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ENGINE COMPANY NO. 8, COR. FERRY AND FILMORE STS.
The board holds regular meetings on the first and Third Tuesdays of each month. Henry R. Baker is the present presi- dent and Horace II. Brown, secretary.
ROBERT KIERSTEAD.
The present chief engineer. an excellent photo of whom appears among the illustrations is an able an efficient officer, having been connected with the department since 1871, and has filled the position of chief engineer during the past twelve years with credit to himself and honor to the department over which he presides. He is a survivor of the war for the Union having served his country in Company B, 26th Regiment, N. J. Volunteer Infantry, and also in F Company, 3d N. J. Cavalry.
WILLIAM C. ASTLEY.
Assistant Chief Astley joined the department in 1867, and was appointed to his present dosition in July, 1887. He is a practi- cal fireman, with a thorough knowledge of the department, and has served with marked ability as superintendent of the depart- ment for a term of three years. A life-like photo of the veteran fire fighter will be seen in the illustrations.
HORACE H. BROWN.
This courteous and gentlemanly clerk of the Board of Fire Commissioners, whose life-like photo will be seen among the illustrations, is perhaps one of the oldest living fire laddies in our midst, he joined the department in 1853, left the same in 1854, and rejoined in 1855, resigned in 1860 and again joined in 1867. He served as clerk from 1867 to 1892, since which time he has been faithful in the discharge of his present duties.
WILLIAM GODBER.
Ex-Captain William Godber's friends will readily recognize the familiar face so well known to the members of the depart- ment. This honored fireman has been connected with the department for over half a century and has had many exciting experiences during that time, Ile was retired on half pay in September, 1896, by the Fire Commissioners. The captain also served his country in its darkest hour, by putting down his name on the roster of Company A, 26th Regiment, N J. Volun- teer Infantry, and serving faithfully as an officer during the struggle for the Union, in the battles of the Army of the Potomac.
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ADAM BOSCH.
The ever faithful and reliable superm- tendent of the Newark hre alarm tele- graph code, is an expert and practical mechanic in the position which he so ably fills. He is a graduate of the scientific department of the Cooper Institute, New York, and has occupied his present posi- tion in the department since January. 1876. His familiar features will be readily recognized among the illustrations by his many friends.
LEWIS. M. PRICE.
Captain Lewis M. Price, a photo of whom is presented in the illustrations. was born and educated in this city and has from boyhood always taken a great interest in fire matters. His first experi- ence was in running with Nos. 5 and 11 hand engines. During the civil war he served his country in Company F, 35th N. CAPTAIN JAMES V. HAMLIN. J. Volunteer Infantry, and while yet in his teens became one of " Sherman's Bum- mers," participating in all the important struggles of that army, and took part in the famous march from " Atlanta to the Sea." At the close of the war he returned to his home and again became a runner in No. 1 Steamer until elected a member of the company, after a few years he was elected assistant forc- man, serving for three years when he was elected foreman, the duties of which he transacted for over seven years. In 1885 he was elected by the Common Council as an assistant engineer and in 1889 the Commissioners appointed him district chief, the duties of which he faithfully discharged until the office was abolished. In 1893 he was attached to Hook and Ladder Company No. 3. and in July 1893, the Commissioners appointed him captain and assigned him to duty with engine company No. 7. Captain Price served as president of the Veteran Associa- tion of the 35th N. J. Volunteers, and is a past commander of Phil Kearney Post, No. 1, the oldest Grand Army organization in this State. Captain Price is one of the old time fire laddies, and his career with the department is a credit to himself and city.
CAPTAIN WM. GODBER (RETIRED.)
H. L. VOIGHT.
This active and experienced fire laddie has been identified with the Newark fire department for more than twenty years, having joined Engine Company No. 2, and was assistant fore- man in the old department. In 1881 he was made permanent driver of the company and in 1884 he was transferred to the same position on Hook and Ladder Company No. 2. In July, 1890, he was appointed captain, and placed in command of Hook and Ladder Company No. 3. In 1895 he was transferred to Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, and in 1897 he was trans- ferred back to his present command. The speaking photo of Captain Voight shows the manner of man he is, and his career and record in the department is a clean and honorable one.
