Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-06-01
CHIEF POWELL'S REPORT
THE EXExE: DEfPAH6TNxH:r H:r<T FOR
THE LAST YEAR.

Annual Report TO The Board of
AIdernAen-9exen Fires During
The wear. with "a Loss of $5.-
600.
| Geo. S. Powell. chief of the fire depart
| ment of the city of Ashcvillc, has made
| his annual report to the Board of Alder
| men through the fire department COM
| mittcc. The report is Il very full one,
embracing every item of property owned
and used by the fire companies, appara-
tus not in use, location and number of
alarm boxes, and the names of the active
members of the department.
| The number of fire alarms, Chief
Powell's report says, since June 1892
| was 8; number of fires, T..
| 1t has often been rem arkcd that this city
| is wonderfully free from destructive fires
lin fact, fires of any kind. That this is
true is shown by this report, when it is
stated that the loss in property from
fire during the last year was only
900. The insurance this was
So 900.
In communication to the Board
Chief Powell says that his business is
such as to make it undesirable for him to
accept the Office OF chief for another year.
| The best interests of the city, he thinks.
demand certain changes and amend
ments III the ordinances governing the
fire department. Therefore he suggests
that section $40 of the city code Ec
amended to read as follows:
"The mayor shall whene yer it may bc
necessary take he necessary measures i'll
pursuance of the charter OF the city to
prevent and cxtinguish fires, by organ
izing fire companies; the membership OF
each of said fire companies shall be
limited to 20 men, who shall be elected
by the Board of Aldermen upon the nom
ination of the fire chief and the
CO mmittce on fire department. The first
two companies to be thus organized
shall be designated respectively as Cen
trail Hose company No. , and as Central
Hook and Ladder company No. 1. to
which other companies may at any time
be added by the Board of Aldermen.
as above provided and shall accept the
position of a member of the fire company
shall be received on probation for siA
months and after the expiration of al
least three months from his election ant
acceptance he shall be examined by tho
firc chief and the committee or
| fire department or all matters calculated
to indicate his efficiency a fireman
such as his kno owlcdge of the streets o
the city, location of the fire plugs ant
alarm boxes, and such other things n
the fire chief and the committe,
may deem necessary. The said exanli
ncrs shall at once report to th
Board of Aldermen the result of thei
examination, and in case such report il
: unfavorable the member referred t'
: shall be discharged from such member
ship; but in case of a favorable repor
L
made permanent and such member sha
be subject to removal only for bad con
+ duct, failure or inability to perform tn
duties of his position, of which bad con
duct, failure or inability the Board q
Aldermen shall be the soc and fina
judges
1t is suggested that section 553 b
amended so that the captains of cac
company shall be at all fires and tear
practice. and shall at all times be undo
| The order of the fire chief.
Amendment suggested for ScCtIO
557, SO that "thc Board shall during tn
month of May Of each year select a CON
he fire chief shall have entire direction III
der the control of The Board) of the fiji
department, and shall make quartcrl
inspections and report"
Section 55S, suggested by Chief Pow
ell, provides that the Board of Aldermc
shall during the month of June in cac
year elect fire chief, who shall have
general supervision Of the fire companit
III tho city. He alone, and only with tt
approval of the fire department con
mittcc, shall be authorized to make pu
chascS for the department During II
Intervals between the meetings OF IL
Board of Aldermen shall the purchas
exceed $25.
The following are the members of tt
different companies as given by Chi
Powell:
Hose No 1.-Frank O'Donner. ca al
W. +. Randolph, John O'Donncll, Il
Ghcrkin. Gus Guischard, Max Marer
A. w. Lindsey, ]. J. holland. Chas: Wa
dell; ]. b. Pittman, X. II. Lee, w.
Hume, Will Fletcher. John Fletcher, -
Allen.
Hook and ladder No. IN. II. Kcl
foreman; L. A Poe, Marshall Nix. L.
Elliott. VIM Otter, p. A: Casana'
Vim. Strachan, Ernest Israel, G. S. He
derson, c. B. Leonard.
Charlotte street No. 2-J. II. WOOD
d. Kimberly, w. E. Wolfe. Geo Poor,
= c. Fullam, W. o. Wolfe, jr. ]. T. Just
. and ]. F. Austin
- The names of t he members of the w,
. End company are not given.
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