Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-20
OGDEN'S FIRE CHIEFS.
The Commission Finds That they are
AHiully, ASIuIly Bad,
HutLsts Them on Easy. win n Warn
lag 10 BehsV" them'ei'eh
In the Failure.

A speolal meeting Of the police ana
IRE commissioners was called ON Mon
day night for the purpose OF invesll'
eating tho Biniord Levy squabble, hut
the result Of the meeting WIS not made
known until yesterday. The inveati.
CATION resulted 10 the finding Of the
following facts to exist In the case;
"That on or about the following
dates named, to wit: May 28fd, June
18TH and June i4lh OF this year, the
eald A. Levy was and has been guilty
OF conduct unbeComing an uflcer OF
gnld Ere department and guilty
Of language aud actions which tonJ
to impair the discipline, pence aud
harmony existing Em0ng the men EN-.
ployed In said FIRE department, and Of
conduct OF a disrespeotful and sbuivc
nature toward his superior oilicef, Ne
l. fully sustained the statements Of the
parties aud witnesses herein.
awe further find that the said VIM.
Blnford, chief VI said fife department.,
has been derelicl In his duty toward
the Hald Levy and the men OF said do.
pnrtment, ana his rules and orders
have been Of an arbitrary nature aud
that he has been In the habit Of couu-
demanding orders given by himself
and the assistant chief when there was
no necessity therefor, aud which toad
cd 10 confuse the men Of said depart.
ment and impair the discipline thereof
ana Of conduct which provoked the
said Levy 10 tho commission OF the
acts OF disreapect with which he Il
charged, all Of which IN fully sub.
ntnntlatod by the evidence Ia the Onse
set out before this commission.
"And said commissions further find
that since the said 23ri day OF May,
lbgi, there has been existing and atill
exists between tho said assistant chief
and the said chief spirit OF enmity
and ill-feellng, the cause Of which
may be readily traced 10 the Actious u
both said parties, aud which actions
are not conducive ~ the best discipline
OF the men In said department, aud
which tend 10 lower the said officers Ia
tho opinion anu estimation OF tue men
OF said department, and that M Tar As
the matters herein considered are con.
cofneJ, that both said ohiei aud ~.
sistant chief are censufAble therefor.
"whereiore II Ia ordered and ad-
Judged by the said board Of nro
and police commissioner that the
said A. Levy has been guilty Of the
conduct NJ set out In tbs said charges,
but that the actions VI said chief have
tended toward the provocation Of sal
acts, and that said acts tend TO mitigate
this otiense Of said Levy. That
the discipline and government Of said
fire department IL OF such paramount
necessity that due respect must DO
shown, ana implicit obodisnce given
IN oil 0A ala NuN ~.
proper government Of said department;
ana this board deems II absolutely
necessary that harmony and good feel.
Ing must exist among the officers and
men Of said department. And will not
couDtonance u spirit Of hatred or H.
will existing among said men; anu
having no desire TO proceed too aTbi-
tratily In tho matters before u, deoma
IL fOr tho best Interests OF the city Of
Ogden and the paid nre department
and 10 the end that discipline ana
obedience may DO maintained, there
fore II 10 ordered that the said A. Levy
be and he IL hereby suspended from
all duty Ia tho said department with.
out pay for a period ot ten days from
ami including the lIlh day OF June,
1894. That the said A. Levy aud said
VIM. Binford receive Tepflmand
from the chairman Of this board and
that they DO required TO discharge the
duties dev0lying upon them In said
department rs becomes officers and
men. must conduct Themselves one
towards another ~ gentlemen, and
must respect and oboy the orders OF
their superiors.
"That the said chief be- and his here.
by ordered TO reinstale the said Levy
20 the position Of assistant chief on
Sunday, June -, 1894, At 7,i5 a. m,
and that the sAiu A. Levy be- required
to discharge his duties AZ becomes a
nian anu an ofiieer, and 10 tho proper
discipline and good order " said do.
pafIment. A. q. EMERSON,
Chairman.
n. &. FLYGARE,
Jos. CLARK,