Hoboken Historical Museum Archives 2007.071.0001
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[front cover]
Souvenir
Fiftieth Anniversary
Exempt Assn. Hoboken H.V.F.D. [Hoboken Volunteer Fire Department]
1860 – 1910
April 9th, 1910
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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.
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[photo portrait]
George Gonzales. [facsimile signature]
Mayor of Hoboken, N.J.
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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”
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[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.
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Compliments of Our Former Mayors
[photo portraits]
George H. Steil.
Adolph Lankering.
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[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
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[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
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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
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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
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--- 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.
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[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
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[advertisement]
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Hudson, at Third Street, Hoboken, N.J.
Conducted by J.H. Timkin
Known all over the world
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Private Dining Rooms for large and small parties.
Banquets my Specialty
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Estimates given. Prices Reasonable.
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Card Tables and Cap Stools to let.
Billiard and Pool Parlor
Bowling Alleys for Clubs
Separate Entrance for Ladies
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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.
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[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
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[advertisements] Telephone 1025 Worth.
T. Brauback & Co.
Bankers and Brokers
Steamship Agents --- Foreign Money Exchange
85 Park Street
171 Worth Street
New York.
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Telephone 269
Black Diamond Express
Emil Le Fevre, Proprietor
219 Bloomfield Street
Hoboken, N.J.
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Compliments of
Henry Schwiering
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John Mojes
Restaurant, Hotel and Rathskeller
14th and Fourth Ave.
Tel. 3693 Stuyvesant
9th and Third Ave.
Tel. 3818 Orchard
New York
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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.
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Wm. E. Carroll
Café
1200 Willow Ave.
Hoboken, N. J.
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[photo fascimiles and titles]
John J. McGovern,
Recorder of Hoboken
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Ivins D. Applegate,
Ex-Chief Hoboken Fire Department
Last Chief of the Hoboken Volunteer Fire Dept.
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[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.
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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.
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[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.
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[facsimile picture Hackensack Turnpike, 1850 Weehawken, N.J.]
[advertisements]
L. E. Manley
The American Lithograph Co.
19th St. and 4th Ave., N. J.
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George P. Christman Ex-Chief
North Bergen, N. J.
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Thomas Gryburgh
Troy Laundry
43 W. 8th St., New York
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Wm. Hauser Life Insurance
312 Maple St.
West Hoboken, N. J.
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Henry F. Meyer
Newsdealer
127 Garden St.
Hoboken, N. J.
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Hannan’s Café
Union Hill, N. J.
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Louis A Ramsay
Exempt of West Hoboken, N. J.
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Morris Appel
Dealer in Furniture
64 Bloomfield St., Corner Newark St.
Hoboken, N. J.
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John Canavari
Hoboken, N. J.
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Herman Seeck, Ex-Chief
Union Hill, N. J.
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City Hall Café
Fred W. Grube, Prop.
Newark & Washington Sts. Hoboken, N. J.
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Edgar T. Humphrey
Sec’y New Jersey State Exempt Fireman’s Association
181 prospect St.
Nutley, N. J.
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Edward F. Hupfer
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Charles. F. Lihm, Jr.
Union Hill, N. J.
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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.
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[fascimile of horse and carriage]
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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
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Chas. A. Mohn
Ranges, Furnaces and Heaters
Telephone No. 371
156 Seventh Street
Hoboken, N. J.
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[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.
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Union Hill, N. J.
Phone 148-R
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Stuhrmann’s Hoboken Express
Rabold & McCarthy, Props.
134 Park Avenue
Hoboken, N. J.
New York Office: 239 Washington Street.
Telephone 395-W Hoboken
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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.
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[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.
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[advertisements]
Telephone 442.
Ivins D. Applegate
Late Wm. N. Parslow
Funeral Director and Embalmer…..
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Coaches, Landaus, Broughams and Victorias
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[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
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Telephone 52-J Union
George Miller
Hotel and Restaurant
Corner Hackensack Plank Road and Hudson Avenue
Union Hill, N.J.
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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]
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[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
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[advertisements]
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[facsimile drawing of factory]
Iden & co.
University Place
9th & 10th Sts.
New York
Manufacturers of Gas & Electric Fixtures
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Ab. E. Solomon
Newest Creations for Men and Women in
Cloaks and Suits
314 Washington St. Tel. con. Hoboken, N. J.
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Telephone 6393 Spring
Established 1836
Manufacturers of Uniforms, Equipment and Supplies for Firemen
186 Lafayette Street, New York
Cor. Broome Street.
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Telephone 297-W Prospect
Frank E. Houts Military Band and Orchestra
382 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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[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.
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[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
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$ 1,028.828.97 $ 1,028.828.97
Entire Capital and Surplus invested in Mortgages in Hoboken Real Estate.
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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.
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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.
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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 14. Charles Soffel and John W. Hagen elected members. President announced the death of Jacob Schuetz.
Aug. 5. James Shearan, Charles Ford, James Lanigan, Robert H. Alberts, William H. Runton and William N. Parslow, Jr., elected members.
Sept. 6. Annual dinner and reunion held at Shore House, Bergen Point, N. J. 71 members present.
Oct. 21. William B. Crane and William O’Donnell elected members.
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James Thompson & Company
Sole Manufacturer of
Thompson’s Tarlatan Fruit Basket Covers
16 Greene Street, New York
Our Specialty
For twenty years has been the manufacturer of Covers for Peach Baskets. We canny in stock all sizes, cut ready to fit the basket.
Our Covers
Enable a grower to pack his fruit in such a manner that it will reach the consumer in perfect condition, and thereby command the highest prices.
[facsimile photo]
William McGrath
Fire Chief D. L. & W. R. R. Formerly Member of Engine No. 3 H. V. F. D.
Ex-Capt. Paid Dept. 1891-1904
Hoboken, N. J.
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[advertisements]
Bernard McGovern
Practical Plumber and Gas Fitter
211 14th Street
Hoboken, N. J.
Residence: 1309 Garden Street
---
Tel. Call 120 Hoboken. Established 1878.
John F. O’Hara
Funeral Director
309 Washington St., Hoboken, N. J.
Exempt Member
Of Hoboken Engine Co. No 1.
---
Geo. H. Steljes John Steljes
Telephone Connection
Steljes & Steljes
Real Estate and Insurance
1122 Washington Street
Hoboken, N. J.
Estates Managed. Commissioner of Deeds. Notary Public.
--- Telephone Call 560.
Louis Behrmann
Elysian House
No. 40 Fourteenth St., Hoboken, N. J.
