ww
10
Observatory J till. Tin tJeoond ward ichoeli
i new organised hie In Itirce buildings,
Worth nTcnttti Sherman avenue and Obser
vatory Hill.
The lift building erected In (In Third
ward for fiubllo aelinnl purpose! u located
nt the corner of North and Cedar Avenuei.ln
1H.19. Jl wai built of brick mil contained
two rooms, The teeem! hnue wm liulll At
the corner nfllest mid Third atiMla about
JR4I, It wai a frame nii.pry containing
two ruonn.
rim oi,i.TiMr Aim.
About 1M0 Hi nld Weahlnglon Tamper
hop Hnclety nf Allegheny arautvil tietr I In
Diamond ii building whloli wii known Hi
"Tim Ark," Tlili building n reutid Mid
filled up lo areomniodate Hid advanced
puplla of the male department of ill (lit
eehnolinf the ward.
Tliaichoot building at tlia oernr of Ki-
datiadoilrit ami North Avenue wat erieled
n 1HA0. It venlalned it flnl 11 menu, but
the rapid Inrreiie in population made it
lieewiry at two different llmei in enlarge
tin hulluliig, which now eenlalui 83 ropuii,
In 1670 ft ilia m procured ou Gluitiiut
alrest. In the tittern part of the ward, where
in IbTli q hnndeonig three-uery brick build
Inc wilh atone tif inmlnct. wai erected con
taining IS! large icbnel roomt, elosk rooms,
J,
iip., tne enure ton oi which, inoiuuuig hip
otof around, heating amiaretui. furniture.
tie,. u f 76.000, A t th nreaeut time tbe
achoola of Urn wrd ere accommodated in the
two buildings, North avenue and Obeituut
etreet,
IK THH rOUBTII WBI),
In 1610, ai far back aa tbe record extend,
there were three publie aoboola in the
fourth ward, Twp nf theie were located in
the baaement of Dr. Bproul'a church,
corner of Laeock and Sanduaky streets,
and the remaining one on Avery treet, near
ly opposite the preient ecboolhcuae. There
were alas in tho ward two joiut public
achools, one for colored children in tlio
basement of tho Baptist Church, and the
other a joint High School already spoken
of. In 1811 another ichool waa added to
the three already in operation, and in
1811 the achoola were reorganized, when the
joint High School was abandoned, and the
rooms occupied by it were taken for the
lower schools, which had grown from three
In 1840 to teveu in 1611.
The achoola as organized in 1814 were lo
cated as lollows: two in the basement of the
South Common M. E. Church; two in the
basement or Dr. iiodgera' church; two on
Bouth Caual street near the aqueduct, and
the remaining one on Avery street near the
present school building, Thus organized
they remained until 1818.
IMFKOVEMENT IN AIX.
In 1817 a lot 70x110 feet, situated on San
dusky street, where Dr. Sprnul's church
sow stands, was purchased for J3.600, and a
sew schoolhouse was erected thereon at a
cost or (5,100. This building contained 11
rooms and was used for school purposes
until 1671, when the present building on
Liberty street was occupied.
The building for the schools of the upper
district of the Fourth ward was located on
South Caual street near the saueduct from
1818 until 16C8, when the present building
on Liberty street was finished at a cost of
$31,000. The total cost including ground,
furniture, grading, paving, etc., was about
?M,000.
The Fifth and Sixth wards are so in
timately connected as to make their early J
history inseparable. When Manchester was
consolidated with the city parts of the First
and Second wards were merged with the
Fifth and Sixth wards. Between C00 and
COO children of school age were
in the rirxn waiid
then, their only school accommodations con
sisted of a two-story brick building on the
corner of Cbartlcrs and Fayette streets. It
had lour rooms. A lot at the foot or Fulton
and Page streets was purchased and by Sep
tember, 1809, an olegaut new building was
ready for occupaucy. Just three months
later the alructure was partially destroved
by fire. It wni rebuilt by the following
Beptember. A lew years later the demand
grew fur an additional 12-room houe and
one of the uinot elegant achunl edifices In the
Male was creeled there a year or two ngn.
That perl of Allegheny embraced within
(he Blxth ward constituted In JNU part of
on lownahlii, Later It tepniu part of the
lmrtiitgh of MaiichrMcr. Karller than 1884
Mr. Neville had taught n aehool near what
la new the corner of Hlrawberry alley and
Hearer avenue. Through Hit influence of
Hubert M. Clark and others a tmall frame
aehniilhoiiaa was erenled nil the corner nf
Uliarllera and Fayello atreels, In whloli rl
Tata aohnola were initlulaliied fur aoveral
Oera belnre tho adoption of
17111! J'UIU.IU nullUOI. HVATKM.
Ja building It waa nlnliiiml that the
Dlil lu bp ioiiI nl I i a loualllv waa
t'Ulider the nnw law. Tha now ava
il rt wllh aiinh hitler iiiiliuiltlnu that no
could bo liiiiml wlllliiit toaervo wllh
MFT 1'ark on the board, lie, however, waa
'enual lo the cinergniry. Under legal til
vine hu levied a tax, anpolnted ordlcolura
nnd for n vrar (onalllutrd lh hoard, bravely
fighting tha new law through to a glorious
tuoceia, From that lime on the tohoojs
Crew In publie favor. In IMi) a new one
roomed tchonlhouae was erected oiiChartler
itrret, near Loruit.
In 181!) blackboards were first used In tha
ichoult of tl.lt neighborhood. During the
ame year arrangements were made for the
building o' a new brick schoolhouaa on the
Jot where the old frame stood. In 18S9 the
old Sixth ward tcboolbouie,
WHICH BULL STANDS
near the new one and which ir still occupied
with schools, was ready for use. It con
tained 12 rooms, and accommodated the
ctiildrea until 1870, when a new 15-room
building was erected alongside of the old
one at a cost of 12,700. To these two build
ings a frame annex of six rooms was
added two years agej, making a total of 33
rooms.
