The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-23
engines would throw Ill done BY x the
manual lnhor az volunteer IRENE n. N "
Il III t11e Old DAYS, 81 4: is 3s5

N In the Old Days.
\ 81 remernher3tvet veil The pride nt,t1
/ exaltation I, 4 the people when the $nist
i side.brakes engine Rtnade its apnehratceI
! which enabled the men to stand on st ~
| ground ana work the brakes rom 81 tier
Sid. The first oi,e q rciiiet,iber, str1l lge
| Ito say, WAS "a most 20: Seo,,s and ben,ia
15tlfn 9anair. The .&box llth held sE ttia
water was made of eastwood, II as beautis
| fully " nisled as { d modern, piano All
that 8npnartu Wa Iii drawn ~ land. ~,
men vito had been Awa katied from Sleep
Nat NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. came ito lie lice
house. tshnve seen one n Ito boy geds
man struggling down NAH stree b done
with a ose-enrrln gel, Tho eels III NJ
which vere 7, SIX feet high. s,vl tia d tiioss.
eight feet In tlaineter Thy he didn't
break Ills neck I cannot understand hut
they seemed to have * he strergt til gotf al
dozen men. tt, sissss
AsSVYo rkS Of Dignity &
think III ia vel cal ttcntion on
an otcns;on8of this soft lie "a Vt that
9tte Importance and dlgnlt !, VI tito work
In which you nfe c,lg led renses da j ~
and yearly though we mig hit " OK rectA
'from the irprovcr,e i,t buildlngs ANIL
every other conditlon NJ llnts9 tho frcrnetis
would sink into insignia nrce ct the OBS
iposltet Is true, and his presence II more
needed To-day ini theS cities sof5thls coun-
try5tlan ever before. " The oonceii tratlon \
OF wealth and population and the cnor-
NOUS Increase In the sslzeFo bu ldings, 81 Ia
d constant menace to- this VII Ole coliii
try, aud / constantly fear. almost a, Y.
the destrllc ton Of the g. eatestS
cities III this country by u he lack Of pros
per fire protec ton.s I make Il 4 fese Vii re-
absolute necessity gAforS IN ati34 Intelligent,
careful and persistent STUD VII q & he pro-.
per.ttneansi for combat Ing wl1n 4 we call
inR great ties H 81 S3Si
3s Captain M arsha1l r esponds
55fcap,tn III Il. a Marshall gof Portsmouth
responded happily for:&the visitors, md
tho chair Announced tho following COM |
Wv .j gS5
II. NJ. Wright, Bedford City; ~
y. Branch, Danvllle; Fl. M 81 13owyer I.ex-3
lngton; i. Fl !. Hazelwood, Ii r ichrnond.
n officers Report F. Farrell.
Phoebus a N. Adams, S;Chnrlottesvlllc;9|
f. N NJ. Butler. SUFFOLK. 55s
folk; w. j Weymouth, Hampton;$J. T.
Boyhan Newport IN ews ;55 u. "a. "a shuney,sI
stanton; J. r. Watkins, Clifton Forge.
\ I5Xhibit--J.S J.. 1Iozbach,, Newport Nows;5)
J. 58i4A.& Grim. LuraY; ]. $DS Silva, Alexnn-&l
lrla ;8W. "A Z. 10 enkins,S Eocahontas.
Hon. Robert W. :Withers, Of suffolk,E
made Sa fine speech and was 98 loudly h
,heered II. E $ss ~, NJ +
II The convention shortly afterwards adj n
burned until#S o'clock =. NJ. Il
Night Session
\ The4gnight 4 session Of the convention II
vas prolonged. but u served he purpose Il
e winding up all the business OF the Il
,ody, b q si#a5Sjl 88
II ~ n,,,nn. ay,.c a ~, IL q z "
text meeting place, afterA a II splendid 4
.peech In her favor by NJ nyorS Samuel r.
BUXTON OF that city. 3s #
The Phoenix Fire Company, OF Suffolk
lnder Chief H. 1, r. Butler, was one Of
HE last to come n B and It was behind L
ardellas band that hey marched. twenty l.
strong, to Murphy ~ rom the station.
They will have q prominent place on
he parade to- day. r y $$543 75S
vas the reading Of the reports Of the 4
,arlous officers and conrmittees and
hey were all adopted, being highly fa-S
'oralble in their nature L
Chief MCCALL, OF Roanoke, got through i.
! resolution instructing the legisative#|E
to press a bill in the next Legis-g Il
allure requiring fire Insurance companiesSl +.
which amount shall go to the Y
Tiretmen's Relief Association OF thef| Y
State 33s3 5.FS5
The officers elected were as follows n %S5
President, w. X. Stove, Newport News;t
senior Vice President, ] w. Perley,5 Char
ottesyille;5 statisticion, ]. Fl. Dwyer,E
Secretary George Cum 4
ming. Portsmouth; Treasurer, II. J. Will II
lams, charlottesville; Il Chaplain, z ev.s c.
l. Smith, Richmond; Chairman Legisa-$
I've Committee, John Fl. Redwood 4 Rich
nond. VA n 5{ IS 81 Il y
After resolutions offered by Chief VIII h
[ams,Rof Charl louisville. were adopted.
banking Colonel Murphy, the press and
he people of Richmond for$theirS #cour-A +