History of Jersey City, N.J. : a record of its early settlement and corporate progress, sketches of the towns and cities that were absorbed in the growth of the present municipality, its business, finance, manufactures and form of government, with some notice of the men who built the city, Part 16

Author: MacLean, Alexander, fl. 1895-1908
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: [Jersey City] : Press of the Jersey City Printing Company
Number of Pages: 1074


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Annual Consumption.


1871


923,323


337,014,354


1872


1,036,407


378,288,541


1873


1,279,307


468,226,403


1874


1,487,777


542,308,474


1875


1,393,182


508,511,574


1876


1,625,958


593,484,627


1877


1,649,487


602,062,909


1878


1,742,746


636, 102,454


1879


1,663,514


607,182,464


1880


1,916,644


699,575, 121


1881


1,994,228


727,893,459


1882


2, 122,899


774,858,164


1883


2, 165,241


790,313,010


1884


1,997,678


729,152,623


1885


2,353,518


859,034,302


1886


2,263,443


826,157,025


1887


2,353,641


859,379,132


WATER COMMISSIONERS.


Edwin A. Stevens, 1851.


Dudley S. Gregory, 1851-2-3-4-5-6-60.


Edward Coles, 1851.


B. O. Edge, 1860-1-2.


Abram L. Van Buskirk, 1851.


John D. Ward, 1851-2-3.


*A. A. Hardenbergh, 1860. J. R. Wortendyke, 1860-1-2-3-4-6-7. Delos E. Culver, 1861-2-3-5-6.


Moses B. Bramhall, 1852-3-4-5. Thomas A. Alexander, 1852-3.


J. B. Romar, 1861-2. George McLanghlin, 1863-4-5-6-8-9-70.


*David S. Manners, 1852.


*Stephen D. Harrison, 1852.


*Orestes Cleveland, 1863. Noah D. Taylor, 1864-5-6-8-9-70.


*Fred'k B. Betts, 1853. Erastus Randall, 1854-5-6-7-8-9-60. Selah Hill, 1854.


*William Clarke, 1864-6. Hosea F. Clark, 1866.


*John H. Lyon, 1854-5.


Henry M. Traphagen, 1855-6-7-8. Benjamin O. Edge, 1856.


James S. Davenport, 1856. Charles Fink, 1857-8-9. William Pearsall, 1857.


*M. S. Wickware, 1857. Louis B. Cobb, 1858.


*Horatio N. Ege, 1868. H. R. Clark, 1870. Michael Nathan, 1870. John C. Hopkins, Jr., 1870.


*J. V. Thurston, 1858. Wm. Birkbeck, 1859-60. Louis B. Cobb, 1859.


*Ex-officio.


*Cornelius Van Vorst, 1859. Ephraim Pray, 1860-1-2-3-4-5.


*Thomas Earle, 1866-7-8. James S. Davenport, 1866-7-8. Job Falkenburgh, 1866-7-8. Andrew Clerk, 1868-9. Patrick Reilly, 1868-9-70.


*Chas. H. O'Ncill, 1870.


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COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS.


M. H. Gillett, 1871-2-3.


H. R. Vreeland, 1879-80.


T. E. Bray, 187 [.


F. P. Budden, 1880-1.


W. H. Bumsted, 1871-2-3.


C. Helms, 1881-2-3-4.


Earl S. Martin, 1871-2.


David Williams, 1881-2.


Wm. Startup, 1871-2-3-4-5.


W. H. Whelan, 1882-3.


Ben. F. Welsh, 1871-2.


J. H. Keency, 1882-3-4-5.


Aug. Ingwersen, 1871.


Thos. W. Leake, 1884-5.


J. M. Cornelison, 1873.


Thomas Reynolds, 1884-5-6-7.


J. C. De La Vergne, 1873-4.


W. F. Kern, 1885-6-7-8-9.


F. T. Farrier, 1873.


H. W. Carr, 1885-6.


Asa W. Fry, 1872-3.


John Schweiler, 1885-6.


Rudolph Surber, 1872-3.


Chas. J. Somers, 1886-7-9-90-1-2-3.


