Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-18
Board of Fire Commissioners
A Driver Tried for DerelictkOn of Duty
 Heis Repr1manded and Fined Eleve,

Driver Tried for Dereltctton Of Duty
 Heis Repr1n1anded and Fined Eleven
 pays Pay.
 A special meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners was held last evening to hear and act upon charges preferred against Ho- mer G. Perkins, the driver of Hook and Lad der No. l. All the commissioners were pres- ent, His Honor Mayor Robertson, presi- dent eu-obtcio, presiding.
 The charges against MT. Perkins were First, intoxication on October 9th, 1882; second, entering house of the department while intoxicated; third, retiring to bed be- tween and o'clock p m. ; fourth, ire. quenting saloons for the purpose of drink 1 ing fifth, intoxication on July 18th, 1882. 1 The accused in his own defense said he had l been connected with the department eight
 years While he had taken glass of beer I occasionally he had never been drunk. The question as to why Engineer Sanger, l the executive officer, had not reported the l intoxication of the accused preferred in the 1 charges occurring on July 18th was dis | cussed. The opinion of the Board appeared to be that MT. Sanger, the officer in charge, had been derelict in duty in not previously 1 reporting the breach of rules
 It seemed to Commissioner Baldwin and others though the charge for intoxicasion l on July 25th malicious.
 Engineer Sanger was called and gave de 1 scription of Perkins condition on October 6. He thought he was under the influence of liquor and unfit to drive the truck zine to @ fire. He was persistent in saying that he had seen Perkins frequently intoxi
 cated while on duty. He said that the reason he did not report Perkins July 25 was be- l cause the Chief was absent at the time. In reply to Commissioner Mullen Engineer 1 Sanger said that on October Perkins was
 unfit for duty on account of drinking too much.
 Mir. Eldridge, pipeman, said that on the
 evening of October he did not notice that
 Perkins drunk. He said that Perkins,
 when he went up stairs, told him (Eldridge)
 to call him about quarter before o'clock.
 When he went to call Perkins he understood
 Sanger to indicate that he did not want him l to do so.
 I After hearing the evidence charge was
 stricken out not sustained, charge 1, of in | toxication, sustained.
 I On 3d charge, retiring to bed between ' 1 and o'clock, not guilty.
 On 4th charge, visiting saloons, guilty. l On 9th charge, not guilty.
 ! It was then voted that the accused be fined
 eleven days pay and that he be reprimandeo | by the Chief in the presence of his company,
 and also that he be informed that for any | further violation of the rules he would be
 summarily dismissed from the force.
 1 Mir. Perkins then brought before the I Board and told of the action of the commis
 sioners by Mir. Mullen, president of the l Board
 I cThluS tASu 1uIOrluSU tue bO2ru CuaG ue ! would hereafter comply with the rules of tho
 Board, and after thanking the Board fol 1 their consideration be returned to duty. The , Board then adjourned.
 
 , County Commissioners. The County Commissioners were in sessio1
 yesterday for the purpose of granting Ii . censes to New Haven liquor dealers iron November 1st to January 1st. The following licenses were granted during the day: Johl
 Clancy, 65 Washington street P. McKenna corner East and Myrtle streets P McKen aa 164 Franklin street; John F. Smith, 3S Web
 ster street M. Zunder dE Son, 251 Stat 7 street; Paul Weil 23S Chapel street An drew Goodman, SS Grown street James w HeaIey, 132 Congress avenue. In the afternoon Rev. Mir. Mossman noti 3 fled the commissioners of the decision reached by his society Monday night, and the, formally objected to licenses being granted t, Thomas Sweeney, John Dwyer and John B Ashdown. On Sweeney's application Rev Mir. Mossman made the following endorss } msnt:
 Attention of county commissioners calico to this applicant, because of reputation as pueilist and disorderIy conduct in his sa ! loon. His previous application in April 1882, was also objected to and not granted. COMMITTEE THE s. P. c. The County Commissioners will be in ses
 sion daily, and are anxious to issue as man. , licenses as possible before November in or . der that dealers may not be subjected to an, t ! annoyino delay