The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-15


prayer. The Mayor then made the adj
dress of welcome. President McCraith
then laid the corner stone.
senator silzer's Address.
senator Silzer. of New Brunswick.
delivered an orator on VOLUNTEER ana
Modern Firemen. He said.
we are met today 10 lay the ofner-
stone of the splendid building that IS
10 be the home of the Exempt t1remen $
Association, now more than hair a cen
fury old. organized in 1851 when New
ark was a small Ihe civil wal
had not then been fought. railroads had
been in operation but twenty-nNe yeatSl
electric lights. trolleys and
we're not even dreamed Of and loeollo-
ton by means of automobiles was even
more chimericaI than travel by baAioon
is now thought to be. A brave anu
self-sacrificing company OF NeWafk :
hfsl citizenship Was hghung nre WIN
buckets and h~and-englneS,
To-day, a half century later NeNafN
is the metropolis of glorious slate'
and one of the chief cities OF the nation.
TODAY the city is crowded with ELECTRIC
cars and self-propelled vehicles, on our
streets electricity drives darkness De-
fore IL, till night rivals the day. ioday
mans voice is carried hundreds OF mhes
over a copper wire; while messages or
comfort are projected into the amblent
ether, and carried a thousand mlles
away Ito vessels in distress on the
storm Tossed Atlantic Hand engines
and water buckets have given way to
steam engines, water towers ana uP-to-
date FIRE apparatus, and volunteers naNs
been replaced by trained ~nre-nshtets
Rapid have been the strides. not only
in the sciences, but in medicine, sur
gerry and tie arts We live in a pfae-
tical age. the c~omplexity of which ae-
mands our every minute.
In the mid of II all we pause To-
day 10 lay the cornerstone OF thlS
building. and at the same time 10 pay
tribute to the volunteer RENEE now
sities OF our day. We today honor the
men who risked their very lives that
they might save the property ana ives
of others. This occasion is a cohnect-
ing link between the past and the pres
enf. In this home will gather the VET
Grams OF many fires. Here before the
omen Crate will the battles De fought
again. Ifere will the flames be kindred
anew. Here will the long forgotten DC
affectionaIelN recalled. Here VIII De
held sacreu the memories OF hre-hgh1-
ers. long since departed. Here, TOO, VIII
those whose hair is now siivery gray,
gather and talk till the baek-taps cal
them home.
Then will their places be taken BY me
more Youthful. who will look reverenly
on the past, and hopeful to the future.
And SO will generation follow generation,
until another half century shall nave peeil
marked on the calendarAof time Just as
We iOIdN lt'Ol0 u -
tory since Theodore 2. Howell. Theodore
Marknet. Thomas M. Dawson; Jonathan
Nicholas. Silas Merchant. Horace ),
Pointer, John II. Landee. Wllllanl flnihe
and others met to organize this a%ssocia-
ton. Men held In loving remembrance
By all Newarkers. Men who were most
potent factors in this eitys remarkap s,
lfactical times We do pause occasiohaily
and think of the sentimental side; for
after all life would not be worth the ny,
.4ssf 49,. Z.Fn.atna nnrCp1NaG wholly IVA
solely to the pursuit of wealth. IL was
net personal advantage or beneht that
was the Genesis OF this organization. but
sentiment.
At the very first meeting a widows and
orphans fund was created. and S14f con-
tribnted. That little Pa in 1851 has now
crown. In 1909 TO the enormous sum Of S90,-
te. All available to the Borrowing widow.
who holds the fatherless child upon her
knee. knowing not whittier to turn for
help. The eorner-stone OF tnls WIDOWS
and orphans fund was indeed laid by q
divine hand. and upon i was oulided 4
beautiful structure of beneyolence ana
charity. that will endure for al time
in the grateful hearts of the helpless anu
q afflicted.
As the laying of this Cornerstone is .
tGin.ng af the Dasf to the present. go LOO
does this accompanying eelebratlon marx
another step III the progress OF hre-hghtins.
and emphasizes again our restless energy
and advancement.
Here today are hundreds of volunteer
hremen from All over the State. As time
gees on they will pe replaced by men de-
voting their entire time and energy TO nfe-
fighting. and making IT their business. anu
when this change shall have come 10 Pass
we shall not forget these brave men OF
rodny. Their deeds OF valor Will 1--we after
them. We admire and appland the brave
soldier who marches fearlessly to the can
mouth in defense o. ms eonn'is
the risk Of his life. enters the burning
building and. surrounded by fire aud ST