The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-26

FIRE DEPARTMENT-The annual meet
ing of the department was held on Frida,
evening last at Firemen's Hall, and re
suited in the election of the following
officers for the ensuing year:
| CHIEF-ENGINEER-L. E. Coe.
FIRST AssIsTANT-Thomas Murphy.
SECOND AssIsTANT-W. S. Dean.
| SEcRErARY-Geo. L. West.
TREAsURER-Lucas Kells.
Chiefengineer Coe submitted his annua
report which is printed herewith, in full
To THE SAUK CENTRE FIRE DEPART
! MENT-GENTLEMEN: AS it is customary
at the end of each year and before retir
ing from office to make a report showing
the condition of our department, viii
say: Acme Hose No. / has fifteen mem
bers, all in good standing; Clipper Hose
No. 2 has fourteen members, all in good
standing; Aetna Hook and Ladder No. I
has thirteen, all in good standing-total
forty-two. find that for the last year
the average attendance has not been
quite as good as the year before. l do not
wish to find any fault as regards the
non-attendancea at your regular meetings,
but only would suggest: Aim to have as
full and interesting meetings as you can
and by doing this you never can fail OF
having good fire organization. will
not speak of your good qualifications as
firemen for you have record that speaks
foritself.
Our fire duty has not been great in
number of calls, but the heroic manner in
which you have conducted yourselves as
fremen leaves no doubt that you are
experts in what you profess to be. Dur
ing the year the department has been
called out five times for fire duty.
On April 5th to the Hubbard factory.
The fire was put out with buckets.
On May I'd at 1:3OA A. M, at w. Ben
ner's drug store, which was hard and
well fought battle. of which you should
all be proud, and take the liberty to say
had that fire been in st. Paul or any
other city where they have twice the
equipment we have to do with, they
could not have saved one mill more than
you did; and for your heroic labor Mr..
Pendergast was the first to acknowledge
what he thought was his duty by max
ing you beautiful present of two Gale
han cutoff nozzles for service you rem
dered him. All wish to sayis that if we
had few more men in this town like Mr..
Pendergast we should be proud of them.
The loss by this fire was $4,000, which
was the insurance paid.
On September 18th at small blaze in
Mr.. Hermer's wood shed was quickly ex-
tinguished withoutdamage.
On October 23d, Mat Johnson's~ barn
suffered to the extent of forty dollars, the
roof heiur burned off
On November 10Th, Mr.. Nickerson's
dwelling house was found to be on fire,
but was so quickly put out that the
damage was but fifty dollars. Had you
not responded with promptness the
building would have been a total loss.
Our loss by fire this year is So $50 dol
lars of insurance that has been paid, as
against 81 900 last year, or in 1886.
Our Improvements for the last year are:
painting hose-house $77.O7, and two tips
three dollars, total $SO.O7. The village
council appropriated thirty dollars to
help pay expenses for delegates to the
State Fire Association, which was held
at Albert Lea, and hope you will all join
me in thanking them for their liberal do
nation, and at the same time for the re-
spectful manner in which they have al
ways received me when presenting any
claims for what deemed beneficial for
the fire department.
GENTLEMEN:-I have had the honor
of being your chef for the last two
years, for which 1 cannot do other
wise than to extend to you all my sincere
thanks for the kind and respectful man
ner in which you have treated me as chief,
never refusing to respond to each and
every call in cheerful and gentlemanly
manner.
Yours respectfully,
/, E, Coz, Chief