ABSTRACT
YEARS AGO, WHEN THE NEW YORK CITY elevated lines changed from steam to electricity, one of the elevated trains caught fire. An alarm was promptly turned in and in due time the firemen were on the spot. The stream from the high-pressure hose was played on the cars, and to prevent the fire from reaching the wooden structure on which the rails rested, as well as the wooden foot path, one of the firemen of necessity directed his stream on the third rail.