S. R. Halsey, 1874-5-6.


John Watt, 1886-7-8-9.


W. W. Lee, 1874-5.


P. C. Hilliard, 1887-8.


C. O. Potter, 1876.


J. F. Gannon, 1888-9.


R. C. Washburn, 1876.


Philip Tumilty, 1888-9.


Wm. Clarke, 1877-8-9.


Reuben Simpson, 1889.


Wm. O'Gready, 1877.


E. A. Dugan, 1889-90-1-2-3.


R. M. Jarvis, 1877.


J. F. Madden, 1891-2-3.


P. Semler, 1877-8.


W. R. Cook, 1891-2-3.


J. F. Crandall, 1877-8.


J. E. McArthur, 1894.


Henry Lembeck, 1877-8-83-4.


G. W. Harding, 1894.


Garret Haley, 1878-9-80-1-2-3.


W. H. Hooker, 1894.


John Mclaughlin, 1878-9-80.


H. L. Kellers, 1894.


Stephen P. Yoe, 1879-80-91-2-3.


J. J. Cone, 1894.


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The annual appropriations for the Public Works Department since the Board of Public Works was organized have been as follows :


1871


$412,000 00


1883 .


$80,199 76


1872


355,000 00


1884


93,699 84


1873


317,000 00


1885


77,199 60


1874


130,000 00


1886


75,699 60


1875 .


104,000 00


1887


73,099 68


1876


94,500 00


1888


57,799 76


1877


94,000 00


1889 .


52,399 88


1878


145,000 00


1890


48,399 84


1879


86,099 72


1891


181,799 80


1880


83,099 72


1892


211,349 44


1881 .


94,799 80


1893 .


193,400 00


1882


66,199 84


1894


209,301 00


TAX COMMISSIONERS.


Under the new charter of 1889 a board of tax commissioners was created to take the place of the old board of assessors. The commissioners were to serve three years, but the first board appointed were for terms of one, two and three years, to provide for the appointment of one new member annually. The Commissioners have been :


D. W. Lawrence, 1889-90-1.


James C. Clarke, 1891-2-3-4.


M. J. O'Donnell, 1889-90.


Jolin Prigge, Jr., 1889-90-1-2-3-4.


John D. Gorman, 1891-2.


James H. Love, 1893-4-5-6. Richard Lahey, 1894.


The Presidents have been : D. W. Lawrence, 1889.


M. J. O'Donnell, 1890.


John Prigge, Jr., 1891.


J. D. Gorman, 1892. J. C. Clarke, 1893. Richard Lahey, 1894.


Ben. Van Keuren, 1879-80-1-2-3-4-7-8-9-90.


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O'Donnell and Prigge were reappointed, and O'Donnell resigned in 1891. Alexander McLean was appointed to succeed Prigge in 1894, but he declined to serve and Lahey was appointed.


James E. Connolly was appointed Clerk when the first board organized and is still the incumbent.


COMMISSIONERS OF APPEALS.


The finance commissioners served as commissioners of appeals from 1871 until 1892, when a law was enacted providing for a separate board, the members of which were to be appointed by the mayor. The first Board consisted of Reuben Simpson, John D. Frazer and James War- ner. In the following year Simpson was elected president of the board of aldermen, and Frazer became a member of the board of finance. W. W. Woolley and Henry Pattberg were appointed in their places. The term is for three years. The Clerks have been Clarence W. Gessner and Mahlon Terhune.


SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.


From 1871 until 1889 the board of finance served as commissioners of the sinking fund. In the new charter of that year a separate board was created, and its members were appointed by the mayor. The members have been :


Sigfried Hammerschlag, 1889. Daniel Moriarty, 1892-3. F. J. Matthews, 1894.


Jacob Ringle (President), 1889-90-1-2-3. J. G. Hasking (Sec'y), 1889-90-1-2-3-4. Alva A. Bedell, 1890-1.


Charles Westervelt (Clerk), 1893-4.


TAX ADJUSTMENT COMMISSION.


