01/03/1939 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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23� � � � � � MEETIPIG J��I�TUt-�Y 3, 15�9 Regular meeting of the Boara of Safety was held on Tuesday, Janu�r,y 3, 1939, at 5: 30 A.M. l�11 members �n-ere present. Minutes of the pr�vious meeting were read and ap�roved. FIRE DEP�+.RTIJTENT: Chief DeVleeschower present: Matters pertaining to the Fire Dep�rtment v�rere discussed tiv�ith the Chief. The Chief was authcrized to buy suff.icient coal for emergency needs: ene ton was ordered for Station 18; one carload of' stok�r coal was ord�red for Central Fire Station and one carlood of coal was crdered to be divided ec�ually among all fire stat�ons, including tne alarm station, with the exceptior� of Station No. 2 and Central. �J Application fcr a position on the Fire Department was �resented � by I�Sichael Bognar, age 33 af 2I7 S. Scott Street and was ordered placed on file. P OLICE DEFARTNiF�tiT: Chief Lane �resent: Chief Lane presented to the Board the annual report for I9�� and also the report of the Police Department f'or zhe month of December, which re�orts were placed an file. A capy of this re�ort was ordered to be turned over to Chief Ingram upon his assuming office. Applications for nositicns cn the Police Department wer� presented by E.4nery Fredericl� IJlolnar, age 23, of 1338 N.Elmer Street, and t�l.exander G. Nagy, age 29, of 2118 S. Morris Street, and were ordered placed on file. The Board auth� rized the replacement o� a uniform and cap for Officer Casimir Kubiak to replace tY�e uniform wnich was destrayed in an accident which occurred DOG POtT�ID: John Se�.rles, Pound Pdaster was present and explained �the functions of his office and Phillip Jordan, the new Pound I�laster•, was �lso present and �aas instructed by the Boa_rd as to what would be required of him. �dEIGHTS & ?�I�ASUR�S: Charles Burns, City Se�ler, was nresent and �rrnlaine� the nee� for a phone �:n his office. A pnone was authorized by the Board. E]'�ECTRS CAI, DEP.ARZ1viEiJT: A petition for a straet light at the intersection of Frederickson and Huey Streets was acknowledged r�nd referred to the Electrical Depart�nent for investigat�.on and report. P OLI CE DEPk£�TT�r`�TZ': A communication vv�s received from J�mes Perry asking for re- instatement in the Police Department and vuas order�d filed. tvith the original arplicaticn. The following ,communicaticn was received frem officers Stickley and P��cCcrmick: Chief Lene: December 27, 1938 r,l�ssistant Chief Diedrich: "I wish to report �n accident cJith Police Car �10, ti�hich n.apnened at Sample and Olive Streets at 3:15 P.14�. , this date. "47e were waitin� for the s�vitch engine ta clear the crc�ssing at S�ple anci Olive Streets. 4�ue were going east. hs tYie switch engine ele�red the crossing, we started across the tracks tivnen a car driven