Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-31
BoARn OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Firemen Must Be Situated So That
 They Can Answer Alarms.

last evenings meeting of the board or public safety. All the members of the board were present. though it took them some time to get there. The meeting was called for 7:3O o'clock, but it was some time after before It was determined to proceed.
 Expecting the mayor to arrive every moment the routine of business was transacted backwards. The bills or which there appeared to be a good many, were first approved and then all application from O. w. Jarvis for position in the call fire force was placeu on file. Applications for leave were granted Patrolmen John kennaugh and Peter F. Myers for nine and fifteen days leave respectively George H. Milton, callman of Hook and Ladder company, No l, sent ill his resignation and it was accepted without any hesi- tation. The pay roll of the police de partment for the last half. of July is S1 .9S5.OS. This includes $1S0 for ad- ditional police service. The fire de partment pay roll, including call mems pay. is $1, ,257.O4.
 The communication that was re ceiyed at the last meeting from Cap
 
 from duty of Fred Scwartz, a callman, was again read. The board thought they had disposed of this matter Dy referring it back to the captain and let him dispose of the matter according 10 the rules of the department, but It was found that it was the boards duty to dispose of it. After great deal or debate and dispute it was shown that Scwartz, while at work, did not hear the fire alarm. When he was first ap- pointed on the department the ofnclais of the factory in which he is employ ed used to inform him when the fire alarm rang. but lately they seemed to have tired of doing this. This was d very good excuse but not good enough in view of the rules, which say very explicitly that a fireman shall be lined S2 for being absent from duty. rms appeared to have been the second time 1cwartz offended in this way. Com missioner Kleinecke moved that the fine be remitted in view of the circum- stances. Commissioner D. Foley sec onded the motion after long silence But when it was put" he voted against it. remarking that it seemed very queer why some men should be lined ana others should have their fine remitted.
 Commissioner E. Foley was for standing by the rules of the depart ment and Commissioner D. Foley moved that the fine be imposed. This motion was carried. it being seconded by Commissioner Kleinecke.
 Chief Egan. as a committee of one, reported that in compliance with vote of the board passed at the last meeting he had procured the sense of the force regarding a light summer uniform and found fourteen favorable to 1t and nineteen opposed to it. This, however, does not prevent the men from pro- curing a lighter garb of the material of which their regular uniform IS made.
 The committee on repairs, Com missioner Knox reported progress Tn several houses. Regarding a new boiler for the police station Commis- sioner KIeinecke reported that he had asked F. H. Garrity and the Barlow Bros, to figure in the job and as they did not do so he took it for granted that they did not care for the job. A motion was passed then. giving the job to NJ. J. Daly, who. it was said at the last meeting, would do the job for $35O. The iron pole on North Square, where the police telegraph for that section of the city. is blocked for the present, came up for a good deal of discussion. The trolley company will not put up a longer pole. the board of works will not allow a wooden pole to be put up, and to lay the wires. four of them, to the North end, 1t will be encessary to go out of the direct way few miles, which would cost about S100. As the board could do nothing with the matter on account of the stand of the board of works the matter was dropped.
 The hearing of the complaint against Callman Fred Hayes of the Burton street engine house was then begun Captain Moore, captain of the accused, was sworn. He contradicted fiatly every word Hayes stated at the> last meeting, which, in brief, was that he had tacit understanding with Captain Moore that he should have every Sun day afternoon and evening off. Some times he informed the captain when he was going away; sometimes he did not. But for the past two years he has not been on duty on Sunday afternoons or evenings and nothing was ever said to Qlm aDOuL lL, LudI III that time he had been absent from many call to duty.
 Captain Moore, when asked, said he knew of no alarms happening on Sun day during the past two years. The matter was referred to Chief Snagg and he said of course there were alarms son Sunday in that time but he could not specify them. Commissioner Knox appeared to be surprised that right in front of him was q callman who admitted being absent from duty on various occasions during the past few years. He was not contradicted in that statement by his captain who was present, but was actually not fined; not a word said officially or unofficially about it. The captain admitted that he does not always call the roll after an alarm as he knows all of his men. Coznmissioner E. Foley asked the cap- tain how many men he had and the answer being 'stwenty-two," the com missioner, shaking his head, remarked that a man could hardly always name or identify twenty-two men. The con- missioner remarked that he would like 10 stand by the captain in this matter, but he was of the opinion that the captain should always call the roll af- ter an alarm. Nevertheless, he moved