Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . with scant resources, to face the , blessed with great self-reliance and perseverance, he overcameall obstacles. It is unnecessary to remark that he has retained thesequalifications, in a marked degree, through life. When a young manhe was a member of Americus Engine 6, of New York, and subse-quently, after his removal to Brooklyn, he joined 11 Engine, situated at that time in Greenpoint, and was at one time foreman of thatcompany. He subsequently became assistant engineer of the East-ern
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . with scant resources, to face the , blessed with great self-reliance and perseverance, he overcameall obstacles. It is unnecessary to remark that he has retained thesequalifications, in a marked degree, through life. When a young manhe was a member of Americus Engine 6, of New York, and subse-quently, after his removal to Brooklyn, he joined 11 Engine, situated at that time in Greenpoint, and was at one time foreman of thatcompany. He subsequently became assistant engineer of the East-ern District. During the civil war he held a commission, as captainof the Fire Zouaves, in Gen. Sickles brigade, serving with honor anddistinction for two and a half years. In 1867 he was elected an alderman of the Seventeenth Ward,and at the close of his term of two years was reelected for a secondterm. In 1871 he was elected police justice of the Fourth Districtof Brooklyn, E. D., and filled the office so acceptably that at theexpiration of his term of four years he was reelected, serving for. Henry Gunther. Short Biographies. 777 about three and a half years, when he resigned to accept the office ofcounty clerk of Kings County, to which position he was elected inthe fall of 1879. In a notice of this kind it is not proper to makemore than a passing allusion to his political life, but I may mentionthe fact that whenever his name has been placed before the people,they have responded with zeal and alacrity, and he has never knowndefeat. This is his greatest eulogy; and his fellow-citizens renderhim this tribute because he has ever at all times, and under all cir-cumstances, faithfully studied their interests and the public Elliott has always been prominently identified with the aquatics ofthis country, especially its boating interests. Nearly a quarter of acentury ago he engaged in building racing-shells; and his boats, inconsequence of being built from his own drawings and
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