FIRE DEPARTMENT OF JERSEY CITY.
On January 2 Chief Conway, of the fire department of Jessey City. N. J., while on duty at a fire in that city, in which six. persons lost their lives, received very serious injuries from which he has scarcely yet recovered. While he was temporarily laid aside, the fire commissioners, smarting under the criticisms of the press, without consulting Chief Conway, made certain changes among the chiefs of battalion,
一件事(首席康威说newspaper interview) unprecedented with my predecessor. The present board doe. rot seem to consider it advisable in making changes such as they have recently made with the battalion chief, to consult those who have learned by practical experience in fighting lire what is best to be done. If there were less politics in tile department. it would be in much better condition than it is. The one great trouble with the present management of the department lies in the fact that men are appointed or transfeircd at the whim of the politicians and without regard to the efficiency of the service.
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