Evening star., 1926-08-06
DOUGHERTY TO GIVE :
F|RE-TEST TROPHY
Commissioner in First Public
Appearance for Presenta-
tion of The Star Cup.

District Commissioner Proctor L.
Dougherty will make his first public
appearance in his official capacity to-
morrow evening, when he will present
The Evening Star cup to No. 81
engine company, which shattered all
known fire apparatus speed records
last week by leaving it's quarters on
an alarm in the flashing time of six
seconds fiat.
The presentation ceremonies which
will be fully appropriate for the occa-
sion, will begin at $50 o'clock tomor-
row evening In the headquarters Of
the championship company, Lanier
place near Ontario road. In addition
to Mr.. Dougherty, Engineer Commits
| sioner Bell and other high officials Of
| the District government, the Police
Department and the Fire Department
Will be present.
Public Is Invited.
During the ceremonies the company
will be out of commission. and an
| other company will be assigned to
answer an alarm it might normally
have to respond to. The general pubs
| lie has been extended a cordial invtp
tation by the officials of the Fire De.
| partment to attend, and special ar
| rangements will be made to take care
or spectators in the engine house. IL
| Is especially hoped that citizens as.
sociations organized in the territory
| served by No. 21 will be officially rep
resented.
The ceremony will open when a
representative Of The Star. having
| temporarily assumed possession OK
| the trophy again, formally turns TX
| over to Commissioner Dougherty, as
the official head of the Fire Depart(
ment, with an explanation Of why thi4
paper offered it as prize year ago..
Mr.. Dougherty will then present it 10
the winners Of the 1926 contest with
an appropriate address. He will be
| followed by Capt T. B. Stanton,
commander Of the company, who VIII
accept it on behalf of the men.
Chief Watson I'm Charge.
Chief Engineer George s. Watson.
as the commanding officer of the Fire
Department. will be in charge. At the
end Of the presentation an inspection
or the winning company and it's quar-
/ ters will be held. The achievement Of
No. 21 Engine Company has attracted
wide attention, and its record. sent all
! over the country by the Associated
Press, has been published from coast
to coast, constituting a standing chal.
! lenge to any fire engine company any
where that thinks it can beat that
time under identical conditions.
When requested by Chief Watson
and a representative Of The Star today
to make the address of presentation,
Commissioner Dougherty said he had
a dinner engagement for tomorrow
evening, but Immediately volunteered
to cut 1t short in order to be present.
1T will afford me my first opportunity
to get out and meet the men 1 am to
work WITH he said. II cannot think
Of missing 1t. 1 want to know them
all, just as quickly as can"
Writes His Approval.
Commissioner Dougherty wrote a
letter Of congratulation not only to
No 81 engine company, but to No.
IL truck as well, the latter having
I broken the record for a truck COM
pany leaving its quarters on alarm.
AS a result. it was awarded the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers cup,
which will be presented with similar
ceremonies at the company's station.
on Wisconsin avenue near Friendship,
at date now being arranged by the
Merchants and Manufacturers AsSo-
citation.
The letter to No. 81 follows:
| Dear Capt. Stanton:
| Upon assuming my official duties
| in the District Building / was officially
advised by the chief engineer that
your company has this year won The
| Evening Star speed contest for en-
gine companies, and that the coveted
Evening Star trophy is to be present
ed to you. This is an evidence OF
efficiency of which you may well be
proud, and feel that in leaving your
| quarters on an alarm in six seconds
you have established a record which
will be difficult to equal.
| please accept my sincere congratS
ulations."
Letter Also to No. L..
A similar letter was sent to Capt.
| r. G., Tegeler, commander of No. IL
truck. Michael d. Schaefer, secretary
of the Cosmopolitan Club, also wrote
| the winning commanders, congratu-
| lating them upon their achievements.
1 He explained that the club had taken
! a formal vote of felicitation at its
regular luncheon and had instructed
him to extend it's fullest appreciation
for what the companies had done.
A Brylawski of the Interstate
Amusement Co., who lives near No.
21, sent Capt. Stanton a letter of con-
! graduation, declaring he and his men
had accomplished "an almost supers
human feat" Mr.. BrylawsN was as.
sociated as youth with the old
Good WIZ volunteer fire company
in Norfolk, Va, in 1867 and 1868. He
inclosed- a check for $40, asking the
captain to buy ice cream and cake
| for the men as a present from the man
who Is known to the department as
Daddy b.