The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-31
THEIR OFFICES ABOLISHED.
M'DERMOTT, WILLISK AND HAN
LEY No LONGER CITY OFFICIALS.

Superintendents of Fire and Police
Departments Created Instead.
Capt. Thos. Screven VIII he APP
pointed superintendent of Police
TO-day-supt. John r. Mcguire
Took Charge of the Fire Depart
ment Last Night-sIr. Geo. VI. Gads-
den Said TO he Slated for the New
Office TO BE Created by COns0Iida-
ton of other observation-disclosures
tant Chiefs of Police and Fire
WIN Remain as SeniOY of Their
Departments.
For short half hours session last night
the new City Council got in a considerable
amount of work. There were three dun
thuds of the ak and the heads of Chief Of
Police McDermott, Fire Chief Hanley and
Superintendent of Public Works Wilink
rolled into the basket.
The three aldermen elected from the Lib
eral Club ticket, Messrs. Thomas, Mills
and Graham. opposed such precipitate
action by Council, but their efforts were
unavailng. No other decapitauons were
attempted. Clerk of Council w. p. Bailey
and City Marshal John Power stin remain
serene behind the breastworks of the city
charter. Superintendent of Water Works
Lotion was not even mentioned. Perhaps
he viii feel hurt at this, and again per-
haps he wont.
At 1884 o clock Mr.. Hanley was fire chief.
At 9:35 O'Clock Superintendent of Fire De-
partment John e. Mcguire left the city
exchange with an order from Clerk of
Council Bailey to turn over the department
to the bearer. He started out with the
avowed determination 10 find the red bug
gy and take ride before he went to bed.
Mr. Maguire's appointment was the only
one made last night. By o'clock to-day.
however, Capt Thomas Screven, as SUI
perintendent of police. will succeed Chief
McDermott as the head of the police force.
Capt. Screven's resignation as a member
of the board of aldermen is in the hands
of Mayor Myers, and a meeting of Council
will be held at noon, at which the resig-
nation will be accepted. Capt. NJ. j. Doyle
viii be elected 10 fin the vacancy. The
members of Council are agreed that Capt.
Doyle, having received the highest vote
of any of the defeated candidates for alder
man, and having been named on the win
ming ticket, it is right that he should be
elected to fiji the first vacancy.
The city departments which have been
controlled by the superintendent of pub
lie works viii be conducted by the com
mittee on streets and lanes for the pres
ent. until the Council arrives at a de-
c;sion as to the creation of a new depart
ment which win include the city engi-
neer's department with those formerly
| conducted by the superintendent of public
works This matter is now under con-
| sideration. 1t is regarded practically GER
tain that such a consolidation will be made.
1t is pretty well understood also that with
| this consolidation Mr. George M Gads-
den, a well-known young Savannahian
and civil engineer who has been connect
ed with the engineering department of the
Plant System for several years, is slated
| for the position.
The ordinances abolishing the offices Of
chiefs of police and fire departments also
| include the assistants chiefs of those de-
| partments. This does not mean. however,
| that Assistant Chief of Police owen Reilly
and Assistant Fire Chet George Mouro
| viii be dropped from their respective de-
| pGrtments Lieut.. Reilly will be reap
| pointed this morning as senior sergeant
! OF the police force, and Mr.. Mouro as
/ senior foreman OF the fire department. 1t
| is probable that their salaries will remain
| the same as at present.
| The saving to the city will come in the
| saving of the salary of one sergeant of
the police force and one foreman of the
! fire department..
The expected conservatism" so conf
IDENTIFY relied upon by many who hoped
that the new board would not enter has
lily upon official changes failed to mani
fest itself last night. The nine aldermen
elected on the Myers ticket voted solidly
| together, with the exception of Alderman
| Wells who voted with the minority when
| Mr.. Winink's office was in question. The
| three aldermen who We're elected from the
| McDonough ticket steadily opposed the
action of the majority, but We're handi-
capped in their opposition by the fact that
| there being no rules governing the new
| Council, none having been adopted, they
were unable to force a ostponement of
the ordinances abolishing the offices In
| question, as could have been done had the
! rules governing the former Council been
in force.