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a number of chiefs in whose cities
grain elevators are located
The third topic was THE necessity
of fire departments adapting them
selves to the nav order of things-high
buildings, all glass and no partition
walls, large floor space demanded by
the present way of conducting bust
ness, overhead wires, all machinery
that comes in contact with them
should be grounded in construction,
more effective chemical engines, more
force, larger capacity for inside work"
J. D. Paige, chief of the Joliet, ILL.,, de-
partment, was to have treated the sub
ject, but not being prepared, the topic
was laid over to enable him to sub
NIT his paper at a later session.
J. a. Archibald, chief of the Cincin-
natl department, was not present to
handle the topic, Should not tool wa
CONS for carrying extra appliances be
adopted in all fire departments having
th5ele extras instead of loading same
on the fire engines?" which was No. 4
on the programme. President Roulette
accordingly called on various members
Of the association to express thei-.
views on the subject, all agreeing that
a tool wagon has now become a neces-
sity in all departments of any size,
since the science of fighting fires has
resolved itself largely into a matter of
time in getting to the fire, and the
numerous appliances which are con-
stantly being added to departments,
Being lctaded onto trucks and engines,
is a serious impeachment to expedition.
After the topic had been thoroughly
discussed, it was upon motion, Or
dered TO be assigned to the next execu-
tive committee to be placed among the
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FIRE CHIEFS
In CONVENTION
CONTINUED from pags -

He wanted to speak from the floor
and had begun to do so, when Chief
Devine took him by the arm and with
the remark: THE people of this city
are always used to look up at the
speaker led him to the platform.
Once landed there. the man from the
erstwhile Smoky City made the fol-
lowing entertaining address:
MIR. President, His E1cellency the
Governor, His Honor the Mayor OF
Salt Lake City, ladies and gentlemen
and Fellow Chiefs:
Il must confess that the position
assigned to me this morning by the
president of this association is indeed
a very embarrassing one, from the
fact that 1 am fully convinced that no
feeble words that L may be able TO
command can il any commensurate
degree convey the appreciative SEN
timents of the members Of this asso-
ciation, in response to this very elo-
Quent, cordial and kindly greeting.
Il might say TO these gentlemen, or
through these gentlemen to the people
whom they have the honor to repre-
sent, that this is the twenty-fourth
annual meeting of the Association OF
Fire Chief Engineer of this country:
The object of this association is mat OF
spending the vacations allotted to US oy
the municipalities we serve in the pest
possible way: for the purpose OF com
ing together TO counsel with each otner
and in order to learn from each other
methods and means whereby we can
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assignment of topics of the next con-
vention, its Importance being deemed
OF too much Importance to allow it to
drop at this time. From the tenor of
the convention, a. tool wagon will evil
dently be i'm general use among a part
of fire department equipment before
many years.
Topic No. 5, Should not a municipal
ity give to the fire chief the authority
to control the setting of poles and
stringing of wires of telephone, tele-
graph and electric street railway COM
panies?" was referred to a committee
of three, composed of Messrs. Pelletier
of Kansas City. Mcconnell of Buffalo
ana McAfeta of Baltimore, to prepare a
paper, in The absence of George Knot
flock, chief of the department. of Mans
field, Ohio. The action was taken upon
a. motion prevailing that such a COM
mi6tee be appointed to treat topics of
so much Importance when the persons
to whom they have been assigned are
not in attendance.
Topic No 6, What should be the ne
cessary qualifications of a chief of a
fire department" had been left open
10 general discussion, and President
Roulette called upon several chiefs to
speak. After several had spoken with
orft combining themselves to the
subject, Chief Semoin, of Grand
Rapids Michigan, called the at
tentiou cl1 the chair to the fact,
and asked to hear from some member
on the direct topic, saying he would
like to know what constituted a first
class chief
In response, Chief Paige of Joliet
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The Ladies' Outing.

