The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13
yolUsTEER FIREMEN
rus PROCEEDINGS OF
q IRE CONVENTION.
90 90 Govern Future
ts'p ..,ceen Teams from
! : 'spteer Companies. i

iss' ss,ween Teams from
I r. '.ssssr companies. |
r.xs. May 1a.--yesterday |
- s,ty. nth annual meeting
" volun,eer Firemsn's asso-
W. 49,, history. The attend
's''sa .nd enthusiastic through
NE ~ was perfect. the arrange
y d. entertainment Of the visi..
"a mot one adverse incident
VI ,.ion. No set OF clergy,
" .,rants, no fraternity OF
IA half SO large a conven-
y ~. .s.sssle. more decorous and
4. credit to themselves -
N s.,ra,hy. a very prominent
~ Mckinney bar. presided
..,nls dignity and Fairness, and
~ reported promptly for duty
,osether with as much, pre-
x.rnoony as is possible for a
"A. bod, to work. The Post cor
!, throughout the three days
Wy On In the sound of every spoken
osserred every single action
"a oy s,,, and II one INDIGENOUS
ssmmitted, or one acrimonious
..ssn, il escaped the attention o.
~. all attention. The conduct
s.,s,rs M the streets and IN the
's s,,r good people has been ex-
avery particular, and every
m.nnlimentiug the ct. f. A."
ne boys are complimenting
a.,' The are works display was
is the largest crowd ever as
MS vicinity, and brought In
s..in,. amounting to more than one
.abt at the Trumpet Corps hall
.s9 uas rendered the visitors ny
s.s,Asshle nre department. Cow
J.. l,Id for 500 at cost OF - per
VA A every plate sat "a delighted
p postprandial oratory was rife;
IN me- sparkle of the wine mingled
'..ssnre Of Judge Alternately OF Nc
flIan OF Ell Paso. Or. Turner OF
Eop. Ed kaufman OF Austin, w.
1000 OF Navasota aud Mayor Glib
4 Paris on behalf Of the t. F. A.
M, by Hon Harry e. Pickett. ex-
Ia Bose. Senator Jack Beall aud
4 Anderson of Waxahachie.
M Gibbons OF Paris Is an en-
I'm, patron OF the association and
Aat no has attended the annual
ksrs for many years; that other
A have entertained royalty. but that
|Spw had never been treated better
h Waxahachie. In fact, he
ksly said that this was the best oo-
n they had ever known.
Y NInceo and Charles veldt and 9TH
ksnSers Of the local department this
krx saw to the distribution of the
hints Of the vlands from last nights
bet among the poor of the city.
10. c. Conner cup race was a most
testing event yesterday ard the Hills
team won in run, which Is said
ks record breaker. The run was
| 1 250-foot course; they made the
connected the plug and nozzle and
water In fourteen and three-fourtb
|Ms
"a followlng teams entered and made
b runs:
b Marcos, "blew out"
eyia, n seconds.
Fest *. "a seconds.
|srh'ss5d,, 90 seconds.
lllssoro, 1iS-4 seconds.
Win. p seconds
liner. "A seconds.
'senville. 1919 seconds
oris, Is seconds.
'mple, % S-4 seconds.
lfis, 1884 seconds.
sss handsome trophy was last veal
led Oh by Ladonia, who ran slowes
year.
10 memorial committee reported tn,
'vihg mortality among members sine,
MEETING:
!. J. A Hoffstetter, East Austin hos,
pary No. 4; December, 1899.
'@k pinger, East Austin hose cam
~. g. April, 1900.
mes Price, East Austin hose com
no 4 May 4. 1900.
~. Atkinson, hook and ladder No
orpas Christi November, 1899.
|, Y. NJ. fandeli hose company Ma
y Paso; April, 1900.
2. connor, hook and ladder com
Nc. l, 81 Paso; October, 1893.
ny Jones, Waco engine company No
waco January, 1900
l. Digger, Waco Engine compan
waco; November. 1899.
Z following topics were reported b,
tirg. az 'He ~eA
: !, shor.1 not 51t ts-artments adop
wagons instead OF rse.s9
|. 1 should not all FIRE department
Chemical engines?
s =. What is the best system for fight
- ~ IN towns not provided with waite
!! ! ( Shall not each departmer
I as electric telegraph alarm sys
4. Is an association benefited
~ . delegate each year to the Intel
~, association Of Fire Engineers?
- false alarm turned la
! ,1.s' beneficial to the department
NAT constitutes a we'll equippe
I, s'Arlent brennan in the volunteer SCI
= following rules were adopted /
,s a's0eiation TO govern future rseir
!. qaestions, disputes and ipterprets
Il. tnese rules shall be submlt;s
/ Judges of the races for SETTLE
!, sno the decision of majority
!. gun Der shall be tinal in every Il
4 van trying to win any prize
y reception, sharp practice or 70
a., ~ ~ any dishoaorable or ungel
~ way, or shall disobey. lnfriuI
!. " sSade any of the requirements
4 .p'ss and regulations before or du
.iss races, shall be barred from cor
Y The seSges To decide.
!, lnagcs snail he five in number.
M, xam viii under ANY c.rcumstanc
!. vsed more than one trial. but
! a lie between two or more tear
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