Near the Ferry.
---
Telephone Connection.
Rock Cellar Park and Café
Andes & Weiss, Props.
Most Beautiful Park in North Hudson
For Picnics, Outings, etc.
5211-5233 Hudson Boulevard
Opp. 26th St., Guttenberg North Bergen, N. J.
Books Open for Engagements
Large Dancing Pavilion, Shady Park, Bowling Alleys, Shooting Range
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Daniel Cohn
Loan Broker
229 Washington St., Hoboken, N. J.
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1886. Jan. 20. James Gallagher, Harry Snyder, Louis Schulz, William J. Winjes and Thies Biel elected members.
April 21. Annual meeting; A. W. Peer elected president; H. Winkle, vice-president; R. Russ, secretary; and P. Hayden, treasurer. President announced the death of Stephan Bayles, October 22, 1885. Simon Donohue elected a member. July 21. Thomas Caughlin, William Stanton, Otto Wolf, Washington Staab, Ernest Brunck, Joseph Ryan and Lawrence Fagan elected members.
Oct. 20. James Kennedy, D. H. Mahnken, Frank Cassidy and Charles Sipple elected members.
Oct. 27 President announced the death of John Eberhardt, on August 24 and Charles Schmidt, on August 30. Frank Schatler elected member.
Oct. 28. Association took part in the parade in honor of the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, in New York City, with their hand engine, presented to them by J. Louis Meyer, 68 members on the rope.
1887. Jan. 19. William Letts, Jr., Valentine Rutterer. Jacob Buchman, Emil Russ. C. M. Stinis, John H. Taylor, Alfred B. Hartell, and George M. Mechler elected members.
April 21. Annual meeting: officers of previous year reelected. Francis S. Haughey, David F. Hearn, William Meiche and Fredrick Bartels elected members.
July 20. Henry Wagner, Louis Weilie, William McColloch, John J. Davitt, William Maloney and Herman Kammerer elected members.
Aug. 27. Excursion and re-union of the Association tendered to the families and friends. Steamboat and barges donated by Captain Gilleyson.
[advertisement]
Bernhardt’s
122-124 Hudson Street Hoboken, N. J.
Regular and Table d’Hote Dinners
Served daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
A la Carte Day and Night
September the first, I will occupy the entire building at 200 Washington Street as Meeting Rooms, Banquet Hall, First-Class Café and Bowling Alleys.
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[page 30]
[advertisement]
[facsimile of horse drawn wagon]
Compliments of
The Keystone Dairy Co. Purveyors of
Strictly Pure Pasteurized Milk, Cream and Condensed Milk
Delivered anywhere in Hudson County.
All of our Milk is produced under the jurisdiction of the New York Dept. of Health, which insures you that it is produced under the most stringent rules of sanitation.
Produced, bottled and delivered clean.
Call at our Bottling Plant and see how we bottle our Milk. Visitors are always welcome.
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Telephone 799
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Oct. 1. Association paraded in New York City in honor of the return of the Veteran Firemen’s Association of the City of New York from their excursion to San Francisco, Cal.
Oct. 19. James D. Sinclair, Charles Gross, Leonard Bradbury and Frederick Jurgens elected members. President announced the death of Louis Schuetz, October 7; John Eagan, July 16; Christopher Clark, March 5; Charles N. Gerken, July1.
1888. Jan. 18. Michael Giilloon, John T. Hourigan, John F. O’Hara and Charles B. Palmer elected members. President announced the death of William Maloney on January 5.
April 18. Annual meeting; A. W. Peer elected president; John Green, vice-president; R. Russ, secretary; and P. Hayden, treasurer. James R. Hill; Timothy J. Conlin, Joseph Cereghino and Patrick Maloney elected members.
Oct. 17. Thomas Sloyan, Richard Carr, Ernest Schmidt, Andrew Blackburn and Joseph Madden elected members. President announced the death of J. Louis Meyer on August 11, and James Tanner on September 2.
1889. Jan. 16. Henry Walsh and Frederick Zimmermann elected members.
April 17. Annual meeting; A. W. Peer elected president; R. E. Layburn, vice-president; R. Russ, Secretary; P. Hayden, Treasurer, Owen Mulvaney, Jacob E. W. Kuper and Oscar R. Palmer elected members. President announced the death of Henry A. Topser on April 5.
June 29. The president announced the death of Frederick Schoenfeld. July 17. William Lee, George Weidinger, Leo Kemerer, John Nelson and Herman Futterer elected members.
1890. Jan. 15. John J. Carr, John Moore and John Thorpey elected members. President announced the death of James Kenney on December 17, 1889.
[advertisement]
Phone 600 Hoboken
A. J. Dittmar
Druggist 1100 Washington St., Hoboken, N. J.
[advertisement]
Established 1867.
James B. Fitzpatrick
Wholesale and Retail Oyster Dealer
The Oldest Continuous Oyster House in Hudson County
Oysters and Clams a Specialty
405 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, N.J.
Oysters furnished to Families or Parties by the Quart, Hundred or Thousand at Shortest Notice.
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[page 32]
[facsimile of Fireman holding a Child]
[names and titles of firemen]
Lawrence C. Schach
formerly Stevens Hose Co. No. 3
James Harksen
Treasurer Board of Trustees, W & O Fund 1877-1910
Oscar Hauger
Formerly of Hoboken Engine Number 1. Louis S. Weinthal
President of Exempt Association Formerly of 3 Engine
Patrick Landrigan
Formerly Treasurer of 2 Truck, Hoboken
August Schell
Formerly of One Engine
John Flattery
Formerly Liberty Hose No. 2
George F. Seymour
Formerly Liberty Hose, No. 2
James J. Farrell
Formerly Foreman Elysian Engine Co. No. 4 Hoboken
Joseph S. Weinthal
Formerly Hoboken Engine No. 1
John Wagner
Ex-pres, Sec. of the Association, Sec. of the W.O. Fund, Sec. Hudson Co. Exempt Assoc.
Frank Wagner
Formerly member of Empire H. & L. Co., Mgr E. & Stevens Hose Co. No. 3
Thomas Bearchall
Formerly Foreman of Empire H. & L. Co. No. 3, Hoboken, N.J.
John J. O’Brien
Formerly Foreman 4 Engine
George T. Johnson
Ex- Chief of West Hoboken
J. E. W. Kuper
Ex-Asst. Engineer, M. W.R.D
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April 16. Annual meeting; the officers of the previous year were re-elected, and James H. O’Brien elected a member. President announced the death of Valentine Futterer on March 17, and Edward Kiley on April 7.
