Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
SAY FIRE CHIEF
TURNED A TRICK
Summit Fire Company Attrib-
.utes to Him the Appointment
of Auto Driver.


SUMMIT. Nov. t9.-Menlbers of
Hose Company Ne. . are endeavoring
10 determine who is responsible Tor
rhe action of Councilman Frederick
II. #Doremus. chairman of the fire and
eoliee committee, bringing about the
appointment of Robert W. Bloss as
driver of the hose company's new
auto apparatus.
Bloss, who is not member of the
East Summit company. but who be
longs to the chemical company, was
ajven the job by Common Council
Tuesday night. He is to get $50 per
month and is To be permitted to do
outside work SO long as the outside
work does not interfere. II 1t ~
cound that his outside jobs interfere
with the ire company position he Is
% be paid SO monthly for his whole
tme as driver Of the fire apparatus.
While such appointments are usu-
allv considered by the board Of ire
chiefs. which body recommends an
applicant fer ire company position,
The hose company members have
learned that BlOss was never men
gfoned at the meetings OF the 1lre
chiefs. The assistant chiefs, Charles
gf Wilson. Frederick &. Kelley, the
latter member of the hose company,
and Frank J. Gushing, we're as mueh
surprised over Bloss's appointment as
were the East summit company
members. A majority of the latter.
however. are apparently agreed ina
Ffre Chief scott slipped one over
on the hose company, and II the
chiefs reappointment depended ON
rote of the hose company members
II is a certainty he'd not again be
chief.
The hose company men declare t!al
the least Scott or the tire aud police
eommittee might have done was To
nave consulted with the company
over the appointment OF its driver.
There were four applicants for the
lob, all of these being active workers
IN the East summit company, ana
according to the firemen they We're
led TO believe that one of the mem
bers of the company would be gwen
the position.
The members of the dose company
declare thar not more than two or
three of the fremen knew up TO a
week ago that the position of driver
was to pay more than So per month.
They say that Fire Chief Scott IN
formed them that the man who took
the lob of driver would have to hold
nosition near the hose company
building in East summit, SO that he
could answer promptly all cans loI
the company. The tiremen 1urthef
declare that Scott insisted that Com
mon Council would insist on a salary
limit of $50 per month for driver.
About one week ago the iiremen say
scott confided in two or three mem
hers that the Job was to carry a
salary of $50 monthly.
Friends Of Harold Baldwin anu
James McCue. both members OF me
ompany, say they Were given 20
understand that either OF ,hem would
sc given the job. Instead their appli-
cations for the position were not oven
read at Tuesday nights council meet
lng, at which Boss go the job. FIRE
chief Scott declares that the Hose
Company members knew six weeks
ago that the salary Of the new posi-
ton was to be $50 monthly.
SCOTS colleagues in the Board OF
Eire Chiefs are as much "riled" over
The appointment us are the Hose
Company men. a. they declare scott
9put one over on them as well as
the firemen. Officers Of the Hose
company stated yesterday that they
aad never been able to get any infOr-
HndLlUll IIolh DULL ft5 " tit tALSt'p+AAN
nent, his answer TO queries being in
gariab1y that I'm going to bring the
matter up with the Board of Fire
chiefs tonight Yesterday Kirby
Dennis. foreman Of the Hose Com
oanv. declared ne had never heard
Bloss's name mentioned in connec-
ron with the job. and as foreman ne
rried to keep in touch with what was
going on relative to the appointment.
ut certainly is rubbing it in 10 go
10 another company to select q
driver" said an active member Of the
Hose Company last night. Il don't
know Of member Of our company
who has a thing against Bloss, but
we feel that there are men in our
company who are qualified for the
new Job and who have served many
Years for nothing. and one of them
should have gotten the appointment
Taxpayers have long been grum-
bling over the expenditures OF city
money in the East Summit Fire Com
sany. many seeing no need for a COM
pany in that section. 1t has been
shown that in many cases the Union
Hose Company and Chemical Engine
Company, which are located in the
centre Of the city, have reached fire
IN East Summit before the mem bers
IF the Hose Company, who are work.
.pg men, scattered all over the city,
Gould get to the nrehouse to get out
heir apparatus. The new apparatus
soon to arrive represents cost Of
q, 100, and a salaried man to be To-
Gated in the hose house at from $500
0 5000 per year is certainly not meet
ine with the favor Of the taxpayers. /
During the year the East summit
rompanv answered twenty alarms of
ire.