The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-10
AN HISTORIC REEL.
SOME INTERESTING MEMonlE.
OF tho Days OF the Old Volunteer Depart
ment In Wheeling and C%Incinnhti-A
Missing Machine nui lts I,omnncc.
Old Time "Reminiscences

- 1855 ~, Vs.. " u. ,o'"''
'eer hfchieh OF 'N's city. The article was
the means OF reviving 10 some degree tho
memories OF tho old volunteer comnony ..
mud On many .,or,os wo,o All ,onoo..i.'
.,,' ~ 80 WV 'o'o 'o"cc'N'ns
Nus 'eei NM 'h lNfEtIloEScER atlacte
investigated the history OF tho company,
and discovered how It rant into posscs.
s;o, NJ ~, r,o,ol
l''c s'ofy Ill INC enquirer was, III SUI.
stance, us follows: ain the latter md
degenerate DAYS Of Tho onro nro,,, anil
p]lorious did Volunteer riro nsnns,nont
s.c..e.a. n, N'f,'''se'
ol ollcll,hati, IL became necessary through
tac "t.'on Oh ING Oity Council to disbani
ote o 't,c most ne''e companies. This
ncton OF Council was taken III high
unusG ~ lie members, anu tiiey deter
n!Ii'eu n3t 10 give a:d surrender 10 the
guy all inc apparatus anu property held
py tnelh belonging 10 inc city. At the M
nuai o..h,l'e' slseh ny inc old Volunteer
ri,en'cn . ASoeI'tlois. some TWO years
since; y ,.clll9cr peiouglhs ut the time to
ny u!sp1'ueu company, entertained the
w. nua iLtel,en y! rc.IllnS some incidents,
INV .''u:s.ns tol lhe hfst Time the secret
LINZ ~ nilhscli lnu oile oihef member Oh
.le oiu IoI'l,aiiy wAs uelcgaleu anu en-
.ius'c" .he u.''y u! rt,Valeiy dispensing
anu 19'hs AVA! WIN me selected part OF
tlE oiu apparatus, %h,ch he had faith
iua'y pes.o'aiei' alu '''at no living man
eSeI knew W,lM5 WIS zone with or became
u ~, ~ iuot..t'. /,
Inc fecitai awakened rccollcctlons OF
ny eseh. IN lle ,linds OF u numberoitl the
ola ireii,em ~ ,te banquet. soon after
Wit,s,l Nii'.ah' i;yhn, ESQ., a most active
i'c.n9ti u Ii!e va 'ifeiheh's Association,
i'e. oislei Dul'l'nE' TINS CITY, III Cincln.
n anu '.l''oie 9lhefco'irtesies extended
Nnee!inSs Cnte,, escorted him to the
r9o.i II, .le Hilt Engine House, and show
eu !anl .uc GollcS1ioh lherc OF Old lire de-
lI rLl ie!lcs'
nnc i.m1utse' eoh.lhues: These relics
nvm uis.oSeieu, "!.cr thirty Il years,
.1a.e'oh'9 cinfActef ana letter with
u"lI VI. .'ie oi' u'sothuca IRE company,
al'u strongly dlsprove the story told by
,''c olu iiieniper Oh me company ut the
Da:i4"et, ''at except himself, no person
hVln9 Knows or VIII ever know what dis
" " NIt"'ss
Sunnns;,;an ,nI S"ae ior INSTRUCTION
doomed property was secreteIv convevri
on board OF a steamer and sent up the
ONO ive When near Wheeling, i'll the
ueep channel OF the river, it was consigned
tothe ueep, where 1t has remained until
me low water IN 1.-THE rlyerof 1883 caused
us discovery. and restoration TO native
nome n soil" -
Ohlet Dunllng told MIR. Lynn that he
WIS wtecklhs an OH rec which had parts
ABOUT II strongly resembling some he had
seenin the Gilt house relic room, and also
t9la nm the inscriptions that were on the
0ia reel, Inc ltellei firc Company No.
ana .our impulse to action, the danger
Of our c!tlzens." MI. Lynn arrived at the
conclusion III once mat thus must he the
long lost reel, and related to Chief Bun
hilg me splrltins away from Cincinnati
some tMirty-two years ago OF such appara-
tHs. Chief Danning remarked that when
nc returned home he would send TO Mr..
Lynn .he pieces described, ii they
hot aestt0yea, SO upon his arrival he
secured lhe Plates rom the shop and for
WArueu lhem 10 Cincinnati. The follow
ldg was received IN response:
CINCINNATI, Nov. %, 1854.
J., 4. Duunipo, Eso.. Mief ,6,rxbo, uncL-
Inn E;;u nsnor,n.,, .".
'fr'N""' ',"fet'n9 u. "a.
DEAN s!R;-lours OF the 18th inst. re-
ce'ven INC also the relics that once werea
part Oh the apparatus belonging to the Old
i'cllei tlre Company No. ., Of this city,
anu on motion II was
t.tao.'eo' Ii'at inc thanks tof the Old
volunteer firemen's Lille Association be
tslufNea ! j. A.: Cunning, Esq, Chief Of
'he wheeling ERE department, for his
present 10 tlis Association OF relics from
tie apparatus formerly belonging to the
va Keliel IRE Company No. ., and TINT
me secretary be instructed to send copy
OF same 10 HIM. Respectfully yours,
ttngnr PAnnAcK,
secretary olu Volunteer Firemen's Lille
Association.
A snort history OF the reel in this city
Mou'u nor be undressing. The old In
dependent OF 10 lire company was in
need Oh new hose reel, and the condi-
tloh o. me CITY treasury atthat time would
mot admit o purchasing one, The boys
were IN some mysterious way informed OF
me lfellei rec! IN Cincinnati and that
,l,ey could get It at about half price. They
SET 10 wofk ana win the aid OF the ladies'
III llie titso ward, soon had the required
amount, sow, ana the reel was shipped 10
Mheelsns On tAe steamer Reliance, land
ing mere IN inc summer of 1852. 4
Pr9uder lot OF boys never were than the
r%nuep 81 = mother could not think
more Oh ncr babe than the bows did of
their new reel. 1t was a double spool
.op, ana lhe spoo,s eonl! be worked sep
afaIeiy or together without interfering
Mll.' eac'. olher. Polished hrasa finish
lnEs "eir 10 DC 'onIn ~ every conceivable
cp% 1nmc halls II va" aSd " maa WITH I'VE brass
rao oI" wo sI mn, n'ta T as y perfect model: Tle
reei was mounted on the wharf and taken
10 Tue ei,slne house. put away and the
mouse securely lockea:
a. .his 1nncture OF the reels history, is
uhuouoteuiy where inc river story comes
y. IN q lew DAYS ne reel was not to he
IOllEN. IL WAS IN tln lnUSa OhaN fha