The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-19
FIREMAN MILLER COMMENDED; HE
 STUCK TO HOSE Chief Mooney Declares chat A. D. T. Wires Should be Cut Out of City's Alarm System.
Bremen on the Carpet Are Reprimanded, One for Putting Cold Water into an Overheated Boiler, and One for Driving into House Doors.

1 I1OuS0 LOOPS.
 | For his nerve in battling single handed with the nozzle end of a | powerful stream of water, which goE | beyond control Of his comrades, Fire | man J. w. Miller, Ot No. 2 Engine 1 company, was commended to the fire 1 commissioners, last night, by Chief Mooney ard Capt. James H. Long of 1 No. ? Engine comps ny. Miller's pluck | E1evenred damage end possibly saved 1 life or limb.
 1 a letter of appreciation to the fire man and to record the incident in l N iller's favor.
 Lieut.. Johh stetzer, No. 8 Engine company, for many years connected l with No. steamer company, was l recommended by Chief Mooney for a | The fireman who has been in the service for 16 years. The departm ent | surgeon was instructed to make an 1 examination Of Stetzer's case and it 1 was voted to place Stetzer on half | pay pending the result of his exan1i- nation. Stetzer has a nervous dis order. l pr. G. w. Osborne was elected de- 1 partment physician to succeed pr. | George Skift Ford who has been the | hremen's doctor for the past four l years.
 Wilbur J. southey was elected veterinarian of the department to
 
 l $550 per annum and furnish the 1 medicine and remedies for the 61 horses in the department. There were several veterinaries seeking the Frank Noonan, who has served as l hydrant inspector for a number of 1 years, was elected the inspector to succeed Daniel Johnson, captain of 1 No. 1 Engine company and assistant chief of the department. The salary is $1.200, $20O more than is paid to hosemen of the third l grade. After April 1 hosemen will ! receive the same salary as the in Ladderman Henry Kileen, of No. 3 | tuck, who was injured at a fire some time ago, was voted his back pay. Lieut.. James Cronan, on Engine z, 1 and Assistant Driver George Bene- detti, of No. Engine company, were I before the commissioners. Cronan boiler to become empty. and over heated, and then filling it with cold water, so that it cracked. He said he was not familiar with the boiler, and did not know what the outcome would be. He was reprimanded. The clerk was ordered to send out instructions to all companies on the use of house boilers
 Driver Benedetti was there to ex- door frame that he tore off a part of the castings. He explained that one of the horses was green. The
 
 A recommendation that Clifford Murphy and William McGrath, who have performed the work of per manent men, for some months, be placed on the permanent list was re- ceived from Chief Mooney. The rec ommendation was tabled. Both men are young and active and have had long experience. It was McGrath who was first up the aerial ladder to the rescue of Mrs. Axel Johnson at the fire in the Connecticut National bank building.
 Seven bids to furnish the depart ID ent with 500 tons of anthracite coal were not considered The board voted to advertise for new bids through the the city ordinance requiring pur- chases aggregating in value $200 or over to be advertised. The bids will be received April 1.
 Chief Mooney wants the American District Telegraphs fire alarm sys- tenn disconnected from the city's the A. D. T. system he wants them sent into fire headquarters, and trans mitted to city's alarm system there. Under the long stroke system several mistakes were made through the A. D. T. system, Chief Mooney says and row that the city's system is speeded up the chief feels that the A. D. T. should not be allowed to use the city's wires. He has secured the iGeas of a number of chiefs through out the country on the matter. His communication was tabled. It will