The New York Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1850, Page 2

hose, present number of men, 9%. J ‘oreman, residence 123d street, near Third avenue; of deposit, 1Zlet street, cor. Third avenue, Har- 5 or Tue ff f hore, 1,000; Jement of men, 26; present num- J ire ’ ber of men, 'o) "Moses 0. Ailen, Foreman, residence | dence 466 Third avenue; place of deposit, Thirty- | relieve the complaining firemen, and that fourth street, near Third avenue; house indifferent— pot, inasmuch as they had control of the police temporary. bell ringers, against whom the complaints were ber of men, 17. Charles ; Douse im good order, CHIEF ENGINEER, Meeldcnes 20 Rutgers virest, place of depapit, 44, built’ 1640; ; of pose ood, — street; house in good order. nee ot Jen, the city T or THE 2 built 1848; ordinary; length of hose good, mn, 18; Suaber : j up town, hoes , 100; total Lei Leonard reaveas ances, wheteupoa I would WEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT: se maplement of mon, 25; present number | avenue, between first and Thirty-second streets; yor, ae raed ciher send | sem stratagem, pitting c i ee ees addy oromen, residence 329 | place of deposit, Thirty. first street, mear Seventh | tr, bec te By dhe mnie 4 aap ire pipton tain strated et; place of pee 5 Duane street; house | avenue: house in ood oFder, | ‘cit ee baod. po Loa dead A e | ict Ohief of Police col wil oe vidual nee o mene It . 45, built built, 1844; +e them again othe rapine. WOOT EXTRACREIEARS SESTREENTS, in good order. e40, im coud <order; length of hose | hose good, 260 ft, cng raary, 150; total ing tha nd Faron a for whieksil | had the power, &e., &c., &e. good, 800 ft.; length of hose erdinary, 200; total length | Jen; omplemmant ‘8; present about mai I would hold the copsale eas lt To me Honongmex ray Conneces Counci. or THE | 143 Bidridge cioet) place Y hgialeiman street; — ry or New York: bouse temporary— lease expire "3 The Chief Engi ‘i it N built 1349; in good ord length of hose good, No. 46, built 1 rebuilt 1845; ordinary; length of 1 Seite hat he’ has made the bsual | £00; length of hoee ordinary. 400; total length of hose, | hose gost oon uth of hone crdinary total Ma tasers “exact 'anid © Visits to the diflerent places of deposit for the appa- | 1,000; complement of men. 26; present Sumioas of tite | er eee tahoe Motleah tron present | +011 ringer at the time, he leaves the tower with- resi- ratus of the department, and examined their condi- " b 4 ‘88 Nassau | out mformation to the Mayor, or to the t dreadful P street; place of deposit, corner of Attorney and De. ition street; place of deposit, erry ec aa y oe Oe eee Ae ays nen < me . we tion. The result of the examination is herewith 4 di " ; house der. Subinitied, together with the annual returns of the | Bey streets, house In kod ortor temgth of how | No. 47, built £840; ordinary; length of hose good, ‘at the tower. True, the Alderman of his | real estate, her present vacant ; length of hose ordinary, 400; total length | 400 ft.; total length of hose, 400; complement ot mem, | ward fills his vacancy as a policeman, but his Cap- shope, and domestic hxbitations, and the paralysis er tens resent num- | 18; present number of men, 14. Robt. H. Johnson, | tain takes ial care to keep the new policeman | of her general rot of names, business, and residence of the members of | good, 600 ft. 1 it. of howe, 1,000: t of oo tee te eens ber of men, ah 4 Butler, Fore jan, residence | Foreman, residence 54 Avenue C; place of deposit, | on his le; te duty, if the whole city be in | thousands having emugrated to more safe and tran- | cut, and beat SCHEDULE OF THY FIRE DEPARTMENT. | SGrand stroet; place of deposit, Mercer street, Fire- | FHMH iets, bees vee ee total hose ordinary, | fl#mes, until he is compelled to surrender him. v0 | quil sections, in consequence of her protracted violate the per Return of the Engine, Hose, Hook and Ladder and Hydrant Ill: house in good Order, ser: length | Obed sate tated mapa £6100 toe - * | the tower by an order from the Mayor. A few | riots, and utter want of law and order, and safety | males, and fire our hal panies—Their Apparatus, Places of Deposit, Con- | ¥ NO. built 1846, neballt 1880; eon Matto; com- | Y aA’ COMPANIES. weeks since, there was a vacancy in the Union | to propert person. In June last, I dition, gc.; together with the Names and Residences of the of hose good, 1,060 £; ea Saumber of men, 2. | No.1, built 1648, Das quod orale ladders, 5; hooks, | Market bell ‘tower for more than a week, arisi have hed mani of these villains arrested, for | honorable body respecting anne or Keren. harles L. Kent, Foreman, residence 46 Scammel nt of men, 30, present number of men, | from the expired term of a police bell ringer upsetting our engines, cutting the hose, ‘beating as usual, was referred to Axrrep Carson, Chief Engineer, 185 Mott street. street; place of deposit, 23 Gouverneur street; house | 20, Wm. E. Rose, Foreman, nce 33 Mott street; | Geo Duroche, of the Eighth ward police. 1 | our firemen almost to death, &e., but were | Fire ae where, like most ASSISTANT ENGINEERS. in good order. hose” place of deposit, 34 Chambers street; house in heard of the vacancy in abeut a week af.er it oc- | no sooner in prison than the Pre Sa the it slept the sleep of death, the Michael Eichell, 165 Eldridge street. No. 7, built 1850; in good order; length of m4 order. curred, and immediately inforged the Mayor, | aldermen, and judges of police, would ee conforming to the law, which declares John P. Lacour. 179 Stanton street. good, 1,000 ft.; total length of hose, 1,000; complement No. 2, built 1845; ordinary; ladders, 5; hooks, 6; | which was the first news he weceived on the | them to commit fresh attacks on the firemen the | shall report back to the board the result pe bene hag street, ! men, 25 [renege ek hogy *. B godly rd F yee aniprec ob mos nd we oaee Place of deposit, | subject. following night, and while reeking with a ter- | deliberations on rs Giask Vanderbilt: Bint meet ae posit Haat cee Mane) Se eery ale ea seat 350) AX, oO foie Bevan a bell ray es pr to Ee pang Fhe ae thene pe ly boast whey ae ieee asa pon of the armful st 001 . 