Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-09-19
FIREMEN VISITING.
The PARAMOUNT AND THE RoLLo
COMPANIES VISITING WHINING ON.

joyment.
The Fairmount Hook and Lad der Com
pany Of Norristown, Pa. visited the |
Fame Hose 5 f. E. Company last even
ing and right royalty did the latter com
pany enter tain the Norristown fire lad
dies
The visitors arrived in this city at so
clock, over the p, W. & B. railroad |
from Chester Pa. where they had been |
attending the eleventh annual session Of |
the Pennsylvania State Firemen.
The company comprising eighty men, |
and the Franklin Band Of Philadelphia, |
consisting Of twenty five pieces, the !
whole under command OF Marshal John |
Burnett, were met at the station by a |
committee Of fifteen members Of the |
Fame Hose Company Fifteen of the |
latter company also came down with the |
visitors from Chester, making a reeep |
ton committee Of thirty, under the
leadership Of ex-Gouncilman William II. |
Blake The visiting company was first
escorted to the City Hall where Mayor
Austin Harrington, on behalf OF the city
welcomed the firemen and rendered them
the freedom of the city.
Immediately after the welcoming
address the visiting company was
escorted 10 the Fame Hose engine house
The house had been handsomely deco
rated for the occasion. In the centre Of
a rope stretched across the street was a
large flag bearing at the bottom the
word Welcome The front Of the
building was draped from the top to
bottom with long stresmers Of red, white
and blue bunting. Over the door way
we're about twenty Ave lanterns of
various colors
The interior of the house was as hand
somely decorated as the front and the
apparatus and appurtenances were
painted and glistening.
When the visitors arrived the bells on
the engine and hose carriage were rung,
red light was burned and fireworks ex
| ploded The visitors advanced four
abreast bearing a standard on which was
the words Paramount Il. and L. Com
pany, Norristown, Pa The men were
taken to the parlor of the company, on
the second floor where they left their
flags and coats and talked for a few
minutes of their good treatment in
Chester.
They were then shown to the third
story or dining hall of the company.
Here covers had been laid for 1i0 per-
sons and that number were seated in a
few minutes The table to the north Of
the room had been reserved for the dis
tinguished guests and the representa-
tives of the press of the city. At it
we're sea ed Mayor Harrington. l. p.
Wanger, candidate for Congress from
the Seventh district of Pennsylvania
Hugo F. Bourbon, president of the Fame
Hose Company; Officer Yates, president
of the Washington company, and viii
liam Fl. Blake, master of ceremonies
besides William Johns, of Truck No. 5,
F. G. H. Berger, No. 10, and John Young.
Of No ?, Baltimore, Nd, Fire Depart.
ment
Mayor Harrington made a felcitous
and excellent speech in which he said
II am heartily in favor of the voluu
teer FIRE department for a city Of the sizs
. Of Wilmington. We have not yet
, reached such a sizs as to demand a
paid fire department. The volunteers dc
their duty molly and well. Here he
paid glowing tribute to the bravery an6
perseverance IF the volunteers, describ-
! ing their perils and privations, and their
readiness to encounter them and risk
their lives in order that other lives
, might be saved he said that he had
been severely criticized for his action in
! supporting the volunteer department in.
, stead of advocating paid one, but he
thought that the former could perform
! its duties much better THIN the latter
: and was more suitable to the needs Of
the city
5 /. P. Wanger responded to the mayor
s speech with + witty, but earnest address
: of thanks and commentator for tn
formers opinions He referred 10 severa
b members of his company to show thai
n the volunteer FIRE department was not
d as most people think, a crowd of rowdie
IS and blsckguards. Two of the men o
% whom he spoke, he said, wsre worth owe
81 900, 600 each. BE thanked the mayo
for his kindness in addressing the com
panies and hoped that the mayor Of Nor
ristown would sometime have the pleas
ure of addressing the Wilmingto
3 company
Colonel s. H MacCallister made goo
% speech in favor of the volunteer fl
department, saying that If paid depsr
ment were established. it would 500
Z become @oliticsl machine
Edward A. Robinson, chief engineer
st First Assistant Engineer Kane and Pres
dent Bourbon made few remarks upo
il the companies ard the reception job
w. Spenser Of Norristown made a sho
address
IN The toast "The Press" was responds
to by Solomon Hersey Of the Daily R
liz publican, Joseph E Wilkins Of the Ever
Evening, J. h. Martin OF the EvEND
j JOURNAL. and James }. Springer of Il
Morning News
William Johns of Truck No. s. Bait
. more Fire Department, was Introduce
and spoke for a few minutes on the sui
is ieet Of paid FIRE departments. he WI
followed by John Young and F. q.
!. Berger OF the same department. NJ
Young created some amusement by sa,
ing that the only thing he knew ";
T. that be had just come from Chester an
could 10th feel and taste it
T. During these speeches the hungry FIR
men were rapidly making way with Il
choice viands with which the tables wei
na spread. They did full justice to the
and the manner in which they disal
e. peared gave due credit to the caref
preparation of Caterer Zimmerman.
- Master OF Ceremonies Blake Introduce
- J. j. Donnelly, of the Fame Hose Con
pany, who in neat speech told Of b
V. good opinion of the volunteer service al
his love and fidelity to it. He contrasts
ba the volunteer and paid departments 81
At proved to the satisfaction Of the compai
that the former was the best.
Mayor Harrington again arose al
OF made a few remarks calling attention
IN the drapery Of the room, the bunting b
ing arranged in the form of q keyston
be "a said that this showed the respe
"a which the Wilmingtonians had for repr