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TELEGRAPH   STATIONS.
 

Hydrant Companies.
No. 1.—A. II. Webster, Foren. : Win. Lintz, Asst.
No. 2.—James W. Biitker, Foren. : E. Wheeler.
No, 3,—Wm, Wakeman, Foren. : Samuel B, White, Asst.
The number of men in the department is 1629.
 

Fire liist.ricts.
First District.—The First Fire District shall embrace all that part
of the city lying north of a line from the foot of North Moore street
to the Hails of Justice, and west of a line running from the Halls of
Justice, through Lafayette and Irving Places.

Second District.—The Second Fire District shall embrace all that
part of the city lying castof the first district, and north of a line run¬
ning from the Halls of Justice to the foot of Roosevelt street.

Third District.—The Phird Fire District sliall embr.ace all that
part of the city lying south of the first and second districts.

For the purpose of guiding the Firemen more correcily, to the fire,
the districts are subdivided, and the district bells will be rung as
follows :—

1st district,             1st section,             one stroke.

do.                   2d do.                    two do.

2d do.                     1st do.                    three do.

do.                   2d do.                    four do.

3d do.                    1st do.                     five do.

do.                   2d do.                     six do.

For assistance, the signal will be the continual ringing of all district
bells, except lliat on the City Hall, which will always ring the sec¬
tion in which the fire is raging.

Number of Fires in 1847.
During the  year, ending August 1st, 1847, there wore  334 fires,
by which the damage to  buildings  amounted to $168,307, and to
stock, furniture, etc., $374,135.
 

1 Teleg-rapSt Stations iii tlie U. S. and Canada.
 

Offices in New
 

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WESTERN LINE.
 

Lock port
 

*Berthier
 

Statio7is.
 

Springport
 

*Three Rivers
 

Carmel
 

Elmira
 

*Q,uebec
 

Po'keepsie
 

Ciueenston
 


 

Hudson
 

Saratoga
 

EASTERN LINE.
 

Albany
 


 

Stations.
 

Troy
 

Canada Junction.
 

Bridgepmt
 

Schenectady
 

St. Catherines
 

New Haven
 

Little Falls
 

Hamilton
 

Hartford
 

Utica
 

Toronto
 

Springfield
 

Rome
 


 

Worcester
 

Syracuse
 

Montreal Telegraph.
 

Boston
 

Auburn
 

Port Hope
 

Lowell
 

Geneva
 

Oshawa
 

Portland
 

Canandaigua
 

Cohiirg
 


 

Rochester
 

llelville
 

SOUTHERN LINE.
 

iiufi'alo
 

Kingston
 

Stations.
 


 

Brockville
 

New Brunswick
 

Side Lines.
 

i'rescolt
 

Frincelon
 

Tthaca
 

Cornwall
 

Trenton
 

Osvvpgo
 

Montreal
 

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