Very interesting reading, especially the station-by-station rosters for the Fire Dept. and the value of the firefighting equipment. Do you think you could get TWO American LaFrance pumpers for $7,000.00 today? Frank J. On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:53:44 -0500 gilanne@bellsouth.net wrote: > My apologies if this info has been provided > before but I do recall people wanting info on > rosters of the police department and fire > departments in Savannah for early years. Other > info also in the "Annual Reports of the Mayor > of Savannah, Georgia, 1855-1917 > The website address is: > > http://neptune3.galib.uga.edu/cgi-bin/homepage.cgi?action=link&link=dlg1&rkey=diglibga&ns=1&style=default&nf=0&nc=0&galileo_server=&galileo_server_port= > > You will need to download the Djvu viewer to > view the documents. > Happy viewing. > > Description: > > Annual Reports of the Mayor of Savannah, > Georgia, 1855-1917 (Bulk 1881-1917) > The annual reports of the Mayor of the city of > Savannah Georgia for the years 1855-1917 > include information on city activities and > finances, commercial statistics, health, death, > and illness statistics, and information on > trade, public schools, weather, charitable > institutions and city ordinances. The documents > also include reports of the City Attorney, the > Police Department (including crime statistics), > the City Engineer, the Fire Department > (including statistics on fires and property > losses), and the Board of Trade, among others. > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >