Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-23
FIREMEN HE'LL
BY GIRLS APPEAL.
All Members Get Extra Hour
on Christmas and New
Year by Child's Plea
sETs rUBLIc ExAMPLE

their iituc brothers ard sisters me children
of men IN the Bureau Of Fire. are praying
with OH she iHnorent gspvsr Il Their little
hearts that papa" may be ahie 70 Hpeud
with thein sone portion Of next Monday.
| Christmas Day.
FuiaiRns his promise made 20 little HAfy
poran. In reply 70 her pathetic appeal On
behalf of hee hossman-fAther. William r.
Murphy. chief engineer u the Bureau -
Fire. huv Issued a general esaer TO an
company commanders granting 10 al The
members M additional hcur TOR Christmas
dinner
chief Murphy IN his order has Eone
beyond the pledge he made 70 Mary DoraH.
| He haa made q possible FOR her father %
ho home 10 the nttle houae on De KALI
| street next Nuudny, but has Rfanted 70 Al
members Of the Burceu % FIRE m addi-
tionai hour In The meaitlmo allowances on
New Years Day
Mary noran applied tn TIM chief sha
fountain head ot departmental power 90
her youthful mind, and obtained what Hhh
asked Ter, and moro
An extra allowance cf aiop hours. or
two hours each to 1859 men. u the answer
Twice the promised total y erAnted 20 the
request OF an eight.year~nld giri SuEEen-
tion that every friend of tho hretnen niaEe
written or personal application on their
behalf TO Mayor smith and the members
Of Councils Finance Committee has been
made by tho nrcmen's campaign COMMITTEES.
II u believed by tho champions Of the Fire
Bureau that pressure OF public opinioh
thus eNprosecd would prove irreHiEtibse
Tho text OF CHIEF Murnhy'E order. which
was read AZ voIcah In every nro station IN
the city. foliowa'
To the oiricers---t desire that you
win make arrangements IN your sta
tlOn 10 that each member OF the
bureau viii have an additional hour
allowed him, In conjunction with hta
allowance for dlnner on Christmas
Day
This n something that feel the
men are deserving Of, and Wish that
we were IN n position that even
longer time could be granted them
I truHt that this time will ba used
TO the best advantage poEaible.
Extending 60 each and every NOM
Der Of the bureau my sincercst wishea
for happy holiday season and quo
cess for their ventures In the approach
lnE year. VIII close and remain
Sincerely
WILLIAM II. MURPHY,
Chlof Engineer
CHIEF GOES LIMIT" FOR MEN
Chief hturphy'a order exprosses the liTufa
OF his powers TO allow the men OF his
bureau an opportunity 10 enjoy Christmas
Day. Conditions in the department make
Il impossible 60 Risk letting more than the
regular daily quota Of two men 20 a COM
pany take tho day on Fire apparatus
must be manned AT all times, and even
tho favor OF Rn added hour for tho Christ
mas dinner involves q rlsk on the part OF
chief Murphy that meau-Hpirited person
might criticize But the chief. IN the kindil.
ness OF HIS heart, has yielded To the plead
Ing OF Nary DdiRu and iH' willing to ven
turo the possibility OF being caught short
handed" rather than refuse tho plea OF an
eight-year-old daughter Of fireman 20 let
VA have papa home with uB when Christ
mas comes"
In other American oltion--the number
IN rapidly incraaslng-the hromen have At
least twelve hours on duty on Chrlstmaa
Day Philadelphia permits It's policemen
10 participate In the general holiday. Uncle
Sam let's his letter carriers on, The corpora
tlons 80 arrange echcduleH that men in
Jobs that require constant attention dis
pose schedules 10 that every employe OBJ
tnihs half day Mt home on the greatest
OF all holidays. The fire bureau IN Phiia-
dephla, governed by regulations m obso-
lCto as the blue laws OF Connecticut. per-
mlta less holiday observance than "a
granted TO the inmates OF its prisons, Tho
latter aro permitted on Christmas 10 enjoy
a complete cessation from their daily tasks
IN addition 10 a Christmas foast
What tho city OF PhiindhlphiA permits
itR hremen 90 look forward "a AZ their
Christmas portion may be Cleaned from
tho record OF December ah last That day
was but one hour and twenty-three minutes
old when n local" alarm called an engine
company to 25iS North Fifth street who're
n careless smoker was fasponHible TOT
blaze that was checked after doing saB
damage.
Mary Doran's father and his mates on
Engine No 20 were called out at 3.0a
n m to l3s North Eleventh stree. to ex-
tingulah n trininE blaze due 20 a neglected
cigar stump They had scarcely time 70
return 90 their station when they were
summoned 10 much more serious fire
In the buildings located In tho rear OF
SO and "a North Sixth street This confia-
grafton. discovered az Asa a. M IN the
brazler factory Of Green 'rothers & Smith.
proved TO be extensive, damaging that
property and partially Destroying adjacent
buildings along Sixth and Arch streets.
-Four alarms were sounded for thla fire.
which burned for tho greater part OF the
day and called into active service the mefn-
hers OF eighteen engine and i've truck
companies besides involving the moving
up" OF a dozen other companies TO vacated
stntions during its progress,
A second IRE In the ''danFer gone" az t1t
North Third street brought out four OF
this "nillng-in" detail and neceaaltated =
second covering up"
WHOLE DEPARTMENT AFFECTED
burning almulta neously and involving
such a large depicting OF stations. almost
every man IN the Bureau OF Fire was de-
prlved OF hts anticipated Christmas dinner
at home All told. December ab OF last
year saw total OF tgenty-one alarms
from different localities. nf which eighteen
we're for actual fires and three proved 10
he false. but called the hremen from their
stations, nevertheless Eight OF the SUM
utonsea were % the silent Or 'lorai's
order and entRied reanonse OF but one or
two companies each but every alarm con-
trlhuted ith part 10 demonstrate that Christ
mas II the Bureau Of Fire Is anything but
a holiday
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