The sun., 1900-05-09
THE SLATE WENT THROUGH
Liberty Company and Brooklyn
Enthusiastic Over the
New Chief.
RED FIRE, SPEECHES, CHEER,
Twenty-Five Votes Were Cast fo,,
Welch and the Slate at the Lib
erty Engine House and
Not a Single One
Against Him.

The slate OF the combination com
panies in the tiie Deparbment-Fri
ship, Phoenix, v ashlrgton, Weccacoe
and Liberty-went through at last
nights election for chief engineer and
two assistants as predicted in THE Sun OF
yesterday.
John P. Wech, of the Liberty, was
elected chic; II. NJ. Wiley, OF the
Friendship, first assistant, and John F.
Palfry, OF the Phoenix, second assist
ant.
There was not a single vote cast
against the slate in any OF the combina-
ton companies. WEIGH received COM
plimentary vote from member Of the
Water Witch Fire Company.
TIE polls opened at the various engine
houses at o'clock and closed at 10
O'Clock. AS sooa as the vote at the
Phoenix engine house had been counted
a large delegation of the members head.
ed by First Assistant Chief Joyce and
John +. Pallry, second assistant chief
elect and the Braudywine Fife and Drum
Corps mace street parade to the Liberty
engine house.
The Liberty engine house was scene
of great activity. The election officers of
the companies in the combination re-
ported and made their sworn returns to
Notary Public Wilbur l.. Sasse, who had
kindly volunteered his services to the
c mbination companies.
The, vote of the Liberty Company was
counted publicly in the presence OF a
large number OF members and guests.
The election officers were James
Dougherty, inspector. and Henry @.
Roller and Frank Platt, judges. The
total number of votes cast was twenty.
two and these were all for Welch and
. the rest of the slate.
9 The election officers from the othel
4 companies in the combination hurried
Il to the Liberty engine house as soon a
they counted the votes.
). The result was Friendship, 33; Phoe
e nix, 80; Washington, ~; Weccacoe, 81
n Liberty, %.
m Hyatt's Band had been engaged b,
the Liberty Fine Company and dis
4 coursed choice music. Refreshments wer
e served, John Beatty being caterer.
il Firemen were present from all tn
companies in the city. Chief Sass
headed delegation from the Washing
10 ton Fire Company.
Is After the matter of receiving the electio
d returns had been attended to the mem
ii bers of the Liberty Fire Company Deade
ls by Hyatt's Military Band and th
il. Phoenix delegation headed by th
Brandywine Fife and Drum Corps, tC
S gether with members from other con
panies formed into line with Chief Sass
p and Assistants Joyce and Purcell an
H. the new heads of the fire department
nc Chief elect WEIGH and Assistants Vile
n, and Pelfry at their head.
,II Tho Y1rooacSi,n radnd nxyor mort IN
es OF Brooklyn and past the home Of Chi
Of WEIGH, 3l5 South Claymont stree
ly which was decorated with flags. Brool
II. lyn was enthusiastic over the new chi
I'd and. there was fireworks, red fire an
he cheers.
rs The procession crossed the bridge an
1T; visited. all the combination companie
he engine houses.
rt Speeches were made at all of then
nj At the Washington engine house Chi
I'll Sasse introduced the newly elected 9
fcere.
Chief Welch thanked the combina.ic
. companies for their support and sal
that the Liberty would never break j
seal by breaking the slate, and he wou
rather see it disband than do so.
* First Assistant Wiley said he wou
obey the chief, while Second Assistal
Palfry said he would try to do his dut
Nv Chief Sasse was compelled to make
ay speech, and said no chief could have r
b. ceived better treatment than he had.
The new chief, John P. Welch, is Il
th youngest this city has ever had. He VI
ry one Of the organizers OF the Liberty, W
ne president two terms and is at present,
eo trustee, director, fire recorder and
oy member of the investigation committe
He was first assistant Of the fire
partment in 1894 95 and second assista
tn from 1896 81. He is employed at u
at Pullman Palace Car Works. He is
ISL popular young man and an enthusiast
!, fireman.
tn First Assistant Wiley is pronine
ISL member of the Friendship Fire Coz
pany, is employed in the Jackson
&C. Sharp car shops and resides at Thirteen
OF and Market streets.
Second Assistant John F. Palfry, is
est leading member of the Phoenix F
nd Company and is employed as tt
M aker at Harlan 4 Hollingswoi
at shops. He resides at 1904 VAIN
street.
The Anti-Combination.
The slate of the anti-combinationc CO
panies was as follows: For chief, Char
Shull, Delaware Fire Company, No.
ct, for first assistant, William LutZ, Fa
Fire Company. No. 6; for SECOND asst as:
in ant, Thomas l.. Peypolds, Water VII
er Fire Company, No, 5.
The vote was as follows:
Il Reliance, 10; d laware, "a; Fame,
vas Water Witch, for chief, John P. Wei
l; Charles Shull, 81; first assistant, v
,os liam Lutz, 30: second assistant, Thon
yTs rn. L. Reynolds, 80.
on I Engagement Announced.
The engagement of Miss Elijah
Craig to Edmund B. Pyle. Jr. is