Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-10-26

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Fighting Apparatus Firemen Decide
to Buy Lower Priced Auto Hose
Truck Than First Proposed, and
as Result Citizens Respond With
Liberal Contributions.
The fire ladies OF Ryneal Hose Co.
have decided to go ahead with the
scheme to purchase a combination
automobile hose truck in spite of the
fact that the committee of three bust
ness men appointed to solicit sub
scriptions TO the fund threw up the
job for lack of encouragement among
the property owners and business in
terests of the town.
While the committee obtained q
number of good sized subscriptions
to the auto fund. together with nu-
merous smaller ones, yet the aggre-
gate amount of money subscribed was
so far short of what they had reason
to expect, the proposition was dropped
so far as the committee is concern
ed. But the Ryneal boys have deter
mined to go ahead with it anyhow
TO be sure a much less costly fire.
fighting apparatus than first planned
for will now be bought-one that will
cost, say, about $4,000.
The Ryneals were greatly encourag
ed this morning on receipt of letter
from Mr.. Charles w. Kilbourn, head
of the Kilbourn Knitting Mills, in
which he promised to ask the board
of directors of his company to appro-
pirate the sum of 500 for the auto
hose truck proposed. and that, too, in
face of the fact that the Kilbourn
Mills are equipped with a modern
automatic system for fire protection.
AS told before in these columns,
the Ryneals have $500 in their trea-
sury and a donation of $500 offered
by Mr.. George Ryneal, Jr, president
of the company. To this sum of 1000
there may be added $4,000 which the
City Council has agreed to appro-
pirate. The sum of nearly $1,000
raised by subscription, ranging from
10 cents to $3.50, brings the total
amount of money in sight up to al
most $4,000. 1t should be statedhere
that of the nearly $1,000 of subscrip-
lions the RyHeals obtained a goodly
portion themselves.
Subscribers.
The names of the subscribers to the
fund are as follows:
Class A-$1oo.oo.
]. M. Rothwell. $3.50. 90
F. S. Emmert & Son. ...... 10000
Glass B-$5ooo.
S. p. Douglas, ..,........... 5000
Senator C. w. Watson. .... 5000
Glass C-$25.oo.
Berkeley Insurance Co. $500
S. w. Walker. ........ $500
Mrs, e. C. Williams. ........ $500
f. A. Minor. ...,........... $500
owen & Pine. ............. $500
A. II. Gardner. ......... $500
John w. Dean Co..... $500
w. S. Snyder. ........... $500
II. p. Thorn. .............. $500
Class D-$2o.oo.
ID. III. Stuckey. ............... 2O.00
Gray Silver ............,.. 1000
A. ID. Darby. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Glass E-$15.oo.
r. G. Shepherd. ......... 1900
Glass F-S1o.oo.
DIR. G. J. e. Sponsellor. 1000
Mrs. Sallie Gerling. ..... 1000
A. Kogelschatz & Co....... 1000
Jas. b. Fisher. 1000
f. e. Boley.. ,.............. 1000
Misses Blondel .....,......... 1000
Trammell & Co., Inc....,. 1000
Charles Thumel .......... 1000
l.. l.. BentZ. 1000
C. G. Cushwa.. 1000
Clarence Il. Martin. ........ 1000
Class $500.
w. II. Frankenberry. .,...... 500
Martinsburg Furniture Co... 500
The Misses Seibert. ...... 500
Jas. G. Bowers ....... 500
u. Noegele ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800
j. w. r. Fisher. ......... 500
Conrad Cline .......... 500
G. B. Hedges. ............ 500
Shaull Bros .............. 500
Harry NJ. Fisher. ......... 500
Mrs. j. C. Westphal. ......... 500
ID. T. Thornburg. ......, 500
]. VIM. Kastle, Jr........... 500
ID. M. Kilmer. .............. 500
II. S. Wood. .............. 500
A. G. Bentz. ............... 500
A. f. Bentz Observation-Disclosures. 500
w. f. McAneny ............. 500
w. l.. Gam Observation-Disclosures. 500
w. M. Johnson ........... 500
Allen B. Noll ............. 500
Anna Burger ............... 500
Anna Stribling ..........,.. 500
Ella v. Snodgrass. ........s. 500
DR. A. A. Westrater 500