The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-13

The members Of the Niagara Hose
company are making elaborate prepar-
ations for the formal opening Of their
new hose house at the corner Of Provi-
dence road and North Main avenue.
The exact date for this event has not
yet been set, but 1t will be some time
the latter end Of the month.
Mayor Moir and all the councilmen
will be invited to attend and q general
big time will be had. Councilmen
M. v. Morris and Wade M. Finn, Of
the Second ward, are interesting them
selves and have promised to do all in
their power to make the affair a sue
cess.
The company finished moving into
Its new home yesterday morning and
by Monday expect to have everything
in first class shape. The fire alarm has
been installed and connections made.
The building is lighted throughout
with electric lights. A room in the
rear of the second floor has been neat
ly furnished for the use IT the two
permanent men, Grant Cutler and
Florence Wilcox. The other two rooms
on the second floor will be used by the
members Of the company as parlors.
Interest now centers on the big pa
rade to be held on Wednesday, Oct. "a.
This will be the first strictly local pa
rade to be held in two years, the pa
rade last year being the big parade
during the state convention. Efforts
are being made to have the celebrated
and always popular Darktown Hose
company. of Pittston, appear in the
parade, and it is extremely probable
that they will be on hand with an
entirely new outfit.
The feature Of the day will, Of course,
be the exhibition drill to be given by
the newly organized life saving corps
Of the William Connell Hose company.
This will be given on the Republican
building after the parade, when the
men will ascend from the ground to
the top floor with their sixteen-foot
scaling ladders and then descend by
the same means, carrying either live
persons or dummies.
The members of the corps have been
practicing assiduously for the past two
months on the high water tower in the
rear Of the hose house, and it is ex-
pected they will give a highly credit
able exhibition. They are in command
of Captain Sterling Simrell, with Lieu
tenant John Mcguire next in command.
The full roster Of the corps in addition
to the two officers Is as follows: P. ].
Burke. John Finke, Walter Applanalp,
William REILLY, John Murray, Ernest |
Simrell and Fred Sullivan.
Those interested in fire department |
matters are discussing these days a |
question which many have already |
asked: what will common council do |
with the Observation-Disclosures ordin-
ance providing for reorganization of |
the fire department /" Select council |
has passed the measure on third read |
ing and, to use common expression,
it's up to the common branch.
Mr.. Chittenden himself has fears of |
the fate of his measure. "Im afraid |
they'll tear it to pieces in common
council said he to a Tribune man |
the night it passed select. The apathy |
which those members of the select |
branch who at first displayed the most |
violent opposition to the measure
showed when it was passed on second |
reading is taken by many to mean
that they considered fight useless, as
common council would finish the or
dinance.
The amendment adopted in the select |
council providing that no volunteer
shall be disbanded until it |
shall have two permanent men may
win the votes of few councilmen, but |
1t must be admitted that the re-orgo1.
ization scheme has rocky path ahead |
Of it.
Now that the new Lackawanna Tele-
phone company will soon have its
phones in operation strong effort |
will be made to have a telephone placed
in every hose house in the city. At |
present neither the Crystals, Neptunes.
Niagaras or Libertys
have phone. There Is a telephone
In police headquarters in North
Scranton. but, as this is to be moved
in the near future from the building
now occupied by the Libertys, they
Will have no phone near them.
1t is universally admitted that tele-
phone is an absolute necessity in q
hose house. If small blaze breaks
out In the vicinity of one telephone
call will get that company long before
an alarm turned in from a box could
get them out. The Lackawanna COM
pany has agreed to furnish the city
with twenty-seven telephones free of
charge and an effort will be made to
get them to put in these extra five
phones and strain point.
The members Of the Century Hose
company are making extensive pre-
parations for their eighth annual ball.
to be held in Athletic hall, on Pros
pect avenue, on Nov. 2.
The floor of the Neptune Engine
house has just been paved with bricks
and new flooring put in under the
horses stalls. The interior of the
building has been thoroughly reno
waited and repainted. and it now pre-
sents a very attractive appearance.
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