El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-10
CONNORS WON.
THE OLD WAR HORSES ALL TURN
ED DOWN.
1t Was Hot Contest for Every Posi-
sisiOn. but some of the Nominating
Speeches Were Ridiculous.


: the deDartment hail crowded to tn
/. doors. President Julian presided an
]. as the ball was opened it was eviden
: there was something of contes
!. ahead.
!. A subscription in aid of the cemeter
!. fund resulted in $50.
!. Chief Powers report was then rea,
!. as follow
{ Embodied herein are the statement
. of all fires and alarms, and the cause
: thereof, as near as could be ascertain
] ed. Also the amounts of insurance
. paid. The number of miles Travelled
! by the departm ent in responding t.
the various alarms: the number of fee
of hose laid and the number of feet o.
ladders raised at fires.
. The department responded durfn g
the year to IL alarms. By month
they ran as follows:
January, alarms-LOss 500: in
surance Gil so Causes, 1 unknown,
matches, l gasoline stove, ! rubbish.
"February, 3 alarms Loss $4,000:
insurance none. Causes, 1 unknown,
l gasoline stove, / burning grease.
March, 2 alarms-No loss. Causes,
l gasoline stove, l ash barrel.
"April, alarms-Loss SS5 90, insur.
ance $50 90. Causes, 3 unknown, /
over heated stove, / exhibition.
| May, 3 alarms-No loss. Causes, !
lamp, , unknown.
June, 9 alarms-Loss S7O4OO, in
surance none. Causes, : unknown, 2
M matches, l ineendiary, l sparks, l fire
crakers, l lamp, l overheated stove.
July, alarms-Loss S4S, 600 90 in
surance $50, 10000 Causes, unknown,
false alarms, lamp.
August, 3 alarms-LOss 5000. 90,
insurance 5000. Causes, 2 unknown, l
lamp.
October. 3 alarms-Loss 100000,
insurance 81, 900. 90. Causes, , unknown,
l lamp, l gasoline stove. l explosion OF
gasoline.
November, alarms-Loss s215 90,
insurance S215 90. Causes, l defective
aue, 2 unknown, l stove.
Total loss S54, ,615. Insurance paid
S42, 81 so.
by districts the alarms were distri-
buted as follows:
"District No. l, two alarms; district
No. ,, four alarms: district No. ), three
alarms: district No. +, four alarms:
district No. 5, five alarms; district No.
6, two alarms; district No. I, eight
alarms; district No. s, four alarms: is
trict No. Q, five alarms: district No. y,
four alarms: district No. l3, one alarm:
total IL alarms.
'E ghteen alarms were at night and
24 during daylight.
In spending to the various alarms
the department travelled 04 miles: laid
"a 900 feet of hose and raised 1000 feet
Of ladders. The actual working time
at all the fires was 40 hours.
During the past year we have added
to our apparatus one new hose wagon
costing 5000, and 1000 feet of hose
costing 500. Those were very much |
needed, and now the apparatus of the |
is in such condition that |
the expense for supplies and repairs |
for the coming year should be very |
light. The department now has six |
paid men and seven horses.
"Our apparatus and equipments on |
hand consists of the following: One |
Silsby steamer, No. 2, in good condi |
ton, value So. 500: one Gleason & Bailey |
aerial hook and ladder truck, fully |
equipped, value So, 900: one L. NJ. Ram
sey hook and ladder truck, value so; |
one new hose wagon, value 5000; one |
two horse hose reels, not in use, $3.50: !
four hand hose reel, S4O0; one racing |
hose reel, 500: one coal cart, S15: four
sets OF harness and hangers, S400: seven |
head of horses, $1,000: seven patent
hitch straps, Sl4: one Fairbank scale, |
$50: electrical apparatus, Including |
gongs. 500: 2000 feet Of good double
Jacket hose, $1,000: 2000 feet of single
jacket hose, 500; ten hose nozzles,
sleeping rooms at headquarters, 5000;
)pe hose house and lot on Tays street,
5000; one hose house and lot on Mesa
avenue, between Montana and Rio |
Grande streets, 500; one hose house
On Mesa avenue, near San Antonio
street, 500: one bell and tower at
headquarters, S400: total value of appa-
ratuS, Sl4.03l.
1--WE have donated to the public an
= \ Of Hnr 1aII
upon, and it is a pleasure to all of us
TO know that not one of our brother
iremen has been seriously injured
during that time.
The paid men of the department
have responded promptly, and the
service they have rendered, has been
g. credit to themselves and the depart
ment. They have taken the very best
care of the apparatus in their charge.
Words cannot express my sincere
thanks to you, fellow fremen, for the
hearty support you have given me at
all times, and for the promptness with
which you have at all hours of the day
and night, left your families and fire
sides, to risk your lives in saving the
lives and property of others, be they
our friends or foes. [ also wish to
thank my efficient assistants, Messrs.
Holland and Herman, who were always
on hand, and whose good judgment was
a valuable assistance to me at fires. |
In concluding, | desire to thank you,
one and all, for the honors you have
conferred upon me in the past, and |
assure you that my every action has
been for the good of the department., |
as a whole. regardless of friendship for
The report was received with ap-
plause.
Secretary Kjefer presented his report |
which read as follows: During the |
J ear just past our department has pass |
sed through prosperity and advance
ment: and while we have not added as
much to the department as in some |
previous years, yet we are better equip
ped today to fight the fiery demon than
ever before. a new hose wagon has
been added to our department in place
of the old reel which has been menace
to both life and limb for snme time.
Hose company No. can feel pretty
proud of the new equipment given by
them by the mayor and city council |
1t will not be necessary for NE to 90
into details regarding fire alarms losses |
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