The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-28
FIRE BOARD ACTS
Asks the Board Of Finance
for 1915 for New Bat
talon Chief.

Inc board or FIRE commissioners, at a
meeting last evening, held at Depart
ment Headquarters, No 244 Bay street,
passed a resolution requesting the Board
of Finance to appropriate the sum of
$s75 for the purpose of paying the salary
of new battalion chief for the balance
of the fiscal, year, commencing May /.
Under a new law Jersey City is entitled
to one more battalion chief, making a
total of three in this city. The Fire Com
missioners desire $S75, so that the new
chief will receive his full pay from the
date of his appointment. No appoint
ment was made. 1t is expected that the
appointment will not be made until the
Board of Finance acts in regard to the
salary.
The following communication of thanks
was received from the A. A. Griffing
Iron Company
President Fire Commissioners, Jersey
My dear Sir-I desire, personally and
on behalf of the company I have the
Department of Jersey City for their
quick response and gallant conduct at
the fire that occurred at our works early
Sunday morning, March Il. Without
their timely assistance and unusually
quick response, it is my opinion that the
fire would have extended to our main
buildings, thereby causing not only a
disaster to the company but to between
400 and 500 employees
In thus expressing my appreciation in
this matter, | feel confident that l voice
ployes.
Very sincerely yours,
A: A. GRIFFING IRON Co,
(Signed) Thomas H. Williams,
Vice Pres. and Gen. Mag.
Jersey City, N. j.. March Ia, 1901.
The communication was ordered spread
in full upon the minutes.
The pay roll amounting to $16,563.57,
was passed, and the pension roll of $26S.27.
Applications to store combustibles were
made by the following james Abbott to
keep one barrel of benzne at No. 579 Pali-
sade avenue; the New York Petroleum
Company, to keep fifteen barrels of kero-
sene at Nos. 146 and $50 Twelfth street.
twelve barrels to be stored in the rear of
the building in a tank under the ground
and the remaining three inside the build
ing.
G. C. Wright asked for permit 10
kindle fire at Montgomery and Grove
street next Thursday afternoon for the
purpose of giving an exhibition of a new
fire extinguisher.
w. A. Herrick made a second demand
before the Board last evening for per-
nit to store the following combustible
substances in quantities not exceeding,
under conditions to be arranged, two gal
Ions of ether, five gallons of alcohol, and
ten gallons of light petroleum product,
at No. 46 Morris street. Mr.. Herrick
asked permission to store the above in a.
frame building. He was refused at first
on complaint of people in the neighbor-
hood, who claimed they were in danger.
Mr. Herrick appeared last evening before
the Board and talked to- the Commits
sioners. He said he would comply with
the law in every respect. The Commits
sioners would not give him a final an
swer, desiring to further investigate the
building in which the combustibles are
to be stored.
The report of DR.. L4ochner, the medical
examiner, for the past month, showed
that fourteen men had received medical
attendance and that two men were still
under medical care.
Applications for appointment as fire.
man were made by Howard PARCELS,
salesman, 25 years DID, of No. 599 Jersey
avenue. He was vouched for by Henry J.
Melosh, William Midlige, Daniel Cole,
John j. Broderick and Charles C. Rey-
nolds. Mr.. John Burke, thirty-three years
old, of No "a Morris street, a driver,
made application for appointment. The
signers of his petition were:-City Collec-
tor Robert Davis, Charles III. Smith,
GeorgeaLuker Patrick German, David r.
Daily, Frank J. McKenna and Charles
Laughton. The Board adjourned to meet
Wednesday evening, April 10.