Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-29
Chairman Committee on
Report adopted.
ORDINANCES.

The ordinance "to increase the Fire Depart
ment by the addition of two men and to pre-
scribe their salary and duties" was read a
Alderman O'ConnOr offered the following
a substitute:
AN ORDINANCE to increase the efficiency
Of the Fire Department.
SECTION l. The NdYr r and n LdermeB of the
Gin of Savannah in Council assembled do here
By Orddia, That 30 men be added to the Fire
Department, who shall be known as call men,
five of whom shall be foremen and Is privates,
and whose duty it shall be to report to and
Join such part Of the fire apparatus to which
they may be attached, at all fire alarms and
perform such duties as they may be directed
TO perform by the Chief Fireman and other
officer in charge of Fire Department at fires.
SEC 2. And it is further Ordained by the G1-
H0rity aforesaid, That one foreman and five
men shall be assigned and attached to each
steam engine and hose carriage, one foreman
and seven men shall be assigned and attached
to the hook and ladder company, and one
foreman and three men shall be as igned and
attached to the Protection Hose Company,
and on the sounding of the fire alarm the men
shall join that portion of the fire apparatus to
which they may be severally attached. report
ing to their immediate foreman, whose duty
it shall be to report to the Chief Fireman IN
writing within twelve hours after returning
from the fires the names of all the call men
under his immediate command on duty at the
said fire. On joining and attaching them
selves to their respective companies SAID call
men will be subject to perform the same duties
and will be liable to the same rules and pen
altes as are prescribed for the government OF
said department. After joining the depart
ment at a fire no call man shall leave or alb
sent himself from his station until relieved by
the Chief Fireman or officer in charge of the
fire.
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained blythe authority
aforesaid, That the call men shall be appointed
by the Mayor on the recommendation of the
Chief Fireman, approved by the Committee on
Fire, and they shall hold their Offices during
good behavior. The foremen shall each re-
ceive one hundred and fifty dollars per annum
+ for their services, payable in quarterly pay
ments of Thirty seven $4,000 dollars, out OF
the City Treasury, and the other call men
shall each receive sixty dollars per annum for
their services, payable quarterly in payments
of fifteen dollars, out of the City Treasury
and such call men shall be required to lodge
at the respective engine houses to which they
may be attached, as the Chief Fireman may
from time to time direct.
SEC. 4. Be 10 further ordained the authority
aforesaid, That if any foreman shall absent
himself from any fire or fail to report for duty
at any alarm, he shall be fined five dollars for
each and every such absence, and If any other
call man shall absent himself from any fire
or fail to report for duty at any alarm, he
shall be fined two dollars for each and every
such absence. but no fine shall be inflicted for
absence for PrOvidential cause.
SEC. 5. Be ii further ordained By the authority
aforesaid That the Fire Department shall be
increased by adding thereto two men, ia
addition to the men above provided for, who
shall be appointed by the Mayor on the recon-
mendation of the Chief Fireman, approved by
the Committee on Fire. The men thus APP
pointed shall receive for their services each
fifty dollars per month, and shall perform
such duties as may be from time to time re-
quired of them by the Chief Fireman.
The following amendment was offered by
Alderman Green;
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted By tie authority
aforesaid, That ON and after the first day of
October. 1884, the services of the several vol
unteer fire companies now attached to the
Fire Department, are hereby dispensed with,
and SAID companies, after said date, shall no
longer be considered part OF the Fire De-
partment of said city.
Pending action on the above ordinance, on
motion OF Alderman Nell, the following COM
munication was read:
OFFICE OF CHIEF FIREMAN. !
SAVANNAH, GA, Sept. "a, lSS4.i
Alderman Il. M. Green, Chairman COMMITTEE
on Fire:
DEAR SIR. respectfully request that the
following matter be brought before the City
Council: | allude to the conduct of some OF
the officers and members of the Washington
Fire Company. Some three or four months
ago / was compelled to make transfer OF
one of the employees of the Fire Department
from one station TO another, for reasons al
ready stated to His Honor the Mayor and
Fire Committee. After having issued the
orders of transfer, | returned to the
department headquarters, and was
informed that the First Foreman
of said company had been there inqulring for
the GllcI. Inc ldDEudSe ustu III MAKING bdlu
inquiry was, "Where is that son OF D.. Fer
nandez, who took one of our drivers away?i
On making visit the same day to the Wash-
ingtOn engine house, | was approached by
the said foreman and another member of said
company, and was abused in most shameful
manner. The language used on the occasion
was that the Mayor, Aldermen and
Fire Committee. and / not en-
cepted, were all a set of damn sons
of BIS for issuing such orders. Since that
occurrence some of the neighbors made com
plant to me that if the conduct OF some Of
the members or others about the engine house
was not put stop to that they would be com
PEELED to bring the matter to higher authority
the conduct in the hall and in and about the
house being very bad, and such Language
used as to prevent ladies from going to their
windows or stoops or passing by. IN
cousequ nee of this l was obliged t.
issue orders prohibiting the loafng or loung-
ing of idle persons in or about the fire station
as they were Of no credit to themselves nor K
the department; and further. that no Other
but employees of the department be allowed tC
, sleep at any Of the fire stations, for reasoni