July 16. Thomas Bennett and Herman Brockman elected members.
Oct. 15. The committee on building, consisting of Messrs. Schinzel, Hayden, Archer, B.N. Crane, Kuper and R. Russ reported that they had met with the committee on fire and water of the Council on July 21, and the following agreement was made: That they had secured the upper and parlor floor at present occupied by Washington Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1, the same to be a permanent meeting room for this Association, after being vacated by the Company. George Skidmore and John Whalen elected members. President announced the death of George W. Dede on October 11.
1891. January 21. Building committee reported that they had bought the furniture and all properties contained in the room of Washington Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 for $300.00. George F. Johnson, Ivans D. Applegate, John Cassidy, Eugene Pahud, Thomas Bearchall, Edward G. Sheehy, Bernard Hagan, Daniel Fenton And Thomas Gaynor were elected members.
The hose carriage doing duty with Elysian Engine Co. No. 4, formerly with Hoboken Engine Co. No. 1, and having done duty in the City of New York, known as Empire Hose Co. No. 40 (Red Bird) rescued from the Crystal Palace Fire on October 5, 1858, where it had been on exhibition and received second prize, was presented to the Association by the honorable Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Hoboken. President announced the death of Thomas Sloyan on January 17.
Feb. 7. Messrs. Kuper, Hayden and Harksen were appointed
[advertisement]
[picture facsimile of A. Frank]
A. Frank
Hoboken City Electrician
Electrical Engineer and Contractor
99 Washington St.
Telephone 262-R Hoboken, N.J.
[advertisement]
Firemen’s Headquarters, June 18, 1910.
Hendrick Hudson Hotel
A. W. Lucas, Prop.
European Plan
413-415-417 Lewis St., Town of Union, N.J. Rooms Single or En Suite,
Weddings and Private Parties Catered to.
Automobile Accommodations Telephone 72 Union
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[page 34]
[advertisement]
Compliments of
Lohmann’s Café
1321 Washington Street
Corner 14th Street
Hoboken, N.J.
[advertisement]
“FAAS” Union Shop 2 Labels
The Printer
205 Washington Street Hoboken, N.J.
Formerly a Member of Hoboken Engine Company, No. 1.
[advertisement]
The Imperial Engraving Co.
(Incorporated)
Designing, Illustrating, Retouching
Half-Tone, Line and Color Plates
Branch: 411 Lewis Street, Union Hill, N.J.
Tel. 3074 3075 Stuyvesant
32 Union Square, New York.
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[page 35]
(continued from page 33) a committee to procure a silver trowel for the purpose of laying the corner stone of the Firemen’s Monument in Church Square Park on February 23. Badge No. 222, as well as names of the members engrossed on parchment were ordered placed in box under corner stone.
Feb. 23. The Association, at 2:30 P. M., headed by a band, proceeded to the headquarters of the Monument Committee on Hudson Street, and escorted by them, proceeded to Church Square, where the oldest living member present, William Hersee, laid the corner stone.
[facsimile of Rommelt & Leicht’s Hudson City Brewery in 1855. Foot of First Street, Hoboken.
[advertisement]
Telephone 620 – J Hoboken.
Compliments of John L. Himes
Café and Restaurant
1001 Washington St.
Hoboken, N.J. Near Gayety Theatre.
====
[page 36]
[advertisement]
Compliments of Lawrence martin
Formerly with 2 Hose
Hoboken, N.J.
[advertisement]
Louis J. Bechtold, Pres. Henry W. Hauser, Treas.
Harry L. McLaughlin, Sec.
Thomas Hanlon Co. Manufacturers of Coach, Carriage and Automobile Lamps
Repairing promptly attended to.
Electro Plating in all its branches
433-435 W. 42nd St.
Tel. 3132 Bryant. New York
[advertisement]
Riemann V. Fiencken
Café
422 Washington St.
Cor. Fifth Street, Hoboken, N.J.
Tel. Connection
[advertisement]
Telephone 39 Hoboken.
August Schell
Funeral Director
And Professional Embalmer
165 Third Street Near Garden St., Hoboken, N.J.
[advertisement]
Tel. Call 648 L.
Dick Ruroede
Wines, Liquors, Cigars
Sample, Billiard and Meeting Room
239 Bloomfield St.
Cor. Third Street. Hoboken, N.J.
Headquarters:
United Waiters’ Local No. 10, of Hudson Co.
K.U.V. “Unter Uns.”
[advertisement]
Tel. Connection. B. Siegel
Clothier and Furnisher
232 Washington St.,
Hoboken, N.J.
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[page 37]
(continued from page 35)
April 15. Annual meeting; the officers of the previous year were re-elected, and Phillip O’Reilly, John J. Cavanaugh and Joseph Brauback were elected members.
May 30. The Association paraded in honor of the unveiling of the Firemen’s Monument.
June 17. President announced the death of John Lanigan, on June 3.
July 15. Thomas Kennedy, John Raboldt and Joseph McArdel elected members.
Aug. 19. Edward R. Stanton, Charles A. Medel, Henry F. Meyer, Emil Tietje, Henry E. Quidore, Capticolo Aldoretta, John J. Gilday, Thomas Walsh, John W. Moots. William Wilcox, Michael B. McIntyre, Thomas Goode, Sr., George Fuessel, Charles A. Mohn, Henry Wagner and Jacob Bollinger were elected members. President announced the death of John W. Eaves on July 29, and Vice-President Robert E. Layburn, July 22.
Sept. 16. James D. Sinclair elected vice-president; John J. O’Brien, A. P. Wallers, Patrick Lang, William Warnecke, and George Wehmann elected members.
Oct. 21. William Ackermann, William Linz, George Awee, Louis S. Weinthal, Joseph Gonzales, Charles Walrath and Edward Quirapel elected members.
Nov. 18. William Harras, Frederick Frudden, Joseph Meeks, James J. Farrell, Frederick Schaaf and Charles F. Strebel elected members.
Dec. 16. John Wagner, John J. Malley, Edward O’Brien, Charles Pahl and Henry Pahl elected members.
1892. Jan. 20. John Glander and Isaac Mansfield elected members. President announced the death of Joseph Madden on December 7, 1891. Charles Gross on December 21, 1891.
[advertisement]
John Gloeckler
Café
89 Hudson Street Corner Newark Street
Hoboken, N.J.
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[page 38]
[advertisement]
[facsimile of union logo]
Union Hill Hook and Ladder Co. No 1. Organized Jan 30th, 1860.
