Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-08-11
Firemen'S Muster.

At the recent Firemen's Muster at Bur-
lington, the Montpelier Band, and Capitol
Company No. 5, 81 men, Of this village, led
the procession. While in Burlington, they
were quartered at the American. OF the
trial of Engines, the Free Press says
The Ethan Allen was the first to throw,
taking her place at the tank in the Park.
She played through $50 feet of hose and threw
a horizontal stream of 152feet, and afterwards
a powerful and well elevated perpendicular
one. Subsequently, however, when manned
partially by the Montpelier boys and partly
by her own company, the pipesmen having
changed their position from the place as
signed to them in the regular trial, she
threw a stream horizontally $50 feet and 4
inches. This was the best throw of the day,
and though the Ethans could have taken de-
feat with good grace, they are a little proud
of their tub for this, her last performance.
Washington Engine Company, of st. Al
bans, worked under many disadvantages,
among which were the facts that they were
allowed to bring but little hose with them,
and when they reached here, on account of
the difference of couplings on their engine
and others, no hose could be found which
they could use. Another was that their ma
chine was one which the company had hardly
ever worked, having come into possession of
it quite recently, and being in a measure
ignorant of the way to take her best out of
her." Their machine was stationed at the
well on the west side of the Court House,
and played through 200 feet of hose, through
which they elevated a handsome stream, said
by some spectators to be the highest thrown
on the trial, though our own opinion was
that there was little difference between it
and several throws made by Capitol No. 5,
of AN.A-a1o- IT, kn-xo- 1froa-a
thrown by this engine were also very salts
factory, and it is plain to fremen that when
the fine, muscular company by which it is
owned fully understand it, and are drilled
in its management, other /" tubs in the
State will have to look to their laurels.
The Montpelier Company, Capitol, No. 5,
were stationed just south of the Washington
Company, and their engine was in fine con-
dition, and their company was well drilled,
every man appearing to very best advantage.
The officers evinced a thorough knowledge of
their business, giving the command for fast
and slow strokes of the brakes at precisely
the time when the results of such orders
seemed to have the very best effect possible
on the streams she was throwing. Several
perpendicular streams, thrown BY this ma
! chine in the park, reached a great altitude,
while one. elevated over the City Hotel build
ing, we thought, was quite as good, if not a
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but as there was no means of accurately
measuring the height of the respective
streams of this engine or the Washington,
and as good judges were unable to distinguish
any difference, we can see no necessity or
possibility for any accurate comparison. Suf-
fee it to say that both engines are good ones,
and are a credit and honor to the cOmmuni-
ties in which they are owned.
Boxer Engine Company, after the with
drawal from the well west of the Court
House, placed their machine there. The
Boxer, though usually behaving well, seemed
then to be out of order, and notwithstanding
that she threw several fine streams, it wa,
apparent that she " sucked air., - and no eff
forts of her officers or men could make hel
come up to their own or their friends ex
pectations.
This ended the trial of apparatus, aftei
which the Washington Engine Company wa
escorted to the depot by the Ethan Allen anc
Capitols. and departed for home. Shortl,
after eight o'clock, the Capitols were in turf
escorted to the depot, and a little before tel
the Rutland boys took their departure.