Chaperoned by Councilman OMeara,
who is the only bachelor in the NUM-
cipal legislature, the ladies of the
partv attending the convention were
Yesterday afternoon treated to a ride
about the city in the Raymond and the
Utah coaches.
1t was a jolly party, TOO, and they
made life a burden for the council
man. He was alone and could not
answer all the questions propounded,
especially those which related to his
living here so long, where there were
so many pretty girls. in single
state. This interrogation was fired at
Billy SO often that he decided to call
for aid Espying Chief Pratt on his
travels. he summoned him to the side
of she coach.
Here, chief" he whispered, you
are a married man; for the love of
all that is good get in here and help
me OUT. If you do not 1 am a lost
man" The chief did his duty like a
man and i'm the excitement of having
a. new ONE to quiz, the ladies forgot to
ask Billy anything more until he had
had a. chance to fan himself and get
cooled off. When he had recovered his
second wind" he managed to exist
until the joint building was reached,
where he found Wiscomb and LIE Pro-
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said that he believed the Office of chief
of the fire department of large cities
should be the best paid in the NUM-
cipality. Then said he, 1--WE would
be able to tram our sons for the posi-
ton as men are trained for other pro-
LESSONS, by being schooled for it. I'm
my opinion, a firSt-claSs chief should
not be an old man like myself CMr.
Paige is well along in years., but should
be a young man. He should be civil
engineer and be qualified to judge Of
how a. building is put up when he looks
at it, He should next be a. mechanical
engineer and be able TO draft his own
plans when he wants a specific piece
of machinery built. He should also be
an hydraulic engineer and understand
water pressure, vacuum, etc. Mr..
Paige added facetiously, and in our
large cities, where we have skyscrap-
ers, he might to advantage have an
idea of trigonoGnetry and be able to
measure distance"
Chief Redell, of Omaha, said Mr.
Pages idea was very good in theory,
but with the varying conditions govern
ing fire departments, SO many Of them
being subject to political changes thai
but few chiefs retain office sufficiently
long to warrant the preparation, it
was hardly practicable. He thought
the SUBJECT a more proper one to be
discussed by the "curbstone fireman."
who always knows better how to run
department than any one else, but
never get Office.
Chief Humphreys, of PittsbuTg, Pa
conceded with the previous speaker S
views and said: After all think that
probably the best plan for us all to
follow, is to study our respective cities,
their needs, our facilities. and water
supply, become thorough conversamt
with cur own situation and how we
can best promote the welfare of our
departments, and 1 think we viii get
along very wella
After some further discussion, upon
motion of Chief Higgins, of Albany,
New York, the discussion was ordered
spread upon the minutes to be printed
for the benefit of all chiefs.
Topics Nos. and were laid over
to be taken up later They were:
Some dangers to be apprehended
from the transformer system OF cleo
trio lighting Should cities with a pop
ulafion of $4,000 and over organize and
maintain an efficient electrical bureau
to supervise new and old insuiations of
electric wires, motors and generators
for the better protection of life and
property?" and do town and city
trolysis, due to imperfect return con-
ductoCs of street railways?"
Topic No. 9, How can the modern
tall building be best protected by the
fire DEPARTMENT. was referred to the
committee appointed to treat subjects
when assignments were. not fulfilled
]. A. Crawford, ex-chief of the de-
, partment Of Benton Harbor, Mich, sub
| nitted a paper or topic No. 10, Local
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TILE SALT LAKE HERALD. TUESDAY, AUGUST II. 1895.