JOHN B. THORN.
The name of this faithful and fearless fire laddie is worthy of mention in connection with the Newark Fire Department, for more than a century he labored zealously for the promotion
CAPTAIN JOSEPH E. SLOAN.
of its honor, and when chosen to fill a political position declared that : " I would rather be a fireman than Gover- nor of the State." And a noble fire- man he was, such a man needs no sermon, no momiments, no lengthy obituary, his name and the memory of his heroic deeds will live for ever in every true fireman's heart.
WILLIAM E. GREATHEAD.
One of the familiar figures seen on the streets of Newark is now secretary of the important executive branch of the Newark city government known as the Board of Works. William E. Greathead is in the prime of life, tall. portly, finely developed, straight as an arrow and lithe as a bow. His broad open countenance is wreathed in the smile of friendship when he meets an acquaintance or friend, and of the latter he commands hosts. He was educated
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in the Lafayette Public School and was a member of the old volunteer fire depart- ment and few could make better time in getting hold of the old machine or "hit 'er up " with more vigor, and from 1874 to 1877 he was a member of the Common Council of the city of Newark, represent- ing a part of the Iron Bound District. During the war for the Union Mr. Great- bead volunteered his services and served as a private soldier in the 9th New Jersey Infantry Regiment. For many years he was secretary of the Water Board and for a time was superintendent thereof. On the 4th of May, 1896, the subject of this sketch was honored with the appointment to the secretaryship of the Board of Public Works, of which the veteran, William Stainsby, is president, and is occupying the position at this time with entire satis- faction to the board and honor to himself.
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JAMES V. HAMLIN.
Captain James V. Hamlin joined the department in May, 1876, and served as assistant engineer under Chief Bannan, having been appointed by resolution of the Common Council January, 1884. He represented the people of the Fifth Ward in the Board of Aldermen during 1885-6, and was appointed a fireman under the Commissioners, March 17th, 1890, being assigned to No. 5 Engine Company. In the following July he was promoted to captain, and on March, 15th, 1897, he was transferred to the charge of the new engine company, No. 14. located corner MeWhorter and Vesey streets. An excellent photo of Captain Hamlin is presented among the illustrations.
EX-FIRE CHIEF WILLIAM H. BROWN.
In no part of this beautiful souvenir work, Essex County, N. J., Illustrated, will be found more painstaikng and faithful work than in those where the photographer has exercised that depth of knowledge and artistic skill which must needs be his, to crown his efforts with success before he attempts to exercise his vocation. Among these it is our pleasure to notice in the department given over to our firemen, some of these whose
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names have been so well known and familiar that a child could lisp them as they made the old " goose neck " jump, as harnessed in ropes they flew by, and the lids were proud to take a hand at the rope when their favorite was racing for fun and where victory was nigh. None of these ever made better pace than when the voice of Ex-Chief William H. Brown rang out on the evening, midnight or the cool morning air, to " hit 'er up boys, for fair," and " get her there," and we promise that no face will be studied with an interest more lasting, than that of him whom everybody delighted to call " Billy " Brown and when he was chief engineer, few there were indeed, in that okl day when the volunteer firemen jumped at his call and fought fire, night or day, without fee or expectation of reward, but merely for play. While William H. Brown always had time to chase down and fight the fire fiend, he was always ready to enact the roll of a good citizen, and more than once he has obeyed the clarion call of his duty and Essex County never had a more popular sheriff.
JOSEPH E. SLOAN.
Joseph E. Sloan first joined the department in May, 1867, as a call man and was attached to Engine Co. No. 4. On the formation of Engine Co. No. 9. in 1873. Mr. Sloan was trans- ferred to that company as driver of its hose cart. He was appointed driver of the engine in 1879 and remained in that position until the office of cap- tain was created in 1888, when he was promoted to that position and remained with engine No. 9 until November, 1895, when he was transferred to the cap- 1.iincy of his original company, No 4, where he is still serving. An excellent photo of Captain Sloan appears among illustra- tions seen in this department of Essex County, N. J., Illustrated. This gentleman is in the prime of life and few are better pre- served for duty, and in after years when time has done its work and the roll called for the last time, this will be a souvenir to his memory.
