Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-19
THE FIREMEN
Simply Owned The City d
Portland, on Thursday.
Grandest Muster in New England
States for Many Years.
City Of Lynn Takes First Prize With Play 81
2l2M, 8 I.8 Inches.

Portland. Aug. 1S.-The New Eng
land States Veteran Firemen's League
owned the city of Portland, today
The weather was fine and the streets
were alive with red shirted veterans.
The procession started at 10 o'clock
and moved in the following order:
Platoon of police; Chief NJ. N. Ed
ridge of the Portland fire department,
as marshal; W. s. Haids; the Port
land fire department.; the Deerng fire
departments; Portland Veteran Fire
mems Associations; distinguished
guests in carriages, and the following
engine companies in the order named:
City of Lynn. Lynn, Mass; Deluge
Cambridge; Baw Beese. South Gardi-
ner; Unions. Peabody; City of Somer-
vile. Somerville; Chauncy. Hyde Park:
Water Witch, Pittsfield Whaler, New
Bedford; City of Homes, Springfield;
Veteran. Charlestown; engine from
New London. Ct.;Vixen, Lowell; Gulf
Stream. Fall River; Roxbury VET
Roxbury, Mass; Piscataqua, Ports
mouth; Hartford, Hartford, CT; Tor
rent, Manchester; Tiger, Newbury-
port; ]. w. Plaisted, Portland; TEX
cosnecy, WoonsOcket; Kennebec,
Brunswick. Me-; Watch City, Wal
than; Boston Vet. Boston; Nonan-
tum, Newton; Chelsea Veterans;
Eagles, Lynn; White Angel, Salem;
City of Lowell; Gen. Butler; Gen. Put
nam. Worcester.
AT City hall a reviewing stand had
been erected and the veterans were re-
viewed by Mayor Randall and the
judges, who comprised the following
gentlemen: Assistant Chief VIM. r.
ChesWell, Boston, chairman; Chief +.
B. Moody, Deering; Chief Frank Morse
Bath; Chief C. NJ. Drake, Gardiner;
Ex-Chief VIM. A. Green, Boston; Ex-
Chief Edward A. Mott, Taunton.
The contests began at 12.45 o'clock
There was an immense thrOng of peo-
pie to witness them. The play outs
are made according to the league rules
which allow each company 10 minutes
in which to make it's three trials. The
contests were witnessed by a large
crowd and keen interest was display
ed. There were % tubs in the play out
and it was supper time when the last
one on the list mad been made to do
it's best by the sturdy vets at the
brakes. The summary:
City of Lynn, Lynn. Mass, 2l2 feet, SIS
inches.
Deluge, Cambridge Mass, 2l2 feet, 81
inches.
City of somervillc, Somervile Mass,
Mi feet, "a inches.
City of Lowell, Lowell, Mass, 210 feet,
inches.
Kennebec, Brunswick, Me-, POS feet, ~
inches.
Nonatum, Newton, Mass, POS feet, Az
inches.
Whaler, New Bedford, Mass. 2oS feet,
ga inches.
Baw Beese. South Gardner, Mass, 200
feet. S5s inches.
Veteran, CharlestOwn Mass, 1879 feet,
Watch City, Waltham Mass. 1879 feet,
liz inches.
Roxbury Vet Roxbury, Mass, 1893 feet,
51. inches.
City of Homes. Springfield. Mass, 1877
feet 5k inches.
General Putnam, Worcester. Mass, 19J
feet, 3jA inches.
Union, Peabody, Mass, 1872 feet, 5%
inches.
Gulf Stream, Fall River. Mass, 1870 feet,
Tekcosnoow, Woonsocket. r. l., 1870 feet,
5]2 inches.
White Angel, Salem, Mass. 1870 feet
Hartford. Hartford, Conn, 1s9 feet 10k
inches.
Tiger, Newburyport Mass. 1S7 feet, 81
inches.
Eagle. Lynn. Mass, 1s5 feet. inches.
Chauncy. Hyde Park. Mass, 1S4 feet,
81 inches.
Torrent, Manchester. N. H.. 176 feet. s
inches.
Water Witch, Pittslield, Mass. 176 feet,
Az inches.
j. w PIaisted, Portland. Me-. 175 feet
9la inches.
Boston Vet, Boston. Mass. 175 feet, ~
inches.
Veteran, Chelsea, Mass. 173 feet. II
inches.
Piscataqua, Portsmouth, n. H., 1863 feet
51s inches.
New london, New London, Conn. 1G,
feet. IA inches.
cOincidental feature was the fac
that the companies drawing first ant
second turns, last night, won the frs
and second prizes. There was nothn;
in the nature of protest during tn,
entire playout.
The visitors expressed pleasure a
the way in which they were entertain
ed and all were elated over what il
unanimously pronounced the most sue
cessful. the association ever held. Al
records were broken, including tn
number in attendance, number of tub.
in contest the marks made in tn
payout and the felicity of the occas
ion.
At the seventh annual tournament
fine silver trophy was offered by tn
Springfield Veteran Firemen's Associa
ton to be won by the best appearin
company in line. Two competition
are required to win the cup a
permanent possession. the sec
ond victory retiring the troph
from further contest. The cup wa
first won by the Hartford veterans
and has since been temporarily thei
property. Today, it was awarded T.
Springfield. which will keep the con
test on for another year at least.
The press cup for the largest mum
Der of uniformed men in line was VOL
by the CharlestOwn veterans.
The trumpet for the company com
ing the longest distance went to tn
men from Pittsfield, Mass, who jour
neyed 26S miles.
Most of the visiting fire ladies de
parted, tonight, the victorious and hap
by boys from Lynn marching throug'
the city to the Union station, heade