Pacific engine, No. 28:
Foreman, Moses Fitzgerald.
Located 337 Fourth avenue;
performs duty in the first and
fifth districts. House in good
condition; engine, third class,
crane-neck, 7 1/2 inch
cylinders, 9-inch stroke, in
good order; built in 1859, by
James Smith; present number of
men, 45; 400 feet of hose, in
ordinary condition, and 300 feet
bad. This company have also a
hose tender, in good condition.
Guardian engine, No. 29:
Foreman, Joseph Walters. Located
26 West Tenth street; performs
duty in third and fourth
districts. House new, steam
engine, second class, 7-inch
steam cylinder, 9-inch pump, 8
7/8-inch stroke, in good
condition; built in 1859, by Lee
& Larned, New York. Also, a hand
engine, second class, piano
style, 8-inch cylinders, 9-inch
stroke, patent capstan in good
condition; built in 1854, by W.
H. Torboss; present number of
men 50; 200 feet of leather
hose, 300 feet of rubber, and
100 feet of "Boyd's" hose, in
good condition. Also, a
four-wheel wood tender, in good
condition.
North River
engine, No. 30:
Foreman, J.L. Gascon. Located
No. 173 Franklin street;
performs duty in the third and
eighth districts. House new,
engine second class, 8 1/2 inch
cylinders, 9-inch stroke, in
good condition; built in 1860,
by James Smith; steam engine
building for this company, by
Clapp, Banks & Co., of New York;
present number of men, 50; 400
feet of hose, in ordinary
condition, and 200 feet bad.
Also, a hose tender, in good
condition.
Peterson engine, No. 31:
Foreman, Francis Mahedy. Located
49 Chrystie street; performs
duty in the seventh and eighth
districts. House in bad
condition; have applied for new
house; petition granted; engine
first class, crane-neck
(Jeffers' style), 10-inch
cylinders, from 6 to 10-inch
stroke, in good condition; built
in 1859, by Jeffers & Co., of
Pawtucket, R.I. This engine is
at present in the service of the
United States Government, and is
stationed at Fortress Monroe;
present number of men, 50; 400
feet of hose, ordinary; at
present doing duty with a
second-class engine, formerly
used by Engine Company No. 21;
this company have applied for a
steam engine; petition granted;
and engine now building by James
Smith.
Pete Masterson engine, No.
32:
Foreman, John Quinn. Located in
one hundredth street, Ninth and
Tenth avenues; performs duty in
Bloomingdale and vicinity. House
temporary; have applied for a
new house; petition granted; at
present using a third class
engine, formerly belonging to
Engine Company No. 40, in
ordinary condition; present
number of men, 20; 450 feet of
hose, in ordinary condition;
also, a hose tender, in good
condition.
Black Joke engine, No. 33:
Foreman, Peter Masterson.
Located in Fifty-eighth street,
near Broadway; performs duty in
the first and second districts.
House in good condition; steam
engine, second class, 7 1/2-inch
steam cylinder, 9-inch stroke, 4
1/2 inch pump, in good
condition; built in 1862, by
James Smith. Also, a hand
engine, second class, end
brakes, four 8-inch cylinders, 4
1/2 inch stroke, with patent
capstan, in ordinary condition;
built in 1855, by Pine &
Hartshorn; present number of
men, 50; 300 feet of leather
hose, and 300 feet of rubber
hose, all of which is good.
Also, a fuel tender, in good
order.
Howard engine, No. 34:
Foreman, Andrew Holley. Located
131 1/2 Christopher, near Hudson
street; performs duty in the
third and fourth districts.
House in bad condition, have
applied for a new house,
petition granted; engine
second-class, crane-neck, piano
style, 8-inch cylinders, 9-inch
stroke, in good condition;
rebuilt in 1856, by James Smith;
have applied for a steam engine;
petition granted; present number
of men, 46; 550 feet of hose,
all of which is good.
Columbus engine, No. 35:
Foreman, David Fitzgerald.
Located in One Hundred and
Nineteenth street, between
Second and Third avenues;
performs duty in Harlem and
vicinity. House in good
condition; engine new, built by
Cowing & Co., Seneca Falls,
N.Y.; present number of men, 45;
300 feet of hose, in ordinary
condition, and 200 feet bad.
