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On motion, the report of the Committee was adopted, the recommended approprsa~sons being referred to the Finance Committee. Fi re-~ Hon. Common Council. Gentlemen:-- Your .Fire Committee respectfully reports herein concerning the following matters referred to the Joint Fire Committee April 8-15 and March i1~ 1913: Referred by Common Council April 8th. the Fire Board for an appropriation of $4~5.00 to pay A request of for uniforming paid men of the Fire Department. It is recommended that the request of ,the Fire Board for an appropriation of $4~5.00 be granted for the purpose. A petition of R; A. Alexander and other paid men of the Fire Department for an increase of pay. It is recommended that an increase of $5,00 per month be made for all paid men of the Fire Department. Advisabilit~ of nutting paid men of the Fire Department on the same basis as the Police partment, that is to say that they continue in offmce durlng.~good behavior.. It is recommemded that paid men of the Fire DepartMent continue in office duri~,g t~heir terms of good behavior. Referred by Board of.~ldermen April 15th. Recommit.ted. Recommendation to place fire-alarm.boxes at the corners of Green & Ootumb~a~ Jefferson & Fifth, and Cooke & North streets; and to consider alee other d~vices for protectmo~ from. fire. ~e report that we do not consider that this ma~ter belongs to ~he Fire ~omm~tee. Referred by Common Council March llth. Authorized to advertise for bids to supply material for new work on the fire-alarm ~ele- graph system. We have so advertised and have received ~ue bidfrom Th~ Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph 0o. of New York City, for $1~?.00. The Committee recommends that this bid b~ accepted, and that th~ amount allowed .in the Budget for said work be made available. Authorized to advertise for bids to supply the Annex Fire Company with a bell. Progress as to same. It is ~rther recommended that an.appropriation o~ $75.00 be made for purchase of land in the rear of the Union House, out of the $100o00 allowed zn the Budget for same, in accordance with the Plane submitted for said land. It is further recommended ~ha~ the Committee be authorized to advertise for bids to sell a horse attached to the Chambers hose wagon and also a horse attached to the Park View gine~ (Signed). Geo. D. Dewson, Chairman C. ¢. - With regard to appropriatio~ of $4~5.00.to p~y for uniforming the paid men of the Fire De- partment, Mr. Johnson said he objected, to un~formi~g the paidmen, and Mr. Reynolds t~hought that, if the paid men were to be uniformed, the City ought to pay for t~e uniforms. N~. P~nvey dontended that it would work a hardehip~on the pazd men of the Department~o quire them to pay for their uniforms, and D~ though? the .m~tter of increase of pay and of put- ting the paid/men of the Department on the same basis as the men of 'th? Police Department should ~e considered by the Fire 9ommit~ee i~ conjunction With the Board of Fire COmmiSsioners. He offered the following resolution as a substitute for the recommendations to appropriate $~5.00 for ~niformi~g the paid men, to increase the pay of same, and to put the firemen on the same basis as the policemen: "~EREAS it is believed to be ill advised and undesi~bie ~o uniform the paid men of the Portsmouth Fibre Department at the present time, for the following reasons: - ~Pendin~ before'the City C~ncil~ , . (a~ ~Request for the city to bear the e~.pense of.unm~orms for paid.men. (b') ~o require paid men to pass:~a physical examinat~o~ and te~t before appointment. (c:) To ma~e appointment of paid'Ash a'perman~nA position. . "The pai~men will be mnvolved, under a recent ~Aling Of the Fire Boa~d, for two styles of uniforms, one for their respective companies and one as prescribed by the Fire Board. "~TEREAS it w~Id probably be satisfactory to all volunteer companies to have all uniforms of one kind which might be prescribed by the Fire Board; ~THE~ORE, BE ZT RE~OLV~D, That the Fi2e Board be requested to withhold action until above mat~ezs are adjusted and ~o oonside~ the advisability of the adoption of one uniform for the eh- tire Fire Department." The s ed, the crease of ~ay, ~inance A~'es--Oorbitt, Hall, .Hanvey, Dewson, Gross, Tyter~ Hawks, Hutchins, Sewerage-~ Hon. Common -~oancll. of the C~ ~aker, Johnson, Heath~ Beieel, Oooke, 15. Dewson excused as amended, was ad~ot- Walker, Reynolds~ from ~rther a~tenda~ce~.