, 1865-12-27
FIRE AND PrllcE coMMlssIoNERs
Secret Sessfon--The Haley Slough, a
Question OF ResponsibintJ--.Ap.
p0intment Of m Assistant Sp.
perfntendeut Of Police.

The Fegu1ar semi-weekly meeting Of the Board OF
Follcc and Fire Commissioners was held yastcrda .
afternoon At Police Headquarters, conner OF Wash.
tneton snd 1aSalle streets P.escnt-T. u. Brown,
President, in the Chalr, and Commissioners A. n
Ellsworth and Ftod. 0und; also Superintendent
Turtle, Health 0ficer Bridges, and Cept1ins Ken,
nedy. Nelson md Miller.
sEcnT skSHoN.
AZ upon prestoas oct2dont, the CommisaIoners
tesared 10 their room with closed doors, to agrre
upon programme for their public meeting, Attsr
4 lapse Of nfteen xninutes, this duty hayinr bern
Performed, the doou wore thrown open 10 outsiders.
ann INC mceltnC was 1uausuratc3 With the reading
%Iacan e1 ms:ss @ Of the st .;s' ;ss'sson s'1 which
relation 10 ~
1uk uALEI SLOUGH.
He etAfed that tho Common Council some time
slnce appointed him committee 10 ipyestjgafe
into, ana nal mske report npoa; the most feaslble
soueh He had Visited L: tSonch @ M Ind ssa
pared. partially, 10 suhmit his report thereon. but
desired ~ expression from the Police commission.
ets On The subject OF shutting the nulsante. lie
wanted 10 know whether the ComuaissiopcTs woni5
eecond the Board Ieof publfc Works, II the lsttcr
bosm took action tose1a dredging ont the slough.
lIn!ts. >'e 10y
, colnmissionef Brown aaid .hat the only fo-ce the
Heiu o. foline had At their disposal FOR euch Oh.
that there men already had more WORK to nerior.o nm
about the city than they could very vel &C.
SSo9pltsh. So Besides, the Board of policc
10 ens nc fBesi aBs bo. III y
fo1ce Was willing and anxious TO do everything in
~ poWeT to I'd ,hc olycHs Of the nuisance 10 qacs-
nn, ns cdIsd nGt sse that much could be
Alderman Clark fajd he had ennsn,,ct oit,, N.
BoArd Of Public Wortat md unaeF;ood t III tSe t
eonne onTa w1uls as VIII the consent o. The Common
ers Of the properly 20 improved, 10 pay for Tie
dredging and rc1novins Of the 9th.
~, ,nisslones ~ Nfo@n said that The Board Of Po
out ibs sjoaeb tbeS TcTe not acono,ntsd aeea
fubiic WoIS. ,snris I'M dos t,:,,; .ne noara o.
rnecrs men sns icns % nn a1.,n oe m Necessary en-
seasment mentioned b. The desn aq me- iE na,rS As
Ca:nmissIoner Tit.ro,4b ~,,a ,,,.+
of DE Board. hr N.s sr,,Imo ~ ~ "a. a. Membet
lay IN h rorrr 10 alste ia nnts,nrc n II tuas
were loo ltHited tn ssannas ~ Uni tnelr means
such ricantic imnroTcTae1, ,nst 1 esroosnltty Of
Commissioned Hrnrn s1id th.t s t.@sns. a.,
shutting Tie Haley sjouch had scn qniesaGn o.
Of Public Works, and from the Ros.d Ros,d
q q tnoac Works to the Board Of
Police Commissioners. until the question vas morr
nn's aan The ,,oGh ,sf he COM
crz, md back up, their order with The necessary
means, ahate the uui.ance," the Board Wouid
pefs';osfm s;ss nc VOL:
Tantsa to INC on, whether the poard ct Police had
commis.ioner Titeworth said the Board OF Police
~ ~ nc PoNSf o. oosng the work Ut the low
g! noss1o,e cApenalInle.
commisssoners wonn N 1se epe, ns noasa q Folice
atttst the uoa1d Of TrhIc Wn1*~ Il - ea poHel
uufs kncr ~1s0 - @eo'AG 1oe
Alderman Clark eota ,b.. T..
Bostd to rseertsIn WIN wos @ cme Deiote the
fomauee OF The wo.E 70 fhst +. cnnid tt ine PEI;
information In his report 10 tho Counci III ~
80 49, AD .1.o " as'ou- conc'as'ou-
n1 toaAeE IElEaRAfa.
Commit sioner Iftsworth stated to the Board
4, ,, ne &c oecn informed by responsible parties
1t I tne fniice Telegraph Instruments used IL the
Lo!.Ge etal1ons were q no practical use md Thai
Inc department would he better OF without tnsn
with them. ''''
T. superintendent Chandler in reply esid that the
i.y tna ablc al rny and MI times to eel ONT AZ nr
Ger. They were the worst lustlnmeotg he errr
PAW, and lie Ind been informed by the u,su who NM
thcm up That they ~cre worthless. He sad fnrhcr
lhal nnleyf NAN Wst Kept constantly running
round loodng a1tcT them they could NOT be ieni in
ostG. ~''$ -
ArroEs1AExr or srsc1A1. po1ycr
A ccu,nunic1tn,, t-,s ,ses1sa-s 80
NJ Uouch nsEfnn for he 9n1nnt,e91 .som Colonel y
10 do dnty a. enecai onffre ntstr.rs " e.Snt men
A On mnitn, Ao's: af p,~s,dsr.
aynft ,sns bononed .nd ~" tM tTMoMH toe Co!onels
epns were annnnfrd md tsc.4 named per
Rohert Alien, Samuel EmorS' OH inhn M e st9hosd,
Craig. Dayid Cs1nnhci; J:,tS Sor A. fuee George
CrnMeu. ~eS"po'.4' "oun "eseh and E A.
Several other pcr,on, ,fr,e s,,o,,+,,
nol,rrmsn ior *, s- MI appo3nted as special
ana n,nnt,f,ctn,nc T.. private Residences
nrrrw s7.prnr-...-.ssN .s
Commissioner Ti1wo.th ot1r-od tb. fn1,..x.
which was seconded by Commisaionef Gnnn' M