Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
FIRE DEPT. BUDGET
BEFORE CITY COUNCIL
Safety Directors to Submit Es-
timated Cost of Paid De-
partment Tonight.

Directors of the Department OF
Public Safety will present to city
Council this evening their estimate
OF the cost Of establishing the new
paid fire department. on the basis OF
this estimate the Council will immed-
lately proceed 10 the formulation vf
an ordinance authorizing a bond is
sue TO the amount stated and efforts
win be made to have IL enacted, the
bonds sold and the money i'm hand by
December 1 or very soon thereafter
SO that the city may be able TO pay
for all the materials which have been
and win be purchased.
The estimate had not been com
rleted this morning but the safety
directors were confident Il would be
ready by this evening. The amount
to be asked for could not be stated
today. Whether Council VIII take any
action this evening relative to the
bond ordinance remains 20 be deter
mined after the list has been sub
mitted TO them. II all the items on It
are agreeable 10 the Council Il will
be passed but the Council under the
state law authorizing the department
has final jurisdiction I'm the matter OF
costs.
The safety directors have appointed
IS members of the new fire depart
ment and they viii have 10 name 1sC
i'm all. which will comprise the total
personnel. This afternoon they will
meet and may consider additional ap.
lIointments. Thirty men have been di-
lrected 20 appear before the two ex-
amining physicians this afternoon foi
the physical test. All these men are
volunteer firemen and all have had
several years experience in fighting
fires. There are 55 volunteer firemer
who have made application for ap.
pointment 20 the department AM
when this list has been disposed oi
all the volunteer anxious for jobs IN
the paid department will have beer
lconSidered. The safety directors are
giving the volunteer firemen the pre-
ference in consideration for appoint
iment and these SO men win have e
take only the physical examination
and will not have 90 go through tn,
training school at the Union com
lpany's house.
or the many applicants who wer,
inexperienced and who went through
the training school large numbe
were rejected because they could no
measure up to all specifications. An
other class Of candidates is now Il
the school but the men composing
are not considered as experienced vol
untoers. There are 20 men In this clas
and IL will complete the more thar
/. A.
ment.
Yesterday afternoon the safety di
: rectors paid off the candidates VIII
! were training in what was known a
/, the August class. These men were pai
whether they were appointed or nc
: and the checks were drawn on tn
= basis Of 81, 400 year, each man bein
compensated for every day he was 4
e the school. This disposes of that par
: ticular number for those who wer
4 not selected are through and thos
who were appointed are now assure
q Of positions. This payment exhauste
the original list.
The directors do not anticipate an
trouble in getting a sufficient numbe
of men to make up the total of is
A required. One serious phase of IN
matter, however, will be the selectio
of ten experienced and competentNer
2 gineers. These men will have chare
y OF operating the engines and eac
: viii have to thoroughly understan
: his business. Whether the director
= Will name any more candidates
: their meeting this afternoon had n,
been determined this morning.