Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-06-18
Convention of Firep,en.

Alta meeting of Deluge Fire Company, No.
and Nashville Fire Company No. l, held on
Monday night last, the following memorial
was read asd received, and the same was de
clared to be the sense of the meeting By an
unanimous vote 1t will be seen that the
Companies above mentioned have suspended
operations until the Board of Mayor and Al
dermeD shall devise ways aud means for the
erection Of suitable houses for their apparatus:
10 the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen Of the city
of NdShviHe:
The members of the two ind ersgned companies
forming component part Of tue Fire Department
of the city of Nashville, feeling, as they have al
ways done, abiding interest in the welfare and
prosperity of our city, aud being the first and third
in their organization for the protection Of the lives
and property of our fellow-citizens we have held
ourselves ready at all times to respond to the calls
Of distress, and feeling a consciousness of having
performed duty to the best OF our feeble abili4
~, according to the means within reach. 1t
must be obvious to you all that our efficiency has
been greatly diminished from the actual want OF
the proper means to discharge the duties expected
of by our fellow citizens. 1t is too well known
to your honorable body, that neither No. 3 or No.
! has anything that can properly be called an
CINE house. We have appealed to you time and
again to furnish building suitable for the pro-
lection of our apparatus and the necessary con-
veniences for keeping the same in order. We, Of
No. 8, have provided ourselves with apparatus
Al. A.
citizens. We, each of US, Nos. / and 8, have pro-
vided ourselves with working uniforms out of mon
ey which should now be in our treasury for the
relief of our members, who, by accident or other
wise, might become disabled in the active dis
charge Of their duty fremen. We have suffered
long and patiently for TO take care of our APP
paratus and for the comfort and convenience Of
our men, which is always granted in other cities
where fremen are properly appreciated. We re.
greet to say our grievances have been passed by in
silence by majority OF your honorable body, who
only see the efficiency Of well organized fire de,
Partmsnt when danger stares them in the face, and
the destruction of our city seems inevitable. By
the non attendance TO these, our most pressing
and actual wants, we are constrained to believe
that have abored in vain, and that our services
6remen not appreciated and can be dispensed
with. We do not wish your honorable body to inn
agne for moment that we are supplicAnts for
charity. We are not asking for anything for our
individual interest-we would scorn such an idea,
but we do ask in common justice to our fellow
citizens, that our moderate demands be complied
with. We feel we have the right to ask at your
hands the erection OF two suitable buildings for
the protection of our apparatus, and for the cons
fort and convenience Of our members when we
have labored regardless of life and health for the
welfare our city, without money and without price.
Now, therefore, in view of all these things, aud
many more which might be set forth, we, the mem.
bers Of Nos. and s. have been forced to the de-
termination that we, as FIRE companies, will wiihs
draw such portions of our apparatus as belongs to
us from service, and suspend our active operations
as hremen, until we have tangible proof from your
honorable body that our mme date wants are pro.
vided for When that is done, We say to you aud
oar fsllow-citizens, that we will resume our labors
and endeayor by our eIertions 70 maintain the high
opinion we have always hattered ourselves we en>
joyed Of our brother fremeu aud fellow-citizens
generally. We Sssure you we have no selfish mo-
tive in. view, but stand as we have always done
Actuated by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by emulation.
The Secretaries were directed TO furnish the
Mayor with copy, and request the city papers to
publish the same.
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