|
Depew Hose Company #1
George L. Keller called a citizen's meeting on November 22, 1894 for the purpose of organizing
a hose company for the newly incorporated Village of Depew.
Twenty-seven interested citizens attended the meeting. John Graney called the meeting
to order and a motion was made by George L. Keller with a second from John Bryon that, "we organize a hose company to be known
hereafter as Depew Hose Company Number One". The motion was carried unanimously.
The next order of business was to elect a slate of officers for the fledgling company.
The following were the first elected officers. Charles Dutcher, President; Anthony Hartung, Vice-President; John Klepfer,
Secretary; George L. Keller, Foreman; John Byron, First Assistant Foreman; James Youll, Second Assistant Foreman; George Waltz,
Treasurer; and George Weimer, Melvin McDonald and John Graney, Trustees.
The Chairman, Mr. Graney, appointed a committee of three to draft a set of by-laws and ordered
an article submitted for the next addition of the Depew Herald.
On November 26, 1894, the Depew Village Board laid the matter of the Certifcate of Incorporation
of the Depew Hose Company Number One on the table and on December 3, 1894, the Village Board adopted the following resolution
RESOLVED: That in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided with the Trustees
of the Village of Depew do hereby approve and consent to the organization of Depew Hose Company Number One of the Village
of Depew as designated in their certificate both as to its form and the object therein specified, subject to the provisions
and limitations of said statute. And it was further resolved; in pursuance of Section 80 of Chapter 320 of the Laws
of 1859 and the acts supplementary there to and accendatory thereof, and in exercise of the power conferred on the Trustees
of said village, they do hereby ratify, approve and consent to the organization of a hose company called Depew Hose Company
Number One of the Village of Depew as designated in the Certificate of Corporation there to annexed and for the purpose and
object therein specified.
The following are the Charter Members of Depew Hose Company Number One: John Bryan,
M.J. Conley, Patrick Conway, Joseph Dean, Charles Dutcher, Michael Farrell, F.L. Fischer, John Graney, George Harrison, G.B.
Hemanway, Nicholas Keil, George L. Keller, Dennis C. Lawrence, G. H. Loe, John Lyons, Melvin A. McDonald, Thomas Meagher,
Philip Mehl, William O'Grady, W. Y. Pattenden, George Stanley, Daniel Sturm, George Waltz, George Webber, George Weimer, and
James Youll.
The original charter of Hose Company Number One was for a 50- year period. A report
was made at the village borad meeting on May 26, 1951 that Hose Co. No. 1 was re-chartered.
|
