. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . on of your honorable body—can removehe guilty parties, and prevent them from again becoming members of theVpartinent. But here their power ends. The miscreants who have been re-moved can, and many of them do, unite with the runners, and create disturb-iiues between companies. A case of this kind occurred recently ; a company•omplained of being attacked by a member of another; on investigation, itvas ascertained that the person committing the assault had been previously•xpelled f
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . on of your honorable body—can removehe guilty parties, and prevent them from again becoming members of theVpartinent. But here their power ends. The miscreants who have been re-moved can, and many of them do, unite with the runners, and create disturb-iiues between companies. A case of this kind occurred recently ; a company•omplained of being attacked by a member of another; on investigation, itvas ascertained that the person committing the assault had been previously•xpelled for offences of a similar nature, and is now but a runner. Theggrieved parties, therefore, had him arrested, but, by giving security in anere nominal sum to keep the peace for a short time, he was liberated by theudge. As it generally occurs that these rowdies have too much politicalntluence to receive their just deserts from our courts, I would suggest—ifonstitutional—that application be made to the legislature to clothe the Fireommissioners with full judicial power, to be used by them only in case of. OU R FIRE M E N. attack, or otherwise interfering with firemen, while in discharge of theirduty. Alfred Carson, chid engineer, was well known for his temperate habits, hisfavorite beverage being sarsaparilla. Some of bis jovial opponents used to say,when he came into a place for refreshments after a fire, Here comes OldSaxaparill ! One night al a lire on the easl side a remarkably zealous fore-man, who loved his company like t he apple of his eye, and to he her commanderwas honor enough for him, gave orders to his men after the fire to man theropes. lie did this because he saw a rival company about to start, for homy,The chief engineer well knew t he feeling that existed between the companies,and at once said, Stand fast ! The foreman of the company, in an excitedmanner, shouted, .Man your ropes! in his state of mind he could not seeor hear 1 he chief, only the rival co
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