Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-10
BOARD OF SAFETY
Ordered to Provide Themselves With Summer Uniforms.

Supernumeraries Ordered to Provide Themselves With Summer Uniforms.
 The board of public safety at the regular special meeting held last Sat- urday evening did considerable busi- ness. Commissioner Beach acted IS chairman. All the other members of the board were present. A communi- cation was received from the chief of police complaining that it was time that all the supernumerary officers should provide themselves with uni forms and badges, and that during the recent disastrous fire many supernu- merary officers while on duty could not be distinguished from the ordinary citizen. The chiefs complaint recom-, mended that the following be adopted:
 Voted. That all supernumerary po- licemen shall, on or before the first day of May, 1902, provide themselves with summer uniform as prescribed for patrolmen. and a regulation hell met with nickel plated wreath and such number as may be assigned 70 each; and all supernumerary police men hereafter appointed shall provide themselves with such uniforms within 30 days after their appointment; and that the chief of police be, and is here by instructed to have the supernume- rary policemen's badges numbered"
 The board agreed that the sugges- tion was a good one and it was adopt ed. It was also decided that those su- pernumeraries whose age prohibits them from becoming regular policemen shall be numbered with the other stl- pernumeraries but that the former %1,n l.. 1e-4 1I1 As the regulars go above B, the num- bers of the supernumeraries shall be gin at 34.
 Chief Egan complained against Su- pernumerary William Carroll, on the grounds that he is In an employment prohibited by the board and the de- partment of police, to wit, bartending. It was decided to hear the complaint at the meeting to be held week from tomorrow night. This is the second time this kind of complaint has been brought against this officer, and when in the first case he gave up his cm- ployment that charge was dropped. This rule prohibiting a supernumerary from engaging ill bartending when it is his regular employment has before now encouraged q good deal of unfa- yorable comment. By some it is held to be a ridiculous rule.
 It was voted that Mayor Kilduff should be committee to purchase a Metropolitan fire engine to cost not more than $5,250. 1t was suggested by Chief Snagg that the engine should not be of the first size or heavy class because it would be difficult to get it up many of the hills i'll the city, but the board determined that an ad- ditionaI horse would make light work of the engine and so it was voted to purchase heavy class machine. Where it shall be placed was not de- termined Then followed the usual weekly discussion as to increasing the fire force.
 The callmen who were ordered to appear before the board to show why they were absent from duty were then fined the usual fine. $2. They were Fred Schwartz, Charles Gallagher and Timothy Griffin. The last two are members of the Burton street house and the first of the Scovill street house. Their excuses were not un- usual; they said they did not hear the alarm. Walter Lannon, also of the Burton street house, was one of the four. He had quite an interchange of words with Commissioner Taylor. His excuse was that he sent word to his captain that he could not attend the fire, which was at the factory Of Holmes, Booth x Haydens. Com missioner Taylor did not think this was the proper thing to have done. He questioned the callman as to his whereabouts on the night of the big fire. The callman said he was on duty. Captain Moore said he did not often see the callman in question that night. Lannon said that once, during the night of the big fire, he was asked by captain to hold hose on Grand street five minutes.' He complied, but the five minutes swelled into three hours. Having been re- lieved he went home and to bed and stayed there two days without telling his captain of his intentions. Com missioner Taylor did not consider this proper and told the callman that if he did not wish to be callman he had better resign.
 Chief Snagg reported that a mistake had been made i'll presenting Callman Gallagher's bill to the board at the last meeting. Instead it should have been presented to the Firemen's State association. The board adjourned to the 18th.