The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-03
A DISASTROUS MONTH.
CHIEF FANoHER SAYS MOST NOTABLE ONE OF HIS CAREER.

Thirteen First AInrms, Two seCon d
 Alarms, One Third Alarm, and Thirty
 four sttfa AInrms-Ten Men Incnpaci-
 tatsd-Financc cc Board Asked for Money
 for Water Tower and New I3oxcs.
 A regular monthly meeting of the fire commissioners was held last night.
 The chiefs report was read and ac- |cepted. It stated that the past month had been the busiest one since he had been a member of the department, there having been thirteen first alarms; 1.-two seconds alarms one third alarm; | and thirty-four still alarms. He also complimented the department and thanked the commissioners for the ser vices which had been rendered during | this trying time
 The report also stated that city need led water tower to be used on high buildings.
 The chief reported that he had as signed Captain R. J. Davidson to Hook and Ladder No. 2, and Hosenlan Will | liam c. Foote to engine No. '. He had la also transferred Lieutenant c. w. Slagle from los house to 7s house.. and Lieutenant w. P. Daley from Hook and Ladder No. to 10s house. According to the statement made by 1 the chief, ten men were incapacitated from exhaustion, injuries and frost | bites during the Hoadley building fire. | The board passed a vote that the president and chief should appear be- i fore the board of finance and request | them to appropriate enough for the purchase of a water tower and money 1 to hire twelve extra men to have charge lof it. This, it is estimated, will cost about sa.0O0
 The board has been flooded with pe- titions for number of new fire boxes and it was stated last night that many | of them were needed but as there has been no appropriation allowed for this purpose during the last two years they have had to be denied It Is now neces- sary to put in three new boxes and it
 was voted to ask the board of finance for special appropriation of $375 for these boxes. They will leave twenty
 one other petitions on file. President | Veil stated that at least $2.625 was
 needed at the present time for new
 boxes
 A general discussion in reference to the rebuilding of the bell tower in the
 Eighth ward was then started by Presi-
 dent Veil. While all the members and
 the chief agreed that the bell tower was
 needed to let the firenen know, while at home. that there was fire, some lof the members thought that as the
 board of aldermen had taken the mat
 ter up 1t might be well to wait and
 see what they did with it before the
 board of fire commissioners acted. Af-
 ter general discussion, however, it
 Twas unanimously voted to have Presi-
 dent Well and Chief Fancher appear in
 favor of the rebuilding of the tower. | The commissioners agreed last night
 that the bets place in which it could
 possibly be placed would be on the tri-
 angle of land owned by the city at the
 corner of Mechanic and Lawrence | streets.
 There was some talk about having a lire whistle instead but this idea did not seem to be favorable to most of the commissioners.
 There are now forty-one substitutes
 lon the waiting list and 1t was voted last night to reqeust the civil service board to hold another examination for
 more lieutenants and substitutes. There
 are now nine candidates for lieutenant positions,