Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-30
MEET IN NEW YORK
Mayor Gaynor viii Welcome
Fighters on Monday.

Forty First Annual Convention Of the
international Association Of Fire
Engineers Will Sc Held In New
York City Beginning Monday and
Continuing All Week-Fine Pro
gram For Each Day.
NEW YORK, Aug. "a The forty.
first annual convention Of the Inter
ational Association Of Fire Engineers
which is to be held in this city the
coming week and for which the final
preparations have now been complet.
ed will bring together the greatest
gathering Of FIRE fighters the world
has ever seen. Heads Of the fire de
partments of nearly all the leading
elites of the United States and Cana.
ada viii be present In addition. the
attendance will include representa-
tiyes Of many foreign cities.
Among the fire chiefs from abroad
viii be A. r. Dyer, of London. Capt
flvert and Lieut.. La Point, Of Paris.
Thomas Purcell. OF Dublin, Col. NJ.
KirhoGf, Of st. Petersburg, Capt. Por.
dage, Of Edinburgh, f. a. +. schaen
ker of Fraukfort-on-the Main. Felix
Mitchell, OF Cape Town, G. r. Ben
nington, Of Pretoria D. ]. Stein. Of
Melbourne, August Deerng. OF Homo
lulu, aud G. L. Weidman, of Panama
The convention Will have its for.
NAL opening at the Grand Central
Palace on Monday Mayor Gaynor
will welcome the visitors AT this
and the subsequent business sessions
number Of papers will be presented.
Fire Commissioner Johnson and Chief
Kenlon of the New York department
win discuss Fire Insurance and It's
Relation to Ineendaries.' Chief
Henry G. Bunker and William Clark,
Director Of Public Safety Of Cincin-
natl. win talk on THE Inspection of
Buildings and Contents By Members
of Uniformed Force" Other papers
will be read by Chief A. V. Brunnett,
Of Birmingham, Ala on Metr Fire
Apparatus" and BY Charles S. Demo
eres- of the New York fire depart
ment. on The Gasoline Motor Pump
ing Engine"
Wednesday there will De scien
tifc tests Of the various kinds Of ap
paratus at the pier at the foot OF West
Fftyfourth street. Here a grand
stand has been erected, from which
the visiting fremen can watch op
erations. A motor engine and a steam
pump viii be placed side by side on
the pier. in The first test the motor
viii be run for six successive hours
with 100 pounds pressure at the pump
the test requiring a certain number
of gallons to be delivered at the noz
zle each minute. For six hours more
$50 pounds pressure will be carried.
and the engine viii be run steadily
with an increasing pressure of fifty
pounds every six hours until q max
imum pressure of 300 pounds has
been reached. Comparison win be.
made with the time conrumed by the
steam pump in delivering the same
amount of water at the nozzle
Friday will be the day Of the big
parade. More than 1900 members
Of the New York department w.ll take
part There viii be apparatus repre-
senting $50 companies and $500 uni
formed volunteers and members of
paid departments outside of the city.
The parade will, in a way portray
The history of organized freGghting
for every sort OF fire-Gghting appara
tus viii be shown There will be eX-
amples of the old hand apparatus
Horse drawn engines win be in line,
ana as q climax viii be seen the mod
ern motor driven engines and carts.
At the conclusion of the parade the
fremen will make their way ta River
side Drive for the dedication of the
fremens monument erected there.
The late Bishop Potter suggested the
construction of the monument follow