The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-26
FIREMEN ALL FIRST CLASS.
EVERY MAN N THE DEPARTMENT
ENDORSED BY HIS FOREMAN.

All Reported 10 Give Satisfaction in
the Performances Of Their Duties
ComInIssioners Discuss the Criti-
ciSun of the Department by the In
surancc Men and the Proposed
Conference Of the Latter With the
city CounciI-Chief Mcguire Pays
His Respects 10 IAN EN-Firemhn."
The members OF the Gre department can
breathe freer now. All the men nov Do the
department have been Endorsed as efficient
and capable OF performing their duties
This is the result 0f Chairman Grayson's
letter TO the several foremeu OF the de-
partmsnt. calling upon them TO report
upon each man under their supervision as
10 his capacity and his manner OF per-
forming the duties assigned TO him.
The reports were received at the meet
Ing OF the fire commission yesterday
afternoon. and every foreman indorsed
every man under him as capable and faith
ful in the performance OF his duties and
worthy 10 Doe retained as member of
the department. Had there been several
unfavorabIe reports from the foremen
there would have been no surprise, and
a chopping off Of heads would very
likely have resulted. As it was, the fire
commission ak. which had been sharpen
cd for the occasion, was put one side for
future use
The session Of the commission was
lengthy one. Considerable time was
spent. il is understood, In the discussion
OF the attacks which have been made
upon the department by the insurance
men and the steps, which IL IS reported,
the insurance men will take 10 remedy
the evils complained of by them.
Mayor Myers was present during por-
ton Of the meeting and discussed this
subject with the commissioners. No
steps We're decided upon, and the COM
missioners Will wait and see what the IN
surance men propose doing. Mayor My
ers told the commissioners that he under
stood a committee Of the insurance men
would request a hearing by council for
the purpose OF asking certain measures
Of reform
Considerable time was spent by the
commission in hearing charges against
members Of the department, but there
were no dismissals. william McGraw
was appointed a fireman and w. T. To-
shach was appointed TO the supernum-
erary force.
Chief Mcguire was instructed to re-
quest from the newspapers the names of
the authors Of the severe criticisms OF
the fire department, published over nom
de plumes. Several of the statements
made by these critics were denounced as
untrue
Il wish you would say" said Commts-
sioner Parish, that the statement that
asked Fireman OLynn, at a meeting of
the commission, if he did not vote aNsplit
ticket at the last election. is false.
never made any such inquiry"
The 'ex-hreman,' " said Chief Mcguire,
who signs the statement in to-days
Morning News, in which he mentions that
the hose in the wagon at headquarters
was laid with the connections exactly re-
versed, forgot to mention that this mis-
take occurred a year and a half ago, be-
fore was chief, and when
a certain ex-fireman was then
driver Of the hose wagon. The mistake,
as I reminder il. was discovered at the
lower rice mill fire when over 200 feet had
been laid out, and IL was necessary TO
reverse the ends before the hose could
be coupled up. The ex-freman ought 10
tell us something more about this Incl
dent"