The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-07-14

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| inglon," active" "Anthracite, " Never
Of 10 votes cast II favored the name
Columbia" which was adopted. The
president appointed II. d. Boas T. j
! Foster and John 2. Hoffman as a committee
to wait upon Council and ask for the
necessary apparatus and meeting room.
AT the next meeting the committee
reported progress. The meeting then
adjourned to meet on the following Mon
day in the Council room, on Lloyd street.
At the 9Th meeting of the company, held
on August 22nd, 1870, an election of officers
| for the ensuing year was held and f. j.
Kern was elected President; John Born
hart, Vice President; II. 9. Boyer, Seore-
tary j. p Hoffman, Treasurer; T. j,
Fostor, Chief Director. Az this meeting it
was resolved to hold picnic and ball on
September Goth, 1870. This was the first
held by the company. Atthe 18th meeting,
Nov. 7th 1870, of the company the title
"Chicf Director" was changed to Fore
man" and the Office Of Assistant Foreman
was created. At the l4.h meeting, held
Nov. 14th, 1870, the committee reported
that the new hose house on Market alley
was ready for occupancy and the first
meeting of the company was held in their
new hose house on November 28th, 1870.
The hose carriage was received by the
company about December 1st 1870 The
exact date is not given by the minutes of
the company At the 26,h meeting, held
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committee of two be appointed, consisting
of DR.. Kern and 7. j. Foster, to wait on
the Borough Council and ask for hooks and
ladders, also more fire plugs. At the Both
meeting, held August 14th, 1871, the
following officers we're elected President,
f. j. Kern Vice President, Peter Enders
Secretary, II. O. Boyer; Treasurer John
O. Hoffman; Foreman, T. j. Foster;
Assistant Foreman, Louis Huntzinger
During the meeting held January 18th,
1872, we learn from the records, as indited
| by the temporary secretary, who served in
the absence of the regularly elected official,
that T. j. Foster "maid lenty and able
stump speech in faver of the new constition
and rearginetion Of the com which was
adopted" The first mention of the COM
pany receiving new hose was at meeting
held March 9th 1872. At the same meet
ing Peter Enders was elected President
Timothy MRhoney, Vice President; A.
Lobred, Secretary Peter Smith, Treas
urer; T. j.. Foster, Foreman, and Louis
Lehe, Assistant Foreman. At the next
meeting, held April 8, 1872, the Assistant
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dirty from the fire at Lee and Grants col
liery, two sections of the new hose bursted
and two others unfit for use' This is the
first record of a fire on the books of the
company. On August 2lst, 1872, the
charter of the company was received. An
election Of officers was held at a meeting of
the company held on February Is, 1878,
when r. r. Greener was elected President;
Jacob Lamb, Vice President; A. Lobred,
Secretary; Peter Smith, Treasurer Fred.
Grumm, Foreman. and Louis Lehe, As
sstant Foreman. The first death among
the members of the company, as recorded
in the minutes of the company, is that of
Walter Gibbs, who was killed at the
Plank Ridge colliery and was buried on
April 2Oth, 1873. At the next meeting,
April 3, 1878, Fred. Grumm and j. A.
Lamb we're appointed a committee of two
to 60 to Philadelphia and make arrange
ments to get steamer" On the 2nd of
June, following ''the agreement for
steamer submitted by Thomas Peto, of
Philadelphia, was read and approved,
properly signed, and a copy handed to the
trustees for safe keeping" On the 4th of
July the steamer was tested and ut special
meeting the next day the engine was ac-
cepted. The following officers we're elected
to serve during the ensuing term ut meet
ing held February llLh, 1874 President,
A. Lobredi Vice President Peter Beck
Secretary, Richard Amour; Financial
Secretary, Edward Amouri Treasurer,
Peter Smith; Foreman, Lewis Lehe; Assis-
tant Foreman, NJ. Laubach; Chief Engi-
neer, William Hilton. On February 23rd,
1874 a committee of three was appointed to
write up locals for the SHENANDOAH HER
AID on the new hose house. What the
committee did is not mentioned, but on
Tuesday, December p, 1874, the company
moved into their new hose house on Jardin
street. A parade and ball we're held in the
evening The apparatus was not put in the
house until January 2Sth, 1875. On Feb
ruary 10, 1876, the following officers were
elected; President, A. Lobred Vice Pres
dent Peter Beck; Secretary, Richard
AMOUR Financial Secretary, e. W.
Amour Treasurer, John Oliver, Dr., Fore
man, Louis Lehe; Assistant Foreman,
William Ovens Chief Engineer, William
Hilton. The two-wheeIed cart was first
used by the company at parade held on
July 5, 1875 The finances of the borough
must have been pretty low about this time,
for the committee on cart reported that tho
borough could not raise enough money to
pay the L. V r. R. Co. its freight bill on
the cart and tha aqent of the eompauv is