2007.071

Roberts, David

Gift

Gift of Mayor David Roberts.

1860 - 1910

Date(s) Created: 1910 Date(s): 1860-1910

Notes: Archives 2007.071.0001 ==== [front cover] Souvenir Fiftieth Anniversary Exempt Assn. Hoboken H.V.F.D. 1860 - 1910 April 9th, 1910 ==== [page 1] Greeting! To Our Honored Guests and the Citizens of the City of Hoboken: In presenting this Souvenir and History of our Association, we would call the attention of our friends and subscribers to the fact, that in compiling the same, we have given careful attention to securing a complete list of all those who have been members of the Association, as well as of those who have died within its ranks, and of noteworthy incidents occurring during the past fifty years of its existence. To the older residents of our city, some of the names of members mentioned therein may bring back old reminiscences of the past; to the present generation we can say that we point with pride to some whose achievements have done a great deal in framing the history of our city many years before its incorporation. To our friends, the subscribers, we owe a debt of gratitude for their assistance in making this souvenir what it is, and we take pleasure in recommending them not alone to our members, but to the public at large, as being able to and competent business men. We would also at this time express our sincere thanks to all our friends who have aided us in the past, for the many favors extended, so that we were enabled to celebrate this Golden Anniversary as an Association of Exempt Volunteer Firemen of the City of Hoboken. ==== [page 2] [photo portrait] George Gonzales. [facsimile signature] Mayor of Hoboken, N.J. ==== [page 3] History 1860-1910 At a meeting of Exempt Firemen of the City of Hoboken, held in the house of Washington Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1, on the 9th day of April, 1860, there being present Theodore Van Tassell, who acted as chairman, James Housman, who acted as secretary, James Stevenson, Andrew Mount, Peter Schneider, William H. Gelston, Cornelius B. Housman, John D. P. Mount, Henry F. Katenkamp and Charles Chamberlin, who decided to form an association of Exempt Firemen, to be known an designated as "The Association of Exempt Firemen of the City of Hoboken." The following preamble was then adopted: "For the purpose of affording such aid to the Fire Department for the City of Hoboken as lies in our power, and also for the purpose of cherishing and perpetuating the kind feelings as firemen, we, the exempt firemen, from the fact of our having heretofore served sufficient length of time in the Fire Department to exempt us from other public duties, and to entitle us, should occasion require, to assistance from the funds of the Department, this Association do hereby form and organize ourselves, and adopt regulations for our government." A committee to draft by-laws and to report on a suitable badge to be worn by the members, was appointed, and after considerable discussion it was decided to adjourn subject to the call of the chairman. After several meetings which had been called by the chairman, and the committees appointed reported progress, they again met on the evening of November 23, 1860, in the house of Washington Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1, when John and James McCulloch were added to the roll. The committee on by-laws made their report, and the same were adopted. They then adjourned to meet on Tuesday evening, January 15, 1861, for the purpose of electing the officers of the Association for one year. At this meeting William G. Shepherd, Willliam Hersee, John M. Board, Silas H. Jessup, and William H. Wilson were added to the roll, and the first officers of the Association elected, namely: Theodore Van Tassell, president; Thomas Mickens, vice-president; James Housman, secretary, and William G. Shepherd, treasurer. On April 16, 1861, the first deposit was made in the Hoboken Bank for Savings, namely $18, and on July 16, 1861, Charles T. Perry, Edward Snedicker, John Kennedy, Charles J. Clark, Martin R. Demorest and Julius Grisbell were elected members. On October 15, Peter Ritter, Charles L Merideth, John L. Merideth and Newman A. Wood were elected members. 