hon, who flew into the breach with a
confidence born only of long expe-
rience.
Councilman Mulvey had provided
refreshments for the party in the '1r-
rigation Department." consisting of
lemonade, A. B. G. Sec, fruit, etc., and
right merry time they had. 1t was
too bad, but Mrs. Stetson and Mrs
Hale were i'll and could not be pres
ene
The ladies had a great time. They
rode in the elevator and climbed the
stairs to the tower. They looked at
the onyx on the wainscoting and
gazed at the county commissioners in
session.
When they returned from this trip
Tom Gillespie had a bushel OF button
hole boquefs from the flower beds all
ready for them, and this token of es-
TEEN was appreciated greatly. Some
of the ladies went SO far as to init
mate that the head gardener on the
city side was a good looking man,
whereat Tom blushed.
But all good things come to an end
and so did this. O'Meara grew i'm
patient, and under pretense of hav-
ing the ladies go out and get their
pictures taken inveigled them outside
ana smut the door, and one of the most
pleasant Incidents of the convention
was at an end.
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down to the business in hand the Gre
dentials committee reported for mem
bership the following, who were
elected:
John Snnghuff, Morristown, Pa; j.
n. Hook, Pueblo, Colo; N. Eckel, SYRIA
cuse, n. Y; J. w. Wilmarth, Pawtuck-
ct, R. l.; ]. A. Richardson, Trinidad
Colo; G. o. Purdy, East st. Louis; c.
Hacker, Muscatine. Ia: w. Schlowick
Evansville, nd; NJ. ]. Myers, Mount
Pulaski, H.; John Wilson, Kearney,
Neb.; G.. W. Hook, Pueblo. Colo; A. j.
MERCER, New Decatur, Ala; a. j.
Warner. Butte, Mont; C. Elston, Ana
conda. Mont; ]. Burris. Great Falls,
Mont; L. A. Roedell, Cheyenne, Wyo.
l. N Newman, Kansas City; w. Dur
ham, jr., New Brunswick, N. j.; G. L..
Lapp, Butte, Mont; W. n. Pope, Park
City; ]. Tredale, Rock Springs, Wyo.;
c. G. Leonard, Willimantic, Conn; F.
K Herr. Westminster; j. j. Stone,
Greenboro, n. c.; r. F'romm, Phoenix,
Ariz.: ]. Nansen, Eureka D. n. Love-
Ia: and the following state firemen's
organizations: W. Exall, New York; j.
]. Stone, North Carolina; L. w. Clark,
Vermont; G. w Blackman, Illinois;
G. W Brooks, Pennsylvania, F. w.
Peabody, Michigan,
COMMITTEE ON EXHIBITS.
The chair announced the appoint
ment of the following committee on
exhibits: Higgins, Albany; Purdy,
East st. Louis; Pellitier, Kansas City;
McFoll, Roanoke; Burke, Memphis.
The committee were instructed to no
tify all exhibitors to make their dis
plays this afternoon at 2:50 o'clock.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
The next order of business was the
discussion. of topics and reading of
papers upon regular assignments. The
first topic was: How are private fire
departments to be properly organized,
drilled and made useful adjunct to
city fire Department."
Herbert Heston, fire marshal of the
Pennsylvania railroad, to whom the
topic was assigned, was not ready TO
respond. and the subject was laid over
for the day.
The second topic-""The best and
safest plan for fighting fires in grain
elevators been assigned to P. r.
Fennell chief of the fire department
of Winona, Mimi, and f. L. Stetson,
chief of the Minneapolis fire depart
ment, as a committee, to prepare q
paper on the subject Mr.. Stetson
submitted the paper, which was read
by Editor Smith of the Western Fire
man, who handled the subject in a
most comprehensive manner, setting
forth the views of the two chiefs, who,
because of the geographical location
of their cities, were peculiarly fitted to
speak upon it, Winona and Minneapo-
lis being among the largest elevator
centers of the northwest. Following
the reading Of the paper a discussion
ensued, which was participated in by
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TRAINS arrive and depart "a RnRt
Lake City daily as follower
On Effect May 10. 1S9i.)

On Effect May 10. 1Ssi.)
ARRIVE:
From Chicago. Omaha. st.
Louis. Kansas City, Denver,
Park City end OGden.......... $40 p N.
From Helena, Butte, Portland.
San Francisco. Ogden and in
From -' San F Franc Cache '00 = u
Valley. Ogden and interme-
rdlate points .----..-.-....----... 715 p. M
Louis Kansas City. Denver q
'FErom Frisco. Milford. and in '''' =
,ternediate points .....-.......-- s:45 a
From Mercur. Tintic, Provo,
Nephi. Sanpete Valley and
.. ,nn1tteLmediate points ......;-.... $50 p
mixed train from Terminus,
Tooele and Garfield Beach,. 400 D
DEPART:
For Chicago, Omaha, Denver.
Kansas City. St Louis. Ogden
For San Francisco, Ogden ~ 81 /,
Cache Valley and interme- - %
For. Ogden and intermediate 70 "a
For Chicago, Omaha, Denver. ~" p II
Kansas City, st. Louis, Butte,
Portland and San Francisco. 700 .. m
For Eureka, Mercur, Provo,
Nephi, Sanpete Valley TAO a m
'For Provo. Nephi. Milford,
anu intermediate points 6.O0 d. n
"Mixed train for Garfield
Beach, Tooele and Terminus 7:45 q. m
Trains south of Juab run daily except
F+Daily except Sunday.
Daily except Sunday south Of Juab
CITY TICKET OFFICE, 2O1 MAIN 81.
Telephone No 6e5
Through Pullman Palace Sleepers, Latest
Improved Tourist Sleepers, Free Re
Ginning Chair Cars. Elegant Day
Coaches.
D. z. hurley
General Agt. Passenger Dent
s. II. H. CLARK
OLIVER W. MINK
e. ELLERY ANDERSON,
JOHN W. DOANE,
FREDERIC r. COUDERT,
Receivers
E. DICKINSON. Gen. Manager.
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Today,s Programme.


