The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-07
TWO CAPTAINS FIRED.
Fire Commission Drops McAllep
and Kelleher.
LACK or HARMONY THE CAUSE
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session iss: evening in Mayor Rncaid's odacs
and desssminsd 70 1tsniss Capt J. ". McAiisp.
OF ehs aseooas 6soQualmis. and Capt u. z.
Aeiishes. OF company No 8. which mans the
efshosI ~ 500 - tie executive ssssioa vas
over they net In Tie city clerks once and pso-
iiciy carried out H. agreemsan OF the exscu-
tive sesston-
Jones and Foster got together In the mayor .
once shortly before eo'e.oek and With Chief
Hnnt dtseusssd he question OF management OF
sae nrsooaS Before adfousuirg Csrk 1eAilep
vss called In, - II was known that be he'd .
eommuateaeion 70 psssens, ana sstss he iels
Capt. I. D. Davis was alao called in and qnes-
faonsd - 70 his marine sxpsrssnes and quaiia-
cottonaL
The cane geuslemeu shsa assembled In the
city clarke Ones. where Mayor Ronald issued
an sdics against any speeches OF longer durs-
tion than two minutes and called on the bard
TO do businsas lively, - he bad not had any
supper.
Chief Hunts noashiy report Of arss vas pre-
ssntsd bur III reading va dispsnsed with II
showed twenty alarms during June and ores
causing loss OF 49, 90 on property insured for
eg.sa
Arsouess from The council for the board to In
vestagass the feasibility Of having the garbage
scow towed b. the 6rsboas SnoQuslm!e Was re-
issrsd TO COMMITTEES constst,ng Of Kaaaley,
Jones and Foster.
The blu OF Gsorgs H. Hsilbsen for 81. . for
anchor and rope damaged BY the frsbosf vas
referred 70 . committee consisting Of Eaha.sy
aud Jonsa
Then she commissioners began 70 got down to
business and the elsrk rssd the following:
SEATTLE. July 6, 1894
To the Honorable Beard OF Fin Commission
ess: -GestiemnC ] have bssn tptogmst by Chief
A. b. Hunt that 6 . msstise Of the board held
on the assa day Of June. lssi / W. nnsd thr.s
nss :as.s e ~. ~. s0s ssas
any o6enss or violated any Of the ruiss oi the
DEPARTMENT. would most respectfully ask you
20 sisnSr'v shs an'' and oIsiss ysa re
No motion vas made for . lev minutes, and
Mayor Ronai1 remarked that II il Vas not de-
aired TO take any action on the letter no motion
Was necesaary, and IL would simply lie on the
table. But Comuisstones Kahaley moved ''that
uudcf the circumstances the ine DO RENTED"
which. like every other motion Of the evening,
ives unanimously adopted
Chief Hunt then submitted . memorandum.
which he had just written hurried.y. recon-
msnding that Capt McAIiep, Of the freboss. b
dismissed, and b succeeded By the present
pi!ot. X. c. Conuors, the latter being succeeded
BY I. d. Davis; also that Capt n. r. Kellehss,
Of Company 6. b dismissed, and b succeeded
BY George Clancy.
Come one hoeriedly moved to adopt the whole
recommendation in alump. but Msyor Ronald
called the commissioners down ana requested
that II anybody Vas 20 b fred il should be done
veil % there would b no going - court for
salary.
MI Foster came 70 the rescue with the fol-
lowing:
Be 4 resoiped BY the board OF nrs commission.
ere that J. ". NcAliep b dismissed aud re-
moved from the nss department. on the ground
aud for the cause OF lack Of harmony In Com
panya
This vas quickly and unaniuously adopted.
also . similar resolution containing the name
OF ~. p. Keiishef. and then X. c. Commons Was
confirmed - the successor 70 Capt AcAilsp. !.
ID. Davis - successor 70 Commons and George
Clancy - successor TO ~. 7. Ksllsher. All
three changes were made without objection or
comment aud the board suddenly adjourned
Just a. Mayor Ronald was husfying out 70 his
supper. he was called back. - some one had
thought OF "A important ordinance which had
ocen forgotten. The mayor rcconvened the
meeting. telling the clerk to record that by con-
cent the board met in special ssssion. The
mayor then read the draft OF an ordinance pre-
pared BY Corporation Counsel Don worth provid-
ing for = reorganization Of hre department and
containing clause authorizing the com m ission.
ers to rsosgani1e = COMPANY at any time, II the
total number OF men in the department. wa not
changed. The ordinance provides for the re-
duetion by one man Of the crews OF engines Nee.
I and Q. aud chemical No. 2, aud the addition of
one mau to engine companies 1, 2 and 8, thus
reducing the strength Of the outsids companies
aud increasing those In the heart OF the city.
Company s. OF the nreboat Snoqualmis, 10
ofscered BY captain ANA Two pilots, which vii!
give the Gre captain full control of the boat.
The board adjourned after granting tue chief
permission TO let members OF the department. go
to the Worlds fair.