The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-23

A spirited debate as to the advisa- bility of cutting down the clerical force employed at Fire Headquarters enlivened the meeting of the Fire Commissioners last night Due to the fact that the Board of Appor- tionment has appropriated only $1,- 570 for the payment of the fire board clerks 1t has been found necessary to dismiss one of the two clerks.
 The question as to who was to be laid off, however, could not be de- cided and 1t was finally disposed of by tabling the matter for the even ing and holding a special meeting to go over the matter, Tuesday. Mch. 28, in the Fire Board rooms. The two stenographers employed by the Fire Board are Miss Veronica Smith and Miss Helen Fitzgerald. The question as to which one of these two girls was to be retired brought forth an oratorfcal flow from Commissioner Noonan, who asked, ''If the girls were
 to be dropped for economy sake are not other members of the Fire De- partment cut in Salary?" Com mmisSion- CT Noonan further went on to state that if it was the policy of the board to reduce the salaries from the high est man down through the ranks he would have no scruples at all about stood,'' he said, ''to pick on girls is outside my line. l do not see where there is any economy in letting girl go and then having the position which
  tent as to cause a hardship to the other members of the clerks staff" According to President of the Board Coleman he believed that the matter had already been settled at a former meeting between the Fire 1 Commissioners and a subcommittee l of the Board of ApportionIn ent. Con- | missioner Dave also declared him. | self in favor of keeping both girls in ] office, saying that he was the last
 man in the world to put a girl out | of office. Commissioner Coleman at | this point stated that he did not like l to see the girl lose her position but | if the Board Of Apportionment had 1 for only one girl, ''what else could be | done?" He further went on to say l that it was not really a, question of putting the girl out Of office but of | getting some money with which to
 keep the girl in office.
 It was, at this point that Conmis-
 sioner Noonan emphasized the fact i that the payroll of the departmen ent l was S562, ,831, and that the money l that would be saved by relieving one 1 less than two and .one-quarter cents on every hundred dollars. As a 1 further argument in favor of retain 1 ing the girl he stated that last year ! d dollars left over of the money appro- I priated the board with which to pay the salaries of the department em- l ployees and he believed that a like | amount would be left over this year l Why then" he asked, "could not the girl be paid out of this noney?" The l = NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
 | Notice is hereby given that the part
 ReFIhlP herfleTHE IRRfS sooM6N WfS PGsVfs 1 ABRAHAM RARITZ and ISRAEL 1 MISLIN, doing business under the firm
 name and style Of LEVIN BROTHERS | and conducting a poultry business al
 Pembroke Street, in the City of Bridge
 port. has been dissolved The business at No. 10S Reilly Street will be conduct 1 edb y Solomon Levin and Abraham Rabitz, to whom all accoutS receivable | of the late firm are payable The busi-
 ess at No. 6o9 Pembroke Street is to be 1 conducted by Israel Mislin alone
 I Dated at Bridgeport, this first day oi WILLIAM LEVIN,
 | SOLOMON LEVIN,
 ABRAHAM RABETZ, i as ISRAEL MISLIN.
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