1862. At a meeting held January 21, it was unanimously "resolved, that all members of this Association, volunteering to go to the war, they be exempt from paying dues while absent" ==== [page 4] [photo portrait] Charles A. Mohn [facsimile signature] Mayor of West Hoboken Member of the Exempt Association of Hoboken Messrs. Board, Mount and Wilson were appointed a committee to go to Trenton and have the Association incorporated. The officers of the previous year were then re-elected, and the Treasurer reported a balance of $26.00 in the bank. On June 15, the following resolution was adopted: "At a meeting of the Association of Exempt Firemen of the City of Hoboken, the undersigned were appointed and instructed to express their sincere thanks for the eminent services now being rendered by you to our Country in the hour of its greatest peril. "As representatives of this Association, we gratefully appreciate your renouncing all family and social ties, together with all the comforts and conveniences that you are not actuated by any selfish motives, but animated by the most self-sacrificing patriotism, being possessed of such zeal and integrity. Your efforts will secure to you such a degree of success and usefulness as shall render it an event memorabilia in the history of our country, to which ourselves and posterity will refer with pride and satisfaction, earnestly requesting your acceptance of the thanks of the Association, and with the ardent wishes for your health and happiness, we commend you, our devoted friend, through this unnatural and sanguinary contest to Him whose cause you represent and defend, and may He through His interposition speedily terminate, so as to enable you soon again to enjoy the embraces of your affectionate family, and receive the congratulations of your legion of friends. W.G. Shepherd, J.M. Board, J. Stephenson, Committee." At this meeting Nicholas F. Lawrence ad Isaac Shreve were elected members. ==== [page 5] Compliments of Our Former Mayors [photo portraits] George H. Steil. Adolph Lankering. ==== [page 6] [picture portrait of City Hall] Compliments of our Friends, City Hall, Hoboken N.J. [facsimile signatures and titles] Richard Buckley - Chairman Common Council First Ward Fred'k J. Anderson - Councilman, First Ward D. Bahrenburg - Councilman, Second Ward Anthony (?) - Councilman, Second Ward Peter F. Clark - Councilman, Third Ward Thomas J. Wren - Councilman, Third Ward Bernard M Feely - Councilman, Fourth Ward A.T. Pflugh - Councilman, Fourth Ward John J. Delaney - Councilman, Fifth Ward Gust Friedrichs - Councilman, Fifth Ward ==== [page 7] [continuation of above] James H. Londrigan - City Clerk James Smith - City Treasurer James Havron - Assistant City Clerk Wm. J. Fitzpatrick - 2nd Assistant City Clerk Richard Bowes - Collector of Revenue Harry L. Banck - Overseer of the Poor Gustav Bach - Water Registrar Thos. S. Field - Assistant Water Registrar J. H. Timken - President Board of Health Thos. F. Devlin - Excise Commissioner Henry Kilian - Assistant Water Registrar Henry A. Martini - Assistant Water Registrar ==== [page 8] Compliments of the Board of Fire Commissioners Hoboken, N. J. [facsimile signatures and titles] James Whalen President Wm. L Draffin Richard C. Greten August Kirnig Martin Cooke D. A. Haggerty Clerk [photo portraits] Michael Dunn, Chief of the Hoboken Fire Department William F. Fenton, Assistant Chief of the Hoboken Fire Department ==== [page 9] Officers of the Association of Exempt Firemen of Hoboken The Art Photo Studio, Union Hill, N.J. [photo portraits] John Glander - Trustee John Wagner - Secretary Louis S. Weinthal - President Fredrick Schaaf - Treasurer Timothy J. Conun - Trustee Charles Taylor - Trustee William Warnecke - Collector Henry F. Meyer - Vice Pres. James J. Farrell - Fin. Sec. Frank Wagner - Trustee ==== [page 10] [Advertisement] Kitchen