Union Hill, N. J.
Anniversary Committee
Fred. Doerner, Chairman
Louis Seeck, Secretary
Louis Schmitt, Treasurer
John Seeck
Herman Seeck
Julius Simon
Ernest Kreamer
Louis Haas
Fred. W. Weiss
Charles Kappes, Ex-Officio.
Officers
Charles Kappes, President
Fred. Wm. Mann, Vice-President
Louis Schmitt, Treasurer
Louis Seeck, Rec. Secretary
Max Ulbricht, Fin. Secretary
John Miller, Sergeant-at-Arms
Charles Lerch, Foreman Ernest Kreamer, Ass’t Foreman
Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration
Parade and Picnic
Of the
Union Hill Hook & Ladder Company, No. 1
Will be held at the
Union Hill Schutzen Park, Saturday, June 18, 1910.
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[page 39]
[continued from page 37]
April 20. A. W. Peer elected president; James D. Sinclair, vice-president; R. Russ, secretary; P. Hayden, treasurer, and the following members elected trustees to the Hoboken Volunteer Firemen’s Widows and Orphans Fund, in accordance with an act passed by the Legislature, approved March 7, 1892:
Henry Borck, representing Hoboken Engine Co. No. 1
George Mechler, representing Washington H. & L. Co. No 1
George P. Schinzel, representing Oceana Hose Co. No. 1
Peter McGavisk, representing Excelsior Engine Co. No. 2
John Flattery, representing Liberty Hose Co. No. 2
Joseph Kemp, representing Empire H. & L. Co. No. 2
James Harksen, representing Meadow Engine Co. No. 3
John Wagner, representing Stevens Hose Co. No. 3
John J. O’Brien, representing Elysian Engine Co. No. 4
Patrick Hayden, representing Exempt Association
Adam W. Peer, president of Exempt Association, ex-afficio
Thomas Byrne and Charles Spohr were elected members, and it was resolved to meet on the third Wednesday of every month, instead of quarterly, as heretofore.
May 18. Theodore Russ resigned as secretary, and Henry Borck elected. E. Brinckerhoff, George Pahl, John Callaghan, James E. Dollard, John J. Murphy, John J. Cuddy and James E. Prentice elected members. July 20. George J. Stoors, James Madden, Charles Jann and Joseph DeMartine elected members. The president announced the death of Joseph Molts on July 16.
Aug. 17. William J. McGland and Phillip Hagedorn elected members. President announced the death of Joseph Lips on July 29, and Herman Kamerer on August 15.
Oct. 12. Association paraded in New York City in honor of the unveiling of the Columbus Monument, as the Guests of the
[continued on page 41]
[facsimile picture of Emil Berckmann and announcement]
Compliments of Emil Berckmann
200 Bloomfield St., Hoboken.
Announcement of the Sixth National Schutzenfest to be held at Union Hill Schutzen Park from May 29 until June 6, 1910
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[page 40]
[facsimile Old Bolivar Ale House]
[list of Supporters]
Cornelius J. Donovan Hoboken, N. J.
Earnest Behr Ex Chief Union Hill, N. J.
M. Berman Hoboken, N. J.
John Seeck Ex-Foreman Union Hill H & L Co. No. 1
George J. Williams Hoboken, N. J.
Ferd. Wohlfahrt Hudson Theatre Inn Union Hill, N. J.
Louis F. Piser Warden Hudson County’s Institution
Elysian General Expressing and Moving Van August Zatta 61 Fourteenth Street Hoboken, N.J.
Henry Icke Ex-Chief Union Hill, N. J.
Ernest Lehmann Café 147 New York Avenue Union Hill, N. J.
Fred Wahlers Manufacturer of Birch Beer Tel. Call 145-L Union
George F. Seymour, Jr. Counsellor at Law 113 Washington St. Hoboken, N. J. Lahtniew Forp Hoboken, N. J.
Chas. F. Lehue The American Lithographic Co. 19th St. and 4th Ave., N. Y.
Compliments of Go-as-you-please Bowling Club. Union Hill, N. J.
L. S. Fugazzi Real Estate and Insurance Broker 106 Willow Ave, Hoboken, N. J. Telephone Connection
C. J. Tahen Café 1314 Washington St. and 1436 Park Ave. (The Bolivar House stood about 100 ft. East of this Park Ave Café.
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[continued from page 39]
New York Volunteer Firemen’s Association, upon which occasion Edward R. Stanton, Mayor of the City of Hoboken, presented the Association with the handsome banner now in its possession.
Oct. 19. Julius Jurgensen, Herman Schultz, John H. Bock and William H. McMahon elected members.
1893. Feb. 15. Patrick Connick elected a member.
April 19. Annual meeting; A. W. Peer elected president; Washington Staab, vice-president; R. Russ, Secretary; P. Hayden, treasurer; George M. Mechler, recorder and librarian; M. Peer, janitor; H. Borck, T. Bearchall, J. Harksen, J. Wagner and P. Hayden, trustees to Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund. President announced the death of Joseph McArdel on April 9.
June 21. William T. Taylor elected a member. President announced the death of James Stephenson on May 30, and Sebastian Goehner on June 20.
Aug. 16. Frederick W. Bender elected a member.
1894. Feb. 21. President announced the death of James Fenton on January 22.
March 21. President announced the death of Robert Russ on March 9.
April 18. Annual meeting; A. W. Peer elected president; W. Staab, vice-president; George M. Mechler, secretary, recorder and librarian; P. Hayden, treasurer; H. Brown, janitor; Peter McGavisk, G. P. Schinzel, J. Flattery, J. J. O’Brien and F. Schaaf, trustees to W. & O. Fund. Thomas Mulvey elected a member.
July 18. President announced the death of Thomas Doorley on July 17, and George Fuessel on April 23.
Oct. 17. Owen Duff elected a member.
Dec. 19. President announced the death of John Logan on November 3.
[facsimile picture of Charles F. Lehne]. Ex-Chief of the West Hoboken Fire Department.
[advertisement] Lehne Designer 411 Lewis St. Union Hill, N. J.
Designing, Line-Work and Retouching of Half-Tones
Engrossing of Resolutions, Diplomas, etc. a Specialty
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[advertisements/supporters]
Telephone Call, 696 Hoboken.
“The Bloomfield”
Conrad Becker, Prop.
Cor. Seventh and Bloomfield Streets
Hoboken, N. J.
----
Telephone 404-J. Established 1880
Otto Burghhardt
Interior Decorator
Specialty in Applique Relief
922 Washington Street
Estimates Given Hoboken, N. J.
