The Portland daily press., 1899-01-19

as may be, subject to the approval of the
board of aldermen. IRE commissioner
who shall hold office for three years at
the first appointment under this act and
until his successor Is qualified. Each
succeeding appointment thereafter shall
be for n term Of three years. The fire
commissioner shall receive such salary
as the City Council may determine. In
case; any vacancy should occur 1t may be
filled for the unexpired term in the man.
ner Of the original appointments The
mayor may remove the fire commissioner
at any time, for cause, subject to the APP
proyal of the board Of aldermen.
section 2-Ihe fire department shall be
In charge of said fire commissioner under
such rules and regulations a. the board OF
aldermen may by ordinance determine.
All present officers and members OF the
ire department shall continue to hold
Office for the full terms for which they
were ELECTED or appointed unless sooner
removed ms herein provided, anG all Ia
ture appointments Cf members CT the
fife department, the number of whom
shall be determined by the city council,
except as herein otherwise provided.
shall be made by the fire commissioner
from persons certiti 80 to him by the po-
lice examining board, which shall here
after be known as the police and fire de-
partment examining board, IN the same
manner that persons are certified to the
mayor for appointment to the police force
of the city Of Portland under the pro
visions of the act aforesaid entitled
ian act regulating the appointment OF
members of the police force of the City
of PORTLAND" approved March 4, 1870,
and acts additional thereto and amends
tory thereof. All officers and members
of the tire department, appointed by the
fire commissioner under this act, shall
hold the office to which they were APP
pointed until removed by the fire COM
TO- ha deem
sufficient and assign in writing in his
order for removal which order shall be
filed with the City clerk and open to
public inspection.
Section S-The fire commissioner shall
have sole charge of department to be
known as the fire department and shall
purchase ana keep in repair all appara-
tus therefor, including the lire alarm,
telegraph and telephone system; shall
have exercise of all the powers and duties
conferred by statute upon tire engineers;
to be exercised by himself or by his sub
ordinates as he may direct, shall appoint
u chief engineer and not exceeding four
assistant engineers, and city electrician.
who shall be the superintendent OF the
fire alarm telegraph aud telephone sys
tenn without their being certified by the
police and fire department examining
board, and shall appoint all other nremen
when certified as provided In the preced-
ing section. shall perform such other
duties and have such powers not iucon-
ststent herewith as the BOARD of aldermen
may prescribe.
Section 4-Said chief engineer shall d.
reot the work of the members of fire de-
partment in case of fire, act as the exc
cutive officer Of said fire commissioner
and have authority, in case Of IRE, to
establish fire limits in the neghbor
hood of the building or buildings in
which fire may have occurred, and tc
prevent persons not authorized by h'm
from coming within said limits
Section 5-The city council shall an
nually appropriate such sums Of money
AS IL may deem necessary and sufficient
to carry on the work of such commits
sioner. Such appropriation shall lie
drawn from the city treasury in such
manner rs the city council may by or
dinance direct.
TIE EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.
Major Melcher Of Portland presented
this morning the resolve appropriating
81, coo annually for the Maine Rye and
Ear Infirmary at Portland. The resolve
was +, ferred 10 the finance committee
Following the usual CUSTOM the commit
tee will order hearing. Should anybody
bfiug up the matter now under investi-
cation by the trustees Of the institution,
the hearing might be of more interest
than hearings in such resolves usually
develop.
CARIBOU AND VAN BUREN.
The Honorable Peter kee gan, who rep
resented Van Buren, in the legislature for
al years, is here, and he is again ad-
vucr ing that railway line which the Van
BuIen people want to see built TO their
northern home AT the top of the notch
which Maine makes in Canada is Van
Buren,. About 20 miles south of it, is
Carbon, the terminus Of the Bangor aud
Aroostook road, 1t is to traverse those
30 miles that the Van Buren, people
want to build Il railway. Mr.. keegan
has always claimed that the Bangor and
Aroostook should have been built to his
town. He said that was the understand
ing when the county loaned its credit to
the enterprise, bus that is ancient his
tory now. Today, the People of northern
Aroostook have gotten up company oil
their own TO build TIE Van Buren, and
Caribou. They have organized under
the general law, hut Mr.. keegan says
they may want some legislation. kner-
getic as in days gone by, the Van Buren,
man has made the purpose of his visit
known to members of the railroad com
mittee and otLer leading Legislators, and
during his stay in Legislative halls 1t is
safe to say that the Hon. Peter keegan
will make his presence felt.
MIR. BEAL AND THE NAPLES LINE
Another man interested in railroad leg
islation is the Hon Flavius o. Beal,
representative from Bangor mayor of that
city and president of one or two electric
railways. 1t is said that MIR. Beal is one
of the moving powers in the new scheme
to build an electric road from Naples TO
Newhall, on the Maine. Central. Cum
bulaad county is regarded as good terri
tory for electric roads. AS long ago as
the time when an attempt was made to
saeure n charter for an electric line from