. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. f the Fire Department,which he joined in 1862, having thrownin his lot with Crescent Engine CompanyNo. 10. He was the last foreman of thatcompany, as it became extinct in 1866 onthe advent of the paid department. Inthat year Mr. Newman became entitledto his exemption, a>id at once joined theExempt Company, to which he has be-longed ever since. As a fireman he was brave, alert andintelligent, and did more than his shareto uphold the high place his company al-ways occupied in the department for itsefficiency and general e
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. f the Fire Department,which he joined in 1862, having thrownin his lot with Crescent Engine CompanyNo. 10. He was the last foreman of thatcompany, as it became extinct in 1866 onthe advent of the paid department. Inthat year Mr. Newman became entitledto his exemption, a>id at once joined theExempt Company, to which he has be-longed ever since. As a fireman he was brave, alert andintelligent, and did more than his shareto uphold the high place his company al-ways occupied in the department for itsefficiency and general excellence, At allthe fires of the early sixties Mr. Newman SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN 85 did good work, and at the burning of theSarsfield Hotel, when several lives werelost, his company won high enconiumsfrom press and public alike for its splen-did conduct on that occasion. In 1866Mr. Newman was in the employment ofMr. Crowley, afterwards chief of police,and was appointed constable by the Boardof Supervisors. In 1870 he entered theservice of the late Mr. Samuel C. Hard-. SAMUEL NEWMAN ing, and continued in that employmenttill 1895. ^^ was then appointed secre-tary to the Board of Railroad Commis-sioners, a position he held with greatdistinction for four years, and was forabout seven years a member of theBoard of Fire Commissioners, for fourof which he was president. For a con-siderable time he was also treasurer ofthe Charitable Fund of the paid Fire De-partment. Mr. Newmans public record is one hemay well be proud of. He always sought to do the right and the proper thing, andas a fire commissioner conscientiouslydischarged his duties for the best inter-ests of the city. This was recognizedby press and people alike on his retiringfrom that office, and flattering notices ofhis conduct and his worth appeared inthe columns of the city newspapers onthe occasion of his vacating the presi-dential chair. Mr. Newman is now engaged in thsrailroad ticket business at 634 Marketstreet. He is
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