Depew Engine 3

1985 Pierce Arrow Pumper

1500 GPM Pump, 500 Gallon Tank

Cayuga Hose Co. #3

45 Meridian St.

Depew, NY 14043

(716) 683-9836

History of the Incorporation of the Cayuga Hose Company #3

By: Past Chief Arthur J. Domino

The Village of Depew Board of Trustees, at the August 30, 1897 meeting, was presented with a petition signed by Henry Dobbins and 24 others, asking for approval and granting of the formation of a hose company to be known as Cayuga Hose Company Number Three, to be located west of Transit Road and south of the Erie Railroad. The petition was read, accepted and placed on the table.

On December 28, 1897, a resolution was passed by the Village Board of Trustees giving consent for this company to be incorporated. At the January 3, 1898 meeting of the Village Board, the village attorney was authorized to draw up a petition to incorporate a hose company for the southwest section of the village.

The Certificate of Incorporation was signed on January 19, 1898. The following are the charter members of the Cayuga Hose Company: Henry Dobbins, Michael Dobbins, Herbert Green, Louis Reuther, Henry Ullman, John Witherspoon, Albert Zurbrick, John Zurbrick, William Bostwick, Franklin Zurbrick, Charles Illig, John Getzin, Martin Kieffer, John Roll, and William Reuther. A Justice of the Supreme Court approved the Certificate of Incorporation on March 30, 1898.

The first regular meeting of the newly organized company was held on June 24, 1898. At this meeting, a discussion on fire equipment and an election of officers was held. Elected to office were: Henry Ullman, Foreman; Henry Dobbins, Asst. Foreman; John Zurbrick and Martin Kieffer, Wardens.

Cayuga Hose Co. #3 Antique Pumper

1921 American LaFrance Fire Engine

Truck has been fully restored to its original state.