Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-13

otst hs es in temperature with northery to
rrslerly winds and rising barometer.
ro,,ug1A STEAM FIRE Goa regular
meeting Of this Company was held last night
with B Wheat Vice President, 10 the CHAR,
and L. w. Wheat, Secrc airy.
This being the annual meeting the attcnoance
was u usually large, there being present !oi'y-
s;v members AT present there are sixty TWO
names on the active list most OF whom S1'eno
fires regularly.
Thr report OF the Executive ComuEtee was
,,yt presented. with the Treasurer 5 account
wh,cn shows The Company to be 10 Very
4 ,ur,shiug condition. 1t Is as follows:
ALEX ,NDRIA, Va, Jan y, 1876.
u, iJs President md members Of the Columbia
Steum Fire Engine Co.:
GENTLEMEN ~ our Executive Committee
ha, the houor of presenting its annual report
If services rendered by the Company, COST OF
maintaining the same, etc. The report ut the
! r. Wardeus, to the City Council, shows that
IN. city expended for this Company during the
YEAR eudiog March 1875, the sum OF 81 ,5l6.l4
This sum iucIuts 81 ,26O, paid for salaries, and
400 feet of new hose, bought durlog the year.
The amount expended by the Company IS
sJl9O The amount in the treasury at pres
ep, Is three or four shares OF Corporation stock
and SS7 80, Which amounts to about $500. The
Co,rDany was ID active service during the year
1873, as follows: Feb. 10, Mrs. Skidmore's.
patick street, 5 minute; Feb. Is, Smoot &
Perry, shingles, 10 w.; May 81, l. OBnen's,
Prince and Patrick, 45 ID; } une Is, Mrs. Young's,
Alfred aud Fraukliu streets, 81 ~; July
Makecy's dis,ery, 4 hours; July Is, Mrs.
Wisr's stable, ST. Asaph and klng, Ii b.;
July l9, row 90 Wolfe street, q h.; July 81,
~ A Ann "
Erwin. King street, o.; Oct. l, Il. Burke 5,
Fairfax street, 90 H.; NV. Is, }, d. Corse,
Duke, near Fairfax, Is u. Total 10 service
10 hours and 23 minutes. 10 addition to the
above there were forty three occasions when
the apparatus was out, bu, did Got go lDto active
servce-amp explosions, false alarms, etc.
Il may be we'll to contrast the above with last
years REPORT Iu the year 1874, this Company
was 10 service 224 hours and minutes, aud
there were 40 Iaise alarms aud lamp explosions.
We are gratlhed t. be able 10 state that during
the past year we nave been free from those un-
aappy iuternal dissensions which disturbed cur
sereoity during the former years OF our history,
owing 10 the dissatisfaction given hy tnose who
formerly held the positions OF eukiDeer and
driver. Mes>rs LoudGwu Campbell aud Henry
Posey mold those positions uuW, as they dli,
ahcn cur last anuual report Was made, and we
lhcsltat!ugly say, to the cntlre satisfaction OF
the officers OF the'Department, aud to this con~
pauy. Sluce our last report the Fire W ardens
pave purchased the hose carriage meotloued IN
that report, aud have mad the same thoroughly
repaired and placed in the service OF toe com-
lazy, winch has proved very valuable ad-
iauct. Four hundred feet OF new hose have
peeu added to our supply, aud we have pow
socui 400 teet Of nose GU baud. The cnglnc
aut horses are in excellent condition., rejecting
great credit Oh the gentlemen having them Ia
charge. TIE great need felt by our COMPANY
i, tac wait OF mole commodous, aud we may
SAY, proper accommodations Tor our apparatus
aaI lorsus The house We are now occupying
is entirely TOO small for the apparatus, and is IN
every way very ioconvenleut. The horses also
should be kept nearer the engine. We sincerely
hope it may be in the province of our city au-
thorites to provide US with suitable accummu-
datious before long. Your committee, 10 con-
JUNCTION with Mr.. }. Z. Creighton, are 10
treaty with REGISTER L Sons, Of Baltimore, tor
y new alarm bell, t0-replace the Que broken 90
the lst inst. as per Your Instructions, at a
called mectiJg In conclusion, we congratu-
late you upon the continued prosperity OF the
company, aud with the prayer that God, 10 His
proviicuce, may spare you TO long lives OF use
lu'urss aud prosperity, we subscribe ourselves,
yours, respectfully,