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BERGIN, THOMAS J., A.B., M.D., son of Patrick and Ellen (Crotty) Bergin; born in the City of New Haven, Conn .; graduate of Yale College, Class of 1896; graduate of Yale Medical School, Class of 1899; assistant surgeon in the army during the Spanish-American War; surgeon in the New Haven Hospital for two years; practised medicine in New Haven for three years; opened an office in Cos Cob for the practice of medicine in 1907.
BOYLE, STACEY WATKYN, M.D., son of Charles C. and Isabelle Stacey (Watkins) Boyle; born in the City of New York; graduate of the New York Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Class of 1908; interne in the Metropol- itan Hospital, Blackwell's Island, Department of Charity, June I, 1908 to June I, 1909; spent part of the year 1907 in the study of medicine abroad; opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of medicine on June 1, 1909.
BROOKS, FRANK T., A.B., M.D., son of Charles A. and Fanny P. (Chase) Brooks; born in the Town. of Haverhill, Mass .; graduate of Yale College, Class of 1890; graduate of
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the Long Island College Hospital, Class of 1893; interne in the Long Island College Hospital during the years 1893 and 1894; settled in the Borough of Greenwich in 1894 and soon thereafter opened an office for the practice of medicine; spent the winter of 1901 in medical studies abroad; married, Jan. 20, 1907, at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Madeline Conkey.
BRUSH, JAMES H., M.D., son of David and Sophia (Young) Brush; born in the Town of Greenwich, Sept. 17, 1822; studied law in the City of New York and was admitted to the New York Bar; practised law in the City of New York for a few years; then took up the study of medicine in the cities of New York, London, and Paris; first commenced the practice of medicine in the City of New York; removed to the Town of Greenwich in 1863, and opened an office for the practice of medicine, where he died Oct. 14, 1893; was judge of probate for the District of Greenwich from 1865 to 1873; married, April 13, 1864, Sarah Amelia, daughter of George D. and Sarah Parker.
BURKE, WILLIAM, M.D., son of William and Joanna (Dwyer) Burke; born in Perryville, N.Y .; graduate of Casenovia Seminary; graduate of the Long Island College Hospital, Class of 1896; opened an office in the old Mead Homestead on Greenwich Avenue, Borough of Greenwich, May 1, 1896, for the practice of medicine; married, Nov. 4, 1897, Anna A., daughter of Patrick T. Mongan of Green- wich.
BUSH, RALPH I., A.B., M.D., son of David and Sarah Bush; born in the Town of Greenwich, Oct. 29, 1779; grad- uate of Yale College, Class of 1802; first studied medicine in the Town of Greenwich and then with Dr. Rush of Phila- delphia, Pa., where he received his medical degree; practised medicine in Rockland County, N. Y., and in the City of New York; died in the City of New York on Aug. 4, 1860.
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BUSH, WILLIAM, M.D., son of Justus Bush; born in the Town of Greenwich, Feb. 24, 1737; practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich; was made a mason in Union Lodge of Stamford in 1780, and was its master from 1788 to 1792; died in Dec., 1801; married, Jan. II, 1778, Deborah, widow of Seth Mead.
CLARKE, JOHN A., M.D., son of Alexander and Cassandra Clarke; born in the City of New York; graduate of Bellevue Medical Hospital, Class of 1897; ambulance surgeon at the Harlem Hospital; practised medicine in South Manchester, Conn., for two years; opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of medicine on June 1, 1900.
CLOSE, THOMAS, M.D., son of Abraham and Mary (Hub- bard) Close; born in the Town of Greenwich, Dec. 30, 1784; first practised medicine in the City of New York; removed to Port Chester, N. Y., about 1830; removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1862, where he died April 14, 1863; married, April 29, 1807, Jemima Hobby of Greenwich, and had five chil- dren.
FERRIS, HARRY BURR, A.B., M.D., son of Samuel H. and Mary (Clark) Ferris; born in the Town of Greenwich; grad- uate of Yale College, Class of 1887; graduate of Yale Medical School, Class of 1891; Professor of Anatomy at Yale Medical School; married Helen W., daughter of Gilbert Hopkins and Mary (Knight) Ferris, by whom he had Helen Millington and Henry Whiting.
