The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-13
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A Big Crowd at tho U.isn Street
Pop sauirt-The FELTON,, OF Chester.
Got up steam In Eight Minutes,
Eight and n Half Seconds and Thereby
win Ono Hundred Dollars.
Yesterday afternoon the big tourna.
ment of the flremen took place at the
Union Street Park. The attendance
numbered some two thousand persons
and everything passed of aatisfactori-
iiy, although at one time 1t looked as
though the members Of the Chester
companies would come together and
settle the supremacy OF their respec-
tive steamers by blows.
/ The famous RiDggold band OF Read
ing was on hand and played several
selections. The first event on the pro-
gram was the prize drill. Only ono
com pany appeared and that was the
Marion of Reading. They presented q
fine appearance and comprised
'ltwenty.nine members. They marched
up the hill and then down again, form
ing numerous difficult squares and
forms, keeping step with military pre-
Icision. They drilled some twenty
minutes and were critically examined
by the judges, Messrs S. H Baynard.
Capt. Edward l.. Rice, II. l.. Price. s..
willis Merrlhew, w. s. Alexander and
awarding of the prize to them. They
would have received a mark of 100
only one member had his pants 70 He'd
-Iup which took off mark.
\ The hosa race had but one entry and
the FELTON, Company, OF Chester. with
twelve men. ran 200 yards, laid i5t
feet OF hose, put on a nozzle In min
: ute and fifty-iive seconds.
! Four mon took part In the foot race
!. named; Lawrence Paxson, OF Port De
post; John Letter. of Chester; Pete
Madden. OF New Castle. and Georg,
flW. Thomas. OF Chester. The race was
n for 100 yards, and was won by JohI
Letter in Ills. with Madden q clos'
second.
t The last and real event OF the day
IS was the squirting match between TIN
i, three companies of Chester. viz: Han
"tley, Franklin and FELTON,. Considera
bile rivalry exists between these three
companies, as to which ono owns thu
n best squirting machine. and the nom
bers of each company were ready ant
more than willing to back up thei
y machines against any Corners, and es
f. Ipocially the Chester contingents.
nj The names of the four companies
luCluuLuR bIlo OIu hhbOl NiLth oilts lhu
were placed in a hat written on sep
q crate slips Of paper and then draw
o by one Of the judges,
The conditions OF the race were tina
D the engines should start with coll
: water in their boilers, throw q strean
+ iof water $50 feot through $50 feet q
hose for third ciass and 200 feet for
> second class engine, the engine frs
70 throwing u stream to win the con
% test.
4. The first engine to pull up to tn
well OF water WAS the Franklin, whic
10 third class Silsby. From tho tim
IT OF lighting the fire until she made til
squirt was IA III. and IS 8.
The Hanley WIS the second engln
to make the trial. Her steamer Ia
second cluss La France. Time. 9 null
n utes, 50 seconds.
" The Water Witch only threw
lie stream to show tho iiremen what sh
III still could do III the way of getting Il
n steam and threw "A stream OF water !
J.. II minutes 10 seconds. but failed I
l" hit the stake at 100 feet.
OF The final and last squirt was mad
O. by tie FELTON, Steamer, u secondclas
AtnoskIg. Shs made steam am
struck tho stake in s IN. s. 8. TIL
prize was 500 and the Felton, wa
" awarded the prize. Tho member
10 were more than rejolced and fairl
1t went wild when their steamer beat tn
:, best time made by the Hanley.
o. Nearly all OF tho visiting companie
lie returned yesterday and last eveninl
TO and Wilmington has thus resumed il
10, usual business like appearance.