Ogden Sun | 1905-10-24 | Page 1 | Fire Department's New Rule

FIRE departments NEW RULE chicago ort 23 A test of the tao platoon system for the feic department began yesterday day and will continue for three months the station at 83 franklin street one of the most important in the city was designated by alador denpe as the acene of ohp rest binl 10 provide for iwo full shifty enough nen will be transferred broin r i outside houses to increase the working force from 26 to 36 men under the system on anal halt tiie mei will work eight shirts ot fourteen hours while the day shift has ten hours of duty each sunday at noon lie shifts exchange places so teat the night shift when it begins duty for tho week must stand a watch oc 20 hours under the old system every man wag entitled to an hour tor each meal at bis home and in tho course ot twelve daya bis time off consisted ot one full day ot twenty four hours on night of twelve hours and four halt davs while the two platoon system gives an aggregate of double this amount ot lim duty it is argued that the time off is of little benefit for recreation as most ot it ill be taken up in sleep during the long unbroken aitches under the new system the men are not allowed to leave the station aen to the ot crossing the street to secure tobacco