Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-04
FIRE BOARD MATTERS.
Routine Business Transacted at L.
 Nights TeetfnU


 Nights Meeting.
 At the meeting of the fire board last night bills to the amount of g. .095 90 were approved and ordered paid. Of this amount $950 was due to the American Fire Engine Go of Seneca Falls. for No Is new steamer. A bill of $42 25 due Mir Smedley for horse was ordered paid.
 petition of the Mutual Hook & Ladder Go, asking for new carpet or floor in their sleeping apartment was referred to a committee consisting of Chief Snagg and Commissioner Hynes for investigation with instructions to report at the snext meeting.
 On motion of Mir Hynes it was voted that the auditor be iutructed to advertise for bids for supplying the fire department with coal for the present year.
 Phoenix Fire company No 1 asked for a new bath tub and the matter was referred to Chief Snagg and Commissioner Hart for investigation.
 Commissioner Driggs thought the de- pertinent could get better terms for insur- ing tbe two steamers by going out of town than it now has.
 Mir Hart did not believe in going out of town with public money. He believed such funds should be expended among the people who contributed to it.
 Mayor Kllduff: That's right, but I think home company ought to be willing to meet the market The most local firm should expect in such matters is the pref erence
 After further discussion it was decided Mir Driggs be requested to investigate the whole matter of insurance and report at next meeting.
 The meeting was about to adjourn when James H. McGinness, who lives at the south side of No As engine house. appeared and asked if the city intended doing any thing towards relieving him of the sur face water from the cave pipe of the en- zine house. He said he has suffered for several years on account of the dripping | water from that source and yesterday afternoon his place was flooded up to the door.
 Chief Snagg said: Il would say in an- swer to this that the place would have been fixed long since, but we can't get at | it. h order to make the repairs We have | to go into Mir McGinness lot and this we must not do. We did venture in there to repair the gully and We were ordered of l the premises.
 l Mir McGinness: You were never ordered out of there until you commenced tearing up and causing considerable annoyance l aDOut my plhCe hHu would noI give any body the least satisfaction about it." I Chief SnaSg: We went in there one day to fix that place and your wife ordered us away"
 Mir McGinness: Il ordered you out my self"
 The discussion was getting pretty hot at this point and MT Hynes turning towards Mir Mc(ilnness asked: "Are you willing to have the chief go into your yard to examine this place and see what repairs are neces sary?"
 Mir McGinness: "He had the privilege and he abused it. If the nuisance was being caused on account of water running from my property onto the engine house the case would be different. l would be ordered to put a stop to it and would have to comply with that order with httl, ceremony"
 Here the mayor took hand in the mat ter and wanted to know if Mir McGinuess vas willing to allow the city's men to g, into his yard to make the repairs. NJ McGinI ,s tried to evade this question but the mayor kept him down to it an, finally he remarked.
 No sir Then the meeting ad turned