The herald., 1897-07-01

PLACES FILLED
appointment Of Ten Extra
Policemen
THE FORTUNATE CANDIDATES
EHREE MEN ALSO GET REGULAR
POSITIONS
THE FORTUNATE CANDIDATES
City Council Closes Up the Municipal
Finances for the Fiscal Year.
The Fire Commissioners


commissioners in the mayors office yes
terday afternoon, Commissioner Gibbon
remarked that he had never seen so
many smiling faces in the room before,
q remark. by the way, which caused the
smile to spread over the countenances
OF the usually austere members of the
board. The cause of all this JOY was the
nlling of three vacancies on the regular
y force and the appointment of ten extra
men to fill the places of the regular Off
GERS while they are absent on their an
nual vacations. it being understood,
however, that in case the police force is
4 permanently increased by the city coun-
Gil as is expected, these extras will go
on regular. For this reason the same
care was taken as would be exercised
in making regular appointments. The
commissioners met Tuesday afternoon
and canvassed the various applications
who would be appointed as soon as the
ordinance became operative. These
men were then notified to be present in
the majors Office yesterday afternoon at
o'clock, and promptly at the appointed
time they were all on hand There was
some delay, owing to the fact that the
: ordinance had not been adopted, but this
was rushed through at. the adjourned
meeting of the council and hurried over
to the newspaper office, so that it could
be printed in the first issue of the after
noon paper. In the meantime, the men
were taken one a a time before the COM
missioners in the mayors private off1ce
and examined as to their qualifications.
About o'clock, Deputy City Clerk Has
kins served the commissioners with a
copy of the paper containing the ordi-
nance, and shortly after the board con-
vened in regular open session.
The reading of the minutes was dis
pensed with, and Commissioner Gibbon
stated that. in accordance with the
agreement reached by the board, he
moved that Harry Leslie White, F. NJ.
towler and L. N. Edwards be appointed
fill the three vacancies on the regular
brce.
The motion carried by a unanimous
tote, after which Mr.. Gfbbon under the
Iame agreement, moved that the follow
Sing extra policemen be appointed for
81 ninety days, under the ordinance just
y adopted by the council: Berry R. Ran
4 dolph, G. w. Greene, T. H. Zeigler, G. J.
Holler. p. H. Murray, George w. Rosso,
Samuel N. Baker. A. w. Murray, Maur-
y ice w. Moore and T. H. Broadhead
4 AS In the first instance, the motion
prevailed unanimously. after which the
men were notified that the appointments
were made subject to the physical ex-
animation, and after being told where to
report to be sworn in, they were dis
missed.
The new officers are a fine looking
body of men as a whole, much above the
average in intelligence, and comparing
very favorably with any appointments
ever made before on the force. They are
slightly over 80 years of age on the aver
age. and are apparently physically per-
feet. In dismissing the men, the mayor
hated that he was only sorry that all
po applied for places could not be pro-
u ted for, but this was impossible, and
Ter the circumstances the commits
X hers had made the best selections
could.
mmissioner Preuss stated that as
4enSe of the commission he intro
the following resolution, which
adopted unanimously, after which
go bard adjourned:
Resolved that the chief be instructed
10 give the special work during the next
ninety days to those who have hereto
fore been acting as specials, and to di-
wide the work among them as equally
as possible; and, further, to notify all
specials that at the expiration of ninety
days all who do not come up to the
rules as to age and physical require
ments will be permanently dropped from
the roll of specials.
a The action of the board yesterday
closed up all vacancies, and as there will
be- no more removals except for cause.
there will be no more appointments for
some time unless the council should per-
Imanently increase the force above the
1ten extras.