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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1879)
March, 1879, 66 THE WEST SHORE. HAVE 1 auk. ha haauliful nd IVMti Holh, llaanlna MMN laMajaaTMi St BoM aonniad, At lha (it wordlni "I "rim ktSW HmWU Or iftUM that wo ha dmaumd. Ilri mm adallilitful harmony. I. ika dm tin mlh " iniini bird" In irmc' irwn a,nrvaa; what t' 'i whan ikaapoal Tim haart thrilled with Imr wurd. In taultloaa fnra In rtaaafulnaaa of form In nnnil, wtthrullurn lirifbl, llmra mk rlinrin A inula dm wrap! anul worahlii and linll"va 'Mm wiirhl in no harm. n 1- mi, hi fan 0 nun, I. rich in Ihmif hi! 11 tolM m nrM! 11 hai.naaa,au brlnd Alai! that auah karikslaaj bad M i'" To mi from pain and arlnf. Why vara ra burn, anil wlnwafola dn wn HveT lliaal atrlraa mill aril, flauura ) mid' In aln, And lua it hurt by hala; umat avary llm Hulfar lb" ruraa I Cain? Wa ara but aarth, lh..uh lmafd aflar tlnd, Tha '1, nl aharaa atinmllinaa Ita immortal f im. And Ibuuf h I ha waakar in lha food liihl fail, How many bara itiud firm! In Invlnt-blndnaM. 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Itaaan with war lataat Waatk. .wn lara haa aaarUtaal yaar faith ahall a It. Illuatr h mat dnath TIIK PORTLAND WRB DEPARTMENT; ,Ta OHOANIZATION ANT) HISTOIIY. The Portland Fire Department is within a few years as old as the City itself. The first effort towards organ ising fur protection against fire, was in the sprinj,' of 1S51, hut no definite plan of action was aireeil upon until the 6th of May, in that year, when a public meeting Waa convened, and a fire coin- my organized under the appellation of PIONEER BNOIN1 COMPANY No. I. rhe names of members were enrolled tl once and an election ol olhccrs en sued, with the following result: Fore man, Thos. J. Dryer, at present residing the city; Assistant Foreman, D. (.'. Colematt, at present residing in Yam hill county, Secretary, J. B Mccr; freasurer, Wm. Seton Ogden. Both e Utter gentlemen have since died. Among the original members of this, the pioneer of the Portland Fire De partment, we recognise the following valued citlseni who still reside in the :ity: Dr. R. B. Wilson, Captain Geo. II. Flnnders, A. It. Ilallock, Shubrick Norris, and John M. Hreck. No further steps were taken in the matter of securing protection against lire until 1S53, when the City Council passed an ordinance authorizing the iiiiinauim 01 nook ami ladder com panies within the city limits. This ai 111 nf the service was found to be more elltcient than ent'ine comnauies witlntut apparatus. Hooks, ladders, buckets, and all the paraphernelia of such a company could easily be pro- 1 i 11 .1 1 .... mien in ronimra, .wntisi engines would have lii be imported from tin Baat h sailing vessels around Cape norn, .mil by the tune they might ar rive the company thus formed lo man (hem would full to pieces througl Inertia. t n the 18th of July, 1N53, n meeting was convened at the DenbUoo house, snd the pi unary tcps taken for the gmiSSWCei of tire department. The noie city w as formed into one district 111 ordt i 1.1 secure a large roll of mem ban for the contemplated hook and ladder company, whilst two engine .ompanic were to he organized, one mcn wart to bo located on the north line of Washington street, ami "ic outer tn the southern portion of the iity. After making these prebminaiy ar rangements, the meeting adjourned until the following evening, when it was again convened for the adoption of a name for the hook and ladder company and the election of officers. The result of the meeting was the or ganlzatlen of VIGILANCE HOOK AND LADDER COM PANY NO. I, With the following officers: Fore man, I. H. Smith; Assistant Fore man, H. W. Davis; Secretary. Chns - j i - ,. Poorc; Treasurer, S. J. McCor- mick. An. adjournment was then made until the evening of August i, 1853, at which time the constitution and by-laws of the company were adopted, and the company was recognized by the city authorities, by an ordinance passed August 4, 1054, 8ince which time they have continuously rendered valuable service in the salvation of property in this city. The officers at present are: President, Geo. H. Clarke; Secretary, R. M. McMaster; Treasurer, I. Kauf man; Foreman, H. J. Schemer; First Assistant, W. Lundberg; Second As sistant, J. Hornung; Delegates, I. Kaufman, T. Wygant, E. H. Stolte. This company occupy a good brick building and is well equipped for ser vice at fires. WILLAMETTE ENGINE COMPANY NO. I Was organized August 3d, 1S53, at which time the following officers were elected: Foreman. N. Ham: Assist- ant Foreman, David Monnastcs; Sec ond Assistant, A. Strong; Secretary, A. M. IJerry; Treasurer, Chas. E. Wil liams. This company was admitted into the Department July 7th, 1854. The first machine used by this com pany was a small tub, owned by Geo. W. Vaughn, but, finally, in June, 1855, the City Council passed an ordinance providing for the purchase of an en gine for this company. The selection fell upon one of Smith's New York machines, which arrived at this port in 1 S56, ami was used by the Willamettcs up to within a few years, when it was replaced by their present steam appa ratus. The officers now arc: Presi dent, Joseph Simon; Secretary, A. II. Tanner; Treasurer, W. II. Andrus; Foreman, A. R. Church ; First Assist ant, T. Richct; Second Assistant, J. D. King; Delegates, Joseph Simon, A. W. Withcrell, John O'Connor. The beautiful brick building they now oc-