Evening journal., 1896-09-01
VISITING THE FIREMEN.
Council Committee Completes
It's Work on the East Side.
EVERYTHING FOUND IN ORDER,

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EVENING JOURNAL REPORTER.
THE LIBERTY'S GROUNDS
DECORATED IN HONOR OF Ii
HUNG CHANG. "DETAILS OF
THE TRIP.
Last evning the Fire Committee of
City Council completed It's semi-an-
nual inspection Of the houses and ap-
paratus belonging to the department.
The party left the City Hall at 8
O'Clock and drove at once to the Phoe-
nix house The old carriage horse,
Webster, was missed. He rs 20 years
of age. eleven of which were spent In
the service Of the company. During
that time he has never missed a feed
nor fire. and has not taken spoon
full of medicine. He has frequently
drawn the carriage to a fire and then
returned and assited In drawing the
engine to the scene. He Is now In re-
tirement over Third street bridge.
wEBSTER's SUCCESSOR, DANDY.
The new horse, Dandy, is a beauty.
and is the heaviest In the service,
weighing 1880 pounds. The report OF
the secretary shows real and personal
property, $7825; 81 active and 80 hon
orarv members. The company has a
Clapp & Jones engine, hose carriage,
four horses and 1000 feet OF first-class
hose
The Delaware was next visited
Everything was in apple-pie order.
The company report shows that II has
Hayes truck. four extinguishers, an
85-foot extension ladder, a 45-foot
splice ladder, and FIVE other ladders,
making a total of 257 feet of ladders
Three horses draw the truck.
The company has sixty members. The
real estate is valued at $4,000 and the
personal property $500.
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WASHY.
The Washington boys showed sew
eral new and valuable inventions to
the visitors One Of the most inter-
esting was the trip which throws the
/ big doors open for the chemical, and
is operated by the rear wheel running
over rod projecting above the tracks.
| This does away with the old seat pull
and prevents possible accidents. 1t is
| the invention Of l.. l.. Saunders, a
member of the company.
Another important improvement is
the reln-hilder and clip, the invention
OF William T. Smith, the engineer
| Heretofore in hitching the horses there
| was a liability of the reins being
| crossed. The holder is fastened on
the end of the tongue and the snaps
| are stood upright in It. A slight pull
clears them and they are readily and
surely snapped. The rein clip Is on
the top OF the dash and holds the reinf
taut so that when the driver jumps
to his seat he has no slack to pull in
and is ready to 60. A handsome fire
alarm board, painted by Jacob F. Fet-
ger, has been placed In the house. New
! lighting arrangements In the bunk
room and meeting room, and heating
apparatus for both we're noticeable.
The company has bought new set OF
wheels for the chemical and they will
be put in place in a few days.
THE COMPANY's PROPERTY.
The company has a hose carriage,
/ with a capacity of 1000 feet OF hose; an
Amoskeag steamer and a Holloway
/ chemical engine 1000 feet of good
hose, 500 feet OF medium hose, five
horses and a telephone in the engine
house The real estate is valued at
$4,000, and the personal property
$4,000. There are 100 active members.
The Reliance as is usual, presented
very neat appearance and three
quick bitches wer made. The real es-
tate and personal property is valued at
s23. 600. The members number forty
five and the apparatus consists OF a
Silsby engine, hose carriage. three
horses and 1900 feet of first-class hose.
IT is NOW LIBERTY PARK.
The most noticeable change in any
of the houses was that seen at the
handsome home OF the baby OF the de-
partment, Liberty, No. 9. A handsome
iron fence surrounds the lot to the
east and south OF the house, and this
has been freshly sodded and set utwith
pear, cherry, plum, peach and apple
/ trees, combining shade with useful
| ness. Next year flower beds will be
/ placed and benches, for the use OF
members and their friends, supplied
/ Last evening the grounds, which have
been appropriately dubbed Liberty
/ Park, were thickly hung with large
| Chinese lanterns, in honor of Ii Huns
/ Chang, who will visit the house on his
way to Washington, unless he changes
his program. President Walsh has Z
letter from Chow Chow, the Earl's
confidence man, to the effect that His
Oriental Curlyques has heard OF the
famous little La France fire fighter
and wants to see It.
WHAT Ii WILL SEE.
In case he does call he will see al
engine house newly-painted in brigh
colors, an engine which is a poem II
brass and nickel. a hose wagon which
can carry 1900 feet of hose, thre'
, handsome horses, a well-yentilates
and newly-painted stable, a comfort
= able meeting room and parlor, ant
Ithirty-nine of as wide-awake and en-
terprising fremen as can be found IL
! / any city. The fact that some six year
I | ago the company had not a dollar, ant
owed for everything, and In anothe
/ year will be out of debt, with the ex
I ! ception OF that on the house. demon
! / strates this very fully. The engine 4
valued at $4,000. the hose wagon S40C
| and the three horses $3.50. The tota
value Of real and personal property
I$17,500.
This closed the inspection and tn
/ visitors were entertained In roya
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