The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-09
WANT TO APPOINT NEW MEN
FIRE DEPARTMENT ASKS APPR0-
 PRIATION FOR THAT PURPOSE

The Com m issionert' Estimates provi . for Thirteen New Appointees and for Two New Engine Houses-Other Special Expenses Departments
 Estimates Arc Rather Large Consid-
 crabIe Additions to the Number of
 Lights.
 The board of finance last night heard
 representatives of the lamp committee and of the fire department on the esti-
 mates of those two departments for next year The lamp committee asks for an appropriation of s1o7,300 the largest amount ever asked for by that department. Lamp Inspector Henry Hopkins and Alderman Savers, chair man of the committee, appeared last night
 For electric street nights $55,000 is asked for. Inspector Hopkins said last night that during the past year twenty seven new electric lights were added and that this was an unusual increase. There are now $540 electric lights and the contract for furnishing power to the lights calls for s49.275 The estimate, therefore, provides for the placing next year of much larger number of new lights than were placed this year, al- though the number of new ones placed this year was unusually large.
 For gas lights $35.000 is asked. For the present year the appropriation was BPS 900. There are 100S Welsbach lamps at $30 each per year, amounting to s30,- 240. This year sixteen new ones were added. which was an average increase. The estimate now asked for next year provides for 1S5 new lights to be placed more than eight times as many as were added this year.
 For napltha lamps S15,000 is asked; 5000 was appropriated for this &C., count for the present year, but little more needed money was transferred to this account from other accounts. There are now 321 naphtha lamps at s30 each per year: seventeen new one were added this year, but the estimate for next year provides for 179 new ones to be added there.
 For lamps $S1, 25 was appropriated this year by the finance board and the court of common council added SS.000 more. The department will have about $1 900 to turn back to the city treasury next month, at the end of the present year
 Fire Commissioner Parish and Fire Marshal Gladwin, the latter in the ab-
 yyt.1. .,l,.. peared for the fire department. This asks for S146055 for the running expenses of the department for the next year. For the present year s145,7 ,733 was appropriated for this pur- pose.
 Several big items of extra expense are asked for including $S, 400 for two new fire engines. The fire commissioners also desire to appoint thirteen new men md for this ask for S10 4S9 for salaries for those men, Other items of special expense included in the departments estimate are: s4, 200 for 120 keyless doors Tor fire boxes $15,000 to build and | ,duip a new engine house in the Fourth ward; S15, 900 for a new engine house on [ Prospect Hill, $15,O0O for a truck house ! md equipment III the Ninth Ward | Total of these estimates of special ex- 5enses Is $68, ,039. For the present year ;2 TOO was appropriated for special ex- renses.
 Next Monday night the finance board will hold it's last hearing on depart nent estimates, and the library board md the controller will then appear. Later dates will be assigned for public hearings,