In the Serenth ward, which was formerly
a portion of Beserve township, public
schools were organized in 1836. This dis
trict embraced Duqueane borough, New
Troy, Spring Garden, Wood vi lie and JIc
Clure township. Troy Hill, Woodville aud
Spring Garden were absorbed by Allegheny
in 1868, and formed the Seventh ward until
3877, when Woodville became the Twelfth
ward and Troy Hili was designated as the
Thirteenth ward. Tne first public school
building in the Spring Gardeu district was
ererted in 1857 on a lot fronting on Angle
and Humboldt streets. It was a one-story
brick ot two rooms. An additional story of
two rooms was added in 1SG1.
CITIZENS GATX THE MONET.
In 1868 a one-story frame containing one
room was erected on the same lot. la 1874
en, adjoining lot was purchased and the
building was remodeled for school purposes.
In 1880 all the schools of Spring Garden
were brought together in an elegant new
brick building of 12 rooms, which is still
in use. ,
In 1819 Duquesoe borough was formed
from a portion of the Troy Hill district, and
in 1868 it became the Eighth ward. As far
back as 1817 or 1818 a two-story brick build
ing was erected on Eiver avenue, opposite
Herr's Island. The Board ol Directors tar
nished some money to assist in the erection
od tho building, but most or it was con
lnbuted by the citizens, on condition that
the house should serve for both school and
church purposes. In 1869 a room was added
to this structure and four teachers were em
ployed. Again in 18G3 another teacher was
added to the force, and in 1683 the Eighth
ward schools, with six toachers, occupied
the new building on the upper tide of East
Ohio street.
THE NINTH TfAItD.
Through the efibrlt of James Shipman the
first school (select) was established In the
Ninth ward in I860. At and prior to this
time the Ninth ward was cart of Hois town
ship. Inl8C8tblt territory became part of
2Ic01ure townthlti, and tho select aohool be
came a public tohool. In 1869 the ltonrd
of Director! purchased at a cost off 800
linll acre lot on Wllllnm and Hanover
utreeti, on which they erected a Iwo-stnrv
frame building for f 1,000 nnd lu 1801
Knottier room wna ridded, In 1(107 a brick
building wai ereeled on the fAino lot eon
tulnliig three romni At a ooit off 0,000. In
3870 part or MeOIur townihln wai ftn
ticxed to Allegheny m the NinlU wrd,
Illfl
tint m
Hm
IritKl
m
mid, still more ronn being ncedsil far
aohonl purpotesi In 1673 a threcslory brlek
building was added is the old home, mak
ing a lolal of 13 riiomi mid a hall.
The ichoel at tlili writing employs 11
teavllera.
TKNTH AH Kl.nVKUfll WAnilfl,
Trior lolN7.1 the Tenth wnt was part of
Itnts tuwiiahlp, Moon afterward It beina
part l Ilia olty and annlher iplmnlliniua
wai creeled In nddltlpn In thnia already lu
use, 'I'lia aolinnls at present organised "
piny alt leanhera, lour III Ilia Uharlaa alreat
building and Iwo In tlit building liter the
I'.trvultla mail.
Mura than 40 yean ago Ilia Kleyanlli warJ.
then part of llnai liwnililp, and allarwnrd
part of Jdct'lur Inwinlilp, dad n aelmol
lpcnled on lllaek lane, tuhiFqiienlly (rant
ferted la the upper part nf Mfrawheiry lane,
whet It remained until 1H70, whin a new
tile was piiruliMed on Woodland avenue.
for the sum ot 11.300. On Hilt a two.riiomni
The Old Flrtf Wurd School.
brick waa erected. Three years later a
school was added by oocupying the dressing
room of the upper grade of scholars. In
1873 this territory became the Eleventh
ward of the city, and in 1674 the present
large nnd capacious building wai erected on
Shady lane. The school at present em
ploys nino teachers.
THE TWELFTH WABD.
The Davisville school, in the lower end
of the ward, was organized about the tame
time as those in the upper part already
alluded to. A fourth of an acre of ground
was purchased where the present building
now stands, north of the Brighton road ou
the hill, west or Wood's Jtun. in 1848,
when a second story was added to the
school, two teachers were employed. The
school now employs four teachers, two more
rooms having been added to the building at
at a recent date.
The Twelfth ward school, like the others
of Beserve township, wa organized In 1836.
During 1857 a one-story brick building of
two rooms was erected and the Woodville
school was reorganized. In 1874 another
story was added to the building. This ter
ritory with its schools had then become the
Twelfth ward, and at present supports 12
teachers in two excellent buildings of
modern style.
The Thirteenth ward school was organized
in 1836 in a one-roomed bouse. In 1860 the
little house was told and the location
changed to Clark street, where a two-roomed
building wai pat up. In 1871 two more
rooms were annexed to this, and in 1885 the
directors erected a two-story eight-roomed
building, which now employes seven
teachers.
THE OLD COLORED SCHOOLS.
In 1837 a publie school for the education
of colored children was organized In the
basement of the Baptist Church on Kobin
son street. It grew so rapidly that soon an
other colored school was opened. In 1844
both the schools were removed to a building
on Sherman avecuo in tho rear of Dr.
