THE MORSE MONITOR NOZZLE.

Among the many articles manufactured by Andrew J. Morse & Son those connected with fire appliances are naturally of most interest to members of the fire service. Of these not the least useful and effective is the Morse Monitor nozzle, which was first introduced in 1881. It enjoys the fullest indorsement of all fire insurance interests, and at the suggestion of insurance men large numbers of these nozzles have been installed, and are now in service at some of the most important risks on this continent, whereby the insurance rates have been appreciably decreased. In the Monitor nozzle the waterway is full size and gives equal volume at all angles. There is no dividing the stream or turning it at right angles before reaching the discharge pipe, whereby extra pressure is exerted on the pumps, with no increase in the stream, whose range is from perpendicular to ten degrees below horizontal. The chamber rotates completely on the base, and thus any desired spot can be reached by the stream, which, when once directed, does not deviate under pressure, nor does the Monitor require any further attention. One man can start a large number of streams, and each will reach the spot desired, without further attention. This nozzle is manufactured in several designs and various sizes, and meets all requirements for fireboat, tugboat, water tower, hose wagon, or chemical engine service, and is equally adapted for use in mills, elevators, lumbet yards and freight houses, or for piers, etc. The accompanying illustration shows a Monitor nozzle worked by a geared wheel, suitable for hose wagons and water towers. Fifty-six Morse Monitor nozzles have just been selected and ordered for the protection of the buildings and contents by the World’s Fair, St. Louis, and others have recently been installed as follows: Thirty-six in freightsheds of the Grand Trunk railway at Portland, Me.; thirty-five in the freighthouses of the Boston & Maine railway. They have also been installed on the tugs of the Pennsylvania railway, the New York Central & Hudson River railway, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, the Plant steamboat line, the Palmer line, and in many mills, breweries, etc.