Bouquet Gives a delicious flavor and rich color to soups, sauces, gravies, etc. Sample on Request Used by Leading Chefs and Eminent Teachers of Cookery The Palisades Mfg. Co. 247-249 Clinton Avenue, West Hoboken, N.J. Sold by All Grocers --- 1863. January 20, the officers of the previous year were re-elected, and John H. Suckley, Jesse Fash, Peter Clayton, and Thomas Smith were elected members. April 14. Committee on incorporation of the Association reported same as having been passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Parker. On April 16, 1863, the following officers were then elected to comply with the act of incorporation: T. Van Tassell, president; T. Mickens, vice-president; J. Housman, secretary; W. G. Shepherd, treasurer; Andrew Mount, William Hersee and W. G. Shepherd, trustees. John A. Abry, Louis Korbett and John R. Waldren were elected members. July 14. Uniform adopted, consisting of a red shirt, black tie, belt and fire hat, and a resolution adopted, placing the members of the Association in command of the chief engineer of the fire department at all fires, when called upon. William Tanner, Henry G. Timm, Samuel Large, Theodore F. Prudden, and James R. Hill were elected members. October 13. Wm. Hersee was appointed a committee to wait on Commondore Stevens in relation to securing a steamer for the use of the Association in extinguishing fires. John L. Mathey, William Letts, Sr., Theodore S. Parker and William G. Plummer were elected members. 1864. January 12. Badge adopted, and Gordon Farmer, William H. Peckham and Robert McCuague elected members. April 12. Annual meeting; the officers of the previous year were re-elected, and J. M. Board trustee for three years, and Eugene Robert, William G. Odell and Daniel Mystere elected to membership. Committee on procuring a steamer for the use of the Association was on motion discharged and the idea abandoned. July 12. Samuel Archer and William F. Kost elected members. ==== [page 11] [photo fascimiles and titles] Emil G. Wagener - Member W&O Fund Patrick Hayden, Pres. - W&O Fund John J. O'Brien, V. pres. - W&O Fund James Harksen, Treas. - W&O Fund John Flattery, Member - W&O Fund Geo. F. Seymour, Chairman, Anniversary Committee William Lee, Member Anniversary Committee Charles Stumpf, Member - W&O Fund ==== [page 12] [advertisement] Meyers and Naegelis Hotels Hudson, at Third Street, Hoboken, N.J. Conducted by J.H. Timkin Known all over the world Restaurant open from 6 a.m. until Midnight. Private Dining Rooms for large and small parties. Banquets my Specialty Catering at your home in up-to-date style Estimates given. Prices Reasonable. Try Home Patent - I carry out your ideas. Card Tables and Cap Stools to let. Billiard and Pool Parlor Bowling Alleys for Clubs Separate Entrance for Ladies ==== [page 13] August 14. President announced the first death of a member, namely Peter Clayton. October 11. Valentine Lange, Samuel S. Plummer and Charles Detloff elected members. 1865. January 10. Robert Currie and John Howard elected members. April 11. Annual meeting; the officers of the previous year were re-elected, and Peter Ritter as trustee for three years. Henry Brown, Lawrence Kennedy, William N. Parslow, Sr., Herman Luhrs. William H. Curtis, William Buck, Louis H. Osterndorf and Timothy Foley elected members. June 17. The Association paraded and acted as an escort in honor of the return of Major Woerner Battery from the war. July 11. John E. McWorter elected a member. October 12. Charles Feickert, John R. Terry, William A. Macy and Augustus E. Mathey elected members. November 10. Death of Valentine Lang. 1866. January 9. Ramon M. Cook and John McAllister elected members. April 10. Annual meeting; the officers of the previous year were re-elected, and Andrew Mount as trustee for three years. July 10. William Smith elected a member. December 12. The Association moved into a house on Second Street, between Washington and Bloomfield Streets, the site of which is now, as the compiler is informed, the rear of the F. Cordts