FRANKLIN, THOMAS M., M.D., son of William H. and Hannah R. Franklin; born in the City of New York; grad- uate of New York University Medical School, Class of 1847; opened an office at Cos Cob for the practice of medicine in 1887; died, March 22, 1896, and left a son, Spencer Franklin, M.D., who soon removed from the Town of Greenwich.
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GOEHLE, OTTO L., A.B., M.D., son of Carl A. and Augusta (Bette) Goehle; born in the City of Buffalo, N. Y .; graduate of Cornell College, Class of 1902; graduate of Cornell Medical School, Class of 1905; interne at the New York Hospital from 1906 to 1908; interne in the private pavilion of the New York Hospital from 1908 to 1909; graduate of St. Mary's Hospital of the City of New York for Children, 1909; graduate of the Memorial Hospital of the City of New York, Jan. 1, 1910; engaged in dispensary ser- vice at Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital of the City of New York doing ear work; settled in the Borough of Greenwich in June, 1910, and opened an office for the practice of medi- cine.
GRAHAM, JOHN AUGUSTUS, M.D., resided at White Plains, N. Y., during the Revolutionary War and was a leading patriot; removed to the Town of Greenwich, where he died on May 18, 1796, age 47 years and 2 months.
GRISWOLD, RALPH B., M.D., son of Lucius and Julia Elizabeth (Barnard) Griswold; born in the Town of Cole- brook, Litchfield County, Conn .; studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the City of New York, and graduated from the Eclectic Medical College, Cincin- nati, O., Class of 1856; was a resident physician for a year in Dr. Strong's Sanitarium, Saratoga, N. Y .; removed to Banks- ville in 1858, and opened an office for the practice of medi- cine; married Mary J., daughter of Andrew Derby of Winsted, Conn. Banksville is located on the boundary line between the Town of North Castle, N. Y., and the Town of Greenwich, and lies partly in both states.
GRISWOLD, WILLIAM L., Ph.B., M.D., son of Ralph B. and Mary J. (Derby) Griswold; born in Banksville, Town of North Castle, N. Y .; graduate of Yale College, Class of 1881; graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the City of New York, Class of 1885; engaged in out-patient
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work at the Northwestern Dispensary during part of the year 1885; opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of medicine in July, 1885; married, Ist, in 1889, Martha E. Conkey; married, 2d, in 1906, Caroline E. Morrell.
HANLON, ALBERT F., M.D., son of Edward and Frances Louise Hanlon; born in the City of Brooklyn, N. Y .; graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine, Class of 1906; graduate of the Hahnemann Medical College of the City of Philadelphia, Class of 1907; spent the summer of 1907 at the London General Hospital, London, England, in the study of medicine; house physician at the Hahnemann Hospital of the City of Philadelphia for one year; practised medicine in Atlantic City for one year; settled in the Borough of Green- wich in 1909, and opened an office for the practice of medi- cine.
HOBBY, SAMUEL D., M.D., son of Hezekiah and Eliza- beth (Mead) Hobby; born in the Town of Greenwich in 1781 ; died June 7, 1861.
HOLLY, FRANCIS M., M.D., grandson of John W. Holly of the Town of Stamford; born in the City of New York; graduate of Yale Medical School, Class of 1855; settled at Round Hill in the Town of Greenwich in 1859, and opened an office for the practice of medicine; removed his office to the Borough of Greenwich in 1868, where he is still located.
HOYT, JAMES H., M.D., son of Joseph W. and Louisa M. (Whelpley) Hoyt; born in the Town of Ridgefield, Conn .; studied medicine in the City of New York with Dr. Valen- tine Mott; first commenced the practice of medicine in the Borough of Greenwich in 1853; representative to the General Assembly in 1856; removed to the Town of Stamford about 1865, where he died Feb. 10, 1875; married, July 18, 1854. Elizabeth S., daughter of Joseph and Sarah A. (Mead)
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Brush, born Feb. 14, 1829, died May 17, 1898, by whom he had Sarah Louisa and Isabelle T.
