New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-06
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FortIelh ADnunI Review.

las 4" EOftheiu ADnuuA lGoVleWs
|stSS 1 ~ popular fire department of this city
Cine atiOnal reputation for making splen.
hual parades, and for forty years the
verdict has been that each last one
most brilliant, and the display of
|NpIs no exception.
EWkL or three months ago several com.
were disposed to omit this turnout,
F.. Y me delegations we're instructed to
IvRS IAinst giving parade. The reasons
dieS 9eS bad force sufficient to create two
the question. One was that mai Y
Eonse companies were without funds, the
IesI living failed to make settlements
Q association for long time; that
hpsnies were not only in debt, but
|Cbpu immediate prospect of being able
,ed in nue in active service by reason of q
bg pra money. In several instances fuel,
o,of loff d other neeessaries have been pur-
T the bg individual friends of the com
|tigst In addition to this the unsettled
send pn of our political and business af
as urged as an excuse for an omis-
ner Of
cres ver, iu due time the subject was
LIMO to a vote and ths side favOring a
stsFs siS triumphed, and then all went to
do the best they could. The spirit
nd o. DC years quickly prevailed and there
|d be determination to at least equal
|ns, mi mos of last year, and the result is
|eases Certainly the department deserves
Onnty pr accomplishing what it did, espe-
|he lat hen the aaversities under which it
tbev are considered.
| sery OF thousands OF people were in
|d 3 i Vailable place along the route, pa
T iAse' testing until the procession should
nn The weather, having been made
weyeE was necessarily acceptable.
'A ght on Canal street while the com
co we're forming was a remarkable
|mmiss it is wonderful how such q vast
~ - Of pg cOnld pass and repass without
the aecident.
1 desd marshal having reported all in
|pp \ to march the grand marshal sig
Of CO hat fact. Instantly perfect order
t of what, had seemed a mass OF
N.
head were: Grand marshal, l. N.
COM Aids-Willi6m IL. Manning, vice
|pis,at 4; Henry Andry, secretary; w. j.
Ia VA Ter, treasurer; Joseph P. Hornor, sx-
ssident; John McCaffrey, ex-vice
t; Fred Camerden, ex.viee presi-
A. Wiltz, ex.vice president; Alfred
Z. ex-chief engineer; Pnilip MeC Cabe,
- engineer.
|Fa ret division was composed of five
es--Volunteer No. l, Washington
/ IklA 4 Ladder No. (Algiersl, Brooklyn
giersl, Milneburg No. and Lafay-
\ and Ladder No. l. Each organ
opt Its former reputation for good
re pEs companies made up the second or
prompt pn-M Mississippi No. 9, Volunteer
mePican Hook and Ladder No 9,
~ ID No. 5, Louisiana Hose, Mechanics
|PPAI Eagle No. z.
h.. -. lieresting feature of this section
y OF presented by Mississippi No. 9, the
|depOsiH water thrower of the world--a
|aire . le. On ths engine we're the splen-
0Lo npion horns, two huge sets, all
nd Furnished in silver. There were
;. ofBo corations, but the Antlers threw
doe boz into the shade. Golden figures
S2 feet inches.
g.c,,, nt No. 3 kept up to her old stand
ling III ls American Hook and Ladder
!sSsotI ssp 4, not q whit behind herself. Co.
|lsnds9 .. 5 made good effort and gained
b ItS Coul All sides.
|s enc ths na Hose, the nnnambered COM
|uiaianA wed itself equal TO the best, and
\ s. O machine were as handsome as any
- he line. Mr.. Jacob Fink, the mar
|AT.B adeep iHterest in sffairs, which ao-
|.~.-ss~~ ~ great portion of the success. This
|pIdzol takes, or retains, its peculiar name
Goar' fact that it has two fine steam
FIRRl nd but little hose.
ohn Nc efa on banquettes and balconies
|saHtsa H en quite dazzled by the display of
{ wE6 SsR5 Hose, naturally expected some
- b tc follow, but they we're wrong,
A' ioll0wed Mechanics No. 6, per
r. qlendant with richness. The men
Ahala George L. Norton aud Fred
e the end Of lhe hand Soaf Weze.
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