Bwllt't Church. In 1816 they were re
moved to Avery street. From there
they were taken to the Temperance Ark,
where they remained for seven yean. Their
next flight wai to the Unlvertallst Chapel,
In the Second ward, in 1KWI, Thla building
waa located on the corner of Middle alley
and North commons. The flual locality of
the eolored tohnol wai Sherman avenue,
where the new High School now Manila, It
remained there, In a four-roonird building,
until IHH0, when the puplli were diitrlbuled
aiuuug the waul schools.
tiik limit aonoor,,
1'revlous In 1H.1,1 a high enliortl deparU
nienl had baen eiUhllahed and maintained
In each ol the firil tlx wards, At that date
nil tlipaa department" were consolidated and
a central lllsh Hohonl was orgAiilred, The
frame building on HIieruMii avenue whloli
had been used for the oolmed aohonl wat re
filled for Hie aocnniinndiillon of tho High
hohiml pupil In Htpltmber, IHN.'I, Tills
building, huwovtr, baa since brim lorn down
and thren more lolt purchiiatd adjoining the
one on whloli It aloud, On thla ground an
oleguiit High Hohool building hai bien
creeled, which Ii An ornament lo the oily.
The entire coil of the eiliflcp, Inoltidlug the
ground and furniture, Ii about fli'0,000.
The tiiihlle aohoolt of Alleghany have
what ntlaburg has not a library of over
30,000 books. It Ii maintained In City
Hall, III nuoleiii wai theold'tlme Andcr
aon Library, which wai donated to the
scboola by itt founder. In 1HC0 tho Ander
son Library had 67 paying subscribed, with
the names of 37 apprentices on the Hit.
AN ARMY OF SCHOOL OIIILDIIBN.
The Allegheny publie ichools hi at preient
organized are under the management ol a
Board ot Controller, conaiating of 78 mem
ber. Prof, Jamei Morrow Is Superinten
dent, The total number of school building!
is U2, Total valuation of achool properly,
$1,249,1511; total bonded indebtedneaa, ?M2,
993; total enrollment of puplla, 14,816; total
average daily attendance, 11,200; total
number or teachera employed, 264; total re
ceipts lor 1888, 160,979; total expenditure!
for 1888, f41G,683.
Allegheny also has some famous collegiate
institutions. The Western Tfieological
Seminary of the Fresbvterian Church was
established here in 1827. Before tbe re
union of the "old" and the "new school"
branches of the church it was managed by
the old school. The Theological Seminary
ol the United Presbyterian Church, estab
lished in 1825, is also here, and at last re
port bad a large roll of students. There is
also the Allegheny Theological Institute,
organized br the Beformed Presbyterian
Church in 1810. And in late years tbe
Western University has also taken up itt
abode in Allegheny City.
MEMOBABLE YEABS.
The Wentber of 1S30 and 1SI5 Well Re
memberrd In Alleebeor.
On Friday afternoon, September 27, 1850,
a most terrific hail storm visited Allegheny.
Lumps of ice larger than hen's eggs came
down in a torrent, breaking windows and
endangering life. Someot the lumps weighed
11 ounces. One of them measured eight
inches in diameter. Scarcely a window on
either side of Federal street escaped. Pitts
burg suffered more than Allegheny, the hail
stones, some people allege, breaking through
iron roofs of No. 26 iron, and were picked
up on tbe floor below. On the wharf, drivers
deserted their horses. In some instances
horses trad to enter the doors of warehouses
on Waterstreet to get in out of the storm.
One thousand eight hundred and fifteen
was an off year. There wet frost, snow or
ice in every month of that year, destroying
the crops. " Not enough grain was raised in
that year in Western Pennsylvania to seed
with. Farmers had to tend to Massachusetts
to get seed, and oiring to the distance and
tbe primitive modes of transportation, it
wat costly.
lea nad Oread.
New Orleans 1'leaynne.l
An uncommon City Council will attempt
to regulate the ilze of a loaf of bread made
for 6 cent by the poor baken, but It will
not Interfere with an ice company lu tho
C-oent pleoe of lee.
Woe of Ike Keumeraied,
llarper'ilUur.
"I got fired for tilling tbe einini taker
the truth."
"Howio?"
"He asked no what my bniln.cu wai, and
Z told Iiik it vu Boneof lili,"
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141 IJ.
BRAVE FIRE LADDIES.
History of Allegheny's Volnntoor
Firo Dcprtmonl.
IK0IDBNT8 OF A hlWlti NATURE,
JIloU Which Reunited D"cnnio the Iloroosn
Council rJtiabbgd the lloi.
I'ltlMlTIVi: MAUIIINKH OP HaiUY DATB.
rimiRil if ItBii if (hi Urn Whe Mima the Ritti
n Tlitifi if 4if'r
At p-rcient Allegheny lui one ol the moil
cfflelent fire deiigruneati In the United
llUtdi, Vtw other elllei1 nirpsii It in
ipeed of Aetlon or eompliteiieii of Appar
atus It ii qulok to adopt ell modern In.
ventlom, and the eorni of firemen U re
niirknbly well trained, Perhapa the ebleit
Are-fighter In PennaylreniA wai At ita head
until within a couple of yisri Rgo-JAmei
IS, Crow, Death out him off In tbe prime
of lire, Hubert Jonea ii now the Chief ot
the department, which oonaiatiof iteam fire
engines, boae carriages and book and ladder
trucks,
Tbe fire department had III inception
away back In 1620, when at the Borough
Council meeting of December 7, Iiauo
LIghtner offered a resolution for the pur
chase of a fire engine "to protect the homes
of the Inhabitants of Allegheny Town,"
FIRST HAND ENGINES HOUOHT.
In March of the following year the loca
tion of the engine house was fixed on the
southeast square of the Diamond. The
Council purchased two engines, the Colum
bus and Hope, evidently built to operate
together. Tha Columbus was a suation
engine. Tho other wai not. Otherwise
they were the tame in aize and oapacity and
were tmall, tingle chamber engines, weigh
ing less than 1,000 pouuds each. A hoio
carriage attaohed carried 100 feet of hose
and each engine carried 200 feet more.