HUGERFORD, THOMAS, M.D., settled in the Town of Greenwich in 1742, died about 1761, and his widow, Eliza- beth, afterwards married Captain Israel Knapp, inn-keeper.
HYDE, FRITZ CARLETON, B.S., M.D., son of Wesley Warren and Mary Elizabeth (Powell) Hyde; born at Grand Rapids, Mich .; graduate of the University of Michigan, Class of 1898; graduate of the Medical Department of the University of Michigan, Class of 1900; spent one year as a physician at Calumet Hospital; settled in the Town of Greenwich in 1901, and now has an office for the practice of medicine on the easterly side of Maple Avenue, Borough of Greenwich; President of the Staff of the Greenwich Hospital; married, in 1901, Harriet Virginia, daughter of Edwin Howard and Carrie Virginia (Richardson) Baker.
HYDE, HARRIET BAKER, M.D., daughter of Edwin How- ard and Carrie Virginia (Richardson) Baker; born at Ware, Mass .; graduate of the Medical Department of the Uni- versity of Michigan, Class of 1900; settled in the Town of Greenwich in 1900, and now has an office for the practice of medicine on the easterly side of Maple Avenue, Borough of Greenwich; attending physician at the Greenwich Hospital; married, in 1901, Fritz Carleton Hyde, B.S., M.D.
JONES, LEANDER P., M.D., son of Thomas and Abigail (Carter) Jones; born at Shaftsbury, Vt .; graduate of the New York College of Homeopathy, Class of 1874; opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of medi- cine on July 1, 1875; one of the earliest advocates of pre- ventive medicine; prominent member of the American Public Health Association; medical examiner for the coroner for upwards of twenty years; state senator in 1893; first health officer of the Borough as well as the Town of Green-
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wich; died at Bellaire, Fla., March 17, 1907; married Fanny, youngest daughter of Milo and Rhoda (Barrett) Hotchkiss, by whom he had Milo H., Philip L., Horace C., Barrett, and Rhoda.
JONES, MILO HOTCHKISS, M.D., son of Dr. Leander P. and Fanny (Hotchkiss) Jones; born at Kensington, Conn., Feb. 26, 1875; attended the public school in the Borough of Greenwich; King's School at Stamford, Conn .; graduate of Yale Medical School, Class of 1896; spent two years as a physician at Bellevue Hospital in the City of New York, after which he commenced the practice of medicine in the Borough of Greenwich with his father; died, July 27, 1903, unmarried.
KLEIN, ALVIN W., M.D., born in Owenton, Owen County, Ky .; graduate of the Cincinnati Medical College, Class of 1889; resident physician at the Manhattan State Hospital, N. Y., for three years; resident physician at Sanford Hall, Flushing, L. I .; settled in the Town of Greenwich in 1903, and opened an office for the practice of medicine in the Borough of Greenwich; health officer for the Borough of Greenwich since 1907; married Augusta J. Bowman, who was born in 1867 and died in 1907.
MARSHALL, JAMES L., M.D., son of Captain William S. and Sarah E. (Morrison) Marshall; born in the City of Albany, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1854; family removed to North Mianus in 1857; graduate of the Bellevue Medical Hospital, Class of 1876; first practised medicine in the Borough of Greenwich, then removed to Cos Cob; removed to Norwalk, Conn., in 1899, where he died in June, 1904; married Carrie, daughter of James and Cora (Thompson) Knapp, by whom he had William J. and Clayton.
MEAD, AMOS, M.D., son of Ebenezer and Hannah (Brown) Mead; born in the Town of Greenwich, Feb. 22,
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1730; surgeon of the 3d Connecticut Regiment, French and Indian War, campaign of 1759; prominent patriot during the Revolutionary War, serving on many committees; delegate to the convention held at Hartford, Jan., 1788, which ratified the United States Constitution; represent- ative to the General Assembly from 1770 to 1776; 1778 to 1781; 1785, 1787, 1788, 1790 to 1793; practised medi- cine in the Town of Greenwich until his death, which occurred on Feb. 24, 1807; married Ruth, daughter of Justus Bush.
