New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-26

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by the steamship Mississippi on Monday,
the fifteenth instant At an early hour the
members of the Algiers fire department,
particularly of Pelican No. |, and a number
of the citizens of the Fifth District assem-
bled on the wharf, and at ten o'clock the
steamer was delivered, and was received by
Thomas HI. Jones, chairman of the building
committee and chief engineer of the Fifth
District, and Mr.. j. T. Condor, acting agent
| for the builder.
BY request the steamer was Immediately
taken in charge by the officers and mem
bers of Volunteer Fire Company No. |, of
New Orleans. and drawn to their engine
| house on Hunter street, to be put in readi-
ness for action. Under the supervision of
the agent, she was soon ready for service.
On Tuesday she made her first appearance
on Tehoupitoulas street before the building
committee, and with steam up worked
well, everything being in order, and steadily
| threw water over the distance called for by
the contract, Mr.. s. Fulton, engineer of
Volunteer No. !, at the throttle valve.
On Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, she
was again tried, and these two mechanics
felt satisfied that she would make her mark
as third class engine. At the public trial
which took place on Sunday morning last
the officers and members of Pelican No.
assembled at an early hour at the house of
Volunteer No. /, and with the officers and
members of the Volunteer company
stretched out the rope and took up the line
of march for the levee, at the head of Canal
street. A noticeable fact was that the engine
is very light and easily managed by hand,
no horses being used on this occasion
On the route to Canal street two bouquets
were presented to the engine, which were
placed in the nozzles of the two discharging
pipes.
Arriving at the river, between Poydras
and Canal streets, a large cOncourse of citi-
zens and members of the fire department
of New Orleans, Algers and Jefferson City,
welcomed the little beauty, and she was i'm
mediately placed in position, Mr.. s. Fulton
in charge of the throttle valve.
Two leads of four inch suction hose were
placed in the river, and the fire lighted, and
one hundred feet of hose with one and one
fourth inch nozzle attached to the engine
Notwithstanding the heavy atmosphere and
a strong breeze she did some good work, the |
particulars being fully shown by the report
of the board of judges selected for the pur-
pose.
Hon. F. C. Remick, Administrator of |
Commerce, and representing the City |
Council, and Chief Engineer Jones, of the |
Fifth District, expressed themselves well |
pleased with the engine and its workings.
The engine was formally accepted by the |
committee of Pelican No. l, and the rope |
was again manned, headed by the pipemen
with their pipe, which was painted red for
the occasion, and started for Algiers, by
way of Canal street ferry, where the new
engine was again tried for the benefit of the
witness her working qualities and see for
that the machine was a steamer
and not myth.
After the steamer had been successfully
tested both at the wells and at the river,
the Algerines retired to their homes, ex-
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Council had given them some additional
means for the protection of life and prop
erty from the greatest of all dangers, fire.
and with the knowledge that the steamer
was in good hands, who would make her
ire record as clear as any of the companies
IN the city of New Orleans
The engine was then taken to the engine
house of Pelican Fire Company No. l, on
Peters street. where she was formally in
stalled, amid the cheering and shouts of the
persons present, many of the fair sex being
here to see her roll into the erginehouse
or the first time.
AprOpOs OF the reception of the new
steamer we would here state that the day
the twenty-frst of May was the forty
eventh anniversary of the foreman of the
company, Mr.. John Heyer, who, feeling the
of his position and the cele-
,ration of this his natal day, had provided
suitable collation. for the occasion, which
vas spread in the hall of the enginehouse t
md to which justice was DONE as all hands I
we're pretty well famished, many having
,bstained from breakfast through the ex- [
itement
Speeches and remarks being in order, Mr..
'homas H. Jones' chairman of the commit {
ee, was called upon, and the first thing he t
i'd was to unravel piece of paper handed t
o him, and which disclosed handsome s
lue ribbon, tipped with gold fringe, and d
Inscribed in gold letters, Pelican No. l,
Teteran of Algiers," with the following v
ote: Compliments of Miss Lizzie Sarazin 4
0 Pelican Steam Engine Company No l, of
.lgiers," which was gratefully received, /
9th the compliment and the ribbon. Mr.. +
ones then welcomed the guests, Volunteer a
70. l and the representatives from the New "
orleans department and from Brooklyn No I
of Algiers, and regretted the absence of "
hief Engineer O'COnnOr, of New Orleans. u
After this a short address was made by n
like Lardner. president of Perseverance
10. l3, and a member of the Board of Com
lissioners of the New Orleans department n
Tho paid a glowing tribute of respect to p
ne Hon. B. +. Flanders, Hon. F. c.. Remick o.
nd the Board of Administrators of the q
ty of New Orleans. :,
Short addresses were then made by Mr. 4
!. Schneider and j. Wiltemuth, of Volun-
.er No. !; Mr.. w. HI. Martin, president of ~
elican No. l; Mr.. j. T. Condor, agent of Fl
7. Jeffers, and others. After which the .,
elieans escorted their guests to New Or n