These engines are better remembered at the
"dugen."
Tbe mysterious burning of Nicholas
Voegbtley's and Alex. Johmon't stables, in
wilmam rrsNN, LATr.rt
January, 1833, created n healthy excite
ment, Council offered a reward of 1100 for
the Ineendinrlii, appointed a night watch
and gave ear to the complaining firemen,
authorising the payment of their bllla lor
repalri, Appropriated (000 more for appa
ratus beildti 91,000 for hoie.
THH NKOONI) KNOIMIS 1'UnSlfABHD.
They alio eoinpllid with the petllloni of
lOOoltlnena asking for the purchase of an
other engine. Mr. Htroup received $10 far
nil furnished the company. The Commit
tee on Kuglnei, after monthi of frultleii
work lu trylnx to iioiireaii engine lulling
their views, received a latter from Olark A
Freeman, of the I'limnU Hoie Company, of
Philadelphia, nflsrlui lo sell thalr engine
and bote for (OfiO, with a reduction nf 0 par
oiut fur ciih, Ou October fi, IHa.'l, Counoll
authoriiad the committee lo accept the niter.
The Hope Fire Company petitioned Coun
cil to plioe the Plimiilx engine In their
charge, which wai granted, It wai not long
In their ponenion until they wanted to
alter the carefully-ieleotid engine on a plan
propoicd by William Meade. Tlili wai re
futed, The old englno houie wai told In
1631 at public outcry.
rnnuo dell binoer.
Thomai Griffith wai paid 150 for a year'e
lervlco In ringing tbe publlo ball for meet
ingi and fire alarms, and for care of engine
houiei and apparatus.
In 1830 tbe fint ladder wai introduced
into the department, for wlnoh Peter Boliill
received $7 70. A year or so later an ordi
nance constituting a regular firo department
was passed, and four fire wardens were ap
pointed for each company. They were aa
follows: Thomai Burnet, Joseph Irwin,
William H. Clark and James Cole for the
Columbus; B. A. Campbell, John Mor
rison, William M. Davis and John H. Gil
lespie for the Phcanix. Tbese gentlemen
were appointed in February, 1838. The
ordinance also provided for the appointment
of a bell-ringer, whose speoified duties were
to ring the bell as directed by Council, to
i r 'i ti --Tf it"
r-l.-szTri '
South Common Methodist EpUcopal Church.
have charge of engine and hose, to clean the
apparatus, to sweep the rooms and
I.IQHT THE CAND IKS
in the Council rooms under the direction of
the Town Clerk, for all of which he was to
receive $5 per month. Sinecures were scarce
in those dars. which perhaps accounts for
Gus Husselbaugh. holding this position for
years.
The Phcanix was an eicht-incb, "double
chamber, hand-lever engine,' with a two
wheel bote carriage and 600 leet ol hose. A
portion of tbe crossbeam and joist bad to be
out away to admit tbe machine into the
town house. The officers of the Phcenix
Company in 1837 were James Binning, Cap
tain; James McVloker, Lieutenant; Henry
Irwin, John E. Park, H. E. Davis aud
William M. Davis, Engineers. Ou July 0,
1810, the German citizens, at their own re
quest, were given charge of the engine.
The Phoenix was rebuilt in 1812-3, and after
ward known at the "William Penn."
Tbe "William Penn" wat fint built on
iprlngi, and when In service
DANCED A MtSlttlY 310,
the efforti of the engineer", Dave Caldwell
and lllll Phllllpi, to retain their poittiom
on the gallery, it fiord I tig cnmlderable
emuiement for tho ipeotaton. The aprlngi
were removed and Ihen the engine proved a
iuociii. Tom Aldrldge wsillie flnt captain
of the Penn, Joe Packer, the weaver'! aon,
waa the flnt lieutenant, Tho ineiabera
leeklns a favorable location for their envine
lieun applied to General oblna for
THE PITTBBTJRfl
privilege ' to oooupy a resent lot corner or
Leeouk nnd Uslkain street, lu the Flnt
ward. General llobluiuu agreed to let the
company oooupy tlili lot ai long aa they
oheae. Humpies1 long rosin, built In lai
the only place lo hold imlillo ineotlngi un
der aheller, wai Altered to aulf lor
dwelling houn. General Uobtnion then
wanted the enulne home lot on whloli to
build a nil hi In hall, aiiiI wanted to turn
niArlly ejeot the engine company, Tha boyi
would not Imve It tlint wiiy,
TllOWlll.M AHOUT A BltM,
The mailer was finally settled by the flen
XZVT CITY HALL DKSIOITED FOR ALLEOIIENY.
eral providing another lot, corner of
Darragh and Robinson streets, on the same
terms at tho other, he to bear the expense of
moving the house to the now location. Gen
eral Bobinson finished the hall when Henry
Clay passed through Pittsburg. Clay wai
the gueit of General Bobinson, and at the
General'i request dedicated tbe hall. Bob-
itorc, engine house.
inson called It "Qulnoy Hall," In honor of
hit friend John Qulnoy Adarai.
Following the riot ol 1810, the feeling wai
very bitter, General ltobinon wai amougtho
opponent! of the department then, and, want
ing to u" the lot or) which the 1'cnn englno
home iteod. hi took advantage of the Are
oompany'i dliiolutlnn lo repoiien the lot,
The newly orgAiilcid onmpany nlterward re
moved to Hank lane (Martin street), occu
pying n houie at the foot of Marlon avenue.
The Hope engine company In Inter yeara
oooupled the lame houie until the creation
ol the paid fire department.