MEAD, CLARKSON S., A.B., M.D., son of Isaac H. and Mary E. (Mead) Mead; graduate of Columbia College, Class of 1882; graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Class of 1885; interne and house physician at Roosevelt Hospital of the City of New York for eighteen months; practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich until Oct. 31, 1887, when he removed to Port Chester, N. Y., where he is now engaged in the practice of medicine.
MEAD, DARIUS, M.D., son of Joshua and Rachel (Knapp) Mead; born in the Town of Greenwich, July 9, 1787; graduate of Yale College, Class of 1807; studied medicine in Phila- delphia, Pa., under Dr. Benjamin Rush and received his diploma in 1809; practised medicine in the City of New York for a few months, and then returned to the Town of Greenwich, where he practised medicine until his death, which occurred on Jan. 28, 1864; state senator in 1844 and 1845; married, in 1809, Lydia K., daughter of Elisha Belcher, M.D., of Round Hill.
MEAD, ELISHA BELCHER, A.B., M.D., son of Amos and Mary (Purdy) Mead; born in the Town of Greenwich, Aug. 20, 1823; graduate of Williams College; graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons; practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich until his death, which occurred on April 5, 1849.
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MEAD, SHADRACH, A.B., M.D., son of Titus and Rachel (Rundle) Mead; born in the Town of Greenwich, Jan. 15, 1758; graduate of Yale College, Class of 1779; practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich until his death, which occurred on Sept. 16, 1844; married, Ist, Tammy Hobby, who died April 21, 1814; married, 2d, Abigail Ingersoll, who died April 7, 1875.
MEAD, SYLVESTER, M.D., son of the Rev. Mark and Hannah (Mead) Mead; born in the Town of Greenwich, in 1806; graduate of Yale Medical School, Class of 1829; after finishing the study of medicine he assisted Dr. Darius Mead for a year or two, and then opened an office for the practice of medicine in the Town of Wilton, Conn .; left Wilton in 1864, and returned to the Town of Greenwich, and opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of medicine; bought out the drug store of Dr. Aiken, then at the corner of Mechanic Street (now Sherwood Place) and Putnam Avenue, which burned down about a year later; then located in the old Greenwich Savings Bank Building near the corner of Putnam Avenue and Church Street; later removed to Greenwich Avenue; practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich until his death, which occurred on Dec. 21, 1894; unmarried.
O'DONNELL, THOMAS J., M.D., son of Michael J. and Mary E. (Burke) O'Donnell; born in East Syracuse, N. Y .; took a two-year preparatory course in Syracuse University; graduate of Syracuse Medical College, Class of 1907; interne at the Hospital of the Good Shepherd, Syracuse, for eighteen months; opened an office for the practice of medicine in the Town of Greenwich, in 1908.
PALMER, DAVID, M.D., son of Samuel Palmer, Jr., and Amy (Rundle) Palmer, daughter of William and Amy (Mead) Rundle; born in the Town of Greenwich, Oct. 10, 1790; studied medicine with Dr. Elisha Belcher of Round
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Hill; practised medicine at White Plains, N. Y .; died on Nov. 14, 1873; married, on Nov. 27, 1816, Sarah B., daughter of Dr. Elisha and Lydia (Reynolds) Belcher, by whom he had Sarah Augusta and David Belcher.
PALMER, HENRY, M.D., son of Nathaniel and Rachel (Marshall) Palmer; born in the Town of Greenwich, in 1799; practised medicine in the City of New York; died in Dec., 1825.
PARKER, EDWARD O., A.B., M.D., graduate of Harvard College, Class of 1891; graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Class of 1896; alumnus of the New York Hospi- tal and the Sloan Maternity Hospital of the City of New York; assistant physician attending out-patient department of the New York Hospital; assistant gynecologist at the New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital; practised medicine in the City of New York for five years; settled in the Town of Greenwich, in 1905, and now has an office for the practice of medicine on Putnam Avenue in the Borough of Green- wich.
