Fire-Brigade Matters.
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The Danzic Corporation has resolved to purchase a motor-driven fire-engine. No special make or system appears to have been decided upon.
On Monday last, the 13th inst., Mr. IL H. Bicknell conducted the L.G.B. inquiry into Croydon's application to borrow money inter (Ilia for the purchase of two motor fire-engines.
Derby Town Council has had a debate on its Fire Brigade Committee's recommendation to spend £700 on a first-turn-out motor, the vehicle also to carry a in-ft. escape. It went through.
Dennis Quotes Five-months Delivery, but Gets Orde-. The amount of the Dennis contract for Reading to the placing of which with the Guildford factory we referred three weeks ago, is 21,850. Delivery is guaranteed in five months. Sven makers tendered. ' Mayoral Reerences.
A noteworthy indication of general municipal interest in the motorising of fire brigades has been provided, since the Dth inst., in the speeches of many of the newlyelected mayors throughout the country. These expressions of approval, on the part of the chief magistrates of important towns and boroughs, cannot fail to be of due effect in the near future.
Non-skids.
Good reports reach us about the behaviour in practice of de Former non-skids upon the wheels of fireengines. These non-skids possess the intrinsic advantage of suiting directly any standard make of tire, and we think that chief officers who have been troubled by lack of adhesion under service conditions would do well to communicate with the makers at 100, Shaftesbury Avenue. W.—the trade, also.
Brandon (Man.) Wants Motor.
Fire-chief Melhuish, of the Brandon (Man.) Fire Department, has intimated that his department must be equipped with motor firefighting apparatus. He has placed his proposal before the city council. The chief saw several tests made at a recent convention, and these convinced him that hills can be climbed and speed made in a way that is absolutely impossible where horses are used.
In Canada.
We hear horn our several Canadian correspondents of fresh intentions on the part of fire chiefs in many Canadian towns, and these correspondents have without exception put down many names of likely purchas2rs of fire-engines as potential recipients of the " Overseas Annual " of next month. These intentions follow upon testimony from Canadian. brigades which already possess motor fireengines, of the lessened cost of maintenance, the expeditious turnouts, the greater speeds on the road, and the increased efficiency at fires.
Shining Brasswork
We have several times, in conversation and by letter, pointed out to motor manufacturers the expediency of their providing enough bright metal parts about their motor fire-engines to enable firemen both to be kept busy in the stations, and to take a proper pride in the machines under their charge. Paint-work is of admitted importance, as much in any fire brigade as in the Navy, but shining brasswork is also dear to the heart of chief officers and men alike. We go so far as to assert that more than one order has passed motor manufacturers of the new school by reason of their failure fully to appreciate the exceptional appeal of parts than can be polished.