. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . e company, who retained theengine in that position until t heDepartment went out of exist-ence. In 1854 the city bought ground, and erected a brick building for the useof the company, taking the plan of No. 7 Engine House in Twenty-fifth Street,then one of the largest and finest in the city. It was afterwards raised to threestories, and extended back to a depth of sixty feet, and is now used by EngineCompany Xo. 23 of the Paid Department. At that time a bell, weighing eighthundr
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . e company, who retained theengine in that position until t heDepartment went out of exist-ence. In 1854 the city bought ground, and erected a brick building for the useof the company, taking the plan of No. 7 Engine House in Twenty-fifth Street,then one of the largest and finest in the city. It was afterwards raised to threestories, and extended back to a depth of sixty feet, and is now used by EngineCompany Xo. 23 of the Paid Department. At that time a bell, weighing eighthundred pounds, was placed on the rear of the building which some memberswould ring on, receiving an alarm, they having an independent telegraph linerunning from the bell tower in Thirty-third Street. In the daytime if an alarmcame in on the wire, and no member was in the house, Mrs. Masterson wouldman the rope and call them together. Ha ving this telegraph in the house wasof great benefit to the company, and was the means of rendering them thequickest company in the upper districts. They ran the Carson Engine until. SIUXU. LAMP OF BLACK .IOKK. 612 () V \i V 1 \l K M K X. 1862, when they applied for. and received, the first steamer built by order ofthe Common Couneil lor use in Hi Department. Peter Masterson was foremanfor ten years, during which time he served in the Legislature two years andin the Board ofAldermen four years. In 186:5 they visited Newburg, N. Y.,and received quite an ovation. The bunk room held twenty-four beds, whichwere all occupied. The Black Joke Guards originated from this company, their first captainbeing ex-Judge Michael Connelly ; Constantine Donoho was the second captain,after which Peter Masterson was captain for several years. When the company first got the steamer, some of the members growledterribly, and at the first fire it was run to would not man the rope, leavingthe runners to do it. The second alarm proved to be a five hours workingfire, and the
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