While pressure has much to do with the stream for fires, the judicious laying of hose has also greatly do with their effectiveness. A new rubber hose laid straight, level, and no wind, will, according Mr. Leshure, who is authority, give the following results: Using rubber hose, one and one-quarter-inch ring nozzle.—Pressure at hydrant or steamof too pounds and 100 feet of hose will give pressure at nozzle of seventy-six pounds and discharge 200 gallons per minute. A horizontal jet will reach 167 feet; vertical jet, 131 feet. To maintain this discharge, distance, and height,

200 feet of hose will require at the hydrant or steamer, pressure 125 pounds,

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