A most efficient high-power weapon for firefighting, and one adapted for use on standpipes, roofs, docks, wagons, or boats is the Hart turret pipe, manufactured by Mr. H. Hart, of New York. The construction is honest, skilled, and possessed of interesting individual features. The outfit for the wagon pipe, which is naturally the pipe in commonest use, includes 2, 3 or 4 ways automatic Siamese connections, fine tips of any size, elbow, and bracketboard, bolts, etc., for attaching. As there are no abrupt angles, friction loss is reduced to a minimum, while ball bearings above and below the swivel flange do away with any possible binding. One person is thus enabled to direct the stream, nor is his whole time required, as the pipe will hold the desired position unassisted: indeed, Chief Mertz. of Akron, Ohio, declares that one man with a Hart wagon pipe can accomplish more than seven or eight men handling a large stream from the ground. The pipe is made in different sizes, with automatic Siamese connections, accommodating from one to six lines of hose, and producing a stream from in. to 4 in. in diameter. Reports of successful tests have come to Mr. Hart from appreciative firemen all over the country, Chief Sanger, of Butte, Mont., vouching for a stream being sent 175 ft. vertically, with a 1¾-⅛. tip, and three lines, siamesed connection. But, perhaps, the most interesting report is one signed by heads of departments who guard the safety of districts all the way from Kentucky to Ottawa. At the Du luth convention a throwing capacity of practical!) 250 ft. was recorded, and in this test a second size Nott engine only was used, with two lines of Z'/i-in. hose, each 200 ft. long, and a tJ4-in. tip and a pressure of 100 lb. at the engine and 00 lb. at the tip. After such convincing evidence no one can doubt the value of the Hart turret pipe as a practical, modern firefighting appliance. The portrait herewith is that of Milton II. Hart, who is probably the best known inventor and fire appliance salesman in the United States.

A most efficient high-power weapon for firefighting, and one adapted for use on standpipes, roofs, docks, wagons, or boats is the Hart turret pipe, manufactured by Mr. H. Hart, of New York. The construction is honest, skilled, and possessed of interesting individual features. The outfit for the wagon pipe, which is naturally the pipe in commonest use, includes 2, 3 or 4 ways automatic Siamese connections, fine tips of any size, elbow, and bracketboard, bolts, etc., for attaching. As there are no abrupt angles, friction loss is reduced to a minimum, while ball bearings above and below the swivel flange do away with any possible binding. One person is thus enabled to direct the stream, nor is his whole time required, as the pipe will hold the desired position unassisted: indeed, Chief Mertz. of Akron, Ohio, declares that one man with a Hart wagon pipe can accomplish more than seven or eight men handling a large stream from the ground. The pipe is made in different sizes, with automatic Siamese connections, accommodating from one to six lines of hose, and producing a stream from in. to 4 in. in diameter. Reports of successful tests have come to Mr. Hart from appreciative firemen all over the country, Chief Sanger, of Butte, Mont., vouching for a stream being sent 175 ft. vertically, with a 1¾-⅛. tip, and three lines, siamesed connection. But, perhaps, the most interesting report is one signed by heads of departments who guard the safety of districts all the way from Kentucky to Ottawa. At the Du luth convention a throwing capacity of practical!) 250 ft. was recorded, and in this test a second size Nott engine only was used, with two lines of Z'/i-in. hose, each 200 ft. long, and a tJ4-in. tip and a pressure of 100 lb. at the engine and 00 lb. at the tip. After such convincing evidence no one can doubt the value of the Hart turret pipe as a practical, modern firefighting appliance. The portrait herewith is that of Milton II. Hart, who is probably the best known inventor and fire appliance salesman in the United States.

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