Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-23
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The weather yesterday was not quite all
that fond heart might have desired. IL vas
not balmy and ~springlike, and the bright
sun did not shine approval, all Of which
might have aided in splicing out q glowing
keenly and drove the snow sharply into
the faces Of the firemen and the spectators.
Howe or, as il might have been worse
rainiiS Z, for instance-thes fire laddies felt
contel. ted and turned out in their Sunday
best.
The Capitol was the rendezvous and two
o,eloC~ the hour, but before that time most
OF the companies had put in an appearance
and We're critically scanned by q host of
spectators, including councilhen, legisla-
tors and ladies. Without any agitating or
embarrassing delay, and with a wild tri-
umphal burst Of martial music, the pro-
cession started off in the following order:
Chief Marshals Carriage.
Committee on Fire Department and Council.
men In Close Carriages.
Wheeling City Band.
Hook and Ladder Trucks.
Tie Eighth Ward Hose Company.
The Vigilant Engine and Hose Carriage.
United Engine and Hose Carriage.
The Hope Hose Company.
The Island Hose Company.
The Atlantic Engine and Hose Carriage.
The department certainly looked well
and made q creditable display. The en-
gines were FURNISHED and their metal
works brought to q polish that wildly re-
tiected each passing object. The hose carts
were clean and neat, their metallic decora-
tons FURNISHED to gold and silver, and the
linen hose scrubbed until it was white rs
the snowfiakes that fell upon it. The horses
appeared clean and well groomed and were,
urffhal n tina aaf nf animals And the
men, in their neat blue uniforms, looked
the approximations of courageous self-re-
lance.
The horses, engines and hose carts were
s~umptuously decorated with flags, stream
ers and ~roSettes, some displaying attractive
wreaths Of artificial flowers and others cut
paper decorations OF artistic form. But
the chief attraction was the latent power
and service which was recognized as the
procession swept by. Many were the COM
pliments heaped upon the department.,
which is, it is safe to say, in a condition
never before equalled.
The following route was taken; Up
Chapline to Twelfth, down Twelfth to
Market, up Market to Seventh, down Sew
enth to Main, down Main TO Sixteenth, up
Sixteenth to Wood, down Wood to Seven
teenth, down Seventeenth to Eoff, up Eof
to Sixteenth, down Sixteenth to Main,
down Main to Twenty-fourth, up Twenty
fourth to Chapline. down Chapline to Thir-
ty-third. up Thnty-third to Jacob, down
Jacob to Eighth ward hose house, counter
march up Jacob to Thirty-third, down
Thirty-third to Chapline, up Chspline to
Twenty-fourth, down Twenty-fourth to
Market, up Market to Sixteenth, up Six
teenth and ending at the Capitol, where
the companies disbanded and returned to
their respective houses,
NOTES.
The new horses of theIsland reel. pur-
chased Yesterday, worked and looked well.
The uniformed individual on the hook
and ladder truck and the high-hatted thing
on the Eighth ward hose carriage, were
centres of attraction.
The Atlantic engine put on style with
four horses, and looked pretty as a spotted
dog.
What a commotion a fire alarm would
have made.
The band and the yigilant gong were not
in tune, somehow or other,
People generally thought that $4,000 an-
nually was very we'll laid out.
The hostler OF the United beamed on the
crowds like a large SUI flower.
We would like to know what was the at
traction at the United engine house.
The Atlantic reel-men looked as if they
expected a fire.
The Eighth ward reel, with "Sank" on
the box. Of course, was an important
feature.
The days festivities wound up with a
ball at the Academy of Music at which
Prof. Joe Kramer displayed his best abili-
ties. There were about one hundred
couples present, and the evening was pass
cd delightfully."- with terpsicborean amuse-
ment. The affair was admirably arranged
and managed, and the principals deserve
credit for their good taste, liberality, and
estimable arrangement of the dances.