The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-12
MAINE FiREM EN-.
The Programme for the First Annual Con-
yention.

| AS has been stated in these columns the
first annual convention of the Maine State
Firemens Association will be held in
Portland August 10 and 90
The 10Th will be devoted to the conyen
ton proper. 1t will be called to order at
10 a. IN. and an address of welcome made
by Mayor Randall and then these address
es will be presented and discussed:
Electrical Appliances-Prof. B. S. Lane,
Maine State College.
Modern Management of Fire Depart
ments-Chief Chas. H. Leighton, West
! brook.
Best method to be used in the use and
care OF hose, VIM. II. Adams, Boston.
The Local Fire Insurance Agent, his
position towards the fire department,
Prentiss Loring, Portland.
Fire Commissioners for Cities and
Towns, Prof. A. E. Rogers, Maine State
| College
Ample accommodation will be made for
both large and small exhibits, and the
committee is assured of a large and inter
estlng exhibition There will be special
rates on all railroads.
| The goth will be devoted to the first
grand firemen's muster of the State Asso--
citation, open to all active, bona fed and
veteran fire companies in New England
and the Provinces. At 10 a. M. will oc-
cur the great firemen's parade consisting
OF all the visiting and local companies
| The contests will begin right after the
parade, and companies will be notified of
their respective positions and time of
playing as soon as the drawing takes
place The first prize will be $1U0, and
the second prize $50 in each contest, the
first being first class hand tubs, the Sec
ond second class tubs, the third, reel races
| a
end stroke engines having cylinders six
inches i'll diameter, and side stroke and
| double deckers eight inch diameter cylln-
ders, will be first class, and all under that
second class. No engine can enter both
classes, nor any organization enter two
engines. The number of men working on
an engine will not be limited. Fifteen
minutes will be the playing time, each
contestant from the firing of ii gun to set,
play, and yacate the stand. The first en-
CINE to play will be allowed ten minutes
to set and get in working order and pass
water through the hose (but not to wet
the measuring PLATFORM before their time
is called. Five minutes will be allowed
to replace bursting hose. The stream
measurements will be made wholly on
paper, which shall be eight feet wide, and
no measurements made when the water
falls on the ground. Any fixture to
| steady the engine will be allowed. Any
|
time comes, shall forfeit its play unless
it's hardness was unavoidable. Judges
| decisions will be final. Protests must be
presented to the judges Immediately be-
fore or after the last engine has finished
| playing. No Portland fire company can
compete. This does not include the Vet
eran Firemen's Association.
All entries will close at midnight, ALL
gust 10th, and must be made to the
secretary, Frank B. Moody, Woodfords.
The hose reel race will be nine hun
dred feetaaoyer all; four hundred feet to
carriage and return with carriage to
hydrant, and lay one hundred feet of hose,
and get water. All connections must be
made up and pipe dropped for inspection
OF judges. Regulation tWo-and-one-half
inch cotton hose will be used, no snap
couplings will be allowed. Time to be
taken from start to showing of water at
the nozzle.
In the hose coupling contest the COM
panies competing are to consist of ten
men who must have been members of the
Fire Department from which they are en-
tered at least thirty days drevious to clos
ing of entries. Two hundred feet of regu-
lation 1-2 inch cotton hose, in fifty foot
lengths is laid upon the ground leading
from hydrant, with al connections brok-
en-, men to be stationed in pairs fifty feet
apart, each pair two hundred feet from
point at which their coupling is to be
made. 1t will be seen from the foregoing
that the men designated to connect the
pipe are stationed at the hydrant, two
| hundred feet from the pipe, the next pair
| fifty feet in their rear, and so on, so that
the men who are to operate the hydrant
are stationed two hundred feet from n.y.
drant; at signal men to run, make all
connections, attach pipe, open hydrant
show water, time to be taken from signal
until water appears at nozzle of pipe.
But one trial allowed each company
company making best time to be declared
the winner. Hose for this contest will be
furnished by the Portland Fire Depart
ment and is the ordinary 2 inch cotton
rubber lined hose, with Morse couplings
Chief Eldridge of Portland is president
of the association, Ex-Chief Moody of
Woodfords is secretary, Capt. J. B. Long
ley, Lewiston, treasurer. The vice presi-
dents are the chiefs of Bath, Lewiston,
Deering, Lisbon Falls, Belfast, Fairfield
and Saco. The executive committee are
Bath, Capt. Dow, Portland. Sergeant
alarms, Capt NJ. J. Holmes, Lewiston
The judges and timers in the hand tub
contest will be: Time keeper, Wilson
Sprague, Portland. Judges at the
Stream: E. E. Bisbee, lewiston; Chief
Frank Morse, Bath; f. J. Ilsley, PORT
land. Judges at the Pipe: Chief G. H.
Leighton, Westbrook; Capt. George A.
Parshley, Bath. Judges at the Engine:
Chief F. H. WEIGH, Belfast; Chief G. M.
| Drake, Gardiner.
Reel Race-Time Keeper: James
Thompson, Portland. Judges: Capt.
George A. Dow, Portland; Capt. M. J.
Holmes, Lewiston.
Hose Coupling Contest-Judges: Chief
W. III. Totman, Fairfield; Chief J. Clark
Flagg, Richmond.