Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-09-28
FIREMEN IN LINE.
THE ANNUAL PARADE AND lNSPEC-
TON.
The Department Makes the Best showing
in Its History-The HOOK ana Ladder
Contest n Tie-The star Hose Company,
No. ., Take the First Prize in the Hose
Companies Contest.

The good work of Burlington's fire de-
partment has been mentioned SO frequently
that people might suppose fire was neceS-
sary to call out their good qualities. hut to
the large crowd present at the annual parade
and contests september 20. the efficiently and
orderly appearance of all the companies was
to no small degree apparent. The day was
an ideal one and the brilliant uniforms and the
polished apparatus following each company.
aided the men in making tho best appear
Pnce in its history.
Considerable delay in starting the parade
was caused by the hardness of the 4. G..
| spear company in appearing after the call
had been issued Their delay was caused by
| the breaking of the tugs of the harness as
| the horses tried to start the steamer, which
made trip TO the stable and return neccs-
, sary
| The companies rendezvoliSed in City Hall
| Park and marching by Acting Mayor Hicks
and the Board of Aldermen who stood at
| the foot of the west entrance to City Hall
| were carefully inspected Immediately af-
terward Acting Mayor Hicks and the Alder
men walked across the park to ST Paul
| street and inspected the apparatus which
had been gatherd there. Then at two
Il
platoon of police and with band and drum
corps paraded the following streets in the
| order here given
Boxer Engine Co. No. 3, Hook and Ladder
| Co. No. |, Eagle Drum corps, Ethan Allen
| Engine Co. No. l, st. Joseph College Drum
| corps, Star Hose No ,, Howard Hose No 3
| Barnes No. Z, 4. G. Spear Engine Co No
| s: at one stroke of the bell with the right
| of the line on College street, marching to Will
lard. to Pearl to North Union to Grant. to
| Ehnwood avenue, to Pearl. TO Church. to
| Bank, to st. Paul, to Main. where the pa
rade was dismissed by two strokes of the
| fire alarm bell,
| As the contests were to take place imme-
| diately afterward, a dense crowd soon lined
st. Paul street on both sides. from the Bap-
| fist church to the Van Ness House They
were kept from the road by ropes and wires,
which were guarded by the police force.
| The following rules governed the races:
Conditions of ladder contest: Each team
shall consist of of at least 10 men.
contest TO raise 40 foot ladder (Which
is to lay fiat on on the ground and one man
to ascend ladder with axe. Time to be
| taken from the word ready to the time man
shall grasp top lung of ladder with hand
The hooks were divided into two teams of
| 10 men each, and The ladder contest took
place at the City Hall. Each team did its
| best and the result was tie. the time being
10 seconds; Judges, Moses Murray and
Joseph Garland.
Conditions of hose races: Each company
| must have at least Is men to start from the
| line (who have been members of the com
pany which contests at least 30 days prior
| to September 2Ol Cart TO be the regular
service cart, and to carry not less than 800
| feet of rubber-lmed hose. perfection nozzle
| and holder and butt of hose to be securely
strapped to cart Company to start with
cart 80 feet above hydrant, run to hydrant,
make connection lay 300 feet of hose. take
out second length from hydrant and put
where sixth length is, and put sixth length
where second length was attach perfection
nozzle and holder. when time will be taken
no water. All connections must he prop
erly made and screwed up tight; I second
will be added to the time for each quarter
turn which it may lack of being so.
The interchange of hose lengths was
feature never tried before and there was
some awkwardnesS in carrying out the
manoeuvrc. The result of the hose races was
as follows LIST prize, Star company, No. .,
time 60 % seconds: ID prize A. C. Spear
company, No. <. time 61l seconds Sd prize,
Boxers. No. 3 time 634: 4th prize. Barnes
company, No. :, time 10 9TH prize Howard
Hose company, no time.
NOTES.
An interesting feature of the parade was
the fife and drum corps of st. Joseph 5 col
lege. They were organized last August.
Their friends had not expected to hear them
so soon, but the little fellows We're bent on
appearing in public, which they did with
credit to themselves and honor to their
school. They We're above 40 in number
and wore IA costume of black color decorated
with gold trimming across breast, golden
epauetS in the form of a shamrock leaf
golden stripes along their trousers, and caps
to match. They marched in perfect lines
with the dignifed bearing of old veterans
They had many admirers and We're often
applauded.
The Barnes company made their first APP
pearrnce in their new uniforms yesterday
The boys are to be congratulated on selecting
so pretty "A regaa. The uniforms consist
of fatigue cap, white helmet, long coat,
trousers and cloth felt, with gilt trimmings.
At the inspection of the steamer of the
A. c. Spear company the hydrantS would