The sun., 1897-12-04
PHOENIX TRUCK HOUSED.
Celebration Of Their Seventy
Second Anniversary.
BIG PARADE AND BANQUET.
Friendship Fire Company House the
New Truck aud Ambulance of
the PhDnix Company.


truck and the new ambulance of the
Phoenix Fire Company was housed last
night and the 72nd anniversary of the
company's institution celebrated. The
parade and the housing of the new ap.
paratus was under the direction OF
Friendship Fire Company, the
oldest fire company in the city.
The engines of both company's, the
new Phoenix apparat' 8 he en- ineers 1
both companies, the Mayor and City
Council, several members of the Legisla.
ture, and two bands Of music participat.
ed in the parade. After the housing OF
the new apparatus and the formal trans.
fer the guests of the Phoenix banqueted
in the second story of the new building.
1t was eight o'clock when the large
parade formed at the Friendship Com
pany's house at Tenth and Shipley
streets, the head of the line resting on
Ninth street. The formation was as fol-
lows: Friendship Housing Committee
Hyatts Military Band, Friendship Fire
Company, New Phoenix Truck, New
Phoenix Ambulance, Friendship Engine,
Friendship Hose Cart, Birdsville Band,
Ph@nix Fire Company, Phoenix Engine
and Hose Cart, Mayor, City Council and
Legislature.
All along the route of parade the pro-
cession was greeted by pyrotechnical
displays, the most notable being those OF
the Friendship company, Wilmington
Bicycle Club and at the Phoenix house
At the latter place the parade was
greeted with cheer after cheer and the
burning OF many red lights and roman
Cal dies.
After the apparatus was housed it was
formally turned over to the Phoenix
Company by ex-senator John T. Dona-
hoe, OF the Friendship company, which
company has had the truck in keeping
for several days. 1t was accepted by J..
J. Gallagher of the Phoenix company.
The guests then proceeded to the upper
story Of the building where there were
two long tables loaded with many tempt
ing catablcs The American colors
were displayed in all parts of the room
and the whole building had festive
appearance.
After the banquet, J. J. Gallagher
made an address and introduced John p.
Donahoe, who spoke to the fremen and
their guests. He was followed by the
speaker Of the house, c. B. Riggin, John
Pyle and DR.. Evan &. Shorlidge. Mr..
Donahoe said that the Legislature should
amply provide for the volunteer fircmen.
DR.. Shorlidge said he was present to
stand by the volunteer firemen. That
Wilmington doesn't want paid fire de-
partment. He thought that we may
judge the future to some degree at least
by the record of the past and present
and he appealed to the public whether
the past has not guaranteed continual
ton of the present condition in the fire
department in the future.
DR.. J. II. Morgan presented the Phoenix
Company with portrait of Oliver Court
ney, the fireman who was killed while
responding to an alarm about one year
ago.
Among those present were Speaker of
the House, L. B. Riggin, Assistant Door,
keeper U. S. Senator, J. Franklin Tenn
pie; Mayor Henry c. McLear, Rt. Rev.
Leighton Coleman, James B. Oberly,
Henry r. Smith, +. J. McNulty, George
NJ. Fisher, John B. Meany, H. W.
Zebley, D. +. Leary, John Pyle,
Dr. cyan V. Shortlidge, s. H. Baynard,
John P. Donahoe, Col. w. B. Morton,
William Lawton, Deputy Coroner
Chandler, Chief John +. Dolan, W.
Scott Vernon, Chief Engineer We1de,
Second Assistant Welsh and the follow
ing ex-chief engineers, Sweeney, Spring
,r, Robinson, Shields, Thomas, Murphy,
sx-lst assistants Dickinson, McFadden,
Hubert, Kane, 2nd assistants Sasse,
loud and Hcndrickson.
PauIist Fathers 10 Hold Mission.
The four Paulist fathers, O'Callahan,
Mention, Murphy and Cullen, will open