Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-09

the purpose Of selecting, By rotation from all
the companies in the department, begin
ming with FriendHhip, No. /, the officers
Of the department, comprising chief
enigneer and irut and second assistant
engineer, 20 be voted for on the Becond
Tuesday In May for the term next ensuing,
and
Whereas, We are Of the opinion that the
interest of the citiBena of Wilmington will
be best served by a united and harmonious
action of the entire Fire Department In tho
selecting of the officers of The department.
as well ar all other matters pertaining TO
increasing interest and upholdinR tho high
standard of our Fire Department and which
the tax payers Of this city have q right TO
expect. Now, therefore. be Il
Resolved, That the City Council, in reRu-
lar session, do hereby most heartily ap-
prove and unqualihediy indorse the nove-
ment 10 establish rotation In tho selection
Of the Fire Department officers OF the city,
believing the same to be just and fair to all
companies comprising the department, and
We would respectfully recommend that the
convention TO be held aB horain before atatad
indoree the movement and arrange for rota-
tion Of the officers as sat forth, beginning
with the term next ensuing.
Resolved, That copy Of these reaolu-
tiona be presented 70 the convention on
Wednesday next, the i4tn instant and a
copy also forwarded 70 each company In
A COPY Of the call for The oonven-
tion, which was attached 20 the reso-
lutions, showed that the obJect of the
convention 10 10 make nominations for
the biennial election, which will take
place next May, by some plan of rota-
tion, which shall be agreed upon by all
of the companies The call n as fol-
lows, copy having been sent 20 each
Of the companies;
Wilmington, Del, Jan. ae. 1909. 8.---
Fire Co., No. -, Wilmington Oity-oen-
tlemen You are respectfully invited 10 ap-
] point committee OF five lbl to meet q like
committee from the ire companies of viii
mington 70 meet in a convention 10 be
held IN the lrish-American Hall, on Wed
! nesuay evening, February ldth. 1906 at s
O'Clock, for the purpose of nominating a
chief engineer and first and second assist
ant engineers for the Wilmington Fire De-
purtment, by some plan of rotation, to be
agreed upon by all the companies Of the
department.
Hoping you viii see the Justice and wis.
dom Of the rotation In the officers Of the
department, / am Respectfully yours, &C.,
Charles Shull.
Secretary Of committee for Reliance Fire
Co, No. p Delaware Fire Co., No. 8;
Mater Witch Fire Co., No. 81 Fame Fire
Co., No. 6.
AAc VNtoomc oA me Flopondu CouNen-
tion 10 a matter of uncertainty. While
some OF the anti-oombine men express
the opinion that, through courtesy, II
for nothing slse, each Of the companies
will be represented by a delegation,
they cannot tell what the convention
will do. The call states the object OF
the convention, but IL remains for the
convention to map out its own plan.
As matter Ct faot, the combine
companies have mapped out a plan oi
their own, which cuts the anti -oom
bine out altogether, and nothing has
occurred, on their part. to indieat,
that they have any intention Of deviat
Iug from this course. A compact wal
formed. several months ago, by sever
Of the IL companies, which, is is un
derstood, provides for the filling of th,
offices for the next IA years, makinl
all Of the selections, in that period
from among the combine companies
There was a slight hitch, as a result o
this programme, but the matter hal
been adjusted, in a manner, ID 10 said
which appears 10 be satisfactory (,
those concerned. The original plar
was 20 give the Union Co., No. II, th,
second assistant chief, but the Libert,
Co., No. 9, claimed that il was III
turn to fill that Office and the Unior
Co. yielded. Following the programm,
as laid out the combine companies
have made the following nominstions