GETS FIRST FIREMAN PENSION.
Captain McDonald Profits Under New
Law -- Served 25 Years.
The fire and water board on Wednesday granted a pension to Captain W. H. McDonald, who has been a member of the fire department for twenty-five years. This is the first fireman's pension granted under the new law.
An applicant for a pension must have served twenty years in the department and be at least 50 years of age. Captain McDonald had served twenty-five years and is 58 years old. The pension fund is derived from a 2 per cent deduction from the members' salaries.
Lieutenant John Burns of No. 18 engine company, Twenty-sixth street and Prospect avenue, was elected captain to fill the vacancy made by the pensioning of Captain McDonald.
