. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . e police force, use every exertion to saveu,| n lull J property, and remove r cause to be removed, all idle and 9UB- iicious persons fti»in tlie vicinity of the tire. The hvdrant companies wen- decreed to be of very little service, and it was relieved that they might be dispensed with without detriment to thetepartmenl. During the year ;:> several extremely violent lights took place betweenIre companies. Pistols and other dangerous weapons had been broug ht into•equisit
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . e police force, use every exertion to saveu,| n lull J property, and remove r cause to be removed, all idle and 9UB- iicious persons fti»in tlie vicinity of the tire. The hvdrant companies wen- decreed to be of very little service, and it was relieved that they might be dispensed with without detriment to thetepartmenl. During the year ;:> several extremely violent lights took place betweenIre companies. Pistols and other dangerous weapons had been broug ht into•equisitioii. and the apparatus upset and nearly destroyed. The worst ofhese encounters were between Engine Companies Nos. (i, IS, and 44. and HoseCompanies Nos. Hi and 17. Vet no punishment had been inflicted, althoughthe facts had been duly reported to the Common Council, who, instead ofnvestigating the circumstances, allowed the matter to lie for several months,and then directed the chief engineer to return the apparatus which he hadtaken from them. If these acts of insubordination had received proper in-. attention, and the personswho were found guilty ofi ny serious otfense wereexpelled forthwith, disband-ing the companies to whichthey were attached, and transferring the unoffendingmembers to o t h e r com-panies, the number of com-panies would have been re-duced (for which the author-ities had been clamoring),and the Department wouldhave got rid of the personswho were bringing reproachupon it. In .July. 1853, the chiefengineer, in compliance witha resolution of the Common Council, reported that he was quite satisfied ofthe great utility of the fire-alarm telegraph system introduced by , and he counseled the purchase of it. He had seen the immenseadvantages of it in regulating the striking of the several bells, as by meansof it the alarms were always correctly transmitted, and at the same moment,from the station tirst discovering a fire to each and every one of the o
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