National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-09-10

was to extinguish the flames. The patrol
should be portion Of tho city Fire Depart
ment AT the conclusion Of the address Mr..
Bennett was rendered vote OF thanks and
his remarks ordered to he printed in the an.
nual report The report Of Che treasurer of
the association, Mr.. A. &. Hendrck. of New
Haven, Conn, was submitted and approved.
1t showed the receipts to have been 1894 l6 and
the expenditures $76S.07, leaving a balance on
hand of $1,000.
Letters regretting their inability to be pres
ent ut the convention were read aud placed
on file from the following chief engineers /:
Il. O'Connor, New Orleans, La; Ira Wood,
Syracuse, n. Y. aud II. +. Tucker, Mobile,
Ala. letter from the United States Census
Bureau, relative to fire statistics Of the United
States, was referred TO the following commit
tee for report; Messrs. J. A. Bennett, Clcve-
land Ohio; William Bracket, Minneapolis,
Mimi, aud o. N. Crane, Canandaigua, N. Y.
A communication was read from J. V. w,
Vandcnburg, agent Of the Fire Extlngusher
Manufacturing Company. of New Jersey chal-
longing all owners or agents Of portable fro
oXtinguishers to meet me in competitive
test, at Washington, ID. c., during the session
OF the National Association of Fire Engi.
necrs,' to be held in this city, commencing
the 9th instant"
This subjoctwas turned over toMessrs. Colyer,
Stamford, Conn. Leshuro Springfield. Mass. /;
NTuuci NaHNnuhlgun, ". L. BlADy, NcWtOu,
Mass, and Brackctt Minneapolis, MINI.
A PRESENTATION TO CHIEF CRoNIN.
At this stage of the meeting Mr.. j. A. Benz
nett stepped to the front of the platform and
asked the indulgence of the convention to
make short speech. The request was granted
and hastily uncovcring package, handsome
fire hat was disclosed, which ho presented to
Mr.. Martin Cronin Chief of the Washington
City Fire Department and the newly elected
nrasiIpnt n tbn naaoriatint Tho 1nunr IF fhN
hat was Mr.. A. L. Spawn, of New York. A
fitting response was made by the recipient,
and the incident was pleasant relief to the
monotony of the convention. The chair an-
nounced tho following committees:
TOpics--Mcssrs. Green, Boston, Mass; Bates,
n. Y; Leshure, Springfield, Mass; Sexton, st.
Louis, Mo. and Stockell, Nashville, Tenn.
Firemcn's Relief Neutrality-suspicious. Hills
Dallas, Tex; Stockell, Nashville, Tenn, and
Hendricks, New Haven, Conn. After elect
ing Messrs. Bernard, Bosch aud j. L Praunty
honorary members of the association. the con-
vcntion adjourned until 1880 p. IN. this even
ing.
To-day the delegates will visit Mount ver-
non, the steamer w. w. CorcOrau having boon
chartered for the occ ,siou.
A sERENADE AND 4 TEST ALARM.
Fire Commissioner w. b. Reed WAS an inter
estcd spectator Of the proceedings both during
the day and evening. The visitors were
serenaded by the Marine Band ut the
Riggs House last evening after their
return from Masonic Hall. The affair
was entirely informal, no speech making
being INDUCED in. As finale Tor
The nights sport test alarm of fire was
turned in from box li3 shortly after midnight.
Engine companies Nos. /, . and responded,
but only the last two nado Conncc-
lions. The horses of No. com
pany became unmanageable at their house
on X street and ran away. They dashed vio-
lently down X street until Seventh was
reached, and turned up New York avenue to
Fourth street. Here they were stopped by
some colorcd men and turned over the driver.
Luckily none of the men were hurt, although
William Reed, fireman of the engine. twisted
his ankle in jumping OF the engine just before
the horses were stopped. The test was very
satisfactory to the visitors, aud the Washing.
ton Fire Department came in for q liberal allow
ance of praise for its efficiency. The alarm
was perfect SURPRISE Us the chief and rs.
sistant engineer had retired for the night.