The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
BUTLER IN ALL ITS GLORY.
ITS TOWN HALL, NATIONAL BANK
AND FIRE DEPARTMENT
Grew From a village to Prosperous
borough In Two Years and Celebrated,
with the Assistance Of NeighbOrs,
It's Rapid Rise to wealth snd Fame.


BUTLER, n. j., May so.-Amid the music
Of the Butler Silver Cornet Band, assisted
by the Pompton Lake Trombone Quintet
and the Campgaw Orioles, the popping OF
frecrackers. the footing Of the horns OF
the members Of al the fire departments
for twenty miles around, and the hcaree
shouts of the proud and naughty natives
Of the place, the borough Of Butler took
mighty forward leap In it's history to-day,
For months Butler has been getting ready
for the occasion, and now that 1t has cele-
brated Its recently acquired mightiness
Il is pleasant to be able TO report that 1t Ia
resting easy tonight, the silence OF the
streets being only occasionally broken by
the fire.nen from the neighboring villages
endeavoring to induce some Of their COM
rsde, to return home, and the aforernen-
tiontd comrades declining on the ground
that he celebration is still on.
Wht n village that consisted of rubber
factory, a barroom, few houses and one
or two stores grows in twenty-four months
to borough of 1000 persons, four rubber
factories, Ms tional bank, a town hall,
a fire department and a silver cornet band
it is due to celebrate. and Butler celebrated
to-day. For the first time the new national
bank was displayed to the proud citizens
and for the first time the taxpayers saw
the inside Of the new town hall for which
IS, 900 of their money he's been spent FOR
the first time, too. the Silver Cornet Band
and the local fire department were on view
and for the first time in it's history Butler
had a public Memorial Day service, with
orators from the city to address the people,
and real veterans of the civil war to nod
their heads sadly at the calling up OF old
memories.
Two weeks ago MayorWilliam Kiel decreed
that to-day should be a day Of general cele-
bration over the progress Of the borough OF
Butler His proclamation was printed In
flaming red letters and copies Of 1t were
posted up at every conspicuous point III
the place Then Invitations were sent TO
the prominent men 81 R tne sur Msmoris
Day and all of the fire departments were
invited to take part in a big parade. From
all sides came assurance that everything
to make the day memorable in the history
of Blu Ter would be done by the visitors.
The visiting fire departments began to
! roll into Blu Ter early this morning and soon
the ed-shirted boys thronged the streets
and their gayly decorated engines and
hose carts blocked the roads. They camo
from compton junction. anu FSiIPt'H
Lake, from Oakland and Crystal Lake,
Wortendyke and Wyckoff, and they even
! drifted in from as far away as Oak Ridge
and Two Bridges, while individual dele
! gates rolled along from even more remote
points 70 assist Butler in init. IT'S ceieorauom
colors and each arrival got musical re-
| ception by the Silver Cornet Band, which
| played wonderfully we'll, considering that
only half of the members can read music.
Quintet was the signal for a blood-curd-
| ling blast of brass. and when the Campgaw
| Orioles marched in across the bridge from
Bloomingdale, the firemen behind them
the surrounding hills fairly trembled with
! their reception.
At o'clock the parade got under way
| The line Of march was through every street
| in the borough at least twice and through
some three times. II also extended over
! into Bloomingdale, which has no fire de-
tie magnanimous intention Of the Grand
| Marshal being to give Bloomingdale little
treat
At the head of the parade, came, Of course,
| the Silver Cornet Band. which played
u MateHnE 9d for the rst hour Next
came Mayor William Kiel and the members
| Of the Common Council in open barouches
and carrying huge bouquets OF roses. Be
hind the carriages came the local police
force, COnslstlUk vi NHlei VIZ AAShCo-'
and three men. and behind them came
| fifty veterans OF the Civil War, most Of
whom had been borrowed from places that
; weren't making any special celebration
Behind the veterans came the compton
Lake Trombone Quintet. leading the
| S. X. Owen. the local dentist, whoee fame
as fire fighter is widespread In this part
f, Of New Jersey, and then came the other
| fire departments led by the Campgaw
! Orioles.
In, out and around the streets Of Butler
, went this imposing array, while the good
| people shouted their approval from the
sidewalks and the windows Of their houses
at the tops Of their lungs. Eventually the
parade reached the now Town Hall, where
| fireman with neat bouquet in his trumpet.
and the trumpet held as tradition has ruled
| it must always be held on parade. lightly
resting in the hollow OF the arm.
| From the veranda Mayor kiel made a
speech. He spoke OF the great growth
81 Butler since its incorporation and de-
| clared that the time would surely come
when ii would have running water and gas
| Then other prominent citizens OF Butler
and several visiting silver..toneued orators
A little girl, whose starched dress stuck
| straight out from her body and who wore
sash half yard wide with tails to IT that
| almost reached the ground, recited Paul
| ReyereS lOde, Wnlie tle veterans SODDeu
The programme wound up with "Curfew
| Shall Not Ring Tonight, and a few other
selections by some Of Buffers bright school
children. after which the fremen we're
turned loose to amuse the visitors. which
they did by enga ging in some hose squirting
| contests and some Understanding races.
| Just once during the day was there any
danger OF rupture OF the good feeling
! that prevailed. That was when a large
wagon loaded with broken down ladders,
leaky sprinlsling pots and yard or two
| OF punctured hose was trotted out with
~Rloomingdale Fire Department painted
| in large letters on a strip OF canvas hung
| to the sides. Bloomingdale didn't like
this, because 1t has no fire department and
is sensitive on the subject. The Common
| Council of Butler was suspected OF putting
up this Joke. but Bioomingdale got even
a few minutes later when several OF her
citizens presented to each member OF the
Council bouquet Of cabbages, radishes and
onions, topped by string OF frankfurters,
! uncooked.
Butler was open town to the visitors
after the services at the town hall, the wives
and daughters supplying a mammoth out
door luncheon, and the, three bands
| PLAYING three tunes at the same time.
| The surrounding villages may some day
get to where they can forgive Butler its
national bank, but they will never he recon-
oiled to that new town hall until they get
| ~, lilo n mr. n little better II is a two