Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-18

the Potsdam Engine Company of Potsdanl
and the Active and Protector Hose Compa-
MES of Malone. The visiting companies
were all met at the places of their landing
by the Pittsburgh Fire Department and
escorted 80 the square. As the Adirondack
on which the Burlington and Rutland COM
panies had taken passage, was late in arriv-
ing, the procession was formed at the hour
/ designated, in the following order:
Chief Engineers and Assistants
ChaZy Coruet Band.
Ilorcen Engine and Hose Co, No. @, Plattsbu-gh.
Protection Hose Co. No. . Plattsburgh.
Rescue lose Co, No. &, PlattshurSh.
Relief Hose Co, No. %. PlatisburEh
] Lafayette Hose Co.. No. B, Pattshurgh.
PotsdJm Engine Co., No. J. POtsdam.
Frontier Hose Co., No. 1, Potsdam.
Whitehall Band
v. H. Cook Engine Co. No. = whitehall
B. L. Lacca Hose Co, Whitehall.
JAS. Dpren Engine Co, No O., Whitehall.
buren Hose Co, Whitehall
Star Hose Co, Burlington.
Barnes Ii sc Co., Burlington.
Malone c. net Band.
Hope Hose, Malone.
/ Active Hose Co, Malone.
Protector Engine Co, Malone.
Protector Hose Co, Malone.
Bellevue Hose Co.. ST. Adams.
Stevens Hose Co. Ner-ennes.
Volunteer Hose Co, Nergennes.
Natl0Tn Hose Saratoga.
LINE OF MARCH.
From the Park through Margaret to Bridge street.
Bridge To- NcComb, McComb 20 McDouou-h Nc
Durou-h To Peru Peru to Bridge Bridge To Mar
-aret Margaret 10 Broad, Broad 10 Oak, Oak to
CorneLa, CorneIa To Margaret, Margaret to Park.
After the arrival of the Adirondack, at
II m, another procession was formed. as
follows, and marched to the square to join
the other companies in thepark
Escort from Rescue and Relief Hose Coiulaofes.
ST Mary 5 Band, Burlington.
Howard Hose Company.
Boxer Engine Company.
Boxer Hose Company.
Drum Corps from Aellcy's Military Academy.
Rutland.
N.ckwacbet Engine Company, Rutland
Nickwacket Hose Company.
Clipper Hose, burlington.
Immediately after this the forcmcn Of the
different companies met in the court house
and drew for order of running and playing,
and tie business soon commenced The
judges in the hose trial were George Wharf
well, 5. W. Gregory, 5 " Holcomb.
George F. Bixby, D. F. Dobie. The follow
ing is the result Of the
HOSE TRIALS.
Hope, Malone, ! l3l Volunteer, Nerscn-
ness, L4si Barnes. Burlington. l 10 !;
Active, Malone, 81 Washington, St. Al
bans, Withdrawn: Laeca, Whitehall, IlG;
Boxer, Burlington, LIE; Stevens, Yer
gennc~, no water; Clipper, Burlington,
l59. Protector, Malone, Ii9; Bellevue,
81. Adams, no water Dorcn, Whitehall
no water Hathorn, Saratoga, llll.
First prize, Sl50, Actives, of Malone, E.
j. Ptman. foreman second, $50, Barnes,
of Burlington, D. R. Bracken, foreman
The figures given show the time from
starting and getting water through the
nozzle, and rot in every case the time actu-
ally consumed in going the distance, 80
rods. and laying 300 feet Of hose
Immediately after the trial Of the hose
companies came the trial of the engines, in
the following order as drawn:
ENGINE TRIALS FOR FIRST rRIzg.
/ Nckwactet Rutland.......-.--.-.-3li feet inches
J lnrcu. WI. teil1-l--- ------.--ltb 90 "
] Pot>dam No. 4. PltsIam..-.-..--.---l65 " De
Boxer. Eur4lr-ta il-...---.-...-...--IlF " g "
/ ". II. Cooke, Whitehall. --.-.-..----ll ." % '
/ Washington, St. Adams "
The ". H. Cooke, of Whitehall, though
PLAYING POI feet six inches. was ruled ont
/ for having more than 60 men at the brakes.
and the prlze awarded as follows:
First prize, $500, Nickwaeket, of Rut-
land. :. G. Staley. foreman. % men at the
brakes. Ttisa Cowinr machine .side-stroke
TRIAL FOR srcoNp PRIZE.
soon after the first trial. came the trial
+ fr the second prize. Only two engines
connected the one taking the first prize
could not play for the second the W. II.
. Cooke. of Whitehall. were disanscted and
the other two did not choose to enter. The
coptest was between the Boxer of Burlinr.
t,n and the WASHINGTON. of -. Albans. a.
/ flIoys
Boxer. 40 feet
"ashn-t'n' Is lib feet
ms - inc s9'o"u Pi'LG' : ioV' ~ Tx
D'AcI~' me boAeI Is d ilu.'ieiii'H VI w.
e"u N'roA'' e. W Haraio"' iorelh'n
JUDGES
j Ii. Iotman' t. ). Ninslow' Charlie
Howe Il. NJ Beckwlth, +. n Delaney.
lhe PROCESSION was very Inc lndeed-one o
the hneS1 ever seen, We believe IN Platts
oursh' Ihe uniforms OIL the companies ana
bands were all very snowy and the ma
chiheS decorated "lth HoWer'' Inc run
nlhS oil lie nose companies was down Cour
street. ana was very good course th'
srou"u pclhs niue uescehuIhg' anu ma,
oeeh Thoroughly uampehed inc Jay Deioi'
ana was IN good condition. Inc platform
Tor tAeengineS was constructor al custom
House square Inc ar was very stu, an'
the time was an excellent one to test In
power oil the machines Inc number o
people IN attendance was very large Crowd
lincd the streets cFcrYWhere, anu durin
the trial OF engines the buildings giving
view OF t1e scene were loaded with people
some even c'i'i"'uS INC 'roc7' very goo'
order pre'ailei throughout the d@N'
IAe fFe department ana CITIZENS
fhttSnurgh deserve great circuit lor IN
preparations made Tor the gay "ilich carrie
II through 50 smoothly anu LOT 'neir corui1
reception ana eh'e''aiilllcn' % Ni9''i''
JHni'aulcS anu guests l" INT p'esS
iia'lSourSn' inc eui'or' oi Tue i''P"'.''"
ana '>sA''N'', visiting rePrcScn'a'l'eS OIL III
press "ic ''i'''I many o'i's at''nS ''i eou'
teous laN''1' hAcn 9'Htc' Win com iehu"o i
If the dav which were on the street befor
tho frerc,. Icfr far bome
There s~e many nlc,sing Incidents an,
toms or ,-.-erest which We cannot mention
III. .,,i.,, +bot tboso ,,l,, wo~e mt thor
, III a verv pleasant occasion indeed
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