New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-20

yectipg me 70 organize h,se company No So although
defe Numbering higher han 60 sh Al also &c.
81 ne receiving this rctarn az offered Until action hai
Z, your houura he body In reference thereto
During tho paSt year several extremely yioent tgh's
have occurred between eonpan.es pistols an other Geo-
gtrus yespors have been brought in reqns ton tho aP
par1ius upset. and rears destroyed the worst OF wnen
we're between engine compsDirs Nos G. Is and a. AMI
bose companies Nos Is and IL yet 10 punishment MS
been awarded except that No IS was suspended t'r tLre
monihs although The facts duly reported 70 me
Common Council who instead Of investigating the CIR
euusarces allowed the natter tn lie for seve ri nnths
and then adopted a resolaon directing the Chez EnSi-
neer 70 return the apparatus which he hal taken ron
them II these acts os nsubordinaton should receive
proper ate nfiOn from honorable body and Eel a.
they will hereafte and the persons who are found
guilty of any serious oeIse be expelled forthwith dis
banding the companies 70 which they attached anu
transferring Innocent members 10 other compsnies You
viii rot Only reduce the number Of companies 10 whc Il
should be and rid the Department Of the persons who have
been placed therein only 20 bring reproach upon it, bat
materially augment the force Of the remaining compa'
MES.
the Increasing the number Of men in pAnies
while others in the vicinity have scarcely half the compile
In the resolution adopted I'm directed report the
csber of the engines in the lower districts and give my
opinion as TO the peecablity OF procuring larger ones
and uniting the companies.
So being o. inch cylnder our second class, Nos H. 81
% and a. and three third class Nos 10 and 20; nos
H. II I. each o. incl CyiUutFf Nus ID
Nos and 90 each 81 inches Formerly there were three
powerful engines in these districts known as hrstcass
viz Nos. q. 3s and ~. No % petihoned some three
years since for second class piano engine which was
given them and place being provided for the old one
il was sold. No AZ recently asked for, and received
second class engine The old ones very powerful en-
CINE of ten inch cabres stored in the house formerly
occupied by hook and ladder company No. in Beaver
st. tO be used as a reserve.
The compliment of men allowed to each company is as
Erene No 49, srtcIass PhiaSephia cylinder
10 z sese1a ass Pi.so inca cylinder men
No q lseeOndclass phladalPta q inch cylinder 70 men
40 p IN as %e yrE irr,ovsd vTinh r,iiaier
No Lird-cisss New-York mprOyed 81 inch cylinder
1t will be perceived that this allotment of is out Of
all proportion the first class Philadelphia engine having
ten less than the second class engines Of the same
style This has been done by means Of special resolutions
granting additional men to the companies so favored not
only these districts but also in other parts Of the City
thus giving company an undue advantage over Others
On the 6th October 1852 a resolution adopted by
the Common Council as follows previous TO which Hook
and Ladder Companies were allowed thirty men, and all
second class Engines fifty mem.
and Ladder Companies be aud they hee
BY allowed forty and l Engine Companies hgas tne seoa
cs hsd pnis Engines IN TO increase to sixty men aud that
the Chief Engineer accept the returns from such Companies &C
cordnsly
Subsequently to the adoption Of this resolution others
have been adopted by which, above stated there Is no
regularity the subject Of the complement OF men to the
different engines would respectfully suggest the adop-
FIEcas gines % inch cylinder and upward 80 men
second class engines Is eylndsr under o. 50
1hirdsss engines (6 under inehes) men
Hoek sud sSser companies ............... 40 men
Hydrant companies Of men
BY The adoption of this and directing the Chief En-.
gDeer 10 receive DO returns OF new members IN place OF
designations for companies intended 10 be reduced until
the number shall compOrt with the ordinance what
would be preferable TO transfer the number above
the compliment, that may be in any company t. such
other companies they may designate giving them
reasonable time to do sOtLOse who refuse to so designate
company which they wish to be transferred to DO re
moved from the Departments taking those last appointed
in the company the Department would become e1uazed
more eectually and first class engines become more
popular from the number of men allowed than they could
be by uniting two or more companies as suggested the
resolution Of your honorable body ana WOnd recon-
mend that other than first class engine be built for com
pans in those districts where the size Of the houses
will admit.
the past year from insufficient supply Of hose. At the
commencement Of the year 1852 two years snce made
reqUisiiion on the Commissioner OF Repairs and supplies
for twenty thousand feet of hose that officer duly pre-
scented the claim TO the Common Council who authorized
the Commissioner TO advertise for proposals for ten
thousand feet (ust hall the compement) this fur
nshtd but totally inadequate to supply each company
then in the Department. and many new ones have since
been established. One year SINCE applied Tor fifteen
hundred feet foot of which has been furnished and
the consequence is that the hose very deficient in guam
tity) is in u most wretched condition.
Some few weeks SINCE 10000 feet ordered of
which however has been supplied Subsequently reso
oluOn coupled provision which virtually negayed
it, This provision was that they DO subject to atest Of
900 pounds to the square inch any one a, all conyersan
with the strength of leather must be aware that tbs utterly
impossible TO obtain any that would stand anything Ike
this pressure indeed would require pretty good iron 20
DO The Croon Board only require their inch pipe
TO stand pressure DISCO pounds.
The hose made by contract is not generally TO be de-
pended on II is true, but to make it subject to heavy
pressure test should to- much of that which
eupareutv stood the test would be strained as TO be
10 IN obtain Good hOsp IN ODniOn
is to purchase the leather and ves Of the proper quality
and have it made up in the public yard The labor OF
making hose comparatively tring the principal object
being reject such leather is unit for use instead OF
putting il in such places as can best be hid from the eye
One would perform all the labor necessary in making
hose for the whole Department.
The supply rather the force OF water IL daily Oecom
ing less aud il is not sufficient to supply second class
CINE the present time that remedy must be applied to
increase the quantity and force before long, certain and
woud urge upon your honorable body the necessity Of
early action In the matter For the remedy beg leave to
refer to the following extract from the annual report of
the Chief Engineer, Sept l. 1852
shall make recommendations in this report nor even
further discuss the important subject of divorce With you
referring you my past documents as the bass OF any
favorable legislation you may VOuchse 70 the fHe De
partment.
But there are two three matters of such vital import
ance to the half million of souls for whom you were elect
ed TO e0isate that should consider myself deeply repre-
hensibe If did not cal! your most serious attention,
we'll a. the public at large to their immediate consldera
ton alude 10 the frozen hydrans and TO the scarcity
and waste OF wafer. NOuld nave ctleu your utcuOh
to these matters last winter but the severity of the weather
unceasing the hydrans were so generally frozen
and the water scarce, that did not deem pru
dent to discuss them least the ncendares might take
due advantage of it, and fire the City at several points at
the same time. But this being ore suspicious season
for their consideration win partially disclose the
peril of the City during the last winter and recommend
efficient remedies.
Inasmuch as the pipes the High Bridge have not the
capacity supply The City with sufficient water w9did
that its side walls be carried up and arched 20
the height of the aqueduct and that two lines OF pipe Of
he laid the arch the