Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-07-25
THE FIRE BEREAVEMENT.
Iteport OF the Committee on Fire Conn
panies, made tu the city Council on Ju-
ly 18th.


~ 18th. EA
To the President and Members Of CITY Council.
Gentlemen Your Committee appointed to visit
he various fire companies would respectfully an
lounce that they have attended to that duty, aud
ubmt the following report.
FRIENDSHIP FIRE CO.,
ocation 10th and Shipley street, 90 active menu
,crs one hand engine In good order; one hose
,arriage in good order $50 feet of good hose 200
ieet second class hose; S25OO funded debt; so
loating debit house in good condition.
RELIANCE FIRE CO.,
location 9TH street near Orange; go active menu
bers; engine and hose carriage In frst-ratc condi-
ton; 1875 feet second class hose, not good for
much house leaking badly,not fit to house appa-
ratus, bad condition generally floating debt $780,
DELAWARE FIRE co.,
location 9Th street near King; 10i active mem
bcrs machinery of hand engine in fair condition,
box in bad condition needs rebuilding; two hose
carriages in good order; 90 feet of good hose,
rated second class. Balance Of their hose consul
med when their house was burned.
The company has ordered Steam Fire Engine,
to be finished during coming fall. Their new en-
CINE house is in good condition. Floating debt
s1iOO
PHOENIX FIRE CO.,
location Fourteenth street, between French and
Walnut 4Oactive members; one hand engine in
good order; one hydraulic engine in good order
one hose carriage in good order; $50 feet good
hose: no debt. Have ordered Steam Fire Engine
to be finished in October.
WATER WITCH STEAM FIRE co.
location Shipley street, between 9th and 9Th la
active members; one steam fire engine in very
best condition; one hose carriage ditto 100 fee
first class hose 800 feet good four years old sec
ond class; house in good condition with new
alarm bell in cupola debt 800.
wAsIIrNGToN STEAM FIRE CO.,
location 9Th street, between Market and King
streets; 75actiye members; one steam fire engn
in good orders one hand engine ditto; one hos
carriage ditto; 600 feet good hose house in goo'
order; debt on mortgage 5000; floating deb
5000.
FAME HOSE CO.,
location I'd street near Orange; so active mem
bcrs; two hose carriages in good order; 800 fec
new hose, 800 feet old hose, 800 feet of hose neal
ly worn out; debt for repairs 5000; morigag
$500. House recently repaired aud in good cor
dition will house new steam engine in the cours
of two months.
Your committee would further state that the
| were much pleased to find the fire department
such good condition, but think that in shol
time it will be greatly improved.
| Your committee thinks that with the two Steai
Fire Engines now in use and the three addition;
Il al, That bu,n tti nc m
ny Of such engines as the wants OF the eli
will require, and the committee recommends thu
the Council have action upon this subject M
| limit the number Of steam fire engines TO five.
The committee thinks this number arc sui1lt
ent with the assistance Of the two remaining con
panies; Judging from past experience, they thir
the condition of the fire department can be greo
the lives and property of our citizens, by a REQ
ganization of the present system.
Your committee will admit that the departing
under the present system has answered for yea
and proved itself to be public benefit; but it
without head to direct its movements which
great objection.
Your committee have during the past yeargiy
l
noticed at fires that one company could by maxi
several attachments prevent the balance of t
department from rendering efficient service.
Again, your committee has had their attcnti'
called to the fact that there has been great dc
of damage sustained by the large amount of wal
used after all danger from fire has ceased, and
great many other things which can only be rel
edicd by an organization under the control OF
responsible person, who shall have the author
to control each and every company during fire
Your committee now close their report, and
fer the following resolutions.
Resolred, That the Steam Fire Engine CONF
MES be limited to five in number, and the lila
Engine Companies to two. !.
Resolred, That the subject Of the reorganizatl
of the Fire Department be referred to u conn
tee OF five, one from each ward.
Resoiced That the committee be authorized
visit Philadelphia and examined the working S
TEN OF the department in that city.
The report was signed by p. Plunkctt, Jos.
Rowland and Joseph d. Pierson, Committee
Ii Fire Companies.
# The report and resolutions were adopted,
. Mcssrs. John Kirkman and VIM. Loibrundt W
added to the above named committee to con
), tute the committee of five called for by the
n olution.
o PnEsENrArIoN.-A delegation from the Wa
lc ington Fire Company of this city arrived at
he folk on Friday morning. and on behalf of d
lie company presented Mayor Ludlow with a SC
silver, and the Fire Department with 81
of trumpet. We have already described these
as ces, and our people have seen them in Mes
m Hcadley & Bushs window. The service is l
lie. beautiful, and is made of massive coin sill
70 The committee who made the presentation
be twelve in number, Isaac G. Saxton Presdci
err the.company, acting ms chairman Levi 9.
III Esq, is one Of the party, and we presume die
I'm speech making. They left here on Thursday
I'm ming.
18th PERsoNAr.-Among the arrivals registere
tx CONGRESS Hall Cape MAY, on Thursday were