Tiger Engine Company No. 1 officers elected during the charter meeting were recorded in the station log book on April 29, 1869:

Foreman..................................A. J. Brown
First Assistant Foreman............Jno. F. Hamilton
Second Assistant Foreman.......J. L. Holbert
President..................................J. N. Matheny
Recording Secretary.................Leo E. Strong
Financial Secretary...................Vacant
Treasurer.................................W. F. Ryan

Tiger Engine Company No. 2's station log indicates that they requested a Hunneman fire engine. Mr. Hunneman, the maker of the human powered fire engine used by Capital Engine Company No. 1, is noted for having apprenticed under Paul Revere before becoming the maker of fire engines.

With the addition of Tiger Engine Company No. 2, Salem now had one ladder company and two engine companies. Tiger Company, in a bid to make a name for themselves, challenged Capital Engine Company No. 1. to a water duel. At stake was $50 hard cash and the chance for Tigers to earn their stripes!

The exact nature of the water dual was not specified, but it appears that each company would race to establish a water source and the first fire engine to produce a stream and "wash" their opponent would claim the prize. The September 23, 1870 Tiger station log entry reads "On motion it was resolved to stake a wager of fifty dollars ($50) against a like amount from Capitol E. Co. No 1 upon the proposition that they cannot wash us." There is no subsequent log entry to tell if the dual ever occurred or, if so, who won the contest.

Salem's volunteer firefighters were a close-knit brotherhood. When a fellow firefighter was seriously injured at a fire, his comrades would pool their money to ease the burden of the family. When a fellow firefighter died, even due to illness, the fire hall would be draped in mourning, and firefighters would wear the badge of mourning for 30 days. In October 1875 Tiger Engine Company No. 1 lost two firefighters in a single week, and a third the following January.

Tiger Engine Company No. 2 was the first of the Salem engine companies to switch to a steam powered fire engine in 1883. There is no record of how the Silsby steam engine was moved from Tiger's fire station to the scene of the fire, but on June 13, 1888 the following log entry was the beginning of the end for men pulling fire equipment to fires in Salem: "On motion the Foreman was authorized to pay for hauling the Engine to fires at the time and the Company reimburses him at it's next meeting."

The first mention of a fire hydrant in Salem is contained in the Tiger Engine Company No. 1 station log on November 12, 1888 "Moved and carried that the Secretary be instructed to put a petition in the Council to have a Hydrant placed in front of the Engine House."

Salem Fire Department officially entered the horse drawn era in 1899 when Tiger Engine Company acquired the department's first team of horses. Soon Salem Fire Department's standing force of 220 firefighters would find themselves with little to do. With horses pulling apparatus to the fire and steam engines driving the fire pumps, the grand days of 4th of July parades with hundreds of firefighters proudly marching through down town with their apparatus would disappear before the end of the 19th century.

Listed below are names of firefighters that appear in the Tiger Engine Company No. 2 log between 1869 and 1971. As time permits this list will be expanded to incorporated additional years.

• Adams
  Member...................................8/12/1869
  
• Wales Averls
  Member...................................8/10/1871
  
• George S. Allen
  Member...................................5/11/1871
  Hoseman..................................6/8/1871
  
• Allphin
  Member...................................4/29/1869
  
• Anderson
  Member...................................6/10/1869
  
• Barslew
  Assistant Hoseman...................7/14/1870
  
• W. Beckner
  Member.................................12/10/1870
  
• Bengiman Beers
  Member...................................9/14/1871
  
• W. R. Boon
  Member...................................9/14/1871
  
• John Brigman
  Hoseman..................................7/8/1871
  
• A. J. Brown
  Foreman...................................4/29/1869 to 8/12/1869
  Treasurer..................................9/9/1869
  
• B. F. Brown
  President...................................5/20/1869
  
• T. J. Buford
  Treasurer..................................6/1/1870
  Assistant Hoseman....................7/14/1870
  Resigned - resignation refused....9/23/1870
  Hoseman...................................7/8/1871
  Treasurer...................................7/25/1871
  
• John Bushnell
  Member....................................4/13/1871
  Hoseman...................................6/8/1871
  
• L. Byrnes
  Member....................................6/10/1869
  
• Cambell
  Member....................................4/13/1871
  
• Thomas N. Cann
  Member...................................9/14/1871
  
• Churchill
  Member....................................6/10/1869
  
• James Coffey
  Member....................................6/6/1871
  Financial Secretary....................6/6/1871
  
• Cole
  Member....................................4/29/1869
  
• Collins
  Member....................................6/10/1869
  
• Crogs
  Member....................................6/10/1869
  
• Dalrymple
  Member....................................6/10/1869
  
• J. P. Dorsey
  Member....................................7/15/1869
  Fined for not responding............9/14/1871
  
• Jack Dorcy
  2nd Assistant Foreman..............7/25/1871
  
• D. Dosset
  Member....................................9/14/1871
  
• T. C. Duffey
  Member....................................6/10/1869
  Financial Secretary....................6/1/1870 to 6/6/1871
  
• R. P. Earhart
  Member...................................8/10/1871
  
• John Force
  Stricken from the role...............11/10/1870
  
• J. T. Ford
  Member..................................12/10/1870
  Hoseman.................................7/8/1871
  
