Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-11
DEALS
GRINS AT FIRE
CREW PICKING
Holds Ear-tO-Ear Parleys
With Some Applicants and
Smiles Beam.
2OS MEN TO BE CHOSEN

Mayor Charles W. Jewett sat through
a meeting of the board of public safety
today in which sixty applicants for po-
sitions IN the fire department were in
terviewed. The mayor took personal
charge Of the examination at times and
was observed TO step into adjoining
rooms or the hall to discourse privately
with various applicants. The applicants
invariably left the mayor with Il smiling
face. Whether they get on the fire
force or not Will not be known until the
board announces appointments, which
generally follows one week after appli-
cants are interviewed.
\ force of eos men is to be added TO
the department by July /, when the two
platoon system will be Installed. Tha
board has more than 100 applications on
file. The men wiz be added IN small
lots each week as the companies are con-
yertcd TO the new system.
The new system was put in operation
for the first time last Saturday at sta
tion No. Is, 2lOl English avenue. The
crew at the second house, Station No.
2S, Maple Road between Central avenue
and Ruckle street, will be converted next
Saturday.
MANY NEW CHAUFFEURS
ARE NEEDED.
in connection with the mOtorization Of
the fire department the board of safety
is faced with the necessity of finding
large number Of new chauffeurs. To find
these men in the department A. l.. Tag
CART, president, announced that the board
next week Will send lists Of questions to
every fire station which every fireman viii
be required to answer. The men who
make the best grades in this mental ex-
animation will be required to go through
actual tests in driving.
Steve SzatkOwski, Oliver Hayworth
and Charles Neal were the only appli-
cants for fire department jobs appointed
today. They rank as substitute fire
men.
Charges Of conduct unbecoming an Of
ficer and prejudicial conduct to good
order were filed against Fireman VIII
liam Compton of Engine Company No. q,
by Chief John c. Loucks, on complaint
OF Samuel Peak. 1O2 Richwine street.
The nature OF his offense, which is in
volved in a Juvenile court matter, was
not made public. His trial was set for
Jan. %
1O6 MORE FIRES
IN 1920 THAN 1919.
Chief Loucks reported that the fire de-
partment answered 1876 more alarms dur
ing the month Of December than in the
same period in 1919. Last month 3f3
bell and GS still alarms were answered.
Burning fues were responsible for 121
and frame dwelling fires for 19S alarms.
Mrs Anna Mccormick made formal ap-
plication for renewal of her leases on
city market stands Nos. 303 and 304. Last
week the board announced that it would
refuse to renew the leases because the
police had found liquor in the stands
several weeks ago. Mrs. McCormick's
husband, with whom 1t is said she does
not live, was operating the stands at
the time the liquor was found. The
board said this made no difference. Presi-
dent Taggart said he did not know why
Mrs. Mccormick has made formal ap-
pllcation for the renewal of the leases
following the boards statement Of a
week ago.
The report of Building Commissioner
Walter Il. Stern for the week ending
Jan. 8 showed seventy nine permits is
sued for buildings valued at S1S3,O54.
HOTEL ACCIDENT
REPORT MADE.
Elevator Inspector Doyle Paddock
submitted a formal report on the eleya-
tor accident at the Hotel Washington
last Thursday, in which three persons
suffered minor injuries when a car
dropped sixteen stories. Inspector Pad
dock reported that he made a thorough
inspection q short time after the acci-
dent and found the brakes on the car SO
loose that the car was allowed to slide
from five to ten feet on each stop lie
said he also found the safety dogs to be
so worn that they would not stop the
car in an emergency. This car was re
paired and is back in service. The other
car was found to have worn safety dogs
and these were ordered repaired, the in
spector reported
President Taggart reported that the
police are making satisfactory progress
in curbing the activities of robbers,
thieves and hold-up men and added that
the board wished to emphasize again the
Importance of citizens rendering assist
ance TO the department.
People should feel free to c1ll the
police department the minute they learn
of any circumstance which seems to them
to be suspicious or which might lead to
the discovery of evidence of any nature"
he said. There is a squad at police
headquarters ready and eager to answer
just such calls as these"
In this connection 1t is recalled that
Chief Of Police Jerry Kinney has not
made a report on complaints that have
been given to the policeS department re-
Gently by citizens.