Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-02
ARE ENGINES m TEXAS
Great Tinss Tor tEo Nativos WSsa tie
Bells sound tho Alarm.

Great T1nSs Tor tie NativoS vtkSa tie
Bells sound tho Alarm.
81 L9rkins, of Ell Paso, Tex, was
standby at.thc do0Esot the Arlington
ticking with Wilmington fHend q
tfeW days ago when q fire engine and
hook ard ladder rushed past with a
great changing of bells en- route to the
fire. 5000, "-oz.
Great spectacle, that" remarked
the Washington man. Ass ~
yep, considerable show" responded
the Texan.
Viewer see anything Of that sort
down in isl Paso, I s'pose?" said the
Washing1onian, with a questioning. in
Election in his statement.
The Texan turned and gave his friend
q searching look; in which pity and
contempt seemed to struggle for the
mastery, and. then proceeded to give
him few pointers on fires and fire de-
pSrtinents as he. knew them ut home.
Why snorted Nh: Larkins,, ''if we
couldn't gct'up, a better show and more
Enthusiasm than that when ., fire broke
cut in our town we'd, let her burn
own and move over into :Passo del
.;orte and. live in 'dobes with the
"reasers. Talk about great spec
1rle!' = You'd think it was universal
;anoranla if you could see the fire de-
artment of El Paso turn ont once.
WHY, man, it is counted the greatest
'sonor that man in our town can have
:1n!c:rad on him to be elected a mem
81 Gf the fire departments All the best
items 9:slong. When the big bell
iri!<cs you bet erythirg else stops
nt'l that tire.is put out. II is tJie only
'Gua%;on when TIE deal 'stoI:s at the
arc i.arl:s, and when fire comes on
uaGaEs that teachers all dismiss their
c"arlGntions with IL mighty short
~ :dic;.on and kcof it for The scene
+ II; cC;s1iaC grafton. ... .... .,.....,.
- sn y@u ourht 10 see our eng: ne.
5Hs's IL ''@;ay, and don't you forget it.
Hnic ::i-it,les at each sitla. and room
r r9ur i:Gn at ench handle. Every
ing PAINTED red ard brass eagle
Il; the TO- of the pump 2arrel. We
90: four Spanish mules stantlin' in the
sat!e nj the tine, halr"Gscd and
,3Gr TO ;.ull out at moments no
CO. aJ.ii ToniFliins, thc driver, is
:" &c "&:. man III his Guinness i'm the
,SEol2 southwest. When be pulls cut
ior ti.r T1u can let your last s:moieon
everything else has got to stand from
und'r. l." turns the corners so fast
that The Toys OF Red Ectsgy, as they
H"ll t!i> engine, have to hang on to the
outside curve to keep her from upset
t'n: Sometimes she goes clcan over,
mt rot often, and it only takes; q min
ute to right her agin. Sometimes the
boys do it. before Hank gets the mules
to dead stop, and off they 20 agin.
oh! tell you il is Il grand sight to
see LARK comm down the street with
his whip a-crackin' and than two little
blue leaders just a-standin' on their
hind feet and clawin' out ut the air
like. When he passes it takes half an
hour for the dust to settle where he
went along. An, then, you ought to
see the crowds. Why, you never see
anything like it. Men, women and
children all turn out to see the bows
lick the fire. When they go through
'Dobertown Hank mos always runs
over two or three greaser kids; they're
always so slow bout gettin' out er the
way. And dogs, oh. Lord! Tibet I've
seen 400 If there was one all runnih'
an rippin' an barkin' benin Hank
and the engine. Sometimes Hank runs
over eight or ten of 'em, but he can't
stop for dogs or nuthin' else for that
matter.
Say, pard, deed you never have seen
a fire turnout in this town, if that
which Just went by is sample
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