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HOUSING THE ENGINE.hfor1*1llrtnqitrl Oiveu li» II •noOiUi liiitlm-• in II jimr uf I li •* \Early Saturday evening the new* rClapp »v* June* steam flr«» cngin* for Honolulu Engine Co. No. I, wa-drawn from tin- I moil Iron Works, whettt it li:tlt;I hc» ii not up, to Mio hou'V of Mu- company mi King street, which hail been suitably icpuired lortin* machine *• accommodation. A pair of liAiiilsiftin* buy lnr-lt;»*s bought m ( alifornia for S.Vm, by Mr. .1. Buckley of tin Fashion Stable* Company, am I puiil for by tin* aid of -n * »-Ncripiimi* of Monoluln mcroliunl-*. drew the engine. The lior-es an* seven nr eight year* old am) well matched. They are not lacking in spirit ul though safe and steady beasts, ami tliev ran iniu the house with ihe engine us naturuliy us trained lire horses. The principal change made for the reception of the new machine and to suit the employmentof hinges hu* been the cousti nelinnof a turn table over a circular brick ashpit, by means of which the engine is immediately wheeled round on returning from u fire and mude ready for the next run. Ah ihe guests invited to the banquet arrived they crowded iulo the engine room, where the oftlecrs of the I)* piirtmeiit and the company e xplained everything about 'he engine and loam to all enquirers.At eight o’clock .Mr. Robed More, foreman of the conipanv. invited the guest* upHt drs to the miding hall Tables were arranged in the form of a hollow square, and set for about 125 persons, dr. More as mailer of the feast, gut lit the middle of the cross table. To his right w* re: His Ex. J. Mott Smith. Minister of Finance: His Kxeclbuey W. AWhiting, Allorney-f Jevicral; (’ol. .1. II. Bay cl i.nd Air. (Jeo. Norton, rcs-ptttttiudy Srcoud and Fu-t Engineers, II. F I).; Mr. B. Oidendein. Mr. K. A. Schaefer, Mr. ,1. I! I'aty, Mr. Alex. Young, Air. Skosinger, lion. M. W Mm int bine. |'*» th- left of the clmir uinl elsewhere W\ re seated : Mr ,1. N. S. Willi on-., II hi. C. B. Wilson, Marshal of the K guom and Chief Kngjueer of the Foe Department; Ale.-si* 11. C. Ke.nyou, ( lias. Creighton, .1 I). Tucker, A. I*.Fctem/n. II. F. Ilebbard, JohnLiiciih, (Jeo. B ons,.I. S. Wull.er, jr.,J. C. White. Supl. Water Works, .1. Neil, Fire Marshal, F. B. Thomas. Tlios. .). King, Walter Hill, C. I', t iulick, tivo. Samleinan. .1. Luiim-den, (Jeo. (ialbraith, W. (». Ashley. Chris. (Jertz, John Null, .! AV\ Met i tiire. .1. W. I Tall, J. .1 Sullivan. II. AI. Dow,.Ins. Tinker, Deputy Marshal J. A. Melirtm, (Jeo. Uubin-son (oldest lirenuin present), I*. Hughes, engineer of No. 1, 1). lv. Kalawma, foreman of No. 4. Hang Sam, foreman of No. 5. Julius Asdic, foreman of Hook Ladder Co., .1. W. McDonald, assistant foreman of No. 2, I). SV. Krataor of the Advertiser, l. Logan of tlicBru.KTis. and the niemb rs in general of No. 1.The banquet was an elegant one, prepared by Mr. Hamilton Johnson, host of the Hamilton Home. There was a great variety of well-cookedviands, and nobody was neglected by the busy waiters. For the well-ordered arrangements Mr. .J. A. Melirten ih largely to be credited, he having been bead of the committee and unsparing of exertion to make the event a success. When the clatter of knives and forks hud subsided, Mr. More initiated the lull of intellectual fart*.“Her Majesty Queen Liiiuoka-luni,” the first toast, was drunk with honors.‘•The Cabinet” was received with the song, “For they are jolly goodfellows.”His Excellency J. Mott Smith responded, lie gave some amusing reminiscences of the Honolulu Fire Department in the fifties, when it did not have any heavy appliances for putting out tires. He praised the great ellieiency of the department at this ilay, holding that it was equal tothe paid departments of iurger cities. In closing he proposed“The Foreman of No. I,” Mr. More in responding gave credit to the Chief Engineer for getting thciu their new mgine. It was capable of doing four times as much work asthe old engine, and they Imd :i strongcompany capable of handling four limes the work hitherto done. Moreover, they had a fine span of horses, for which they hud to thank the guests ol the evening who had kindly donated the money. He repeat' dhis thanks to II. r Majesty * Cabinet, ibe Chief Engineer and the merchants for the excellent equipments whose acquisition was being celebrated.Mr. F. A. Schaefer, us President of the Board of Fndi rwi iier», in a few happy remarks proposed the health ul the Chief Kngineer, to whoso ability and energy tin? elHci-ency of the Fite Department was largely due.Mr. WiNon in response -aid the ellicieney uf the Depaituieiii was due lo the unanimity and devotion of iti members. ’The (Jovcrniiiciit had been liberal in gelliug the engine and the citizens had been liberal m subscribing for the horses. 'This was a second elu's Clapp .Jones engine with the latest improvement*, and no better engine of its class was in existence.“The Past Engineer*” brought Mr. John Nott forward, who wa* salislic'd that I lonoliibi wa« well equipped against lire. Tlic tenders should also be supplied with horses. It was as acees.iury for the hose to be early at a fire as the engine.“'The AHsistun*. Kngineer*.” Mr. (Jeo. Norton gave a neat response.“Our Sister Companies.'' Mr. AY alter Hill was called on to speak for all and did so Immurouslv. He facetiously tried to ignore the I look A (.adder O., but it* representatives would not let him. As representinglt;up|i-d withAnting, whoIhe Tin* I’-* leu e*poei alls i hanked t he men iu.c- . I hi* or. aniz /I vim I * • * nf proplt; n y“hooking” at lire*.