EDWARD SHICKHAUS, EX-FIRE COMMISSIONER.
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FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
H ENRY R. BAKER, the presi- dent of the Fire Commission. is so thoroughly well known that little can be said in Essex Co., N. J., Illustrated, that will be new. Mr. Baker was a merchant and con- ducted business on a large scale, for many years, at the southwest corner of Nesbit and Newark streets. It was there he gathered that experience which did much to make him the firm and wide awake business man that he is, and in all the years of his active busines: life since, it has left its impression on his life work. During the busy hours he spent at his desk and behind the counter, he always found time to make those he came in contact with feel that there was a genius within him that forced a HENRY R. BAKER, PRESIDENT FIRE COMMISSIONERS. recognition. So thoroughly well HUGO MENZEL, FIRE COMMISSIONER. was Henry R. Baker appreciated. gratitude due from his fellow citizens for utilitarian deeds con- summated and maintained, than Fire Commissioner Illingworth. For many long years Mr. Illingworth has been engaged in the work of manufacturing steel, that beautiful metal which has been so closely allied to the mighty skein of industries which the great army of citizens, have been winding and unwinding, chang- ing and interchanging for so many years with marvelous and satisfying results. To John Illingworth is due the honor of a moulding form, in use by moulders, to largely multiply the values put upon it by preventing through the interposition of this result of his genius, the unhappy results which might other- wise accrue. Perhaps to no other single mechanic in Newark is pointed the finger of hope with more significance, with the single exception possibly, of inventor, Seth Boyden.
his friends and neighbors sent him to council and for some time he represented his ward in that responsible body. When any work of more than ordinary importance came up in council, during his occupancy of the aldermanic chair, the name of Alderman Baker was one of the first to be called, and it can be said that in the daily routine of duty he did yeoman service, and whenever it fell to his lot to perform extra duty, he was always at his post. Several times the name of Henry R. Baker has been used in connection with the mayoralty nomination. Mr. Baker is now and has been for several years past, superin- tendent of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company. The term of President Baker, as a fire commissioner, will terminate in 1898.
No other name among the Fire Commissioners deserves a better mede of praise and marks a higher place on the pillar upon which the deeds where well done are emblazoned, than John Illingworth. To few other men is a deeper debt of
taken in their selection and election. whether men to fill the places in the commission are taken from the insurance part of the field direct, or from that part where the fire fighters do the finest part of their waltzing, where the fire rages the fiercest, men thoroughly up in either department must be found. But when those two distinguished citizens, Mr. Henry C. Rommell, representing the interests of the Citizen's Insurance Company, of New York, and Mr. Hugo Menzel, representing the interests of the German Fire Insurance Company. also of New York, but both gentle- men having their offices, as seen, in the city of Newark, and both proving exceptionally good men for the places. As we have just said what we feel, that the fire depart- ment of the city has few equals and no superiors, the amount of
To insure the very best results from the combined action of the four men selected by his honor, the Mayor, with the aid and consent of the Board of Aldermen, extraordinary good care is
HENRY C. KOMMELL, FIKK COMMISSIONER.
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JOHN ILLINGWORTH, FIRE COMMISSIONER.
