Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-11


snd generally cloudy weather, SUCCEEDED Dy
snow, partly turning into sleet or rain
ro1TNB1A STEAM FIRE ENGINE Co.-Ihe
r.oular annual meeting of this company, last
r;,ht vas very largely attended. thirty eight
.ramhcrs being present. NJ. Mclean. "a VICE
President occupied the chair
Messrs, Ramsay, Hardy and Smith, from
,ba Committee on Election reported iaVoraDy
IN the nomination Of Mr.. {. Cleveland. ana he
was unanimously elected to active membership.
The application OF Mr.. VIM. hd'y was as, re-
ceved and referred to the Comm'ttee % r''ee-
ton. ,; ~ H.,
MIR, Thomas Leadbcater, chairman OF the
Executive Committee, raporen Iroili Saul co'n-
mittee as follows ;, ,o--
r., tbe officers and members Of the Columbia
Steam Fire Company:
GENrLENEN-Yo our Executive Committee IN
presenting their annual report as required W
the constitution OF the company, would con-
eratulatc you upon your continued career u
prosperity and usefulness, this seeming prop
or time Tor 50 doing, when we rcacn anotheF
"milc stone in our journey through lie TO-
crthcr. We feel sure that you will unltc with
Us in emotions OF pride At retrospect OF tEe
achievements Of the company Ia Its line OF
Iuty, and thatis has always been AS Gen, ). f.
& Stuart with his cavalry. Yours to coEnt
on The report OF the Fire Wardens to the
Civ Council shows that the city expended for
this compsuy during the year ending March
!, 1916, the sum Of $2.75l. "a. This amount
includes 81 200 paid for salaries G! cDglnecr
and driver, aud also $6S7.30 for new hose. ihe
Treasurer's rcport accompanying shows very
healthful state OF our finances. The thanks OF
the company are emlncntly due alt. Janney
for valuable services rendered, whether you
conclude to elect another to tal5 otloe OF not
Our company has been 10 active SarvIco dur
ing the year 1876; as follows. VIZ: April s.
rishtown, 81 hours; Nov. 5, Reed hSh mouse,
j hours; Dec. Il, McGrawa sumac mill, 63
hours: Dec Is, north Lee street, hour Dec.
A. McGraws sumac mill, hour; Dec. IL,
steam tug Belle Haven, hour; total fires E;
number hours in servic, l54 IN addition To
the above our engine was n service at the ship
ward on Feb. 18th for Is minutes, III forcing
water into the hull Of the steamer keyport Tor
the purpose of testing it, This service, uollkc
such work as generally done, Det:ed profit for
4ho city OF s2l.2j. This amount was placed
ry the Fire Wardeu5 to the credit oil the de-
partnent. There were in addition to the above
thirty.onc occasions when tho apparatus Was
out, but did not go Into active service Inc
apparatus and other property 10 charge OF
Mr. l.. Campbell, engineer deserves great
credit for the manner be has attended 10 the
duties oil his office, aud the same may be Justly
said of MIR. Henry Posey, 10 his sphere OF duty.
They deserve the praise OF the whole comnu
nity. We have now on hand 600 feet OF hose
in working order, aud 800 lee. which may be
,1eooniDa,ed second class. We are sorry 10
have to repeat what We said 10 our last annual
report. viz: That the great want felt by our
company is more commodlouS aud proper &C
commodations for cur apparatus and horses.
We suppose, however, that the preva!liog
hard times especially iu their bauetul ln-
aueuce upon our city treasury, will make i:
necessary for US to exercise the grace ct patti
suco still further. Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS LEADBEATER,
T. Y. RlsHEILL,
w. A. SMoOT,
Executive Committee.
The following Is q synopsis Of the treasurer
report: The company's disbursements amount
to about $21G.70. There remains .G the hands
of the treasurer at this time SIS. 81 10 cash be
logging To the company, and 1t IS entirely tree
If debt. There is due the treasurer now by
,he corporation of Alexandria Sc (lcss taxi Tor
the coupons which matured on the lst instant.
TIE treasurer congratulates the company 90 Its
present souud and prosperous financial condi-
tion, owning as it does property to the amount
at least Of 81 800, and having on hand 10 CASH
and ready marketable securities $3.50 more.
lie offered his resignation, which the company
promptly refused to accept, and lie Was re.
elected to the Office for the seventh term.
The resignation Of Mr.. g. j. W. Summers,
which was tabled ut the last regular meeting,
was read, and at his urgent request accepted
The designations of MIR. d. y. Windsor ANA
3. Wheat were received and accepted.
,,b, al, ,,,,l l,,u ,,ry
impcrtectly arranged, vas, by request Of Mr..
Mclean, ordered to BE- purged, and read by
sections at the next regular meeting Tor adop'
ton.
The committee appointed for this purpose
were Messrs. Rshcill, w. i. Creighton, Thos.
Laadbeatcr and Mclean.
4 committee consisting OF Messrs. Mclean
md Wheat we're appointed to solicit contrlbut-
iug members
The company then proceeded to elect otlicars
10 serve for the ensuing year with the follow
ing result. VIZ:
NJ. Mclean, President; Il. W. Falls, 1t
yire President; Il. G. Acton, "a Vice Prssi-
dent; Is. T. Taylor, Recording Secretary, vice
Il. W. Wheat, who declined = re election; L.
l.. DaingcrGrd Corresponding Secretary; Nj.
II. ,Ianucy, Treasurer; a. T.. Ramsay, Fore.
man; Jos. Harday, Commander of Hose; }. {.
Creighton, lst Assistant; j. Ii. Mansfield, 2d
Pipe Directors, Messrs. r. }. Daiueertield
Dutfey, Cleveland, White, Smith, ADD q. Duff
Icy; Executive Committee, Thos. Leadbeatcr,
L. V. Rshcili, and w. a. Smoot.
There being no further business ofimportance
the meeting adjourned.
ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RoAD.-The
night train on the Virginia Midland Railroad
which left here at . As this morning ran over
broken rail about one hundred and fifty yards
north Of Kettle Run Bridge, which is between
Manassas and Bristoe, and about thirty miles
from this city. The engi1e, baggage car and
forward passenger cars passed over IN safety,
but two sleeping cars, one from Boston to Dan