. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . neer, a superintendent of the aqueduct works, a waterpurveyor, and a register of rents, to hold their respective offices during thepleasure of the Common Council, unless sooner removed for cause by theCroton Aqueduct Board, with the concurrence of the Joint Croton AqueductCommittee. The chief engineer, under the direction of the Croton AqueductBoard, had the general executive care and superintendence of the CrotonAqueduct Works. The superintendent and water purveyor had the care
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . neer, a superintendent of the aqueduct works, a waterpurveyor, and a register of rents, to hold their respective offices during thepleasure of the Common Council, unless sooner removed for cause by theCroton Aqueduct Board, with the concurrence of the Joint Croton AqueductCommittee. The chief engineer, under the direction of the Croton AqueductBoard, had the general executive care and superintendence of the CrotonAqueduct Works. The superintendent and water purveyor had the care of laying down allthe distributing pipes, hydrants, and stop-cocks, under the direction of thechief engineer and Croton Aqueduct Board ; examined into, and reported tothe Croton Aqueduct Board all applications for water, and generally did allsuch duty assigned to them; they attended all fires, provided against allunnecessary waste of water, and saw that all hydrants were closed at thetermination of each conflagration. The salary of the chief engineer was increased to one thousand fivehundred dollars per FIRE APPARATUS. O U K F 1 U K M K > 107 CHAPTER IX. INTRODUCTION K THE SKKVICK. 12 Rioting amonz the Companies.—Condition of the Department.—The City Dividedinto Three Fire Morse Magnetic Telegraph.—Erection of a Water Tower.—TheHague Street Disaster.—Chief Carsons Charges. I1HE introduction of the Croton water into the city called for a thorough1 reorganization of the Department. That worthy and patriotic class ofcitizens would no longer be required to perform the laborious duty their engines for miles ; and the services of t he hoys who congregatedbout the engine houses for the purpose of assisting to convey the engines toe tires would no longer he required. The period had now arrived—theununer of 1S4 J—when the city authorities could with perfect ease, and withroper regard for the laborious exertions of the
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