Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27

planned an interesting. trip to Buffalo
n. Y. later in the season. Mrs. Davit
| White. a daughter Of the chief and Mrs
Henry. resides in Buffalo. They vii
visit her before taking in the sights Of
Niagara and the Canadian border.
Charles B. Proctor third battalion chief
will spend twenty days with his family
at North Chesapeake Beach. Chief Proc
| tor has a comfortable bungalow at the
bay resort and his family will spend the
| summer there and he will be able te
pay them several short visits.
| Chief Wagner has received a check fol
| $50 from A. B. Lyon, manager of the
| Hydraulic Press Brick Company. and the
money will be placed to the credit of the
| firemen's fund. Accompanying the check
i was a note expressing his appreciation
of the quick response of Chief Wagner
| when a fire occurred on the company s
property at Arlington Junction last week
| while we have more than ordinary fire
! equipment for concerns OF our size.
| wrote Mr.. Lyon. I'VE thought 1t best to
| call on you before the fire made too mpch
| Roadway, as the experience OF your men
! was worth considerable and we appre-
| ciated what they did"
Only one bid for horses to be supplied
the department the coming fiscal year
was received by Chief Wagner. it being
that of A. Rice & Sons. Baltimore, at a
price was S311.
Good horses are getting scarcer every
year." Chief Wagner stated. The fire
department must have heavy stock and
the animals must have speed, and such
animals are hard to get
Henry j. Burns of No. 1s Engine Com
pany has returned from trip to Allan
tic City.
IT never take an extended trip" the
fo$e hut 70 tn
eral weekend trips during the summer
season.
Burns. his companions say. was en-
titled to much of the credit for the good
work done by the Washington fire de-
partment some years ago when the local
department assisted the Baltimore fire
men.
Burns" said one Of them. had
worked in Baltimore and was thoroughly
familiar with the conditions there.
And he added, 1T was due to his
knowledge of fire fighting and of the con-
ditions in Baltimore that enabled the
Washington department to make such an
excellent record.
big jim as Battalion Chief Kelfher
is so Familiarity called, is proud of No.
truck company. He makes his head
quarters with the truck company, and
when the company won the johnson flag
last week he was the first to extend his
congratulations.
No. 1 engine company made so good
a showing that it will be custodian of
the Mcfarland flag during the current
year.
That's nothing new for No IT, re-
marked Chief Wagner. Capt. Tom
O'Connor's company has had the flag
before
Owen r. Monkey, known to Chief Wag-
ner's office force as Lieut.. Moxley. be-
cause it Is probable that he will be Sc
lected to fill such a vacancy in the near
future. is the expert fisherman Of the de-
partment.
Last week, after he had heard of others
making big catches. he rowed a boat
several miles In an effort to locate a place
where he could get a string Of rockfish
Not much luck remarked the pros
pective lieutenant. who refused to state
what he caught
One 'roundfsh' was his CATCH" de-
clared Chief Clerk Watson.
Chief Clerk Watson expects to begin
work on the annual report Of the de-
partment in a few days. Increases and
improvements will be provided for in the
estimates. and the report will show heavy
fire losses for the fiscal year.