----
Compliments of
Fred. Johnk
Formerly of Hoboken
Now Opposite Town Hall
Union Hill, N. J.
----
Telephone 856
Henry Dohrmann Café and Restaurant
Steam Heated Furnished Rooms
Hotel for Gentlemen Only
Cor. Fourteenth St. and Willow Ave.
Hoboken, N. J.
----
Compliments of
John J. Daley
Guttenberg, N. J.
----
Jos. F. Sullivan
Madison Café
514 Ferry St.
Cor. Madison Street Hoboken, N. J.
----
Telephone 177-R Hoboken
Francis J. Ross
Hardware
1014 Washington Street
Hoboken, N. J.
----
Telephone 670 Hoboken
F. & L. Nuzzo
Dealers in all kinds of Meats and Groceries
Also a full line of Country Produce in Season
536 Bloomfield Street and 151 Sixth Street
Hoboken, N. J.
Teas, Coffees and Spices Butter, Cheese, Eggs.
---- Wm Patterson & Son
Hoboken and Jersey City Express
Furniture and Pianos removed with care.
Separte Rooms for Storage.
916 Washington Street
Tel 173 Hoboken, N. J.
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[page 43]
1895. Feb. 20. President announced the death of Erastus Hedges on February 18.
April 17. Annual meeting; A. W. Peer elected president; H. F. Meyer, vice-president; G. M. Mechler, secretary; P. Hayden, treasurer; W. Warnecke, recorder and librarian; H. Brown, janitor, and J. Glander, W. Lee, J. Harksen, J. Wagner and P. Hayden trustees to W. & O. Fund.
Sept. 17. The president announced the death of Adolph Keiser on September 1.
Oct. 16. The president announced the death of William Decker on October 12, and Charles German on September 26.
Dec. 18. President announced the death of William P. McCulloch on October 30, and John C. Crevier on November 20.
1896. April 15. Annual meeting; James D. Sinclair elected president; H. F. Meyer, vice-president; G. M. Mechler, secretary; P. Hayden, treasurer; W. Warnecke, recorder and librarian; G. P. Schinzel, J. Flattery, F Schaff, James Smith, and J. J. O’Brien, trustees to W. & O. Fund.
[facsimile Shad Fishermen’s Huts, Elysian Fields]
[advertisements/supporters]
Phone 90-L Union Musical Entertainment
First-Class Restaurant and Café
Nungesser’s Hotel
Henry Nungesser, Jr., Prop.
Hudson Boulevard and Bergenline Avenue
North Bergen, N. J.
First- Class Accommodations for funeral Parties, etc. ----
Compliments of A Friend
----
Chas. Weber
518 Washington St., Hoboken, N. J.
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Window Shades
Framing of Pictures a Specialty Glazing Done to Order
Telephone 117-L
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[page 44]
[advertisements]
Telephone 648-J Hoboken.
Wm. Heinrich
Imported and Domestic
Beers, Wines, Liquors, Cigars
231 Washington St., Hoboken, N. J.
----
[facsimile of riding horses]
A Large Assortment of Saddle and Harness Horses
Always on hand and for sale at reasonable prices.
Every Horse Guaranteed to be Exactly as Represented
Hexamer Riding Academy and Horse Exchange
215-223 Hudson St., Hoboken, N. J.
Established 1850. Circulars Mailed on Application
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[page 45]
Oct. 21. President announced the death of Andrew Cullen and James Kennedy, on October 12.
1897. April 21. Annual meeting; J. D. Sinclair elected president; Charles Stumpf, vice-president; G. M. Mechler, secretary; P. Hayden, treasurer; W. Warnecke, recorder and librarian; H. Brown, janitor; J. Glander, J. Harksen, James Lanigan, J. Wagner and P. Hayden, trustees to W. & O. Fund. George Koehler elected a member. President announced the death of John J. Smisson on March 29.
May 18. George Simpson elected a member.
Aug. 18. President announced the death of Ex-President Adam W. Peer on August 5.
1898. April 20. Annual meeting; J. D. Sinclair elected president; J. Glander, vice-president; G. L. Mechler, secretary; P. Hayden, treasurer; W/ Warnecke, recorder and librarian; G. P. Schinzel, J. Flattery, G. M. Mechler, J. J. O’Brien and W. T. Taylor, trustees to W. & O. Fund. The president announced the death of Charles Krueger on March 20, and George Koehler on March 30.
April 25. President announced the death of William T. Taylor on April 24.
June 15. Patrick H. Duffy elected a member. President announced the death of Charles H. Medel on June 15.
July 20. President announced the death of William Wehr on July 7.
Oct. 19. Peter J. Murray elected a member.
Nov. 16. Daniel J. O’Brien elected a member.
1899. Jan. 18. George Georgot elected a member.
April 19. Annual meeting; J. D. Sinclair elected president; C. Stumpf, vice-president; P. hayden, treasurtr; W. Warnecke, financial secretary; P. J. Murray, recording secretary; J. J. Far-
[continued on page 47]
[advertisements]
Telephone 823 W. Union.
Israel Loevsky
Custom Tailor
103 Bergenline Avenue Union Hill, N. J.
Cleaning, Dyeing, Pressing and Repairing.
----
Tel. 826-R Hoboken “The Puck”
Imported Wines, Liquors, Beers and Cigars
Cor. First and Garden Sts., Hoboken, N.J.
Aug. Puck, Prop.
----
Andrew Lamprecht
(Bruning’s Café)
Wines, Liquors, and Cigars
Pool and Billiard Parlor
Cor. Fourth and Washington Streets
Hoboken, N. J.
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[page 46]
[advertisements/supporters]
Telephone 603
Carlton House Café
Herman Mutschler, Prop.
1036 Washington Street
Hoboken, N. J.
----
Colored Portraiture a Specialty
The Twentieth Century Novelty
The Art Photo Studio
Crayons
Enlargements of Every Description
200 Bergenline Avenue
Union Hill, N. J. Permanency Guaranteed.
Portraits, Groups, Babies’ Pictures, Houses, etc.
----
Telephone 1213 Hoboken
Hudson Tunnel
… Cafe …
Voll & Kuhn, Proprietors
82 River Street
Hoboken, N.J.
Depot:
Chr. Feigenspan Breweries
Newark, N. J.
Direct Receivers of Rockland, Maine, Baby Lobsters
Guaranteed to be boiled alive, 25 cents each.
