. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . before the close of the year(lSSti), a> soon as a house is built : an appropriation has also been made for afireboat. l>ast year the fire losses were three hundred and seventy-fivethousand dollars. At the Gilbert Starch Works, the Music Hall, and threebig1 fires, the department was conspicuous for its efficiency. The small diameterof the water mains, however, has embarrassed the gallant Buffalo firemen tosome extent, but gradually bigger pipes are being laid. Lewis P. Webb
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . before the close of the year(lSSti), a> soon as a house is built : an appropriation has also been made for afireboat. l>ast year the fire losses were three hundred and seventy-fivethousand dollars. At the Gilbert Starch Works, the Music Hall, and threebig1 fires, the department was conspicuous for its efficiency. The small diameterof the water mains, however, has embarrassed the gallant Buffalo firemen tosome extent, but gradually bigger pipes are being laid. Lewis P. Webber, chief engineer of the Boston Fire Department, is a nativeof the Empire State, and was born November 18, 1843. At the age of twenty 1074 O U K F 1HEMEN. he mad«! Ins debut as a fully Hedged fireman, when he became a member ofTremont Engine Company No. T, of the Roxbury Fire Department. Whensteam took the place of hand engines, in 18G4, he was appointed a hose-man on l)c:nl>orn Str;micr No. I. On luincxation of Rnxbury to Boston, thiscompany became Company No. 14. In 18(J8 he was elected assistant foreman. and in 1870 foreman. When the department was reorganized, in 1874, the firecommissioners made him permanent foreman of this command. His qualitiesas a fireman advanced with his good record, for on May 13, 1880, he was calledto more responsible fields of labor, and transferred to Engine Company No. 3,which is located in what is known as the lumber district. Here he made hismark, for he always had the respect and confidence of the command, as wellas others he came in contact with. The commissioners, in introducing oru K 1 i: K M K N. L075 (lie rules and regulations to the department, say : HornetJung iimsi neces*s;irily be left to the intelligence and discretion of individuals] and, accordingto the degree in w hich they show themselves possessed of these qualities, andto I heir zeal, activity and judgment on all occasions, will he their claims tofuture promotion and rewar
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