The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
Fire COMPANIES.

Three of the fire companies of Mount
Holly held their annual meetings last
evening and elected officers for the en-
suing year. The following were chosen:
Relief-President, Joseph C. Kingdom;
vice president, Joseph S. Shreve; secre-
tary, William H. Mason; treasurer,
James S. Hume; engineer, Joseph S.
Shreve; foreman, George A. Linton;
trustees, Howard M. Eldridge, Richard
p. Brown, George b. Mcclellan, Harry
w. Kempte, Thomas A. Mulraney.
Fire police, John Wells, John S. Bozarth,
John Throckmorton, Jr., Bert Kinsler,
Patrick Dolan, Alfred NJ. Joyce.
| America George w. A.
French; vice president, Eugene l.. Engle;
secretary, 5. Earl Assay; treasurer, E. B.
uel +. Colder, Cleveland Brewer, George
F. Gilbert; fire police, William A. Head
ley, w. Gale, Cleveland Brewer, Wilbur
Osgood, Walter Bryant, George F. Gill
BERT foreman, S. Earl Assay; first assist
ant, William b. Kumpf; End assistant,
Charles B. Jones; Sd assistant, Samuel
f. Colder; janitor, c. Howard Taylor.
Good Intent-President, George NJ
Sleeper; vice president, Herbert S. Kille;
secretary, John F. Riley; treasurer, I.
Clifford Keller; collector, Roscoe G. Gale;
trustee, Lorenzo l.. Sapp; foreman, Her.
bert Shaedle; directors, William J.
Haines, William ] Taylor, William
Stllwell, Morris X. Perinchief, Ben
ljamin Colkitt, Roscoe c. Gale, Clifford
lCompton.
At the annual meeting of the entire
department last September among other
matters discussed was the division of the
township appropriation. A motion was
made to divide the sums between the
various companies and after an animated
discussion the motion was adopted Not
withstanding the action of the meeting
was by large majority, the hose COM
panies were not satisfied and they thought
the township committee should divide
/ the money differently than was decided
: upon by the department. At meeting
of the committee on the evening OF
March H. at which Herbert l.. Town
send of the Union company, appeared,
he stated that there was some dissatis-
: faction over the the recommendation to
distribute the money. Some of the
8 Union thought that company should
have more and he had been told Americs
company felt their share should be larger
At the conclusion of Mr.. Townsend
. remarks DIR. Pricxitt offered a resolution
;. that each fire company present to the
: township committee the names of six O
I its members, From the "a thus sent in
the township committee would select l:
!. and refer the entire matter to that com
mite, whose findings should be the basis
i Iof distribution. A communication t.
: this effect was sent to each company.
is plain to be seen where the matte
would end.
Relief and Good Intent companie
! adopted resolutions last evening declin
/ ing to entertain the proposition of tn
u township committee. They took tn,
:, ground that the Fire Department at tn
d annual meeting had given its expression
II on the subject and that single compan,
1t or representatives thereof have no RICH
o to interfere and change the situation. |
Y the township committee desires some
d thing different on which to act the,
is should ask that the fire department b
Ie called together and reconsider it's actor
of last September.
lie 1t seems as if the township committe
n is the master of the situation. There
t, nothing that requires it to follow the re
re quest of the department, but in pas
t, years it has been very willing to hay
r. the responsibility rest on the latter body
Y, There has always been more or less di
Id satisfaction at the manner in which tn
II; funds have been divided, but this yea
s; the discomfort seems to be stronger.
s. the township committee thinks the di
Mt tribution agreed upon at the annu'
n; meeting of the department is not fai
1t, then it should make the apportionmei
r. as seems to it to be just. Perhaps IL
eel proper move would be for the TOWNSHIP
lis committee to compel statement of r
tn ceipts and expenditures and give out Il
h. money as the needs of the various con
nd panies appear. Or possibly it would
A. wise for the committee to take charge
mt the companies and instead of givin
,ss each of them stated amount, pay
all bills and purchase all supplies. At az
ly rate it appears to be entirely up to Il
he committee to either take the recomme
he dation of the department or else d
ro tribute the money in the manner tn
er- appeals to the majority of the townsh
fathers.