98 NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER’S NEW AUTO FIRE TRUCK. 
Handsome Piece of Modern Apparatus arrived Yester- 
day. Will Have Try-out Labor Day. Firemen 
Will Hold Field Day at Tuck’s Point. 
Manchester’s handsome new auto fire truck, that most 
up-to-date piece of fire apparatus, reached town yes- 
terday shortly after noon. It was shown at several 
fire stations along the way, including Salem and Bey- 
_erly. As if to test its worth in speedily reaching a fire 
the truck was ealled out yesterday afternoon shortly 
after its arrival for what was supposed to be an incipi- 
ent fire in the tailor shop next door to the Breeze office 
on Beach street. A mysterious smoke was detected and 
and rather than take chances a still alarm was tele- 
phoned to the fire station. Chief Hoare had the fire 
truck put in use, but it was found after reaching the 
scene of the supposed fire that the smoke in question 
came from the plumber’s shop and had circled through 
the building to the tailor shop. 
The new truck will be given a try-out Labor Day, 
when the firemen will celebrate its arrival by holding a 
field day at Tuck’s Point. An alarm will be rung in 
from Box 43 at West Manchester at 10.30. After the 
the test the firemen will gather at the picnic grounds 
for a general good time the rest of the day. Invitations 
have been extended to fire chiefs in the surrounding 
tewns and cities. 
Though we have given a partial description of the 
new truck in previous issues, it is proper that we give 
a more detailed description of the car now that it has 
arrived. 
The car is especially constructed for the purpose, being 
in no respects a pleasure car. The motor is especially 
powerful, being a 60-horse-power water-cooled of the 
valve-in-the-head and detachable head type, which is 
the very latest development of motor construction, giv- 
ing added power and increased accessibility to its parts 
over any other type of motor. 
The ignition system is double, two sets of spark plugs, 
magneto and dry cells, and Connecticut Coil. 
The oiling system is DeDion system, positive force 
feed to all bearings, giving absolute liberal lubrication 
at all speeds. It is absolutely cleanly, all that is seen of 
this oiling system from the seat is the sight feed on the 
dash board, showing at all times the oil pressure in the 
motor. 
The clutch is very simple and the very easiest of en- 
gagements but very positive in action, being of the 
tliree-plate type with cork inserts on the engagement 
plate. Connecting rods, crank shaft, transmission gears 
and shafting all of chrome nickel steel of a tensle 
strength of 175,000 pounds to the square inch. 
The drive is by shaft to transmission and driving 
gears on jack shaft and thence by double chain drive 
to the hubs of the rear wheels. 
The transmission is one of the distinctive features of 
the car, being the same size and power as is put into 
five to seven-ton trucks, being superior in power, cost 
and quality to probably any other transmission in the 
world and surely of double the power of any eee 
car transmission known, 
The frame, axles, wheel bearings and body are built 
substantially on the lines of the commercial cars, this 
type of construction being absolutely necessary on ac- 
eount of the tremendous road shocks consequent to 
carrying heavy loads at the high speed this car must — 
make in going to fires, no pleasure car construction 
eculd possibly stand up under it. The frame is of 5- 
inch channel steel, weighing 9 pounds to the foot. The 
axles are 2-inch | beam forward and 2-inch square rear, 
nickel steel forgings. All road wheels and all the bear- 
ings in the transmission run on Timken roller bearings. 
The wheels are extra heavy and are fitted with the 
largest tires known, namely, Fisk 40x6 inches dimen- 
sions, and fitted with Fisk Quick Demountable rims, ad- 
mitting of changing a fully inflated tire inside of one 
minute. 
The body and body equipment is in accordance with 
the best accepted types of combination hose and chemi- 
eal cars with fittings as follows: 
One 35-gallon chemical tank with all equipment, 250 
inches chemical hose in basket for that purpose, one 20- 
foot extension ladder, one 12-foot roof ladder, two 
axes, two lanterns, one crowbar, one door opener, one 
plaster hook, two hand 3-gallon extinguishers. In the 
body is space for 1,000 feet of water hose if wished, or 
lesser amount of hose under seats, which ean carry six 
men. There are two forward seats, one for the driver — 
and a large seat on the rear of which is mounted a box 
to carry a life net. Under the side running board are 
two boxes for carrying various tools and parts. The 
ear is equipped with gas searchlight on dash, two oil 
side and one oil tail lamp, Prest-o-lite gas tank All gas 
lamps are lighted electrically. Other equipment is a 
Siren horn, locomotive bell, hand horn and bulb and in 
facet everything which makes a completely fitted aato- 
mobile and combination hose and chemical wagon. 
Marblehead . 
Lawyer and Mrs. David G. Haskins, jr., and Mrs. Field 
of Boston will spend a portion of September at the 
Oceanside. ' 
Miss Carrie F. Gammell of Medford, who was at the 
hotel for June, is returning for September. 
Prof. Fred M. Willson of Princeton college, and fam. 
ily, who spent the season at the Oceanside, departed 
Tuesday of this week. 
Monday of this week the Children’s Island hospital 
was the beneficiary of a very successful sale at the 
hotel by several young lady guests interested in the 
philanthropy. 
H. J. GAY ELEGTRIG GO. 
Successor to Clark and Mills Electric Co. 
HEADQUARTERS FOR 
ALL STYLES OF 
Postoffice Block ‘ : Hs 
Telephones: 
| Everything Hectrical 
G.E. Tungstens and Edison Lamps 
"Manchester, Mass. 
Store, 146-5; Residence, 24. Sila lator asw ised as mMeaise 
