Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-10-17

!. OF LOCAL \!
F|REMEN
First Company
| Organized On s
| Dec. 29, 1884,
NOW HAVE FIVE
The Lincoln Engine Company w
First With Protection. wasl
inglOn, m'CIeIIans aad 4
Eagles in The Oftsf Nm
3D. Chiefs and fifes.,

Fire fighting as business IS con,
paratively new. Even New Yo11
city still has her ''vampe' who me-
10 run 'wid de machine" when pro-
erty was burning 1t is evide6<
therefore that any history OF the 6ro@
men that may be written must nee
assarily be confined to comparatfV1
~ recent times.
In Perth Amboy, as in most of1
llaces, no fire department is thouo q
10 be needed until there is ser107o
are. then everybody wants depar44
ment at once. The local departunenk
was organized after whole 6mff
street block had burned down. Th1S
Lincolns were the first to ret a.
gether. Their career has been N
eventful one. A sketch OF all tAo
local companies follow.
EXEMPT FIRENEN.
The Association of Exempt Fire
men was organized January Is,
1883; reorganized April Is, 1890.
and incorporated April %, 1880.
with thirty-four charter members. 4
large number of these members are
still taking an active part in the
fire department.
The greatest achievement in the
exempt firemen was that of May 10,
1898, when the local association fed
!; entertained over one thousand
sople who. attended the state con-
ention of exempt firemen, which
was held in this city Three halls
were hired for he occasion ana =
large parade was one of the featgrex
of the day. That event has 11een
spoken OF ever since by the voltyn
teer firemen throughout the state
the greatest firemen's gathering ev<l<
held in this state. 1t gave Pert1&i
Amboy great name for being exoe1~
lent entertainers.
The association also gave blk
banquet at the Amboy hotel Narch
20, 1895, to the members, fire war
dens and foremen of the diIerent
fire companies. The exempt firemen
for several years met in the rooms
of the different fire companies until
the new house was built for Wash
ington Hose Company. The exempt
firemen were then given the Wash
ington's old quarters in Rector street
for permanent home.
The names of the thirty-four char
ter members follow: George w.
Coutts, James P. Dunham. John w
Stumps, Charles Martin, Frank
Marks, r. H. Barnes, w. c. Rhodes.
James Foster, John N Van Horn; Al.
Cline, Joseph G. Burns, E. S. Parkee,
James Johnson, William Mullins.
George H. Ryder, William f. Hart
man, A. c. Ten Brock, Eugene
Hempstreet, George NJ. Foster, Wall
ter C. Martin. Louis H. FRANKIE,
Frank III Tucker, Alex Leguine
Asa p Meridith, A. L. Harmed. r. 5.
Mead, Edward A. Coutts, William III.
Coutts, John H. Kant. S. r. Everitt,
Thomas Macan, John NJ. Crawford,
A. L. Poinie, A. H. Hope.
The present officers of the asso-
citation follow: chris. Meshrow,
president; H. c. Reilly, vice-presi-
dent; John Cluney, recording secre
tary; James l.. 1orker, financial sec
retary; James Foster, sergeant-at-
arms; Walter c. Martin, treasurer.
The following members are truss
tees: Samuel Hornsby, J. n. Van
Horn, William Both, William Mesh
row and John Danner.
The financial committee conists OF
James Dunham, James n. Glenn and
Alfred Zellers.
The executive committee follows.
w. c. Martin, Alfred Zellers and
John Van Horn.
The present roster of membership
follows: George Adair, r. H. Barnes,
l.. H. Briggs, j. G. Burns, - p.
Booze, B. F. Bloodgood, G. e. Brew
ster, John Cluney, Edward Coutts.
James Dunham, Spencer Dayton. G.
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