The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
COUNCIL CREATES MORE EXECUTIVE JOBS FOR POLICE Captain Suckley Will Be As
 sistant Superintendent of Department. RAISE SALARY FOR ASSISTANTS CHIEFS Driver Michael Bain of
 Chemical Co. 1 To Be Fire Lieutenant.

The office of assistant superinten-
 dent of police was created by ordi-
 nance adopted last night by the com- mon council. There will be no in-
 crease in the salary for the present, the incumbent according to the ordi- nance, receiving the same pay as cap-
 tain but he will be the ranking offic-
 CT next under the superintendent.
 Capt. Charles H. Suckley, now acting
 assist5 mt superintendent will be con-
 firmed in the position at the next
 meeting of the police board. By the
 same ordinance last night provision
 was made for one more lieutenant
 and three doormen. They will also
 be named at the next meeting of the police board. There are a number
 of candidates for each position
 Capt. Suckley, as acting assistant superintendent of police now has an office in the police and charities
 building. He is expected to look af- ter the enforcement of ordinances, especially in regard to parking and traffic and to handle unusuai -sirua- tions such as the present health cru sade, crowds at big events, etc. A resolution creating a harbor po- lice force was introduced by Alder
 man MacFayden and referred to the ordinance committe. The resolution follows:
 Where as the state has imposed a tax on motor boats, and there is very little protection afforded them, as is evidenced by the numerous thefts committed from them; and also on account of thefts from factories and other business along the water front, the overcrowding of excursion boats between the city and Pleasure Beach, ahd the ignoring of the rules of navi-
 gation, such as running at night with out proper lights lights on small boats, thereby endangering the lives
 and property of others
 Resolved, that the ordinance com mittee be requested to confer with the police commissioners and bring in an ordinance making it necessary to detail as many policemen as shall
 be deemed advisable, at the discre- tion of the board of police commis- sioners,. who, shall be known as the
 harbor police, and whose duty it shah
 be to protect the property of owners,
 and those doing business along the
 water front, boats on shore and in
 the water, and to perform such other
 duties as may be imposed upon them" t1- %
 The salaries of George F. Boards lee and Thomas A. Burns, first and second assistant chiefs to the Bridge port fire department, were increased from $1,700 and $1.60O respectively to $2,00O per year and this sum will be the salary for future incumbents of these positions. The same ordi-
 nance raises the driver of the chief
 engineers automobile to rank of lieu tenant for the purpose of giving him
 command as officer at fires. He will receive the salary of lieutenant.
 Michael Bain, present driver for Chief Johnson will be promoted to lieuten-
 ant at the next meeting of the fire board.
 The fire commissioners were last
 night given permission to sell the fire
 bells. There are five bells of copper
 bronze and it is thought the sale will bring about $3,000. These bells have hung in the tower houses and their warning of fire has been heard all over the city, Under the new system of fire alarm telegraph which is be- ing installed the alarms will be heard in the fire houses only.
 An ordinance was adopted last night ordering ice peddlers to sell by weight only and by weight at time of delivery. The sealer of weights and measures has had trouble with icemen who, when he questioned the weight they give, have declared that they sell by piece and not by the pound. Tn the future all sales must be by weight although no attempt to regulate the price will be made. The
 maximum penalty for violation is $100 fine.