The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-24
Bill Creating a Fire Commission to
Be Reported Tonight.
PASSAGE MAY Be POSTPONED
Until Next Members OF the
Council Said to Be Candidates for the
Ilaces ON the BOARD Making Up De-
dciencies in appropriations for High
ways and Bridges.

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This is matter th 1t has been up before,
but Was defeated ia the boa d Of alder
| mcn.
La May. 1892. tn gene nj as emb'y
Dassed law p.aci ~ the coltrni hau
| management OF the fire department oi
he city in boi ri OF three com mlssloN-
| err subject 10 the city council. lhe>e
com issioners are 20 be elected IN J llt
convention and the council is 10 hx he
term OF officers, the compensation
and define the duties OF The
board Under this law "A bill was drawn
last year and pres -nted IN 'he common
| Council. That body p ssed u. but IL
failei OF passage in the board OF alder
! men.
Subsequently the joint committee on
| ordinances WAS instructed 10 look INTO
| the matter, aud IL ~ understood haa
| a reed TO report practically the same
| Dill as that introduced last year. III Is
admitted on all hands that pr perry
| constituted commission would be OF gre I
| beEefit to the fire department. and also 10
the city. While the efficiency OF the ue-
| partmentis admitted there heye en- In
| nuent es at work within which lave pre-
vented it from rising TO as high a stand
ard as it is believed ~ Is capable OF at
tanning.
Good Men For the Commission.
What those inf uences are IL is unneces'
sary to state. They are well known TO the
members Of the city council and have
been discussed from time tn time In COM
miItee and on certain occasions during
| the sessions of the two branches.
The feeling among the memDers OF the
cruncil was expressed by one of them
this morning. "rnis bill or some similar
one will be passed. but very muc doubt
| whether that will transDire until well
toward November next You see there are
n number OF Candidates Tor
| places on the commission who
are in the city council. IL we
should elect them now they would have
TO resign as councilmen and new cleo
| lions, involving considerable expense 10
the city, would have to be held. by let
ting the matter rest until just before the
| city election in November there will be
no necessity Tor the holding Of speciaI
trials"
"Then yon think the commission
will b., ade up OF members OF the ci y
conncils"
II DON'T say that exactly. What do
say Is that tn re are several members of
| I g council who are avowed candidates for
The commission. That being the case
they stand AS good, ii not IA better chance
OF eing elected than others That being
| the use think IL would be well To defer
election until November, simply on the
ground of economy"
"Do you think il proper to choose
memt ers of the council TO such offices 7
''Not as rule. II there is a member
who has special qualifications for any
service then L sec no obj ttiou to
electing him. But i am free to
say 1 do not approve OF a
general scramble by members of the city
government whenever Offices with sala-
res attached are to be filed.
10. hat l..sn x..I
i'm the council does not fly him to manage
the fire department any hore than 1t Il
him TO manage the police or public works
| departments"
Among the candidates mentioned for
| commissioners is Mr.. Ira Winsor and he
is generally endoI sed because he has had
LONGER experlencc In this par icular
line probably than many in the
city. When the council does get
| DO n to the matt r OF choosing commits
sioners it is safe to say Captain Ira, as
| ne is generally called. will come very
near getting every vote polled. Ex-
| Alderman Dennis is also said to have
several supporters.
To Mako Up Deficiencies.
A meeting OF the committee on finance
| has been called for tomorrow after
| noon for the purpose OF considt ring
| the recent communication Of Comm
| sioner Smith relative to the exhausted
condition OF the appropriations for high
| ways and bridges.
These appropriations We're drawn on
| for $50, 600 each, To pay for land, etc, in
| connection with the proposed terminal
| Improvement 8, the underst anding bein x
| that the money would be returned before
| it was needed for the work for which 1t
was origin ly set apart.
Thus far this has not heen done, be-
N..sxa a..1t Il 81 Z 4.
| come to time with its money.
| Although the Finance committee has
been called together for tomorrow after
| noon there is n strong probability that
meeting would be held at this evening
| and that steps would then be taken
| the committee said that there was a way
| this could be done, and that in all proba-
! bility "A report would be made to the COM
mon council at It's meeting tonight.
Notes About the Hall.
The committe on highways held a
meeting ut Q O. 'clock this afternoon.
AT 3 o'clock this afternoon the commit
| tee on railroads gave a hearing on the petit
ton of the Union railroad for per ission
| to raise poles for carrying feed wires in
connection with its trolley routes.
Touignt at hall past o'clock
the CON mmlttee on police will meet to con-
| slider the mater Of providing
for tie furnishing OF the new central
sta' ion. The contract forsthe erection of
/, hich nas just been awarded.
| Captain George III. Pettis, sealer OF
weights md measures has just returned
from a short trip To Plymouth, Mass.
| The captain devoted several months last
wipter to reading up on. Plymouth his
| ory and he astonished the natives with
his familiarity viii points of interest in
| the old town.
| TIE council tonight Will act upon the
| EBene zer Knight Dexter statue matter
| Tne only possible hitch will be rs to
whether there Is money enough in the
| provemeDt
Il q new board OF license commission
eis will meet for organization In tue city
hall this afternoon.
| lrss~ a.rsVssoa Last.