AT 1'ITTNIIUIin'N 1IIO rtllH,
In tin great lire of HMO In l'lltaburg,
Phmnlx Onmpany. with the Penn engine,
onnupled n desirable and tnfe position nu
the corner of Third atreit (avenue) and
Ferry street, where It remained till tho I nl 1
plre of Third Presbyterian Churuli wai nut
of danger. Miinbin of the ouiigregatlou
uniulloltod rewarded tho Penn engine onm
pany lor Ihilr iervloei that day with cold
oath, which wni Invested In rebuilding tha
englno at Klolilmum & Co.'i, buying a
painting nnd new paneli for the gallery,
with a picture of the Third Church on fire
and the Penn engine In lervloe, In n trial
of the newly repaired engine on the river
bank tbe Penn threw water over tho bell
tower of tbe Penn cotton factory which waa
at that time 10 or 12 feet higher than it Is
nnw, The Waahlngton fire engine was
built by T. K. Lltoh. or Lltoh & Clnamnnd,
looated at tha Point in Plttiburg, In 1810-00.
When lollcitlug fundi to build tho engine,
Burgen John Morrison contributed hit
ytan ulary. fOO. Tbe member failing to
leoure luffioieut
MONEY BT BDDSCBIFTION
to pay for their engine, the new Counoll
anumed payment of tbe balance due, (300,
and waa two if not three yean paying tha
debt Tbe Washington fire company waa
largely composed of highly respectable citi
zens and had less of that rough element pe
culiar to tbe volunteer system, the "fighting
firemen," who as a rule were the best fire
men, fighting fire as bravely aa they fought
one another.
The Columbus engine was rebuilt in 1813,
and afterward known as the "Uncle Sam."
Smith & Holmes were the contractors.
Bobert Mildy did the work, the contractor!
renting the ground floor of O. Beel's carding
mill on the north bank of the oanal for the
work. Some of the iron of the
Columbus is still there. Tho Uncle Sam
was lor awhile located in the town house,
and afterwards removed to a house on Union
avenue near Montgomery avenue. James
McVicker. Washington Swain, and George
Blackstock were the first officers of the
Uncle Sam.
the firemen's riot.
After the firemen's riots the Washington
compaoy disbanded. Its disruption was
dne to the bitterness growing out of that
famous difficulty. The money remaining in
the Washington Company's treasury was
distributed as follows: Ladies' Belief So
ciety, $1,000; orphan asylum, flOO; Wash
ington monument, S10; a worthy blind man,
(30; a needy member of the company, $30.
The firemen's riots occurred on July 16,
1819. The City Councils did. not fully
realize tbe value of the,fire department, and
delayed and denied necessary appropria
tions. This irritated tbe volunteer com
panies, and created a feeling ot hostility
among the firemen. Each company parsed
resolutions "to do no service or permit en
gines to do service until their just demands
were complied with." The Washington
company reluctantly became a party to this
ill-advised stand, but it inserted in its reso
lutions a proviso, reserving the right to pro
tect the property of any of their own mem
bers when it should be in danger.
a defiant attitude.
The companies joined in tending an into
lent paper to City Councils, whloli wai
treated with contempt by that body. Couu
clli later ou made an attempt to compromise
tbe difference, but the firemen thli time
failed to meet their proportions In n proper
spirit.
An alarm eounded on Monday, July 10,
1810, for o firo In the carpenter Mi op of
Henry Olinrlei, on the louth side of Ony nl-
lev. Tho (lames enuld havn Imnn oaillv ah.,.
trolled and oonfliieil to tho eaat aide or Arch
street, aavlng Dr. Bwlft'a ohuroh. hnd It not
been that the firemen oarrled out their nils
ohlevoua inreati aa to a wnoieaaie atrlke,
The Waahlngton company aniwered the
aUtw ajid went Into wrioe, oUltalog thai
tea
DISPATCH, 1800.
the properly of ouool Hi mouiberi waa en
dangered, They reilited Interference from
the Bremen ol tho other idle companies, and
oontlnued bravely At work until attacked
by the atrlklng ilreineii, A riot followed,
In which more than one iiiaii waa bruiiid.
j'lin noun out,
The hoie ol the WiiahliiBtou engine wei
out and nu attempt waa niadi to wreak tha
apparatus Willi aueh rowilyliin the Wah
I lie tun mail were mnn driven out of lerrloe.
The Allegheny lire company that day waa
returning home from a ylift (ol'liilailelnhlA.
It wai met nt lien's Island by the William
Fenu company, of Allegheny, who acted ai
escort, on the lines eoming down Ohio
street, when the alarm was sounded. The
captain of the Penn company wanted the
Allegheny reels to go to the fire, but their
friends were waiting their arrival in Pitts
burg, and it was refused. However, some
ol their members went to the fire, one of
them doing mischief upon which a Penn
member was afterward arrested, but proved
guiltless of any wrong. The captain of the
Penn, learning that one of the young fel
lows not members of the oompany were wear
ing Penn hats, took the hats from them.
THE DEPARTMENT DENOUNCED.
Publlo opinion at once turned against the
fire department for this wanton act. Citi
zens beld an indignation meeting, and re
fused to make any distinction. The entire
department was denounced as rioters and a
menace to tbe public safety. The Wash
ington Company was completely broken up
by the affair, J.. J. Binning presiding at a
meeting of its me'mbers, where several red
hot speeches were made and stirring resolu
tions passed, after which the company dis
banded. A parade of the Pittsburg fire
department occurred on Septemberl7, 1850,
but It waa confined to tho city of Pittsburg,
the department claiming that there was no
regularly organized fire department in Al
legheny on account of tho feud between
Councils and the firemen. Time patched up
n peace, however, and the old hand engines
did many Valuable services until the paid
fire dupirtment wat created by City Coun
cils in leutt
OHEAT FIItES IN ALLEGHENY.
