PREPARE TO PENSION FIREMEN.
First Meeting Under New Charter
Provision Is Held.
The first meeting of the trustees of the firemen's pension fund, provided for by teh state laws and the new city charter was held yesterday afternoon at the city hall. These were elected officers: President, Edwin C. Meservey; vice president J. C. Enger; secretary, J. R. Scanlon; treasurer, William J. Baehr.
The treasurer will be required to file a bond for $25,000. Chief of the fire departmen, J. C. Enger, Alexander Henderson, first assistant fire chief, W. C. Smith, secretary of the fire department, Dennis Higgins, engineer of engine company No. 16, and J. R. Scanlon, fire alarm operator, were appointed to a committee to co-operate with the management of the annual ball of the fire department at Convention hall Thanksgiving eve.
The fund will receive 25 per cent of all licenses paid by foreign insurance companies doing business in teh state, and all fines imposed in the police court for violations of the fire ordinances.
