The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-19
TWO NEW FIRE Aids
Chief Farrier Will Have
Plenty of Help in At
tending Fires.
BATTALION CHIEFS APPOINTED.
Last Nights Meeting of the Fire
Board--T Trials aud Transfers.

The Fire Board last night made another
change in the official roster Of the De-
partment. Two new offices were created
and ex-Commissioner John Guiton. pres
ent driver of No. 6 Engine, and Engineer
John Hogan, of No. Engine, were ap-
pointed to the newly created positions of
Battalion Chiefs, with the same salaries
they are at present receiving.5
The new offices were created by the
passage Of the following resolution Of
fered by Commissioner Brown:-
Resolved That from the date Of the passage
OF this resolution, there shall be two officers IN
this department, to be known as Battalion
Chiefs One Battalion Chief shall have his head
quarters at NO. Engine House. on Summit
avenue, and the other shall have his head
quarters at Engine House No. s, on Ege avenue:
that they shall devote their entire time to in
terests Of the department. attend all fires ia
districts IN which the Chief Engineer shall direct
THEM to perform duty. and in the absence OF the
cnleI and assistant, shall have command at all
fires occurring within the limits of such districts
as may be prescribed to each. In all districts
other than their own, they shall act subordinate
to the Battalion Chief Of the district.
They shall make report TO the Chief
Engineer, of all fires attended by them and
promptly return any violation of the rules Of the
department, or disobedence of orders by officers
or members of the force; and that these resolu-
rttN-S
tions of the Board.
w. E. j. Saunders, the recently ousted
Inspector of Horses, through counseilors
Corbin u Collins, served writ OF GER
t1oreri upon the Board. commanding that
all resolutions and proceedings pertaining
to the setting aside of the office of In
spectoT of Horses and creating the new
one OF Veterinary Surgeon OF the De-
partment, be sent to the Supreme Court
before the third Tuesday in February. 1t
IS rumored that ex-Stable-Keeper Multi
gan; ex-Foreman Archibald. of No. en-
giLne, dismissed and ex-Foreman Duke,
OF No. 2 Engine, Will all carry their cases
to the Supreme Court. The Board claims
to anticipate no trouble whatever.
TRIALS AND TRANSFERS.
Engineer John MichaeliS, of No. 2 En-
gine, was placed on trial for neglet of
duty, Chief Farrier on the tenth instant
tried to call up by telephone No 2 Engine
Company and failed. He then tried to
communicate with No. 2 through No. l
Engine and No. Truck and also failed.
Mlchaelis' defence was that the telephone
was out of order. Lineman Speaker testi-
fed that he visited No. Engine house in
response to Chief Farrier's direction, and
found the telephone all right Michaelis,
whose duty 1t was to maintain floor
watch, produced witnesses to prove that
he was not twenty feet away from the
phone at the time of the Chiefs call.
The case was laid over one week
The case against William Mertz, of No.
Engine, for failing to perform his re-
quired sixty per cent. duty was dismissed.
Ralph Jones was transferred from No.
4 to No. 5 Engine. and James P. Battersly
was appointed to No. Truck to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Cor
nelius NoonaH. John Paxon was ap-
pointed hoseman-at-cal on No. 3 Engine,
No one has yet been decided upon to fill
uhe vacancy on No. Truck caused by A.
H. McGucken's resignation.