3 1, BO; - > os Seen k. Godel det Bean thet See io aod fio. Febuilt 1649; in good order; length | 30° Harrison Redfield, Foreman, residence 138 Waver. | desires to leave the tower, the ce that they can bring’ influence to bear | of re which I have made from time George W. Varian, 20th street, near Broadway. of bose good, 900 ft.; length of hose ordinary, 100; | ly Place; place of deposit, 192 Amity street; house in | Mayor and requests that the police bell Tinger may | on the captains of police, Aldermen and _ po- | on this subject, which now slumber in hands T vTowt. 126 Cherry street. total length of hose, 1,(00; complement of men, 25; | food order. return to the ward for duty, which the Mayor ge- | lice judges, from their clubs, and from | of the committee, unless they have been commit- Stepneu ¢, man, | ~ No, 4, built 1849; in good order; ladders, 5; hooks, | nerally permits. Presently a raw police reeruit | political associations, to efiect their ted to the flames:— ve Mint resent number of men, 16.’ Jose Samuel M. Philiips, e s.""? street. Ls INE COMPANIES. + , Forel residence 12 College Place; place of deposit, 74 Cedar | 9; complement of men. 29° Presta, numer or mom , 772kes his appearance in the bell tower, to dis- | matter what are the charges preferred “To Tur H Co ©o “steet" houke in good order. 25. Peter N. Cotnell, Foreman, residence 128 Division | i the most responsisis trust: in the | them, unless they are publicly «The Chief Engineer would respectfully sabinity Duilt 1827, rebuilt 1849; engine in | "No". dant 1849; 1 C202 OT4eEs beat Of Rowe : charge one 0 pS Paap sere eer ein Fea. that their boasts are | for your considerntion the annered eee ee No. i, 634 cali ‘400; total le strect; place of depesit, 20 Eldridge street; house im | rity, Sometime since, the Alderman of the Se”; good order; length of hi 4, 300 feet; hose ordi- | . ordine: », 205 total length | good corde y- . Cvouut | OCF, ANG A FegIee Ww my, bnew @ y mt ati Boo et eee rth ofhoss, 400; complement | £004,000 length of hese ordin7i5. meeaeuc Bum | “No, 6, built 1848; tn xood order; ladders, 6; books, | Ward, Mr Morgane, recommended a sailor ppl: | Setted tothe r Tngaiiich a never wen © 10 ificulties existing in and begween, fire com. of mén, 30; present number of men, 24. James La | ber of men, 14. Jobn W. Garside, Foreman, residence | 9; oomph ot of men, 20; present number of men, Ward, and the Mayor detailed the ‘eaites”, Sent) man who bel to these le clubs to be oi , Byrne, Foreman; residence, Bighth ave ue and | 402 Broome street; place of deposit, 174 Mulberry m. 8. Li Foreman, residence $40 First | ward, and the © ayer iden “ot for this | long imprisoned, and never knew one of them to be | © « ‘The report of Samuel! M. Phillips, Assistant Ed- petite te ok Tape ay tht street; houre in goo See. caer,’ toagits of ooh CTS of deposit, 91 Ludlow street; house in be TrTe ori “S jacrman'e urgent 1 request, convieted for attacks son the eee ne police neer, relative to a fight on alternoon, fi ‘i . bu! 3, in + ‘7 er, a open WL a ne eg eet 00d, 1.00 f.; total iength of hose, 1,000; complement | | No, 6. built 1688, rebuilt 1846; rebuilding; Waders, Ton, ped e, and hed never been — bell tower = them before they get before the judges hd Men Hage Comeeny Seer 93 N Jength of hose good, 400 ft.; total length of hos yr of men, 20. ‘im. + | of men, 25; present num Harri- | hooks, 7; complerient of men, 30; present metaber before. The sailor was soon superseded; and thus, | of police. Idid once get a very bad club rowdy ee 1 Bite affray, it may be well to say, s efierson Market | that informant complement of men, 50; present number of men, 39. | Of MED, ©); Bisse eas Bayard street saan, Ik’ Cokeuiinictaen, ‘Youaiean Saalbeuas b h Samuel P. Titus, Fo: idence 211 Clinten street; 0 ’ ? house cuter. Bee ae in turn, the changes at the towers go on, of which, | before Judge Bleakley, at the from rmation I have been able to - lace of deposit, No. 21 Henry, ‘bear Catharine street; | Ren get erat eK ‘en th of hose ep Ne ba Mercer street, | ‘as in this case, 18 1 often Mow nothing at the result was the same—his instant obtain, it ee ae po mye Bouse in good order. A Pe cwth of hose ordinary’ 100; total length | Tnane” ye duall; house im gocraer; ladders, 6; books, | the time, and for ‘whose disastrous results, | also T also once got a most loudly for some action to prevent a recurrence No. 3, 834 calibre; built 1847; engine in good order; | SPO 0.0850; complement of men, 2; present num! eal veifs C537; in Bor present number ot mem, | repeat, I'am held rei ible lea i or way “ ‘ad pr 8 conduct. in Dength of hore good, 400 fc.; total length of hose, 400; | Of 200e O29) SURCE Vaien, fy menian viebeoaee Lee 5 = — a oa repieaas Teall teat, | <-oham csp: rman see ost shamefully j path outrageous a i complement of men, 60; present number of men, 33, peony om — deposit, Amos street, neat Bix . ‘ayne, Foreman, resi tent oaen ew gh millions of dollars, r department. It is but justice, however, to “4 Jobn D, Dixon, Foreman, residence 91 West Broadwry; | Streets, Piece ¢) ood order. J ‘5 dea 'y a ea om capt =| m as i companies to say, that the did not orig’ ae West Broadway; house in | "No, 12, built 1849; in good order; length of hose 2. ;,| alarms at the towers, snd oben cilepemteia i i i ee ae ectint piakabete of ae ae vaga- S°No. 4, 896 callbre; built 1840; engine in good order; | £000; 760 ft.; length of hose ordinary, 200; votal length | heoks, 1; eomplement of men, £0; press trict into a false security by striking the bells | —saw him beat a fireman dreadfully with a tends. ‘known es the “Rock a i rene gs f hore, 1 omplement of men, 25; present num- 34.’ Sambel Garrison, Foreman, residence Ferty- nds, as length of hose good, 4C0 ft.; total length of hose, 400; |), eae, 1 “0 a 5 ET iy po I a er ae mi a, beige Bae 3 wrong, and by giving no alarm when actually | club, whom I finally ge eee a long | and “Old Maid’ » each party running with complement of mon, G0; prevent number of men, 30. | EE eh mMen, 2 WM. Pardepoalt él Horatie street; | Bithtarenas and Forty-cighia street; house in | €XiSt8, chase, in arresting; to all of which I swore, | One of the co for the express of T. Redfield, Foreman, resideuce 83 Eleventh | }S¢ Biccoken Lpresstlg J 7 oe —— fee Fony-e ' « The vacan that continually occur at the | on the H Evan, iy Almighty be- | getting upa regen} not being content to t jpplace Of deposit, No. 33 Great Jones street; | “°XG.19, built 1845; ordinary; length of hove good. |" No. 10, built 1859; im good order; ladders, 6; hooks, | towers, render it impossible for the, remaining Lee renee ier, wae les sho Bile, peleeeet | out each other's brains, , on on, SFicsn dibs ceurnicmenh ed ams ati -goieas eed er | eid 1b, Anarew 3: eacnea: Waancta tenes pa sect neem ih and Bevene Aert wert ©) cupplied. With erleleatines Ge’ ssen se the vacan- | night, to be all discharged in the How ofA short time ‘since, the party themselves of men, 32 Wm. (©. Lyon, Foreman. residence 186 | Droome street: Pisce tt eae J eer eee Fe ical eeikiiek OF bos, | “HE OOMET: ‘When I accidentally learn of a vacan- | evidence was st inst them. A. fellow, the “ Old Maids’ Boys” attacked . No. Doane street; place of deposit, No. 40 Ann street; | Peancy: bate im & am ‘otal number of ladders, 45; [ *; | cy at a tower, I at once recommend a good man to | longing to the “Ol ’s Boys” Club, I arrested, | 9, as they were returning from an fire in- + houre indifferent 0a 1s, remenieing: lepeth of hese reed, | 16, tially’ coats hallll the Mayor, who sometimes confirms, and some- | one night, and gave express Saag can the cap- | Market street. The was and ; , 300; N 2 ks times rejects him. For sneance, quite recent! te a | tain to retain }» wi captain pro- | clubbed from the engine, w! was ‘upset by id is pol y No. 6, 8% calibre; built 1849; engine in good order; . nos Se ies o8'T an " Gee Jength of hose good, 400 ft ; total length Sl tase 400; | hose, 800; complement i Be 3 | ene 2; Compement of men, 10) reeek neeibor, bell ringer came to me, and said that his mised to do until 9 A. M. the following day; but on, Fi ‘own men, 21. Henry H. Howard, idence men, 10. Atired H. Webster, Foreman, residence 116 |! ingers enon “eapiney tied that ten doeih ation 3 buton, | the assailants. This took place under resi complement of men, 50; present number of men, 46. | 4 treet; ‘place of de} alt, 40 Chrystie street; ing to the Tombs Police Court, before nine inthe i ‘was in citiz: ress, Wm. M. Tweed, Foreman, residence 31 Rutgers street; | ous in rder. mts ate ces Seapets of men, 10; present number of | serve the residue of his term asa policeman, in the | mou.ag, I found that the Judge had lbs dork ama upon No. 9, F ce of deposit, Gouverneur strect, near Henry; house | Buse in good order. ’ ‘fae i i on | 15, built 1847, rebuilt 1850; in. good order; length | men, 9. John 8. Belcher, Foreman, residence 301 | Tenth ward, than to serve longer as @ bell ringer. | the man. Not long since, a Five Point club took | close on them, yet, so well arranged were the gene ws ES built 1849; engine in good order; | Of bose good, 500 it; uae of jd R py cd = Broome street. ; To ensure a'good man as his successor, by his Engine No 44 from the company, beat some of | of the rioters, that I had no opportunity to prevent lengt! aon 00d, 400 ft.; total length of hose, 400; | totel length of hose, 1,000; complement of men, 2s; | No. 3, complement of men, 10; present number | pecial request I went to the Mayor, and it, as it was but the work of a moment. ‘goon complement of men, 60; present number of men, 24. | Present number of men 13, John PF’ Hopkits, Fore: | of men. 10. William Neilson, Foreman, residence 18 | an experienced police bell ringer in his possible, I sailied through the shower of Richard Kelley, Foreman, residence 340 avenue; | MAB, Felden. eT Ore eee te cod cider,” | Bodied street. whose confirmation [the Mayor readily assented. 1 at ‘a considerable risk of receiving i tage place ef deposit, 349 Third avenue; house in good | Pidridge street, near Division; house Im got mt hose | Total number of men at present, 1,806. But while the bell ringer was waiting ta,be relievs core succeeded, after a long c in 6 order. | } tt.: ¢ % it wi by his successor, and before the yor cted, he lead: yho has sins ‘No. 8, 84 calibre; built 1846; engine in good order; | £004. 840 tt.; length of hose ordinary 200; total lemcth | By a reference to the above schedules, it will be ed by | > a the ringleaders, who ce been Win D- Tuley, Forcinan, teridence 246 Division street; | Zetidence 160 Rivington street; place of deposit, junc- feed erent see cok baloieg§ were contracted | Tenth ward, Mr. Hawes, came to me and said, be whilst ‘proceeding to, another fire. on the same tion of Houston and First street; house in good order. | building. Four ig ‘Mr. Carson, why have you recommended a named rard, boldl evening, probably y the same lawless band. “The * yy’ Place of deposit, #1 Ludlow street; house in good | “N17. "built 1848; In yood order; length of hose | for with Abraham Van Ness, and were to, be oe liceman to fill a vac ip the Essex Market °° (so called,) have also made order ad ; 7 So. 9, 8: ; » Se | 1,060 ft,; total longth ef hose, 1,000; complement | finished last year, which were reported as building 3 men, 60; present number of men. 32. Daniel W. Tal- | 20M, Foreman, residence 78 Fifth street; place of de- | the extraordinary delay of the contractor, they have r eed - Hoeman who Tintend shall be he attacks on several companies, w! cott, Foreman, residence 22 Fourth strect; place of | Pott #0 Fifth street. house in good order. sage | notbeen completed. Thirty-two hose carriages are | 3°) 0 inger in sda eset Biarbet. towet.'