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managed by the Salvage Corps, under the command of Captain Meeker and his assistants, who number fourteen able-bodied. and a thorough well equipped body they are, ready and always willing helpers. The roster of this unsurpassed body of ever ready fire fiend fighters, property protectors and loss savers stands as follows : Superintendent Captain Fracis J. Meeker, Assistant Superintendent Henry G. Marsh, Charles A. Cam- field, Augustus J. Krook, James H. Elkins, Joseph G. Thomas, George J. Hamburger, Albert U. Hedden, George W. Scheis, Charles A. Stagg. Herbert N. Brand and William H. Fredericks. These men are always a standing menace to fires and ready ever to plunge into the thickest and engage in the earliest part of the fight. To rally round and with strong arms stretched out where the smoke is the thickest and ready to spead the broad aegis of their power where the bright genius of chemis- try leads the advance and beckons them on to where the monster fiend with teeth of fire is gnawing deep, to spread their huge blankets and offer defiance to both water and fire, warding off the down pour of the former after doing its work, saying " as
WM (. ASTHEY, ASSI. CHIEF ENGINEER, N. F. D.
skill requisite to secure the fire depart- ment might have been found in men who have no comparison when placed beside the men we are proud of and whom we delight to honor, and who have succeeded in placing Newark Fire Department in clock work order, and then in keeping it there. In say- ing this we trust the laddies who tug the machine or turn the pipe with surest aims on the shining mark, will treasure no one word of resentment for the simple reason that not one word is deserved, since we believe the Newark fire laddies beat all creation.
THE SALVAGE CORPS.
MONG the improved methods not A only in fire fighting, but also in goods saving, loss and damage preventing, first and foremost are the small chemical engines, tarpaulin spreading, etc.,
HOKACE H. BROWN, SECRETARY FIRE COM.
as conducted and by your kindly favor," to the bright little steam fire engine, puffing and snorting close by and pouring forth through the long, strong rubber hose, the boys meanwhile its ball-nozzle guiding, seldom hearing, aud less often heeding, the coarse fire trumpet orders, " Turn Off " At their commodious house, 227 Washington street, stand ready prepared and waiting the call to duty, their arms, consisting of two huge trucks, each full laden with great blankets and still greater tarpaulins, to spread over counters and store goods and perishable property anywhere where a conflagration is raging or promises any where near. Since the organization of the Salvage Corps, over which Captain Meeker presides, several million of dollars which has been imperilled and much of which in all probability, would have been destroyed, and a large percentage of which could not have been saved except in an injured state, was saved and turned over to their owuers in good condition. Cases well known to the writer could be cited where a conflagration had been under way in stores filled with goods for many minutes and became filled with smoke, which the timely appearance of the captain
and his men on the scene placed more than seventy-five per cent. of the goods out of danger from smoke or water, business going on the next day as though nothing had happened. Two pairs of those extra fine horses for which the fire department is noted stand ready always to be off like the rays from a shooting star, halting only long enough under the drop to get their harness. An afternoon or even- ing visit to the beautiful home of the Salvage Corps will largely pay any one interested, where men devise and use a great variety of implements and things to lighten his own burthens and make others less onerous to bear. The elegant parlors of the captain and his men are handsomely furnished, and in making them beautiful and luxurous much needed help came from friends. Their library is one of the best of its kind in the State.
ROBERT KIERSTEAO, CHIEF ENGINEER, N. F. D.
THE PRESS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
THE Newark Daily Advertiser had its birth on Thursday, March 1, 1832, and was the first daily newspaper published in New Jersey. The publishers were George Bush & Co., and the editor was Amzi Armstrong, a young lawyer, who was assisted by John P. Jackson. The Advertiser was Whig in its politics. The popu- lation of Newark in 1832 was only about 15,000. Business methods were primitive, and newspaper advertising almost unknown. A single firm in Newark, now pays more in a year for advertising in the Daily Advertiser, than was obtained for a similar period by the paper in the first years of its his- tory, for all its advertising.
