Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-26
Hard Work Required.

Former Commissioner Mcfarland, un-
der whom the fire department grew from
twenty houses to thirty-f1ve in ten years,
told the guests how the appropriation for
the new house was obtained.
II am asked to answer the question"
he said, ' How did we obtain the appro-
priation for this house" The answer, of
course Is simple. for we obtained it as
we did all other appropriations-by hard
work on the part of the Commissioners
and citizens. Congress does not volun-
teer appropriations for the fire depart
tify after arguing for the Commission
ers' estimates since 1900. including those
for the present fiscal year All we get is
in response to persistent efforts.
"In 1900, when l became Commissioner,
there were twenty fire department houses;
and also No. %. opened today. besides
those for Petworth and Randle High
lands, also authorized In appropriations
made prior to this fiscal year. In that
f1reboats in the country and the water
tower. We did not secure the high
pressure fire protection service for the
heart Of the city. including the principal
government and business buildings, but
we presented it urgently to Congress.
mind of Congress, and believe the
united efforts of the Commissioners and
citizens WILL yet obtain it. Congress very
rarely offers an appropriation.
but it very rarely denies a request stead
lily pressed upon 1t from year to year.
Besides securing seventeen additional
houses. the fireboat and water tower.
we secured reorganization Of the de-
partment. with increase of pay, and also
the latest form Of apparatus, including
the first motor vehicle.
I'm the case of this house, the appro-
priation obtained was $4,000, payable, of
course, half and half. as all our mu-
nicipal appropriations should be. against
which there Is deposit in the Treasury
of $36.2O7.5O. half to the credit of the
United States and half to the credit of
the District, for the old No. 2 house and
site bought by the government as part OF
the tract for the Departments of State,
Justice and Commerce and Labor, facing
the White House Park"
Members of the Company.
The members of the company are: Johr
Darlington, captain; 3. w. Weaver. lieu
tenant: j. D. O'Connor, engineer; F. r
Brill, assistant engineer; D. OConnor
driver; E. ]. Ruffner. assistant driver; G
w. A. Dixon, F. B. Clements. E. o. Mark
ward, v. L. Woltz. c. w. Gill, G. Daven
port. r. G. Anderson, ]. F. Farr and r.
v. Brownwell. privates.
The guests last evening were: Thoma.
HI. Atkinson, w. c. Balderston, A. Bry
Iawski, A. Burklin. C. L. Bowman. Johr
Birch. William e. Blee, l.. Pierce Boteler
Walter BROMLEY, Charles F. Crane, o. J
De Moll. Carl Droop. D. w. DroOp, T. c
Dulin, j. Maury Dove, e. II. Daniel, Will
lam c. Eckstein, Edward H. Etz. Henry
Franc. jr., H. X. Fulton, F. H. Finley, P
Beletcher. Roe Fulkerson, Edward K. Fox
William F. Guide. A. GUIDE, w. c. Gray,
Charles A. Goldsmith. Isaac Cans. Earl
Goodwin, Walter Gertner, Thos. Grant,
George C. Groener, Ernest Gerstenberg
Henry Gottelkinny, Samuel Tart, William
F. Hart, M. v. Hargrove. -. c. r
HUMPHREYS. r. N. Harper. j. w. Hunt
Charles j. Jacobsen. John Kane. Edw. S
Keen, John Kreh, jr., F. ]. Kreigh, P. F.
Larner Charles B. Locraft, r. L. Lamb
F. c. Lee, Peter Latterner, H. B. F. Mac
farland. William F. Meyers. e. J. Murphy
NJ. T. Ohle. F. X. Raymond, Fred Miller
T. H. Milton, Frank Major, w. w. Nor
man. P. w. Nicholson. James F. Oyster,
d. 8. Porter. r.. B. Pratt, T. V. Powde"'
ly. S. A. Reeves. L. j. Reilly,,J. T. Ryan
Thomas NJ Robinson, c. II. Rudolph
George E. Reed. Max N. Rich, H. c
Stewart, e. Steinem. Joseph Strasburger
E. G. schafer. NJ: J. sherratt. Edward S
Schmidt. Maj. Richard Sylvester. James
c. Simpson. Representative John H. Ste.
vens, Emmons S. Smith. Dr. Abran
Simon, H. E. Sands. ]. v. Hamilton
Smith, j. s. s. Topham. L. M: Thayer
William Tindal. w. p. Van Wickle. w
E. Wise, Simon Wolf. F. j.: Wagner
George 8. Watson. Louis c. wilson, L
liam d. West Hugo Worch, ]. Louis VIII
lige, Alfred Walford, Charles ]. Wagner
William Wagner.