. ota cred, fromm having. x | entiget. of 8 yeviges eommennicatien, ott cailiees welt 1830 esalt | good, 700; lensth of Bore ordinary, 00; total length | 2 good erder, thirteen indifferent, and two twlld- be superfluous. been nominated by Kelly and Barr within the | ccrone (and given eublic notice of the (0. 10, 634 calibre; built 1824, rebuilt 1836; engine J uh Sane ogee . | ing. Six hook and ladder trucks are in order, ns pe’ ” . persons (and given public notice of the in good order; length of hose good, 900 ft.; length of | Of hose, 1,060; complement of men, 25; prosent mum- | 7) indiderent, and one building, with forty-five Now, Mr. Fireman, 1 hope you are satisfied | twenty days required by wee expiration of | their services can be dispensed with, and that hose ordinary. 100; total length of hose, 400; comple- | Der Of mam, IS. nawant | bier ‘Joposit, 28 Beaver ladders and. seventy-four hooks. F that I cannot relieve you from the evils of which | which, the a) to Try they will not permit any but ‘of the de- partme' Persons peaceabl to accom- to you spirit of no unkindness to any one, but | all to above, recently yee payee seize pany tye or from fives. F "course, om 18 1 eee cdma Ti wm, | et oF bese isin ordinary condition, pakiog ins wit tas reed ot ringi , qaieae poem apy sod van off with it, but, being a at ri 7 ,commenda ew Sat ee t ., 18; 1 . Wm. | fitry. i " Bi Wood, Foreman, sbaldemee 106 Mott street; place of | {"tJ-five thousund nine hundred and fifty feet of | rhea, that has not even the sanction of law, there | hotly pursued by Stephen T. Hoyt, an Assistant ee et eS ee, clers 4 being not a solitary syllable in our municipal t, the cowardly villains fled. On the | at every opportunit te Se ts eee anh There are in the department thirty-four engine a fo. 20, built 1849; im order; length of hose P ~ ty-four engine | ratutes respecting the regulation of the bell ringers | 14th of August, 1850, some two weeks since, one nine hook The ‘Board of Assistant “Aldermen of the up-town’ clubs took Hose Carriage No. 7 PR fa escactiny Sched verano eae i various companies vi ‘orty-five thou- ; ment bam a preentoumber of = me, 15 teres street; house in good order. = three hundred feet of hose is in good | YU 0 justly peawiaie, I have related these facts | made by the Mayor. same Five aud Ninth avenue.’ place of deposit, Twonty-reventh | , NO. 1% built 1808, rebuilt 1843; ordinary; length of | order, and nine thousand six hundred and fi street, near Tenth avenue; house indifferent | hose ordinary, 400 ft ; total length of hose, No. 11, 635 calibre; built 1833, rebuilt 1848; en in good order; length of hose good, 400 ft.; total le of hose, 400; complement ot 30; present nw ae ood of men, 17. “James Irwin Murray, Foreman, residence | 609" fod tt; length of ere 4 a vend SIG: Tn oe ee hydrant com- | &t the towers. near Prince; house in good order | Sas Bowe, LARS oonel men, 20, present | ies. ‘The present number of men in the depart. | listening to my counsels, and having the welfare of | from the house, run it through several streets, | (ref Xo. 12, 34 callbre, built 1824, rebuilt 1648; engine | Pogigence 43 Jeb strect; place of Gepost, Aun street, | meut is one thousand eight hundred and minety- | the Fite Department, and the safety of over habiter | and finally took it, nto an vale in Fourth | fa cuing_ sundry report trom Tres next 1 i \Gomnon Connell, t Not one im good order; length of hose good. 260 ft; length of n Dowe ordinary, 160; total length of hoce, 400;,comple- eK ee “ subject | the 18th of August, 1850, or on the very next night <a wisaniseieaeen the voluminous and elaborate i i law on ment of b0; present number of men, 39. Wm.B uring the year ending August 1, 1850, there | Wisely passed ly such a Rockwell, Foreman, residence Fiftteth street, near | 04, 1.000 ft.; total | have been two hundred and eighty-nine fires, by tat denned hem, which was, most unfortu: | aftcr the above ouirage, a marderous gang of clud | revgrt tna enclosed the reports for misdemeanot from various sources, ever received @ street, 216 Wooster street; place of deposit, Weost U0; comp) good order: length of hose Third avenue; pli f deposit, Fiftieth street, mear | Of mem, 25; present which the lose or damage to buildings, amounts to . Satu tanbonek. CON, BORE) Mee ree! wus bashes pol seventpeight annena ‘seven | best known to themselves ; having been most in- | several tar barrelein Thirty-second street, between deretion from your ible body, No. 13, 7 calibre; built 1850; engine building; length | “Po ngth of hose | hundred and twenty-five dollars, including $14,000 | yeterately ee ee eee ren the First and Second avenues, for the sole pur- | vooeut, immediately referred to your Committee on of hose good, 400 ft; total length of hose, 400; comple- | Jno" oo gilt fetal length | by the explosion in Hague street; und in stock, | Hawes, of the Tenth ward, w support could | pose x Creating a false Dey tere ey os — Fire Department, where they are now, never ha- ment of men, 20, present number of men, 12. Joka | Cric.e 1.000; complement of men. 25; present num- | furniture, &c., te one million sixteen thousand | have saved it her evil that seriously conflicts with | fill Poapines A ret Ohne cnpian Nar LA 5 Aap ving been reported to your boserable body, whiel “ pee youshould have demanded at thei ids, aa Baulch Foreman, residence 3 Chatham street; place ber of men, 19. George I. Clark, Poremaa, residence | thtee hundred and sixty-eight dollars, including here is anothe ; ; BE ee teen ee Eee Tae, oeder, fe Mltlope sitet place of arpost, 10. eter strwt; | #70,000 by the explosion in Tague street.” There | fslutary administration of my deparument. 