The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-08-07
the CITY FATHERS OUTING.
They Combine Business With Pleas
ure at the Islands.

| The city government made its annual in
| spection of fire apparatus on the fire boats
| and at the islands and the municipal proper
| ty generally in. the island ward yesterday
| afternoon. The company numbered about
| 80. 1t was made up of His Honor Mayor
True and the Board of Aldermen. members
of the Common Council, Board Of Assessors,
| of the Fire Department, Civil Engineer, City
Treasurer Libby, City Solicitor Larrabee,
City Physician Thayer. City Liquor Agent
Trickey. and In fact, nearly all the city offic-
| ials.
The party left Custom House wharf at 22O
O'Clock In the steamer Mary w. Libby OF the
| Casco Bay line, and were accompanied by
| General Manager Cooling. They landed at
Peaks Island and inspected the fire engine
building and other city property there. The
engine house there is substantial brick, one
story building with lookup for police pur-
purposes in the rear. The engine there is
| a handImachine and was first class affair in
| the days of hand tubs. 1t was found In ex-
| cellent condition and has an efficient compa-
| ny Of some 40 members under the direction
of Capt. Millett. The lookup spoken of has
| four cells with brick walls and heavy doors
| vi uldplb plduk anu iiVus AoosShO0 WIN dl0
| locks 1t is used only for temporary confine.
ment, all prisoners being brought to the city
police station at the earliest convenient time
| after arrest.
BY invitation of Manager Cooling, the COM
papy took look into the large skating rink
and toboggan chute, and goodly number
| tested the thrilling experience of the tobog-
| gan slide for the first time.
The party then embarked and Chief Eugi-
neer Cloyes Of the Fire Department and his
assistants gave an exhibition of the fire ap.
| paratus on the Mary w. Libby, which is one
| Of the city's fire boats. The pump on board
is of the johnson pattern. we'll known In
this city 20 years ago when the Portland
Company was building steam fire engines as
well as locomotives. This pump was form
erly attached to one Of the engines in the
| fire department, and is a powerful one.about
as good as any that have come. into use
of late years. Two powerful streams went
flying out into the air for long distance as
| the boat went steaming down through Hog
| island shoals, one on each side, making
beautiful wing and wing rainbow as the sun
light went through the spray. The sight
was very pretty and was heartily cheered by
the spectators on the piers at Little and
Great Diamond Islands. Long island was
next visited and general look taken of the
highways and condition of property there.
and again Mr.. Cooling extended ent srtain-
ment by an invitation to the Wild West
show. At this point Mayor True was
obliged to leave By reason Of ac engagement,
and took another st Gamer for town.
Captain Littell told the visitors with the
frank vivacity of the spirited girl from the
Far West, that she failed to see what harm
could come of giving a quiet. orderly little
exhibition of horses and Workmanship on
Sundays. why" she said. 81 was even
forbidden to saddle my own horse last Sun
day and the animal was suffering for exer-
else. Then l did get started little and l
put the saddle onto her and had a good gal
| lop.'
The next 'anding place was Great Diamond
island and visit to the Portland Clubhouse.
About O'Clock all were invited to sit down
to savory clambake, to which ample justice
| was done.
In the evening the party returned to
| Peaks island and visited the Pavilion. A
vote of thanks was passed to General Mana
ger Cooling for his interchangeable and highly
successful efforts in aiding in the entertain
ment of the day.