Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-11
FIRE AND POLICE.
YESTERDAYS MEETING OF THE
TWO COMMISSIONS.
The Police Commissioners Suspend the
Rules to Grant Two Liquor Licenses
Charges Against Officers Settled-No
Chemical Engine to be Purchased.

The board of police commissioners
held its regular weekly session in the
mayors Office yesterday afternoon. The
chief having reported favorably on the
application of Christian Krempel for
permit to obtain a license for new sa-
loon at No. 215 North Spring street, the
same was granted.
The following applications for trans
fers of licenses were granted G. Raph-
ael & Co. from G. Silverstein, for saloon
at the junction CT Olympia and San Fer
nando streets B. Passera from Passera
& Molineri, 705 Upper Main street;
Fred. Saumer from Eschellbach q Bill
Itch, 400 Upper Main street; and John
Boyce from 219 to 22S Also street.
The application of John Schmidt for
saloon license at No. 81 Commercial
street was referred to the chief
under the rules for investigation;
but that of J. H. Perry and Joe Man
ming for like privilege at No. la Court
street was granted, the rules having
been suspended, on motion of Mr.. Lewis,
for that purpose.
A number of demands amounting in
the aggregate to $228.95 were approved.
The chief having reported in the mat
ter of the charges preferred against
detective w. A. Bosqui by Cranberg,
that the complainant had expressed his
readiness to accept an apology, and he
had instructed Bosqui to do so, the re-
port was ordered received and filed, and
the charges were thereupon dismissed.
The committee appointed toinvestigate
the charges preferred against Officer
Fay by John Crimmins reported that
although the charges were not fully
corroborated by testimony, the officer
had in its opinion been too hasty. The
committee therefore recommended that
Fay be fined in the sum of $40, the
money to be placed in the police re-
ward and charity fund. The report
was adopted unanimously.
The applications of w. B. Johnson,
and Harvey Partridge for positions on
the force were received and placed on
file, as was also that of S. B. Sites, for
the position of driver of the patrol
wagon.
The chief having reported that Har-
vey Davis, who was appointed to the
position as driver of the patrol wagon at
the last meeting, had refused to accept
the appointment, the question OF filling
length Mr.. Bryson nominated q. III.
Buckingham; MIR. Dexter nominated S.
B, Sites, and Mr.. Lewis placed in NOM
ination, H. Partridge. On the roll be-
ing called, the vote stood as follows:
Bryson and Collins-Buckingha Dex-
ter and nkenfield-Stites Lewis
Partridge. Before the vote was an
nounced, however, Mr.. Lewis changed
his vote to Sites, whereupon the chair
man announced that S. B. Sites had
been duly elected by vote of to 2.
The chief having asked for further
time in the matter of the Ransome Home
investigation, on account OF the SICK
ness of Mother Ransome, the same was
granted.
On motion of Mr. Dexter the board
then resolved itself into committee OF
the whole to investigate the matter OF
the claim of D. Ellsworth, 317 Buena
Vista street, against officer Sanchez, for
$26.92 After some investigation, the
matter was laid over for one week.
Fire Commissioners.
At the regular weekly meeting OF the
board of fire commissioners held yester-
day morning in the mayors office, the
following business was transacted:
In accordance with the recommends
tions of Chief Strohm the following ap-
pointments were made unanimously on
motion of Mr.. Kuhrts: John Anderson,
call man, company No. Z, vice James
Kelroy resigned; call man f. Erdmann
transferred from Park hose company to
company No. 5, vice Jerry Jones, re-
signed, and S. B. Stowell call man Park
hose company, vice F. Erdmann, pro-
NOTED.
On motion of Mr.. Kuhrts, recon-
mendation was made to the council
that an ordinance be passed providing
the Park hose company with a perma-
nent member of the department at
salary of $50 per month.
On motion of Mr.. Moore the chief
was authorized to allow Callman }. M.
Riley, who was injured on July 4th
last by the upsetting of the Park hose
carriage while running to q fire, the
sum of 500 from the tiremen's relief
fund.
The matter of the proposals for a
chemical engine, which had been re-
ferred to the board by the council, was
then taken up, considered, and it was
agreed to recommend to the council that
the purchase of such an engine be indeti-
nitely postponed.
A petition was received from David
Emerson ct al, relative to the election
of blacksmith shop on lot IA, block
10, O. S., and the same was granted
under the rules.
On motion OF Mr.. KuhrtZ, the chief
was instructed to communicate with
the Interstate Fire Alarm company with
reference to an extra register which
had been taken from the department
by it's agent, Griggs, in spite OF the fact
that it had been given to the city.