CHAPTER IX.

LAST D.AYS OF THI'. V()LUN I'F.KR DEIWRT.MF.N T—1887 to 1891.
Firemen's MoNU.MENT in Gkkenwood Cemeterv—L.vwrkm e   ( )']Jonxell's

0R.\TI0N—WaLER StARCE, BUT LoSSES REDUCED—Ol!SKi,>i:n;S OF JkI-
FERSON    D.-VXIS—" RE.X "   AXD    THE    FiREMEN—L.XSl'   FiGHT   AOAIXsT    THE

F. C. .Association—The Hli.xrd of Coxtrol  Take  a   Hand—Te.st   of

THE \A.\TEK SUIT'LV—TlIE " CL.XRK ORDINANCE"—CtllEF O'CoxNOR's
Le.WE   of   .AI'.SKNCE^HOSE   .VXD   HoRSFS   .XT   MlLNEBUKO—CiTY    CoUNCIL

Sustains the Deparimfxt—First Prfsfxt.xtio.x of ;\Ifiials to Fire¬
men, FOR Rescue of Officfr Seelhokst—Deaths from Electric
Wires—P.xid Dep.xrtment Est.xiilishfd in   the   Sixth   Disirict—()k-

DINANCE FOR CiTV P.XID DEPAKTMEXT Disi/USSED AND P.XSSKD—O'CoX-
NOR to be CHIFF—VoLUNTEFR OfFICFRS AND MfX RETAINED—PAXRE-
WELL    TO    THE    OlD    DEPARTMENT—.V     PAN.XI.     TRAOFDV;   ^LXT     H.XNNON

Killed—Resionatiox of President M.xkks—Tra\sifr of Appar.xtus.

|X October, 1887, the Firemen's Monument in Greenwood Ceme¬
tery, which had been projected onl)' a year before, not only as
a memorial to the deceased firemen, but as a comemoration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the department, was read)' for unx'eiling
and dedication. The cer(Mnonies took place on the 2 7tli of the month.
For greater convenience, instead of giving a large part of the time to a
formal parade of the department, the companies proceeded to the ceme¬
tery by the most convenient routes. Thither they had been preceded
by an enormous concourse of people. The monument was formally
turned over to President Marks by Mr. Charles A. Orleans, who had de¬
signed and erected it. The Rev. Father P'oote, of .St. John's Church,
attended by two acolytes then blessed the structure ; and the veil being
then withdrawn, the orator of the da), the Hon. Lawrence O'Donnell,
stepped forward to his place on the brilliantly decorated platform, and ad¬
dressed the assemblacje as follows :