Evening star., 1902-01-09
Of them and after the board of appeals act
thereon their names stricken from the rolls.
New ENGINE Tested,

New Engine Tested.
I'm the IntelHgencer of September Is,
1890, a special meeting of the Union Fire
Company is called for o'clock the follow
ing day at the West market to give the
new and superb engine, just arrived from
Philadelphia, a fair and full trial.
1.-The Patriotic Fire Company was called
to a stated meeting in the council cham
Der October g. 1920, and to meet at the
new engine house at o. clock, October IS.
1t will be observed that this is the first
time the meeting OF the Patriotic COM
pany was held at an engine house. for the
apparatus was kept in a shed at the mar
ket.-' About this time the general post Of
flee had procured fire apparatus for the
protection of that building, and the au-
thorities allowed the Patriotic company TO
use 1t. The engine house was on Sth street
between d and E streets and this is the
new engine house referred to.
November the ward commissioners
give notice In the Intelligencer of their in
tention to examine the fire buckets, and re-
quest the occupants of houses to comply
with the law, which they had determined
to enforce This notice is signed by Samuel
Harkness, E. G. Handy, Joseph Dougherty,
Henry Ingle. John Van Riswick and John
b. Forrest, who, besides filling the commits
sionerships of the respective boards, were
active members of the fire companies.
November the Gazette publishes a call
for a meeting of the Columbia Fire Com
pany for that evening at the house two
doors south of the Bank of Washington.
The bank was then on New Jersey avenue
between and c streets southeast. At this
meeting the president reported that he had
disposed of the old engine house at private
sale for SD. Aaron w. Daggett, Thos. S.
Mcleod and Andrew Coyle, jr., were elected
members.
'The Gazette of December Z, 1920. pub
liShed call for a stated meeting of the
Patriotic Fire Company at the engine
house.
I'm the Gazette of December - folio ow-
ing, under the head of Fire Buckets ap-
peared communication asking whether
examination had been made by the COM
missioners as to the occupants complying
with law. The writer says: L do well
know that the fire buckets in many families
are at this time filled with old nails, pota-
toes shoe brushes, etc, and at this sea son
of the year 1t Is all important that they
should be placed in some conspicuous place,
not stored away In garrets and kitchens, to
be looked for when fire is cried The neces-
sty occurred to me a few days past. when
l saw two chimneys emit flames in the
third ward
THE Star Fire Company. as appears by
the Gazette of December 10, 1920 was called
to meet Saturday, the Odd instant, at the
1ireproof office, west end of the trea sury
for the purpose of electing officers. This
is signed by j. A. NJ. Duncanson. secretary
tends to show that the Star company
composed In part of employees of the de-
partment used the apparatus of the de-
partment, and was allowed the use of an
office building in which to hold a meeting.
During the year 1920 there were but few
hreS-that of the theater, totally destroyed
April 49, and the three-story brick east of
the theater, when the damage was tri1ng
April "a, and two foul chimneys, about
December 1O'