Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18
OUR jubilee.
A Review Of the CeIebration---The
FIremen Honor the Fort and
Everything Passes Off Grandly.
vhe Railroad Men, Always on "Time,"
Make n Splendid Run Over IA
Old and Safe Route.
Twenty Thousand People Gaze In Admirs'
tion on the Parade, and 10000 APP
plRud the Pyrot ohnic Display.

In blaze OF pyrotechnlcs; amid the
shouts Of the gathered multitude; with
the air filled with sweet sounds of con-
cord from talented musicians, the cele.
bratioD ended, and another laurel wreath
was added to the fair brow Of Fort
Worth.
There Is good reason to believe that
the vast number OF visitors to Fort Worth
were gratined by the preparations which
had been made for their entertainment
For many days past the fire department
Of this city had labored asslduously TO
promote the celebration idea and bring IL
to a successful issue Every man in the
department felt that the honor Of
bis city was at stake, and with that brav-
cry ever shown by them they CALAMITY
pushed forward, and those who wit
messed the result can best attest their
labors.
THE FIREMEN or FORT WORTH.
The fire department of Fort Worth Is
composed OF one hook and ladder
and four hose companies, all
but one company being supplied
with the beat modern apparatus The
full membership Is NC, comprising many
of our best cllizens. The first company,
the NJ T. Johnson, was organized in
1873, and the department IN July, 1876
The growth Of the department has kept
pace with that Of the city, and Fort
Worth is conceded to have t1o most EN-.
Client IRE service, paid or volunteer, IN
the state OF Texas. The celebration OF
the past two days WAS that oi the depart.
ments decennial as well as Of the tenth
anniversary OF the coming Of railroads.
VISITING FfREMEN.
TO every other fre department In the
state had cordial invitations to the cele-
bration been issued, and from many
places came representatives to join with
the Forts fire boys in making merry.
From Waxahachie, Ilillsboro and Den
ton came strong delegations OF flremen.
The Hilsboro company had at It's head a
ine brass band OF lllska. There were
also delegations from Gainesville, Waco,
Cleburne, sherman, Pllestins and III
Paso, and as these 1ne-looking men
passed In the parade before the thousands
of spectators many were the compli-
ments Justly paid them.
THE CELEBRATION OPENED.
The long looked for 10th Of July had
come. All plaus were consummated
aud visitors by the thousands were pour
Ing into the city by rail and road. AS
the jubilee was primarily the celebration
OF the tenth anniversary OF the Fort
Worth fire department. vet so closely
allied TO the wear 1876 In the histnrv of
Fort Worth are the many rail
roads here, that 1t was most fitting
that the railroad mrn should
as they did, take prominent and sue.
cesstul part IN the enterprise As Is so
wei known, u wa on the Sth Of July,
1876 that Engineer upapu Kelly stood ~
the throttle of the # a. locnmotive that
ever entered this city, nNo. ga. . and II
was the same uPapu Kelly who. on Tbnrs-
day night last, ST sod nj the throttle Of inc
unique aud realistic locomotive which
headed the great parade.
Because, therefore, al the prominence
OF railroads in Fort Worth, nothing could
have been more appropriate than that on
her tenth natal anniversary there should
for the first time enter Ina civ iimjts the
hrst train of cars over the
FORT WORTH & NEW ORLEANS ROAD.
At II O'Clock on Thursday In the grand
confusion of shrll whistle.biowing and
the deep booming OF cannon and anyils, n
train of i've coaches laden with 100 neo.
pie came IN over CHS latest railroad.
Great was the ioy of all who bcheId the
Inspiring blEUl, anu llle NUOrta which
Messra. Hurley & Roach had made To en-
able the first train to arrive not later than
Thursday, were amply rewarded by tho
exultaton of the people when thew he
held the New Orl, ans road a success.
Alldurlng Thursday afternoon tho peo.
| pie continued to arrive, and the early
evening trains emptied hundreds into the
great mass already assembled.
! OF course the greatest interest centered
In the night parade, and TO tho end Of
viewing i In all its glory, every available
space on the sidewalks and in the win.
dows along the route seemed oiled by
anxious humanity eager to pay tribute TO
the ingenuity of those who would
appear. While waiting for the many
divisions TO form In nroner nlaces.
the people seethed thronph the streets
and gazed In wonder ana admiration nnon
| the
uLuMIS ArtoNs
1t ia Impossible TO parucularize as "a
| the elegant deco,at,p,,, rI IL. a5 w
tions prepared nv tho cItlzens IN homer .,
the firemen,s celebration Never Ala tha
metropolis of North Taxas sh;no
In more dazzling sn,enSor RlnnS
after block of stores were dressed win
Chinese lanterns - tonc,t,,, iSs,"e WIZ 'u
here and there windows were nlIsd ah nv
hundreds of rllmmerlnr candies ma
scene was Understandable and meat thnr-
oughly enioyed by those who were RAJ So
fortunate ~ 20 - 80, is. so
the superb electrIc.light croet aronnd
the eonrt. houso do,nn tha $500