The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-19
FIRE COMP MES M1RKED.
Result of the Inspection Made known
Last Night.

Last Night.
A special meeting of the board of fire
commissioners was held last night and
considerable amount of business was
transacted. The meeting was called
chiefly for the purpose of acting upon
the markings given each company in the
department after the inspection made
last week. Each company was marked
on general appearance of the men, neat
ness and cleanliness of the houses, gen.
eral care of horses and harness and
training of the horses, and care and APP
pearance of the apparatus, distinction
being drawn between horses and appara-
tus that may be of interest to some of
the aldermen who are in doubt as to
whether or not a horse is an apparatus.
The ratings We're excellent, good, fair
and poor and the various companies
were marked as follows:
Steamer No. L. men, good; house, fair;
horses, good; harness, fair, apparatus,
good
Steamer No 2. men, good; house, ex-
cellent; horses, excellent; harness, excel
lent; apparatus, excellent.
Steamer No 3, men, excellent; house,
excellent; horses, excellent; harness, ex-
cellent; apparatus excellent.
Steamer No. a. men, excellent; house,
good; horses, excellent; harness, excel
lent; apparatus, excellent.
Steamer No. 5, men, excellent; house,
good; horses, good; harness, good; ap"
paratus, excellent.
Steamer No. 6, men, good; house,
GOOD hnrspG HARNESS GOOD.
apparatus, excellent.
Steamer No Z, men, good; house,
good; horses, good; harness, good; APP
paratus, good.
Steamer No. s, men, good; house,
good; horses, excellent; harness, good;
apparatus, good.
Chemical No. 8, men, excellent; house,
excellent; horses excellent; harness, ex-
cellent; apparatus, excellent.
Chemical No. TO- men, good; house,
good; horses, excellent; harness, excel
lent; apparatus excellent.
Hook and Ladder No. l. men, good;
house, excellent; horses excellent; har-
ness, excellent; apparatus, excellent.
Hook and Ladder No. 2, men, good;
house, fair; horses, good; harness, poor;
apparatus, good.
Hook and Ladder No. 3, men, excel
lent; house, good; horses, excellent;
harness, excellent; apparatus, excellent.
Chemical No. /, men. excellent; house,
excellent; horses, excellent; harness, ex-
cellent; apparatus, excellent.
A petition from Julius Lederer & Co.
asking that fire protection be extended
to their place of business on Derby ave
just beyond the city line, was referred
to the committee on fire alarm tele-
graph. A letter was received from the
New England agent of the Gamewell
Fire Alarm Telegraph company inviting
the board to visit Boston and inspect
new system of batteries which the COM
pany has perfected. The board voted
to send Superintendent Grant of the fire
alarm telegraph service and Clerk Metz
ger to Boston to examine the new bat
teries.
1t was voted to direct that new in
sigma be secured to designate the off,
GERS in the department. The officers will
wear hereafter gold braid trumpets
instead Of the brass ones which they
have hitherto worn on the lapels of their
coats.
Joseph f. Miller of Engine Company
No. 10, who was suspended for drunken
ness about year ago until September
next, was renstated. John J. Higgins,
who has been acting driver for num-
Der of years, was appointed perma-
nent hoseman and the following men
were nominated for the position from
the civil service list: P A. Egan, #.
Holt, w. P. Reilly and f. p Carter.
Egan was appointed on the second bal
lot.