Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-26
FIREMEN Of BAY
CITY TO PARADE
Youth and Age to Match During
Admission Day Festival,
September 8
F0RTY-NINERS TO BE IN LINE
"0Id Exempts," Veteran Fire
Fighters, in Carriages, to
Recall Early Days
F0RTY-NINERS TO BE IN LINE
Especial to The Heraldl


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25.--Youth
and age will march side by side in the
great Admission Day parade September
3, for shoulder to shoulder with Chief
Murphys sturdy young fire fighters
will walk the veterans of the Volunteer
Fire association, and following them in
carriages will ride the old "Exempts," :"
the men whose task it was to fight
fire in
The days of old.
The days Of gold,
The days of 40.
Time and again these veterans have
| been called on to defend San Fran
cisco from the flames; first, when it
was a rag town, and later when it was
a town of crazy shacks and frames;
but when they pass through San Fran
cisco on Admission Day they will trav-
erse the streets of a resurrected city,
amidst towering sky-sCrapers of con-
crete and steel More pathetic, how
ever, than these survivors of a by
gone age and eVoking sadder memo
ries will be the sight of the horse and
buggy belonging to the late Chief Sui
livan and used by him up to the day
of his tragic death on that fatal April
morning when he was struck down
among the first of the victims of the
great disaster.
Chief Engineer Murphy promises that
the fire department will turn out 150
strong. The big water tower, one OF
the largest in America, will be one of
the main features Of their display, and
truck, steam fire engine and hose
wagon, a combination chemical and
hose wagon, a chemical engine and a
monitor battery will also be in line.
This apparatus will be manned entirely
by Native Sons of the Golden West
who are members of the department.
Sergeant steve Bunner of the San
Francisco police department will have
command of the veteran firemen, who
will have two of their old-fashioned
hand engines in line. The second class,
side-slope, Jim Smith engine of the No.
acknowledgements company of
the old volunteer fire brigade did duty
as far back as 1858, but Bunner de-
clares that if he can have it fitted with
q new suction he will challenge Chief
Murphy for a run and coupling match,
and declares that if the chief will al
low him a block start his veterans will
get water to the building first.
Besides the Knickerbocker engine,
there is the old double-d decker Baltimore
engine, built by Rogers, which belonged
originally to the Sacramento fire de-
partment and was bought from them
in 1862 This will also be in line, and
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express wagon and decorate it for the
veterans to rest in. The wagon will
follow closely in the wake of the old
fire engines, in order that the veterans
may be able to rest without falling out
of the porcession, as many of them Will
be unable to stand the strain of the
six-miIe march. The veterans will ap-
rear in their pristine glory, splendid in
red shirts and brass helmets flashing
back the sun.
Col. A. Andrews. one of the best
known of the veterans, will be among
those turning out, and he will be ac-
companied by ]. viii, also well known,
and many other enthusiasts.
Some of us are pretty old and look
rather askance at the long march,
said Sergeant Bunner, but 1 tell them
that when they see the old Knicker-
booker in action they will forget old
age and stiff limbs, and remember the
days that are gone and run the race
for first UP at the engine"
A meeting was held last Sunday, pre-
sided over by Sergeant Bunner, at
which all the details were settled and
all necessary plans laid for carrying
through this part of the festival with
out hitch. The exempts, with their
secretary, J. ]. Guilfoyle, will all ride
in carriages, their apparatus being
drawn by members Of the fire depart
ment.
September 10, the last day of the fes-
tivai, at 1O:3 80 p. m, there will be a full
dress drill and a life-saving exhibition
by the city fire brigade at the drill
tower at Seventeenth and Harrison
streets. The fremen will show the use
of the scaling ladder, give exhibitions
in Jumping into the life net, and per
form general rescue work as actually
carried out at fires. At 3 p. m. the
same day there will be an exhibition
at the Howard street wharf with both
fire boats, the water tower and the
battery.