The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-02
KRAMER NOW OUT !
His Official Resignation Went in
Last Night.
What the Raleigh Mirror Says About
Our Boys.
TALK ON KRAMER's SUDDEN CHANGE
People Who Come and Go-Brief Brew
ties of Interest to All Readers
of The Globe.
The Raleigh Mirror says

1nc RaIclgn MlrrOr says:
"The treatment of the Raleigh tiremen
while in Durham must have been dis
graceful when citizens of that town be-
came so indignant as to make public re-
sentiment of it, Their chief of the fire
department threatens to resign and the
mayor himself makes his regrets Of such
an occurrence manifest by strong words
Of condemnation. We regret that this
should have been so, and still more do
we regret that the Durham Sun should
have lent its columns to this miserably
mean and contemplate guying of a lot Of
visiting contestants in the Durham tour
nament. But with all our regrets we are
proud to know that Raleigh born and
raised citizens Of Durham promptly re-
sented these newspaper attacks upon our
tirGmtn. Rest assured that Raleigh, her
firemen, and her newspapers will always
welcome Durham and her good people to
the city of oaks, and when she does so
and hangs her welcome upon the walls
by flags and banners inscribed thereon
welcome she will be manly enough to
stand by SUCH"
AS nearly as facts can be learned, the
Raleigh boys were treated with due cour-
tesy from the Durham fire boys. Some
Of the kids and many visitors were dis
gustcd at the appearance Of the Raleigh
crowd. They tried to act smart and wore
ChnnC JKit thN11t Cfnnly iprC anH ofln thnDo
selves conspicuous in many ways which
were not necessary. For instance, they
threatened to go home before the racing
commenced; they did many things. SO
far as the newspapers were concerned, if
they had printed half what was said by
outside companies it would have been
rich reading.
Mayor Angler had no right to officially
express any regret and it is generally
understood that he expressed no private
sympathy
SO far as the chief was concerned, he
was accused of favOring Raleigh and the
Durham firemen requested him to resign.
THE GLOBE regrets this, because Kramer
has been the best chief this city has ever
had, and he has done more for the fire
companies than any other dozen of men
will do. 1t was to Kramer's efforts that
the electric alarm was placed and the fire
building now nearing completion is a
credit and a monument to his enterprise
Kramer was right in his wOrk-and his
heart was in it. If he erred he did it
without knowledge and the fact that he
was routed is against the town and the
firemen's own interest. Ther~will not
admit it, but It's true Just the same.
Albert Kramer was the best chief we
have ever had and it will be a long time
before another man is found who will
enter so heartily in the work. MCGOWAN
will fill the place and can do good work
but he is not the rustler that Kramer
is. No other man in Durham can do in
that line the work that Kramer started
simply because they are not constructed
on that style of architecture
1t was misfortune that Kramer saw
that it was necessary to resign. THE
GLOBE knows our fire company is labor
ing under disadvantages, all of them are
but we also know that if Kramer had
continued we would have had paid com
panies here before the year is out. Things
were working admirably in that direc.
ton.