No. 26--Built in 1849; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 19; Thomas G. Mason, foreman, 258 Madison street. Place of deposit, 146 Monroe street. No. 27--Built in 1849; condition of house good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 25; Charles Banta, foreman, 90 Reade street. Place of deposit, 106 Reade street. No. 28--Built in 1852; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 800 feet; length of hose, ordinary, 200 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 23; Augustus Hurd, foreman, 181 Church street. Place of deposit, Chambers street, near Centre. No. 29--Built in 1851; condition of house, ordinary; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 16; Archibald Phillips, jr., foreman, 82 Willet street. Place of deposit, 77 Willet street. No. 30-Built in 1849; condition of house, ordinary; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 25; Edward Esler, foreman, 221 Eighth avenue. Place of deposit, Twenty-seventh street, near Tenth avenue. No. 31--Built in 1851; condition of house, ordinary; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 800 feet; length of hose, ordinary, 200; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 18; Jesse Thomas, foreman, 95 Cannon street. Place of deposit, 5 Jack son street. No. 32--Built in 1846; condition of house, ordinarv; carriage, indifferent; length of hose, good, 400 feet; total feet of hose, 400; number of men allowed by law, 18; present number of men, 17; William Halden, foreman, Sixty-second street and Ninth avenue. Place of deposit, Forty-eighth street, near Eighth avenue. No. 33-Built in 1849; house, building; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 25; Joseph C. Divine, foreman, 32 Vandam street. Place of deposit, Sullivan street, near Prince. No. 34-Built in 1850; of hose, good, 500 feet; men allowed by law, 25; man, 681 Fourth street. condition of house, good; carriage, good; length ordinary, 500; total feet of hose, 1000; number of present number of men, 21; Scott Gunyan, forePlace of deposit, Fourth street, near Dry Dock. No. 35-Built in 1850; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 12; Hugh Curry, foreman, 162 Sixth avenue. Place of deposit, 199 Mercer street. No. 36--Built in 1848; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present_number of men, 21; William A. Woodhull, foreman, 184 Henry street. Place of deposit, 205 Madison street. No. 37-Built in 1849; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 800 feet; ordinary, 200; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 21; Robert C. Armstrong, foreman, 90 West Twenty-sixth street. Place of deposit, Broadway, near Twenty-sixth street. No. 38-Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 20; Daniel D Conover, foreman, 138 McDougal street. Place of deposit, 132 Amity street. No. 39-Built in 1849; condition of house, ordinary; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 15; William Wines, foreman, 368 Second avenue. Place of deposit, Third avenue, near Twenty-sixth street. No. 40-Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 800 feet; ordinary, 200; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 24; Robert Donshea, foreman, 31 Charles street. Place of deposit, 142 Barrow street. No. 41-Built in 1819; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 800 feet; ordinary, 200; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; présent number of men, 21; John E. Landon, foreman, 247 Hudson street. Place of deposit, 67 Watts street. No. 42-Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 500 feet; ordinary, 500; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 17; James Odell, foreman, Thirty-seventh street, corner Ninth avenue. Place of deposit, Twenty-third street, near Tenth avenue. No. 43-Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 500 feet; ordinary, 500; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 19; John D. Jones, foreman, One hundred and twenty-third street and Third avenue, (Harlem.) Place of deposit, Harlem. No. 44-Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 500 feet; ordinary, 500; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 25; William Simpson, foreman, 405 Eighth avenue. Place of deposit, Thirty-first street, near Seventh avenue. No. 45-Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 500 feet; ordinary, 500; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 13; Adam Kiefer, foreman, 143 Twenty-eight street. Place of deposit, Thirty-third street, near Third avenue. No. 46-Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 800 feet; ordinary, 200; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 14; Daniel Meehan, foreman, 55 Roosevelt street. Place of deposit, 83 Nassau street. No. 47-Built in 1851; house, building; carriage, good; length of hose, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000 number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 18; Peter Vanderbeck, foreman, 363 Ninth street. Place of deposit, Fourth street, near Avenue D. No. 48-Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 500 feet; total feet of hose, 500; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 25; William H. Karr, foreman, Third avenue, near Eighty-fifth street. Place of deposit, Eighty-fifth street, corner Third avenue. No. 49-Built in 1852; condition of house, ordinary; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 23; Jacob L. Smith, foreman, 124 Cedar street. Place of deposit, 126 Cedar street. No. 50-Built in 1844; rebuilt in 1852; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 19; William A. Tyson, foreman, 55 Elizabeth street. Place of deposit, 101 Mott street. No. 51-Built in 1844; condition of house, good; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 