St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-13
POLICE AND FIRE DEPART<
NEWT PARADE WAS THE
CROWNING EVENT,
FINEST SEEN IN ST. PAUL.
ONE HUNDRED OF THE FINESU
MARCHED LIKE A DETAIL
OF REGULARS.
CHIEF JAcKsoN's MEN, Toot
Appeared as They Have NeveH
Been Seen in Any Previous
Parade.

Judging by the crowd that jammed
the streets last night to watch the
parade of the police and fire depart
ments, the people evidently ex-
pected to see something good, but it
is doubtful if one in every hundred
ever dreamed of the grand sight they
were to witness. 1t was simply i'm
mense-by odds the finest exhibition
of the weeks celebration here, and
certainly the best of the kind ever
given in st. Paul. Notwithstanding
the small force of police left on duty
to handle the sea of humanity that
almost blocked the streets in places
and had to be forced back with the
greatest difficulty, the task was ex-
peditiously accomplished all along
the line as the procession advanced,
and not an unpleasant incident or
serious accident took place TO mar
the harmony and enjoyment Of the
occasion. This is but another illus
tration of the vigor and efficiency Of
| the st. Paul police force.
There were just an even hundred
officers in line and the force has
never been seen to better advantage.
Every man was bubbling over with
interest in the parade, and as they
marched in platoons of twelve with
| as much precision as a trained COM
pany Of soldiers, they won the ad-
! miratiOn Of the multitude that lined
the sidewalks and edges of the street
| on each side, especially the ladies.
| One lady was heard to say, and shs
| seemed to express the general senti-
ment of those of her sex who stood
! about her, Mercy, what a fine look
/ ing lot of fellows" The four patrol
wagons from the various stations
| were out, the horses deeked with
bunting and plumes and tassels. so
that they seemed TO be as proud as
peacocks. They caught the inspira-
| ton and just fairly danced almost
/ the entire distance.
But in point of gorgeous display, the
fire department outdid anything of the
kind ever seen here. There were lust
| fifty pieces of apparatus in line
enough, as somebody remarked. to
Quench the fires of the Internal re-
gions-and every piece was decorated
with colored lanterns, Chinese and
japanese lanterns, or wreaths of flow.
erS and leaves and streamers of bunt-
ing, some of the decorations being
really grand in the extreme Sons
were so gorgeous as to merit individ<
ua1 descriptions, but SO many of the
pieces We're entitled to this distinc-
tlon that to particulariZe over enc and
not over the others would not be inst
and accurate descriptions could not he
secured of all in the hurry and ex-
cltement of the parade On some of
the nook and ladder trucks boys kent
red fires burning all the time. pro-
oucing pretty effect. The
FINE DISPLAY OF HORSES
and the intelligent-looking array of
hre laddies were not less admired
than the elegantly decorated appara-
tus. All the horses were decorat ted
with tassels and plumes and rings IN
no end, and many of them were COW
cred with flowers and streamers as
We'll No finer display of horse flesh
was ever seen at a fair. excent an
lmals kept just for the purpose of ex-
hlb1uon. The three white horses at
tached to Engine No excited tha
greatest admiration. Then every one
OF the nremen had a charming bouton-
nlereln the lapel of his coat. and had
ms hands encased in white gloves.
feature of the parade were several
immature hook and ladder trucks
manned with boys fire brisades. Two
u Ihese were drawn by boys. one was
Drawn by two ponies hitched tandem
ana another by a quartette of docs
Ihese furnished much snort for Tho
spectators and We're really about the
only mirth-provoking feature. aside
from couple of Mephistopheles who
attended to the red fires on two nj the
hook and ladder trucks.
The parade formed on Ninth street
the police department resting on II
Peter, and the fire department conera-
gazing IN the vicinity of fire depart-
ment headquarters and falling in he
mind the police on Ninth. At $50 Chief
clark gave the order to move and
the parade started down St. Peter
Street, under command of Lieut. Budy.
1heh followed the Fort Smelling mil
leary band, and next came the police
On 1901 IN platoons of twelve, with
Chlef Clark in the lead.
Capt Rouleau and Sergt Ross ~,
:, u tIS Two pIatoonS from
tne central station. Sergt GetchelI
was IN charge of the Ducas street
platoon, Sergt. Tegler the Rondo street
platoon and Sergt. Boerner the Mar
garet street platoon. Then followed
the patrol wagons, the central station
wagon being driven by Tom Haepartv
with Capt. Schweitzer in commarG
the Rondo street wagon driven bv
Ofncer Fraser, with Capt. Lowell in
command; the Ducas street vvago,,
driven by Officer McGrath. with ON
Ger Weston Hagen in command and
the Margaret street wagon driven bv
Officer Johnson, with Capt. Hanft in
command
Next came four carriages in which
were city officials. the members of the
fire board and
VISITING CHIEFS
and public officers from Saltwater
and Red Wing. The local city officials
who turned out We're President Ehr-
manntraut of the board of aldermen.
and President Copeland, of the as
sembly. All the fire commissioners
and the secretary of the fire board
were out and the visiting officials
were Chief F. E. Joy. of saltwater
and three members of the saltwater
board of aldermen; Chief John Web
ster. of Red Wing, and Hiram Howe.
also of Red Wing, who is county
treasurer of Goodhue county. Rich
ard Gordon, chairman of the Com
mercial club committee on parades
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