Harry Howard engine, No. 36:
Foreman, Henry A. Linden.
Located in Sixty-eighth street,
between Broadway and Tenth
avenue; performs duty in the
first and second districts.
House in good condition; engine
third class, piano, new style,
four 7-inch cylinders, 5-inch
stroke, patent capstan, in
ordinary condition, built in
1855, by J. H. Sickels; have
applied for a new engine;
present number of men, 40; 450
feet of hose, ordinary, and 300
feet bad. Also, a hose tender,
in good condition.
Tradesman engine, No. 37:
Foreman, Michael Haley. Located
at Fifty-ninth street, between
Second and Third avenues;
performs duty in the first and
second districts. House in good
order; engine second class,
piano style, 8-inch cylinders,
9-inch stroke, patent capstan,
built in 1856, by W.H. Torboss;
in good condition; present
number of men, 22; 700 feet of
hose, in good condition. Also, a
hose tender, in ordinary
condition.
Southwark engine, No. 38:
Foreman, William W. Ladd.
Located 28 Ann street; performs
duty in the seventh and eighth
districts. House in bad
condition, and entirely too
small; steam engine, first
class, 9-inch steam cylinder, 8
1/2-inch stroke, diameter of
pump 12 1/2-inch, in good
condition, built in 1860, by Lee
& Larned, New York; present
number of men, 47; 300 feet of
leather, and 300 feet of rubber
hose, all of which is good;
also, 200 feet of hemp hose, in
good condition; fuel and hose
tender, in good condition.
Franklin engine, No. 39:
Foreman, Michael Shaunessy.
Located 128 West Thirty-first
street; performs duty in the
second and third districts.
House in bad condition; have
applied for a new house; engine
second class, 8-inch cylinder,
from 6 to 10-inch stroke, in
good condition, built in 1861,
by C.E. Hartshorn; present
number of men, 46; 300 feet of
hose in ordinary condition, and
300 feet bad. This company have
also a hose tender in good
condition.
Lady Washington engine, No.
40:
Foreman, Henry Jones. Located
173 Elm street; performs duty in
the sixth and seventh districts.
House in good condition; engine
second class, 8 1/2-inch
cylinders, 9-inch stroke, in
good condition, built in 1859,
by James Smith; formerly
belonged to Engine Company No.
2; have applied for a new
engine; petition granted;
present number of men, 50; 350
feet of hose, ordinary, and 200
feet bad; also, a hose tender,
in bad condition.
Clinton engine, No. 81:
(listed in book as 81, maybe it
should read 41)
Foreman, James Little. Located
154 Clinton street; performs
duty in the sixth and seventh
districts. House in good
condition; engine second class,
piano style, 8-inch cylinders,
9-inch stroke, in good
condition; built in 1853, by a.
Van Ness, rebuilt by the same,
in 1862; present number of men,
45: 500 feet of hose, in good
condition; also a hose tender,
in bad condition.
Empire engine, No. 42:
Foreman, Gilbert J. Orr. Located
4 Centre street; performs duty
in the seventh and eighth
districts. House in bad order;
steam engine, second class, 4
1/2 inch pump, 9 1/2-inch steam
cylinder, 10-inch stroke, in
good condition; built in 1861,
by the Portland Company,
Portland, Me; present number of
men, 35; 200 feet of leather
hose, in ordinary condition, and
300 feet rubber hose, and 100
feet of Boyd's hose, in good
condition; also, a hose tender,
in ordinary condition; new fuel
tender.
Manhatta engine, No. 43:
Foreman, Abram Horn. Located
Manhattanville; performs duty in
Manhattanville and vicinity.
House in bad condition; engine
third class, piano style, 8-inch
cylinders, 8-inch stroke, in
good condition; built in 1853,
by James Smith; present number
of men, 27; 400 feet of hose in
good condition, and 400 feet
bad. Also, a hose tender, in
ordinary condition.
Live Oak engine, No. 44:
Foremen, James M. Flynn. Located
437 East Houston street;
performs duty in the fifth and
sixth districts. House in good
condition; engine second class,
pano style, 8-inch cylinders,
9-inch stroke, in good
condition; built in 1860, by
A.Van Ness & Co.; present number
of men, 47; 500 feet of hose in
ordinary condition, and 400 feet
bad; hose tender, in ordinary
condition. This company also
have a second class,
Philadelphia style, engine, 8
1/2-inch cylinders, 9-inch
stroke, in ordinary condition,
built in 1851, by A. Van ness.
