The San Francisco call., 1895-07-19
FIRE ENGINE COMPANIES.
Two New Ones Organized and
a Hose Company Made
Into Another.
Several Promotions and Transfers
Made by the Commissioners
Yesterday.

The Board Of Fire Commissioners met
yesterday afternoon and adopted the fol-
lowing report submitted by Chief Sulli-
van:
Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of
Supervisors granting your honorable board
power and authority to organize and place in
service engine companies 27 and 20, re-
spectfully recommend the organization of the
same with the following crews
Engine Company 27-James Williamson, en-
gineer; Frank Lerman, driver; Walter Lintott,
fireman, promoted and transferred from truck
man of truck 5; Larry O'Neill, hoseman, trans
ferred from engine 21 George Bunner, hose
man, transferred from engine %; David Har-
ris, hoseman, transferred from truck 5; Ed
ward 0Donnell, hoseman, transferred from
truck 6; Joseph Woods, hoseman, transferred
from engine %; Joseph Franks, hoseman,
transferred from engine II: Michael ONeill,
hoseman, transferred from engine 10; John
Sullivan, hosemGn, transferred from engine %.
Engine Company 29-G. \. Smith engineer; !;
George Duncan, driver; Charles Claveau, fire.
man, promoted from hoseman of engine 3;
John Foster, foreman, promoted and trans
ferred from hoseman of engine II; Thomas
Atkinson, hoseman, transferred from engine g;
John Sullivan, hoseman, transferred from en-
gine II; Phillip Diez, hoseman, transferred
from engine q; J. J. Mccarthy, hoseman, trans
terred from engine i; John Sweeney, hoseman,
transferred from engine /; James Flood, hose
man, transferred from engine /; Peter McCabe,
hoseman, transferred from engine %; James
r.
respectfully recommend the following ap-
pointments, to take effect from and after Au-
gust L: Engine August Banker, Michael
O'Brien and Frank Casassa. hosemen; Thomas
Hart stoker, vice Hendricks, resigned. Engine
3 David G. Barrett, hoseman; engine a. Rob-
ert McShane, hoseman; engine 5, Patrick Ho
gan, hoseman; engine q, Frank Keller, hose
man; engine II, Daniel OConnell, hoseman
engine IA, Edward Richardson, hoseman; en-
CINE II, Fred Seyers and Jerry Sweeney, hose
men; engine 10, William Smith, hoseman; en-
gine 81, George Farley, hoseman; engine %,
Theodore YeaZell and Charles A. Malloy, hose
men; engine 23, A. Sullivan and William H.
Thomas, hosemen; engine 26, Lewis Andrews
hoseman; truck 5, Frank Kelly, truckman;
truck 6, William Malloy and James Sullivan,
truckmen.
Hose Company 4 was, on the recon-
mendation of Chief Sullivan, disbanded
and reorganized into what will be known
as Engine Company %, with the following
crew: Foreman, Joseph Keane engineer,
William Webster; driver, John Maxwell
fireman, Michael Ryan; hosemen-Wil-
liam Derham, Sleeve Spellman, Ben
Whitehead, James Spellman, William
Ryan, William Riley, George E. Taylor
and James w. Kelly.
The following transfers and promotions
were made:
Edward Toland from engine Ia to engine
"a, James Reid from engine % to engine 10,
Thomas J. Bear from engine 10 to engine 20,
James Hagan from driver of truck l to driver
of engine IL, Eugene Crummey from driver OF
engine IL to driver of truck l, Ernest Cameron
from truck to truck (vice Carroll, deceased)
Phil Moholy promoted from hoseman TO fore
man of engine IL (vice Ford, reduced), Charles
Murray from engine to engine 8, Thomas
Canavan from engine to engine 3, Patrick
Brandon from engine to engine 8, J. w
Thompson from engine 8 to engine 20, L. N.
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