1 4 | He way to the that” ine ’huadred of uhese demr. | Would have demanded, if you had cherished a Senge ot Bee goed, OTe; tate No 23, ballt 1849; In ood order, length of hose pine So poche ganache me hg ne delay in the repair of the engine and hose houses, | devils, belon to the club banditti, suddenly 1 eee _ for ee Ne, a ifice Sagueves 3: Syler, Yore xood, 900 ft.; length of hose ordinar otal length | ing of chimnies, bursting of spirit ) lamps, &c.; | Whose eparatus 1 seldom visit to repair, without | emerged from hiding places, and attacked lg Og eye pine pena ag: ay arent aoe Bra ‘depends of hose. 10005 complement of men E bet & large majority for aan h L direct cause | ¢ing interrogated somewhat thus :—* Mr. Carson, ee, cerenay with large stones end olats, upset poder Ss Oe goods sre soho ag of men, ohn . Va on Me + " 4 s ‘ine most 2 4 re p naore ha gene ote engine rebuilding, | 120 Batrow street; place of deposit. Horatio street, | could be ascertained. This is a slight decrease of | Gan If ins Public Buildings. ae ms pom mie page iit oumame ee: lic authorities, not simply looking coldly on, but ft ; ©. | near Ninth avenue; bouse in good order. fires from that of last y id an increase of eel on place of enn without being told | curred. only the week be ne thy ‘The following openly encourvging these dangerons men to man- by his clerk that he is off somewhere, attending to | are some of the firemen belonging to engine No. so ae to ve gee the Co ee Aopen . Predict his pressing business calls over the city; our en- | 19, who were confined to their beds in consequence Fost x o bt ree J sail cork pa ine house as required indispensable repairs for a | of the severe wounds and various bodily iajuries | ¢ P nee pe opt ge! in Paria, - dened ‘well as facilitate the means of | [Pg time, the locks, hinge &e. being utterly out | they received om that melancholy occasion:— | Tvemen throvghout the city, as te Teor the of repair, Which enables bad boy: ‘bad men to | Joshua S. Travis, William Jones, Charles W. es since, for owe py ‘lish enter with impunity, and do immense iajury | Eichells, and Charles B. Reynolds. goeeul | Tha ecmtalnation ( litical ot beeat) of to ou .opperatus, and. to the engine house | Four nights thereafter, or on the 1%h of August, | those bad public servants wibe aid and abet them, eel, the Chief Engineer formerly had | 3860, while Hose Company No. ata fire in Wil- | in their persecution and murder of the firemen, > ered end destruction of the engiaes, Jength of hose good, 460 ft ; total length of hose, 400; " Bn ty No. 24, built 1835, rebuilt 1845: length of | alerms : complement of mem, 90; present number of men. 27. 9.0 oa Too st.: length of hose ordinary, 100; total | ‘The telegraphic wires, which I confidently anti- Moses Jockson, Foreman residence 165 West Twentieth rs " street; place of deposit, 165 West Twentieth street length of hose, 500; complem: 18; present | cipated in my last report would be put in immediate boure in good order. number of men, 16. James Plant, Fore: sidence | operation, and thus check the e number of No 19, calibre; built 1860; engine in good order; ieee ee yaar of deposit, 315 Spring street; | false alarms, 3 os facil om length of hose good, 400 ft ; total length of bose, 400; . » a alarm, in cases of actual fire, have not m put in 5 . No 2, built 1847, ordinary; length of hose good. Semplement ction 0, prevent numer of mee 24 que fe total tem 't hose, 1.00, complemeat af | Working ord, although the poss have been erect. Ses af Genealt, 180 Uneven * 0 Allen streot inen, 25: present number of men, 25. Jus, H. Ridabook, | ed, and the line of wire extending to the various place of depos 99 Chrystie street; house in goo Doresnan. soubiens Greene street; place of deposit, | stations, for some two years. Having full confi- the ch f the of " + “Be Anthony ttreet, near Broadway: house in good order.” | dence in the good efleets to result therefrom, could | the charge of the repars both ¢ Be whe aL street, were taking up their h . : used attecked 1 iremen, tool if apparatus, e by raising heaven end earth to liberate these incarnate o. 20, 6, calibre; built 1823, rebuilt 1850; engine ~ 4 “1 0 ) No. 26, built 184%; im good order; length of hose | the contractor be induced to finish his work, | ot et Sor content of on, te, -* ius good, $00 ft.; length se Set total ML | Would respectfully ge such action as shall give ne hous id at the = — run off with it. The object, which was success- | fiends from prison, when arrested even under of men, 14. James Donahu, Foreman, residence 7 of bees, 1.C0v;, complement ot set ot poreent “tei, | the department the benefit of them as soon as Serio: mee ori Buildinge whe, | (s.0f the club, was to create a broil between | the eye of the Chief Engineer. Or, third: The Bence tndinersntt ns Sepoelts 188 Coder sirens | Gence 289 Mudioon street: place of deposit, 108 Monroe as that the impropriety of appointing the bell | {fm his ignorance of, end utter disconnection with agg gerd hg re Sas ons Wan re a donerion,.f .the oy po ype ee & ’ No. Zi, (4 calibre; built 1825, rebuilt 1848; engine house in good order. been, their gross neglect of | CU department, does not understand, nor take that | suited in the serious bodily of both ahen er sin Chine ot these py a 4» length of hi tingers from the police ~hed built 1049; ta. good order iene engeh duty, and their Utter irresponsibility to the Chief | terest in the repair of ourengine houses that the | panies, while the club rascals who created the dis- | pire, wo unto th reial emporium of um- | Engineer, will receive that careful consideration | Chief Engineer did, Moreover, we have conversed | turbance, esceped without injury. On the very Pale’ natn a Geo. nee 90 | from your honorable body which the profound im- | With og | brother firemen, who are of the opinion | next day, the ohn of August, 1806, between 6 and | ( Dearnte — ay ener oo) of Broadway; hobse in good order | house | portance of the subject seems to require, 1 will | ‘hat the chief reason why the Superintendent of the | 7'P. M even in the broad face of day, atan alarm | tock t ing we assuredly wees DS alibess built 18 ine in good order: illustrate come of the pernicious effects of the pre- | Public Buildings so long and 80 often neglects us | of fire in the fourth district, raised, as is su ys p Be. 28,5 cotihee; hush TOCG; eagles a } 28, built 1644, rebuilt 1847; im good order; length F p is, that he is generally supposed to have more busi- 7 7 s | deep foundations. 