• G. W. Foss
  Member...................................9/14/1871
  
• David Fossett
  Member..................................2/9/1871
  
• D. M C. Gault
  Member..................................5/13/1869
  
• Garden
  Member...................................7/28/1869
  
• Henry H. Gilfry
  Member...................................8/10/1871
  
• Gilmore
  Member..................................6/10/1869
  
• S. E. Gray
  Member..................................4/13/1871
  
• Green
  Resigned..................................9/23/1870
  
• J. Green
  Black Balled.............................8/10/1871
  
• B. Hamilton
  Member...................................9/14/1871
  
• Jno. F. Hamilton
  First Assistant Foreman...........4/29/1869
  
• J. L. Hamilton
  Foreman..................................7/25/1871
  
• C. Hinkle
  Member..................................7/15/1869
  
• J. G. Holbert
  Second Assistant Foreman......4/29/1869
  
• John Holeman
  Member..................................7/29/1869
  
• Dave How
  Member..................................9/14/1871
  
• Hutchingon
  Member.................................6/10/1869
  
• J. C. Hutton
  Member.................................11/9/1871
  
• James J. Imbrie
  Member.................................6/10/1869
  Recording Secretary...............7/1/1870 to 6/8.1871
  Hoseman.................................6/8/1871
  
• Thomas Kays
  Member..................................9/14/1871
  
• W. A. Lawson
  Member..................................4/13/1871
  
• Lingon
  Member.................................7/15/1869
  
• Linn
  Member.................................6/10/1869
  
• T. H. Lewalling
  Member.................................7/14/1869
  
• W. Lemons
  Member..................................8/10/1871
  
• J. N. Matheny
  President................................4/29/1869 to 1/12/1871
  President pro-tem...................6/8/1871
  Fined for not responding.........9/14/1871
  
• Y. B. McClain
  Member.................................6/10/1869 to 8/12/1869
  
• J. H. McCormick
  Member.................................6/10/1869
  Second Assistant Foreman......6/1/1870
  Resigned.................................6/6/1871
  Restored to the roll..................6/8/1871
  
• McNelly
  Member..................................6/10/1869
  
• Joseph Meyers
  Member..................................4/29/1869
  Foreman..................................6/6/1871
  Fined for not responding.....9/14/1871
  
• Joseph Meyer
  Secretary.................................4/13/1871
  
• Charles Miller
  Member...................................8/10/1971
  
• J. W. Minto
  Assistant Hoseman..................7/14/1870
  Secretary.................................2/9/1871 to 4/13/1871
  Second Assistant Foreman.......6/6/1871
  
• Clinton Monroe
  Member..................................8/10/1871
  
• C. B. Moores
  Member..................................6/10/1869
  Recording Secretary.................6/6/1871
  Hoseman..................................6/8/1871
  
• M. F. Moores
  Member...................................9/14/1871
  
• Thomas Mozee
  Member...................................5/11/1871
  
• Munkus
  Member..................................6/10/1869
  
• Mikel Murphy
  Member.................................11/10/1870
  
• Nettleton
  Member..................................6/10/1869
  
• G. P. Nettleton
  Hoseman................................7/14/1869
  
• E. Olinger
  Hoseman................................7/14/1896
  
• Dave Owens
  Member..................................9/14/1871
  
• E. J. Philops
  Member..................................8/10/1871
  
• Joseph Rector
  First Assistant Foreman...........6/1/1870
  
• De E. Rice
  Member..................................6/10/1869
  Hoseman.................................6/8/1871
  
• W. F. Ryan
  Treasurer................................4/29/1869
  Second Assistant Foreman......5/20/1869 to 6/6/1871
  
• Thomas Scott
  Member..................................8/12/1868
  
• G. E. Sriver
  Member...................................11/9/1871
  
• F. M. Sharpe
  Member...................................5/11/1871
  
• D. Simmons
  Member..................................7/15/1869
  
• C. O. Snyder
  Member..................................7/15/1869
  
• William Steel
  Member..................................12/10/1870
  
• George E. Strong
  Recording Secretary................4/29/1869 to 7/1/1870
  
• C. E. Stuart
  Member...................................914/1871
  
• Thatcher
  Member..................................6/10/1869
  
• Ed. Thurman
  Member..................................7/15/1869
  
• M. Townsen
  Member..................................8/10/1871
  
• Jacob Wahl
  Member...................................4/13/1871
  
• Charles S. Walker
  Member...................................9/14/1871
  
• William H. Watkinds
  Treasurer.................................5/20/1869 to 9/9/1869
  Foreman...................................9/9/1869 to 6/6/1871
  
• W. E. Wilson
  Member...................................6/10/1869
  
• F. R. Wilson
  Recording Secretary..................7/25/1871
  
• Samuel Wolf
  Member...................................11/10/1870
  

Bibliography:
Tiger Engine Company No. 2 Station Log from the Salem Fire Department archive.

Salem Fire Department 1857-1904, Published in the interest of The Relief Fund, Statesman Job Office.

History of the Salem, Oregon Fire Department: the volunteer era 1857 to 1893, Wilkerson.

Photo Credit:
Tiger Engine Company No. 2 group photograph was copied from a print located at SFD Station 2. The photographer is unknown. The existence of a negative is unknown.