Evening journal., 1892-09-27
PARADE ARRAN GEMENTS
The Thirteenth of October
VIII be a Great Day.
TWO THOUSAND UNIFORMED MEN.

Volunteer Firemen at the Second
Annual state Conventional Dividing
Line.
Special Correspondence Evening journal.
NEW CASTLE, Sept 27.-Chief Marshal
James l. Toner and the various commit
tee Of the Lenape Fire company were
hard at work at the old engine house
last night and, in fact, are busy night
and day in arranging for the second an
nual convention Of Delaware state fire
men and the great parade following the
meeting, all of which will be held on
Thursday. October 13 All though it
has been uphill work all along for the
firemen, the new building having
drained their treasury and taken much
OF their time. But they have made
determined effort from the start and
now have matters i'm excellent shape.
They have the assurance that 1000
uniformed and equipped firemen
will be in line and march
through the streets of New Cas-.
tie while there is probability that 2,
500 firemen will be in line The town
will be stirred up by q score Of bands Of
music which viii play the liveliest
martial music and appear ia gorgeous
uniforms. If nature smiles upon the
firemen, all the visitors will be enter
tanned at dinner and supper around long
and snow white tables stretched on Les
lies lawn, where ?, 600 men can be fed at
one sitting. Should the weather be bad,
through natural misfortune, every hall
in the city will be occupied, according to
arrangements already made.
The Delaware Railroad company will
run special trains at all hours from viii
mington and the New Castle dremen have
succeeded in getting the fare for that
day lower than was ever known. For
iiremen wearing uniform, the exeur-
sion fare from Wilmington will be
10 cents; for citizens, 25 cents. Thus
everybody will be enabled 10 participate
in or see the great parade.
The iiremen are preparing three ap-
peals, one 60 city council; one to the
New Castle business men; one TO the
citizens in general The first asks that,
inasmuch as TO- 600 people will crowd the
streets on October 13. and that this num-
Der will include people from hundreds of
miles around, the streets be nicely
cleaned, the unpaved streets nicely
trimmed up, and that the town be
placed in n pleasing and attractive con
dition. The second petition, to the bust
ness men, prays that, as so many visitors
viii flock 10 this city, and that they will
undoubtedly leave much money here, and
that 10 will make business better for
many days. suitable and tempting prizes
be offered and other inducements be
made as an evidence that the merchants
of New Castle are enterprising and are
intent upon thus advertising their little
city by increasing the crowd and the
interest. Prizes will be awarded for the
largest company, the best.behaved com
pany, the best drilled company, the best
marching company, the company wear
ing the bandsomest uniform, the biggest
man In line, the finest apparatus and the
Oldest marching fireman
The third request is that every man.
sion. palace, store. residence. cottage.
stable and shanty be decorated all day
on October 49, Whether the decoration
consists of only little flag, this will be
appreciated, but 10 is certainly hoped
that the citizens will spare no time and
expense In covering the fronts of their
buildings with flags and bunting or any
other attractive decoration The local
merchants will lay in full supplies OF
cotton bunting aud fags of all sizes, and
a splendid assortment could be secured
al an expense of not more than s. or $40.
Every man Of the ., 1000 in parade will be
under expense TO show the New Castle
people a fine pageant, and it is certainly
due them that pretty buildings greet
their eyes all along the march.
The Lenape Fire company viii have
100 men in line and it is proposed "a
parade fifty of these as the Lenape Hool
and Ladder company, and ffty as the
Lenape Steam Fire Engine company.
The hook and ladder company viii
wear the same uniform as in the parad,
last year, except the neckties, whicl
will be white instead Of black The fine
engine company viii wear white shirts,
black trousers, buff gloves black tlel
and fatigue caps, The City Cornei
band, Of twenty-five pieces. which ha.
been engaged by the iremen for tn,
entire day, will wear its new parade
uniform, which will add much TO tn,
appearance of the parade.