This engine is their own
property.
Aurora engine, No. 45:
Foreman, Francis Bazzoni.
Located corner of Eighty-fifth
street and Third avenue;
performs duty in Yorkville and
vicinity. House in bad
condition, and too small; engine
second class, piano style, 8
1/2-inch cylinders, 9-inch
stroke, in good condition; built
in 1861, by James Smith; present
number of men, 45; 400 feet of
hose in ordinary condition, and
300 feet bad. Also, a hose
tender in good condition.
Valley Forge engine, No. 46:
Foreman, Francis E. Skelding.
Located 138 West Thirty-seventh
street; performs duty in the
first and second districts.
House in good condition; steam
engine, second class, 7-inch
steam cylinder, 8-inch stroke,
and 9-inch pump, in good
condition; built in 1859, by Lee
& Larned; present number of men,
47; 150 feet of Boyd's and 300
feet of rubber hose, in good
condition; 200 feet of leather
hose in ordinary condition. This
company also have a wood tender
in good condition.
New York engine, No. 47:
Foreman, John A. Phillips.
Located 127 Mercer street;
performs duty in the third and
fourth districts. House
ordinary; steam engine, second
class, 7-inch steam cylinder, 8
1/2-inch stroke, 9-inch pump, in
good condition; built in 1860 by
Lee & Larned, New York; present
number of men, 40: 250 feet of
rubber hose, and 100 feet of
leather, also 200 feet of Boyd's
in good condition. This company
have also a hose and fuel
tender, in good condition.
Mazeppa engine, No. 48:
Foreman, Charles Cowan. Located
163 West Twenty-fourth street;
performs duty in the second and
third districts. House ordinary,
and too small; new house
building at No. 227 West
Twenty-fifth street; engine
second class, piano, crane-neck
style, 8-inch cylinders, 9-inch
stroke, in good condition; built
in 1855, by James Smith;
formerly belonged to Engine
Company No. 40; present number
of men, 50; 200 feet of hose
bad, and 400 feet good. Also, a
hose tender, in ordinary
condition.
Pocahontas engine, No. 49:
Foreman, Andrew J. Walsh.
Located the east side of Fourth
avenue, between One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth and One Hundred and
Twenty-seventh streets; performs
duty in Harlem and vicinity.
House in good order; engine
third class, piano style, four
7-inch cylinders, 4 1/2-inch
stroke, patent capstan, in good
condition; built in 1853, by
Pine & Hartshorn; rebuilt in
1859, by the same; formerly
belonged to Engine Company No.
26; present number of men, 18;
400 feet of hose in ordinary
condition, and 400 feet bad.
Mutual engine, No. 51:
Foreman, Guy Kennedy. Located
161 East Twenty-second street,
between First and Second
avenues; performs duty in the
first and fifth districts. House
ordinary; engine second class,
Shanghai style, 8-inch
cylinders, 9-inch stroke, in bad
condition: built in 1856, by
Torboss & Co.; present number of
men, 47; 450 feet of hose,
ordinary, and 300 feet bad; also
a tender, in good condition.
Undine engine, No. 52:
Foreman, Geo. H.E. Lynch.
Located One Hundred and
Twenty-second street, between
Second and Third avenues;
performs duty in Harlem and
vicinity. House in good
condition; steam engine, third
class, 7 1/2-inch cylinder, 8
1/2 inch stroke, in good
condition; built in 1862, by
A.B. Taylor, Son & Co., of new
York; fuel tender in ordinary
condition; present number of
men, 29; 200 feet of rubber and
200 feet of leather hose, in
good condition, and 200 feet of
leather hose in ordinary
condition.
Hudson River engine, No. 53:
Foreman, Arnot Spence. Located
304 Washington street; performs
duty in the seventh and eighth
districts. House in good order;
steam fire-engine, 7-inch steam
cylinder, 8-inch stroke, 5-inch
pump, in good condition, built
in 1859, by James Smith; present
number of men, 50; 200 feet of
leather, and 300 feet of rubber
hose, all of which is good; also
a wood tender, in ordinary
condition.