The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-11-17


sorrows behind YOU, ! wish you, en-
Behalf of mysclf and my comrades
OF the Horolulu Fire Department,
auo,her half century of life aud
In sayiug This, pray
that thH nation may prosper under
your guidance, aud that peace 'aua
good government may ever prevail.
IN conclusion, the Honolulu Fire
Department again tenders to Your
MAJESTY Their loyal homage and
nratciul respect, coupled with the
hope that your Yeas may he pro
longed, and that yOul Influence au3
power at home and abroad may
grow in the future for your honor
and your Kingdoms welfare.
His Majesty in reply said that
the pageant of the firemen was very
gratifying to him. He reciprocated
the good wishes of the department,
and was satisfied that the evidences
of efficient organization before him
would not be wanting in the future.
During the halt in front of the
Palace, the scene was one of unique
and weird splendour. The gor-
geously decked and lofty Palace
front, enlivened by the smiling
faces of finely dressed ladies look
ing down from the verandahs; the
flying of rockets; the glare of hun
dreds of torches; the brilliantly
decked engines; the flash costumes
of the firemen in their red shirts;
the smoke from torches and rockets
and many colored flames, hanging
low in the damp air, the faces of
the concourse of spectators gathered
from all the earth and illumined by
the flash of the lights: all combined
to produce picture the outlines of
which can never be obliterated from
the memory of those who witnessed
it,
The firemen were followed in their
parade by the boys of the Royal
School, bearing torches which con-
tributed not little to the brilliancy
as well to the extent of the pageant,
the whole being estimated at about
half a mile in length. Having made
the circuit of the Palace three times,
the companies marched out and re-
turned to their respective engine
houses.
The fronts of the engine houses
were all but covered with lanterns,
notices and luminous devices of all
kinds. The bell tower and hall of
No. 2, in particular, was an exhibition
of itself. The front of the building
was a pyramid constellation of
colored lights, tastefully arranged,
the colors blending in a highly ar
tistic manner. The other engine
houses, together with the front of
the Pacific Hose Company's build
ing, were decked after the same
fashion as No. 2, though not quite
so elaborately. Strings of lights
also were run up each side of the
hag-staffs, and were visible at long
distances. Altogether, the tiremen
are to be congratulated on the
splendour of their demonstration.
THE FIREWORKS.
The fireworks, at the Palace, were
generally voted the most magnificent
display of the kind ever seen in this
city. 1t is impossible to do justice
to the display in newspaper report.
The roof of the Palace was selected
as the place from which they were
mostly set off. The whizz of rockets
ascending high into the air, the blaze
of Roman candles, the glitter OF
calcium lights, and the bursting an6
flying of every description of pyro
technical material, together with the
luminous mottos and devices eX'
hibited on frame erected for the
purpose, on King street in front OF
the Music Hall, held the Roya
Family with their guests, as well
as the large crowds of persons as.
sembled at various points on the
grounds, spell-bound in silent ad'
miration for probably an hour Oh
more. The fireworks being over
the electric light struck up again
whereupon the BULLETIN reportel
left, and retired to the land of nod
The Royal Hawaiian Band was
stationed in fine pavilion on thu
grounds, and played at intervals
throughout the day. The band hat
been on duty from midnight unit
about $3.50 in the afternoon. Th
music discoursed was of the usua
character, which the people of He
nolulu are well accustomed to en-
!. joy at the hands of Bandmaste
Berger and his boys, that is,-
, superb.
nEC0RATlnNS