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COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES T h e P eo ple's Ban k
T h is bank w as organized in 1903. with a capital stock o f $50,000. Jo h n Benticid was president; J . H . Cole, vice president; J . B. Waison, cashier. In 19 10 this la n k closed its doors and W illiam G . Pursel w as appointed receiver. Its depositors were all paid. A t the time o f its closing J . B. Watson was president, and W . P . Jon es cashier. A bank which afterw ard s paid its depositors o ff ami went into orderly liquidation was opened in 18 7 1 in the room subsequently occupied by the New Y o rk T ea Store. F IR E r O M I ’ A N lE S
,A fire company w as organized in Danville in 1830. but there arc no records of the mem bership or officers, and it is doubtful whether they ever operated a s a ttrc c o m p n y to any extent. F riendship F ir e Compans' N o . I was organ ized in 18 4 1. B efore t »c laying of the water mains, the company had a steam fire engine. Its first hand engine, built in Philadelphia in 1796, could throw a stream fo r 170 feet. It is still kept as a relic of the old hand engine days. It w as rqiaircd in 1848 and a new hand engine bought. A t (hat time the town was divided into two fire w ards. E ast and West. T he first officers w ere: C . H . I'rick. presi dent: Charles C. Lloyd, vice president: H. P. Baldy, John S . Wilson, W . II. O llis. W . H . K in g, engineers; Paul Leidy. secretary; David K in g, treasu rer; P . Baldy, W . Donaldson, W . Colt. Valentine Best, E . B. Reynolds, man agers. 'fh e membership o f this company at present is seventy-seven. T he officers at the present time a r e : W illiam V . Oglesby, presi dent: John I.. Jones, vice president; John G. W aite, secretary: John L. Russell. trcaM ircr: II. E . Trum bower. foreman. T h is company now has an automobile hose and chemical truck. li'ashtnglon F ir e C<j»«pa«v N o . 2 . organized in 1859. has a home on M arket street, in the Secoml ward. In 1872 this company num bered eighty, and at that time owned one firstclass hand engine, two hose carriages and a thousand feet o f hose. T h e officers then w e re : W illiam W illiam s, president; Charles T w ist, secretary: Geotge Kinn, treasu rer; Thom as C oxey. fo rem an; Richard M errell. hoseman. T h e present membership o f this company is 107. T h e officers a r e : A . C . Roat. president; D avid E van s, vice president; George W . Rob
inson, sccrctar)'; W esley llollabaugh, treas u rer; Joscjih Wcidman, forcnun . Coniinental F ire Com pany N o . 3 was o r ganized in 1863, and its home is on Alill street, in the Thir«l ward. In 1872 the membership w as eighty. T h e equipment then owned con sisted o f one hand engine, two hose carriages and 8cx> feet o f hose; and the officers at that tiiite w ere: President, H ugh Dougherty; vice president, M . S c u lly; Philip Brennan, secretary: P. M cC affrey, treasu rer; Jam es Grim es, foreman. T he present membership is thirty-two. Its officers at present a r c : K dw ard Lcam y, president; Jo h n Pickens, vice president: Charles McDermott, secretary; Michael Burke, treasu rer; Ralph Huntingdon, foreman. G ood W ill H ose Com pany N o . 4 was organizcrl in i8<x> and is located in the Founh ward. Its present membership is forty-three. Its officers a r c : W illiam lies, president; •Millard Mitchell, vice president; Jc ssc Milroy, secretary; Jo h n M itchell, treasu rer; Fxlward lies, foreman. In 190S. in Mahoning township, .adjoining the borough, there was o r g a n is t a Rescue F ir e Com pany, which possesses a chemical engine that has been used effectively in a numIicr o f fires in the liorough. T h ere are six teen memliers at present. T he president is W illiam Shultz, J r .; secretary, H a rry K essler; treasurer, W illiam K e ssle r; forem an, Jam es Fau x. R E M IX 'IS C K .N C E S
John F razer removed from Danville in 18 3 1, and on the fiftieth anniversary o f his departure he jotted down his recollections. T he picture he recalls of the people o f that distant day is very interesting. T he follow ing is the substance o f his recollections: “ T he population of the village w as then 740; the buildings numbered eigh ty: most of these were dwelling houses on W ater. M arket and M ill streets. T h ey were liounded by the river, Church street, ,'w h lc r ’s run and Factory street: these limits were very much less than the pre.scnt area of the borough. 'Ilie y were chiefly’ fram es, but many of the prim itive log buildings yet remained. T h e brick buildings were the courthouse. Goodman's T avern . DrPctrikin*.* and M r. F rick ’s residences and Mr. B aldy's store. Subsequently many brick structures were erected, all. or nearly all. of which remain. “ The pursuits of the citizens were confined tn the ordinary mechanical trades, the profes
