The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-18
ARpMoRE FlRs DEPARTMENT.
OF What Il CSus;sis--5ules Which
Govern The Fire Fighters.

Of What Il CS.s;sts--Sules Which
Govern The Fire Fighters.
The Ardmore FIRE department con.
sists now OF three companies-the
hook and ladder company, the engine
company and the hose company, com.
posed OF sixty-two volunteer fremen
and the following apparatus: one
steamer, one chemical engine OF two
6d-gallons capacity, one hose wagon,
1900 feet of hose and six head of
horses with FIVE paid men.
The officers are L. G. Slaughter,
chief; w. c. Kendall, assistant chief;
J. NJ. Golledge, foreman hook and lad
der company; George Bulard, foreman
engine company; w Il. Roberts, fore
man hose company.
The engine company consists of Geo
Bulard, foreman; r. II. Nichols, en-
gineer; Bert Parker, assistant engi'
neer; b. F. Sewall, stoker; Frank
Schroeder, assistant stoKer.
The hose company-frst line, w. X.
Roberts, foreman; RE. McGhee, w.
E. Mullens. Cam Hines, Frank Kolb,
Fonnie Wolverton, G. o. Caldwell o.
Il. Everton, NJ. d. Walker, Hines
White, w. e. Williams, b. H. Corlew.
Second line-Fred Bulard Lon Soon
yer. ]. F. Jordan, Cyrus Pyeatt, NJ.
Labott. Clyde Fraser w II. Light.
Reub Boucher, George holland, W. II.
Bumpass.
Hook and ladder company-Jim Col
ledge, foreman; viii Lebus, Jim Grim
Pat Ryan, Dave Sheriff. Jack Sawyer
Claude StubbleAeld, Jim Chancellor
J. W. Tallaferro John A. Ball, Tom
wyont Ed Carrell, Ray Rosser.
House rules for paid men
Drivers shall take proper care OF
the horses and apparatus and shall
exercise the greatest caution in theiI
keeping and management; shall keeI
their stables clean, and harness In per
feet order, and on no account shall
they leave the engine house without
having everything in readiness for i'm
mediate service
Engineers: Engineers shall be helt
responsible for the keeping Of theil
engines in good and perfect order
ready at all times for immediate use
shall keep all parts of the engine pol
ished and clean, and should the drive
be absent at the time Of an alarm, tn,
engineer shall drive the engine out
Night Watch. Proper watch shall
be kept at the station at all times
always on the lookout for fires; tn,
watch shall at all times remain II
hearing of the telephone; each maj
on watch must keep up fire in tn
\ heater attached to the engine all hour
Of the night
Loud and hoisterous talking in an
around the engine house viii not b,
tolerated.
intoxicating liquors must not be KEEP
at the premises nor allowed to b.
drunk at the fire station.
Paid members must not leave tn
6re station without permission from
the chief or the executive officer Il
charge. except when going to meals.
Paid men must not ask to get OF
oftener than absolutely necessary
This getting OF every few nights vii
not be tolerated; each man must re
member that there are others who d.
sire leave OF absence once in
while.
Should any of the foregoing rules b
violated by any paid man, he become
A subject to fifteen days lay OF withou
Z pay A second offense means dismIi
sal. -...
When a visitor is desirous OF seein
the fire apparatus and horses, 1t sha
be the duty of the paid men TO shov
all courtesy due a visitor and a straI
ger. l.. c. SLAUGHTER. Chief.