Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-10-14
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ihr second anniversary ~ thr company
Prior ~ Ortnl~r. 1871,
the "hH,kn" wrrr known A. the Sh"nneh
llrk a Ladder company, =" nHn"Si IN
honor - unc who gav" his support !" W"
during his III" ~ "r" "
pioneers, Brtug d"rir"n-
Il securing n change IL name, the c"hreh'
II Hon u. u. Frrguanon one e "ur most
aud progressive ,irr"nr, was
obtained. aud In his homo, 'h" I'r"r"nt
organization has burnr h- nam" since
October ~, 1891 its first foreman was
W. T. McCrigh,. the prr-"u, chief m
th. department, Who was r-"l",t 'i several
months Agu, aud WAS succeeded 10y y.
McCanna. and later by John A,r'I"n, itH
existing leader. The members have al.
ways l.rn the most activ. IT the lucAl
department. and y full quota oi twenty
hvr members has all along ,~rn main
tanned. Amer p-rrirt"nt efforts the com.
pany prevailed uISn the city council Il"
purchase r. n"w truck. paying for the
same $500 ,o an eastern firm. az course
an occasion ~ housing = new carriage
could net pass without some demunrtrA-
tou. ~ the bays" cho+. the company
SECOND anniversary ~ all appropriate
time, AMI !, luckily tell a, AN opportunr
moment, Last night could hardly h~
called fergussunr "psi letter night" II
th" rsprrS-i"n il permitted. hut II WAS
81, - H.. H.. 4.
Al S:.n u'clrk the master ~ r"rmu-
MES, lro. NJ. Cundii. one II the mos,
active members 10 the company. called
ia. assembly Ia "ri"r and announced the
object NJ III" Tcasinn, experimenting his
remarks with u statement Ia the effect
that Tia" AlhnlurrIu" hi'w WAS IA. d"na-
tion of Mayor Field, the cas-" Il cham
pagnr 10y Alderman hi |. Mrllrr, who
duplicated the supply later IN the even
ing; cigars by l., u. putnry, also great
friend Of the tr'huyr. and the bourbon
10y Ernest Meyers. This Comprised the
liquids and the accompanying smoke. To-
which was added lunch
! Hon. II. Is, FrrguS.un WAS called Snd
made II few pleasant p'marks. referring
Ia ia" r'coiNl " the company and the de-
partmcni. the dangers aud risks encnuu.
tered 10y tcmrn, and the deb, uf graft.
tud" that WAS due the men who light hrr
Hon, y. Is Fields letter II regret wAa
real. and then Chief McCright referred
Ia the fact " his having held the fore
mnnship "f each company. of which he
was proud. as Alro II his I.rrsent elevated
position as head of the department af-
fairs Nv" bottles II champagu. were
then broken over the new truck by
MrHsrS. frrgussnn and MCKNIGHT. and
this constituted the christening IL the .l.-
giant and s-rviccallr truck To many
this act seemed n waste Il g'-d material,
In, 1t was On the program and tina, must
be- carried out, even II the best in th.
house" had Ia b- sacrificed
few remarks 10y Foreman Aru,Aon
were offered, followed 10y song by Frank
iye, Louis Mandcll. assistant chief.
spoke briefly, and then the violinist and
harpirt entertained, M they did through
out the evening AT intervals.
Refreshments were served in plenty
and again the prngra'l Was taken up.
A toast Was off.r,d Ia the visiting hrrmen
If h"se COMPANIES Ma AMI >, Ia which
Mr. Fergus-on responded, aptly quoting
fom Roman history To illustrate his idea
VI the situation.
Alderman Mrdlrr. chairman II the fir-
committee II the council, h-ing called,
was reminiscent AMI talked II his exper-
fences at the aye II III in town wher,
the Thermometer crawl-d down Ia ~ de-
greea below zero and the snow was often
three fee, deep. These were the days II
brake" engines, and IL was work II the
hardest kind Tie ref-rred Ia being one
Of Albuquerque tirrt tirrmen. AMI II his
leadership II M. ?. now held 10y Will
Mclaughlin. His remarks w.rr quit.
lengthy. hut i, was plain that he wa.
with tn" boys even though he was up
In III" tfiics. He oft-n opened the way
Ia give his auditors n chance Ia r-taliate,
which drought down the house" at such
times
| toast IA the father If the cnmpsny
brough, Mr.. FERGUSON 10 his feet, and h.
pat' the little band Of twenty .6v. u high
compliment. This WAS followed by a
recitation by b. Ruppc, which was fine
effort. A toast to the chief was res,pnd.
ed IN by his boon companion, Scot,
knight. Alderman Schwartz spoke brief.
ly' ansr an urgent plea. A loast IA
Alderman hedler was responded To by
Mr., Mclaughlin. Mr.. Medler Acknowl.
edg,ng the compliment
Judg" Burke was urged "a r,sci,e the
Mad Butcher" but being unpreparcd
spoke In his usual happy manner, refer
ing Ia his experience II thirty years ago
a. u fireman. and also in this city. closing
with complimentary remarks paid to Mr..
Ferguson.
Lou MRndell was toasted by VIC.
Mccormick. and then Robert Pett.rs
Gang comic song Mike Ryan's render
ing ~ 'OBrien," which followed, was
applAuded loudly, Billy Mason sang one
II his own compositions, and john Lind
Sey gave Casey N the Bar" In a style
that established for himself a high repu.
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