Daily Republican., 1881-05-28
THE VISITING WECCACOF.
THE WILMINGTON FIREMEN-s
RECEPTION IN READING.
A Good time In the Berks Cant.
tal-A Warm Reception and
- Good Time.

The Reading News of yesterday thu
speaks Of the'viSit of the WeccaCoc Fir
Company to Reading:
Last evening the pavcments sur
rounding the Liberty engine house
Fifth and Laurel streets, were lineC
with people awaiting the arrival Of the
| Weccacoo Fire Company, of Wilm ing
ton, Del, to extend to them ahearty wei
come Shortly before seven O'Clock the
Liberty band, with the reception com,
mittee Of the Liberty Fire Company,
lett the engine house and proceeded tC
the Wilmington and Northern Railroad
depot, at the foot of Sixth street, where
the visitors alightcd. The line of march
was taken up for the engine house where
| they entered amid the cheers of the Inul-
| titudr.
WELCOMED By II, WILLIS BLAND, ESQ.
seated II. Willis Bland, Esq, in "a
short speech heartily welcomed them.
lie spoke of the beauty Of the
city and the surrounding country,
our industries, people and customs.
ln conclusion he cautioned them against
falling into the hands Of n set Of re-
formers who are now At work in the
city. His remarks were highly appre-
catcd by the visitors and the large
number Of citizens present.
REPLY or HON. HARRY SHARPLEY.
Hon. Harry Sharpley, an ex-senator
and present President of City Council
of Wilmington, responded in behalf of
the WeCcacoc. In his country, he said
they lived on milk and honey and were
unused to our beer. Should they fall
IN with the reformcrs, who had more
experience than they, they would
pledge themselves not to put away more
of the "heath-giving" than their capa-
cities would allow.
REMARK OF MAYOR ROWE.
Mayor Rowe followed with u few
words Of welcome in which he extend
ed the freedom of the city. Henry G.
Turner, ESD, City SoliCitor-elcct of Will
mlngtOn, responded.
AT NJ M.ENNRRCHOR HALL
The visitors were then escorted to
Feathers Grand Central Hotel, Penn
street above Fourth, which will be their
during their stay in this ci-
ty. After rSuppcr they were taken to Mrn-
nerchOr Hall, where IL grand May party
and reception ball were given in honor
of their visit. The hall was crowded
with the gentlemen ard lady friends of
the company, among them "A number of
city officers and members of Councils. |
After short concert by the Liberty
band the grand march was formed. Ow.
ng to the large number participating
lud the crowded condition of the floor
I'll the movements were not executed. |
Fhe march was led by Tyson Phillippi, |
master of ceremonies, and wife. Dane |
ng was kept up until late hour.
NAMES OF THE VISITORS.
The names Of the members of the
NeccacOe company in Reading are :
Hon. Harry Sharpley, II. G. Turner,
Isq., II. Taylor, Esq, p. II. Matthews,
\. HOehn, Y. f. Martin, q. Campbell,
. Silcox, f. c. LukonS, j. j. Mealey,
!. Wilhelm, William FL. Robinson,
|. p. Devlin, Joseph Il. Myers, NJ
}lansey, +. O'Neil, L. McDermott,
Iohn A. Beers, Michael Skellcy,
'harlcs w. SoIlaway, James s.
Edward Nugcnt, G. Speak
nan, Caleb {. Taylor, William Welsh,
William Blake, Il. r. COttingham, ID.
iradley and James Burns.
-Four members Of the old volunteer
re department Of New York city, and
nvcral members of the Allentown fire
apartment, with their wives, are also
4 town, the gC eStS Of Daniel Parker, of
ne Parker House. I
This morning our Wilmington visi- !
ors were shown the various points of i
ltcrest in the city. The works Of the |
rading Hardware company, Hcndel t
rothers Il Sons' hat factory, Reading I
ron Works, the various engine houses, a
ity Hall, reservoirs, Mineral Springs, 4
nd other places Of note We're in turn +
sited. =
At the Washington Hook and Ladder f
)uSe on Spruce strectabOve Tenth, the :
sitOrs were shown how soon the com n
my are able to hook up and be off. The h
lightning" hitch is used by this com r
my, a cOntrivance used by all the COM +,
lnieS in the department with the en- r.
ption of one. BY the use of these i,
tcheS the time consumed in htching 81
reduced to only few seconds. fl
le horses are relieved of their harness h
hile standing in their stalls and a great
wing is effected in the wear and tear
harness. The horses were hooked
, in six seconds, much to the surprise f;
the visitors. n
This evening at nine o'clock a grand fl
nquet will be served to the visiting sc
emen at Parker's popular restaurant. fl
usic will be furnished by the Empe- pi
r Williams Artillery band, at present il
tour through Pennsylvania. re
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