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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
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� by William C. Vance af 1851 Ea�t C�lvert Street ?nade a left-hand
turn, coming from Sc�uth Olive Street and arcund. the rear of the
train �nd ini,o the right frcnt fender of our c�zr, damagin� it con-
• siderably. This man was on lzis way to w<.rk at the Bantam Bail
Bearing Ccmpany r�nd in somei�hat of a hurry. He was driving a '36
Chevrolet Sedan, license No. 555-739-Indian�. He is 24 year� old
and is insured by the Thomns�n Insurance Compeny o�' 1005 Tower Bldg.
He se.id he was �'uily covered by insurance and v��ould rEport to In-
sursnce Com�Gny this evening."
Of'f'icers Stickley & l�7cCormick
Cruiser �2 "
�4eeting ad journed at 10:�0 A.1Vt.
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