----
S. Beer
Dealer in and Importer of
Wines, Brandies, Gins
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Rell, H. Borck and G. P. Schinzel, trustees of the Association; W. Warnecke, J. Harksen, J. Wagner, M. B. McIntyre and P. Hayden, trustees to the Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund.
May 17. President announced the death of Charles Ford on April 30.
July 19. John L. Lee elected a member. The president announced the death of Louis Schuetz.
Sept. 20. Henry Ciola elected a member.
Oct. 18. President announced the death of Robert McCurdy on October 2.
1900. April 18. Annual meeting; Frank Herwig elected president; Charles Stumpf, vice-president; John J. O’Brien, treasurer; William Warnecke, financial secretary; P. J. Murray, recording secretary; J. J. Farrell, trustee; G. M. Bechler, G. P. Schinzel, J. Flattery, M. F. Gilloon and J. J. O’Brien, trustees to the W. & O. Fund. Michael McIntyre, Charles W. Schalck and August Johnson elected members. President announced the death of Charles H. King on March 23.
May 23. John C. Antes elected a member.
Aug. 15. Walter Burke and Abraham V. H. cook elected members. President announced the death of William H. Havens on July 26.
Nov. 21. Henry Faber elected a member.
1901. March 20. Lawrence Martin elected a member.
April 17. Annual meeting; 72 members present. Treasurer reported total assets of the Association, $354.53. John Wagner elected president; John Glander, vice-president; J. J. O’Brien, treasurer; P. J. Murray, recording secretary; W. Warnecke, financial secretary; Henry Borck, trustee; J. Hardsen, M. B. McIntyre, W. Warnecke, W. Burke and P. Hayden, trustees to W. & O. Fund. President announced the death of Frederick W. Raetz on Jan. 3, and Ernest Schmidt on April 8.
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May 2. Association paraded in honor of the first steamer of the North German Lloyd being docked since the destruction of the water front by fire.
May 22. Frank Wagner and Charles Taylor elected members.
July 17. Patrick Driscoll elected a member. Aug. 21. Henry J. Moller elected a member.
Sept. 18. Memorial meeting held out of respect to the memory of William McKinley, late President of the United States.
Nov. 20. Communication from President Theodore Roosevelt received, regretting his inability to attend the annual ball of the Association on Thanksgiving night.
Dec. 18. President appointed John R. McCulloch, James Smith and Richard Carr, all members of the G. A. R., on the Memorial Committee of this city.
1902. Feb. 19. James Layburn elected a member.
April 16. Annual meeting; 69 members present. Treasurer reported total assets of the Association $513.27. Total membership, 108. The officers of the previous year were re-elected. G. P. Schinzel, Association trustee; and J. Flattery, W. N. Parslow, J. J. O’Brien, G. M. Mechler and G. P. Schinzel, trustees to W. & O. Fund.
May 4. Death of Henry Brown.
May 28. Louis Peiser elected a member.
July 16. James J. Scott elected a member.
Aug. 20. Frederick Kaufmann elected a member.
Sept. 17. Death of George P. Schinzel.
1903. Jan. 21. Michael Barrett elected a member.
Feb. 23. Death of Ex-President James D. Sinclair.
April 15. Annual meeting; 61 members present. Treasurer reported total assets of Association, $579.69.
105 members on the roll. The officers of the previous year were re-elected, and
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F. Schaaf elected Association trustee, and W. Burke, J. Harksen, P. Hayden, M. B. McIntyre and H. Borck, trustees to W. O. Fund.
April 29. Death of Richard Carr.
Oct. 28. Death of John C. Antes.
Dec. 16. Death of John L. Lee.
1904. Jan. 20. Thomas McLaughlin elected a member.
Feb. 17. Emil G. Wagener elected a member.
March 16. George M. Ancel, George Busher and William E. Cahill elected members.
April 20. Annual meeting; 72 members present. Treasurer reported the total assets of the Association at $720.71. Total membership 117. The officers of the previous year were re-elected, and Henry Borck elected as Association trustee, and F. Schaaf, Charles Taylor, J. J. O’Brien, E. G. Wagener, J. Flattery, trustees to W. & O. Fund. Dennis D. Sullivan, James B. Fitzpatrick, John O’Donnell, Henry Erion and Henry Vollmer elected members.
Nov. 25. Thanksgiving Day. The Association paraded in the city in honor of receiving their hose carriage, which had been thoroughly renovated by order of the honorable Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Hoboken. After the parade, a grand dinner was partaken of.
1905. March 28. The Association paraded in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Hoboken.
April 19. Annual meeting; 69 members present. Treasurer reported total assets of the Association, $836.21. Total membership, 112. The following officers were elected: Charles Taylor, president; M. B. McIntyre, vice-president; F. Schaaf, treasurer; J. J. Farrell, financial secretary; P. J. Murray, recording secretary; W. Warnecke, Association trustee; H. Borck, P. Hayden, J. Harksen, J. Wagner and M. B. McIntyre, trustees to W. & O. Fund.
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June 17. Death of Edward Hackman.
July 17. Death of William N. Parslow.
Aug. 5. Death of Michael Breslin.
Aug. 7. Death of Thomas Goode.
Sept. 4. The Association visited the Fireman’s Home in Boonton, N. J., in a body.
Nov. 15. Death of Charles W. Kaufmann
1906. April 14. Death of Patrick Farrell.
April 18. Annual meeting; 73 members present. Total membership, 121. Treasurer reported total assets of the Association to be $897.77. The officers of the previous year were re-elected, and J. Flattery elected Association trustee, and F. Schaaf, E. G. Wagener, W. Warnecke, J. Flattery and J. J. O’Brien, trustees to W. & O. Fund.
July 11. Death of John R. McCulloch.
Nov. 14. Death of John O’Donnell.
Dec. 22. Death of James J. Barrett.
1907. April 17. Annual meeting; 68 members present. Total membership, 114. Treasurer reported total assets of the Association to be $1,001.43. Charles Taylor elected president; J. Glander, vice-president; F. Schaaf, treasurer; J. J. Farrell, financial secretary; P. J. Murray, recording secretary; H. Borck, Associaton trustee; P. Hayden, J. Wagner, J. J. O’Brien, J. Harksen, M. B. McIntyre and H. Borck, trustees to W. & O. Fund.
Feb. 28. Death of John. H. Taylor
May 31. Death of Washington Staab.
June 21. Death of Henry Ciola.
July 29. Death of Jacob Buchanan.
Aug. 20. Death of John J. Cuddy.
