Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-07
CITY FIREMEN
ARE PROMOTED
BY NEW SYSTEM
Five Captains Raised to Bat
TALON Chiefs; Thirty-twO
Others Boosted.

Five captains in the fire department
were promoted to battalion chiefs by the
board Of public safety today. Thirty
tive other firemen were promoted, five
being advanced from lieutenant to cap
| tain, seven from fireman to lieutenant
md twenty from fireman to chauffeur.
The promotions come as part of the
process of installing the two platoon
| system, which is expected to be completed
within the next two weeks, the board
explained.
Those who were promoted from CAP
! tain to battalion chief were:
John Blackwell, Pumper Company No.
81; James Aldrich, Truck Company No.
s; Jesse Hutsell, Pumper Company No.
! %; Harry Voshell, Pumper Company No.
/ %; William Grady, Engine Company
/ No. 1.
BATTALION CHIEFS
! INCREASED TO NINE.
These promotions give the depart
ment nine battalion chiefs. Battalion
Chief Harry II. Fulmer will be with
drawn from active field duty and placed
| in charge of the fremen's school soon
| to be established, leaving four chiefs
| available for night and four for day
duty. The board of safety intends that
there shall be either a battalion chief or
an aide to such officer on duty at every
/ fire
The following were promoted from
lieutenant to captain:
William Steinhauer, Truck Company
No. 2; Otis Bailey. Pumper Company No
Z; Kenneth Burns, Pumper Company No
/ IL; Dennis Lyons, Engine Company NO
| 10: BENJAMIN Crowley, Pumper Company
No. 8.
| Firemen were promoted to lieutenant
as follows: Henry Rothermel, Pumper
Company No. 3; ]. r. Miller, Pumper
Company No s.; Ross Heron, Pumper
/ Company No. S; Michael Hyland, Pumper
| Company No. Z; John Mahoney, Of the
water tower; John Monahan, Engine
Company No. 1O Charles Britton, Truck
/ Company No. p.
MEN PROMOTED TO
RANK OF CHAUFFEUR.
Firemen were promoted to the rank Of
chauffeur as follows:
Joseph Tuohy, Engine Co. NO. /; VIII
| liam Metzler, Pumper Co. 4; Otto Rub
enstein. Pumper Co. No 3; George Bailey,
Pumper Co. No. 8; Elwood Johnson
| Pumper Co. No. S; Herbert Gardner
driver for battalion chief; William Hanna
Pumper Co. No. II; Sanford Metcalfe,
Pumper Co No. IA; Robert Hansell,
Pumper Co. No. %; lie Roy Green, Pump
er Co. No. %; Walter Warrenburg'
| Pumper Co. No. 90; Daniel Murray,
Pumper Co. No. 81; Jody Day, Truck Co.
No. 3: William Ginger, Truck Co. No. .;
Edward Schurman, Truck Co. No. Z; Carl
Sachs, Truck Co. No. s; John Truck Co.
No. 8: Fred Coombs, Pumper Co. No. o.;
Frank Leatherman, Truck Co. No. IL;
Louis Trefry, Truck Co. No. IL.
TIL following were appointed substi-
tute firemen: John G. Stewart, Cecil
Chamberlain, George L. Burks, Clyde E.
Martin, David B. STROBE, Maurice, Bot
| toms Ernest J. Landrum, Fred w. Nor
| ton and Nicholas Werner.
THREE REPUBLICANS,
TWO DEMOCRATS.
Three of the captains promoted to bat
| talon chief are Republicans and two
| Democrats All have been in the de-
partment longer than seventeen years.
/ Aldrich was appointed TO the depart
ment Aug %. 1895, and promoted to cap
tain Sept. q, 1901. He ia a Republican
Blackwell went on the force Dee. 10, 1899,
was promoted to engineer on Jan. 10.
1904, and to captain, in March, 19l2 His
politics is Republican. Gradys appoint
ment as fireman came on Nov IS, 1895,
and to captain, Jan. s. 1914. He is a
Democrat. Hutsell, a Republican, was
appointed April %, 1902, promoted to
lieutenant. June Z, 1905. promoted to
captain. Nov. y, 1911; reduced to fire
man, Nov. TO- 1915, and raised to captain
again, Jan. I, 1918. appointment as a
fireman was given to Voshell Sept IS.
| 1904 He was promoted to lieutenant,
Jan. 6, 1911; placed on the Flood Roll of
Honor in April 1913, and advanced to
captain, Aug. 10, 1914.
| INCREASE IN
BELL ALARMS.
A sharp increase in the number OF bell
| alarms is noted in The May report of Fire
Chief John c. Loucks OF the 246 alarms
received 104 were through freboxes and
142 over the telephone In April there
were only ffty-seven and in March only
sixty five bell alarms. Oficlas ascrlbed
the Increase to publicity given the fact
that in the disastrous New Jersey street
fire last mouth fire pressure was not OBJ
| tanned in the water mains until some
time after the alarm was turned in be
cause the department was notified over
the telephone and fremen failed to pull
the box" when they saw the blaze was
getting beyond their control Turning
|
fes the Indianapolis Water Company
that fire pressure Is needed.
Suspension of Fireman John Logan,
of Pumper Company No. 16 for calling
| the wrong box and causing a misrun
and Of Fireman William GoodenI who
failed to report to the gamewell operator
| that his company was out on a run was
reported by Chief Loucks.
The resignation of Patrolman David X.
Fleming was accepted. Trafficman FL
burn Ratliff was reduced to patrolman
on his own request. John L. Afford was
| appointed patrolman and Samuel l..
Ritchey a janitor at the city market
A delegation of residents living near
| Twenty Third and Illinois streets pre-
sented petition bearing fifty-six names
asking the board to refuse to grant a
permit to George o. Rafert to build a
garage at 1923 2335 North Illinois street.