The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-14
Fire Commissioner Taylor
Says Department Has
Long Waiting List
REPORTS OF STRIFE
STRENUOUSLY DENIED
Declares Board is Running De
parment and Doesn't Need
ANY Adriet-To Accept
All designations.

That IL is matter Of utter lndf-
ference 70 the Board OF Fire Commits
sioners If employees of the depart
ment resign was the declaration cf
Captain Charles +. Taylor. president
Of the board, 70 NirEintan reporter
Mir. Taylor emphatyraliy denies
that there is any dissensiou beyond
that which he says IS natural when
ten hremeu are placed together In
one engine house. He SAYS there will
be no investigation oI the reported
discomfort
All this talk about men resigning
tasresss worry trE H7su1ers OF the
board one bit said he. Captain
kamkcy resigned because he Was tir-
ed OF the service. and not because he
WAS transferred from Engine Com
pany No. 5 - No, AS a matter
of fact. he himself asked TO be trans
ferred, because conditions were an
pleasant at No & The men were
transferred or given his discharge.
He was transferred. but WAS still dis
satisfied, and so he resigned
As for the reported resignation OF
Driver keyes, the board hasn't receiv-
ed any letter from him yet / will
say. however. that we don't care whe-
Their he quits or not. We can get
plenty Of men Just as good as he Is
10 take his place the moment ne steps
cut.
The same thing holds good re-
garding those rumors of many other
designations 10 come. Let them all
quit II they want to. | can assure
them that their Fesisna.ttons, once
handed in. will be promptly accepted.
We have ten men waiting for every
Nacancy--ten good men designations
cannot cripple this service Instead
the service Is getting better all the
time.
There may have been a few dis
putes at the engine houses There
always are The board doesn't intend
10 pay attention to them, however
Let those who are dissatisfied quit
"Ali this business is in reality an
effort on the part OF some Of the men
TO boss the entire department
Il want 10 inform them that they
can't do it. The Board OF Fire Com
missioners, a body Of upright, hon
orable men, is running things the way
they want to. and they are doing tbs
best they can. II the men are to- boss
things, 1t is time for the Fire Com
missieners to step down and out.
We know what we are doing, anC
We have entire confidence In chic
joynes He Is man absolutely fear
les Gin the performance Of his duty
He does what we tell him to, an,
III he sees fit to transfer a dozen men
that is his business and ours. If tn
men don't like this, as | said before
they can quit. Wen never miss them
Il also want to say that an init
nation in a morning paper TO the eff
feet that Commissioner keppler va
responsible for the recent transfer
which are said To have caused tn
ACKNOWLEDGMENT which does no
exists absolutely false. ON the con
trary. Mr. Keppler was opposed f
the transfers.
However. as l said before, we in
tend 10 order transfers whenever "
think them advisa ole--and we ar
not going to consider the personal in
citnations Of the men, either VIVA
changes we make are for the goo
of the service. Anybody who think
differently Is entitled to look at tn
record OF the department. They wi
And IL a good one~-none better in tn
country"
In conclusion. wish TO say that s
far as I&snow there isn't any trouble
Certainly there will be no investtga
ton by the board"