, twelve minutes was occupied in making
the preparatory arrangements. The steam engine first threw an inch and one-eighth
stream, and then an inch and three-eighths. The altitude to which the water was thrown
l surprised the spectators, who loudly cheered the company. After playing for some time
over the Hall, four hose streams were thrown at one time, upwards of one hundred and
seventy-seven feet. At this time the water was found to be rather scarce, as the engine
completely dried the tank. In consequence of the scarcity of water, the trial was not
looked upon as complete. There is no doubt, however, that the steam fire engine possesses
many advantages over the hand engine, and will unquestionably throw a more powerful and
larger stream, and extinguish a conflagration in a shorter space of time. After playing for
about an hour, the Philadelphia and Americas Engine Company, No. 6, were drawn up in
front of the City Hall, and a daguerreotype taken of both companies. The Philadelphians
then proceeded to ship their engine for Boston, (it being necessary to send it by a freight
train instead of the passenger train in wl1icl1 the members were takcn,) and then marched
to Fulton ferry and crossed to Brooklyn, where they were received by Engine Company
No. 7, of Brooklyn, on whose invitation they visited that city. Companies 1, 3 and 5, with
their hose carriages, engines, &e., were drawn up in line in Fulton street, and thousands of
spectators enthusiastically cheered the Philadelphians. The line of procession was then
taken up to the Navy Yard, where Lieutenant Leroy and Lieutenant Duncan were in-
troduced to Colonel Page and his company, and they were conducted through the Lyceum
and the Yard. The procession then marched through York, Bridge, Henry, Atlantic and
Court streets, Myrtle avenue and Adams street, and to the City Hall, which was crowded
with people who enthusiastically cheered the Philadelphians as they marched by. After
parading the streets, much against the wishes of the Philadelphia Company for nearly an hour,
the party were conducted to the Gothic Hall, in Adams street, where a very splendid
collation prepared by Mr. Edward Arcnt, at the expense of Engine Company No. 7, was
provided. Col. Page expressed his dissatisfaction at the length of the march, and stated
that had he known his company would have been subjected to such a tramp, he certainly
should have declined the invitation.
After the collation, the Hon. F. B. Spinola, in a very eloquent and appropriate address,
welcomed the Hibernia Company to the City of Brooklyn, and paid a neat tribute to the
City of Philadelphia. Colonel Page replied in suitable terms, when the company were
escorted to the ferry, and proceeded to their hotel.
" To assist the suffering and protect the weak."