NOVEL,FEATURES IN A MERRYWEATHER FIRE-ENGINE.
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We reproduce on this page a picture el a new fire-engine, which has recently been constructed for the Lancaster Fire Brigade by Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., Greenwich; London, S.E. The design embodies a number of novel features, incorporated at the suggestion of Chief Constable H. J. Vann.
The body has a streamlined conterur and affords complete weather protection for 10 or 11 firemen. There are two doors on each side and all windows are arranged to be lowered. In addition to two longitudinal seats, there is a transverse seat at the rear, and all seats are arranged as hose lockers, access to them being obtained by way of small doors on the outside. A 40gallon first-aid apparatus is embodied and the hose can be paid out through a port hole at each side.
The position of the MerryweatherHatfield pump is clearly shown in the picture, and this powerful unit delivers at the rate of 275 gallons per minute. An extension ladder is carried in a trough in the roof, a device by which the ladder sections are locked being operated from the driver's seat. In addition to a five-lamp lighting set, there is a spotlight and a powerful searchlight, which can be used on or away from the machine.
Leylands Popular at Sheffield.
It was in 1910 that Sheffield Corporation placed its first order for a Leyland vehicle, this being a fire-engine, and, since that time, the corporation, through its various departments, has placed no fewer than 56 separate orders for Leyland vehicles of different types. The transport department alone has placed 39 orders for nearly 300 vehicles, the first of which was put into service in 1924.
Incidentally, Sheffield was the first municipal authority to place in service a large 'fleet of Leyland buses incorporating the company's hydraulic transmission system. The corporation now has 38 vehicles of this type and has ordered a further 21 buses, of Tiger and Titan types, all of which are to be equipped with Leyland compression-ignition engines and hydraulic transmission systems.
Brighton Seeks a Transport Manager.
In connectiOn with the scheme which has been approved by Brighton Town Council for setting up a central repair and maintenance depot, a post is varant for a transport manager. Applicants must have a sound and practical experience of the work involved in connection with the management of a large garage and workshops. Fuller details of the appointment are given in this week's advertisement columns under the heading "Situations Vacant." GAS AND OIL LORRIES IN 940-MILE TRIAL.
Twenty Rugsian-huilt ilorries, seven of which were equipped with gas-producers, recently successfully completed in eight days a 940-mile reliability trial from Moscow to Leningrad and back. Among the vehicles which passed the test with flying colours was one having a Nati Zis-12 oil engine constructed at the Stalin works, Moscow, which, it is reported, will shortly begin the mass production of this type of power unit.
Official Orders in November.
Among the orders for motor vehicles given out by Government Departments during November last was one for Albion chassis awarded by the Admiralty. The War Department ordered bodies for six-wheeled chassis from R. Y. Pickering and Co., Ltd., Wishaw, and for 30-cwt. chassis from MorrisCommercial Cars, Ltd., also purchasing an Armstrong-Saurer oiler. The G.P.O. authorities ordered a number of S.D. Freighters, Duple. bodies, MorrisCommercial chassis, and Morris vans and chassis.
An Improved Lacre Sweeper.
Lacre Lorries, Ltd., 78, York Road, London, N.15 has recently supplied one of its L-type three-wheeled sweepers to the Corporation of London, this being a repeat order. This machine is of special' interest, as it embodies certain improvements, these including a more up-to-date type of 12 h.p. four-cylindered engine, axles running on Timken roller bearings, and Dunlop pneumatic tyres on all wheels.
The company informs us -that it recently supplied two machines incorporating the new power unit, to the Liverpool authorities, and they are stated to be giving good results.