Furniture Co., the use of which was donated by J.M. Board, with the carriage formerly belonging to Oceana Hose Co., No. 1, which had done service in New York City as Amity Hose Co. No. 38. --- [advertisement] Geo. Focht Sons Iron Works, Inc. Telephone, Hoboken 10 Established 1857 Hoboken, N.J. - U.S.A. Office: 117-119 Adams Street 105-123 Adams Street 124-128 Grand Street ==== [page 14] [advertisements] Telephone 1025 Worth. T. Brauback & Co. Bankers and Brokers Steamship Agents --- Foreign Money Exchange 85 Park Street 171 Worth Street New York. --- Telephone 269 Black Diamond Express Emil Le Fevre, Proprietor 219 Bloomfield Street Hoboken, N.J. --- Compliments of Henry Schwiering --- John Mojes Restaurant, Hotel and Rathskeller 14th and Fourth Ave. Tel. 3693 Stuyvesant 9th and Third Ave. Tel. 3818 Orchard New York --- August Kope House and Decorative Painter Paper Hanging, Kalsomining and Hard Wood Finisher 115 Maple St., Weehawken Heights, N. J. All orders promptly attended to. --- Wm. E. Carroll Café 1200 Willow Ave. Hoboken, N. J. ==== [page 15] [photo fascimiles and titles] John J. McGovern, Recorder of Hoboken --- Ivins D. Applegate, Ex-Chief Hoboken Fire Department Last Chief of the Hoboken Volunteer Fire Dept. ==== [page 16] [group photo facsimile and signatures] Compliments of Board of Assessors Of Hoboken, N.J. 1 Henry Lohmann, Jr. President 2 J. Wm. Bender 3 Charles Guaraglia 4 Thomas Coughlin 5. Thomas F. Carey 6 H. J. Murray Clerk. ==== [page 17] 1867. February 11. John Lewis, Michael V. Cadmus and Francis Johnson elected members. March 11. Alfred Aeschman elected a member. April 9. Annual meeting; the officers of the previous year Were re-elected, and John M. Board as trustee for three years. April 23. President Van Tassell resigned, and John M. Board elected. Secretary J. Housman resigned, and Samuel Archer elected. May 14. Vice-President Thomas Mickens resigned, and William Hersee elected, and John Borchard elected a member. June 11. George Luerssen elected a member. August 13. Samuel R. Terhune elected a member. September 10. Stephan Bayles, Augustus Pierez and Graham M. Sinclair elected members. 1868. January 14. Fredrick W. Raetz, Adolph Keiser and Seba M. Bogert elected members. April 14. Annual meeting; J. M. Board elected president; W. Hersee, vice-president; F. W. Raetz, secretary; T. S. Parker, treasurer, and John T. Bentley a member. May 12. The resident announced the death of Charles C. Clark June 9. Peter J. Powles elected a member. August 11. Conrad Schmidt elected a member. October 13. Louis Meister elected a member. December 8. John R. McCulluch elected a member. 1869. April 30. J. M. Board elected president; W. Hersee, vice-president; T. S. Parker, treasurer, and J. Housman, secretary. May 18. John J. Robinson elected a member. September 14. Charles G. Clarke elected a member. November 9. John F. Shapter elected a member. --- [advertisement] [photo facsimile of monument] William Luckhardt, Marble and Granite Works Opposite the Entrance of Flower Hill Cemetery Weehawken P.O., West New York, N. J. Branch Yard. Opp. Fairview Cemetery Monuments, Tombs, Headstones. Designs and Estimates Furnished. Sculptured Statuary a Specialty Work Done in all Cemeteries. ==== [page 18] [facsimile picture Hackensack Turnpike, 1850 Weehawken, N.J.] [advertisements] L. E. Manley The American Lithograph Co. 19th St. and 4th Ave., N. J. --- George P. Christman Ex-Chief North Bergen, N. J. --- Thomas Gryburgh Troy Laundry 43 W. 8th St., New York --- Wm. Hauser Life Insurance 312 Maple St. West Hoboken, N. J. --- Henry F. Meyer Newsdealer 127 Garden St. Hoboken, N. J. --- Hannan's Café Union Hill, N. J. --- Louis A Ramsay Exempt of West Hoboken, N. J. --- Morris Appel Dealer in Furniture 64 Bloomfield St., Corner Newark St. Hoboken, N. J. --- John Canavari Hoboken, N. J. --- Herman Seeck, Ex-Chief Union Hill, N. J. --- City Hall Café Fred W. Grube, Prop. Newark & Washington Sts. Hoboken, N. J. --- Edgar T. Humphrey Sec'y New Jersey State Exempt Fireman's Association 181 prospect St. Nutley, N. J. --- Edward F. Hupfer --- Charles. F. Lihm, Jr. Union Hill, N. J. ==== [page 19] 1870. April 12. William Hersee elected president; J. D. P Mount, vice-president; J. Burckhardt, secretary, and T. S. Parker, treasurer. 