El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-14
AND THE NEXT DAY IT SHOWED.
However. There Promises to be no More
Wrangling in Fire Circles.

Fire department hall was crowded
last night by a vast array OF patrlotlc
and highly esteemed citizens expecting
| TO take in chin music entertainment:
and they were not disappointed, Tor II
was talk, talk, talk, for the entire
evening: and when the orators got
through talking, they talked and talk
ed again.
The occasion was the regular meeting
of the board of directors of the ire
department, and the special interest
| therein was an expected row over the
action of Chief Conner in changing the
horses around at the city hall. The
chief reported for January five fire
alarms, and the department property
in good shape. The department treas
urer reported S754, 81 in cash on hand;
and at the suggestion of Mr.. Stevens
the items in the bills payable were
read.
Then Chief Conner reported the
changes of the horses, and after sub
hitting the same to the board made
these recommendations:
recommend that the plank floor
where the horses now stand be cut out
and that another floor be made OF
cinders and sand, so that the horses
may be more comfortable and have
better material to stand upon as, if
they continue to stand upon the hard
plank floor they will suffer serious de-
triment.
I further recommend that the board
of directors make application to the
city council to pass an ordinance re
quiring any person that may make any
excavation in, or place any obstruction
across any street or alley in the city, to
notify the chief of the fire department
before said excavation Is made or OBJ
structiOn placed and its character and
10, hat lNeAn
appropriate penalty fixed for a failure
to do this.
1 find that section 9, of the fire de-
partment ordinance provides that it !
shall be 1.-THE duty of the chief to en-
force all rules and regulations made
from time to time to secure discipline
in the fire department.. " [ do not fad
that the board have adopted rules and |
regulations covering the whole subject !
matter and esta blishing and prescrib |
ing the duties of the paid men. [ |
therefore submit to you set of rules |
and regulations which | have taken |
from the rules adopted |
for the government of the paid fire de-
partment and suggest that they be
adopted in order that this provision
of the city ordinance may be carried
out, and that the men may know ex-
actly what their duties are and the
require of them.
AS soon as a motion was made to
adopt the report, the orchestra tuned
up and the curtain lifted. G. @. Kiefer
wanted to receive the report and act
on it later in the evening. w. II.
futile also wished to stand off the
coming squall, while T. G. Lyons
wanted to act on the report Immediate
~ if not sooner. However, the laying
over business nPeVaile6. |
w. T. Kitchens advised that the
city council be asked to buy folding
beds for the paid men: and Mr.. futile
said the Kansas City fire department
had such beds. So the motion was
carried asking the city council to pro-
vide the beds for the men who have to
remain at the city hall. The chief was {
instructed to fix up door at the slide |
pole to prevent accidents.
President Edwards notified the meet
ng that the president was not author
zed to O K all bills; and advised that
business like methods be adopted, and
every bill be scrutinized. 1t was de-
,ided not to appoint officers of the |
department as members of the finance {
committee. r
A resolution cOmplimenting ex- !
President John Julian and making '
him life member was offered by w. c
[. Kitchens and adopted by rising c
yote. II
DR.. Yandell said that many people j
we're joining the fire department to
scape jury duty and he proposed to
tut the active membership down to 30 S
members to each company, and motion i
the city council to pass an 5
ordinance to that effect was offered by a
Dr.. Yaudell. a
Mr.. Buchanan said that the object of C
he motion was to get rid of the bogus il
pembers and he had no objection to g