1 ength of hove good, 400 it.; total length of hose, 400; | rt. | 1.000 #t.; total length of hose, 1,000; com- | S€Dt alarm — by the following dialogue, re- aay eng 8 fey end faithfatt "4 to decoy firemen out, for the purpose of beating | put would seriously warn, through your honorable complement of men, 60; present number of men. 24. | 0) bose Kee °s present member of men, 20. Al. | cently held between myself end three firemen, who ness than be possibly attend to faitl A dare them, Hose Co. No. 13 was violently attacked by | body, the people of thie city to beware. 1 warn Sones "Derren, Foreinas, saidence 13) Leonard atreot; | plement of men, 25, present number of men. 4). Al | Coty Oe Tr iS complaints, at different | &!#0, with all the delay and ‘fsa his re- | 4 formidable club, neat Gran and Gouver- | the mechenice and trademmen—the tolling thou- sy } medi se ind tube, who drove t i's of every pursuit in life—the insurance asso- they were un- | firemen before them, beating the foreman of Hose | O..1 a A ‘j 4 ineer. We, there- | No. 13, and other toombens of the company se- cistions—the great cepitalists, and small capi N goed, 800 ft; length of hose ordinary, 100; te of hove, 1.000, complement of men, 26; pre’ Aca Bante, Foreman, re in good order th of hore ge he expense of re 3 —_ Sarees i uch greater than w rst Fireman Mr Carson, why is not the he charge of the Chief Ei +t J. Delatour, For Place; place of deposit, 32 Chambers street; house im | tim good order , with stones engine P ‘ : No. 2%, built 1841, rebuilt 1844, ordinary; length of | alarM of fire in the fourth district promptly given, 3 t scons, ‘sasabe hare good, C00 fs lensth of hore ordinary, 200: total | when there is a fire in the dietriet?™ fore, do most sincerely hope, although it may seem | verely—seized the apparatus, ran it down to the ee op ge Fm wees fh length of S00, complement of men, 18; present |" Serumd Fereman—* Mr. Carson, why did the | SemeWwhat indelicate on your part, that you will, for | dock at the foot of Gouverneur street, and left it | and children a a word {ry, ee Se Been teeR ee eee te reemiace ct deposit. 47 Willet | Jeflerson Market bell give the alarm, Inst night, bs 1 good of the Fire Department, (looking | there. ne of the vile ruffians was arrested and | to beware—beware I ay, how they Suffer the au- " Shehude re for the second district, when the fire was in the tly; as we do, for its happy adiministra- | conveyed to the Seventh ward station heuse, | thoritics of this cit pon i longer to neglect and 25. 6% calibre; engine ordinary, length of hose *treet; house in good order 4 order: length of hose | Sixth district? ‘This carelessness gives us iafinite t the Common Council to permit you to | when, Alderman Morgan Morgans, of the Seventh | traryp} Gea y ay ge A fee oprenns good. 400 fe; total length of hore, 400; complement of | No 30, built i640, in sued oe = th | trouble, Can’t you remedy the evill” again take charge of ovr engine houses, and ex- | ward, hearing of tis atrest, went down imme- | tiehte or the most ver fel amd ecleescrinemg. el men, 20; prevent number of men, 20. Thomas G. £700 we TG): complement. of met, Thud Piremas—" Mr Carron, our alarm bell | *ine their condition in your frequent, and often | diately to the station house, and set the bratal | TPAts.0f the most useful and eelPescriteing cane Foreman, residence Twenty-rixth street, near Pi ert (00h, Ole ler, Foreman, resid nee eercral fale alarmoof fite last night, which | Yountary, visite to examine our apparatus, for the | wretch at liberty. Two more of these precious | %,1uz¢1®, among ws, the New York firemen. Broadway, place of deporit, Broadway, between Twenty et of men . ig purpose of repair.” » And if allelse fail, | warn the well. depo: ing over the district, with our engine, club cut-throats, named Johnscn and Barry, were paciess to go up to the polls with their ai bth sixth and Twenty-ceventh streets; houre in good In conclusion, on this head, 1 will simply observe | arrested by the Assistant Captain of the Thirteenth d ro and Tenth avenues m4 porsvit of a fire. Be thet, chino ; b nds, if neceserry, and purge the No. 20, @ calibre; built 1824; engine rebuilding; 1848; ordinary; length of hose good, | Wearied out, Ot last we returaed home, my dation, Sh will wet on on senetbslitiog oes this | Ward police, and detained ail night at the station | Councils of the very bad men of all parties, who complement of men, 90, present number of men, 2 id engine, and went to bed. Dut, in the morning, y ‘sp ‘8, house, through the firmness of Alderman Cook, i ; one ordinary, 200; total length of u ; inasmuch as fam already held almost have soourged this great and beautiful city wih Eugene Ward, Foreman, residence Leroy street nae ok anon erent neamber | With much surprise and regret, we learned that '» | and the Capt of the Thirteenth ward police, | their corrupt and selfish and heartless legisiation place of deposit. 