Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-19
BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Committee Appointed to Inquire About
 Bills Sent In.

Bills Sent In.
 Commissioner Reeves acted as chair man at the meeting held last evening of the board of safety. All the members were present and business was taken up precisely at o'clock. The lengthy minutes of the last two lengthy meetings having been ap- proved half q dozen strapping fellows were called into the room. They were all applicants for positions on the supernumerary police force and they signed their papers and answered the usual questions with the air of men who are able to do hard work The men were Hugh Flaherty, Eugene Sul- livan, John B. Cunningham, Patrick E. Roche, Edward McGlynn and James B. Req. MT Sullivan's con- tained the following answers as to use of stimulants and narcotics: "One cigar day; stimulants nit" This seemed to tickle Commissioner Tay- Tor, for he laughed heartily. Sulli, van is corporal in Company G. This matter having been disposed of re- ports were read from Captain Moore of the Burton street house complaining that Callmen Frank ]. Keeley, Fred Hayes, Charles Gallagher and Edward Bowling were absent from the house after hours, Keeley three times and the others once. This matter seemed to jar upon the nervous system of Commissioner Taylor. He said he would like to know what the city is paying callmen $150 q year for if not Tor attending to their duty, and he could not see how men could do that and be absent from their posts. He would have it understood that he is death on complaints of this character. He believed that good hauling up of all the callmen would do the depart | ment, or system, great deal of good, Chairman Reeves remarked that lie could not help seeing that great many complaints came from up Bur ton street way" 1t was then decid- ed to have the accused men appear be- fore the board at the next meeting. which will be held Saturday evening. Responses from the vote of thanks given the out-of-town companies who helped during the great fire were then read and ordered to the file. A com munlcat1on was also read informing the board that the volunteer company stationed at Rose Hill engine house had had it's annual election of off, cers. The old officers were reelected and the board approved of this action. Applications for promotion from grade $ to 0 were received from Policemen Joseph Mclean, Simon Mccarthy and John Cavanaugh. They were ordered to appear before the board for examin- at1on next Saturday evening. A com munication was read from Dr r. l. DWyer to the effect that Supernumer
 ary Michael Kelly is still sick With lumbago and is thererore unable to report for d1tv. Joseph Meehan was examined as to his fitness for fire callman He sald he was not willing to sleep in the house all the time, but would take his turn. His application met the us- uaI temporary fate, the file.
 This practically disposed of all inc business to be transacted, but Clerk
 Nettleton startled the board bv nro- ducing a bunch of bills which he said should have been acted upon at the meeting held two weeks ago. These are bills for boots, shoes, ham. coffee
 mems under and outer wear cigars freight and other things which were contracted during the night of the bio hre by parties unknown. The gonds were not bought or ordered by any ! department. nor by any individual mat the city knows of, consequently the board did not know at the last meeting what to do with them. Last night a committee consisting of Com missioners Lahey and Taylor was SC lected to inquire into the matter
 Chief Snagg made a plea for more
 hose and his plea was referred to the committee on supplies.
 Chief Egan informed the meetino when asked if he had anything to
 bring before the board that the citv is under an expense of S15O a day for | police on account of the smalInoy This is accounted for by the large humber of supernumeraries on dufv l guarding the houses that are ouaran- tined. Up to last Sunday sixty-one men were doing quarantine duty sole ly and since then about a dozen have been added. The payroll for the rec ulars for the last half month was Sl,S93.70. and that for the additional men $775. The payroll for the fire men was $S54. The board had no more business to do and adjourned to saturday night at 7:30 o'clock