The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
MUST PAY THEIR BILLS
4 JOINEE's COMPLAINT AGAINST
 LUNDRIGAN.


 Another Bill Against Reach Commits sioners Have No Jurfsdiotion but They Desire Every Man on tho Force to Pay His Debts Even if Contracted Before He Was Appointed-High Percentage Made by Candidates.
 Police Commissioners Moran, Clancy, | Ullman, Toronto and Doolittle were Tn attendance upon the regular meeting last evening. Superintendent Smith | recommended that Patrolman Stevens be raised to grade B, to date from May ?, and Bart Daily to grade A, dating | from May 3.
 Clarence Mann of 26S Poplar street, a | joiner, appeared before the board and 1 complained that James Lundrigan, Pa- trolman of Station 2, owed him a bal- ance of thirty-eight dollars on a bill for joiner work, which he refused to | pay. Mann stated that he had asked l for the money many times, and upon 1 the last time, which was only a few days ago, Lundrigan told him "to get | it if he could"
 l President Moran asked Mann why he did not sue for his bill. Because the lawyers would take more than [ could get out of it," answered Mann. The matter was disposed of by refer ring to Superintendent Smith to re- port to the board at the next meeting. l Superintendent Smith called the boards attention to the fact that, the annual spring inspection would take place on Friday afternoon next at p. m.
 tI,n To of %to ..l torney Louis Jacobs made complaint that Patrolman John B. Roach of Sta- tion 2 had owed for long time one c. N. Burnham of Middlefield, Conn.,. a l bill of $7787, and that he refused to pay any of the amount. Roach was summoned to appear before the board last evening and explain why the bill had not been paid.
 Jacobs was present at the hearing last night and in addition to the Burn- ham account he had one due Sarah Keegan, who keeps a grocery store at 50 View street, for $11.21 l Roach told the commissioners that bad luck had overtaken him and that he had contracted the debts during the illness of his family. He would pay l the bills as soon as he could.
 The board has no Jurisdiction over the, bills, as they were contracted befora Roach went on the force. The patrol- man was told by the president of the board after an executive session that 1t would be advisable for him to pay the bills and that it was the wish of the board that he should do so. No stip- ulation was made as to how or when the debts shold be discharged.
 The civil service commission report ed on the following candidates for ap- pointment to the police force. The names of the successful men who will be referred to the police surgeons for the physical examination which, if they pass, will secure their appoint- ment, are as follows: John D. Lynch, B Arch street. 99 standard 100; Ben- nett w. Dorman, 633 Dixwell avenue, 97; Willett M. Bradley, 23 Cottage street. 95; Patrick R. Cassidy, 98 Car- i lisle street, 94; John F. Lawlor, IS Cas- tie street, 91; John Carton, 56 Win- chester avenue, 88; James R. Kane. 291 Orchard street, S6; William H. Deskin, 273 Blatchley avenue, 77; John F. Spang, 1S0 Portsea street, 70; John F. Farrell 295 Water street, 69; John J. Molloy 25 Elliott street, 5S; Edward Fallon, 75 Ashmun street, 51.
 The commissioners required an aver- age of 50 per cent to pass a candi~ date.