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Show ,... Buffalo , with a p opulat ion of 155 , 000 , pay s cr l,oB; Inaianapolis , 75 , 000 i nhab it ants , p ay s llt>l - 16 ; Sa cram .nto , with 22 , 000 - - about t he popul ation of our city pays $ 1 . 56~ yearly f or each man , woman and ch i 1 d , to sust ain the fir e departn ent . ·rhe Salt • Lake City f i re d ep a rtment i n 1884 was mainta i ned at the trifli ng cost of 26 cents to each i ndividual . These fig ur e s we r e taken f rom c a r efully compil ed statistics , and make our cit y compare v ery favorab l y with any city i n the Union--in fa ct s e cond to non ~ . The ch ief expressed h i s th ank s and appre ci at ion of the manner in wh ich the citiz ens had sust a ined and encoura ·ed the depart ment , and h oped yet to see our b rig ade equ ipped i n the most eff icient manner . Aft e r t he adr :cess was ove r M. Rucben Si mp so n , i n behalf of the rnc 1bers of the department , presented Ch ief Eng i ne e-r Ottinge r wi th an elegant burr_ish ed silv e r mantle ornament in the form or a pal ette i n the cent e r of wh i ch was a French plete g lass mirror, partially surrounded with a blackberry spray bee.rin · b los s on s and fruit . On a plat e attached for t h e pur pose was beaut ifully engrav ed t h e i ns c~i pti o n 11 Pre s ented by the s . L. F. Dept . to C'nief Engineer Otti nger, Feb . 9 , 1885 . II The c'_tief wa s much affe cted , an r epli ed in an appro r i a t e address . After t hese exerci s e s wer e ov er, the co m~ any a djourned to the adjacent building recently occupied by Dan:Lel Gre nig e,s a h ot el , whe re t he r e we r four large t E:bles loaded with l~"'<.urious viand s , and cap ab l e of a ccon 10dati ng 2 20 pe r ~ o ns at on c e . After supper t he comp an;y r e t u r ned to the hall, wh ich had been cleared f or danci ng duri ng t heir absenc e , and i d ulg .d i n t he 1ligh t fantastic " unti l a late hour before t hey s epare.ted . • It was in al l re spects a most pleasant affair, and r fleet s c redi t upon the comr 1 tte e , the band , the pe r for·mers , and all whos efforts c onsp~red t o th e ~n jo y ment of t he occasion • • |
