Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-07-26
FIREMEN IN FAIR HAVEN.
Sixth Annual Convention of the
State Association.

State Association.
FAIR HAVEN, W., July a. The an
nual convention of the Vermont State
Firemens association was called to order
in Knights Opera House Wednesday
afternoon, with about 70 delegates.
Secretary, ED. Moore of Bennington re-
ported the membership of the association
as follows: Life members, Sc; fire COM
panies, So; chief engineers, g.; fire board
l, gain of five in membership during
the year. Two companies have joined
the association during the year.
Treasurer l.. c. Grant of Burlington
reported receipts of SSS0.42 during the
year, and balance on hand of 1928 .04.
The net profit of the Bennington tOurna-
ment was given as 60 cents.
C. E. Little of Fair Haven, statistician
of the association, in his report said
that there were 12l towns in Vermont
with no fire department; three towns
have the apparatus but no organized com
pany; there are two paid departments,
80 organized departments, 80 companies
with 6l5 members, SO companies belong
to the Firemen's association and 40 do
not. F. NJ. Tiffany of Bennington made
his report as delegate to the National
Association of Fire Engineers at Mon
treal, Aug. IA to II, 1894.
G. II. Burch of Bennington in behalf
Of the topics committee reported and
urged more careful selection of men
for the fire companies, urged tiremen as
citiz ems to endeavor to procure ordinan-
ces preventing the erection of fire traps
and spoke of the needs and objects of
the association.
A resolution was adopted directing the
executive committee to take action for
an appropriation by the State from
the taxation of foreign insurance CON-
panies of a relief fund for the benefit of
the flremen of the S tate.
Barre and Montpelier were selected
for the next convention, Barre to fur
nish the track and Montpelier the hotels.
Officers were elected as follows; Presi-
dent, o D Clark of Montpelier; vice
presidents, D Miner of Vergennes; w
Ii Lane, jr., of Burlington; E r Greene
of Rutland; NJ E. Orr of Poultney r S
Buss of Bennington; secretary E D
Moore of Bennington; treasurer l. G
Grant of Burlington; executive commit
tee w. E. Morse of Burlington, N D
Phelps of Barre, G Il Stevens of Winoos-
| Xxi, j II Donnelly of Vergennes. G E Lit
tie of Fair Haven; national representa-
tive, d f Carmody of Fair Haven; alter
nate, 4 d Moore of Bennington; statis-
tician, G. H. Burch, of Bennington.
Thursday was a successful day, but the
crowd was smaller than expected. After
the parade came the hand engine con-
tests with the following results:
Boxer Engine Company of Burlington,
17S feet; j. j. Gray Engine Company of
Cambridge, I'LL; Torrent Engine Com
pany of Whitehall, 1881: Union Engine
Company of Salem, 1853; Gen. Schuyler
Engine Company of Schuylerville,N. Y,
1910.
The Gen. Schuyler Company has the
best engine in New York State, proba-
bly,, but there was considerable wind,
the men didn't work very hard, and a
small pipe for wind) was used. The re-
suit was surprise and dlsappolnt-
ment to many.
There were ten entries in the contest
for hose companies. Two were drawn.
Each organization ran 300 yards and af-
ter coupling to hydrant broke the line
and attached the pipe. A stiff gale, up
the stretch, bothered the last three COM
panies that ran. The result follOws:-
lie Roy Hose company of Cohoes, 478
seconds: Torrent Hose Company OF
Whitehall, n. Y, 4S seconds; Volunteer
Hose Company of Vergennes,49 seconds
Independent Hose Company of Yer
gennes, 81 ] seconds; Barnes Hose Com
pany of Burlington, 81 seconds; Boxer
Hose Company of Burlington, So seconds
Dearstyne Hose Company of Bath-on
Hudson, N. Y, 554 seconds; Bardwel
Hose Company of Hinsdale, N. H., 81
seconds.I
Three companies incurred time penal