On July 23, 1887, in response to a petition made under the provisions of the Martin Act Judge Manning M. Knapp appointed E. F. C. Young, A. Q. Garretson and William Muirheid to serve as Tax Adjustment Commissioners. On November 25, 1892, Charles B. Thurston was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Muirheid. The corporation counsel acts as counsel to the commission. J. A. Blair, W'm. Brinkerhoff and Wm. D. Edwards have acted as advisers in this capacity. L. D. Fowler has served as Clerk and C. Kelsey as Assistant Clerk since the board organized. C. E. Nugent has served as an Assistant Clerk from 1891 to the present, and C. Smith and E. Devlin have been employed as Tax Clerks since 1889. The board has adjusted city liens amounting to $8,045,280.96. The amount as adjusted is $6,260,448.21 without interest.


A RELIC OF 1664.


CHAPTER XX.


THE FIRE DEPARTMENT-IT'S ORIGIN-A COMPLETE ROSTER OF THE VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT OF THE THREE CITIES PRIOR TO CONSOLIDATION-THE PAID SYSTEM, FROM THE CONSOLIDATION TO THE PRESENT TIME-THE ALARMS AND -LOSSES OF TWENTY-FOUR YEARS-LIST OF OFFICERS AND COM- MISSIONERS-APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PAID DEPARTMENT.


N the spring of 1829 there were several fires in Jersey City, and public opinion de- manded protection against fire. The board of selectmen heard the demand and would have heeded it at once if there had been any money in the treasury ; not only did they have no money, but they had no means of raising it by tax. They debated long and sore over the matter until Phineas C. Dummer showed them a way out of their dif- ficulty. They passed an ordinance prohibiting public anetions except by licensed auctioneers. Dummer paid $300 for an exclusive license, and thus the board was enabled to head a subscrip- tion list. It also authorized John Cassedy to receive subscriptions. His list was opened on June 11, 1829. The city then had a total population of 1,025, and most of the public-spirited citizens appeared on this list. For that reason the list is given here in full :


Board of Selectmen,


$300 00


John Drayton, $3 00


Daniel C. Colden,


50 00


Cash, H. J., 20 00


Yates McIntyre,


50 00


John Ogden, 5 00


Associates of Jersey Co.,


50 00


Fortunatus Stone, . 5 00


Richard Varick,


30 00


Lorenzo Jaquins, 1 00


David Henderson, 30 00


Patrick Cunningham, 10 00


A. Gomlaule, .


25 00


Abram Bell, 4 00


Samuel Cassedy,


10 00


The Bergen Corporation, 5 00


Jersey City Glass Co.,


30 00


Charles Martin, .


10 00


Aaron Lyon,


5 00


Isaac Seaman,


2 00


R. Gilchrist,


10 00


Charles F. Durant, 3 00


John Cassedy, 5 00


John Post, 3 00


John N. Goodman, .


10 00


Charles Chelsey, 2 00


Jonathan Jenkins,


10 00


John H. Dey, . 2 00


C. Van Vorst, . 20 00


John S. Olcott, 5 00


Daniel Crane, 10 00


J. C. F. Kommel, 5 00


Joseph Dodd, .


10 00


Charles Oakley, . 5 00


W. Weir, 10 00


Robert Hutton, 5 00


Henry Drayton, 15 00


Gorith G. Jenkins, 5 00


E. V. S. Olcott, .


5 00


Isaac Edge, Sr.,


5 00


Thomas Van Riper,


8 00


John Henry Holmes,


5 00


Joshna Seaman, .


3 00


Mrs. Mulford, .


5 00


Hiram S. Meeker, . 5 00


Thomas Dixon, . 2 00


Francis Paulmier, 3 00


John Walsh,


2 00


David Jones, .


