. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . len J. dimming, Sclmyler Westervelt, Robert M. Halhday, James Bogar-dus. In November. 1 ;nd Mderman Jacob L. Dodgeassistant foreman, until 1847, in which year they received a new hose carriage,one of the most beautiful in the service, all the metal work being silver-platedand the wood work handsomely painted : on the back pane1 was painted abeautiful picture of the capture of Andre. It was always one of the mostrespectable companies in the service. Jacob Varian was foreman
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . len J. dimming, Sclmyler Westervelt, Robert M. Halhday, James Bogar-dus. In November. 1 ;nd Mderman Jacob L. Dodgeassistant foreman, until 1847, in which year they received a new hose carriage,one of the most beautiful in the service, all the metal work being silver-platedand the wood work handsomely painted : on the back pane1 was painted abeautiful picture of the capture of Andre. It was always one of the mostrespectable companies in the service. Jacob Varian was foreman and Thomas H. Vantine assistant foremanuntil May, 1850. Thomas H. Vantine was elected foreman and John J. Gor-man assistant foreman, Ma\-, 1850; John J. Gorman resigned his office, alsomembership in the company, July IT, 1851. Thomas H. Vantine was foremanand Robert R. Colfax assistant foreman until May, 1S5< ; Robert R. Colfax. WASHINGTON HOSE NO. 12 ( YELLOW BIKL>.) was foreman and James B. Hunt assistant foreman until May, 1855; James was foreman and John H. Westervelt assistant foreman until May, 1856 :John H. Westervelt was foreman and David G. Robinson assistant foremanuntil May, 1858; David G. Robinson was foreman and Henry M. Van Wartassistant foreman until May, 1861 ; Henry Van Wart was foreman and Spear assistant foreman until May, 1862; Wm. H. Spear was elected foremanand James W. Groome assistant foreman, May, 1862 : in May, 1864, Win. was elected assistant foreman, Spear still continuing foreman andMatthews assistant foreman until the disbandment of the company in 1805. No. 12.—AVashington.—Organized March 24, 1837, located at 244 WestSeventeenth Street, and after 1847 in Horatio Street near Hudson : disbandedJanuary 21, 1858. Samuel Wooley was foreman, Freeman Campbell, members were James Berrian, foreman, Wm. D. Wallace, assistant,Ezra Woodruff a
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