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trial was had. That 1st class were allowed sixty men, 2d class 

 fifty men, and 3d class forty men. Each engine played through 

 400 feet of hose, carried to an elevation of 42 feet, and played 

 from said elevation perpendicularly from a pipe through a nozzle 

 l|th inches in diameter for first class, one inch for second, |th of 

 an inch for third; and also, in a horizontal position, through 150 

 feet of hose, each using the pipe and the same size nozzle as be- 

 fore, with the following result : 



FIRE ENGINES. 



First Class. 



Perpendicular. Horizontal. 



1st best. No. 8, of Brooklyn, 110 ft., 206 ft. 



2d best, No. 13,. " 104 ft., 206 ft. 



Second Class. 



1st best. No. 8, of New-York, 80 ft., 164 ft. 6 in. 



2d best, No. 29, " 86 ft., 158 ft. 4 in. 



3d best. No. 11, " 90 ft., 149 ft. 3 in. 



Third Class. 



1st best. No. 28, of New- York, 84 ft., 189 ft. 6 in. 



2d best, No. 45, " 80 ft., 169 ft. 6 in. 



We therefore decide as follows : That engine No. 8, of the city 

 of Brooklyn, is the first best first-class engine. 



That engine No. 13, of the city of Brooklyn, is the second best 

 first-class engine. 



That engine No. 8, of the city of New-York, is the first best 



second-class engine. 



That engine No. 29, of the city of New-York, is the second 



best second-class engine. 



That engine No. 11, of the city of New-York, is the third best 

 second-class engine. 



That engine No. 28, of the city of New-York, is the first best 



third-class engine. 



That engine No. 45, of the city of New-York, is the second 



best third-class engine. 



The judges would beg leave to remark to the members of the 

 Institute, that No. 28 being a third-class engine, and of less ca- 

 pacity than either of the second-class, they would respectfully 

 recommend her to the favorable consideration of the Institute, as 

 they consider her a very superior engine. 



HOOK AND LADDER TRUCKS. 



They decide that No. 2, of Newark, N.J., is the best truck with 

 long ladders. 



No. 13, of New-York, is the best truck with joint ladders. 