PIATTI, VIRGIL C., M.D., born in the City of New York; graduate of the College of the City of New York, Class of 1888; graduate of the New York Homoeopathic Medical Col- lege, Class of 1891; graduate of the New York Ophthalmic College and Hospital, Class of 1892; resident physician of the Brooklyn Maternity and Child's Hospital in 1893; spent eight months abroad in the study of medicine; settled in the Town of Greenwich, in 1894, and opened an office for the practice of medicine in the Borough of Greenwich; now makes a specialty of pathology and bacteriology in the City of New York.
SANFORD, CLARK, M.D., a native of Vermont, commenced the practice of medicine in the Town of Greenwich about 1790. He was noted for his skill in the treatment of an epi- demic known as the "winter fever," which prevailed exten-
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sively from 1812 to 1815. He was widely known to the profession as one of the first who manufactured pulverized Peruvian bark, which was sold under the name of "Sanford Bark." He had a mill at Glenville for grinding drugs, which was one of the first establishments of the kind in the country. He died about 1820, aged over sixty years, leaving him sur- viving the following children: Josephus, John, Henry, and two daughters.
See Baird's History of Rye, published in 1871.
SMITH, CHARLES, M.D., son of Franklin and Margaret (O'Neil) Smith; born in the City of New York; graduate of the Long Island College Hospital, Class of 1890; engaged in dispensary work in the City of New York; practised medi- cine in the City of New York until 1901; spent two years in Honduras; settled in the Town of Greenwich, in Sept., 1903, and now has an office for the practice of medicine on the southerly side of the Post Road at the top of the hill east of the Mianus River Bridge.
WHITE, BARTOW F., M.D., son of Dr. Ebenezer and Amy (Green) White; born in the Town of Somers, Westchester County, N. Y., May 28, 1801; commenced the study of medicine with his father; removed to the Town of Greenwich about 1821, and completed his medical studies with Dr. Elisha Belcher at Round Hill, after which he opened an office for the practice of medicine at Round Hill; representa- tive to the General Assembly in 1834; made a Mason at Union Lodge of Stamford in 1824, and in 1857 became a charter member of Acacia Lodge of Greenwich; practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich until his death, which occurred on Dec. 12, 1869; married, on Nov. 27, 1823, Ann Augusta, daughter of Dr. Elisha Belcher, by whom he had William, Alethea H., Stephen, and Elisha.
WHITE, JOHN C., M.D., son of Jacob and Mahala (Briggs) White; born in Schenectady County, N. Y .; graduate of the
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Albany Medical School, Class of 1866; opened an office for the practice of medicine at Round Hill in the Town of Green- wich in 1866; removed to the Borough of Greenwich in 1887; removed to Port Chester, N. Y., in 1889, where he now has an office for the practice of medicine; married Mary Secor, and has a son, John F., who is also a physician.
WORDEN, NATHANIEL, M.D., granted a parcel of land by the Town of Greenwich, Dec. 12, 1720; practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich until his death in 1738. He left him surviving, his widow, Margaret, and the following chil- dren: Roger, Gabriel, Daniel, Nathaniel, Job, Elizabeth, wife of Jonathan Merritt, Thankful, wife of Samuel Worden, Hopestill, and Margaret.
HOSPITALS.
GREENWICH GENERAL HOSPITAL.
The Greenwich General Hospital, which is located on the Parsonage Road, was presented to the Town of Green- wich by the late Robert M. Bruce in September, 1903, and at the annual town meeting, held on the fifth day of October, 1903, the following preamble and resolution were unani- mously adopted :
Whereas our esteemed townsman, Mr. Robert M. Bruce, has presented to the Town of Greenwich land and building to be used as a hospital fully furnished and equipped for the care of emergency cases, therefore be it:
Resolved, that a vote of thanks be extended to Mr. Bruce for his generous gift, and for his foresight in the establishment of an institution, which is not only now of value, but which will increase in value and importance in the future growth of our town.
It has since been enlarged and is now known as the Greenwich General Hospital.
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THE GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. Incorporated, 1903.
