St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-11
Out Of Bed and Hitched in
Less Than Sixteen Sec
Onds.
Citizens EXtOl the Efficiency
Of the Fire Depart
ment.
Marvellous Performances by
Fire Ladies' With Hook
and Ladder.
Local Bankers Sue Prominent
People Upon a Mortgage !,
Note.

Under direction of Chief Jrckson and
the board of fire commissioners the
annual inspection was made yesterday
of the st. Paul fire department. The
common council, board of public worke,
city officials, committee from the
chamber of commerce and a number Of
prominent insurance writers, to the
number of about fifty in all. responded
to Invitations to be present. The en-
tire department was found to be in
excellent working condition, and the
drills at the different houses showed
that great proficiency has been attained
in the handling of apparatus through
out the department. bitches" and
might hitches'' were made with light
ming like rapidity, and the exhibitions
everywhere showed that nothing had
been left undone to reach the highest
degree of efficiency. The great, lntelll-
gent-looking horses showed careful
training, and even appeared to take
as much interest as their masters in
demonstrating to the visitors that the
large sums of money expended on the
department have not been mlsappro-
priated. Shortly after o'clock the
party left the central hall in carriages,
driving first to Engine House No. l, at
Ninth and Fort streets, after which the
houses at Edmund and Marion streets,
Selby avenue and Mackubin street,
Leech and Ramsey streets, Delos street
and Clinton avenue, Tenth and
Broadway streets, Arcade and Wallace
streets, and Wacouta and Seventh
streets were visited in the order named.
The different companies were timed
first in hitching to their apparatus,
in making the might hitch," with all
hands in bed and covered up, and final
ly in making the night hitch and get
ting out into the street aud in working
position. The time made by the differ
ent companies in hitching to their APP
paratus, standing by and waiting for the
horses to come out, is officially reported
as follows:
CLOSE COMPETITION
No. 1 Engine company, Is seconds; No.
l truck, II seconds: No. engine. 10
seconds; No. engine, seconds; No.
3 truck, 7 seconds; No. engine. sec
onds; No. 6, engine, 7 seconds; No.
truck, 7 seconds; No. 4 truck, 5seconds;
No. 2 chemical. 5 seconds; No. en-
CINE, 5 seconds; No. 2 engine, Seconds;
No. l chemical, seconds. Engine
Company No. made night hitch, ran
300 feet to a hydrant, and had water
through 200 feet of hose in l minute and
10 seconds; No. 9 Engine company did
the same work in 30; and No. 6 Engine
company in Ill. No. 3 Engine COM
pany made night hitch and got out of
their house in 16 seconds; No. 2 Engine.
company did the same work in % sec.
onds; No. / Chemical company in Ii
seconds; No. S Engine company in 16
seconds, and No. Engine company in
IA seconds. No. l Truck company got
out of their house, extended their
large aerial ladder and had a truck
man Oh top OF the Cretin school
building in 2:23L. Truck company
No. 3 made night hitch. got out of
their house and extended ladders III 30
seconds; No. Truck company doing
the act in 40 seconds, and No 4 Truck
company in 50 seconds.
CONGRATULATIONS.
After inspecting the companies named
the party returned to the Central hall,
where they witnessed truck practice
and an exhibition of the water tower.
Refreshments were subsequently served
up stairs, and speeches commencing
the work of the department were de-
livered by City Attorney Holman, Aid.
Yoerg, j. c. Quinby, A. S. Tallmadge,
John Caulflela and j. S. Prince. Not
only were the fire laddies congratulated
upon the excellent work done. but
the neatness and tidiness of their
quarters were eXtolled. The sleeping
apartments everywhere were remark
ably neat and clean.