The daily gazette., 1878-01-29
SECOND EDITION
Council ana the Fire Comp.nfe,
THE CHIEF ENGfNEER "susr ArNsp,"
BUT Hfs ACTION REVERSED.

Council ana the Fire Com panfes
THE CHIEF EneIsEER "susrArssp,"
BUT Hfs ACTION REVERSED.
The meeting of City Council, last
evening, TO hear the report Of the Com
mittee on Fire Companies In relation to
the Suspension OF the w ster witch and
Heilance .. y. Il. Companies by the
Chef Engineer, was attended BY large
audience, composed principally or the
members of The, various fire o companies
who crowded the Council Chamber to It's
utmost capacity. The Chief and Assis-
tant Engineers Of the Department were
present, and also Mr.. l.. r. Riddle ofthe
firm Of James Riddle, Bon 81 Co, . III i
Az 8 O'Clock the roll was called, and
all the members of Council answered to
their names. The chair announced the
object Of the meeting, and asked IL the
committee was resdy to report, when
Mr.. Adams, chairman OF the committee,
responded by sending up the following
report. which was read. a8gi aa0NigS
Your Jommittee, would reportin favor
OF sustaining the Chief Engineer In slls>
pendipg the. Reliance and the Water
Witch Fire Companies. s7asv 3it
,tls5q -,ssl-a . JOS. X. ADAMS, f,-..
.pi4'i THos. JOHNSON, 0la
,stl1 eei II. II. DOWNING,
dsar r. II. TAYLOR, ~ w
Iinuf s9g Ns l.. p. LYNCn.i =,
p Mr.. windle immediately offered A an
amendment to the report the following.
~ Resoiued, That the Reliance and
Water Witch steam fire engines, recent
y declared out Of service By the Chiet
Engineer Of the Fire Department, be re-
instated, and their fines remittsd. i,sass
The discussion of the subject, which
was full and ample, then began, Messrs.,
johnson and Lynch arguing In favor of
sustaing the Chief Engineer in the exer-
else Of hls rightful authority. a. = = q
Mr.. Guthrie spoke for the companies
on the ground that they were ordered
into service by the First Assistant Enpi-
neer bu: Mr. Lynch replied that the As
sistant, in his testimony before the cons
mittee, had denied giving such orders.
Mr.. Guthrie insisted that be had only
hearsay evidence TO This effect, and Mr..
Windle In support OF Mr.. Guthrie's view
read q published card from Assistant
Engineer Thomas, In which he stated
over his signature, that "exercising what
l believed 10 be my undoubted authority
in the absence Of the Chief, I ordered the
Water Witch 10 60 into service and ex-
tlnguish the fire. ~ i5sA lH'n 5.re'f0
Mr.. Adams stated that MFR. Thomas
when before the committee, denied Civ
ing such order. and after some further
discussion Mr.. Taylor read MIR. Thomas'
evidence, which was TO the effect that he
did not know at the time that they were
outside Of the city limits, bat on being
apprised of the fact be said we're done
all the deVilment we can, let's pitch In. -
After further discussion BY Messrs
Taylor and Maxwell on one side, and
Messrs. Norten and Windle ON the other,
Mr.. Guthrie offered the follow ing as Al,
amendment TO Mr.. Windles amendment
which Mr.. Windle accepted, oa4o9J o ..
ResoiUed, That in view of the con-
| tilctlng testimony before this 0ouncIl.
and In view Of the, close proximity ef the
fire on that occasion, to Che city limits,
AND WHEREAs, Few, II, any of the,
nremen kno wing where the limits ofthe
city were at that particular location, ID
Be 1t further Resolved, That this Couu.
Gil, while recommending the zeal of the
Chief Engineer In his desire to enforce
discipline, nevertheless we deem the
punishment too severe for the offense in
this particular case, and order that the
Water Witch and Reliance steam fire
engine Companies be and they are here
by reinstated and their fines rescinded. I
Another full discussion followed, when
President Lichtenstein twho had called
Mr.. Baker TO the chair, offered another
amendment, as follows: 4, ID. .l' - 80
That In view, of this being the first
offense committed, iti the immediate
obedience to the orders of the Chief on
behalf Of the suspended companies, the
necessity OF having the whole depart
'mentl At hand, we would recommend
that the Chief Engineer be- requested to
reseil the order suspending tine Com
This amendment drew out still further
discussion, pre- and con, and Just as il
was about to be voted upon Mr. Baker
took IT., ana striking out all after the
word "recommend,' he added the fol-
lowing: "That the Water Witch and
Reliance Fire Companies be reinstated
20 active service and the fines remitted.D
Mr.. Baker then offered 10 as substitute |
for all the other amendments.
The question being taken on the adop-
tions OF the substitute amendment, Mr. |
Maxwell called for the yeas and nays. |
which, being taken, were as follows:
Yeas NJ essrs, Adams, Baker, Conrad. I
Evans. Hazlett, Guthrie, Knight, Nor. :
ton, Price, Townsend, Windlei aud p resi-
dent Lichtenstein-12 3,' s,g,si |
p Ndys+M essrs. Chandler, Davia, Down,
ing, Jones, johnson, Lynch, y Maxwell
Iaylor--9.n H. tg'lill 'nfsI
The report of the committee. as thus
was then adopted by the same
vote, and Council adjourned.
During the course of The meeting, the
exhibited their feelings BY oo-
casionai subdurdl bu,sts Of laughter orl
applause, but President Liohtenstein
checked every tendency to any
violent expression Of appreciation or dis
But just ~ the Council was
and the crowd began to surge
,ut the comments of the crowd began to
be heard, and one excited Individual ex-
,lainied In loud tone, "We'll 20 where
We please, now.n No confusion was oc-
,asioned, however, and the audience
luietiy dispersed. IL
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