. A history of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal . d the twelve gentlemen first elected, in succes-sion to the eleven provisional trustees, were AlexanderBertram, Charles Esplin, William L. Haldimand, HectorMunro, James Lillie, William Patton, James Robertson?Andrew B. Stewart, G-eorge Cruikshank, James Duncan,Henry Lunan and Walter Peddie. Alexander Bertram, the first on the list elected, after-wards the first chairman of the Board of Trustees, was thepopular Chief of the Montreal Fire Brigade. A memberof the congregation since 1831, and proprietor of pew , he
. A history of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal . d the twelve gentlemen first elected, in succes-sion to the eleven provisional trustees, were AlexanderBertram, Charles Esplin, William L. Haldimand, HectorMunro, James Lillie, William Patton, James Robertson?Andrew B. Stewart, G-eorge Cruikshank, James Duncan,Henry Lunan and Walter Peddie. Alexander Bertram, the first on the list elected, after-wards the first chairman of the Board of Trustees, was thepopular Chief of the Montreal Fire Brigade. A memberof the congregation since 1831, and proprietor of pew , he had been a member of the temporal committee in1849, 1850, and 1853, and convener of the executive com-mittee in 1851. He had also acted as temporary deaconin the church, as he had been solicited more than onceto allow himself to be nominated to the eldership. Hewas one of the 32 proprietors voting to sustain Mr-Essons position, September 2nd, 1844, as he took part inthe subsequent meeting for altering the rules and regu-lations. Born in Berwickshire, Scotland, in 1811, his. CHIEF BERTKAM. f^ 619 father, like himself, being a blacksmith by trade, and anelder in the Established Church, Mr. Bertram came toCanada in 1831, as his brother Greorge also did, who wasafterwards a veterinary surgeon, in partnership withJames Turner, and who died recently in Philadelphia,United States. He joined the Volunteer Fire ProtectingCompany then in existence, soon after his arrival in thecity ; and when Mr. Bronsdon, as chief engineer, organ-ized the first regular fire department, Mr. Bertram becamecaptain of No. 4 fire engine. In 1849, he was appointedassistant engineer, and in 1852, after the great fire, chiefengineer of the brigade. At this time there were 400men in the department, who were obliged to continue intheir ordinary calling for a maintenance, but to drop itwhenever the church bells rang the alarm. Mr. Bertramw^as himself an ingenious mechanic, and his active mindw^as always bent on im
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