New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

ment," sighed Marty McMahco
retired bartender. 50 lOr,.
Knew they had en- ii lrchou4cs here an tl,.
1t didn't seem to mater 50 much. ar,r i
hgscrcd come time I'd happo, 70 bc or n.
when tacs' was rollin' in The old fashioned s;-
I'D even spotted frchousc over ,n.
Borough Hall in Brooklyn tllst had the f,
ncsscs hung over the poles Just inside the oe-
like they used to do. an ri though. to MS
that soae day d Rang out there till an lam
cone in, or turn orc in myself if had 70
But guess l wont. now There won 5e
no horses there, nor anywhere else in The city.
after couAa months, an if wen. there or
purpose an seen 'cm, I'd hc thinkin' al ,b
time tha. it was tic lag. time an enjoy :.
about SIS much az sittin' by dcathbcd
"Thcrc never vas nothin' dead nbout fir
horse, an I'd hate TO have EN- fsca in ny
mind that way. The was always the bed
part Of fire. ! always used to 90 70 Il.
doo- OF the Old place on Tenth Avenue socr:
heard an engine whistle. If the: vss cour
our way, Id wait an the boys at the lat
Would, too.
"Thcre'd be a kind Of thin tootin' way 4
at first. but comm closer an closer till ra
heard the cray clat,cr of The hose wagon hps
along behind, too, Wit fc!la tryin' to hs,
the bel! soin' every minute an pull bis Coats
at tie same time.
Next thing-speciaily if It was at nisat-
you heard the clatter Of the horses on =
comm lickety split up the hill on Thirty-str
enth Street.
Then round the corncr into the avenue thu
swung, en- the down grade row and lean
an scrabblin' at tie turn, with SPARKS Ny~'
where their hoofs hit You didn't hardly no
lice the engine a. all as it como iungh al
p.tchin' along with the driver haulln at F'l''
ti.at was as straigh. as iron bars. sparks spi'''
as high as the third story from thc STACK al
tie whistle, that sounded 50 kinda p'p'" .
minute ago. screecilin' like mad.
What YOU seen was just what you wah'c'
to see-thcm three big bays ssretchin ou' IL
front o 26 an streahia' her down the aSenu'
like the fire was behind en- an gaih'h ~
stead of ahead of en-
"Smo..e from the stack. with clnaefs s'''''"
red in it, hid 'em in a minute, sn 1heh u, ,
tender come Dustin round the corner 'naA"
more noise than runaway llllk wagon o.
slewin' an slithe,in' as the horses LOON '''
down grade !,
"All the time down the avenue you sOu.
hear the tootin' of "a, her three horses 'eA''.
at the hill, str:kin sparks with every jump %. ..
most bastin' their collars trsn' TO maAS -
pump before 26 could get there.
Chief Kenlon says that with the ne" ".s
chimes tic can get 100 pieces OF appa's'ay. 49,,
any point sou care to name IN the clsy 81.
thirty minutes, but Id SCORER see 70 q"
racia fer the pump, each behind ITS ta'''
horses. than watch the wno.e 100 ~ e" a
You take y iiremens job an, neS' ~ e
doctors, or maybe bartenders, 1t S'JI III
the humanes. sort Of job there Is
comes toiliN' up when eveYybody's so' ~, ~.
OF scary. feeiin' in the pit Of their ssu,'a sn
an the flames is jumpia' higher every ''A >, =,
paint;n' the under side of the smoke feu' -. ~
just the sight of him makes them staa''''S'
solid an easy again. a.
ole oughta have everythin around h'' -,
human as could be, too, seems TO n's' ~.
specially fire horscs--is io' NV, wv
human than most folks. O. course w." -,
Ford may turn out an cgine yet that NV
human, but most Of the automobile e''s"N. =.
seen has only got human mesnncss IN 'D'
far. !.
~ don't SO so far as to say that hav'. ~. :.
engines around the fro houses is goln =. ...t
the ruination Of the firemen, but do "a! s.a
hayin' horses around as long as they navy =
a lot to do with maxim frcmcn as hulnsD {
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