Tho greatest firo that ever twetit Alle
ghany wai on tbe Fourth of July, 1874. It
destroyed the dwelling houiei and store! ou
many acres of lots west of Federal itreut aud
north of North avenue. The Inoldeuti ol
that conflagration are itlll freih In the
mludi ol tho preient ginerHtlon, lint many
yeara back In the hiitory of the ottr there
weroiomoblg blaiei, which the children of
to-day do not know much about, In the
10' the ootton aiieda connected wllh tho
Hope Cotton Fnotory were burned. The
IiaIii of cotton by the hundred IiaiI to be
liAiiled down to the river nnd (brown Into
the wnter to oheok the ipread of the flamei.
On tunny girls worked in the ootton inilli ol
early Allegheny, nnd the mnUilal wai of
mull an Inflammable almraoler, that It after
ward became the ouilom when An alarm
wni inunded for a lire nt or near a ootton
mill the Plttiburg firo department an
aweied It, ai well m the Allegheny boyi.
Ai luteal April 3,'i, 1H01, there Ii entry of
the Plttiburg uiAolilnei going over to Alle
gheny to nipproM lliunoi In the ploklng
room of tho Penn mill.
i.ohh or MlfH, TOO,
On April 7, 1H10, the temporary ware
houioi nf the old canal were deitroyed by
fire, They faoed Laoook afreet, ami were
filled with inoit valuable freight.
On Auguil 13, 1H10, a patent gai appara
tus used In the Kant Common Methodlit
Ohuroh exploded, deitroylng the ohuroh.
Armitronff Monument.
Messrs. Egeston. Bussell and Herron were
so badly burned that they died the same
night. Mrs. Brown, after lingering sev
eral days, also died. Several other people
were badly burned.
The old Mechanics' street bridge was
burned on January 26, 1831. In 1850 IS
houses were burned in the Allegheny Dia
mond, originating in incendiarism in two
stables connected with the Cross Eeyi Tar-
BHUJOES OF MABBLB
And Tin of AInboanny to be Seen o tho
Mexican Gulf UonJ.
"But while In Mexico on my last trip,
taye a drummer in the St. Louie Oboe
Democrat, "I had my breath taken away
when I saw what I gueia la the moit mag
n lllcently constructed railroad in the world,
I refer lo the Mexloan Gulf road, where tiea
ore made out of tho finest mahogany and the
brldgea built of marble, The wnite aeema
orlinlual, but the bulldera are actuated by
motive! of economy, aa they find the mahog
any and tnnrblo Along the traok-ilde, The
road hain't really coat inuoh toeqnatruot,
but If the material! ware anpralied, At Ht.
Louie or New York atandard of prleei the
total would mount up ia the allllooi,",
fSmUSsL
iJlHifi I'lifiihir lAaki ( JeMyaiilfcteeiaiiaMi iiflMyieAiiiai I' it U x&a&MlWmmtiKtUKmKtotiUi kltjitiJk
ALLEGHENTS PARKS.
How the Founders of tho City Ar
ranged for tho
WKLl'AKK OF TilKUl DtifJOBRDANTS,
tVMMeMaMtMe
Pretty Flisanre Oronndiln the Very Hurt
Of the Town,
llANDflOMi WAIiKH AI) M0MUMHNT8,
Wain Atllitft flirdinlair Hu Bui Cirilil Oolli
riiftillia,
Allegheny la the City of Parka. Thla
faet la Imprsised upon the vultor aa toon
aa he eroiiee one of the handaome brldgea
that ipan the river at frequent Interval!, It
ia eaty enough to get from Plttiburg to Alio
gheny, and the atranger la likely to be
unaware that there la any other than the
natural barrier of the Allegheny river be
tween them, In tho very heart of tho North
aide tho air U full of tbe freih acent of great
and (lowers, and even before tho waving
greenery ol the treet meet tha eye, their
presence it made known in that subtle way
that ii unmistakable as It it Indescribable,
At any street corner you are likely to behold
a vista of elma, lindens and magnolias, sug
gestive of lovers' walks in the moonlight or
of restful strolls for meu tired and heated
with the struggles of dally business.
There are 100 aores of park land In Alle
gheny, and they are in the center of the
city. When Allegheny Olty was laid out
one of the provisions wai one that 100 acres
should be reserved for common paiture. In
the courio of years other arrangements were
made, so that the common pasture becume a
park, and a park it will probably be until
the end of time. Now the city of Allegheny
sustain! it, paying tbe salary of a superin
tendent and several assistants, and expend
ing money occasionally in securing "valu
able plants for it. Bnt little expense is in
curred by the olty In the latter direction,
however. Mr. William Hamilton, the su
perintendent, who has held that poiition for
a dozen yean or so consecutively, snows
how to make the most of tbe meant
at hit command, and by transplanting,
grafting, bedding out, etc., keeps up the
stock of plants and trees without calling
upon the municipal treasury. Then, too,
individual citizens olten contribute plants
worth their weight in gold or trees that will
give shade to many generations yet unborn.
Two famous trees in a the parks are one
planted by General Grant and another from
a tree planted by George Washington.