14 Amos street 4 order Seat t emek, residence 71 | there hed been a fire that began its ravages after le for the repair A; engine | both ot whom peremptorily retused to surrender | for eo many yeur: Wo. 30, 6%) calibre; built 182 9; engine | even oir ce of depeoit, § Walnut street; house | We had last returned, and for which no alarm was her firemen, many a er | them, again tthe threats and strongest importu- And, now, inae ordinary; jength of hose go« tn geet sounded at our bell.tower. Now, sir, | would re- pose that I exercise some influence | ities of their aseociates in crime. [athe morning, | «(id Maids’ B hore, 400; compl ee sa Walt 1848; in good order; length of hose | spectfully inquire if our bell ringers were green, or perintendent of Public Buildi however, Judge Mountfort, of the Essex Market | anda hundred other similar elabs, comm ir of men, 25; prevent number ot me Be - je occasion, and © ~~ y)— two bw » w fi . bm geod order; length of heae good. 400 ft.; total length | of deposit, 6 Third street; house in good order Go they thus wantorly trifle with us, aad the pro- | CoMsidereble fault is found with me by my brethren | throats of our noble firemen. I was present when | tnycelf, and often resisted at the peril of my life, of Reve, 400, complement « 0; present wamber | No. 23 bullet 1640; ec ondiaary 000, perty of our cittiens! It is extremely hard for us | {oF theit presesent bad snd protracted repairs, by | this preciouspair of brutal looking monsters were | inasmuch at Lace Ghat 0 to teg Ieaeeninte 16 Jaced Cobash, F B, residence 168 er ae, 1,000, complement of men. 4 | firemen to be called up vo often from our beds by | bY the Superintendent of Public ings, and | bailed, and was surprised, (if, indeed, I ean longer | convict c i Nor foik ot; place of depe 1 Lester street hy . iad th Oalegtore ‘Poremes.? false alarms created at the towers, and hard, to gratify my comrades, in the department, who | be surprised im these degenerate times) to find that evidence that ry addues oo Tag + meet, sums 1060; cogil te peed order Jace of deposit, 143 Sullivan st a, afier being humbugged all night by the | Complain and herrass me hourly about these bad | Judge Mountiort accepted us bail, for one of these | being generally liberated by. the Police Capta bre Re mt Fy ey alarms of the bell ringers, to go to bed at | Sd neglected repairs, and Who #0 universally and | inhuman essastins of peaceful firemen, a notorious | ged Aicermen, expecially the latter, befure they t number of wo. fn good order; length of hose | last, and awake in the morning and fied that a fire | @PPerently with to much propriety, desire that, | associate of the culprit himself, at whose vile ren- | ge; he b ee) he Police, Judges, Grand ee Manatees anon Cu fe; length of bo | jad'ocourred, of which we kuew nothing, ia con. | & formerly, the repairs of the engine houses should | Gezvous these infamous benduttl congregate to re. | Ferinte. the tae toa ney ihe me demoe 44 Hud ets of hoes, 1.U0v; complement | scenenee of the fadlere of the bell , be under my especial control, | would, therefore, id fiendish) h over their de Sony e SO, WOO, DOT ee Christopher street, pear Hudeon s sequence ¢ e feilure « ringers to sound | " me mi over their Is Of | already shown, invariably disch: a8 soon as mber of men, 16. Werley Beaith. F | the alarm when there was actually a fire.” | meat cheerfully, with a view to promote the com- and horror. Whi | possible.” Inasmuch as these club miscreants havi 1027, rebu engine naee D; place of dope, Tent To these serious complaints, which are a speci- jepartment with which Ihave been ion of Johneon and Barry, and | sapere caused most of the odium attached gond. 400 fe; total length feo Ta good order: length ot hose | men of those daily made to me, i replied, in sub- ce my early manhood, (now some 15 tes prior to their examination and liberation, | ihe’ Depertment, through the broils they create in ot heer, 40, complement of men, ot th of hore ordinary. 400; total leneth | stance, as follows :— | ) superintend the repair of the engine and hose | in comes Alderman George H. Franklin, of the rt “J ;: peth of b rainary * } e the Department; inasmuch, therefore, as { have et men, 2. Joke OF ieneed we , complement of men, 25; present nam. | “Mr. Fireman: I have no more control over | nees, ond perform the important daty to the best | Seventeenth ward, the ehairman of the Committee | been cleeted to preside ‘over aDepartment to which em place of deposit, Fhind ave Hivgh Curry, Fereman, rectdence 12 | the bell ringers than you have, they being | O! my omy oe or not — in | on Fire Leperment, who walks hurnedly ja be- | Ihave devoted the best portion of my life, (am rod ot rer place ot deposit, 197 Mercer street; | detailed by the Mayor from the police for prt iy Soap be Shich the on hind the bar, and seets himself beside the Judge, | resolved, come what may, to be true to the trast jbre with whom he engages in extremely anxious con- | confided in me, and, above all, true to the noble od 800 fie rent and consequently, #fe not responsible to the head | t 1848; ip good order, length of howe + - 4 | s can be repaired with more despatch and " ‘ ‘ rn 1 mee, 90. uit | j ntag (May A. of the Fire Department for their conduct in the r i versa‘ion, in whispering tones, aud wholly carried f fi is city, with whom aplome a8 otal Jeneth of howe, 1.660; complement | Ti towers, as is generally supposed. The eviie | P¥elity than, I bave reason to believe, they have | on in each others ears! A few minutes after this gh to k ow that f men. present number of mem, = yu compl: hie tl - been, while under the loove supervision of the Sa- | j 7 , * Wave. Foreinan. residenee 160 Madisot strest, place | of Which you complain, chiefly arise from the dent of the Poblie Bud fe i important interview, | exw one of the prisoners se guilty of the reproach ‘ F decostt' 100 Sostoen otvect: bee want of faithful and experienced men permanent. | Pttintendent of the Public Buildings, for whom, | at hberty, and prepared for another fresh attack | ojied to them, 9s being unworthy of the publ —_< “iyo' ds, built 18 ly located at the towers, who could be made to | /¢tenally, I will here observe, I have the pro- | op the fi ; Bod ag Fy pe oon gon od, 209 ft; length of be feel that th iecily responsible tothe | ‘oundest regard. I will now close by respectfully | "As ceher atrack occurred on the memorable 19th | my. whole heer, inost scornfuly ey, know 1 hore, 1.0; complement 0 2 Chiet Evginert, « er who ie supposed to | tion et Jour honorable