The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-23
REBUKED BY WARNER
SAYS SUBORDINATE OFFICERS MUST
ATTEND MEETINGS OF BOARD
Chief of Department Makes Report
of Accident of July I6-Finan-
ciaI Standing of the
Board.

Inc regular meeting of the board of
fire comm ssioners last evening developed
very little of general public interest.
AS soon as the regular business, which
was almost entirely of a routine char
acter, was disposed of, President Reuben
Warner Jr. took occasion to admin
lister a mild reprimand to the subordinate
othcers of the department for failure
to attend the board meetings. He said
that there was scarcely a meeting that
some OF. the officers were not absent and
II should be rule to have all of them
pr esent at every one of the regular meet
ings at least as the board might want to
consult any one Of them at any meet
ing. Acting upon this suggestion, Com
missioner Schweitzer introduced a resolu-
ton requiring that the chief, first and
second assistant chiefs, superintendent
OF fire alarm telegraph, master mechanic,
veterinary surgeon and assistant cleo
trical inspector shall attend all regular
meetings; and special meetings when
requested to do so. This resolution was
adopted H"a
A requisition from the superintendent
o. the f1re alarm telegraph service for
supplies amounting in all to $S41. 25, caus-
ed considerable inquiry on the part of
the members as to the necessity of some
of the items. II was found that MANY
of the articles named, and the uses to
which they are applied, were totally un-
FAMILIAR to the members and the matter
was nnally referred to the president for
further inquiry, with power to act.
Expense bills aggregating $4,5O6, were
allowed and the July pay roll amounting
10 $l4'262S2, and payable Aug. Is, was
approved.
Secretary German submitted a state
ment of the financial condition of the
department at this date, showing That
the balance on hand at the time of the
last report made at the time of the last
previous meeting was $97, 1856 O8. Deduct
ing from that $1S,76S 80, the amount of
the bills and July pay roll allowed at
TINS meeting, there was left a balance of
$7S $685.
The regular report of the chief, as usu-
al, included 4 great deal of detail re-
garding the affairs of the department.
He announced the resignation of Thomas
FLYNN, driver of Engine No l, which was
received July Is. The resignation was
accepted. The chief also reported the ac
c1dent of July 49, when Fire Engine No !;
ran over and mortally injured August
Chem1d1n at Wacouta and Seventh
streets, while responding to an alarm. On
motion of Commissioner SchWeitzer a
committee of three was appointed to in
Vesugate this occurrence and report at
next meeting. Commissioners SchWeit
Ger, Clarkin and Freeman were named
as this committee.
A committee from the St Paul Stone
company, offering to submit figures for
brick work in front of the engine house
on Payne avenue, as the company will
| soon be doing other work on that street
was referred to the committee on build
| ings.
An application for reappointment to the
department was received from William T
Peel, formerly pipeman Engine COMPANY
NO. 6, who resigned May Is last on ac-
count of injuries in his back received at
the fire in the Midway district in Octo-
ber 1900. He was one of the men caught
under the falling walls, and for some
months suffered from weakness of the
back which incapacitated him for hard
work. He reports that he now feels fully
recovered. The application was placed on
| file.
The committee on buildings reportad
that the chief had been instructed to pur-
| chase a Little Giant No. 20 heater for
Engine House No. Is, at a cost of S37:
also that the chief had been instructed to
proceed with proposed repairs to En-
CINE House No.10; also that the committee
had let the contract for the building of
the barn at No. engine house to s, A.
Nicholson, who was the lowest bidder
according to bids received at last meet
ing, and that the work was already under
way. The committee Recommended slight
additions to the plans for the house. The
report was adopted.
The committee on claims was instructed
to confer with the officials of the street
railway company in regard to a claim of
the fire department for the value of a
section of hose ruined by car on Wa
basha street while fire was in progress
at the Clarendon hotel last Sunday.