The Portland daily press., 1899-06-09

ANA without debate.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHANGES.
The following order. introduced by Al
derman johnson, was given passage:
Ordered, that IL IL hereby deemed En-.
Aliens Corner. 10 at Deerine Centre
and "a at hradley's Corner be disbanded,
and that they be- and are hereby dissolved
and disbanded, and the men emploTsd In
said companies are hereby discharged,
and that the iiuInher Of call men sm.
companies be limited 10 ten, namely. Ia
hose companies Nos. y, ., II and IL, and
hook and ladder company No. 4. That
the Joint standing committees on IRE de-
partnent be and 81 hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to purchase
horses for hose companies Nos. s and .,
and hook and ladder company No 4. and
/ 10 equip said trucks In such manner rs
they may deem advisable. It is estimated
that the expense Of these changes will not
exceed the sum OF $500.
And the said committee Is further au-
thorized, empowered and directed TO pur-
chase suitable combination hook and
ladder truck, to be located In the engine
house OF Ward /. 1t is estimated that
the expense will not exceed the sum Of
5000. and all Of said expenditures when
made to be charged to appropriation for
4
Before this order was passed Alderman
Lamson asked, "How. can the pure base
of new chemical engine come in under
the appropriation for ordinsry expenses Of
the fire Department.
The Mayor--"Dces the gentleman from
ask for ruling on that qussticnf'
| Alderman Lamson--"I do ask for a
ruling"
The Mayor-"By what authority do
you ask for ruling on that pointi"
Alderman Lamsou--'' Because the ap.
preparation for the fire department. covers
only the running expenses Of the depart
ment, and don't see how we can use
any Of that money to buy new machine
| with"
| The Mayor-"The chair will say for the
benefit of the gentleman from Ward 8
that whatever this board votes to do is
the law OF the board, even II 10 undoss
today what.it has done in the past. Eif.
teen years, ago thar question was ruled
upon to my certain knowledge"
Alderman Lamson--"Thspt,it doesn't
make any difference ABOUT the wording
OF that item Of the appropriation bIlli"
The Mayor--'The chair has made its
ruling. Has any other member anything
TO say in reference to the passage of this
order?' ~ IA
The order was given a passage on q
yea and nay vote, Alderman hanson bs-
Ing the only one to vote In the negative.
| When the order reached the common
council mir. Waldron said that he should
object to the location of chemical en-
CINE or combination wagon on Munjoy
hill. He said that this called for $4,000
of s27o0 year to the maintenance Of the
fire department. He said that the COM
bination ladder Was not needed on Mum
JOY hill. Portland now has the best fire
department in the county and IL Ward
Is to receive this added protection he
was in favor Of giving Ward its engine
and Ward chemical. But he was OPP
posed to the order for this combinations
ladder being passed. He argued that
the India street truck or the truck In
the Central tire station could be put in
the engine house ON the hill and the COM
pany transferred there without injury to
the department. If this order has pas
sage next year Ward will come here and
demand an engine with an engine com
pany. Wards 8 and now ara not sufflci-
emily protected and next year they will
want lot Of things in this line. The
cost of maintenance of the fire depart
ment has increased from $4i ,0O0 tos{7i Z
90 in a few years. 1t Is only the poiI-
l q tn4a txs "A 4 10. n .W
The people on the hill don't want 1t,
and II they do the people of Wards z, s
and Q, are as much entitled 10 additional
protection as is Ward /. sdt 3
Mr.. Josselyn replied briefly to MIR.
Waldron. He said that Dessing would be
better protested by the plan than ever be.
fore. 10 will have three permanent COM
panies there instead of the three local
companies which are to disband. In time
to come Wardz will get Its engine and
Wards 8 and9 will get what they re-
quire All of these things cannot be done
at once, but they will come in a few
years. But Ward absolutely needs this
combination wagon and should have it.
Mr.. Griffin in reply to MIR. waldron
made very able speech In favor of the
order. He said that Munjoy hill abso-
iutely required this combination Ladder.
The remark made by MIR. Waldron that 1t
was 1.-THE politicians who wanted, this
engine" he should take exceptions to
and they were statements which the
gentleman from 9 could not back up
with facts. He said that he was q prop
erty owner ann ha fpr one haItavad th.
combination engine an absolute necessi-
ty. He said thai II, in the winter time,
the engine on the mill should be called
to the Grand Trunk. for example, the
hill would be entirely unprotected. He
spoke of the many three fiat houses ON
the hill and said that in case of fire there
would surely be loss OF lffe In one of
these buildings II q ladder truck were
not at hand. Ward is not asking for a
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