1871. May 16. William Hersee elected president; J. D. P. Mount, vice-president; J. Housman, secretary, and C. Chamberlin, treasurer. 1872. January 15. The president announced the death of Charles T. Perry. April 9. Officers of the previous year were re-elected. October 8. Hazen Kimball and Charles Beberdick elected members. 1873. April 8. Officers of the previous year were re-elected. October 14. James O. Sexton elected a member. 1874. April 14. Officers of the previous year were re-elected. July 14. Edward Kennedy elected a member. 1875. January 12. Edward G. Jewett, Michael H. Murphy and James H. Kniffen elected members. April 26. Annual meeting; officers of the previous year were re-elected, and John E. Eberhard and William Weyhausen elected members. October 9. The president announced the death of John McCulloch. 1876. January 11. William H. Havens, R. B. Totten, James Cranston, Joseph Russell, Henry Heuster, George M. Dede, George Ritter, Adam W. Peer elected members. April 4. Annual meeting; officers of previous year re-elected, and James Geyer elected a member. 1877. April 23. Henry Bischoff and William Schmidt elected members. August 20. Officers of the previous year re-elected. Nov. 19. President announced the death of Henry Otto. --- [advertisements] [fascimile of horse and carriage] Highwood Park Boarding & Livery Stables Stephen J. Allgaier Coaches, Cabs and Landaus - Wedding Coaches a Specialty Horse & Dog Clipping - Taxi-Cabs to Hire Bulls Ferry Road and Gardner St. Union Hill, N.J. Telephone 613 Union --- Chas. A. Mohn Ranges, Furnaces and Heaters Telephone No. 371 156 Seventh Street Hoboken, N. J. ==== [page 20] [advertisements] [facsimile picture of rug store] Chas. Cirincion Largest Dealer in the State in Linoleum, Oil Cloth, Carpets, Rugs, Matting, Window Shades, Stair Stays, Etc. Estimates Given 412-414 Hackensack Plank Road Union Hill, N. J. Phone 148-R --- Stuhrmann's Hoboken Express Rabold & McCarthy, Props. 134 Park Avenue Hoboken, N. J. New York Office: 239 Washington Street. Telephone 395-W Hoboken ==== [page 21] 1878. Jan. 20. President announced the death of Henry Bischoff. April 25. Annual meeting; officers of previous year re-elected, and Peter McGavisk, Timothy W. Diorcett, Ely Gilkinson, and Louis M. Stein elected to membership. July 29. Thomas Dooley, William Wheir and George P. Schinzel were elected members. 1879. April 21. Herman Schmidt, Louis Pfeiffer, Thomas F. Redmond and Thomas Robinson elected members. May 11. William Hersee elected president; Peter McGavisk, vice-president; J. Housman, secretary; C. Chamberlin, treasurer. July 8. Abraham Sandford and John Flattery elected members. October 21. Patrick Farrell, Anthony Mullen and Rudolph Naegli elected members. 1880. January 15. William bonner, Erastus Hedges, James Curran, Patrick Londrigan, Daniel Eagan, John Kivlon and James Clark elected members. April 20. Annual meeting; the officers of the previous year were re-elected, and Charles Kaufman, Charles Dougherty and Charles Reinhardt elected members. July 13. James Fenton, Fredrick Schoenfeld, James Kenney and Michael Kivlon elected members. October 12. Michael Fitzpatrick, Edward Stack, James Smith and Louis Hart elected members. 1881. January 11. Henry Winkle, Thomas J. Rodgers, Robert Russ, Fredrick Koch, Albert Lindeman, Edward Cook, John Green, William Miller, Jr., Robert A. Anderson, *Henry Burke, Dennis Ryan, Joseph Molz, James Hanlon, Bethual N. *The name of Henry Burke not appearing in the City Hall record. I think the name should be Henry Borck. --- [advertisement] W. A. Gahagan, President J. A. Gahagan, Treasurer J. Gahagan's Son (incorporated) Mill Workers Doors, Sash, Blinds and Trim 217-221 Adams Street 216-218 Grand Street Telephone 168 Hoboken, N. J. ==== [page 22] [advertisements] Telephone 442. Ivins D. Applegate Late Wm. N. Parslow Funeral Director and Embalmer….. 