The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-19

has not given us any money With Whlch to provide the necessary apparatus. We are, however, very fortunate Tn having in the town one of the finest gymnasiums in the country, and In having at it's head two gentlemen, Dr. Anderson and Dr. SeaVer, who have had great experience in making exam nations of the kind which we want, President Dwight has courteously giv- en permission to the civil service board to make use of the Yale gymnasium for these examinations as long as the regular work of the students Is not in terfered with, and henceforth candi- dates for these two departments will not only be subject to the physical ex- animation which has been used here tofore, and which is simply designed to test their soundness and health but will also be subject to tests designed | to show their strength and agility, and our rules provide that in candidates for the police department the physical ex- animation shall count 4 and the men | tai 6, while in the examinations for the | fire department the two shall count l equally. Thus man who Is agile, | strong and we'll built, but Is an lndlf- ferent penman or speller will have an advantage i'll the competition and will I be recommended in preference to a | man who has better educational quall- | ties, but who is not the equal of the | first man physically. The introduction of this physical test Is the most impor | tant modification we have introduced | into the requirements for the police and fire departments. Indeed, they are practically the only changes we have made in the old rules except to require for policemen a simple examination in l elementary geography of the United | States"
 l The rules have been printed in pam phlet form and the first few paragraphs are devoted to general provisions of the charter, the sections of the charter concerning corrupt and improper influ- ences and the section prescribing the duties of the civil service board, and other sections relating to the civil ser- vice board. This board has the power neither of appointment nor removal, but 1t prescribes rules which are to be followed by the officials having the ap- pointing power, and conducts examina- tions. The rules require that it shall be the duty of every head of depart ment or board having the appointment l of officials or employees subject to the civil service rules to notify the civil service board of any vacancies likely to occur in their departments when possi- ble four weeks before the time when such vacancies are to be filled. The service is classified as follows:
 Persons holding positions under the city government subject to the rules of the civil service board shall lbe divided into the following classes:
 A. Surgeons and physicians, civil en- gineers, electricians, attorneys, librar- ians and all persons requiring techni- cal or professional education employed in any department of the city, except ing the regularly uniformed force of the police and fire departments (For the present no rules have been made regarding this class).
 B. The regularly uniformed force of the police and fire departments. includ-
 ing two sections 1. Bremen, engin- eers,, drivers, officers, and other mem
 bers of the fire department. 3. Patrol
 men, drivers, officers, and other regular
 members of the police department
 c. Secretaries, clerks, copyists, book
 keepers, stenographers, typewriters
 and all persons engaged in clerical
 work in any department of the city
 These are subdivided into two sections
 1. Those doing purely clerical work, not
 involving any special technical skill. 2
 Those requiring special knowledge
 such as bookkeepers, stenographers
 typewriters.
 D. Bridge tenders, janitors, janitress-
 es, matrons, care takers, sanitary and
 plumbing inspectors, special constables
 farmers and gardeners, and all persons
 not coming within the classes a, b, c
 or e. These are subdivided into the
 following sections: 1. Bridge tenders
 janitors, and care takers, nto requir.
 ing any special knowledge of machin.
 cry g. Bridge tenders, janitors, an6
 care takers, requiring a knowledge ot
 machinery and tools. B. Sanitary ant
 plumbing inspectors. 4. Farmers ant
 gardeners. 5. Special constables.
 E. Laborers engaged in manual ser.
 vice.
 All applicants for positions in classes
 B, c and D must sign an application
 blank supplied by the board, and eacf
 application must be accompanied by
 the certificate of not less than three reputable citizens of New Haven, free
 holders, but not officeholders. These
 applicants must be citizens of tho United States and residents of Con , necticut.
 Candidates for positions on the DO
 lice force must be not less than twen , ty-five nor more than thirty years O
 age, not less than five feet nine inche!
 in height without shoes. and not les
 than 145 pounds in weight.
 . Candidates for positions in the firt . department must be not less thar
 twenty-one nor more than thirty-fiv' years of age, at least five feet sever inches in height without shoes and 13
 pounds in weight. They will be re quired to pass an examination cover |. ing the following subjects: Readins from print and manuscript, handwrit ing, writing from memory the sub , stance of matter communicated orally
 simple arithmetic, Knowledge of the To cation of streets and public building l in New Haven, and iii the case of can didates for the police force, elementar. , geography of the United States. , All persons applying for positions il 1 class c shall be subject to an exami , nation on the following subjects: Hand r writing, writing from dictation, Eng