Entering the parks from Stockton avenue,
on the west side of Federal street, you see a
broad stretch of velvety grass extending
as far as the eye can reach. Along the
trim, well-kept walks are treet of all the
varietiet that thrive well in thli locality
rAntc
maplii, poplars, lindens, elms, magnolia),
yoninorei, oaki and oheitnuti. Further
along and ernitlug Ohio street, you ne the
eoiiiirvatnrlii gllitiuliig In the sunlight,
while nu the lolt is what appear! In the el I at
timoe to be the primeval forest, but la In
reality a luoeeaalon of plateaux Jumbled
wllh treei enough to afford a grateful undo
without spoiling the prospect. Here a
l,lil lliara m. rmtla iimnier houst. be
yond a illver ribbon, that, appearing and
disappearing fitfully among the trees, la
reoognlcable ai an ornamental lake, Theie
are what tho Vliltor ieei ai he itrolli along,
with the conservatories on hli right and the
ocoailonal puffs of white imoke on lili left
betokening the proximity o; a bidden rail
road. He turni to the right, passing the en
trance to the conservatory and finding a
broad avenue of treea whole branches meet
overhead in many nieces, walks toward
what are known as the East Parks. Here
fountains, statues aud beds of gorgeous blos
soms catch his eye until, having described a
complete circle In the course of, aay two
hours, he finds himself again on Federal
street, having walked several mllei with
out leaving the parki at all, save to cross
two or three streets that of necessity inter
sect them. Considering the artistic manner
in which they are laid out, It is perhaps no
wonder that the 100 acres seem aa if they
might be 300, but nevertheless everybody
who walks through the Allegheny Parks
for the first time finds it hard to believe that
they do not cover a larger area than that
stated.
Tbe parks are rich in fountains. Avery
handsome one of marble is in tho East Park,
near North avenue. It Is in the center of
very beautiful parterres; in which blossoms
of thousands of brilliant hues can be seen
throughout the summer. It is one of the
favorite idling places of those who know the
relative attractions of the parks. Lower
down, toward Church avenue, there is a
stone fountain, with steps and a large basin.
Then there is a smaller one on Stockton
avenue, and a verv large iron one in the
West Park, near Bi'dge avenue. This is in the
center of an open space, around which seats
are ranged, and is generally the resort of
hundreds of children and their nurses in the
afternoon, who give way to young couples
in tbe evening. It is safe to say that Cupid
is the ruling spirit of this corner of the
parks, as indeed he is of every other where
lovers can sit in semi-retirement.
In the West Park, near Sherman avenue,
and at the end of the conservatories is a cir
cular space, 200 feet in diameter, paved
with asnhaltum. which is always crowded
on band afternoons nnd evenings. In the
eenter is a handsome music pavilion, com
modious enough for a large orchestra. Con
certs are given throughout the summer, tbe
cost being defrayed by citizens, many of
whom take the concert upon their own
shoulders for some particular day in the
season. There is no lack of public spirit in
Pittsburg and Allegheny, and the concerts
are given at very frequent intervals.
The aspholtum apace, .besides affording
a pleasant nnd convenient promenade for
the enjoyment of the concerts, Is utilized as
a playground for the children, The
children. It need hardly be said, consider
the parks their particular property, and
they are encouraged to feel so. Therefore,
they ore not confined to tha ipaoe about the
band pavilion. In different parti of the
park they are allowed to play oa the grass
on Weilneiday and Saturday afternoon",
when the weather la favorable, nnd many a
good romp do they have upon the greena
ward ou theie red-letter dayi or the week.
Once a year, too. there la a Jubilee Div.
when all tbe aohool ohildren of the two
oltlea have tha freedom ol the whole 100
aorei, and run about whire tuiy will for
lev neurit
The oonaervatorlea in the Allegheny
parka oover a apace of 140x150
foil, they oomprlie nine aeparate house,
In which nearly every ordinary variety
of plant that oan be grown under glaii Ii to
bo found, bealdei many that are extraorril.
nary, In the middle la the palm home, ISO
long nnd 38 feet In height. Kept at a
tropical temperature mid full or mighty
treea auoh ai are aildora aeen In Dili county,
even In hol-liotiim, It la A yttf InlareHlug
place In vlilt, Jlenanai, bearing fruit; are
tome of the ourlmltlei, JSven the 3fi font la
not enough for them, and they are onntlnu.
Ally threatening to faroe their way through
the glut rnof, Around them are line iP'ol
mem of palmi, pandiflut, oymdi, oruhlili,
etd,. while in a ilone bairn at their mole
gold and illyer flih play among queer
''amy vi rwmtt'aw Ms,.'
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HAMTIOK MONUMENT,
water plants whose names are known only
to learned botanists. In the other houses
are thousands of decorative and bedding
plants, the chrysanthemum show in the
autumn being one of the finest in Pennsyl
vania. A proof of this is afforded in the
fact that Superintendent Hamilton has
taken several prizes with specimens of this
plant at different flower shows throughout
the country.
Parks would not be perfect without orna
mental water, so there is a lake of two acres,
overshadowed by willows and sycamore,
not far from tbe conservatories and muslo
owh iinnn.
pavilion. The water Ii alinnal as rloar as
oryital, and upon Its plaeld bniom float
i wu in, wild geeae, dtieki and other uiiunlla
fowl, It Is a great place for the children,
thla lake, They like to get down there mi
iluniberoui lummor nfteriiuuiia end wiituh
the graceful twain putting their hernia Into
the water to tho extreme lougth nl their long
white ueoks, or the fuziy duokllugi alrlvliu
with osoh other for the eruniba that float
upon the turfaoe. Borne of the preltleit
soenery in tho parka Ii In tho vloluliy of the
lake.
Hunerlntendent Hamilton prides himself,
and Justly, upon lili artlitlo flower bedi.
On tne bank faolng the railroad he every
J ear ipelli out the words "Allegheny
arka" in glgantlo letten of alteriunlheru,
their light green allowing up boldly ngalnat
the background of dark lawn upon which
they reit. In other parti of his beautl ul
domain tbe tuperlntendent makes portrait!
of distingnlshed Americans, using alternan
tli era and other plants to get the proper
ibadlngi. Hit models are made by Fred
3Iayer, the Allegheny sculptor, but the
actual work on tha flowers is done by Mr.