body to the following He- | of Avgust, 1860, at midnight. The fire wae in the | them to be a clash of men who shculd rank among ber of men Lawrence me voderstand the duties of the ringers better | y oS ‘ fourth district, the sane as above alleded to, where | our best and most useful citizens, laboring hard to poll 1850; engine ia | Brasdway than the Mayer or Chief of Police, who at present | Fire Dereriment, signed bys lange portion of the | the orvcuers were #0 loosely set at liberty. The | support themselves wud families, and gratuitously ft, total length ape vee» have supreme control of were—an officer “Old Maids’ Boys,” a fearfal and most deadly | devoting much of their time, amid sunshine, an Sy anee, Ges ceenriemens of men, 60 penetes Sembee we oe, building ood, #00 ft.; total | Whe 4 deep veceenalt ali oe § de, and position, club, seized hose No. 14, ran up alongside of hose | darkress and storm, towards the preservation of Gurrey street: place of depcelt. Murthy sereel, Rees b of howe, BOC mi would very nuturally etimulate him to wateh th j, attacked the firemen, vpset the carriage, &ec., | the ci y fom being often dreadfully wounded, te aye ll gape Be t ar on oh med, ippincett bell ringers more closely then the Mayor and Chief | doing considerable wjury to the carriege. But | ond sometimes even losing their lives amid the No 43. ¢ alibre: built 1807, rebultt 1833 tne le? Fourth street © of deposit of Police, and hold them to « more rigid accounta- why recount these daily and daring outrages, | llemes, explosions, end falling walls, while enga- ’ ts — a bility --an officer Who is at present very unjustly when theee blood thirsty creatures are thus en ‘ eed and working hough for their own lives, ia what they humanely e sacred duty: @ eluse of men who, hours in coed or built 1849; in coed order, lemeth of hese | held accountable for their misconduct by the th of howe ordinary, 400, votal leneth | whole city, but who Would not cowardly shrink from eech responsibility, if he were tegally em- ordinary length of { Engineer of the Fire Departm ded with too it @ he of the several compani couraged and liberated by Alderinen, on whore necientious watefulnese, and unsullied iategrity, the inecarcerstion and severe ode iv att: h OC. Davicon, Foreman, resi. wered t he the bell ringers do their dut deride which, in our opinion. there would be @ great tom avenue; place of deposit Lr force shat hey Gid not sleep at their pty: A saving in the public expense of the department.» de. I might go Toots Reyes enbooentnn ty-sinth street; house in good order. | 1 + nee of his authority, when the city is wrapped There is another evil that militetes with an ef | to the day in which | write this report, with a re- od order: length ot howe | sath of Keer, 1000; comptemens | i flemes. + 355 nber of men, 22. David Mull. | “* Sudden ch hen, Foreman, realdence 47 Bedford street; place of | cies, nnd the det iment—that most | cite) of the murderous botcheries of these clubs, yntendiog with the common enem! the) reman, aud caste a | who are thus encouraged and emboldened hy the | riably ere when called pea ry contend wth the authorities themselves, which might canse the | destructive enemy that 9 often spreads such ruin, removals, protracted vacan- of incapuble and inexperienced { hows, 400: plement of men. t men. 24. » Francis B Pall. Foreman. Miance Third avenue and deposit, Darrow street, near Bedford; house in cood | policemen, er ntinvelly transpire at the bell towers, | shadowing evil timid citizen to keep within doors after nightfall, | derolerion ard wo ove city. Fighty-etth street: piace of deposit, Third avenue and order F ef which Lemalmest utter 7 lencrant, and even | bhgbting efiecte, as the in with his windows and doors well secured s Bat I | troe, then, to the Now Yor hese omg No. 41, bollt 1840; im goed erder: length of hore | if | knew all that eccurs at the towers, in this re- | firer, end in the destruction of our apparatus, all | must forbear a further detail of these narratives of | dindly pleced me where lam, and Mighty -tth street, Yorkville; house im good order " Ko 48 ©, calibre, built 1831, engime reboidding; goed, 600 ft; lepgth of howe ordinary. 200: total levath | org Toould net remedy the evil; because, | re- | other evils connected with the department, how- | bloed in this report, which will, necessarily, be ing department of the city, that “ity, Dength of dove good. 400 fe. total hh Of howe, 400. of here, 1 (OO; complement ou, 2b; prese | hi in thei tr sent of men. 80. see ~ . ; ws peat, 1 have no power whatever over the bell. | ¢ver creat snd momentous in their resulte—an evil | very long, in spreading before your honorable bod: ely crin dt Seer yisae estat sheet |S Paasow ae, eee pak Wa | epn, BPeaecmey Teenie force: | iat Fave eared Sey Month | Uhegetan mee connected m8 my dea | coy and eget meal page, soa Place of deporit, Twenty tor treet. Be . ood ord ated ‘ : , t ment. Chief Ey ‘ 4 ms eelhgeeien ety am Le rebuilt, 1645; ordimaty: length of The Chief of Police could fecall | perec: Parente 10 estimable citizens to co- | ”s Now, if out apparncis id thus boldly tiken com | gerency mrrioer bag coca ee natin Taceasing bellt built 199% rebmvit 1 lencth of hore ordinary. 49, total eer from the towers, ut any moment, | operat me im ‘the eupptession of the | the ergine houses, and seized 0 trom the hands | ob ae erat 14 tut ‘whe beat sof men, 18: presen te hee often told me. Indeed, | evil, and Boa — ale to the members | of firemen with impenity, the hose cut the ive them from and upset their engineer, however ingredibie I) may serm, there is no law of ither rd the Common Conaest, os and dashed to pirces-—if ¢ letic herwise destroy the property of Foreman, seaidens enter; place of de. ‘hy which the bell ringers can be detailed (rom t as private citzene, end all (0 fO purges. eouregeors figemen theme! vee are thus borne | the Department, thus thwarting the great pore