, 1879-08-15
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Rumored Changes in Assistant
Marshals, Clerk, Etc.
The Mayors Recent Interview with BEN
ner.--Too Much Economy.

YESTERDAY all sorts Of r,tmors were Adoat as
to changes III tho Fire Department, II was said
that four Assistant Marsha,e Ycrc to bo re-.
tnovcd, ,-Feiric, Kenny. Myers, md Green;
that Benner, going back, the Mayor had totn-
promised on three, leaving pctrtc where he was;
that, instead Of teu sassnsls, as now, only three
would be left, one for caclI division, mud ille
Mayor as Chief. BY the way, tl,e Mayor now
drivct around In Bcnbcr's rcd ftc.wnron hnl
1ses his sadsltc-hor&e. THESE wcre tfia most
current tumurb. There wero many others
however.
. EARLr IN TnR DAT,
tion. subsequently, Acting Marshal swruio
saYs;,.t,0n. CSnw,s and rer! u'', .'i,,v All ''s
Thst Que hc.d WITH shay ', was propablv Snae IT,:
longest The. gist Of thrac conversations np-
pears to have bccr, as to wc!, pf the Assistants
% summoned would 80 far corcur IN sweentc's
Assistant under him Il h!s name were .ent In
nnd was confirmed by the Council next Montlar
nRht ur thereafter. awcnfe An!h that nothing
had occurred, nnd tf,at the Interview uas mean
that 4 tud sotneth!ng TO DO with stayIng .t.e
AZ which was arranged to bave fallen in
the afternoon, ami to have severed numerous
heads It ta not believed, however, TINT he
kUEH AHYtH@I IAnIe LHaH HG 6Mf4 Hu I'LL, IDf
With this Department, as With tlIe police, the
Mayor las adopted tha policy Of keeping the
heads 10 bl'ssfu' ignorance of everything that is
Following this interview ticro was another,
md this time It Nas With
HANS nAEnrlHa,
tho coming Chief Clerk Of the Department, II
shs Mayor does not Change his mind.
THIS vas to SEQ whether ha gould
be relied upon to be In strict accord with his
Honor In tic event Of bis bong appointed, md
Furthermore tu sec II hs WIS Of the requisite age
ntld willing to becot1r a member of The Depart
rnent. as rrguEred by law.-a nIattrr ttat Ind
been oVe!l,oked prior to the Interview with
s~ente Ille meeting was. no doubt, most har-
est acrpsd, fur when It WAS over Mr.. Ilacrtli,R
was placcu ~ Secretary Thompson's care, md
tsmtk tsmnderly p!1o'e4 70 ,1e Fire-Atarshal's
ushrred bin .1uto q privntc ruotn. Hut what
transptred 'for the good Ut lha purity" no one
Viii nEer know until the veil OF mystery has
been Tilted and mr. llaertinE Is cp]oysne thu
sflAt Doy'c enjoys 10 tie Pol!ce Department
AID. McSals, who voted aEafust the REIN
statoEcnt of Marshal Benhtr, says Tint
NusHAM's CHANCES
Of promotion seemed excellent, md, as to the
ottl.r Marsllals, the resignation Of krnney was
aioken vi sut,le ti,n ago. In tile eyeut OF a
chance for u CAPTAIN 0f Il company Tor pru5nu-
tlon, h0 considered tile uruspucts excel
isut Of James O'Br'ep. Gap,ain Of So
D., III or.hss was pIsifs Ws safs n IL ss r' n9must
lie wuull vote for Renncr II his pasnc were sc,lt
in. In thls Aid. Rcardon, wh0 voted tho same
War, coinCiles.
struug iukl.rations exst on alI s!des Just now
tlat Afnyor llnrrihon will
SEND IN NBSSEn'B NAME
to the Council next Mouday night. Among tho
nnfit1HnN Ill lHSnr nj R.llnnr Ia
sufferers by the cu1at,,,ls fire Of july II, 1871,
md representing 6cycral millions or do!'nrs.
businessmen nr0 energetic III lllu interest Ut
AtsiYtant-AIarallnl Shuy+ IN clsu OF a yaeuBcy
The difficulty existing between Mayor llasr[.
son AMI Beuncs originally arosc nut vi conflict
Of tdras ~ to What constituted MI cfllriunt Fire
Depastnent. When .he Approximation bill waa
Nlctnncrch, aTose In bis seat, u!l1 claimed ltlat
there were
TOO MANY IfArlsuA1s.
He thought several could bc dispensed viii,
a,d it,e interests Of tic city br conserved lust
as wr3l. Tile gentleman that hight was mak,
d speech for Geollurny. air. Bcnuer, hayin, or
ganlzcd the Department On tlle ba.talioii sys.
TEN, differed. Thu Mayor, however, a1rccu
with Tuey.
Several Interviews, sipee tho Bcnuer trouble
Icuner: In bis talks witt, tbs 'is reporters 'as
aporeciatios, @ or o. uat!s naansr ns A'oWsa fire.. rs
ma1t. II Is generally believed he meant xlat tn
said. But Benner, Ail thu way through, It
seems,
INSISTED CpoN HIS IDEA
that tho Departments ctlicicncy would 10 I'M
paired by chuncc III The battnlun system, and
hAs peretnptorily declined 10 20 lack uudcr
change. :,
Alr. Bcnucr is now .ecrcatng In Calumet, the
houe OF his brother. 1u thp event Ut bis not r..
assuming the control Of the Fire Department, 1t
Is said he will take cIlargo ot mn Important In
yeatton Just developcl by Prot. Laml,er1, OF 81.
trst, Of thu tlre-nlar1n uillee. II Ia
m apparatus nRainst time, Al,tl tny be calle,i
al :" aGer.n Employing st il snan ca,i truusfor.n
hlgkWlnes into uure spirits usi,le VI I've l,ouge.
ten years old. Electricity Is thu main agcat III
tr discovery, aud the scsencc OF chemistry lius
matcs'nlly assisted. 1t was stascs! tint Heuurr.