The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . EDWIN BROWN. The Worcester of if 571. ALZIRUS BROWN. About thirty years ago he establisheda large heavy trucking business, whichhe continued until his death. In the early forties i\Ir. Brown joinedthe Fire Department as a member of theold hook-and-ladder company, and wassoon elected its foreman. He was pro-moted to the Board of Engineers, andin 1861 became chief engineer, whichoffice he held five years, ill health com-pelling him to retire. The departmentduring this time comprised 467 men, andMr. Browns popularity was evide
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . EDWIN BROWN. The Worcester of if 571. ALZIRUS BROWN. About thirty years ago he establisheda large heavy trucking business, whichhe continued until his death. In the early forties i\Ir. Brown joinedthe Fire Department as a member of theold hook-and-ladder company, and wassoon elected its foreman. He was pro-moted to the Board of Engineers, andin 1861 became chief engineer, whichoffice he held five years, ill health com-pelling him to retire. The departmentduring this time comprised 467 men, andMr. Browns popularity was evidenced bythe presentation to him on his withdrawalof a handsome silver service. Mr. Brown was one of the compara-tively few remaining who voted at thefirst city election in 1848. He had always been a good citizen, favoring all measures which would promote the citysinterests. For fifteen years he was on the School Board of the city, andfor eighteen years on the Overseers of the Poor, but excepting these hewould never accept political ofKce. He was a director in the ElectricLight Company, and was financiall
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