Hamilton himself. The excellence of tbe
result can be judged by the fact that a
paper devoted to gardening interests,
published In Erfurt, Germany, pub-
HTTMBOLDT MONUMENT,
llshed engravings of the portraits of Lincoln
and Washington, done in flowers in the Al
legheny Parks. The editor of the paper, In
the course of an elaborate article describing
the portraits, says that they nro the only
auceesslul pictures of tho kind that have
been made. Many gardeners bave tried it
before, but none iav Mr. Hamilton man
aged to get reproductions of the features an
that they could be readily recognized by the
smallest ohlld. Ueildes theto portraits
there aro many flna flower beds Indifferent
parti or the parki, Jn which eorao 00,000
plnuti arc uicd up annually. The bedi aro
laid out lu all kinds ol aliauea, while the
blending of colon ia eanfully watched, ao
that the harmony ahall bo preserved, how
over gorgooui may be the buea Introduced,
The AiiegDouy rarna ao not iacK monu
J meati, ilthe'i In the Bouth Park, overlook
9
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lag the atone fountain, Ja a flre granite
memorial to the members of the Hampton
Battery who gave up their Uvea on the altar
of their country during the War of the ite
hellion. Tho deilgn ii noble and ehaite.
Upon a majeatro pedestal iUihU tli figure of
an artilleryman of lierols proportions, while
on tho granite tablet la an Imerlptton detail,
ing tho engagement In wlilah the llltry
portlalpated, and embodying a tribute lo tht
brave daad. It was ereoled by the aurvlvore
or Hmnploii Battery, who never fall la
gather in Ita vMnlly for appropriate tier
olaea on Mamolnl Day,
The Humboldt tuonumin! Ii another nota
ble nature nf the Allegheny Parki. It wae
erected by the German oltliene of Allnjluny
ulna yeara ego, It le nf bronae and euntlsfe
ol a buit portrait of the great naturalist. It
'i ww7.it ir&;"v,flr"3i"" 'fvi
'Bi&i&jmmaia??
ALLEOIIENT PABK3.
was made in Berlin and is an exact copy of
a celebrated monument in that city. It la
said to be a faithful likeness, and for that rea
son this particular copy was selected.
CURIOUS LAND TRANSACTIONS.
How Some Terr Valnnble Property In Allo
KlienT Ooee Changed Tliindi Iolereallntt
Storlee bj nn Old. Timer.
There have been some curious land trans
actions in the history of Allegheny. L. D.
McCandless says that Mr. Taggart tells him
that in the memorable year of 1815 hit
grandfather, Bobert Hare, was the only for
tunate farmer in this neighborhood. Ha
lived back of the river hills on Cork's run.
He realized some seventeen barrels ol flour.
It was a fortune. Crossing on the Cork'
run ferry he was on his way to the city.
When opposite the old poorhousa he wae
halted and offered a fenced-in lot on the op
posite side ol the lane, some two aores wide
aud extending to tho Ohio river, for hit
load. But he refused It and sold the flour
In Pittsburg, nnd purchased a farm that ha
had long coveted at or near Horseshoe Bend
on the Porryiville road. It la now valu
able oil territory, although the two aeraa of
ground Hint he refused It now the heart of
Maimheiter, aud would bring many thou
sand, of dollars In a tele. Jf.hu Tiiggarl,
aged 03, residing now on Irwin avenue, le
aii older brother of Andrew Taggarl, who
married a daughter of Hubert Hare, tha
in n u who ohoie a farm lu prefereuoe to oily
lota,
L. 1), MeOandleai tells another good
story ol thla oharaeter. Hewrlteat "Owi
evening while (trolling along Union a re
nin In company wllh Matthias MuOomilgle
wn itoppud at Ilia oomer of Mnnlgniiiery
avenue, where he pointed to whore, whin he
waa a child, a allMterof fortat treea grew,
III whiiau sheltering elude their alok muley
onw oniio lay panting. He and his father
had etnod there watohlug the cow, when
tlioy ware Jolued by Air. Hhlalda, who
uttered to trade tho puature Held nearby lor
the now, HU father refined, the cow coat
ing hi in nollilng (at pasture. The pasture)
field, un the other hand, amounted to 'li
per year moro than It wai worth. That
pasture field faced the parki on Union
avenue and Montgomery nveiiue a whola
block and to-dav Is an anaruiouilv velim.
bla iruutuf property, being mildly built up
with dwellings nnd builneai bouses.
Matthias McOonnlglu claimed lo be the
second white ohlld born where Allegheny
now Hands. He waa, during life, a useful,
honored citizen; for a long timo Clerk to
Counoll, and till the Joint ownership of
Pittsburg and Allegheny tbe poorhousa
oeased, each oaring for their own poor, ho
was made clerk to the Allegheny Poor
Board, which office he held for many years,
holding it wheu be died in 1874 or 1873,
General William Bublnton was at ona
time what Is popularly called "land-poor."
Ife having decided to build tbe hotel first
known as "the McGuire," than as the "St,
Clair" aud "Exchange," and now the site of
the handsome Anderson Hotel, located on
Sixth street, was compelled to cease for
ALLEGHENY PA1SKS.
want of brick. He finally effected an ar
rangement with John McDonald, by which
that gentleman was to furnlih the brick in
onnalderatlon of a tract of land which he
(Bobinson) was to transfer to Matthew Mc
Donald, brother of John. Thlstractol land
extended from Federal street lo Sandnskey
street, and from the commons (Cburoh ave
nue) ncrnu the canal to Lacock street On
It later wai erected a oanal warehouse, and
eventually the land beoamo to valuable ai
to makn the new ownon rich. To-day It la
alio among tho high-priced property on tbe
Korlhilde.
, , Idiile Hanger from ible iieerei.
Klmln Oaietli,
,. A HWe knowledge may be a dangerooi
thing. But the danger ia to universally
avoided that id Tletlaa ire few And far tea
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