Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-16
ARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY
ie Fire Alarms Causing Consider
 able Trouble.


 able Trouble.
 Three members of the board of pub
 safety were present at the meeting
 the board last evening. The two
 -)lican members of the board fail
 o grace the meeting with their
 ence. Chiefs Egan and Snagg
 sCaptain Hull of hook and ladder
 fpany No 1 were also present. Af-
 the meeting had been called to or 1T by Assistant City Clerk Nettleton. Commissioner Hull was appointed chairman pro tenn in the absence of Mayor Kilduff. The usual mode of procedure was used in regard to the applications of Edward J. Byrnes for appointment as a callman and John Flanagan for appointment as a su- pernumerary of the police depart ment. The payrolls of the police and fire departments for the first half of this month amounted respectively to $1,161-S0 and S779.22. They were ap- proved.
 A communication received from Chief Snagg, preferring charges against John NJ. Kelly and John. C.. Cullen, at the instigation of Captain Hull of hook and ladder company No !. The charges state that Bremen Kelly and Cullen failed to respond to an alarm of fire from box 15. corner of Walnut and High streets, on Mon day, October IA. The two firemen and Captain Hull were cited to appear be fore the board at it's next regular meeting, November ,. to be heard in relation to the charges.
 4 communication was received from A. Wilner asking that permission shall be granted to him to erect wooden roof, overlaid with gravel and sup ported by iron, on his premises in the rear of Colloty's saloon at the corner of Bank and Meadow streets. Con- corning this matter, Chief Snagg stat ed that he was driving along Meadow street the other day when he saw workmen engaged in building the above roof, which would be an addi- ton to shed and barn already there He ordered the work to be stopped. Hence the communication. The mem bers of the board considered that the barn and shed already on the prem ises were too much of a firetrap with out having an addition added to them. On motion of Commissioner Klein ecke, the petitioner was given leave to withdraw
 Chief Snagg reported that there was some trouble in regard to proper draft at No hose house. The house is fill ed with coal dust when the fire is gO- ing. The top of the chimney is in a bad condition. Chief Snagg war giy- en authority to do what was neces- sary to remedy the above condition of affairs. The fire chief also stated that the fire alarm telegraph cards and books would be ready for distribution in a short time. In answer to ques- tion from Chairman Hull, the chief said that the firemen were consider ably annoyed by false alarms. Dur ing the present year there have been five or six fake alarms. Commissioner Kleinecke stated that some mothers little boy will be enjoying vacation in the state reform school as an eX- ample for the youths if one is found sending in a false alarm.
 The board had adjourned and the members were leaving when Chair man Hull recalled that no action had been taken in the case of Fred Schwartz of the Scoyill engine house, who had pleaded guilty early in the evening to the charge of failing to re- spond to an alarm of fire. His ex- cuse was that he was at work and did not hear the alarm. In reply to question. he stated that he had made arrangements to be notified hereafter in the case of an alarm. Accordingly the members reconyened and fined Schwartz the usual amount, S2 The meeting then adjourned to Tuesday. October 22.