225 Washington Street Hoboken, N.J. Liberty Stables, 220-224 Court St. Coaches, Landaus, Broughams and Victorias --- [facscimile picture] Patrick H. Duffy Member Hoboken Exempt Association Treasurer Stevens Hose Co. No. 3 Mr. Duffy has represented the First Ward as Commissioner of Appeals, and also as Councilman. He now conducts a first-class Barber Shop at 88 Hudson St., Hoboken --- Telephone 52-J Union George Miller Hotel and Restaurant Corner Hackensack Plank Road and Hudson Avenue Union Hill, N.J. ==== [page 23] [continued from page 21] Crane, Michael Peer, August Schasberger, Michael Bows, J.J. Smisson and Joseph H. Lips were elected members. May 3. Peter McGavisk elected president; B. N. Crane, vice-president; R. Russ, secretary, and J. Eberhardt, treasurer. July 19. Joseph Forst, Theodore Russ, David B. Salter, Frank Herwig, Jr., William Flohr, Charles Krueger, Robert McCurdy and Charles Stuart elected members. August 10. After many years of inactivity, due in a great measure to the action of the citizens of the city by vote declining to properly equip and house the Association, it was decided to put [continued on page 25] --- [facsimile picture of Fireman's Home, Boonton, N. J.] --- [advertisement] Compliments of Clarendon Hose & Hook & Ladder Co. No. 2, Secaucus, N. J. Henry F. Praet, Foreman Jerome E. Anderosn, Ass't Foreman George W. Zulauf, Secretary Theodore Werner, Treasurer Henry Zulauf, Ex-Foreman Fred M. Woeckener, Ex-Foreman Eddie Lord Charles A. Lehfeld William E. Habe Frank Trappe George H. Liegel Louis Jansen Andrew Degelmann A. W. Hilbert Henry O. J. Knoch Frank Reinl Herman Reinl Eugene Griglio Ernest Griglio P. Knoch George Block Adam Zengel S. Hassenforder R. Bodei Joseph Heitmann Andrew Deckelmann Fred Lehfeld ==== [page 24] [advertisements] --- [facsimile drawing of factory] Iden & co. University Place 9th & 10th Sts. New York Manufacturers of Gas & Electric Fixtures --- Ab. E. Solomon Newest Creations for Men and Women in Cloaks and Suits 314 Washington St. Tel. con. Hoboken, N. J. --- Telephone 6393 Spring Established 1836 Manufacturers of Uniforms, Equipment and Supplies for Firemen 186 Lafayette Street, New York Cor. Broome Street. --- Telephone 297-W Prospect Frank E. Houts Military Band and Orchestra 382 Bergen Street Brooklyn, N. Y. ==== [page 25] [continued from page 23] new life into the members. They therefore participated in a dinner which was served in Mayor Conners' Hotel, Coney Island, forty-six members attending. 1882. January 10. Patrick Sullivan, Jeremiah Scanlan and Henry Blohm elected members. April 18. Annual meeting; P. McGavisk elected president; Robert McCuague, vice-president; R. Russ, secretary; J. Eberhardt, treasurer; S. Archer, trustee. Michael J. Coyle, Henry A. Topser and Charles German elected members. July 11. Oscar Hauger, William Decker, Adolph Brash and Frederick Hill elected members. Sept. 11. Annual Dinner of the Association held at Steinbrenner's Rock Cellar Park, Guttenberg, 65 members attending. Oct. 10. Joseph Kemp, Edward Hackman, Michael Breslin, David Higgins, Fredrick Finken, Louis Israel and Daniel Quirk elected members. 1883. Jan. 9. William A. Willig, Charles A. Hicks, Willilam Doser, James Patrick, Ferdinand Muller and Charles Stumpf elected members. April 11. Annual meeting; Adam W. Peer elected president; R. McCuague, vice-president; F. Herwig, secretary; J. Eberhardt, treasurer; R. McCuague, trustee. William Koehler, John W. Eaves, John McMahon and Hill F. Kennedy elected members. July 10. Charles Mahde, Jacob Schuetz, Charles H. King, Jacob Geiger and Herman Arends elected members. Aug. 20. Annual dinner held at Roton Point, Connecticut, 78 members attending. Sept. 28. President announced the deat of Gordon Farmer. Oct. 9. Sebastian Goehner, William A Gahagan, William W. Moore, James Tanner, John C. Crevier, William M. Chapman and John Logan elected members. --- [advertisement] Chas. H. Focht, President Max Schalscha, 2nd Vice-President