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A V ut4UJ A ICUCilLUiSamuel lt;» i’owell. A 45 Itathven. S Yausickkv S s Lazarus. \V .S Deal*. A 1' Lufkin, D Theo Ayers, S J Xogle.On February ]tTl847r w« find n minute to the effect th.it the Mayor atul Aldermen ' had agreed to furnish the Hook nud Ladder boys with uniforms. Tut first report of a fire is of the same date, nud in the following words : “The Steward reported 'absentees from the fire at L. M. Hitchcock's store bouse on Saturday ingot, July !!».“ On Match 3d, llion1are I be minutes of an alarm at the warehouse of Timuius Bates, but it was extinguished be-torc itnrcompany reacln-d the place. Iu De* -ooruber Messrs. Halt, Briggs and Sandberg Were appointed a committee to draft a bill to hr presented to tbe lleprofiLntativcs of tial-vestoii county, for passage by the Legisla tut.-, to exempt tiie member* of the company from militia nud jury duty. We find that in January, In|*, the .••mi;..my were pestering the city for U lit-w and better «pp mat Us, Mr. Briggs being tueir spokesman. He seems to have be.-n very successful |U gettiug a promise. nut srv-ial months later we find the committee reporting that a portion of the bucn*-is Wei'e nil—jug. i.-‘tli l..;ms broken aii-V •the r.u'ek Vui.i li-Usv in a wretcUed condition. so lint w.- may (airly assume tint he did not a. eoinjilish much more than Obtaining u promise. At the meeting tii. April 15, Mr. AlbertI Jail Was unanimously requested to accept t Imposition of t.'lnel Engineer to the corporation, and for that purpose resiguyd his place ;•-. Foreman of the HooU and Ladder ColupaUV. On the .1th ol May iu the year following, a contract was in i le 1lt;: the erection of a new truck house. A: the -ame. Mr. J. L. Briggs became tlic tnreuiaii.The first recorded d-ath apjiears on the minutes of August :t. ltsH.^bctug th.iC of Mr. J. S. Durst, the steward ot the eompauy.Kdward 8- Hill was yiectcd the ioreman for tin* veur 184'J-At this time there seems to have been considerable trouble tor shirts. Mr. Briggs, who was Iu** .• ■mmiltec, could not procure them ready made. About this time, while.the llook and Ladder bovs were clamorous for red shirtS._JOi_aiul_.thc. first indications of that luxury which will be so marked at tho. ball oil Moudav night.In the miuut-s of Januarv 3d, wo read—“A. - ~ -V.WM lUJULadder Company since its organization iu 1842. His scrvicos to the Firo Department of this city rcipiires no enlogy. His elevation „ *o the office of Chief Engineer bcnrB ample testimony,-both to his capacity nud the estimation iu which he was held by his brethren of that association. The death of such a man touches tho chords of sympathy nud fiuds u heartfelt response iu the bosom of every citizen. It is for the loss of such a member of society, nud of this Company, that we ore called upon to give expression to our regrets. Your committee therefore beg leavo to offer the following resolutions, and respectfully usk their adoption.f. That iu the death of Stephen Kirk-' laud our State uud city has lost u useful und efficient citizen; the community, one whoso houesty* and iutegritv was provervial; the benevolent associations with which he was connected. a member whose life was a bright exemplification of the purity of their principles, uud our company, one of the oldest and most zealous members. •*.HtsvThat we tender to the widow and the fatherless the sincere expressions of our -sympathy-hoping—that the—romembrance-of those virtues which made the deceased such au affectionate uud kind husband and father may prove a consolation to them in their hour of distress.WASHINGTON rjr.C COMPANY NO. 1.We have not been able to obtain the early records of this company, and c«m-cqueutly cun not give its original uic-uilHirs. The earliest minute that we have fonuil is April, 18G0. The 22J of February, lb'll, was celebrated with a. parade uud collation which must- have been conducted on ]riuciples of conimeuilable economy, iiuee the expense to the company was SoO. .We next find the Wasbiugtou taking steps for tbe formatiou of,a Fire Brigade.At tile election. January 13, 18C2. Mr. A. Minor was elected Foreman. Iu April, the Fireman’s battalion was organized. From July list, IMS, to March 3, 18CG, there are no records, and consequently we are without any iuforumtiOu of its progress. The late Secre-' rotary, Air. Jeuuey, how deceased, was unable, on account of illness, to keep hia minutes in regular order — consequently^ .without much -information- concerning miitt'd^g—of—recent
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Galveston Flakes Weekly Bulletin
Galveston, Texas, US
Wed, Apr 24, 1867
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