Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-14
THE FIRENEN'S TOURNAMENT
To Take Place at Martins Ferry To-
Day and Tomorrow.
From Two to Three Thousand
Strangers Expected - The Pro-
gramme of Both Days in Detail.
The Races on the Island, the Con-
tests, and the Prizes.

To-day and tomorrow the Northeast
ern Ohio Volunteer Firemen's Associ-
alton meet will be held at Martins
Ferry, under the management of the
Vigilant Hose Company, of that place
Between 1000 and 5000 strangers are
expected to be present.
This afternoon the parade will take
place, and there will be a ball at the
Maennechor hall in the evening.
Twelve hose companies will be on
hands as follows: Butler hose company
and hook and ladder of Butler Pa;
three companies from Bellaire Burrs'
Mills hook and ladder company: Salem;
Toronto, Coshocton; East Palestine;
New Philadelphia; hook and ladder
company.
The parade will form at the corner oi
Fourth and Hanover streets at
o'clock. and will be headed by the eIt>
tire police force on horseback The dif-
ferent hose companies will follow, the
one coming the farthest distance will
lead and the one coming the next far
thest follow, etc. Following the hose
companies will be number of the se>
cret societies and wagon displays and
carriages. The marshals will be r. c.
Montgomery, VIM. Thomas, Thos Green
and A. r. Ong.
The line Of march will be as follows:
Hanover to Fifth, Fifth to Centre, Gem
tire to Main, Main TO viaduct, counter
march Main to Second, Second to Car
Isle, Carlisle TO First, First to Clay,
Clay to Second Second to Washington;
Washington to First, First to Jefferson,
Jefferson to Broadway, Broadway TO
Adams, Adams to Pearl Pearl to JEFF
ferson, Jefferson to Fourth, Fourth to
Hanover, where Mayor Samuel West
wood will deliver the address of vel,
come and turn over the key of the city
to the visitors for the time they stay.
Last evening a number of people took
time by the foreOck and decorated their
houses and places Of business. The
city building is the most noticeable OF
all. 1t is decorated from top to bottom
with bunting and flags and over the
door is a large picture of the Independ.
ent Hose Company, the champions Of
the world"
This evening at Z o'clock the Alert
hose company, the hook and ladder and
the Liberty company, Of that place, will
| have a little contest of their own on
First and Second streets. The Liberty
| hose company will start 800 yards from,
Hanover, on First street, and run to
Hanover and make hose connections,
while the Alert hose company will stal1
433 yards down Second street with their
horses attached to their hose cart and
run to Hanover and make connections
with the fire plug at Hanover and Sec
| ond streets, and the Hook and Ladder
Company, drawn by horses, will start
$50 yards up Second, and run to Han
over and run up a thirty foot ladder
and send man up it.
The judges will be Fred. Och, Z. d.
Lash and Park Anderson.
The dance given at the Maennechor
in the evening will be a select one, and
no one without an invitation will be adj
mitted.
Thursday will be the day of days, as
all the races come of in the afternoon
on the Wheeling Fair Grounds, as fol-
lows: one mile handicap bicycle race
! one mile open bicycle race, hook and
! ladder contest, and the most important
of all-the horse race; this will be fol-
lowed by a 200 yard dash, open to fire.
men only, and the ladder climbing con-
test
The prizes Of the bicycle races are:
First prize in each race, valued at $25;
second in each, valued at $15; third in
each, valued at S..
The hook and ladder race will be con-
tested by the Butler, Pa. team, Burrs'
Mills and New Philadelphia. The first
prize is 500 and the second SIS.
The hose race will be contested for by
all other visiting teams. The require
ments are that they run 233 1-3 yards,
lay 200 feet Of hose and make a dry
coupling The first prize is $3.50, and
the second 500. This will be the most
interesting race Of the day in the eyes
OF the firemen, and will no doubt be
| battle royal for first honors.
I Then will come the ladder climbing
contest for a prize Of S., which will he
followed by the 220 yard dash, the win
| ner TO take all entrance fees.
The timers Of the races will be +. d.
Lash, of Martins Ferry, Charles Han,
cher and VIM. Lukens, of Wheeling.
Judges, J. b. Montgomery. +. ]. A.
{ Drennen and Samuel Westwood, Of
Martins Ferry. Starters, S. +. Dean,
Jno Terrill and j. w. Darrah, Of Mar>
| tins Ferry.