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1908. Annual meeting; 61 members present. Total membership 106. Treasurer reported total assets, $992.03. Charles Taylor elected president; M. B. McIntyre, vice president; F. Schaaf, treasurer; J. J. Farrell, financial secretary; John Wagner, recording secretary; W. Warnecke, Association trustee; Wm. Warnecke, J. Flattery, E. G. Wagener and Charles Stumpf, trustees to W. & O. Fund.
May 23. Death of Joseph Russell.
June 15. The uniformed company of the Association was organized with 26 members and sanctioned by a vote of the Association. The uniform adopted consisted of dark blue coat, dark blue pants, red shirt, black belt and neckerchief, fatigue cap, and fire hat. The first officers of the Company elected were: Charles Taylor, foreman; M. B. McIntyre, assistant foreman; John Wanger, secretary; William Warnecke, treasurer.
Oct. 6. Death of J. William Keiser.
Nov. 17. Death of Vice-President M. B. McIntyre Dec. 27. Death of James Lanigan.
Dec. 29. Death of Charles Mahde.
1909. March 6. Death of Frederick Bartels.
April 21. Annual meeting; 61 members present. 99 members on the roll. Treasurer reported total assets of the Association $750.81. Louis S. Weinthal elected president; H. F. Meyer, vice-president; J. Wagner, recording secretary; J. J. Farrell, financial secretary; F. Schaaf, treasurer; W. Warnecke, T. J. conlin, C. Taylor, J. Glander and F. Wagner, trustees of the Association for one year, in compliance with the new charter and by-laws adopted; P. Hayden, W. Warnecke, T. J. Conlin, J. Wagner, J. Harksen and C. Taylor, trustees to W. & O. Fund.
May 18. The Association and Uniformed Company with their hose carriage attended the New Jersey State Exempt Fire-
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Men’s convention held in Phillipsburg on May 19. The Company, accompanied by the honorable Mayor George Steil and city officials, and numerous guests, arrived in Phillipsburg on May 18, at 6 P. M., and were received by Mayor Joseph Firth and the volunteer fire companies of Phillipsburg, and escorted by them, crossed the Delaware River to Easton, Pa., where they were received by the honorable Mayor, Henry McKeen, and the Board of Councilmen of Easton, who extended to them the freedom of the city. In Easton the Association were the guests of the Humane Fire Association No. 1. The Association returned to Hoboken on May 20, after one of the most successful and enjoyable and long-to-be- remembered outings ever undertaken by it.
May 26. Death of Patrick Lang.
Aug. 18. William McGrath elected a member.
Sept. 14. Death of Thomas Gaynor.
Oct. 9. Death of James E. Dollard.
Oct. 7. The association paraded in honor of the Hudson-Fulton-Stevens celebration; 46 members in uniform, and numerous guests.
Nov. 17. Joseph S. Weinthal, L.C. Schach, Patrick Kennedy, Julius Kruse, William Faas and Charles Hoffman elected members. President appointed by resolution of the Association, George F. Seymour, Wm. Lee, Wm. Warnecke, J. J. Farrell and J. Wagner a committee to devise ways and means to properly observe the fiftieth anniversary of the Association on April 9, 1910. Dec. 15. Anniversary committee reported that they had appointed Ex-Chief Engineer Charles F Lehne to issue a souvenir and history of the Association, with the assistance of Recording Secretary John Wagner of the Association.
1910. Jan. 19. Committee reported progress on all matters appertaining to the Anniversary. William H. Mutschler, Robert
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Kiesewetter, Edward F. Kivlon, John Solferino and James. E. Kenna elected members.
Feb. 16. Anniversary Committee reported that all arrangements toward celebrating the Anniversary were progressing favorably. At this meeting the Association was presented with a handsome silver trumpet by the Clarendon Hose and Hook and Ladder Company of Secaucus.
March 2. Adjourned regular meeting. August Schell elected a member. Anniversary Committee reported all arrangements completed, and that from present appearances the same would be a grand success.
March 13. Death of William H. Mutschler.
March 16. Regular meeting; Anniversary Committee reported that, as per resolution adopted at the last regular meeting, they had invited as guests to attend the banquet the honorable Mayor, George Gonzales, and all the city officials of Hoboken, and the most prominent citizens of our city and county. Treasurer Schaaf reported that the total assets of the Association were $918.21. Financial Secretary Farrell reported total number of members in good standing, 112, with two propositions for membership pending. During the year we had lost by death four members, one resigned, and one was suspended.
In compiling the roll of members from April 9, 1860, to March 16, 1910, I find that the Association has had on its roll 456 members, of which 97 have died, 7 resigned, and 240 were suspended, leaving 112 at the close of the fiftieth year of the Association. In conclusion, your secretary herewith desires to express his sincere thanks to Financial Secretary J. J. Farrell and the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Association, Wm. Warnecke, for the assistance given him in the compiling of this history of our
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Association. If there should be any errors or omissions therein, I would kindly request that the same be overlooked, as the proceedings of the Association in years gone by were not kept by those who have preceded your humble servant with the anticipation that they would be compiled after fifty years of existence. There is only one regret, namely, that not one of those who were the organizers of our Association are on earth to-day to see how well their successors have endeavored to uphold the rights and privileges of the Exempt Firemen of the Hoboken Volunteer Fire Department.
Respectfully submitted,
John Wagner, Recording Secretary
Addenda
1910. March 19. The Association was presented with a New York City Firemen’s Certificate, bearing date of April 29, 1845, issued by Empire Engine Company, No. 42, signed by H. I. Mabbet, foreman, and P. Victor Mondon, secretary. This certificate was granted to Madam Antoinette Otto, making her a member of the said Company, for volunteering her services at a concert for the Firemen’s Benevolent Fund of the City of New York, which was given in the Bowery Theatre, destroyed by fire, April 25, 1845. It is recorded that Jenne Lind and Madam Otto were the only two women who had ever been honored by being enrolled as firemen in the City of New York. Madam Otto’s brother was a member of this Association. This certificate was presented by William B. Crane.
March 22. Death of Thomas Byrne.
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Membership Roll
April 9, 1910.
Name E. H. H&L Remarks
John Flattery……………………… .. 2 .. Trustee W. & O. Fund
James Smith………………………. 2 .. ..
Frederick Koch…………………… 1 .. ..
William Miller……………………. 1 .. ..
Michael Peer……………………… 1 2 1
William Flohr……………………… 3 .. ..
