The sun., 1891-02-06
wOWT 60 TO FIRES.
Staten leland volunteers Don't Want .
Liea Put On Their AppAratua.

LNea Put On Theur Apparatue.
The New Brighton. 8. L. Fire Department is
IN . queer state Just now. There arc eieht
companies IN tho township, all volunteers OF
which four are in New Brighton and four In
West Brighton and other villages. II a flre
should break out in New Brighton the members
OF three OF the companies would look on and
whistle. while the companies from tho other
end OF tho township would hurry to the scene
At full speed. Should 1t happon that the house
on IRE belonged to ono OF the trustees OF the
village the three companies would be still
moro Indifferent.
Some OF tho nre companies In Castleton town
ship have been In existence for twenty years.
Thoy are all composed exclusively Of volun-
teers who have to pay 25 cents month dues
and 25 cents flne for every meeting or fire that
thoy miss. Some yoars ago. when the village
OF New Brighton was Incorporated, an appro-
Fire F Dspartnsnt "a fhis was VAS t. to- be % diyided as
tho Board OF Trustees OF the township saw III
CREASED to 5000 a year. aud about that time
the trouble bognn.
s he s o IT,
board Of TySsseess which was sworn e By its
bHe bisH ene. @ somstimes lit,e oao' sYn'otimss pro
Board passed o resolution that It would pay
bs t. Bs
eiensd petition. to have IL rescinded: This
Ssinse May. 1898. our eomrany has expendod
HssS ong e shs
sS S1. VIZ i ssP. dsS s s
to dIsban,i. or any one Of = hundred other pos
own hands As thln9s stand now. We have
eWn ea il up Dunasr sS ssss %
Il we hand the trustees our unrecoipted bills
they w enter them the records Ssans US
slrs oas they hssc would sssssas tSe,r sss,:
They would have ,,.l claim on gu. pSIopsSr;s,
ths a.espsd have nS
our unrogsipted bills amounted e, dssy; $500;
theyy they Amounted amour G to less than sioo they wouldn't
pay q cent more than the amount Of the bulls
give Us our share q the appropriation: as they
Fp seys SSsu s1sass So:s
Ss As matters s stand i've of the eight companies
and handed over .their. bills, but three compa-
panies are Alert, Hose Company No. !. New
Hose Conn ,. com prisng about 100 mem bers
There was meeting Of the Board OF Trustees
on Monday night, at which tho three trustees
who COMPOSE the Committee on Fire Depart
ted gsnt III ;Ss the sa
be!s Of the three ompanies say they are not
Is . conviction on their pnrt that the trustees
are anxious to gain possession o. their prop.
srty and the cI9nssSience I is tnat tnsy y aesl very
panies who took their share Of the appropria-
much TO make them Join in the rebellion,
shoae Rs1s sss ss oss sas p'
was fire on tho hill some time ago. and sew
eral companies OF the ,EdRewater Fire Depart;
te sss
was In the territory OF the North Shore depart-
ment Chief Hel.kamp thought that the Edge
water companies shSuld @ place themselves IN. IN.
had placed their mon on one eide OF the burn
Ing house. but instead Of turning tho hose on
the flames Il is said they directed the water
re soSr ea sSe
upon upon they turned the bose on him. and the
Boata ~ le n ds
cided that hereafter no outside company was
to enter the domain OF the North Shore depart
sps yishopt perpission from aso'k.m 9hs
panies il West Brighton and other places to
respond to calls In New brighton at the first
signal. Heretofore they came ONLY. on special
IN Ghe %
rely upon them. As Chief OF the department he
cannot take sides in the s1uahbe. but his sym.
pathies are with tho men against the trustees.