The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-26
FIRBMHN'S CONVENTION
Be Held at Lambert
Vile TomorroW-Im-
poTtant Matters
Coming Up.

The sixteenth annual convention OF
the New Jersey State Firemen's Associa
ton will be hetd In Lambertville temor
row. No special arrangements are being
made to entertain the delegates, but the
local committee, of which Mr.. Walter T.
Haphurst is chairman. has Issued a gen.
eral circular requesting all who propose
tnattend tn e convention TO communicates
With him at once, in order that the co IN
mittee may insure comfortable hotel
accommodations for al. Tne intention
Is to expedite the business of the owen
ton rather than to give the delegates .
picnic, although each OF the local IRE
companies is making some preparation to
entertain the visitors.
Chief Conway, Assistant Chief Dem
mead aud Captain Thomas Howes Of No.
4 Engine of the Fire Department. lett
this afternoon 10 attend the convention.
Assistant Chief Dsnmead aud Captain
Howes viii attend as delegates OF the
local branch OF the Relief Association,
and Chief Conway, as Cniet OF the De-
partment. Is obliged to attend.
WILL MEET WITH OPPOSITION.
Among the matters That will come up
before the convention for discussion Will
be Il scheme TO empower local fire COM
panies to use the money of their relief
fund toward purchasing hose. apparatus
and in other ways improving their
departments. This scheme Will bs biz
lerly opposed by the Newark ann Jersey
City delegates aud all the members from
the city where the relief fund Is the most
important feature Of the ASS 1ciation.
In the small villages o towns where.
the fund Is seldom called upo Sha fund
increases from year 60 year aud becomes
an object of envy to the officers and
who would like to divert ibis
money from the channels for which it
was collected.
As it is now the law is very strict, and
its requirements are that the funds shall
only oe used to assist disabled fremen
who acquired their disability while in
actual service. In many of the small
own throughout the State where fires
occur only occasionally. and where they
are OF q small character. accidents very
rarely occur q the money acoum uiates
and does no good whatever, according to
the country firsmen's view.
A msjorlty of the country volunteer
fire departments think, under such Cir
cumstauces, q percentage of CHS mouey
should be used to assist In e~ouipping
their departments particularly in depart
ments where the municipal authorities
are not over generous In tine supp ,rt of,
the volunteer department.
A COMPROMISE LIKELY.
The delegation that Will go from Mount
Holly and other towns In Burlington
county will introduce at the convention
The scheme which will enable the COM
panies to get some benefit from this i'm
mense fund. They will endeavor to have
the la " amended SO. that the departments
In small cities can be benefited and those
in larger cities excepted. This will no
doubt provoke a wide discussion, bat 1t
is thought that il will be generally sup
ported by the towns having small de-
aud in many OF them they are
| aboring under debt and are partially
crippled for the want of proper apparatus
aud hose.
The Jersey City delegates will light the
cotter claim with ali their might.