. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . =o ti. O. Q tS Springfield Present and Prospective 99 suction engine with one hundred feet of hose. In 1827 it was votedto build an engine house. In 1830 the Legislature passed an act to establish a fire depart-ment in the town of Springfield. In 1831, Elijah Blake was ap-pointed chief engineer. The fire department was reorganized in1833. In 1845 the Springfield fire district was established. Theofficers were Cicero Simmons, chief engineer; Lucius Harthan, firstassistant; James M. Thompson, second assistant, and Samuel , third ass
. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . =o ti. O. Q tS Springfield Present and Prospective 99 suction engine with one hundred feet of hose. In 1827 it was votedto build an engine house. In 1830 the Legislature passed an act to establish a fire depart-ment in the town of Springfield. In 1831, Elijah Blake was ap-pointed chief engineer. The fire department was reorganized in1833. In 1845 the Springfield fire district was established. Theofficers were Cicero Simmons, chief engineer; Lucius Harthan, firstassistant; James M. Thompson, second assistant, and Samuel , third assistant engineers. Under the provisions of the amenda-tory act in 1853 the city council adopted an ordinance establishinga fire department, to consist of a chief engineer and eight otherengineers, and as many enginemen, hydrantmen and hook andladdermen, to be divided into companies, as the number of enginesand other fire apparatus should from time to time require. In 1862 the city purchased a steam fire engine. In 1867 theworking force of the department comprised t
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