The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-04-12
waco FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Inspection Yesterday Addresses by
Mayor wilkes and Others.

The annual inspection Of the Waco
Fire department, which has been post
poued Tor some time on account OF the
spell u bad weather was made yester'
day.
The officers Of the depar meut, and
the memb n aud officers Of the Hook
and ladder Company aud Waco EnR'n"
company assembled at the hall at 3Dl
H.. m, md were caliep ~ order BY Chief
OF Dera tmcut 5 A. Hogan. Twenty
members Of the Rescue and nineteen oi
tha Engine company VT present IN
full uniform. Chef Hogan stated
tine purpose for which they had
met and complimeuicd the department
tor Is efficiency and excellence. hr hoped
that al the arraog meniH tor the meeting
oi HE state Firolucn's Association IN
Waco next June would soon BE- compiled;
that passes and feduced rAts over the
Ilnrs oi railroad would be arrang' Il 10y
Mr.. j. " Gulledgc At AN carry date; he
Wrtbpr stated hat while ii Wa not ia
tended that the department should be
converted mo a Temperance organization,
their -tla custom OF haying liquid re-
irc.hmcuts in the nature Ut beer would
not b., ObscIN d Oh this occasion and he
z excellent reasons Tor - nph-ubscrv-
unc,; he then announced that he would
retire and notify his honor. Mayor Wilkes
ana the hcmbcls OF the council that the de-
parim,nt was ready 10 receive them.
Mr. Hogan soon returned In company
win Ma or " likes and tour member. OF
the council. Mc,sr-. Alexander, Makeig,
Ely,irr ant p ighi, 10y whom the hpp,Ta-
IA. ard tue whole department VA then
Inspected III. honor was presented u
tue ~ cmbiagc by ChiI Hogan, and
ma g u short -pe,ch. In which he SAID
that he was ptouI Ot the Waco ffe de-
pa tment, u wa a rredi' to the city ana
all money "a prOpfitted tor 1t, by ID" CIT
| government, uad, m his opinion, been
/ most jGdiciuu.ly eSIeud'd. ~ well ~
/ hid also he iuid- faisci 10y the depart,
ment it-cll. he vaz sorry that Il hhd been
I obliged t. iHi-c money other
/ inm wha, the city had given,
/ but the strnitened financial condition ~
| the ci had prevented 1t from giving rs
much ~ 1t would otherwise have given.
| He wanted the Fire department o turn
out in full force during the stay OF the
mum ruus visitors who wore coming to
| Waco soon He had always during hi
conn ION with the city government
been III favor " all measures for the
benefit ui the Fire Department. and had
never voted against any request that 1t
had made " the city their requests had
always been reasonable. He closed 10y
repeating that he Was very proud Oh th'
volunteer lire department pt waco.
Alderman Speight was mex called Tor
aud reph Il by saying that he ha'
not me wi h the expectation "
making speech, and did not know
vbat he could say more than his homo
ind nlr.ad, sad hs too WAS au arden
friend nj lie Waco fire department
mono wore Warm.r
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m Moore WINS chlIth upon nut sNih II
could ndd nothing To what hau neti
spoken by Mr.. Hogan except that
was Rlhd To- near the cuuhcli anu may