The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

No. 4: William A. S.AOOI, president
George Uhler. first vice president; W.
K. Griffith, second vice president; Hor-
ace Allen, secretary; Edward Hughes,
treasurer; Charles Herbert, assistant
secS tary: George Uhler. E. S. Lead
beaten. and Charles Duffy executive
committee; Frank Pettey, foreman;
Louis Brill, assistant foreman; J. W.
Travers. second assistant; r. Merchant,
third assistant; William Webster
Charles Steele, Henry Murray, John
Ellis. Edward Fornsheill, and John
HammersIey. pipemen: Edward Lawler
and James Treakle. axmen. .r
Reliance Steam Fire Engine Company
No. .: /. E. Uhler, president; T. w. Rob
inson, first vice president; J. r. n. Cur
tin. second vice president; F. d. Pollard,
secretary; w. Bontz, assistant secre-
tary; DR.. Thomas B. Cochran, treas
urer; Robert Arnold, foreman; George
W. Pettey. assistant foreman; E. War
der. commander Of hose; II. Tennyson,
assistant commander OF hose; Kenneth
Ogden. commander Of ladders; ]. A.
Stoutenburgh, assistant commander of
ladders.
Second Fire Engine.
The fire wardens stiH hold a second
steam fire engine purchased from the
United States Government. and once
portion of the PHILADELPHIA fire depart
ment, and which was long known as
the Hydraulion fire engine of AleXan-
dria. 1t is now kept at the Reliance en-
CINE house. It IS called by some. the
Reliance No. 2. There is another efficient
old steam fire engine, formerly the Hen
~ Addison. of Georgetown. and once a
portion Of the fire department of the Dis
trict of Columbia, which IA owned by
Col William A Smoot. named after
him. and is kept under his control.
The fire department also controls an
engine house erected in 1854 n Royal
Street. north of Cameron. which was
built by and was for MANY years the
home Of the Hydraulion Firs company.
Outside Volunteers.
The volunteer organizations outside
the regular department are the Vet
eran Friendship Fire Company, cstab-
lished in 1774. and claiming Washington
as one Of its members, which has a
hand engine at its engine house in AL
fred Street. a few yards south Of King,
and the Hydraulion volunteer company.
which was organized in 1928, and now
holds it's meetings in one of the rooms
Of the City Hotel.
The Old and New.
As striking and picturesque illustra-
tons Of the firemen of Alexandra The
Times presents exact portraitures Of Ihe
oldest and the newest company now in
Alexandria. The Friendship. organized
in IVA. and the Reliance. organized in
/ 1903.
The Friendship photograph portrays
/ the type Of a fire engine. and of fire
men as they existed in Alexandra fifty
years ago. In It can be seen the old
! leather fire buckets, and the firemen $
capes. At very early period every
house in Alexandria was required 10 be
/ possessed Of as many fire buckets as
there were stories to the building.
+ These fire buckets were of leather.
about two feet high. and ten in diameter.
They were used before the advent OF
/ hose and at the time of the exhibit
made IN the picture of the Friendship
were only survivals Of the fire work of
other days
/ The firemen's cape. which several OF
the members wear. was of blue silk OIL
cloth, with the words Friendship Fire
! Company No. /. and a pair OF clasped
I
1 back The engine itself. which was built
| by Messrs. Rogers, in Baltimore. in the
early fifties. is still retained by the COM
pany, and is Of a type between the fire
! engine presented by General Washing
ton. which was trundled like a wheel
barrow. and the superb double-pumr
| engine OF the present day.
The Newest Engine.
The other illustration, that Of the Re-
lance Company, displays the most mod
ern engine in Alexandria, and the hose
wagon just dashing out the front door
Of this engine house, in Patrick Street
| on the occasion OF an alarm.
|. The company, organized I'm 1903, is or
the basis Of a company formerly occupy,
ing the house. whose volunteer members
had retired from the department, and
1 left the paid firemen in charge.
The oldest fire organization in Alexan.
dria and one Of the oldest I'm the United
/ States and one which was patronized
I By General washington in his young
days. with the members OF which he
worked in the last year OF his life. is
/ the Friendship Fire Company 1t has
/ beer stated in a magazine with entire
/ truth that when Washington went in
1854 TO the Congress at Philadelphia ne