New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-17
CROKER BESIDE STURGlS.
CHIEF ALSO SITS NEAR MAYOR AL
FIRE ENGINEERS CONVENTION

Hello. chief" Good morning, chief" These ana
| si,ots- greetings are what met the all sldes
at the Grand Central Palace. at LeXlngton-aVe-
ty-third-st.. for yesterday the thlrtle'h 60
convention of the fire chiefs OF the couh'is eia
! lied under the name of the lnterhatio
! ton Of Fire Engineers, began .o,+s in
| 1o-oo+ioa1l1, all the chiefs of fire depar -
| +ba country are here as well as snall oelesa 1I
! from Europe Among them are 'ai, l-oo;o+ion
the organizer and first president VI -.,r. Henry
the president. Miles Humphrey Vi - and treas
= - -. 49, ,.o+arap chief OF Hartford anu liea'
| a - +ho ossociation; Henry A. HIS secie
~ wyoming Ohio: John Stage OF rae ,t -
Tor,ee G Baxter, of Phila delph1a u - 10
DAYTON, Ohio; Robert w button, oi 80 ~
ond evChief Hale OF Kansas CITY, VINO "
Europe and opened Inc eyes ~
French with his
Navor Low was escorted TO the convent .e
1,t chief Croker and the members or the cl'%eiS
committee Commissioner sturgis took his place on
I,+ oe the Mavor having Chief Croker on his
;ob+ The Mavor welcomed the visiting chleis' anu
said this city was proud of its Fire Department
..It gave me the greatest pleasure earlier IN the
wear to distribute the medals for valor 10 the iie'
hers of the Fire Department, and as hearo slo'S
after story of thrilling was filled with
thrill of pride that this city had such nody OIL
men to defend them from fire, he said
Commissioner Sturgis followed paying tloute
10 ex-Chief Hale Of Kansas City, the inventor VI
many Of the appliances now in use in the depart
ment.
Durine the time between the end of the opening
exercises and the beginning of the business hee'-
ing at 3 o'clock the delegates talked dpout nv
election of officers which will take place Oh INC
last day OF the convention. Much spec"'a'io" n
lists as to whether or not Fire Chief croker VIII
he nominated for the presidency; and, II hohi-
mated elected The undercurrent OF opinion az
nears to be distinctly favorable 10 croker al
though there is also a strong opposition
Five of the most interested visitors are Ch!ei
NJajb
save the Nev--York department IS the best he ever
saw and the four from England-PafKer. Oh -hdi'-
chester; Harrison. of Oldham; Ely or he'ces'e''
and GeaI. Of Bury. Lancashire.
Through the courtesy of the rapid transit tuIiie
officials the completed sections Of the tunnel at
Elm, and Blocker SITS. FoTty-second-st and PARK
ave- and the subway station at F1tty-nlnth-sI
were thrown open to the visitors at : o'clock
At the afternoon session number of papers
were listened TO- Chief Hendricks, of New-Haven
read one on How Should Firemen Be Best Re
warded when Having Saved Human Life at the
Risk Of Losing Their own chief Croker read
paper on Wire Glass Windows
.yyire glass the chief said. ''retards fire with
out hiding it-permits the blaze TO declare itself.
It can be cracked but It cannot he scattered. II
fractured It retains its place" He enlarged on
the value Of wire glass In the downtown structures
Of this city. where the Of these windows in
stead of iron shutters would permit the remen TO
find a blaze instantly. instead OF being compelled
TO hunt for It. lie said that if the large business
houses were thus equipped, the fremen would
seldom have difficulty in restricting the fire to the
apartment or section of the building in which it
originated
Reference was made in the course of talk hv
Chief Brophy. Of Boston. the intrusion OF poll
tics in IRE departments. which generally con
strued applying TO Chief Cookers case. He said
that when the political complexion Of a city
changed, it was expected that the triumphant party
would seek the spells, yet it to be depiored If
the Fire Department affected.
Let them change the scrubwomen II they will
he said; but, for Gods sake let them keep their
hands off the Fire Department
Chief Brophy's remarks met with upIoarious ap-
plauSe.