1000 feet; total feet of hose, 1000; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 16; Isaiah Keyser, foreman, Fiftieth street, corner Fourth avenue. Place of deposit, Fiftieth street, near Third avenue. No. 52-Built in 1852; house, building; carriage, good; length of hose, good, 500 feet; total feet of hose, 500; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 18; John T. Rollins, foreman, Harlem. Place of deposit, Harlem. No. 53-No location; carriage, building; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 22; George W. Schott, foreman, 101 Chambers street. No, 54--Temporary; carriage, building; length of hose, 400 feet; total feet of hose, 400; number of men allowed by law, 25; present number of men, 25; John D. Dixon, foreman, 91 West Broadway. Place of deposit, 105 West Broadway. Number of feet of hose, good, 58,700; ordinary, 9,600; total feet of hose, 68,300. HOOK AND LADDER COMPANIES. No. 1--Built in 1848; rebuilt in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; ladders, 5; hooks, 18; number of men allowed by law, 38; present number of men, 27; Andrew C. Schenck, foreman, 142 Franklin street. Place of deposit, Chambers street, near Centre. No 2-Built in 1852; condition of house, good; carriage, good; ladders, 5; hooks, 15; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 14; Isaac G. Seixas, foreman, 93 West Sixteenth street. Place of deposit, Twenty-fourth street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. No. 3--Built in 1847; rebuilt in 1852; condition of house, good; carriage, good; ladders, 5; hooks, 15; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 29; John H. Brady, foreman, 62 Sixth avenue. Place of deposit, 132 Amity street. No. 4--Built in 1849; rebuilt in 1852; condition of house, good; carriage, good; ladders, 5; hooks, 18; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 30; John Cornwell, foreman, 257 Walker street. Place of deposit, 20 Eldridge street. No. 5-Built in 1852; condition of house, good; carriage, good; ladders, 5; hooks, 18; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 18; Samuel Smith, foreman, 141 Forsyth street. Place of deposit, 91 Ludlow street. No. 6--Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage, good; ladders, 6; hooks, 18; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 23; James S. Anderson, foreman, 3 Twelfth street. Place of deposit, Firemen's Hall, Mercer street. No. 7-Built 1837; condition of house, good; carriage, indifferent; ladders, 5; hooks, 6; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 17; James R. Payne, foreman, One hundred and twenty-fourth street, near Third avenue. Place of deposit, Harlem. No. 8-Built in 1851; condition of house, good; carriage good; ladders, 5; hooks, 10; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 25; Paul Schenck, foreman, Forty-fifth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues. Place of deposit, Forty-eighth street, corner Eighth avenue. No. 9--No location; carriage, indifferent; ladders, 5; hooks, 10; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 15; Robert V. Davis, foreman, Twenty-ninth street, near Second avenue. No. 10-Built in 1848; rebuilt in 1851; condition of house, ordinary; carriage, good; ladders, 5; hooks, 8; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 20; Joseph Geery, foreman, Eighty-sixth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Place of deposit, Eighty-fifth street and Third avenue. No. 11-No location; no apparatus; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 17; Thomas G. Vandeveer, foreman, 54 Walker street. No. 12-No location; no apparatus; number of men allowed by law, 30; present number of men, 19; Frederick A. Ridabock, foreman, 40 Rivington street. No. 13--Number of men allowed by law, 30; Michael Memmer, foreman, 316 Ninth street. Total number of ladders, 51; hooks, 136. HYDRANT COMPANIES. No. 1--Number of men allowed by law, 10; present number of men, 10; Alfred H. Webster, foreman, 116 Second street. No. 2-Number of men allowed by law, 10; present number of men, 10; John S. Belcher, foreman, 301 Broome street. No. 3-Number of men allowed by law, 10; present number of men, 10; Alexander Meakin, foreman, 511 Broadway. Total number of men allowed by law, 3,558; present number of men, 2,731. The above is from the Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, made to the Board of Aldermen, September 7, 1852; the Department has increased greatly in its number of men, and by resolution of the Common Council, October 16, 1852, the force of different companies therein has been augmented-thus allowing to certain companies an additional number of men. First District. Nine engines, seven hose carriages, and three hook and ladder trucks. Second District. Seven engines, four hose carriages, and two hook and ladder trucks. Third District. Five engines, six hose carriages, and one hook and ladder truck. Fourth District. Four engines, four hose carriages, and two hook and ladder trucks. Fifth District. Four engines, five hose carriages, and one hook and ladder truck. Sixth District. Eight engines, thirteen hose carriages, and three hook and ladder trucks. Seventh District. Three engines, five hose carriages, and three hook and ladder trucks. Eighth District. Five engines, and seven hose carriages. ASSOCIATION OF EXEMPT FIREMEN. This Association meets on the third Tuesday in January, April, July and October, at Firemen's Hall, Mercer street, between Prince and Houston streets, and has about four hundred members. OFFICERS. Philip W. Engs, President. Joseph N. Lord, 1st Vice President. John Coger, Jr., 2d Vice President. George W. Wheeler, Recording Secretary. Thomas Boese, Financial Secretary. Joseph M. Price, Treasurer. David Theall, Sergeant-at-arms. |