The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-31
MAT C411 FOR EXPECTATIONS.
Mayor Said to Have Threatened it Unless
 Fire Commissioners Appoint.

Fire COmmi issioners Appoint.
 The board of fire commissioners will meet tomorrow night in regular ses- sion, and will probably at that time make appoinements to fill the Vaean- cies in the department. It was said last night by man who claims to know whereof he speaks that Mayor Earns worth had impressed upon the members of the board the urgent need of filling the vacancies as soon as possible, and advised that the appointments be made tomorrow night without fail. It is also said that the mayor has threatened, if the appointments are put off after to- morrow night to demand the resigna- tions of certain commissioners on the
 ground that they are oDstructing the business of the board.
 The principal appointment to be made is that of superintendent or chief of the department to take the place of William H. Hubbard, lately deceased.
 It is now practically assured that Fire
 Marshal Fancher who is acting chief,
 will be appointed to this position, re-
 ceiving the unanimous vote of the J in the position of fire marshal to be filled. There are two candidates for the appointment, Assistant Chief Per- kins and Captain Gladwin of engine company No. g. At present it seems that the latter has the better chance of | being appointed and that he will re-
 ceive the votes of Commissioners Well, Cunninghanl@and Kegelmeyer. Con-
 missioners Hendrick and Ames, who fa- 1 vor the appointment of Assistant Chief | Perkins to the position, claim that their l candidate is better qualified from his experience gained as acting fire marshal
 and as assistant chief, to perform the 1 duties of fire marshal
 | In the event of either of the above mentioned men being appointed there
 will be a vacancy in the list of captains 1 of the department, as if Captain Clad | win is appointed 1t will leave vacancy | in a captaincy, and if Assistant Chief
 Perkins is appointed it will be necessa-
 ry to appoint an assistant chief For l the position of assistant chief, in case
 a vacancy occurs in that office, there
 are two candidates, both of whom have i passed the civil service examination fol 1 the office of assistant chief. They are | Captain Spang of engine company No
 and Captain O'Neil of engine company | No 4. For the position of captain tC
 fill the vacancy which will inevitably l occur there are three candidates, Lieu ! tenant Condon of engine company No 4, Lieutenant Woodruff of engine com l pany No. 8 and Lieutenant Gessner o1 ! engine company No. 6. To fill the va ! cancy which will occur in the list ot 1 leutenants there are several candi-
 dates, of whom the most prominent are
 John D. James, hoseman of engine com
 pany No g; Henry J. Goebel also hose man of No. g, and Isaac Isaacs, hose
 man of engine No. 3.
 For clerk of the department Silas J l Metzger and William c. Foote are the
 candidates. It is said that MT. Metzgel
 wll probably receive the appointment
 and that Commissioners Well, Cunning.
 ham and Kegelmeyer will vote for him
 It is also said that an attempt will be 1 made at tomorrow nights meeting tf
 pass vote providing for the detailing | of a member of the department to act 1 as clerk. This will be in the interes | of Mir. Foote, who is a member of en-
 zine company No. and who has beer
 detailed acting clerk since the resigna
 ton of Clerk Hugo.