The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
The Shore Dinner.

The Shore Dinner.
 After reaurning from the trip up the sound, the party found awaiting them at Belle Dock, 20 cars furnished by the Fair Haven & Westville and the Win chester Avenue Railroad companies. Boarding these cars the visitors, mem bers of the general committee and city officials were taken up through Chapel street to church, where the cars were transferred to the tracks of the Win chester Avenue company. The party was then taken to Savin Rock to end up the day with shore dinner. Arriv.. ed at the Rock the entire party formed by tv'os, marched out across the park to M1ller'S casino, where banquet tables had been prepared. The billiard tables and e .itions in the casino had been remove 1 and long banquet tables ex- tended the length of the building. Cov- CTS were laid for 1000 persons.
 In front of the casino was drawn up No. fire engine by which steam to cook the huge dinner was furnished. The dinner was served by caterer Stew art, and was well served, considering the large number of persons present.
 $, many of whom live in the interior Of the country and nave few opportuni- ties to sniff sea breezes, walked along the shore while others availed them selves of the Rocks bathing facilities. Just as the diners were leaving the ca- sino after dinner, the New Haven resi- dents present were pleased to see ex- Superintendent of Fire Alarm Tele- graph Smith of this city, who has been i'll for some time, drive up. MT. Smith was at once overwhelmed with the con- gratulations of his friends, all of whom were heartily pleased to see him out once more.
 l. Some of the chiefly interesting DOT tions of MT Brentano's paper on ''The Control of Fires" read at last evening s session, are as follows:
 Tt is within a recent period of time that the control of fire has animated and guided the operations of our fire officials. Previous to the year 1865 the conditions and limitations under which frenlen performed their duties forbade the present successful results, and the judgment of experienced firemen in many of our volunteer fire departments, aided by an earnest and willing corps of men, could not prevail against loss es due to inefficient apparatus a lack of discipline and other features which combined against successful results The elements that have contributed signally to the advance of the control of fire were a trinity of causes operat- ing simultaneously, and from the be- ginning of which I date the modern period of fire extinguishment I refer to the installation and usage of electric ity in connection with the fire service, to transmit alarms of fire, and espe- cially through the installation in it's best form of the fire alarm box. per- mitting ready communication and an- nouncements of fires to be communi- cated instantly, and giving a reasona- ply definite location of such fires.
 Second, to the introduction of the steam fire engine, and then as a third cause, the establishment and mainte- nance of a regularly organized fire de- partnent, supported entirely by the municipality, and engaged wholly and constantly in the fire service. It is perhaps within bounds to say that the establishment of 8 paid department, which really means the engagement and constant service of a body of men trained and skilled in the art of fire ex- tinguishment, has done more to ad- vance this service, and in every way has worked for the surer and reader control of fire, than all other causes. "Well-paved streets, an efficient po- lice deparmtent, an abundant water supply, adequate width of streets, build ing regulations, defining materials all loWable for use, and giving rules per- tain1ng to construction, and many oth- CT matters, have an important influ- ence upon fires. The successful control of fires carries with it the responsibili- ty, intelligence, ability, judgment, skill, and experience, which will enable a fireman upon arriving at a fire to defi- nitely and instantly conclude where his point of control will be. Of course, it is question of contention whether fires at certain stages are controllable. To understand the application of the rules for the control of fire, I would classify the risks of fire in this manner First: The contents risk, being the fire is lia- ble to the contents of the structure Second: Structural risk, being such fires originating in or about the building or a part of the same, as distinct from the contents. Third: The exposure risk, those fires carried by communication from the original seat of fire to other structures. I would class the condi- tions under which the different kinds of fire occur as follows: First: Cities densely built. Second: Towns, cities and villages, where one or two streets are densely built, and the balance of the community contains structures fairly isolated from each other Third: Villages, containing risks sufficiently isolated from each other. Fourth: Com pletely isolated structures. such as manufacturing plants, asylums, hospi- tals, and all classes of structures built