The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-13

During the last week the officers OF
the Firemen's Relief association signed
a lease for the three upper floors OF
the building at 22i Spruce street which
| it was decided to take for club rooms.
| The work Of rcnovating and decorating
the interior will be begun at once and
will be pushed to a rapid completion.
The committee on arrangements Tor
the big celebration upon the date OF
the formal opening of the rooms will
meet this week and will endeavor tn
| fix a date for the event. The date will
depend upon the time required for the
| fitting up Of the rooms. but it is be-
lieved that everything will be in readi.
ness by the first week in June
The parade of the volunteer conf
! panies. which is to precede the banquet
to be given in the new club house, will
| If present plans are carried out, be u
| torchlight procession and a determined
effort will be made to get out the fun
| strength of each company.
| The members OF the Columbia Hose
| company are to meet tonight and it is
generally understood that some action
will be taken upon the removal Of
| permanent men Lewis and Petherck.
| Feeling among the members on ac-
! count of the removal of these two men
| Is running very high and resolutions
| expressing the sentiment of the COM
pany in no mild terms are to be passed,
| il is whispered.
| All the kinks in the fire alarm system
have been pretty thoroughly straight
| ened out during the past week by one
| OF the Gamewcll compary'S inspectors,
who spent several days in making u
| thorough test of the system and In
getting at the root of the trouble where
| trouble existed.
|
Nothing has as yet been decided as
| to when the bunk and call men are to
| be paid. There are some who favor
! paying them every month and Others
| including a number of the men them
| selves. who believe that to pay them
| twice year, say before Christmas and
before July 4. would be a better plan.
This latter method is the one adopted
in several cities in which the call sys-
tom is in force, and gives universal
| S'lSldtNloli.
The captain of each company is to
keep the time of each call and bunk
man. who are to report to him as soon
as they arrive at the scene of Il fire.
| The time is to be computed from the
sound of the alarm to the return to the
house. and a record of each mans pres
| cncc or absence is to be transmitted to
| the chief within twenty four hours
n TO. trn 4 l,l 1,i,,-
tion in the pay of the bunk and call
men can be made by the chief for un-
eXcusable delay in reporting for duty
No bunk or call man is to receive less
than one hours pay for each fire ar
| tended. The call men are to receive
sixty cents per hour and the bunk men
| seventy cents.
| 1t is definitely settled that Il pcrma-
n"nt man will be appointed for the
| keySer Valley Hose company, as pro-
vided for in the general reorganization
ordinance. When Director of Public
| Safety Hitchcock first announced his
| appointments there was no mention
| whatever made of the keyser Valley
company and many believed that no
| appointment would be made. on ac-
count of the vigorous opposition to the
| recognition of the company, which
cropped up in councils.
Common Councilman NJ. ]. Norton,
when he learned that no appointment
! had been made, was very angry, and
proceeded to tear things up in Il nice.
| quiet way. The result is that his COM
| pany is to have its man. 1t might be
! mentioned, on the side. that il by any
| chance the appointment is not made.
the director of public safety will find
it extremely difficult To get through
common council any measure he may
want passed, for in that branch Mr..
Norton and his twelve Democratic col
leagues rule the roost.
AT meetings of the several volunteer
companies, held during the past week,
the secretaries have been instructed To
| make exhaustive inventories of the
| property in each house belonging to the
companies. When this is done the
| members of the several boards of
| trustees will confer with the board of
directors of the Firemen's Relief ussO-
citation for the purpose of deciding just
| what part of the furnishings shall he
| sold and just what part will go tn FUR
nish the new club house on Spruce
| street.
Director Hitchcock has expressed his
intention of purchasing from each
company any of its furnishings which
may be in good condition and which
the city will need. His purchasngs
will consist principally of beds, bed
ding and chairs, and will probably be
| made this week, after a general in
spection.
|
The members of the Neptune Engine