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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
3
City council and visiting dignitaries gather for meetings while local groups and clubs hold events. Reports include remarks on arrests, charitable society activities, a court case on land tenancies, and arrangements for dinners, recitals, and community gatherings at churches and assembly rooms.
Reading Abner Deysher presents on rubber tires for fire vehicles as Philadelphia officials praise the gathering. President Smith announces committees across districts with Greenberg, Nallinger and others, honors, honorary members, and a salute to Scranton’s ex-chief.
A large crowd gathers for a nocturnal dancing event on the 400 block of Wyoming Avenue with illuminated yards and a street-wide plaza. Chief Trebling Mayor Mow and many firemen lead a ceremonial opening as seven company engines parade along the block followed by a spectacle of lights, banners, and a coordinated run by multiple fire apparatus through the crowded street.
A night scene along the street featured a canopy of multicolored lights and lanterns, arc lighting, and firemen in uniform while crowds danced through two hours of waltzes, two steps, and quadrilles. Spectators thinned near 1 am as the dramatic display captivated onlookers and sparked plans to adopt the asphalt dance in future conventions.
Last night a large reception and parade committee announced expect a longer procession than previously planned with about 125 marching companies plus 140 fire units and 60 to 70 bands. The 5 000 paraders estimate would form a two hour long march starting at 2 PM along routes including Lokawinns avenue Eighthetree Jefferson avenue Vitia street Adams avenue Spruce street Washington Avenue New York street Olive street Wyoming avenue and Lackawanna avenue with divisions forming on Adams Washington and Wyoming avenues.
The Goose Neck club held its annual session at the Jermyn amid rites in a fifth floor room after the deaths of chief gander Selin S Thomas and treasurer John Singliff. Membership limits and rituals remain, with the chief gander wielding decisive control and a long list of current officers and members.
Of the thirty four companies scheduled to arrive yesterday most reached here except Washington Fire company of Astland and the Southward Hose company of Calasanqua. Seven unannounced companies also appeared including Dorrancetownhose of Dorfrey Town and Washington Hose of Danville. Over fifty companies now in town.
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