St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-27
HE is REELECTED.
The Efficient Chief Of the Fire
Department Gets There -
For san !.
A COUPLE OF YEARS MORE.
20 10
His Old Associates Are Nom
mated and Quickly Con- =.
s.. firmed. "a. !.
SUPT. HUGHES is DROPPED
And Thomas Carey Elected to
Fill the Position He
Held.
A COUPLE OF YEARS MORE.
sUPT. HUGHES is DRoPP EI


ment, and his two assistants, Messrs
Martin and Cook, were keenly in.
terested in last nights meeting OF
the fire board. Their terms of office
had expired, and it was the duty OF
the board to elect their successors
for the ensuing two years. After dis
posing of routine business, Presi-
dent Freeman resigned the chair to
Commissioner Prendergast for the
purpose of presenting the name of
the next chief of the fire department.
Mr.. Freeman said:
1.-THE board is proud of the eff
Gent service rendered by the off
GERS of this department. There has
been some talk of a change in
these officers, but / sincerely hope
there will be no change. 1 take
pleasure upon this occasion in com
mending our chief engineer, John
Jackson. I move that Chief Jack
son be reelected chief of the fire de-
partment.
Commissioner Clark seconded the
motion and it was carried by a
unanimous vote.
Chief Jackson thanked the board
in a brief speech, after which he
nominated Arthur Martin for his
first assistant and H. N Cook for
his second. Both nominations were
confirmed unanimously, and the re-
elected officers expressed their
thanks to the board.
C. E. Hughes, the SUPERINTENDENT
OF the lire alarm service, was not re-
elected. Commissioner Clark pro-
posed the name of Thomas Carey.
and that gentleman was duly chosen.
Inc board has instituted a saving in
this department. Supt Hughes re-
7ce1ved salary of $4,000 a year, but
his successor will be paid only 81 400
year, and will also continue to dis
charge his duties as a linemany for
which he has been receiving 5000 a.
year. This will s7s (
q EFFECT A SAVING OF 81 5sa
as no llneman was appointed in, MI.
Carey's place, except that D. Haplon
formerly an operator, receiving $500 a
year, was made a lineman at, $500.
Thus the net saving is, about 81, 400,
Master Mechanic John w. Wheeler
was reelected upon the recommenda1
ton of Chief Jackson. <
Chief Jackson, in his regular report
OF the conduct of the department. since
the last meeting Of the board, stated
that he had suspended Capt. Peter Me-
Stey, OF Hook ands Ladder Company
No. 2, for showing disrespect to a MEM
Der of the fire commission. The offense
referred to. occurred at, the Schliek
fire. 1t seems that Commissioner Free
man, the president of the board, who
happened to be present at the fire,
asked Capt; McStey to send a man to
a certain room in the building to OBJ
tain physicians diploma which had
been left there. The charge is that
Capt. McStey assured Mr.. Freeman
that there was no danger of it's being
lost, and then walked away. Suisse
quently, when taken to task for his be-
havior, Capt. McStey is said to have
defended himself with the declaration
that there were no regulations in the
department requiring him to obey an
order given by a member of the fire
board.
The board seems to think differently.
however for upon motion of Commits
ssioner Prendergast, the report of Chief
Jackson was accepted, and that por-
ton Of it concerning the suspension of
Capt. McStey was approved, and it
was voted that the captain remain sus-
pended until the board takes action on
the matter.
The report of the secretary showed
that since Dec. !, 1894, the beginning
of the fiscal year, the fire department.
had expended $40, 124.35 out of the s215.-
900 allowed the department, and that a
balance Of $144, S7565 remained. The
expenditure up to date is about s., 600
in excess of that last year.
A communication was received from
the city attorneys Office informing the
board that it was authorized to make
immediate and necessary repairs to
fire engines and other apparatus with
cut advertising for bids, even if the
work should cost more than $500, though
such action was subject to the ap-
prevail Of the city council.
AT the conclusion of the meeting
Chief Jackson invited the members of
the board, his assistant chiefs and the
newspaper reporters to a little supper.