••Mur lines?*-'* was the name of Air. Ale* made a speech in hi* Usual felicitous manner, lie often woedcinl how so ( amnv men who worked hard all day, could yet ut the tap ol the bell turn out to their lie.chine*, lie did not know how they heard the hell he never ttonld hear it 'They should not let tlm authorities rest till they Imd bfl' k hmiic tor their engines, horse* f it ttieii hose earls mill everything they wautc I.“ The Ladies, received with en-t'lUiia-m, wtt* «e*pouded to by Hon. (i. \V. Maef-tilane. Insurance companies abroad representi (I Here look much interest in mu Fire Dopart-iiient. Hi- late Kahikuiiu•Imd always taken pride m speaking to strangers of Hu Department, lie seemed always to be very proud utid happy tc be present, on every occasion of fo-llviM amoi g the firemen. At Coronado. Ca!., the King wa« talking to a number of ladies about the » xtit.gudiing of fires, and hetook occasion to speak of t he Department at home, and seemed to take great pride in telling them that he was a member of the Department and always at tended files when lie though! there was grout danger to property and life. The speak* i said the insurance rates would be much liigbei here wen* it not for the elllei-uicy of die Dep itmeut. If a fresh sub*cri| lion w.i- started lie should be Imppy to d■* all he could to get horses lor the red of the companies.Music was now culled for as a variation. Mr. (Jto. ICimuii sang “The Christians Cake, and, on ;i loud encore. ••Ihe B:i*ebail Sonir,” Air. \V. (i. Ashley acciompanving him on the piano. Another song was given by Mr. Charlock and loudly applauded.“Thu AVteran Firemen ol Honolulu, wm honored with ontliUrtiusiil, Major C Htiliek being called to respond. Spenkhig *»f veterans brought up ti world «•( nieinoritts—it was not so much ji lack of material for speaking that was the trouble but the proper incident* to select, out of a multitude. In looking round lie failed to see anyone who wu- in the company in September. |si;a, when lie joined. Kamehuiiiehn IA was not only a member *f the I n p:»»tmeni but an active member The speaker referred to a lire in Brewer A Co.’s store, where II. May Co.'s store now stand*, in I*52, ami to later tires down to the eunlhgration of ISistt. Thiac III** were matters of record known not only to those present, but in the other parts of the world, thework of this Depart men p ken of with credit, lie believed Ills t ame was still retained on the rolls nt this Company. (“Ye*, it is, and up-pluusu.) The second chief engineer ol the Department was A. J. Cartwright, who in a certain sense was its founder. He was a member of the New York Department. BenJ. F. Snow was the first chief engineer. The speaker gave a li-d of the earlier engines introduced and of tsome of the chief engineers— Uielmrd (J. Neville, Mi. tiillilaud, c. K. Williams, John A. 11.» singer and C. N. spencer. The Honolulu Fire Departmenta!way* maintained it* loyultv to the public. (Applause.)“ The IViss” was responded to by the editcr nf llm Id i.i.nnv.Mr. (has. Creighton, Deputy Atiorney-Ucneral, u.iid the Department was as efficient ris that of Sun Fraueiueo. \Vhat was wanted next was a paid lire department. He proposed the “New Engine of No. 1, which wu- received with cheers. Air. J. D. 'Tucker responded, congratulating the company lt;m it* improved equipments.Mr. lt;rco. Samleinan gave ’he song, “When we were boys tog.ther.”Air. T. J. King proposed “The Bur, to which IBs Excellency lire Attorney-l.ieneral felicitously responded, eulogizing the Fite Department.Air. Alehrten proposed *11. U. 11. the Tl'iiiec Consori, an h morary member, which was accorded the honors. All. E. B. I humus gave a song.Air. Tucker propped “Charlie AA’iUun. Marshal of the Kingdom,” and, after another song by Mr. Hit-iii.in ' AJel iint v the Marshal de-4rlive red a short speech, on the recordand status of the Fire D panment.Col. Iloyd in, u few reiiuuk*, bespoke due credit to all the other companies, ami ended by proposing the health of Mr. J. ('. White, late Tire M.iirdml and Survey Engineer and now Sup« rluU ndunt of the Water Works.•Mr. AVhite *aid the new engine could throw as much water as the engines •»( Nos. 2 and 4 I together. In the te-t she threw 215 feel hy netuai measurement while foaming at that, lie did uot care wliert i i' y might go, place the best tire departuielit in the *ame position, iti liU'Di ie) * scattered over the city at their »vmk or in lliclr beds, and the llomduiu Fire Department will get to :t lire I fore ill** oilier. 'They cuuhl gel up Umi1! a* quick as ilie hint. When me eliemic*! engine ( one they would have iii good an equipment as S in Francisco according to size of the city.The Chief Kngitieer offered a closing t • the hour was gettingI le—*‘0o o .nior A olunteers. He q oke of i • • ni|tii*ia*m of the boys, some of tl« ; P.fpiug in the engine house *o is to lie ready at uuy moment w» a the iios»*.The a- • .«lt; lbroke up at 11 :10, singing “ v Ling Syne.”Masquerade Ball!C'USTFMLS can !«• Imd «*n hire by npplying to L. J, LEA KY.L*3 Jt
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The Daily Bulletin
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Mon, Aug 17, 1891
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