History of the New York Fire Department, Ch. 8, Part III

Our Firemen, The History of the NY Fire Departments

Chapter 8, Part III

By Holice and Debbie

Engine Company No. 9 thereafter should be known as Hose Company No. 35; Engine Company No. 47 as Hose Company No. 34; Engine Company No. 17 as Hose Company No. 37; Third Ward Hose Company as Hose Company No. 27; Fifth District Hose Company as Hose Company No. 28; Hose Company No. 44 as Hose Company No. 29; Hose Company No. 43 as Hose Company No. 31; Hose Company No. 42 as Hose Company No. 32; making the number and location of the fire apparatus as follows:

ENGINE COMPANIES.--THEIR NUMBERS AND LOCATIONS

No. 1	Clinton Square, foot of Duane Street
No. 2	Eldridge, near Division
No. 3	Orange, near Prince
No. 4	North Dutch Church, near Ann Street
No. 5	North Dutch Church, near Ann Street
No. 6	Reade Street, near West Broadway
No. 7	Rose Street, near Frankfort Street
No. 8	Ludlow, near Broome Street
No. 9	Disbanded
No. 10	Third Street, near Bowery
No. 11	Wooster, near Prince Street
No. 12	William, near Duane Street
No. 13	Duane, near William Street
No. 14	Corner of Vesey and Church Streets
No. 15	Christie, near Walker Street
No. 16	Disbanded
No. 17	Disbanded
No. 18	Amity, near sixth Avenue
No. 19	Elizabeth, near Grand Street
No. 20	Cedar, near Greenwich Street
No. 21	Lumber, near Cedar Street
No. 22	Chambers, near Centre Street
No. 23	Anthony, near Broadway
No. 24	Seventeenth Street, near Ninth Avenue
No. 25	Twenty-third Street, near fifth Avenue
No. 26	Madison, near Rutgers Street
No. 27	Watts, near Greenwich Street
No. 28	Disbanded
No. 29	Horatio Street, near Ninth Avenue
No. 30	Disbanded
No. 31	West Broadway, near Beach Street
No. 32	Hester, near Allen Street
No. 33	Gouverneur, near Henry Street
No. 34	Christopher, near Hudson Street
No. 35	Harlem
No. 36	Varick, near Vandam Street
No. 37	Delancey, near Allen Street
No. 38	Nassau, near Ann Street
No. 39	Doyers, near Chatham Street
No. 40	Mulberry, near Broome Street
No. 41	Corner Delancey and Attorney Streets
No. 42	Beaver, near William Street
No. 43	Manhattanville
No. 44	Houston, near Lewis Street
No. 45	Yorkville, Third Avenue
No. 46	Twenty-fifth Street, near Bull's Head
No. 47	Disbanded
No. 48	Thirteenth Street, near Sixth Avenue
No. 49	Disbanded
No. 50	Bloomingdale Road, Harsenville

HOSE COMPANIES

No. 1, 4-wheeled	Duane, near William Street
No. 2, 2-wheeled	William, near Duane Street
No. 3, 2-wheeled	Centre, near Hester Street
No. 4, 2-wheeled	Attorney, near Delancey Street
No. 5, 4-wheeled	Mercer, near Prince Street
No. 6, 4-wheeled	Gouverneur, near Henry Street
No. 7, 2-wheeled	Christie, near Stanton Street
No. 8, 4-wheeled	Cedar, near Nassau Street
No. 9, 4-wheeled	Mulberry, near Broome Street
No. 10, 2-wheeled	Roosevelt, near Cherry Street
No. 11, 2-wheeled	Jefferson Market, Sixth Avenue
No. 12, 4-wheeled	Seventeenth Street, near Ninth Avenue
No. 13, 2-wheeled	Eldridge, near Division Street
No. 14, 2-wheeled	Elizabeth, near Bayard Street
No. 15, 2-wheeled	Essex Market, near Grand Street
No. 16, 2-wheeled	Beaver, near Broad Street
No. 17, 4-wheeled	Fifth Street, near Second Avenue
No. 18, 2-wheeled	Franklin Market, Old Slip
No. 19, 2-wheeled	Cortlandt Alley, near Canal Street
No. 20, 2-wheeled	John, near Dutch Street
No. 21, 2-wheeled	Henry, near Catharine Street
No. 22, 2-wheeled	Hester, near Allen Street
No. 23, 2-wheeled	Charles, near Hudson Street
No. 24, 2-wheeled	Renwick, near Spring Street
No. 25, 2-wheeled	Leonard Street, near Broadway
No. 26, 2-wheeled	Monroe, near Jefferson Street
No. 27, 2-wheeled	Corner of Vesey and Church Street
No. 28, 2-wheeled	Chambers, near Centre Street
No. 29, 2-wheeled	Willett, near Rivington Street
No. 30, 2-wheeled	Bowery, near Thirteenth Street
No. 31, 2-wheeled	Third Street, near Broadway
No. 33, 2-wheeled	Sullivan, near Prince Street
No. 34, 2-wheeled	Tenth Street, near Avenue D
No. 35, 2-wheeled	Mercer, near Bleecker Street
No. 36, 2-wheeled	Henry, near Catharine Street
No. 37, 2-wheeled	Monroe Market
No. 38, 2-wheeled	Amity Street, near Sixth Avenue

HYDRANT COMPANIES

No. 1	John A. Blackledge, Foreman
No. 2	Allen R. Jollie, Foreman
No. 3	Daniel Coger, Foreman

HOOK AND LADDER COMPANIES

No. 1	Beaver, near Broad Street
No. 2	Chambers, near Centre Street
No. 4	Eldridge, near Walker Street
No. 5	Corner Delancey and Attorney Streets
No. 6	Mercer, near Prince Street
No. 7	Harlem
No. 8	Disbanded
No. 9	Disbanded
No. 10	Third Avenue, Yorkville

Fire wardens to the number of six were stationed in each of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Wards.

The common Council, on September 7, 1842, by ordinance, established the offices of a chief engineer, a superintendent of the aqueduct works, a water purveyor, and a register of rents, to hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the Common Council, unless sooner removed for cause by the Croton Aqueduct Board, with the Concurrence of the Joint Croton Aqueduct Board committee. The chief engineer, under the direction of the Croton Aqueduct Board, had the general executive care and superintendence of the Croton Aqueduct Works.

The superintendent and water purveyor had the care of laying down all the distributing pipes, hydrants, and stop-cocks, under the direction of the chief engineer and Croton Aqueduct Board; examined into, and reported to the Croton Aqueduct Board all applications for water, and generally did all such duty assigned to them; they attended all fires, provided against all unnecessary waste of water, and saw that all hydrants were closed at the termination of each conflagration.

The salary of the chief engineer was increased to one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

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