Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-09-18
EAGLES MERE.

In the Baptist Church Rev. Geo.
Morgan preached in the morning
anu Rev. ). 3. Bidlack i'm the even
ing.
Now the repair season has COM
menc"d and Frank Little with Har-
ry Egley commenced to put new
roof on the Ralph Smith Cottage.
Quite II number OF persons left
very regretfully on Monday morn
ing. 1t iseXpectel that at the meet
ing OF the Borough Council on next
Monday evening there will be gen
eral "Looking Backward over the
experiences of the season and
Looking Forward" for what must
he done To hc ready for the season of
1908. This plau is getting at busi-
ness in good shape.
At IL conference with the officers of
the Light and Water Companies Mr..
W. y. Warner contracted for his
supply of waterand light for next
summer.
The construction of the Stand
Pipe will be commenced at once and
Il floating scaflold will be used in
side, raised as the work progresses
by pumping in water.
To everybody interested in Eagles
Mere.-Subscribe for "The Item"
and keep posted on everything of in
terest all winter.
The First Fire Drill al Eagles Mere.
Just after II O'Clock on Saturday
morning wish was expressed for
an experimental Fire Drill and Capt.
Chase quickly improvised sort of
a volunteer company in which Clar-
ence and Floyd Dunham were to
look after the pumps at the Water
works, Raymond Kehrer was Valve
man to see that that the water sup
ply was 50 controlled in the mains
as to restrict it to the fire locality, s.
f. Worthington, Brady Bennett,
Clayton Dunham, Henry Upman,
Friend Avery, VIM. Parmetier and
c. A. Brink were hosemen with
Capt. Chase as Fire Chief.
With an understanding that the
fire signal would be four blasts of
the steamboat whistle given by II.
J. Smith, Captain of the steamer, all
were dismissed to dinner.
No time was fixed for the suppos-
ed fire but just as the men were
through dinner the whistle sounded
and everybody started on run for
their several positions and for the To-
cality of the fire which was found to
be at the Lakeside.
In the absence of any hose cart
the men had to carry the two sec
tons of hose but they worked so we'll
together that in four minutes after
the alarm the hose was attached to
the fire plug, other street mains clos
ed and the hosemen were ready for
business although they had a run of
about quarter of Il mile.
If there was any superiority of SER
vice it was in the engineers who ran
about half mile to the engine
house and started the pumps in
four minutes, just the time it took
to get the hose in readiness, and
though the street mains had been
previously emptied, water was flow
ing from the nozzle and a good
stream in seven minntes from the
alarm and in eleven minutes from
the whistle signals full head was
on in the six inch mains under a
pressure of l2O pounds to the square
inch.
After working long enough to ex-
tinguish any fire that could have
been started in the time the water
was shut off, the hose gathered up,
taken to headquarters and the men
back discussing the problem that
they had solved so satisfactorily
without previous drill.
Eagles Mere is now well prepared
for fire service.
Mr.. G. LaRue MunsOn and Mr..
John S. Kirk have offered a prize Of
ten dollars each if the same results
can be covered in less than ten min
utes and it seems likely that they
will have the pleasure of turning
over the twenty dollars.