Following is the programme for today:
Morning session, 10 a. m.
Lunch.
Afternoon session at o'clock
Concert at the tabernacle at $50 p. m
PROGRAMME.
Damascus, from Naaman. Costa
Choir
Prof. ]. ]. Daynes.
Soldiers chorus from Faust $500. .Gounod
Choir.
Prof j. ]. Daynes.
Hallelujah chorus from The Messiah.
Choir.
Tickets for the concert will be fur
nished on application to the entertain
ment committee at the convention hall
Councilman Mulvey is solid with all
the ladies. He distributed badges
among them yesterday morning.
C. N. Richardson of Providence is
another man who does not dare go to
Idaho. He looks like Hermans and
would be arrested.
Chief Swingley of the ST. Louis de-
partment sports the most handsome
medal of all the visitors. 1t was given
him when he was foreman of the force
and cost a thousand dollars.
During yesterdays session of the con-
vention numerous letters were re-
ceived and read from chiefs of depart
ments of cities both American and
European, expressing regret for ina
bility to attend.
One of the visiting chiefs created a
quiet smile at Saltair Sunday night.
He was watching the fireworks and as
the hot sparks fell in the water, he
remarked: 'I should think it would
kill all the fish,"
Gus Holmes of the Knutsford is pre-
pairing to give the eastern visitors a
treat to a bit of the border. He ar
ranged last evening to have twenty
Ute braves brought in, and Thursday
night will give genuine war dance in
the rotnnda of the hotel.
A j. MERCER, chief of the New De-
catur (Ala.) fire department, takes ex-
ception to the statement of another
paper that another chief is the young
est member of the association, whose
age was placed at % summers. Mr..
MERCER says he has two years the
better Of the other claimant.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

Devoted to Reading Papers and Dis
GUESSING the Subjects.
The afternoon session was rather
slow in getting down to business. When
President Roulette finally raped for
order and the convention settled itself
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Fireman's Apparatus.

Although this city is a. great distance
from the manufacturers of apparatus.
the various exhibitors have made a
very good showing, according to state
ments made by several of the chiefs
Great interest is manifested by the
heads of the departments in everything
shown, and the several members of
the convention displayed a lively feel
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IN EFFECT JUNE LIST, 1890.


IN EFFECT JUNE LIST, 1890.
LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. 2-For Bingham. Provo
Grand Junction and all points
No For Provo. Grand juno. '''' = n
tions and all points east 80. 7:4O p. M.
No. 6-For Bingham, Mt. Pleas
ant, Manti, Salina, Richfeld
and all intermediate points,. 1:30 D. nl
No. lF'or Ogden ana tnterme-
diate. points -. ............... $50 D. IN
Provo, and all intermediate
points ........;.....:......5 500 p. 10
No. 3-For ogden ana west I'll :45 p. M
ARRIVES SALT LAKE CITY.
No. From Bingham, Provo,
Grand Junction and the east. .112:15 p. m
No 3-From Provo Grand
Junction and the ea..t..,.....1 :S5 p. N.
No. 5-From Provo. Bingham.
Eureka, Richfield, Salina,
Manti and all intermediate
No, 2-F'rom ogden and the
Nv ~s' From Ogden and the ~ : ~
west ............: ........:.:-....... 7:SO pm
m mediate points .;.............. $40 a N
Provo and all intermediate
points ......---.-....- 800 n n
Only line running through Pullman Pal
ace sleeping cars from Salt Lake City to
san Francisco; Salt Lake City to Denver
via Grand Junction and Salt Lake City to
Kansas City and Chicago VIA Colorado
Through tourist or family sieepers
without change, to Kansas City, Chi
cage and Boston
Free reclining chair cars Salt Lake
City to Denver.
Ticket Office, Is West Second sOuth
Street.
D. c. Dodge, g. H Babcock.
General Mgr Trs fic Mgr
F A wadleigh. General Passenger Ag<
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Three Hours On

Three Hours Only.
All remnants of wash goods will be
sold from to II this morning at the
rate of 4c. a ward.
WALKER BROS. DRY GOODS co.
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Ticket once, Is West Second south
Street.
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Chief Burris of Columbus, Ca, enter
tanned the audience for a short time with
a unique recitation of original matter,
and then loud cries went up for Hum
phreys" But Humphreys was floating on
the bosom of Utahs expanse of natural
pickle at that moment, and did not re-
spond, SO the ladies and gentlemen re-
newed acquaintance and kept joy out of
its cage until midnight, when the party
broke up and the reception was ended
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Free reclining chair cars Salt Lake
City to Denver.
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ject tcf,aIp, tthorse Steam Engine. s
de be woay, at olf cost. Inquire at the
Ies.T False Doctri
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The Great InoOhonee Coming.

