The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-06
THE FIRE DEPAR rMENT.

nE HE O6TAn M6NJ.
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Chief Engineers Annual Report for 1865,
Ths annual report Of the Chief Easnser Alfred Car
son, was received In the Board of Aaermen last evening
and referred 70 the Committee on Fus Department with
cut being read and without remark We take from It
the following abstrsct, which contains the nformatio
hereby enclose the annual returns Of the FIRE COM
panies wit the Names business residence Of the
fremen also the Of the olosrs condition OF The
houses and apparatus the number men in each com.
There axe thirty.two engines In good order six ord
nary, and three building forty four bose carriages 10
0Sd on ~o.d aoc snS MIN: hook
ordiDsry~bsins total Of 500 feet d hose The HOOK
implements There are forty five engine eompaniss,
6fiy four hese companies. thirty hook ard lad
der comYs ries and four bydrart companies -bsng ~
total Of one hundred and sixteen companies. The
present nunbsr OF men, III al, thscompsnies are full
Is four Thousand hundred and twenty five. Thsfe
have been three hundred and seven 6res by which,
the loss buildings hundred and sixteen thou
sand two bundled and SEVENTH dollars, and on wares
and ninety three dollars makiog the total oss ~ fire.
could be ascertaned the Il. OF August,
1859 six bunered and eleven thousand and tea 1olars
The fremen have thus been called dvs hundred anil
fertyseven tIoes which is equal to every sixteen
hours throughout the year; and am happy to inform
you that they have dsch arged their duties manner
that ELECTS my warmest app-oba'ien. =.
and without proper spparatus:-''Hoss Company No.
II 10 out Of service in consequesce of difficulty
In the company which Awaits your sction Ine appa-
r&tus Of r CINE Company No. o. and of Eoss Companies
Nos. l6 and IL, are in the public yard, at@ng your
action charges preferred against them for hihting
TIE Chief complains II his last acuual report, which
refer ed TO the Comm ttes frs Dapaf tehr, being
still in TIE bs pds Of that commiee without action on
the sueees contained. Toera PROPOSITIONS IN
that report which he sders OF the highest q
to the Fire Department. and the wnole city TIE Chief
percent report 10 enable the Common Council " give III
their mmediafe attention. 4
"By reference to my hrst annual report mad4 inI
1S4a find tina. the pertinent consisted Of ls5o men
1851 Of 1seS showing increase of forsyrgo men
an increase Of 500 in 1883 (ssoordog the al
lowed BY he present Common CoaIci OF s,l25 reing an
inc,ease 81 1904 roen."
made to increase the pumoer of freman untal
after his report. to the Common Council in|
have been met The Aldermen. he Contends havs|
increased the number OF putting in thsir e.
vo1ies in order that they might raj majority IN ths
Department agaiast him. ss TO have eles.on !;
but he asks Why as they nave the yer do they no
him. and not resort TO sucht Ceputa5ie Means
He has resc nons from the Common Council TO- the
gaIizatitn of several whi:h viii swel
the already too barge number ana Increase eno
the The whole force Of toa de partlsn 1901
was SeS men and nov it is 4 1875 He also com
plains Of the Common Council keeping the department ind
broil in their efforts to get majority assinss him.
he says they not increased S1e nurb2r OF re
in three years BY 227 bnt that the
increased to amount which, II accurately xnown,
would astopish the whole community" Ihs Chs({
charges them aeo with disband;ug whole companies
friendly TO him, and filing their places with =
his enemies Ia regard to this he remasks'--I
this portion Of your eanness and palpa5le vo)ston
of your law but will only say thst the De tent
win deeply regiet that i did not resist yogr ffAmsfr
encroachments its rights 10 the Of EagEs Com
pany No. IS, Hose Company No 10 j." &c. -
Snow in closing the last anoual Yepors sh.n svas
send to the present Common Council will say that
soon after became chief engineer fourd tSat the
Common Council OF the city OF New York utterly
unworthy Of my private public regard and gavd
the reasons for my belief in my repor: in 1851 The
serious charges in that and suosequs documents have
never been reuted bat they have been eneo-ed th
Department, and sustained By neatly the entire city, AZ
the recent election, the rev charter.
Now, because have publicly proclaim ed adverse
opinion Of the corporation for several years, I'D
self hcty pursued as your outraged constituents have
recently pursued you; and repeat, that thousands
Thousands OF dollars OF the public treasure lave been
squandsred, and between two or three thousand mer
brought into the Depa rtment, to drive out You
q band Of political bloodbounds. and you can do you
worst The infsmy of the Common Council o. lsa2 an
Of 1858 will be deeply engraved 10 the tablets Of HIS
that to have been removed b. IL for exposing its ne
ia, ious crimes can be source Of degradation
ne by discerning rosterity.
.Fe,seyeye then in your manly ana coursgscu sfor
to crush who connec led wth the Fire Depart
me Mt when sCre Of you were rpere boys. think yo
have created about hremsn enough to give yoo major
y in the Department to ask you for new lection 10
chief engineer. To enable you once more to brig thu
power Of the municipal government 70 besr agps
q solitary But be it as il may. TcAnnos forge
thote generous friends who have bsHed your % verf
.Stagezn during the past since years, for which the
Will ever receive from no ppnn gratitude Susn
fummsriiy rid myself OF ny public enemies Bot do
cline. Feeling that have discharged my doty to IN
Fire Department and to the public prefer TO await
calmDess the day Of upyneritef i'm notation.
ALFRED GAG SON ChisF Engineer
"Chef Engineers Office, Sept. 8, 1853"