The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-04-22
NEW CHEMICAL ENGIN E.
Independent Hose Company win Receive
Next wednesday-Parade and Test.

Independent Hose Company win Receive
Next Wednesday, Parade and Test.
An event of much interest and impor-
lance to Morristown will be the arrival
of the new chemical engine for the
use of Independent Hose Company
No. /, to be celebrated with APP
propriate exercises on Wednesday
next. The new machine is expected in
Morristown in very few days. Uponits
arrival it will be safely guarded at the de-
pot until the formal transfer to the COM
pany next week. The machine is the
product of the Charles T. Holloway
Company of Baltimore. and its general
construction and qualifications have
been previously noted in these columns,
Ross Holloway, member of the firm.
will be the guest of the city upon the oc-
casion of the reception, accompanied by
George F. Callaghan. the company fore
man.
The program of exercises, as outlined
by the committee of independent Hose.
is confined to the afternoon and evening
of Wednesday. The active members
and guests will meet at the company
headquarters on Market street and pro
coed to the depot, when the engine will
be received and the march resumed to
the Park probably through Elm street,
thence down South street to Seminary,
and countermarch up South street to
Park, where public test and formal in
spection and acceptance by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen will take place.
The test will be held on the north side of
the Park on the plot opposite the Park
House, where small building about
4 twelve feet square will be previously
erected and filled with indammable ma
terialis. This will be set on fire and ex-
tlngulshed by the new engine under
direction of Foreman CaIlaghan.
After this the machine will be taken
to the company quarters and the
house thrown open for public recep-
ton and inspection. At $40 D. m. the
members of the company and guests will
again assemble at the quarters and
march to Days parlors on South street
for banquet. At the completion of the
dinner, toasts will be invited by ex-
Foreman George G. Smith. These exer-
cises will be followed by a reception to
invited guests at company parlors from
s to 10 o'clock.
Among those who have been invited
to attend the festivities as the guests of
Independent Hose Company are the
foreman and the assistant foreman OF
the following companies:. Kittatinny
Hose Company of Newton, Excelsior
Hose Company of Warwick, N. Y;
Rescue Hook and Ladder Company of
Passaic, Madison Fire Department,
Summit Hose Company No. 2, Summit
Board of Fire Wardens, Somerville En-
CINE Company No. 1, Protection Hook
and Ladder Company of Dover, and j.
FL. Hodgkinson, chief Orange Fire De-
] partment; William Exall, captain Union
Truck of Newark, together with the
Board of Engineers of Morristown and
the officers of the several companies of
the department.
The active members of independent
Hose Company now number forty-two
and every member will probably turn
out on this occasion. A point worthy of
note is the fact that among the number
there are at present nineteen ex-foremen
and twenty-five members who are en-
titled to exemption papers, having served
for seven years; some being even three
!; and four times exempt, and yet prefer
ring to remain in the ranks as active
fremen.