3 00


M. Rupel, .


3 00


Hugh McCuteheon,


5 00


Thomas Alexander,


50


Joseph Webb,


5 00


$839 50


The selectmen appointed Jonathan B. Jenkins and George Dummer a committee to find out what an engine would cost. They visited the New York chief, looked at some second- hand engines, and concluded that a new one would be better. They ordered one from Henry


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Ludlum, of New York, for $800, and it was delivered on August 28, 1829. They also bought 100 feet of leather hose for $87.50. Chief Wenman, of New York, loaned them 100 feet while the new hose was making. On September 8th the engine was placed in care of Selectmen John K. Goodman and Aaron Lyon, to be kept in good order until a fire company could be formed. The engine was placed in the stable of Hugh Mccutcheon's "Farmers' Hotel," 42 York Street. Liberty Engine Company No. I was organized at a meeting held in Mc- Cutcheon's hotel on September 21, 1829. The citizens who signed the roll, and became the first firemen in Jersey City, were : Charles Martin, John Post, Charles F. Durant, James Narine, William B. Jenkins, Nathaniel Holmes, Henry Drayton, Stephen Seaman, Hugh Mc- Cutcheon, Hiram F. Meeker, Henry Lyon, Abraham Post, John W. Hutton, Wm. R. Taylor. Joshua Seaman, John C. Newkirk, John Reid, Washington Edge, George Anderson, David Smith, George N. Anderson, John Drayton, Thomas Dixon, William Benson, Caleb Russell, Thomas Cunningham, John Mclaughlin, John Naylor. Obadiah Baulker and John Martin.


The officers chosen were : Charles Martin, foreman : John Post, assistant foreman ; Charles F. Durant, secretary ; James Narine, assistant secretary; representatives, W. B. Jenkins, Nathaniel Holmes ; steward, Henry Drayton. The steward's duty was to provide refreshment during or after fires. Dr. John F. Ellis was made an honorary member to serve as surgeon. The engine was an old-fashioned "goose-neck." It was housed in a stable until December fol- lowing, when the selectmen built a small one- story frame building on the southeast corner of Grand and Washington streets for an engine- house. Later, a brick building was erected on Sussex Street, between Warren and Washington, and still later a handsome building with elaborate emblematic stone carving on the front was built on Greene Street, north of Montgomery, which served until the end of the volunteer department. There was some friction about obeying orders, and the selectmen appointed Samuel Bridgart as chief en- gineer, though there was but one engine to com- mand. In 1832 Liberty i was supplied with three hooks and three ladders. This company made the initial movement to secure exemption from jury and military duty, by a petition to the legislature on October 3, 1832. The company had four en- gines during forty-two years. The record of the THE OLD M'CUTCHEON HOTEL. second is lost. It was destroyed by a railway col- lision. The third was a handsome double-decker, bought from the Northern Liberties Company that laid at Front and Duke streets, Philadelphia. The cupola of this engine was long preserved as a soda fount in a saloon at Greene and Mont- gomery streets. The last engine was a steamer.


During 1837 and 1838 there were a number of fires, and it became necessary to increase the fire department. In March, 1838, several citizens organized Arreseoh Engine Co. No. 2. Their names cannot be ascertained. On April 23d these names were added to the company : Job Male, John Lamb, Nathaniel M. Coffin, Cornelius Kanouse, Charles Gardner, David Dows, Moses Miller, Henry P. Southmayd, Stephen Southard. Alfred Van Santvoord, Robert Durfee, John Bruce, Walter Lamb, Albert Miller. R. J. Schuyler, Peter Bentley, Samuel Hathaway, Luther A. Pratt, William W. Pratt. Robert Morrow, William Morrow and Alderman Morgan.


The engine was delivered by builder Ludlum on August 20, 1838, and, with 350 feet of hose, cost $1,040.50. Dudley S. Gregory loaned the money to pay for it, taking a city bond for the amount. Arreseoh was housed in the brick building on Sussex Street, one-half of which accom- modated Liberty No. 1. This building was finished in November, 1838.


On May 19, 1843, William Kelly, Joseph McManus, William Mallett. John Canfield, Peter W. Griffing and Rony Reed became members of Arreseoh, and this gave the "glass house boys" control of the company. From that time there were wars and rumors of wars in the


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department. It may be recorded, without going into details, that there were feuds between the different companies so long as the volunteers were in service. These feuds were so productive of disorder that a board of five trustees was appointed in 1844, and for several years thereafter. but their efforts to prevent one company from laying for another and enjoying a race and a fight were failures, and they went out of existence after the board of 1846. A new house was built for Arreseoh on the south side of Essex Street, between Warren and Washington, in order to separate the two companies.


