Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-11-04
T~0TTEMvILLE.
IN
DAYS OF OLD.
A Review of The Volunteer CON-
panIes Which Did Good Ser
vice for Many Years.

Aiihost every day crowds of nao
PIE OF this town visit the bousos -,
EUREKA Engine Company and sro'
.ectioh look & Ladder Comnanv =,
see now the regular paid frama w
moIk' Ihey are greatly nleasod
WIN the new order of things bnt ~
reminds the old residents of the dars
sone Dy when the volunteers were
first organized. were
III was in the summer of 1904 ~.
d number of citizens came,to tbe 60
fusion That Tottenville was in noad
~ protection against fire Theu
wcnt right to work, and Cantaino
wtlIiam Hunter, of the ferryboat
malu OF Perth" and George simon
LII VINO We're old volunteer firemen
~ent around among the citizens ana
aater no end of hard work. succeed.
~ IN getting a meeting, which was
neiu III SeVenhaar's Hall, in Main
btleet; Inc result was that Proten-
vos rooN q Ladder Company, No. H.
rms occurred on October 2s. and
were nIteen charter members,
,o,lows' William Hunter, George {
5sipnlDason, John Simonson, John g {
littletas. Thomas ]. TyrreII. |
A committee was appointed to
a truck and in the spring of
il was delivered to the commit
the cost being $3.50. 1t was
me of the finest trucks then in use ,
outside of the city of New York, and !
he members of the truck company ,
we're proud of it. The company not
all the money to pay for the {
machine, c. NJ. Robinson anne for (,
...l ..1 .a., ~. r.nrrAnuI uAtn for
balance. In Il short time, how f,
yer, the full amount was paid by ,
he and MIR. Robinson was
,iven a vote of thanks by the com :
amy. The truck house was at that :
ime on Tyrrell street, back of the !
sevenhaar house, and it was hard I
york for the company to pay the
'ent of So a month. !,
The company was slow in its
but during 1883 and 1884 :
Young men we're taken in and
hey went to work to get a new and
,etter house.
After many meetings they decid-
ID to accept the oTer of w. ii. b.
rottcn, who agreed to build a house
,ujtable for their purpose and rent
/ to them for $3.50 per year, and III
ISS6 they moved into the new house.
During the year of 1902 the COM
purchased the building and ad-
Iacent property of the owner, and at
he time they were disbanded they
lad as fine a meeting place as a lre
company could wish for.
The handsome truck owned by
he company was purchased OF the
& Bailey Manufacturing
Company in February, 1894. This
truck is used by the paid tiremen
and is said to have nut few equals
when beauty. strength and capabili-
les are taken into consideration.
A; the time the company was DIS
the following were actlve
members: l.. Larsen, MI
II. Robedee, assistant WI
e. lolipe, treasurer; d.. a. Joiihe'
w. Fl. Schneider, w. r.
Pepper, C. E. Boyd, H, {. Ellis WI
r. Lee. ID. A. Joline, z. Lehman T.
W. Wood, f. A. Sevenhaar' u
Hoei,n. 7. f. Bedell. G. c. Brown, }.
W. Brown, w. H.. Brown, X. Brum-
A. Nj. Donaldson, ]. w. Hend-
erson, r. Hoehn, M. l.. Jollne, T.
TOTEM. M. VanName, p. M. Van
Name. b. Williams, Z, NJ. Wlhaht'
Eureka Engine Co.
Erreka Engine Company, No. q,
nrohablv owes It's existence to Rim
alder Fisher and David r. Robins.
The former put up the necessary
funds and the latter did the hustling
II was organized on July 8, 1885,
with The following charter members:
Rinalder Fisher. D.. r. Robins, JOSH
eph o Ayres, Charles Yearance, Levi
Sharp, Charles VanName, H. A. Guy-l
on, James W. Sleight, A. VanName,
William Drake.
The charter was granted on Aug
ust 6 of the same year, and two
weeks later, when a meeting was
held, a committee was appointed to
procure a hand engine for the com
pany's use.
One was secured, and is still in
possession Of the company. The
growth Of Eureka has certainly been
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