Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-27
PAID JANITORS
FOR FIRE CO.'S.
Resolution Adopted by Board
of AIdsrmen--Ten Men
Will Be Named.
WILL GET S65 A MONTH
Companies May Recommend
Men for Positlsns--Driye
Apparatus to the Fire.

Apparatus to the Fire.
Provision has been made by the
Board of Aldermen to name men for
duty in the various firehouses, which
will within a few weeks make the
department practically partly paid
one. The council at it's adjourned
meeting last night passed resolutions
to have ten men appointed for all
the houses, who will drive the appar-
atus, keep the horses, vehicles and
houses In shape, generally act as
janitors and do other work for the
city. There will be two men named
for duty at the headquarters of the
Lincoln Engine Company, two for
Mcclellan Engine Company and two
for Protection Hook & Ladder Com
pany. The houses OF the Garfield
Hose Company, Washington Hose &
Chemical Company and Eagle Hose
& Chemical Company will each have
one man. There will be one addi-
tional man to relieve the others from
time to time Their rate of pay will
be s65 month.
End of Agitations.
for and against a paid and a partly
paid fire department which have
been subjects of lively discussion for
the past few years. At one time 1t
appeared as though the city might
have received a paid department.
Following came an agitation for a
partly paid system, by means of
which one or two men would be sta
toned in each fire house. These
propositions were opposed by the vol
unteer f1refghters and the introduc-
ton of either threatened disruption
in the entire department. Some went
so far as to engage counsel to fight
the city In a civil suit to prevent 1t
from establishing paid department.
Since the disposal of this suit about
two years ago agitations for paid and
partly paid systems weakened and
little has been said of late regarding
the installation of either system.
Resolution In Full.
The resolution adopted to provide
for the appointment of paid men
follows:
Whereas, in order that the proper
ty of the city shall be properly pro-
tected and the efficiency of the fire
department promoted, be it
Resolved, that suitable men be
appointed as follows: Two men for
Lincoln Engine Company, two men
fo1 Mcclellan Engine Company, two
men for Protection Hook & Ladder
Company, one man for Garfield Hose
Company, one man for Washington
Hose & Chemical Company, one man
for Eagle Hose & Chemical Company,
and one additional man who shall re-
lieve the others from time to time as
may be arranged by the Fire Com
mittee The duties of these men
shall be to take proper care of the
horses. apparatus, etc, act as jani-
tors of fire houses, drive to and from
fires and perform such other duties
as may be imposed upon them by the
Fire Committee and chief of the fire
department. They shall be required
to be on duty certain hours in the
day as may be fixed by the said COM
mittee and to sleep in the respective
fire houses during the night in beds
to be provided by the city, and for
their services they shall receive the
sum of S65 per month, payable on
the first and fifteenth day of each
month; and be 1t further
Resolved, that in addition to their
duties as mentioned above, the said
men, under the direction and in
struction of the street commissioner.
shall be required to sprinkle the
streets in such districts as may be
arranged by the Committee on Fire
and Streets and Sewers.
w. D. VOORHEES,.
Opposition on the part of volun-
teer frefghters against the instal1a-
ton of any kind of paid system
grew strong a few years ago when
the subject was first broached. Some
of the present volunteers claimed
that no paid men should be in the
houses. They maintained that the
apparatus might then come out so
fast that volunteers would be unable
to reach the houses to board the ap-
paratus and the paid men would thus
in many cases be left alone at fires
to fight them because others would
have to walk.
Aldermen TO Appoint Men.
One of the aldermen said the men
might be named at the next meeting
of the council and would most likely
commence their duties as soon as
chosen. Greater speed will be ex-
pected when the men enter their
duties and it is only natural to ex-
pect that volunteers will find 1t an
extremely difficult proposition to
reach the frehouse before the appar-
atus is on its way to fire.
Team for Washingtons.
The aldermen also passed
motion empowering the Fire Com
mittee to purchase the Washington
Hose & Chemical Company team
from Andrew Anderson, the owner.
The cost will probably be about
$500.
Companies Can Recommend.
Alderman-at-Large voorhees, said
today that while the men would be
named by the city council the respec-
tive companies comprising the fire
department could make such recon-
mendations as they saw fit. Thus If
company has men 1t deems best
suitable for the positions 1t may
place their names before the alder
men for consideration. BY doing
this, it is thought, more desirable re-
suits can be obtained.
Automobiles for hire Phona 1SI