Gazette Of The United States

Kingston, (Jamaica) April 8. Monday last a new pump, eight inches diameter in the clear of the sucking pipe, made by Mr. Howard of this town, blacksmith and founder, was tried in the presence of the fire wardens, and a concourse of spectators; the result of which was highly to the credit of that mechanic. After the several fire engines had been filled, the sucking pipe of the largest was immersed in a tub, into which the pump discharged the water, which it supplied with great ease: the sucker of the second, being applied to the same tub, both were fully supplied, together with an overflow, nearly sufficient for even a third, at times when the negro who was at the pump, exerted himself, there being but one to the handle at a time. Upon the whole the pump gave general satisfaction, and is allowed to be the most complete ever exhibited in this country. The new well near the bottom of Church-Street, into which Mr. Howard's pump is put, was calculated to contain about 297 cubic feet, or nearly 60 puncheons of water, and was emptied as far as the pump would suck, (within a few inches of the bottom) in twenty-two minutes.