The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-07
Tho Drawings for Positions Occurred
LAST Night.
Fire Apparatus Contin-
ued to Come All Night.
Those Who Are 10 Serve rs
Judges Today.

At o'clock last evening IN the office
n Chief Engineer Eldrid &c the entries IN
the Hremen's contests were formally ops
ensd and lots then drawn FOR the coma
uetlng companies which are TO contest to-
day. AL day yester day out-of-town
companies were arriving on the trains SO
that by last evening many OF the sturdy
men In their bright uniforms were about
the city planning for the great muster OF
TO-DAY. This morning the remaining
companies viii arrive. The utmost inter
ed has been manifested in this trial OF
strength and companies from All over
New England win be represented and
possibly from the provinces. Chief Engln
esr Eldrldge ana all OF the officers as well
a. many citizens OF Portland have been
putting in some hard work FOR this event
and the affair promises - be a memora-
Die ona Tor the 1remen Of this part Of the
country. The scene at the office Of the
chief last evening when the entries were
CLOSED and then opened was an interest
ing one. The room was crowded jam fuu
Of nremen from ali over this state and
New England Much interest was man
uesied in the result OF the drawings
which were as follows
sfeamer T. G.. Peck Lewiston, No. 4.
Engine j. Portland, No. 10.
Engine ,. Portland, No. 8.
Engine /, Portland, No. 6.
Governor Fairfield Of Saoo, No. z.
Engine d. Portland, No. s.
Hose s, Portland No. 8.
Col. sise. Portsmouth, \. II. No. 1.
Engine 4. Portland. No. s.
Kennebec. 8. Bath. No. il.
Richard Vine, Biddeford. No. ?.
HAND TUBS.
Citizens, Freeport, No. b.
Bristol. X l., No. 8.
Veteran Firemens Gardiner, No. 5.
Veteran Firemsn, Portland, No. IL
Red Jackets, Cambridge, Mass, No. s.
kennenec, Brunswick, No. u.
Niagara, Brunswick, No. 4.
Gen. Bates. Lisbon Falls No. z.
Veteran FIremea, Portsmouth, \. Il.
No 2
Veteran Firemen OF Newburyport
Mass, No. /.
Tiger of Warren. No 8.
Torrent /, Lisbon, No. 6.
kennebec Veterans, No. 10.
LADDER CONTEST.
American Hook and Ladder company
Ct Rockland, No. 4.
Ladder 3, Portland, No. 3.
Ladder /. WaterviIIe, No. 1.
Ladder 4, Portland. No.2.
Ladder 3, Portland, Nos.
The judges are as follows: Steamer
contest, John Cousins, judge of steam; &
A. Leighton, timekeeper; r. ". Jack
son ami j. Clark sFlagg, judges OF pipe
Frank Morse and A. II. plaisted, judges
Of stream. Hand tubs, X. II. Bali, time.
keeper: c. /. Dam, J. A. Martin, judges
at tubs; +. A. Josselyn and +. J. Ilsley,
judges OF pipe; A. j. Cummings and f
b. Moody, judgessat streams. Ladder
contest, Capts. Paine, Hodgdon, Hatch
and smith of the Portland fire depart
ment.
The Judges win have a stand to view
the parade. Many Of the out Of town com
panies will arrive today.
Nearly all Of the teams belonging TO the
street department and a great many
others VIII ioh were employed for the coca.
sion were inEuse yesterday hauling from
the depots and freight sheds the engines
and hand tubs which were arriving dur
ing the day This kept up about all night
and as fast as the fire apparatus arrived
It was taken from the stations and hauled
to places where 1t was stored In safety
The fremen were very particular abou
their apparatus. They don't intend tina
there shall be any slipping of bolts or an.
tampering with their machinery whu'
they are in Portland. Zach piece of ap
paratus was guarded as carefully as If l
We're made of some precious metal an'
no hands were allowed to touch any par
OF the machinery unless 1t were done un
der the watohful eye of q member OF tn
company 60 whom it belonged. Thi
guarding Of fire apparatus has been foun'
necessary in the past because there ar
some men who would be willing TO do al
most anything to be sure Of Gripping
some dreaded rival and winning the frs
prize.