human
Mighty clever piece of work, Tom Swift! declared a deputy chief.
gpt
Of course we won't have much use for any such apparatus here in Shopton, as we haven't any big buildings. But in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh and other cities--why, it will be just what they need, to my way of thinking.
human
And he needn't go so far from home, said Mr. Damon.
gpt
There is one tall building over in Newmarket--the Landmark. I happen to own a little stock in the corporation that put that up, along with other buildings, and I'm going to have them adopt Tom Swift's aerial fire-fighting apparatus.
human
Thank you. But you don't need to go to that trouble, asserted Tom.
gpt
My idea isn't to have every sky-scraper equipped with an airship extinguisher.
human
No? What then?
gpt
Well, I think there ought to be one, or perhaps two, in a big city like New York, Tom answered.
human
Perhaps one outfit would be enough, for it isn't likely that there would be two big fires in the tall building section at the same time, and an airship could easily cover the distance between two widely separated blazes. But if I can perfect this machine so it will be available for fires out of the reach of apparatus on the ground, I'll be satisfied.
gpt
You'll do it, Tom, don't worry about that! declared the deputy chief.
human
I never saw a slicker piece of work than this!