The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-15
FIRE LADDIESO ON TRIAL.
A Number Of the Boys
Fined = Fire Board
Wants an Increase.

The Fire Board held au important
meeting last night. After trausacting
considerable routine business. the amount
to be asked for by the board frSm the
Finance Board to run the department
for the ensuing year was decided upon.
The board will ask for 1928. 900 This IS
an advance Of about 10000 over what
was appropriated last year.. but the
board has an explanation to offer for the
advance asked for.
A. Bsrcslio communicated with the
board In reference To having lIgnted
lamps on the apparatus OF the dep art
menu. He said that he and his four
children. while crossing Wayne str Get
were almost run down by an eng Inc
going to u fire. The communication was
referred.
The superintendents report for two
weeks showed thai there we're hfteen
alarms. During the moAth Of April The
loss by Ere was S17,75S; insurauce, SIG, 533;
during the month or May there were
nineteen alarms. with d loss of $4,000 in-
surance, Sl,350.
Company No. 2, was charged with neg
lect of duty OIL May Z. On the day III
question superintendent Brown and
President Donneliy visited No. 21s house.
Ryan was the only mau In the house.
Ryan teld the Superintendent that the
men were at supper. superintendent
Brown sent the Assistant Chief up to
in yestigate and Denmead found the four
men detailed to the company on duty.
They denied having been to upper. 1t
developed that the men had gone into a
saloon and that Ryan was trying to
shield them. Ryan was fined one days
pay.
George Meyers Of Hook and Ladder
Company No. ., was CHARGED with being
absent without leave between halt-past
six and seven O'Clock on May z. He
pleaded guilty. He said he went across
the street to a saloon with a friend and
only been gone about w minutes. He
was fiued WI days'spay.. .
Thomas O'Neil, C~ommandant OF
neglect Of duty. On May 10, at 11:35 P.
NJ, O'Neil. was awakened from his
slumbers by the ringing of the gong. He
counted nineteen strokes and went to
box 10, T~he,alarm had been senA L from
box Is. O'Neil pleaded guilty. He SAID
he was sleepy aud tired put, and had
failed to count the gong properly. He
driver of the pder OF Engine Co. No. l,
was arraigne@5n tive charges. He was
charged with having entered a liquor
store on May II, and with failure to proD-
erly groom aud care for horses. He
pleaded guilty TO both charges and was
fined five days pay.
E. C. Rogers. the Commandant OF
Engine Company No. 9. was charged
with disorderly conduct, aud fighting in
the fire house OF Junee. 1t appears that
Thomas E. Leather, one of the men at
tached to the company and the conl-
mandant have never agreed. On the
day In question Leather left the house
without permission and when the coti-
mandant upbratded him he became in
sulting aud ihe colnmahdant struck him..
Rogers pleaded guilty, but said ne hat
been greatly provoked. Rogers was ac-
quilted.
Leather was arraigned on tive charges.
He was charged with usi ng bad language
aud with beiug absent without leave.
He pleaded guilty. to bot and was finea
five days pay. Philip Seaman for leav-
ing the harness shop without leave WAS
aued TIN az days pay.
City Treasurer Cleveland notified the
BOARD that ne had received $293.50 from
ClerK Estesbrook, which the clerk had
received for permits. Que hundred and
fifty permits To sell fireworks were
granted. The quarterly warrants.
amounting 10 S3,5s4.41, were ordered paid.
The board Then decided to ask the
Board of Finance to appropriate the fol-