The third engine company was Hercules No. 3. It was organized March 19, 1844, with this roster : Joseph Quaife, George H. Farrier, Bernard Hughes, A. H. Gustin, Thomas Gross, Thomas W. Morehouse, Robert A. Durfee, John J. Wanner, James F. Fielder, Riehard R. Rap- pleyea, Richard Knapp, Thomas Tennant, Martin Williamson, Philip Cadam.


Engine Co. No. + was old Harsimus No. 1, and its name was changed to Washington No. 4 after Van Vorst was absorbed by Jersey City. It occupied a house that stood on the site of the present fire headquarters. Its roster when it was admitted to the Jersey City depart- ment was : John A. Topping. John Welsh, William H. Roosevelt, Thomas H. Ridgewood, Selah Hill, Josiah M. Topping, William Wykes, William Hough, Michael C. Haring, Addison P. Row- ley, Henry Isley, John Casey, Thomas Hughes, William Allen, John Mackey, Hugh Murphy and Robert Harrison.


Protection Engine Co. No. 5 was organized Angust 5. 1851. The original roll was : Charles M. Holmes, Edgar Morris, George Molineux, John V. Brower, Horatio Reed, Jacob Rapp, Wm. Dugan, Garrett Cooper, Will- iam White, William Startup and Daniel R. Spinning.


Jackson Engine Co. No. 6 was organized April 21, 1863. The charter members were : Peter Dolan, Cornelius Kane, Michael Brannagan, Edward Keongan, Michael MeCarthy, R. J. Johnston, Matthew Bly, James Baxter, John Shields, Patrick Condon, Patriek Tum- ilty, John Lennon and Felix Dolan.


C. Minot Engine Co. No. 7 was organized March 21, 1865.


Henwood Engine Co. No. 8 was organized December 3. 1867. There were twenty- nine charter members, and they were still members in 1871.


A FIRE DEPARTMENT OF YE OLDEN TIME. .


The first hose company was Hudson Hose Co. No. I. It was organized October 2, 1846, and its members were : Albert W. Adams, J. L. Wooden, J. West, John B. Moffatt, H. Rextrue, George H. Farrier, Jacob Z. Marinus, L. Evans, E. Pizarr, Isaac Edge, Jr., John H. Bolen, Charles H. Lucas and Thomas W. T. Young.


A second-hand hose carriage was hought for $80, and 800 feet of leather hose was put on its reel at a cost of $520. The city was not in funds to pay for a house and lot for the hose company and the new engine company No. 3, but Dudley S. Gregory offered the free use of a triangular lot at the junction of York and Gregory streets. A double house for the hose com- pany and the engine company was built, and it stood for many years as a beer saloon after the volunteers were gone. The second-hand carriage was replaced with a handsome new one on June 23, 1848. The company became noted for encounters with the other companies, and on complaint of the chief-engineer it was disbanded February 10, 1857. On February 17th, one week later, it was reorganized with these members: James Gopsill, Jeremiah B. Cleveland, William Bishop, James W. Hall, Richard C. Sherman, Wm. A. Fisher, Reuben Van Horn, Samuel MeKean, Urich Dehart, David Wakefield, Frederick Jackman, John W. Denver, Thomas Bishop, Jr., Charles M. Cook, Frederick Kissam, James Wallace, James H. Wood, Thomas S.


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HISTORY OF JERSEY CITY.