The Greenwich Hospital Association was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly passed in 1903, whereby it was:
Resolved, that A. Foster Higgins, Edward Brush, Wil- liam P. Hall, Herbert B. Stevens, George Lauder, Jr., and such other persons, not exceeding fifteen in number, as they may name and appoint, and such other persons as shall from time to time be elected members as hereinafter provided, be, and they hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the name of The Greenwich Hospital Association, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a general hospital in the Town of Greenwich, etc.
It is located on the westerly side of Milbank Avenue in the Borough of Greenwich, and the building was completed, equipped, and opened for inspection on the tenth day of September, 1906.
Officers, 1910, A. Foster Higgins, President; John T. Pratt, Vice-President; George Lauder, Jr., Treasurer; Colby M. Chester, Jr., Assistant Treasurer; and A. W. W. Mar- shall, Secretary.
FIRE COMPANIES. FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Organized, 1879. Officers, 1910.
Henry B. Marshall, Warden. George W. Merritt, Chief Engineer. James N. Sullivan, Ist Assistant Engineer. Frank E. Mead, 2d Assistant Engineer.
AMOGERONE ENGINE, HOOK, LADDER AND HOSE COMPANY,
NO. I.
Isaac M. Hubbard, Foreman. Harry Talbot, Ist Assistant Foreman. Robert E. Talmage, 2d Assistant Foreman. Albert S. Mead, Secretary. Charles E. Merritt, Treasurer.
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VOLUNTEER HOOK, LADDER AND HOSE COMPANY, NO. 2.
Frank P. Haggerty, Foreman. Philip O. Alley, Ist Assistant Foreman. George W. Briggs, 2d Assistant Foreman. Joseph W. Delaney, Secretary. William S. Anyan, Treasurer.
AMOGERONE ENGINE, HOOK, LADDER AND HOSE COMPANY, NO. I.
The first action taken by the board of burgesses to organize a fire company in the Borough of Greenwich was at a meeting held on the fourteenth day of October, 1878, when it was:
Resolved, that a committee consisting of Henry B. Mar- shall and Stephen G. White be appointed to organize a hook and ladder company, and to appoint a foreman, two assist- ants, and such foremen as may be deemed advisable; also to adopt rules for the government of the company, to pro- cure ladders, hooks, buckets and such other implements as may be thought advisable.
The committee promptly proceeded to perform the duties imposed on it and a company was soon organized, which consisted of about thirty members and was called the "Amogerone Hook and Ladder Company, No. I." Its officers were Henry M. Fitzgerald, Chief Engineer; George E. Scofield, Ist Assistant Engineer; Thomas J. Ritch, 2d Assistant Engineer; Victor H. Russell, Foreman; and Wil- liam Talbot, Assistant Foreman.
On the twenty-fourth day of June, 1879, the committee was further authorized to select a site, or building, for a fire- engine house. The committee selected a site on the westerly side of Greenwich Avenue within twenty feet of the present truck house.
At a meeting of the board of burgesses held on the thir- teenth day of August, 1879, it was:
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Resolved, that the court of burgesses be instructed and authorized to purchase for the borough a suitable lot and erect a suitable building thereon to be used by the fire department of said borough as an engine, or truck house.
The hook and ladder truck and other fire apparatus arrived on the fifteenth day of August, 1879, and were stored in the old armory building on the southwest corner of Green- wich Avenue and Elm Street in charge of Victor H. Russell, Foreman. The engine house was completed and turned over to the care of Henry M. Fitzgerald, Chief Engineer, on the twenty-ninth day of January, 1880, in accordance with the provisions of the charter and by-laws of the Borough of Greenwich. A handsome hose carriage was purchased in 1881, after the introduction of water into the borough. A new truck arrived on the twenty-first day of October, 1899.
The present truck house was purchased on the second day of May, 1899. The purchase of a fire engine was authorized on the fifth day of June, 1900, which arrived on the twelfth day of September, 1900. An auto chemical hose wagon arrived on the twelfth day of September, 1910. It is rated as a 40-H. P. automobile, fitted for fire fighting, and carries a 235-gallon chemical tank, 1000 feet of 21/2-inch hose, two 16- foot extension ladders, a siren alarm gong and a powerful searchlight, and has a speed of fifty miles an hour.
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