The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-12
THE PASSING THRONG.

Chiefs Tom Deasey, of the Victoria Ere depart
ment T. c. Alderman, of the New Westminster
fire department., and MI. and Mrs. George A.
Burbank, OF Tacoma, are in the city, the two
former on their way home from the convention
OF fire chiefs, which has just closed at Portland.
Speaking OF the convention last night, Mr..
Deasey said: ave organized the National Asso-
citation OF Western Fire Chiefs at tournament
In Victoria last year with eight or ten mem ers
We have since notified all the fire chiefs on the
Coast, and had fifty one members present when
We met at Portland on the 9th. We were well
entertained, being taken on q steamer to Multi
nomah falls last Friday and banQueted
by the citizens that evening 4 went
to fire at Portland and came away
convinced that Seattle and Tacoma
have better fire departments than either Port
land or San Francisco. Those cities still have
"cali' hremen, go that some OF the men may be
out of the sound of the bell when it gives an
alarm. A call department Is not the proper
thing for city OF over 10000 people. In reply
to toast at the banquet, / criticized Portland
for having only a cali department, while Seattle
and Tacoma have paid departments, and told
them that these cities have the best departments
on the Coast do not mean to cast ANY refec-
tons on our call men at Victoria, hut the point
! wish TO make is that there Is no prospect of
our getting paid departments at smaller cities
while these larger cities set such an unprogres-
sive example They are liable to have a big fire
at Portland with which their call men will
be unable to cope. They have no fire.
boat to protect their water front
have been TO fires at both Portland and San
Francisco. so / speak from observation. hear
that there is q movement to remove Chief kel-
logg, but should be sorry to see it succeed, for
/ consider him the best chief on the Coast. and
1t Is hard 10 find good man for the position.
Portland has had four chiefs in three weeks;
Robert Holman is the last The chiefs came
and We have been very well entertained IN both
Seattle and Tacoma Some cities took so much
interest in the convention that they paid the
expenses OF their chiefs. At the time of the
big tire here brought over two engines and
eighteen men. Va arrived about 4 o'clock in
tie morning after the fire and worked all day on
the wharves and at Moran's foundry to help out
the seattle men, who were quite exhausted.
Victoria is picking up and We expset to have
lively spring. The smallpox scare has stirred
the people up ana they have just voted to spend
SIW,Vo on sewerage system Tho disease has
gone, but precautions are still being taken; the
dominion government has q steamer there with
Gil appliances for tumigating. number OF
new buildings Is being erected and Improve.
ments are being made at the outer wharf where
the ocean steamers land. We also sxr,ect soon
TO have direct railroad connection with the
mainland The Canada Western has deposited
bonds TO build across Seymour narroye and a
LOCAL company Is 10 build from Victoria to Saa-
men and thence run q ferry to the mainland. II
VIII not Dc long before a ferry will be estab-
hsoed TO Port Angeles from sooke, ouly q dis.
lance OF ten miles"
r d. "asbass one of the oldest pioneers IN
the state OF Washington. IL registered a; the
Hotel Diller. He il not a communicative man.
but when once he is aroused upon the subiec.
OF the old days can tell many good stories OF the
experiences o. Q third OF . century ago. 81
came out 70 Washington" he said las. night
by the lsthnlus route. IL to0S over
SIX months, because we bad to
wait some time at Panama for the