Changes and improvements came in time. Mr. Armstrong retired from the editorship, aud was succeeded by William B. Kinney as editor and proprietor. James B. Pinneo entered into partnership with him, and was business manager. Mr. Pinneo subsequently withdrew, and M. S. Harrison took his place on the Advertiser. Upon the death of Mr. Harrison, Mr. Kinney. became sole proprietor. The Daily Advertiser began to grow in value and influence. in 1851, Mr. Kinney was sent to Sardinia as American Minister. He died in 1880, having previ- ously transferred the paper to his son, Thomas T. Kinney. When the Whig party died, the Daily Advertiser became Republican. Its editor for many years after the war was Dr. Sandford B. Hunt, who was succeeded, upon his death, by Dr. Noah Brooks. In 1892, Thomas T. Kinney transferred the paper to a com- pany con- sisting of himself, Franklin SENTINEL FREEDOM Murphy, John F. Dryden NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER and Dr. Leslie D. Ward. --
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and Frederick Evans, Jr. The location of the Daily Advertiser was at this time changed from the southeast corner of Broad and Market, to the commodious building 794 Broad Street. The last important change in the management, was effected in May, 1896, in the purchase and editorial control of the paper by Sheffield Phelps, son of the late William Walter Phelps. Under the vigorous management of Mr. Phelps, who is also one of the proprietors of the Jersey City Journal, the Daily .Advertiser very soon began to regain its old-time prestige and influence, and as the only Republican paper in Newark, its prosperity was assured. Under its new management, and in the well-equipped plant, presented here, it will continue to win its way.
The Sentinel of Freedom, the weekly edition of the Daily Advertiser, had its centennial anniversary October 5. 1896. The first number was issued on the fifth of October. 1796, by Daniel Dodge, printer, and Aaron Pennington, editor. Three years afterwards the paper was acquired by Jabez Parkhurst and Samuel Pennington. A year afterwards Stephen Gould acquired Parkhurst's interest, and in 1803 the paper was bought by William Tuttle & Co., who afterwards sold it to the Daily Advertiser. The Sentinel was the second weekly paper to be published in Newark, and was among the first to be published in the State. There are hundreds of old New Jersey families with whom the Sentinel has been a regular visitor for genera- tions.
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THE NEWARK EVENING NEWS.
SINCE its first issue, September 1, 1883, the record of the Newark Evening News has been one of constant and rapid growth. Starting with one edition of about 3,000 copies, run off on a little press capable of printing only one side of 3,600 sheets an hour, the paper has in thirteen years attained a daily circulation of 39,000. This is the largest circulation ever attained by any other New Jersey daily newspaper.
In the tenth year of its career the owners of the Evening News purchased the fine double building at Nos. 215-217 Market Street, nearly the whole of which is devoted to its use. Here it has an equip- ment by far surpassing that of any other New Jersey newspaper.
It has two great Hoe presses, made to the order of the publishers. One is a sextuple press capable of printing, cutting and folding 72,000 four, six or eight page papers, 48,000 ten or twelve page papers, 36,000 sixteen page or 24,000 fourteen, twenty or twenty-four page papers an hour. The other is a quadruple press, having two-thirds the capacity of its companion on most sized papers. Together the two will print 120,000 four, six or eight page papers, 72,000 ten or twelve page papers, 48,000 lourteen page, and 60,000 sixteen page papers an hour.
This splendid press-room equipment is the sixth put in to meet the necessities imposed by the growth of the Neres. The little press first put up in the cellar of the building No. 844 Broad Street, proved in a very few months inadequate to meet the demands upon it, and was replaced by another with a capacity of 12,000 copies an hour. Only four-page papers were printed then, it being neces- sary, when eight-page ones were needed, to print two sheets sep-
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Long before its removal to Market Street, the News had outgrown its old quarters. Additions had been made to the building, No. 844. and the upper floors of the one adjoining, No. 846, had been leased and used. In the Evening News building all the departments of the paper find ample accommodations,
Closely connected with the press-room is a complete stereotyping apparatus. The presses are run and power for other work is furnished by a double fifty horse power engine. The building is lighted through- out by electricity, the entire plant being owned and operated by the Neres.
The number of men employed in the composing room of the News is far in excess of that working on any other New Jersey newspaper. In all its departments the same fact holds good. It does more work and employs more men to do it than any of its State contemporaries.
From the beginning, the Evening News has been under the same management. Wallace M. Scudder is the publisher and Henry Abbott Steel is the editor. William Hooper Howells is the manager of the advertising department. Russell P. Jacoby was first city editor.
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