Leo Stein, 1st Vice-President Otto Zaremba, Jr., Sec'y & Treas. Jefferson Trust Company Cor. Jefferson and First Streets. Hoboken, N. J. Directors: Henry W. Bahrenburg David Beck Claus Botjer Gustav W. Draesel, M. D. Hans C. Jensen Peter H. Kessler Eugene v. Magee Leo Stein Chas. H. Focht Louis S. Fugazzi Christian f. Guth Charles Hoffman Bernard Vezzetti Max Schalscha Louis Schmalz H. W. Schmidt Henry C. Steneck Counsel, Henry A. Gaede. Office Hours: Daily from 9 to 3. Saturdays from 9 to 12. Monday Evenings from 6 to 8 Statement, December 31st, 1909 Resources Liabilities United States Bonds and other Capital Stock Paid in………… $ 100,000.00 Securities…… 79,819.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits.. 61.793.98 Bonds and Mortgages…………………… 267,200.00 Deposits…………………………… 867.034.99 Loans on Collateral and Bills Purchased……. 455,310.86 Furniture and Fixtures…………………………. 4,095.45 Interest Accrued………………………………….. 7,295.52 Cash on hand and on Deposit In Reserve Banks… 215,106.14 ------------------- ------------------- $ 1,028.828.97 $ 1,028.828.97 Entire Capital and Surplus invested in Mortgages in Hoboken Real Estate. ---------------------------- We pay interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum in our Special Department, and 2 per cent per annum in our Commercial Department. Deposits made on or before April 15th will draw interest from the First of April in our Special Department. ==== [page 26] The Volunteer Firmean's Association Of the City of New York (Organized February 22, 1884) Composed of Members of Ye Olde Volunteer Fire Department Which was incorporated by an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, March 20, 1798. The Association, since its organization, by mutuality of the members, assisted by the returns from their annual Ball or Picnic, have paid the beneficiaries of departed members, and reliefs to needy comrades, moneys aggregating $ 193,642.00. The Association Picnic of the year A.D. 1910 will be held at the Manhattan Casino, 155th and 8th Ave., on Monday afternoon and evening, September 5th (Labor Day), under the auspices of the Officers of the Association, with the intent, or hope, of replenishing the fund created by, and for if need be, the last survivor of, Ye Olde Fire Guard of Old New York City. John J. Maloney, President Simon Hexter, Vice-President James D. Ridley, Vice-President John A. Patterson, Treasurer Board of Directors: Daniel Bradley Richard Cullen Joseph O'Donnell Herman Drypolcher James J. Capper Thomas C. Cornelius Chas. H. Stegmann Chas. P. Ling Michael Arnold John J. Eagan, Secretary of the Committee John Nichols. Custodian Office Hours: Board of Directors, 2nd Saturday at 8 P.M. in each month. Association Meeting on last Saturday of each month at 8 P.M. Financial Secretary's Office, 220 East 59th Street. All Communications answered daily. D. B. Scofield, Secretary. ==== [page 27] 1884. Jan 8. John Bahrenburg, Andrew Cullen, John King, Theodore W. Goerig, Patrick Hayden and John Lanigan elected members. April 16. Annual meeting; A W. Peer elected president; R. McCuague, vice-president; F. Herwig, Secretary; W. Hersee, treasurer; P. Hayden, trustee, and Henry Bahrenburg, Peter Wiese, Henry Brown and Patrick Ryan elected members. Aug. 20. Annual dinner held at Rock Cellar Park, Guttenberg, 49 members attending. Oct. 14. Charles Koch, James Harksen, John Cannon, Charles N. Gerken and J. Louis Meyer elected members. 1885. Jan. 13. President announced that since the last regular meeting on October 14, 1884, we have lost by death: Jeremiah L. Scanlan, on Nov. 4, 1884; Thomas Robinson, on Jan. 13, 1885. Jan. 20. President announced the death of Vice-President Robert McCuague, who died on Monday, Jan. 19. April 22. Annual meeting; A. W. Peer elected president; H. Winkle, vice-president; F. Herwig, Jr., secretary; W. Hersee, treasurer, and C. H. King, trustee. J. William Kaiser, A. C. Schlosser and Robert E. Layburn elected members. President announced the death of William Koehler. July... [truncated due to length]