Show r 1 vf I 1 they athly had a reunion and Elect election lon in city r ity hall an all incident jit of the in of the meeting bilig of the Voi cran firemen hold ucla last evening was fl visit from 0 09 the boys bos who was present when cileli the tile department was first il under unac the chieftainship st f jobb the george goorge hellewell a son in law of james burrup now deceased who was initiated in the first organization ot of the tile department brought up tip sonic some pleasant re reminiscences Is elices and made a comparison be he tween primitive methods and those used today as he has been th guest of chief paine af of the present fire department part ment and had been shown what the difference is he lie told etolil how when the first hand pump came in the water wa was s taken from the canals water ditches wo we called them then and josh williams Wll Hanis furnished urnis hed the lumber to dam the ditches to maka mah holes big enough ello ligh to put the tile hose into it furnished some food for carried the boys back to the times when the night watchman used to toll the bell in the tile court house tower to to give the alarm and ind location of br the lire many a strenuous hour the boys spent then and many a dollar they flayed clayed to ogden citizens T r bc c register of the old veteran firemen fir ernen will never be completed the tho roster of chiefs and firemen Js s of record but of ahe he deeds done an historian tar ian is not likely fikely to write josh williams warren G childs joe dark clark orson alser as chief have gono gone down into inta the history of the city rity as Ag liters who could smell fire while prominent among the hook and ladder boys was charlie C ij D illyes last nights meeting brought out some of these reminiscences and many others the practical business of the meeting resulted in the election of the following officers J A paine president W 11 wright first vice president R B paine second vice president goodale treasurer joe wright secretary F 4 A gale asgis assistant tani secretary john ford property man |