HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-03-30, Page 13was W.H.Plummer.
Biggings at this time, although
out of Office, was still the owner
and editor of theAlgorna Pioneer,
a Sault Ste Marie newspaper.
From the safety of the paper he
rote, "As a fire fighter, the
-,Waterous engine is no match for
the Ronald in a square, honest
contest, and half the town are
anxious tro see the two machines
fairly tried, side by side, in order
to settle the question of
supremacy,
Plummer decided to have the
test. The people knew what the
Ronald could not do so they
Wanted to see what the Waterous
could do.
On Tuesday, January 10, 1892,
on a cold winter day, the
Waterous Company Engine No.
4, arrived in Sault Ste Marie and
was set up at the government
dock. A fire box "filled with pine
shavings", saturated with coal oil
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Cie e following story from the Sault
ader Isabel Strachan Scott sent
e Marie Northern Weekender.)
ditor's Notes Brussels Post
(By Ronald A. Irwin)
In her book "Stories of the
is So ast", Eileen Collins. Hinsperger,
eeting n writing about Sault Ste.
of k arie's acquisition of its first fire
ngine, indicated that the engine
:sided as purchased from J. D. Ronald
Met Brussels, Ontario on
for
epternber 5, 1889. "The test
as successful" and "It was a big
ay for the Sault."
it would appear from Mrs.
nsperger's writing that
verything went smoothly and
veryone lived happily ever after.
owever, that was not the case.
The Saults first fire engine was
bust. The engine did not meet
e insurance underwriters'
ecifications. The bell did not
o k. The city refused to pay
onald. Ronald took the city to
urt and won. The much touted
onald Fire Engine ultimately
ffered the indignity of being
town in on the deal when the
ty had to purchase a new
gine.
John D. Ronald of Brussels,
itario must have been a great
lesman. He came to the Sault
September 4, 1889 to sell his
gine to the city council. Edward
ggings was the mayor at the
me and Ronald not only •showed
iggings how the city could
ance the engine but even gave
ary advice, "$5.00 for the
gineer for every fire and $2.00
r every practice."
On September 5th council
cided to buy the engine for
,200.00. 12 days later council
eed to build a wood engine
ilding for another $3,000.D0 on
he old school site on East
•eet", to house the engine.
ajor T.H.Elliott was appointed
full command of the fire
mpany and Biggings wound up
one of the engineers. .
By . February the rumblings
gan to appear. Alderman A.
arney and Alderman L. Londry
It the bell should be one with a
arper tone. The cost of the
gine house had risen from
000.00 to $5,960.00. By May
uncil had cut the Chief's salary
m $75.00 to $50.00 per annum
d the Captain's from $25. 00 to
0.00 per annum. The worst was
t to come,
The city learned that the
nald Engine did not meet the
urance underwriters'
uirements and consequently
sed to pay for the engine.
gings was no longer mayor
the new mayor, Henry
milton, inherited A law suit
m Ronald issued out of
erich, The action was
mately lost and the city, after
being forced to pay for 'the
ne, did not know exactly what
do,
n November 2, 1891 the
Heil instructed Hamilton to
tact the Water ous Engine
patty to insist on an early
Very of their product.
Milton did so, probably as one
lie„last acts of office, for he
n't run gain. The new .mayor
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engine was started, and using
different lengths of hose of first
100 feet, then 500 feet and finally
1,000 feet, the test was tried.
As the strength of the steam
increased in force, "a good
serviceable stream" came out
"squirting a height of 50 feet or
more." The W aterous engine
had far outdone the Ronald
satisfied the engine
well-dried hemlock wood", insurance inspector on . the site
set ablaze. The Waterous from the undetwriters'
Association, The Ronald engine, /
from its glorious arrival in , Sault
Ste. Marie, was bartered away in
the trade for the Waterous,
Biggings never concede. To
the end he thought it was a
mistake. His final remark on
January 11, 1892 in the Algoma.
Pioneer was "By this decision
the council turned over the
faitfhul Ronald". and
Soo, 1889
russets engine started argument