The Somerset reporter., 1892-05-05
The IircIileIi.#
Explanation, why They DisDanded.

ENpiaHHthohf why lnfs i'i-Dandtd.
In the first place, the Assessors forced Chief
Engineer onto us against our wishes, we think
they ought to have considered those wishes.
When we are under the command Of the Engi-
neer we ought to have sofne say who that mar
should be, provided he is responsible person,
and we think we recommended one. The he
par'ment met, weighed the matter carefully,
and came to the conclusion that we ought to
have a change in the head Of the Department,
ballot was taken, and First Asst J. S. Nut
ting was the man the boys unanimously elected
as the man we would recommend to the Assess
ors for Chief. A committee was appointed 10
confer with the Assessors for that purpose
They met the Assessors and explained the
wishes Of the Department. They told Us they
would consider the matter carefully and do the
best they could for the boys. The next
heard, they had re-appointfd II. Z. Thing.
They said they could not appoint Mr.. Mating,
as he was the only man in town that could run
the IRE engine, and the thoupht struck us
what II he should die } but We noticed that
there were two other men run it esterd4y morn
ing at the fire.
Now notice They appointed j. :. Nn'ting
Engineer ofthe Steamer, and lst A. Lu1i-
neer. The duties Of the Is Ass'i Engineer sre
TO take charge in absence Of the Chief. Hrv
can he, as LIST Assistant, run the Steamer ard
engineer the IRE any more than a, II BE- s.s,
chief How can "a man I'll twp oHees At one
and the same time T Tney appointed Capt. .
$. Emery u Asst aud Steward d the nous
and have charge OF the house, now can he Al
twp places az once
In The next place, il you will take copy ~
he Corporation By-laws and read Sc. Ill.,,
page 10, you will see that il read., They shan
also on their return from ally fire. that the
leading hose which has been used, shall be hung
up IN their respective towers and the carriage
reels filled with dry hose, are Hing 70 I'll
the reels, and always have done until rdw.
| when the A SCISSORS say We must hang the hose
in the tower, no one 10 the Department has
ever done such thing, or heard Of such thug
being done before, ana We do not think there j.,
a lax payer or property owner in this Corpora
/ ton, that would ask me bows to STAY and hang
up hose, and be kept from their work or sleep
for an hour or more, when the Assessors say
thai il cont cost over 500 year 10 hire q man
for that purpose.
When man is out two OF three hours nd
perhaps all night, he ought to have rest.
! Nov the Assessors say TINS must be done be
cause they held up their hands TO enforce t1ose
bylaws. VIII they, or have they Of late years,
enforced sec. 70, page = which reads : fol-
lows at shall be the Guty Of the assessors to
| contract with some suit ible person or person.
to take charge Of one Of the beiis and riug the
| same three times day, that DON'T say they
may it says they mus. Will they or can they
overlook that section. Again. wish every
| one To read Sec. II. page 10, which read. a.
follows "No engine or tte apparatus shall be
taken nut Of town or used for otter purposes
than dr withnu the permission Of the Board
OF Engineers OF Assessors" Looh at the sense
Of that section, fireman cannot, in case Of a
tre, start piece OF apparatus out Of the house
to fire. until he has permission f'um an eugi-
neer or assessor, hut ne may take it out for a
dill viii they enforce that SECTION
| Again, the assessors say that they wan to
have us hang up the hose because the depart
ment expenses are too large, and gave III
| ures to that effect. For year ending April Isl,
| lSg2. some $1,000, and the sum Of only $500.
was raised, and we had too much. Nov 1872
rop1It expenditures for dept, ~43l2.i6, 5000
| for hydraut rental, SlOS0 for tremen, and 800
| for 800 feet of hose, the money voted in 1891
Articles ., and TO- OF 1891 cal for these eX.
peuditures, 1t leaves e932.i6, and the money
raised for dept. expenses WAS 5000, this does
not give the showing the figures they gave u
do. Are these good arguments They forgot
.hat TIC money 'rs riised to IA. rhis NOSE v'
think.
The report is current that we LETT the pro
perry owners unprotected. That Is false. We
| chose a committee to the property owners
and tell them that the boys would take hold AMI
work in case Of fire until they get new de-
partmcnt formed aud think showed our
coed will yesterday morning, the citizens, with
the help u the boys, made good tight.
They say, also, that we left without a mo-
meut's notice, that is not 50, Chief Thing made
the talk, 'let them get out il they want 20,
only ask for one and one half hours to organize
a new department" we gave them that notice
| before we disbanded
We think we have not asked for anything un-
reasonable, We only ask the people in this cor
pora,on not to Judge too quickly, but inyesti-
gate this thing and ii We have made any
inisstatemcnts. Give rs a fair thought AVID
say whether the iremen. SCISSORS, by-law>
one or all, are at fault, and rest assured as LONG
Us there is no dep trtment If a reasonable
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