Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-06


been usod al oil. Tne board ATE strong
~ OF the opinion that tue assignment
NJ the meu to tue apparatus, by the
chief, II iudiciOus ami proper. IL Ger.
iauly seems TO the board that good
Judgment would dicta,e that In view
" the limited number Of men In the
department, those we have should be
Y ten to a ire a, quickly M possible
AM upon the apparatus VIII ch ls fiat
put Ia service, and we recommend
tnat this disposition oi the men be
continued.
Charge .. Specialization "H" in
regard to patching up flro apparatus
anu using hose cart VITA twenty.iOot
extension and twelve foot ladder, and
failure to visit fire house No. 2 more
than once a month.
The evidence, shows, aud the board
already knew that the apparatus that
We have has been repaired.
The board has ondeRvOrei 10 nd.
minister the affairs Of the department
AZ economically % possible, anu no,
make Tcquiuilion for new apparatus
where Old would render efficient
service.
Tue hose wagon at No. . house t.
not as good wagon o. u should be,
but II has always rendered efficient
service at ites aud while the board,
would, very much like To purchase
new hose wagon, yet In view OF the
necessity for economy In the hiiaira Of
the city We have thought that the old
wagon could be used with safety for
sometime longer.
WIN regard to the hose wagon with
twenty foot extension twelve foot lad.
der, the board listened 10 tho evidence
upon the question anu also examined
tnO apparatus reierroI 60, aud re Of
tho opinion that the lsddeTs do not
make the WAGON sufficiently top heavy
10 impair its Cflioisccy VI render 1t dan.
gerOus.
In reSpinding 10 dIptrlc,s in this city
| 10 which II is impgactioable 10 send the
aerial truck, Il IL necessary to have lad.
dsrs upon the hUsn wagon, with which
second And thru story windows Of
dwellings can DO reached.
| rnr evidence Ia regard 10 the IRE.
| quuncy with which tho chief Visits
House No. was that sometimes he
dill not 70 Tor two or tureB weeks and
sometimes was there every day. Toe
board 10 o'tno opinion that this charge
" not sustained,
Charge 3, Specification "B." II IL
charged by reason Of lack OF manage.
mcnt ON the part Of Cuisi Dsviue.
rhste were, on May 26th ana g5,h
1896, Only two men IN charge Of No.
Fare House ut meal hours. This II
strictly forbidden by tue ohiei, aud II
only two men were left In the house oI
those days the officer In charge Of th'
house 10 responsible therefor.
THIS tsstiGGDy was that the captain
prepared the schedule OF meal hour
Ia any event II was repteheusiOle Ia
the officer having charge 0ttne house,
whether captain or sisislaut chief, e
allow oil but two men TO be ausent a
the same Time.
Specialization &C" charges Chic
Dcviuo with being surly ana snappsn
naughty and dictatorial. thereby
breeding feeling OF discontont ant
hatred among the men.
The evidence upon this point wa
conflicting, and we aro OF The opinion
that tue charge was not sustained.
Specification "D," charge 3, charge
the chief with failure TO hafnionizs thI
men and alleges that the ohiot and As
sistsnt chief have not been on speak
ing terms for months except whel
puDllo duty has made the exchange o
words absolutely necessary.
The evidence shoWs TINT whom In,
chief came into the dspartmvat ther,
was lack OF harmony hmong the men
that thete were two .ac. ions and TINT lI
particular Cnisf Dopoyau aud Capt.I,
Sullivan were bitter enemiss and ha,
some Alterations after the chief cam,
into the deuartmeut; that Ia Attenul
ling 10 reconcile these two officer
CAptain Donovan took offenso Mt som,
, censufe of the conduct of these men 10
wards each other AMI that for a lin,
the relations between the chief an,
assistant chief were strained; that las,
sprlnV this enhancement was removed
Char,s a, with reference 10 f.yorlI
lam ofIndiylduals. We ara of In
onluion that thia cnsrte was no, aus
tsIn.d
CbafqeI5. The frat ppecIficatioI
chnry.s that Ed. MnCatthv acted M
nurse girl for Mrs, Deyine, and this
he uasd materIal bsIonginu 10 BaI
Lake civ in mating q Wsrdroo. anc
eh,st OF drawers for Mr.. Deyins'
, family.
Tins ohara. that Mr.. MCCARTHY actoi
ma pur., girl wa, moi ,u,t.lned by syl
, d,nca.
Tbo eyId.nee showA Tint n Nardtob
, and n oh..t of drawers ior use An IN
, aennTtm.nt ware mad. NV Mr., MoCar
/ Inv. but thai tho artlolsa mad. are fix
turss ami nroI,erty of ia, city.
. When th, farmer oounoIi ehsmne
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