| On December 17, 1891,
in response to a call made by Frank T. Hart for a citizens' meeting
to consider the organization of a fire company in Pennington, about
25 people assembled in the Irving House Restaurant, which would
later become the First Trenton National Bank building. After a brief
discussion, it was decided that a company should indeed be created
and members enrolled that same night.
In addition to Mr. Hart, the
following men signed the roll as charter members of Pennington Fire
Company: J. L. Allen, F.W. Seither, N.M. Lewis, John G. Muirheid,
C.K. Yard, C.C. Titus, H. L. Lanning, Walter Frisbie, F.A.
Blackwell, W.A. Siegfried, Uriah Caffey, N. B. Phillips, Samuel H.
Chatten, H.C. Bunn, Joseph G. Muirheid, C.M. Titus, A.D. Wesner, E.S.
Leigh and George H. Frisbie.
Four days later, a second meeting was held at which a constitution
and bylaws were adopted and the Fire Company organization completed
by election of the following officers: Frank T. Hart, president; N.R.
Blackwell, vice-president; Henry L. Lanning, secretary; Charles K.
Yard, treasurer; Frank A. Blackwell, chief; D.A. Clarkson, S.H.
Chatten and Joseph G. Muirheid, trustees.
The first committee to solicit funds
for the Pennington Fire Company consisted of George W. Scarborough,
John W. Scarborough, John G. Muirheid and Charles K. Yard. At a
meeting of this committee in March 1892, it was reported that $324
had been pledged. Together with $115 that had been raised at a
minstrel show given by the Company, those
funds were sufficient to begin acquiring apparatus.
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