The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-05
The Fire Department..

a communication from Captain I. f.
Krouse Of the Fire Police, planning
Of a statement reported by the Her
aid" to have been made the previous
evening by Mr.. Toussaint at the meet
ing Of Engine Company No. l, to the
effect that the Bulletin" had published
letter, charging the Fire Police with
"dereliction OF duty at fires" Mr.. W.
Williams was also reported TO have said
that the Fire Police would most likely
be found at the rear Of fires among the
plunderers. =" Accepted
Another communication from No.
Company was read, in which the name
OF Mr.. J. NJ. Kaneakau was mentioned
as delegate. Accepted, and the gentle
man invited to take his seat
\ letter signed by Hon. J. 4. Cum
minis, and approved by His Excellency
Mr.. Gibson, in which it was stated that
the Jubilee Committee promised to pay
the Department $500 towards the ex-
penses OF taking part in His Majesty
birthday festivities on the 10th instant,
the money to be paid out OF the sum APP
propr:ated by the Legislature for that
urpose, was received. Accepted.
The Chief Engineer reported the re-
ceipt of letter from the Interisland
Steam Navigation Company expressing
appreciation of the services of the De-
partment and enclosing a check for $500.
He had taken it upon himself to draft a
reply, which had been published in the
papers. As he believed it was the first
time the Departments services had been
acknowledged in this way, he was hav-
ing some copies engrossed to be distrib-
uted among the different companies
(Applause.)
The Secretary read a claim from Mr.
NJ. n. Kennedy for injuries received at
the fire on board the w. O.. Hall. 1t was
stated that his ribs were broken and his
eye injured. The amount was ordered
to be paid out of the sick fund.
The Chief Engineer, as Chairman o
the Relief Committee, reported verbally
that there was a balance still on hanC
unclaimed amounting to $50. 1t wa:
decided that the report of this commit
tee be held over for one month, so tina
it might be presented in writing, it beinl
understood that no further claims woulC
now be considered.
a somewhat lengthy discussion tool
place relative to the report in th'
''Herald" already alluded to. Man.
and diverse views were expressed anC
the debate accordingly waXed some
what warm. Some blamed the re
porter, who they considered should hav
had more discretion than to publish sucl
| statements; others blamed the speakers
| and held that they should have beer
more guarded, and that if these thing
were true, it was right they should b.
! published; if not true, a contradictiol
| should he caused to appear in the sam
paper. Some censured the writer OF tn
letter in the Bulletin" which had frs
| given rise to the unpleasantness, Will
others treated the whole thing as joke
though it had appeared in print in al
seriousness, and had thus created ;
wrong impression. As the outcome G
these views, various motions an
amendments were tabled and allowed t
lapse. Some considered that it did nc
concern the Fire Department as
whole, but only the Fire Police, VIII
should be left to deal with it; while, o.
the other hand, it was pointed out that
was unfair for u deserving body of me
who received nothing for their service
to be accused unjustly, and that the
ought therefore to be protected. A sug
gestion of the Chief Engineer that tn
delegate be instructed to lay the matte
before No. Company and direct tn
two members who had signed the lette
in the Bulletin to contradict the state
ment at once or substantiate it, was ult
mately embodied in d motion an
agreed to.
Mr.. II. Smith stated that majorit
of No. 2 Company were DESTROYS OF hav
ing the date on which the Fire Depart
ment should take part in the birthda
festivities altered from the 10th to tn
18th instant.
The Chief Engineer stated that tn
department had rendered its services o
the occasion, leaving it to the Jubile
Committee to choose the date. The
had chosen the 10th and made arrange
ments for that date, and it could not b
altered.
The Chief Engineer reported that h
had placed the $500 received from tn
Interisland Steam Navigation Compan
on deposit with Messrs. Bishop & Co
bankers. He thought of dividing tn
money in this way: 500 to each OF tn
three engine companies, $50 each for tn
Pacific Hose, the Hook and Ladder an
the Chinese Fire Companies, and 800 70
incidentals on the night of the fire.
Mr.. Monsarrat considered this unfair
and contended that if the money wa
divided at all it should be divide
equally. He, however, was opposed t
division, and suggested that a continger
fund be established with it to provid
refreshments for the firemen at fires an
other such purposes.
Mr. Smith pointed to section 10 OF tn
Constitution, which provided that a
donations should be placed to the sic
[ fund