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the council appointed nineteen others to take their places.* On August i6, 

 another break occurred, and twelve names were dropped from member- 

 ship in the fire company, and the same number of new names were added 

 by the city council. 



March 9, 1889, the council voted to purchase a No. 2 Silsby steam fire en- 

 gine, to be paid for with municipal improvement bonds. July 6,M.M. Parker, 

 then president of the city council, reported that the engine had arrived ; and 

 Geo. L,. Sanborn was appointed as engineer to take charge of it. He did 

 so temporarily, but declined to continue, and on July 20 H. H. Hillier was 

 appointed to the place. However, in the meantime, on July 13, president 

 [mayor] Parker had reported two satisfactory public tests of the machine, 

 and thereupon the purchase was completed by ordering the bonds delivered 

 to its manufacturers. This first fire engine in the city bears the name 

 "M. M. Parker." 



August 22, Mr. Hillier resigned his place as engineer, and Geo. L- San- 

 born was appointed ; and the salary was fixed at $75 per month. 



September 10, 1889, the city council adopted a series of 29 rules and 

 regulations to govern the fire department. One rule said : ' ' Intoxicating 

 liquors must not be kept nor allowed to be drank in any of the houses of 

 the department. And gambling is strictly prohibited." 



Rule 26 reads : "The foreman of the engine, hose, or hook and ladder 

 company, shall report promptly to the chief engineer any member of his 

 company who at any time may be unfitted for momentary service by reason 

 of the 2ise of intoxicating drinks ; and any member of the department so re- 

 ported shall be suspended at once by the chief engineer. And any foreman 

 neglecting or refusing to enforce this rule shall be subject to removal." 



In this connection occurs an historic episode to be here noted. The 

 minutes of fire company meetings from May 21 to September 24, 1888, show 

 J. D. Jones as secretary ; but the minutes of October 30, say : " The meet- 

 ing was called to order by chief engineer Jones;" and J. W. Mosher's 

 name is signed as secretary. And the minutes continue to name Jones as 

 chief, up to September 7, 1889. On August 14, 1889, F, V. Hovey was 

 elected secretary, and continues to hold that ofiice yet, 1894. I found 

 nothing in the city clerk's records to show how or when Jones became fire 

 chief; but they mention that on September 10, 1889, J. D. Jones was dis- 

 charged as such chief, and Robert Hentig appointed instead. And this is 

 explained by the fire company's minutes of September 7, from which I 

 quote : 



" Voted, that the resignation of the Pasadena fire department as a body 

 be tendered the chief, to be handed in by him to the city council of Pasadena 



*This wholesale withdrawal of old members seems to have been caused by the fact that they had 

 elected Peter Steil to be chief of the fire department, and the city council refused to confirm him — hence 

 he and his special friends went out. Mr. Steil was at this time in open antagonism with the council on 

 the liquor selling question, for he was arrested, had a jury trial, was found guilty, and adjudged a fine of 

 J150 only a month previously— to-wit : on May 19, 1888. 