Mr.. A. 81. Patton, Great Incoho-
nee of the Improved Order OF Red
Men, will arrive In San Antonio
next Friday. While here he will
be entertained by Natchez Tribe,
No. 4. The following have been
appointed a committee to meet
Mr.. Patton on his arrival here:
Captain w. ID. Druse, chairman,
General George w. Russ. Messrs.
Stephen Gould, G. ". Barnes, j.
w. Hull, Sidney Tu5;lo, Dan j.
Kearney, IL. E. futile, Arthur
Ware, Chas. w. Campbell, N. w.
Kearney, George w. Bonham.
The committee will meet tomorrow
night In Captain Druse's office Of
arrange for the entertainment to
the Great Incohonee.
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BASEBALL MATTERS.
A Letter from Nolan Butler Appointed
League Umpire.

A Letter from Nolan Butler Appointed
League Umpire.
Jim Nolan, ex-secretary of the
Texas Baseball league, writes as
follows:
off there is anything on earth
that the people of San Antonio dc
not have to fear, it is losing base
ball team. Brophey has turned
over the teams makeup to me,
and if / don't give San Antonio a
l-2-3 club at all stages, Pll quit
the business"
Mr.. Nolan gives the names OF
some of the players he says he can
secure, and there are some good
men in the list. But what the
rooters would like to know is what
progress Brophey is making to-
ward raising the cash to put a
team in this city.
Steve Butler, of this city, re-
ceived letter from President
Ward, appointing him on the of
fetal staff of umpires of the Texas
league. T. P. Richards, of Fort
Worth, and Sid Proctor, Of Hous-
ton, have been appointed substi-
tute umpires.
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SHORT SNAPS.

The Express has had two ship
wrecks lately look out, old lady
The press behaved very nicely
during the great trial OF the Dlgno-
witty E lmendorf cases; the news
papers kept as quiet as death-the
lawyers fairly took their breath
away.
ait was monkey and parrot
fight,'-the parrot got all his
feathers pulled out.
Bob Ingersoll Is coming to San
Antonio. Brer. Craig ought to use
his influence with the Germans to
stop him at New Braunfels. just
think how the devil will whoop
and holler when Bob comes to San
Antonio.
Hon. John O'Conner presented
his friend, Col. Newcomb, with a
fine um brella to protect the colonel
against rainy day-the Hon. Jno
says there is no politics in it; he Is
an admirer Of "Short Stops"
The attempt to run down our
chief OF police with a bicycle has
proven q failure; the captains
weight was TOO much for the young
fellow. Nobody hurt.
The lawyers ara getting more
reckless every day in the way they
talk about prominent citizens. Par
son Craig isn't in 1t.
Who lied?
BrauD had better move his Icon
oclast to San AUTOMOBILE can find
idols of the people to pull down,
and Brer. Craig to jaw with.
i. ,, -he city, wait for the
Why didffUVio-s.s, -
sewers before tearing up the ditch
on Main plaza and making sewer
that will prove nuisance.
Generosity is no name for it; the
Alamo National draws out $4,000
and then consents to walt until the
city boys are paid one months
salary.
Alli5on'S stock is quoted as rls-
ing, but before 1t can be baked his
cake may be all dough.
The sewer experiment on Main
plaza will lessen the flow OF water
for irrigation for the gardens on
South Flores street, and the man.
holes will be breathing places for
the deadly sewer gas.
Who furnished Brer. Craig with
tho exact figures about the num-
Der OF whisky and beer saloons
which Charlie was 1t?
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DIR. j. II. Grifillowest rates, DAILY
,.o,x;xo7 n~x:.n Ut JOB OFFICE.
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At the Library.

During the past week there has
been large run of visitors at the
Public library rooms, on st. Mary's
street, and many of the new books
have found lots of attention.
During the week there have been
fifteen volumes of Larned's ellis
tory for Ready Reference" received,
and the complete columbia Cy.
clopedia," both splendid works of
reference.
1t is expected that during the
coming week a number of the
latest books of fiction will be re-
cceived.
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For the OonY,entlulnu,

At a meeting Of the Business
club directory yesterday, the
question Of attempting to secure
the holding OF the state democratic
convention in San Antonio was
discussed.
1t was at length decided that q
committee or delegation OF the
most prominent democrats in the
city should be appointed to go to
Austin next week and present San
Antonio's claims to the state ex-
ecutive committee.