New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-29

To the Fire Department Of the City Of Neo Orleans
| GENrLEMEN-The undersigned Special Committed ap-
pointed ut meeting of Delegates deputed by you for the
purpose of making arrangements for the reception and
entertainment of Washington Fire Company No 81 of
our Sister Department of Mobile beg to report to
you the following as the result of their abors:
Your Committee were advised, indirectly, that our
Mobile guests would arrive Mondays Mobile mail boat
at the Lake end Of the Pontchartrain Railroad accor
dinghy of members T G. Peole) repaired in the
O'CLOCK NJ train Of cars to receive your guests and
tender to them Inequalities On reaching the depot
at the Lake, however, 1t found that the naiboat
Oregon had left her wharf the purpose of landing
Mobile guests at the Jefferson wharf according to pre-
yious arrangement of their own of which your Com
mittes were entirely ignorant. Mr. Poole finding it
impossible to obtain any conveyance to follow them
returned to the city and he could repaired
with another member of your Committee and, in your
name rendered to them your Inequalities which were
accepted.
Your Committee advised that 1T was the intention
of Mobile friends not to bring their apparatus into
city, but Immediately after the result of their trial to
depart for their homes the boat that brought
them here Arrangements in accordance with this un
Outstanding were made at the Lake Houses for their
comfort where 100 of Mobile friends breakfasted and
lao of them dined, the bill for which is in your Com
mttees possession and will in proper time be presented
to you for payment. -
of Mobile guests altered their determination to return
the day Notwithstanding the mail boat waited
until late hour for the and came into town on thu
Jefferson and Lake Pontchartrain cars Finding this
alteration in their reported and well understood course of
acton your Committee though at the late hour Of IL
o'clock at night prepared to make such arrangements for
their comfort and convenience as we could
Permission kindly given by the officers Of Louisiana
Hose Company to their house for the safe depositng
of the engine No s. of Mobile where she was safely
lodged After leaving their apparatus in good and safe
keeping Mobile guests invited to the City Hotel
where they partoek of cool and refreshing beverage
In apparent good humor and pleasure While they were
enjoying this cooling draugh your Committee completed
arrangement with the proprietor of Moreaus Restau
rant Canal street. for supper for 200 persons and
returning to the City Hotel requested Mr. Qugley the
Chief Engineer of the Mobile Fire Department to an
nounce to the members of Mobile No. desire that
hoy would partake of said supper with before retiring
Mr. @ announced the fact but strange say motion
made and seconded by two of the members of No
md carried with but few dissenting voices that said
invitation be net aeeepedn This, you can readily i'm
gine, to your Committee matter of much surprse
IS well regrets for they could define no Just reason
Ehy Invitation rendered from the New Orleans Fire
Department. to component part of sister Department
hould hare been discourteousy declined. Notwth-
landing this action the part of Mobile guests Mr.
uigley. their Ghiet Engineer, (who appeared to feel
eeny the hasty and inpote conduct of his compesrs
ogsher with several others repaired to Moreaus and
artook Of fine supper at which great hary and good
eling prevailed
In addition to this your Committee made
the st Louis City and Arcade Hotels for sleeping apart
sats for our guests which were partly occupied by them