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Troy. Foremen. 



No. 9, J. H. Allen. 



No. 10, G. M. Capron. 



No. 13, J. Ostrander. 



Lansingburgh. 



No. 2j Edward Mercer. 



No. 4, John McMurray. 



No. 3, A. C. Surges. 



The trial of each was made in the order above, except No. 9, 

 which was by a vote of the fire department ruled out in conse- 

 quence of some change made in their pumps, after coming on the 

 ground. And also No. 3 of Lansingburgh, which did not enter 

 for competition, not being a full company. 



The trial was made according to the rules adopted by the fire 

 department, and assented to by your committee, with the follow- 

 ing results : 



Each engine, in its turn, was placed on a platform at the river, 

 throwing the water through 300 feet of hose into a tank pre- 

 pared for that purpose, more than 23 feet above the platform. 

 Each company of 75 men working their engine 8 minutes, when 

 the water thrown into the tank was measured, the time and meas- 

 urement being accurately marked by your committee. 



Each engine filled the tank as follows : 



No. 1, 38 inches, measuring 1 ,748 gallons. 



Washington Volunteers, 41^ do, do 1,897 do, 2 qts. 



No. 7, 42 15-16th, do 1,975 do, 1 qrt. 



No. 8, 43| inches, do 2,008 do, 1 qrt. 



No. 10, 42| do, do 1,966 do, 2 qts. 



No. 13, 45 7-16ths, do 2,090 do. 



No. 2, Lansingburgh, . . 42^ inches, do 1,943 do, 2 qts. 



No. 4, do, .. 35 do, do 1,610 do. 



No. 8 met with an accident and an intermission, caused by 

 some portions of the platform giving way, after they had played 

 two minutes, and after playing five minutes, an accident hap- 



