Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-06-30
Fireman's Muster in salem.
NICKwACKET NO. / OF RUTLAND TAKES
THE FIRST PRIZE.

NAuStGI SAlems
NICKwACKET NO. / OF RUTLAND TAKES
THE FIRST PRIZE.
The train left here yesterday morning
at $50 taking Nickwacket Company ac-
companied by st. Peters Band, and j. M.
Davis Chief Engineer, w. @. Landon
Assistant Engineer, e. f. Sadler Fore
man, Isaac Gibson second assistant and
G.. P. Russell clerk of Washington No. 2,
a. v. X. Wilson, N. L. Davis, and that
old vetran and reliable fireman M. s.
Richardson and twenty other invited
guests; upon arriving at Castleton they
were joined by Phoenix Engine Company Of
Whitehall, and the Nameless of Castleton,
arriving at Salem about IL a. m. The
Companies unloaded their machines and
disbanded for dinner Lafayette No
10 of Troy, and the Rough and Ready
from Greenwich, were already on the
ground at an earlier hour.
After dinner the officers of the several
Fire Companies present met at the hall OF
Union Company, No. /, of Salem, to
make the necessary arrangements for the
government of the engines contending
for prizes, and adopted the following
RULES AND REGULATIONS. &
We, the Foremen, representing the
several Fire Engine Companies entering
for prizes at a muster Of Firemen held at
Salem, New York, on this Gath day OF
June, 1870, do hereby solemnly agree to
be governed by the following rules:
For the first prize of $500, there shall
be no more than sixty men working upon
the brakes at the time.
For the second prize of 800, there
shall be no more than forty men working
upon the brakes at the time of throwing
for the prize. - .........
For the third prize of $50, there shall
be no more than forty men working at
the brakes at the time of throwing for
prize. "...
That we will be governed by three
Judges, and an umpire and time keeper.
That the umpire thus selected by us at
this meeting will decide all cases wherein
our judges disagree, in order that the
proceedings may be expedited. r
That we will all of us, for each or any
of the above prizes, throw a horizontal
stream through three hundred feet of lose,
using such sized nozzle as each individual
may chose for the engine in his charge.
That the nozzle of our pipe shall not
project beyond certain barrier OF planks
erected for that purpose at distance of
800 feet from the front of our engine
when in position for playing.
That we will use only ten minutes time
to get ready, after we are called, and one
minute to play for prize, which one min
ute can be taken at any time during the
above mentioned ten minutes. In case of
bursting hose, however, another trial may
be. had, provided they do not exceed the
eleven minutes of time specified above,
and must be taken before the engine
leaves the stand. .......
That an engine winning a prize cannot
enter again for the above list of prizes.
That the time of and for playing shall be
kept by a person appointed by the fore
man of Salem Company, and we hereby |
agree to abide by his decisions in all mat
tiers appertaining to time, as we also agree
to eheerfully abide by the decisions of the
judges and umpires. @ ... .....
The Foreman of the Salem Company
appointed the following judges: John A.
Mcfarland, Ira Broughton, z. NJ. P. Steel,
judges of stream; Sylvanus Dickinson at
nozzle; Capt. James G. Shaw timekeeper;
James Mcdonald umpire.
After announcement of judges, the fore
men drew lots for position in line and or
der of playing, viz: Nameless 1st, Phe-
nix I'd, Lafayette Sd, Rough and Ready
4th, Nickwacket 9th.
The procession was then formed under
the direction of Chief Marshal Col. S. W.
Russell and Assistant Marshal Capt. Rob-
ert Cruikshank, as follows:
Salem cornet band, Austin McGhee,
leader, 16 pieces.
Union Engine and Hose Co. No. 1, of
Salem, Van Ness q Co., makers; 81 inch
cylinder, s inch stroke. J. M. Williams
foreman, ]. T. Creary 1st assistant, Har-
vey Freeman I'd assistant, and sixty men.
Nameless No. /, of Castleton. James
Smith, builder, New York inch cylin-
der, 6 inch stroke. f. III. Armstrong
foreman, M. Hines LIST assistant, G. e.
Ransom I'd assistant and 40 men, accom-
panied by Chief Engineer John Langdon.
Phoenix No. 3, of Whitehall, Button &
Blake, builders; inch cylinder, 6 inch
stroke. d. o. Gibbs foreman, - Con-
nor, 1st assistant, James Whalen I'd as
sistant, and IS men; accompanied by In
dependent Hose Co, M. Feeley foreman,
James Busted assistant, and IL men.
Lafayette No 10, of Troy, LETTERS, max
err 81 inch cylinder, 10 inch stroke. H.
Mallon foreman, James Crossan 1st as
sistant, VIM. Overweight I'd assistant, and
40 men.
Rough and Ready No. 2, OF Greenwich,
Button 81 Blake, builders. 8 inch cylin.
der, inch stroke II. A. Knapp fore
man, Lewis L. Brewer assistant, and So
men accompanied by Ellsworth drum
corps and Chief Engineer Moses White.
Nickwaoket No. /, of Rutland, Cowing
81 Co.'S make, in cylinder, s in stroke
S. G. Staley, foreman N T. Page, 1st as
sistant; L. S. Southwick, 2nd assistant
20 men, 20 guests, and ST. Peters Cornet
Band, 16 pieces under the direction of A
b. Williams.
The procession took up its line of march
through the principal streets to the Fair
Grounds, where the contest took place. A
platform Of boards, 213 feet long, had
been prepared by the managers, for the
companies to play on, 4
AT 3 o'clock tho signal was given for
Nameless to draw on. Nameless threw
stream 139 feet 10A inches.
Phoenix on first trial burst their hose,
on second trial ditto, on third trial, after
throwing stream of 115 feet 3 inches,
they again bursted their hose.
Lafayette on first trial threw 159 feet