, 1905-01-09
FIRE FIGHTERS
IN HARNESS
DEPARTMENT BEING REORGANIZ.
ED ALONG LINES OF GREAT
EST LOYALTY.
City Buys Property Of Old Department
and Rids Itself Of Encumbrance-
Plan Hatched to Force Surrender
Which Miscarried-First voIun.
teer Was Former Member.

There WAS an antbusi.stic and vell
attended meeting of citizens at the citv
ban Sat,,rda,, night m re~org,pize the
fire denartment and ae n resrIt como
thirty rames ware enro,led of tho maet
ing and a ride NJ nersors
WIN couId NOT he nresent ar that ,ime
so that Inv the date of tho first meet.
ing os the new danortment at tho citv
hall n, "Wednesday evenip, Of this
week II 70 exnected IN have e,ougb
volunteers to comn,eteIv man The an
paratus with the very hes, fro fighters
in the citv
Mavor Mckee presided at the meet.
inc citv C,ark Tvvo,d acting nc sec.
rotary On motion Hon otto Cr,mm
rho host chief tho sro den,rtmert over
bad w,s e,ectad IN that nosi,;on ,gain
Mr. Eherha rdt,s restoration having
heep accented and tho worl NJ on
~ro,,;ro membor, vac pe.rr
hr,,os, ,roso,t oro,r tbor a, x
chief of the department but they did
NO, sui1o and ramairod ,uiat drri,g
tbo eve,irg Tbor looked all SORTS of
,riros ,or,ior,or,r who, Johnnie Iob
lain ono of tba Iaadirg mombors of
tho ola dorortmert and amcrg the
hest w,, ,ho fret 70 march I'M tn the
s.or.,,rv,s desk and nIaco his name
an ,bo ro,Is uo wos followed ,v 9th.
ORG until ,ho,t tbirt, ram.s had haen
ourod II 10 .lmost oortoi, tbot tho
poi,ro.d Hose copranv will bo return.
n, 70 If, ~ house ON tho vast side
,ra ,,,do ono of tho host volpn.eer
loomn,ries IN tho state
M William Cordiner one of the
o,dost o,d moot, bigb1v resnected elf.
;ors Of tbo o;,v who made a short ad.
dress along the lines os harmony and
.e~oiarc. In .ho donartment was made
tho victim IF a caustic attack in the
..o,c.r- ,avt morning hut Mr. Cordj.
ror like all other good citizens treats
,,o h raying &c tbe man treated the ass
in the other story
There VOC, ,ood don, of tall amono
oor, DIN c;t;zer. after. the meetinq in
.ho nature of on anvil cborus about
IT, oro,itico,,, de.l and tb.v vera IN.
d;soroet e,oueb IN giva tho whole
thira ,w,, u,bor tb., decl.red Fer.
Thor wac tho man thew desired tn have
for t,o driver. bo vac worry small no.
,,toes Eerber should have been reap.
noin+od-
Ono os .ba ,,rmer mem;,ers of the
ero dor,rtuap, col, tho leaders of the
don,,mon, r,o,;v.d tho ,;ght of the
o,ootion wb.p nr Drown ,nd tho 9th.
or aaroor.tio candidates. an he citv
.. w h.ar, s.,mned that
ttar. wos ,ositiye,v no chow for the
,,o;,,men of either Ferber or
t,ros an, tbo, wera advised to send
athau,,mo. 20 .ha .orrcil otber mon
woro sro,or of brt thew were turned
,w H.. tho ..h,ovesv with . throat
L.. ,h ou,, ,oo,uu.,d both For.
hor ana Tomas and comma, the new
ccunci, 70 show IT'S hand They would
u,orl o,. IN . ,odv whom their ~annoint.
MONT wo raf,sed h,- tho .mavor and
u,,au nv, oomr., ON oor,u and com.
nI.to car;tr,.tion They did NOT count
~ o,,,t. 20 Tho o;tr ~ tho Iob.
1t. ,,. .+orroh r.ubers of No .
-. Oh - whom have gone bac,, in.
"a mo danartment and of the ready
. oss,s.aroo of sucb mon as otto Cramm.
, N;or cn;oer William cord;ner the
( moubar. 90 tho c;t,, council and the
. moror rbe;r MANS m;scarried all
, ,ioro tho limo and when the civ
, o,reea to nurcb,se the gymnasium out
a. and rid itself of the last of the dis.
gr,rtled kickers and indictments
Itbare was grief indeed in the wigwam