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190 PRESENT DEPARTMENT.
HOSE No. 6.
WASHINGTON STREET, NEWTON LOAVER FALLS.
ORGANIZED FEBRUARY 1, 1877.
Hose Co. No. 6 was organized February 1,
1877, to take the place of Cataract No. 1 handengine
company.
Its first company consisted
of F. B. Reed, foreman, Bernard Early, clerk,
W. A. Leonard, G. W. Harrison, G. A. Reed,
and J. J. Kenney.
For a short time it used the Empire No. 5
large hose-cart, which it run by hand.
A cheap
four-wheeled horse hose-carriage, built by Hunneman,
for which the Cataract No. 1 hand-engine
was traded, was subsequently purchased,
which was used until the present Murray hosewagon
succeeded it, October 6, 180*».
*
A call driver was appointed from the company,
and a highway horse used until January 1,
1889, when D. J. Cooney was appointed permanent
driver. He was succeeded by Oscar A.
Colby, April 4, 1891, and John F. Calden, February
1, 1895.
Past and Present Officers.
FOREMEN.— F. B. Reed, February 1, 1877; R.
H. Moulton, May 1, 1881; Bernard Early, May
1, 1882; Andrew B. Hay den, April 1, 1895.
ASSISTANT FOREMEN AND CLERKS.— Bernard