The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-02-28
NHY IS NOT HOSE
 60. NO. | ORGANIZED?
Assistant Fire Chief Lowe
 Answers the Questions.
TELLS OF THE FUNDS
Of tho Largo Subscription Recently Raised All the Fire Companies Arc Receiving n Share.

Hose Company No. having reorganiz- ed, and with new officers and new mem- bers to join with the old, started energet' lealIy on a more systematic and what Is hoped will prove a much more efficient plan, some citizens enthuSed by this move ment have asked why Hose Company No. I could not be improved by a reorganlza- ton and the enlistment of the interest of new members. Enquiry into this matter from Assistant Fire Chief Frank Lowe elicl,ed the feeling of Hose Company No. I on the point, and also some interesting I information as to the disposal of thS large subscription to the fire fund recently col lected. Mr. Lowe said
 "Hose Company No has no general or- ganIzatlon and no officers, but it turns out at every fire and does good and lively work under the fire chief ant.asslstant. The men who comprise the workers in the company are nearly all from along Sixth avenue and vicinity and of the number that arc ever around at night early and late, and just at the time when many oth- CTS of the town are asleep. The boys, therefore, are alway ready to answer a night alarm on short order. They care for no regular organization. and probably would not care to attend regular meetings were there any held.
 "The sum obtained by general subserip- tlon made by Chief Fleming and myself not long ago, and after the Brannlck fire, amounted to s85S. of which s43 was rep resented in stoves and clothes. The clothes were given to the fremen, and the stove Is still in the possession of the de- partinent. The remaining sum, sS2', was turned over to City Treasurer Lee Guthrie, who placed 1t in the Canadian Bank of Commerce to the credit of the fire departs ment. The bank gave us a certificate of credit.
 "We ordered five hundred feet of hose and miscellaneous small fire f2hiing eonlp- ment from Long, of Portland, and sent certificate of ereiit 10 the house that 1t might know we had enough in the bank to pay for the goods upon their arrival here. We do not know the price of some of the articles ordered, so will not be able to give the cost of the goods sent for until they arrive.
 "The hose ordered Is not for Hose Com panv No. I alone. It will be kept in the custody of the department to be given to any company that may be in need of hose.
 "lneluded In the apparatus crdered are several items for the Hook and Ladder Co. including such things as ladder belts and axes. We also ordered supplies for Hose Company Nompany No. [, Including re- ducers for their nozz!es.
 "Nr. Shaw, of Moore's wharf. gave Company No. SIS and Councilman Lilly gave sIo, Carroll X Go. $40, and the Bank of Alaska s75 right after the Bran nick fire, That money was used to buy clothing for the benefit Of the fire bows who worked with that company. It was theirs to use as they pleased. but they used It judlciouslv.
 "rhe other hose company and the Hook and Ladder Company each received 4s at the same time. The Hook and Lad der Company has the greater part of that amount vet. It will use no doubt use some of that amount in deiraying the expense of caring for Bob Parkin, who was hurt while on duty at the fire last Monday, and is laid up with one broken and two frae- tured ribs.
 "When the bill for goods from Portland Is received We shall be glad to have It rub- lished together with the balance on hand in the general fire fund"