Henry Borck……………………….. 1 .. .. Ex-Secretary, Association
James Hanlon……………………… .. .. 2
Joseph Kemp………………………...... 2 Ex-Chief Engineer
Charles Stumpf…Ex-Vice-Pres. .. .. 1 Trustee W. & O. Fund
William A. Gahagan……………… .. .. 1
Theodore W. Goerig…………….. .. 1 .. Ex-Ass’t Chief Engineer
Patrick Hayden…..Ex-Treasurer .. .. 2 President W. & O. Fund
Patrick Ryan………………………….. .. 2 ..
Theodore King………………………. 1 .. ..
John Cannon…………………………. 3 .. .. James Harksen………………………. 3 .. .. Treasurer W. & O. Fund
Lawrence Fagan……………………. 2 .. .. Ex-Mayor
Alfred B. Hartell…………………….. 1 .. .. Ex-Alderman
George M. Mechler………………...... 1 Ex-Secretary Association
Emil Russ………………………………...... 1
John T. Hourigan……………………. 2 .. .. Ex-Assistant Chief Engineer
John F. O’Hara……………………….. .. 1 ..
Jacob E. W. Kuper…………………...... 1 Ex-Assistant Chief Engineer [Police
Commissioner]
John Whalen………………………….. .. 2 ..
Oscar Hauger…………………………. 1 .. ..
John Rabold……………………………. 3 .. ..
John J. Gilday…………………………...... 2
Charles A. Mohn……………………… 1 .. .. Mayor of West Hoboken
Henry E. Quidore……………………...... 2
John J. O’Brien………Ex-Treasurer 4 .. .. Vice-President W. & O. Fund
William Warnecke...Ex-Secretary 1 .. .. Trustee Ass’n and W. & O. Fund
William Ackermann………………… 3 .. ..
James J. Farrell……………………….. 4 .. .. Fin. Secretary Association
Frederick Schaaf……………………… .. .. 1 Treasurer Association
John Wagner………..Ex-President .. 3 2 Sec’y Ass’n and W. & O. Fund
John Glander……….Ex-Vice-Pres. 1 .. .. Trustee Association
Thomas Byrne……………………… .. 2 ..
John Callaghan…………………….. .. 2 ..
August Johnsen……………………. .. .. 1
John J. Murphy…………………….. .. 2 ..
Patrick Connick…………………….. .. 2 ..
Frederick W. Bender…………….. .. 1 .. City Assessor
Joseph Ryan………………………….. .. 2 .. Owen Duff…………………………….. .. 2 ..
Charles Soffel………………………… 1 .. ..
Patrick H. Duffy…………………….. .. 3 .. Ex-Alderman
Henry F. Meyer…………………….. 3 .. .. Vice-President Association
Peter J. Murray……………………… 4 .. .. Ex-Secretary Association
Daniel J. O’Brien……………………. 4 .. ..
Dennis Ryan………………………….. 2 .. ..
Louis S. Weinthal…………………… 3 .. .. President Association
Timothy J. Conlin…………………… .. .. 2 Trustee Ass’n & W. & O. Fund
Julius Jurgensen…………………….. 3 .. ..
Thomas Bearchall…………………… .. .. 2
Thomas F. Mulvey…………………… .. 2 ..
John J. Malley………………………….. .. 3 2
Emil Tietje……………………………….. 3 .. ..
Daniel H. Mahnken………………….. 3 .. ..
Michael McIntyre……………………...... 2 Ex-Assistant Chief Engineer
Charles W. Schalck……………………. 3 .. .. Ex-Alderman
Henry Faber……………………………… 1 .. ..
George F. Johnson……………………. 1 .. 1
Charles Taylor…Ex-President……. .. .. 2 Trustee Ass’n & W. & O. Fund
Frank Wagner………………………….. .. 3 2 Trustee of Association
Patrick Driscoll…………………………. .. 2 .. Ex-Freeholder
William Lee………………………………...... 2 Member Anniversary Com.
James Layburn…………………………… .. .. 2
Henry Blohm……………………………… 3 .. ..
John Nelson……………………………….. 3 .. ..
Thies Biel……………………………………. 3 .. ..
Louis Peiser…………………………………. 3 .. 1 Warden County Institution
Frederick Kaufmann……………………. .. 3 .. Comptroller, Hoboken Thomas McLaughlin……………………. .. 2 ..
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[Membership Roll continued]
Name E. H. H&L Remarks
Edward R. Stanton………………………… 3 .. .. Ex-Mayor
John H. Bock………………………………….. 4 .. ..
David Hearn…………………………………… .. .. 2
Michael Kivlon……………………………….. 2 .. ..
Emil G. Wagener……………………………. .. 1 .. Trustee W. & O. Fund
George Ansel…………………………………. 4 .. ..
William E. Cahill……………………………… 4 .. ..
Oscar R. Palmer……………………………… 3 .. ..
Ivins D. Applegate…………………………… 1 .. .. Ex-Chief Engineer
George Busher……………………………….. 1 .. ..
Thomas Coughlin……………………………. .. 2 .. City Assessor
Henry Erion……………………………………. .. .. 1
James B. Fitzpatrick………………………… .. 1 .. Ex-Alderman
Dennis D. Sullivan…………………………… .. 3 ..
Henry Vollmer………………………………… 3 .. ..
Patrick Londrigan……………………………. .. .. 2 Ex-Alderman
Jacob Geiger…………………………………… 3 .. 2
John W. Moots………………………………...... 2
Charles B. Palmer……………………………… 3 .. ..
Theodore Russ…………………………………...... 1
George Seymour……………………………….. .. 2 .. Chairman Anniversary Com. Joseph Braubach……………………………….. 1 .. ..
William McGrath……………………………….. 3 .. ..
Joseph Haggerty………………………………… 4 .. ..
Lawrence Martin……………………………….. .. 2 ..
Charles Hoffmann……………………………… .. 3 .. Ex-Coroner
Lawrence C. Schach…………………………… .. 3 ..
Patrick Kennedy…………………………………. 4 .. ..
Frank Rabold……………………………………… 3 .. ..
William Faas………………………………………. 1 .. ..
Joseph S. Weinthal…………………………….. 1 .. .. Excise Commissioner
Julius C. Kruse…………………………………….. 1 .. ..
Robert Kiessewetter……………………………. .. 3 ..
Edward F. Kivlon………………………………….. 2 .. ..
John Solferino………………………………………. 2 .. ..
James E. Kenna…………………………………….. 2 .. ..
Thomas Bennett…………………………………… 1 .. ..
August Schell………………………………………… 1 .. ..
This Roll is made up according to seniority of continuous membership.
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Transcribed 2015 by Kate Peko, Hoboken Historical Museum volunteer