The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16

THE RULES ORDERED AMENDED
Citizens Of the City and Local In
" trge His Retention and He Ii
Given Four More Years of oMcisf
Iife-sex~rai Other Matters of
Importance Up TOR Confederation.

~ yesterdays meeting u the ciTai ssTT-
ice cogr nISz$ora. the qges. Ion % Chief he3-
iogg's *e<IreFneEit Was disposed q for ssY-
era. years al least
a lengthy petition. ngnesoasiy signed
ty the representative business men q me
cl,T was read asking that the rules De
amended 50 as 10 maze IL possible y re-
tair The present caisf u tne Gre part
n1eut. u pad a glowing tribute Ia CHIEF
keAoggs efiigies2cy. ard urged mat MS
removal. al this tine, w0ua be a de1r-
ulessf - the service.
A companion petition barring the sgna-
tHges ~ al the ltscal leading Insurance
fren VAS presented. Anlong other thlDss
II stated that during Chief ke1ogg's in
CjIasssency the percentage OF loss rs are
had D%en xnali and that 80 more efficient
or attentive officer could be found 10 take
his place.
Capt Hughes said that under the rules
adopted b tha commission in April! lSss
upon attaining the age Of sixty years
the chief Of the fire department would be
retired. Still. taking eyerytAhag into con-
alteration. IN the present Instance. per
sonally. ne was in favor OF amending the
rules SO thai the age sho,lld be extended
10 sixty~sive years.
lie safa that CHIEF Kellogg Is a yigcr-
ous and strong as almost any man ten
years his Junior, and is Still III the prime
or Efe that he has at all times pee n
found v.Ellant. ami has never failed. in a
single instance. 10 consider the bes. IN
teTesis Of the department. All Of the oiE
timers VINO have done az much - make
Seattle what IL is today he claimed wou1i
remember Chief Kellogg as The DADDY
~ the old volunteer service. which in ear
~ days saved the city frpm the damaging
effect OF many a sweeping coufagTa;ion.
commissioner Colu1an said that ne fully
agreed with all that Capt. Hughes had
claimed but while IT was true that he had
no desire TO force retirement upon so eff
iicient and popular an officer az Chief
Kellogg. he thought that the age limit
should be placed AZ "a years-the age Of
retirement fixed by the United States gov
eminent for army officers.
John Sehram also said that inaSmuch as
Chief Kellogg was s.ill active and able to
attend 20 his arduous duties he thought
II would be pretuGieial to the SUCCESS II
the department 10 retire him. and for this
reason he strongly favored amending the
rules 50 rs to make his retention possible
Capt. Hughes accepted Mr. Colman' )
suggestion and moved that the rule be
amended making the age OF retirement "a
Il was put 10 vote. and Chief kellogg
was given an additional four years of Of
fetal life.
The next matter disposed Of was the
approval Of Applications for examinations
for the position OF sanitary Inspector
There are six applicants for the position
snd the examinations Will be held toner
row morning at Q O'Clock, in the rooms Of
the commission at the city hall.
The finai results Of examinations for po-
lice and fire service were approved and a
number of names OF the successful con-
testauts were placed upon the eligible list
The next regular meeting OF the COM
mission will be held on March 6. To which
time an Adjournment was taken.