St. Paul daily globe., 1891-09-15
AFTER THE GRIPMAN.

Fire Wardens Will Make an Ex-
ample OF a City Railway EN-
ploye.
AT last nights meeting of the board
of fire commissioners, Chief Jackson
submitted his monthly report, which
contained the following items:
W. J: Dunn, lieutenant of Engine Com
pany No. /; j. c. Pewtera truckman of Com
pany No. 6; j. C. Lynch, first pipeman Of
supply hose, Company No. o and j. p. Esch,.
third truckman Of Hook and Ladder Com
pany No.6, have resigned.
j. J. Cassidy, fourth truckman of Hook
and Ladder Company No. ,, has been dis
charged for cause.
When Engine No. was responding to
fire alarm Sept. 6. the hose cart was run into
by a Seventh street cable car damaging the
cart. 1t was repaired at a cost of S24.95. A.
horse was also injured at the same time :.
Sept. Il. Truck No. 1 sprung an axle when
responding to fire alarm; it had been re-
paired and placed back in service
The report was approved. The
trustees of Manchester college sent in a
communication, asking for telephone
communication with the fire depart
ment. The matter was referred to the
committee on machinery.
Chief Jackson reported specially
upon the damage to hose cart and in
jury to a horse Sept. 6, by being run
into by a cable car. He said he had
made information against the gripman
of the car and his case would be tried
i'll the municipal court this morning.
The gripman had been notified that the
hose cart was approaching the crossing
by bystander. and, in fact. had seen
the engine cSosSing just before the
This was the fourth time that cable
cars had run into the fire apparatus
and he wanted the question settled
as to whether the fire apparatus
had the right of way Oh the streets OF
not. The corporation attorney had in
formed him that if the present ordinance
was not sufficient to give the depart
ment the right of way an ordinance
would be drawn that would effect the
purpose.
Members of the fire board are indig-
nant at the way the operatives of the
street railway company act when they
know that fire apparatus is approaching
a crossing, and will give their personal
attention to the matter in the hopes of
working reform. The street railway
company will be asked to pay the dam
age to the apparatus and the loss of time
by the horse injured.
The veterinary surgeon reported
number of sick horses during the month
of August. Some of them had the collie,
three were lame and one died from con-
gestion of the stomach. The board de-
cided 10 condemn several horses, and to
ask council for authority to sell them
Bills amounting to nearly $4,000 were
ordered paid, $500 being for hose and
almost similar amount for oats.
TIE council will be asked to author
iZe the sale of an extra chemical
Belts. Alterbury, Hyde q Belts, at
torIeys in New York city, stating that
the Bragg Manufacturing company had
begun suit against that city some time
since to recover for the use of patent
appliance used to sound the fire alarm
gong and to unlatch barns etc., but the
suit was abandoned. Since then the same
company had recovered Judgment
against other cities for using the ap-
pliance and had received its suit against
the city of New York as well as to be-
gin suits against other cities. They ask
that st. Paul and other cities join them
in defending the action. The matter
was referred to the committee on
machinery and corporation attorney to
determine whether or not st. Paul is
liable for such innfegments.
The secretary was authorized to ad-
vertise for bids to furnish hay and oats
for the use of the department. Of the
oats, 5000 bushels are to be delivered
within thirty days.
The bids for coal were opened. The
bidders were the Lehigh Coal and Iron
company, the Pioneer Fuel company,
John Dowlan & Son, James Cleary, Ed
ward Corning and the Northwestern
Fuel company, Owing to the uniform
prices Of the bids the board was unable
to decide as to the lowest bidder, and re.
| ferred the matter TO a committee to re-
port as to the awarding of the contract.
The bids all were for the following
prices: Hard coal, IS per ton; Youghio-
gheuy, S4.S5; Hooking valley, S4.60;
Mansfield. s4.S5. The hard coal is 80
cents ton higher than paid by the de-
partment last year.