Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-30

The Regular Monthly Meeting-Serious
Charges Preferred, ETC.
The regular monthly meeting of the Fire
Commissioners was held last evening
Present, Commissioners Grifitts and Jack
son absent, Commissioner Conran, on ac-
count of sickness.
The usual monthly reports of the officers
of the department were read and placed on
file. Five fires occurred during the month.
but the loss in each case was triAing.
Property-owners in the vicinity of TWen-
tieth and o streets were present, and asked
that an alarm-boX be placed at Twentieth
and O streets, which is in the midst of a
thickly settled district The nearest box
as they are now distributed is at Seven
teenth and 0 streets. The matter was re-
ferred to Commissioner Griffitts and Chief
Engineer Sullivan. with power to act.
Resolutions OF respect to the memory of
VIM. Bird. Assistant Foreman Engine
Company No. l, were passed. They APP
pear in the advertising columns of the
RECORD UNION this morning.
SERIOUS CHARGES.
The Chief Engineer filed the following
charges against a member of the depart
ment, Thos. Rowe, of Engine Company
No. =. The charges specifically stated are
as follows
First-Lying asleep in a drunken stupor
on furniture box on a Sabbath day, while
citizens, men, women and children were
going TO and from the various churches.
Second-Using ungentlemanly language
at the banquet table at the banquet ten
dered by the Board of Underwriters on
the 9Th day of July at Fishers restaurant.
IhirG-EipbtiOp and T1siDn Ia
manly and vulgar language in front of No.
l engine-house on the 9th of July.
Fourth-Refusing to surrender his fire
department badge when requested to do so
by the Chief Engineer
Fifth-Uusing disrespectful language
when speaking to his Foreman, on the
evening Of the Fourth of July, concerning
the chief officer of the department. When
the Foreman told him to get his orders
from the Chief, Rowe replied, as | am in
formed, that he L" recognized no id Chief
Engineer; that he got his orders from mis-
Foreman
CHARGES NOT so SERIOUS.
In connection with the Rowe matter it
seems to have been necessary to file
charges against another member of the
Department, James II. Moore, Divested
of its verbiage, the charge reads as fol-
lows He threw peach at Mr.. Thomas
Rowe"
Commissioner Griffitts asked why and at
whose instigation the latter charge had
been preferred?
Commissioner Jackson said that the
reasons would come out at the examina-
ton.
The Commissioners agreed to postpone
the hearing of the charges until Mr.. Con-
ran could be present, and so deferred fur
Their action to a meeting to be called by the
Chair.
The following bills were audited and
ordered paid: Capital Gas Company,
Sll 10; J. p. McManus, $55: Sullivan &
Co., 81 40; NJ. S. Hammer, 10 cents; Whit
tier, Fuller & Co, 50 80; A. Dennery &
Co, 80 cents; NJ. McElaney, SIT so: f.
Griswold, 81 80: r. Z. Gogings, 81 10;
Barber 81 Wise, $40 20 A. c. Tufts, 81 %
Jacob Giesel, So Is; Nixon & Wheeler, s. !;
Wiesel & Son, 81 so; Jos. A. NJ. Martin,
81 80; Kirk, Geary d Co., 81 50; A. In
gram, 81 so; NJ. L. Wise, SO C. H. Krebs
& Co., 40 cents S. Roth, 81 C. Nelson,
s.; Friend Il Terry Lumber Co, 90 cents
George B. Blue, $15 10; W. E. Warnock,
$53 % A. 3. Gilbert, S25 rs: Akron Rub
Der Works, $1,25O; D. r. Doherty, 81 So
2. II. Duffy, 81 Weinstock & Lubin 81 80
T.. z. Figg, 70 cents; C. P. r. R., SIS 16
A. A. Van VOORHEES,, 50; Henry Tiedman,
SIG %; Neubourg & Lagos, SO Of; C. S.
Houghton, 81 So c. Sullivan, drapery
SO; {. Ellis, s. 50; C. Sullivan, repairs
fire alarm, SO; total, $l,646 IL.