The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-01
DISMISS FIREMAN
 TlMKO FOR FAIL URE
 TO OBSERVE RULES
Example Made of Man Who Disobeyed Dept. ReguIa-
 tion For Third Time.


 i Found guilty of charges of intoxtca- ton while on duty, and of inSubord1na- {! ton and conduct unbecoming a. mem ] Der of the fire department, ,Eosernan .i Stephen Timko of No Engine Co., 1 was dismissed from the department after a hearing before the fire com fl nnissioners last night.
 After the verdict was rendered Tim
 ko said he had not made up his mind 1 whether he would appeal to the. supe- l rior court or not Under the city char ter he has a right to do this but to all E intents and purposes he is no longer i a member Of the department until the court passes on his appeal. This is the third time that Tinko has been-'on the carpet for drunkenness while on 1 duty He has been a member Of the fire department four years.
 Dr. William H. Curley was unan1-
 moisIy chosen department surgeon to ssucceed- pr. Eli B. Ives. The latter II was not reronlinated. Dr. yWi1liam J.
 Southey was reelected veterinary sur u geon Commissioner J. H. Tague nom mated pr. Southey and President J.
 A Leonard nominated ,Dr. c. E. Att
 kins. pr. Southey was chosen by 3 E to 1 vote.
 pr. Curley at present is night am
 bulance surgeon at the emergency hos pitaI for which he is paid $500 a year There is no fixed salary for. fire de- partment physician Whenever the physician is called upon, he. is paid a fee Candidates for the department are obliged to undergo physical exam ination, and f1remen on sick leave are Ivisited at regular intervals by the phy- sician, for which calls he is paid the
 customary fee.
 Fl When Hoseman Timko was called into the meeting he pleaded guilty to HI the charge of drinking while on duty
 but said he had not taken enough to .lincapacitate him from properly per forming his duties at the engine house Tor, if necessary. in responding to an falarm. He denied that he had used Ii idisrespectful language to Capt. Du- Ereau of the company and also entered 1 a plea of not guilty to the charge of conduct unbecomtng a member of the H department.
 T had only one drink that night, g
 declared Timlo. On being pressed by President Leonard in cross s-examina- l tion TiTnko admitted that he had talk en three drinks and that he was hab- itu&lly a drinking man.
 Capt. Dereau testified that when l Tinnko reported after taking time off for his supper he had been drinking I to excess and that he talked loudly and was quarrelsome. Chief Mooney also testified that Timko had been yl drinking. pr. Hi B. Ives, former sur Il geon of the fire department, testified Il that while Ttmko was not in such con- l dition as to make him liable to arrest, yet he had been drinking and he did not consider him in fit condition to discharge his duty.
 When the hearing had finished Pres ident Leonard scored TirnkO Sound1y. We must have sobriety if we are to
 have an efficient department" he said N We must also have respect and obe- dienee to those in charge of the varl- ous fire companies. I thing 1t is time
 
 who will persist in drinking while on
 duty" Commissioner Tague had some thing to say along the same line and moved that Tinnlko be dismissed rom
 the department. The motion was unanimously carried.
 Lieut.. William l.. Keiser was ad-
 rnonished to be more careful in the fu-
 ture in reporting the number of Ioca- tion of alarm boxes to his company Lieut. .Keiser on March 12 read Box No. 2513 instead of 2514 and his com I pany, went to the wrong box En- | the collision in Fairfield avenue Marct I 12 where one of the horses on No. : engine was killed will lose two days of his four days off in April. Mahoney suffered a fractured rib in the mixup He told the members of the board that day that he was driving, which he wal not accustomed to do. He said ttat No. 2 engine l11lted in front of him He haid that the horse that was killed slipped and fell 25 or 30 feet in tn. rear of No. 1 engine, but that the i'm petus carried the horses and engin,
 forward against the stalled apparatus M The motion to deprive Engineer Ma < honey of his days off was made be a cause of his error in responding to tn, A wrong box and not because of the col 1isien.
 Chief Mooney reported that he had 1 complaint from the S.. N. E. T. Co. that renen were abusing the 'semer ] gency calI' privilege from pay sta
 tions. President Leonard said tha
 complaint ought to contain specific in
 stances to receive consideration of tn, lboard.
 Chief Mooney reported that the hy
 drants at Lexington avenue and GranS
 street; James and Grand street ant Main and Madison avenue are to, small to furnish, water. to two steamer
 at once. He recommended that tn, hydrants be replaced with larger one [ at once as there are many Nvoodel l buildings in the vicinity. The matte ] was referred to Commissioner Tague : Commissioner Lindquist reported that Fireman Malato Of No hous and Fireman Walters of No. g hat ! been injured while on duty and rec commended they be carried on the pay . roll. The board voted to grant pay t, | Hoseman Samuel Mcbride who wa . absent from duty. four hours to attend . wake. The proposals of the foIlowin. for furnishing set of lenders for No chemical were received: Blue Rib , bon Auto & Carriage Co., $7O; Locomo s bile Co.,. $1Oo. : FOURTEEN SUIClDES