MR. FERGUSON'S FIRE ENGINE.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 182, 21 December 1881, Page 2

MR. FERGUSON'S FIRE ENGINE.

> ,■ Mr.. Alexander .Ferguson if nsHLgetfcing..' hmit, I^>:lii^o^ier;, % fire. eng^ r b% lather a^Tel, though^ : ctjv€t; ; Hiding! by,, "w»rd «pd 4o«i. Vorkedi'fpiiy hard m, endeavoring t<>, induce the . Council? uncl ,tli<j Jrtblic to see the nepcessity r >of a fire brigade, and 'pro-, cure a fire engine for the Borough j .. soul: ■. having failed to convince— -or C rather to get people to see. the ? urgency, of, the case— he . has set * about getting .o-ne at,his own expense . ■which doubtless, he will place at . d^po^al; should an. onpor- _ ;tuni^y s <j|P,cuifl ■ The engine is being , J lrtu[ % by' Mir; I>s Jones, and ; will, * when fioiahed, be a model, a« well at ] c a : njoßt t efficient -■'engjiae.-V-'As, extra^ sixed 'ferce pump» will be fixed to a.., ihogsjiead, which stands upon a, car*, jriage. wfth .two wheels.' The; barrel j • ■whiqhwill always be. kept, full of ;j waterj m; case, : of emergency will ? rest in^nfibdrizontal position on the. carriage, witfctlie force pnmp fixed; •on fa* f?P- . P»! We : sides; of the, barrel will De made holes,, into which . will fee fixed'the. water conductors m order to keep up the' supply. The,, water thus supplied, must of cpurse^ bji jcpnyeyeji •by j oceans . of buckets, e which the engine is fitted with. Thft^' •pump r itiielf ; will.thrpw,. .» volume ,o£,i water of one, and a half inches, over 1 the highest' house m town. The. idea ; iß : th%\^e^:afir6 occurs, thi»^ ? engine - "which I w?^. H - always, stand^ xeady, T^]iMrT&^tgt&y : *»,. the. scene, and .jwajfcer.. at once , put, 0,n ;.. and^it it naturally suppdsed.Vfclfat the \ water supply will be kept /"good; by - those r inl attendance. Thus far r to , Mr. Ferguaon-belongs all credit and? 'praise for the.great,intere«i he. hatT 1 dispiayedin this matter, of ; protee^ tipii agiuhsti fire< ■. ;;; -\ ; , •