Holmes, Joseph B. Eltringham, George Fewkes, George H. Williamson, P. W. Johnson, John H. Lyon, Robert B. Earle, Selah Hill, Isaac S. Miller, Thomas M. Gopsill, Benjamin G. Platt, William Keeney, John R. Halladay, Simeon H. Smith, Henry C. Dickinson and Joseph G. Edge. These were among the most influential citizens of their time, and they did not care much about fire duty. They soon admitted the young fellows who had been suspended, but they had in- fluence enough to prevent scandals in the way of fights. The company was known as "Old Stag," and it bore a good reputation for about ten years after reorganization. The old tricks reappeared again in 1868, and the company was again disbanded ; the members were permitted to resign in a body. The company was reor- ganized June 1, 1869, as Pacific Hose Co. No. 1, with these members: Nelson Barron, Moses Coleman, John Coyle, John Creech, Jr., L. G. Fogg, Jr., Patrick Grady, Theodore Hull, Albert Kittle, Cornelius McMillan, David Orr, John S. Praul, James Doyle, Thomas G. Blaney, Charles Comistock, John Haggerty, Thomas Trotter, Robert Johnson, George H. Thomas, Edward McCormack. William Thornell, Henry White- AN OLD-FASHIONED FIRE ENGINE. head, Joseph Orr, William Cunningham and Benjamin Titcombe. The carriage was moved from the old engine house at York and Gregory, which it occupied for many years in company with Hercules Engine Company, to a new house on Morris Street.


Phoenix Hose Co. No. 2 was organized February 1, 1853. adjoining Engine No. 4.


The house was in Bay Street,


Diligent Hose Co. No. 3 was organized February 17, 1853. It was first housed in a shanty at Van Vorst and Gregory streets before Montgomery Street was extended through Gregory to Newark Avenue. It was next in a part of Truck I's house at Van Vorst and Grand streets, and last on Newark Avenue, near Grove Street, at the bell tower. The charter members were : Samuel H. Many, J. W. Coombs, Harry B. Moore, Peter H. Daly, Theodore F. Morris, George H. Farrier, William Knapp, William Robertson, William Holcomb, Cornelius Young, George Brown, Robert B. Kashow, Lucius G. Brewster, William H. Tufts and John Morris.


Passaic Hose Co. No. 4 was organized June 6, 1854, and laid in Bright Street, near Grove. The original members were : Smith Mead, Wm. M. S. Garrison, Thomas S. Appleton. Johnson Crowe, C. F. Dunham, J. S. Marks, George S. Appleton, Lewis E. Wood, Thomas Royle, George Almont, John Engler, Alfred H. Mead, Samuel R. Birch, Jr., E. B. McDowell, John McGuigan.


Empire Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, "One Truck," was organized April 1, 1842, and the first members were : Dudley S. Gregory, John Dows, David B. Wakeman, Henry Southmayd. Phineas C. Dummer, M. Olcott Barry, George W. Edge and Benjamin O. Edge. This list was increased later by adding Erastus Randall, Joseph R. Talson, Murray L. Baldwin. Isaac H. Smith, William Murphy, James S. Hutton, John Crockford, Josiah Gautier, J. Rutsen Schuyler and Albert T. Smith. The house built for this company at Grand and Van Vorst streets was the largest and best built for the department. It was in it that the commissioners met when the paid department was organized.


RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD TIMES. Holding a Hydrant until the Boys Arrive.


Americus Hook and Ladder Co. No. : was organized September 5, 1854, and housed in a small frame building on South Fifth Street, east of Grove, until 1856, when John Van Vorst gave the company a lot on Erie Street, north of South Fourth Street, and a new brick house was finished on it in 1857.


Hibernia Hook and Ladder Co. No. 3 was organized January 23, 1868. The original mem- bers were all on the roll when they were mustered out in 1871.


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HISTORY OF JERSEY CITY.


THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN.


A complete record of the membership in each Jersey City company is contained in the following lists :


LIBERTY ENGINE NO. 1.


James McLaughlin, W. H. Lee, John Reilly, Thomas Reilly, E. D. Reilly, D. W. Stone, Peter White, John Marshall, W. D. Garretson, Robt. Boorman, John Coyle, H. P. Royal, George Romaine, Wm. Scully, M. Mullins, Patrick Brophy, Samuel A. French, S. C. Mclaughlin, James Baxter, Robt. Conroy, Alex. Striker, Cornelius Morrison, Julian P. Chazotte, Jasper Wandel, Joshua A. French, Francis Boon, Henry French, John Priue, Michael English, John Welch, Thomas English, Thomas Murray, Wm. Sanderson, S. T. Drayton, Samuel Wiswell, John Beatty, Henry Dodd, James Gilvarry, Lloyd Gray, Wm. Anness, Fredk. Anness, John Camp- bell, Timothy D. Witherell, James Doyle, John Snoddy, John Faulkner, James Havernor, Timothy Conk, R. O. Harrow, Michael Travers, Cornelius Bush, Samuel Hathaway, W. D. Nolan, A. J. Gordon, Edward Flangherty, Wm. Downing. Edward Mortimer, Noah D. Taylor, James Hill, W'm. Bradfield, Patriek O'Neal, B. F. Champney, James Wilson, Jacob Staib, H. E. Hutton, Charles Timpors, E. L. Copeland, Charles Fox, Wm. Taylor, Charles Scott, Thomas Taylor, Peter Houghteling, Jackson Shaffer, W. L. Beach, Fred. Cooper, W. T. Wier, Joseph Barrow, William Conway, J. W. Combs, J. G. Williams, F. C. Smith, Jesse Mclaughlin, S. J. Zacarias, Geo. Oliver, G. W. MeLaughlin, Wm. Mckean, S. D. Bennett, John H. Mccutcheon. .John Metz, J. A MeMillan, Wm. H. Gallagher. C. B. Jaquins, James Magee, Daniel Fielding, Frederick Schreiber, Richard Wandle, P. G. Van Winkle, James Blaney, R. Taylor, Lyon L. Nathan, C. G. Hoar, J. N. Smith, James Coyle, A. W. Van Winkle, Andrew Mitchell, Jeremiah Haley, Michael Walsh, S. S. Sparks, Walter G. Molds, Thomas Connolly, E. T. Lamb, Theodore Post, John W. Harrison, H. F. Crawford, Wm. Dixon, B. Van Winkle, E. J. Scott, M. R. Palmer, Abraham Post, Christopher Mills, Philo L. Snow, Wm. A. Phillips, B. F. Britton, John Severs, Horatio Read, J. W. Strober, Renben Van Horn, P. O'Connor, Nicholas Hughes, Wm. Freligh, F. P. Jones, C. E. Rumsey, John Smiley, Thos. B. Wandle, John Croaker, Benj. Kipp, John Q. STARTING FOR A FIRE. Adams, W. H. Conway, Chas. I. Davis, S. W. Nafew, James A. O'Brien, Cornelius Bush, Wmn. Smiley, Geo. W. MeLaughlin, H. C. Hutton, A. N. Harring, J. C. Hopkins, Alex. McCarthy, N. H. O'Reilly, Thomas McMurray, Michael Mullone, E. P. Sandalls, Alonzo Stivers, Win. Snowden, J. D. Percy, T. J. Blaney, Chas. Com- stock, J. T. Amsden, H. H. Hughes, Wm. Amsden, Thomas C. Hughes, John Hagerty, Patrick Hagerty, Patrick Moddix, H. A. Dillon, John Henratty, James Larkin, John Madigan, Louis Stono, A. F. Young, John C. Devine, Thos. McMahon, A. T. Lawrence, Daniel Watson, Cornelius Post, Geo. B. Curry, N. B. Smith, James Gannon, Michael Foley.


ARRESEOH ENGINE NO. 2.


James Smith, J. D. Nolan, James O'Connor, John Bunkle, Patrick Farrell, Martin Con- nolly, William Reen, Francis Riker, James Courtney, Michael Bracken, James Griffin, James Loekwood, John Lyons, John Flannery, William Maher, Patrick Flanery, John Kilroy, Henry Scott, George Anderson, James Haley, Michael Fallon, James Mccluskey, Patrick Quinn, Edward Wheelan, Robert Cook, James Coles, Thomas Smith, Edward Mintagh, Dennis Farrell, Michael Connor, Charles Bryant, Timothy O'Hara, John Farrell, Henry Keely, John Rafferty, Thomas Rafferty, Patrick Kelly, John Doran, Thomas Pointer, Peter Dolan, Anthony Kennedy, James Clare, James Toner, James Price, John Kenney, Edward Corrigan, Thomas Wheelan,


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