The New York herald., 1850-11-16
Cannon Council,

SfPrv'ce'
PETITIONS REFERRkD.
OF sundry persons for the correction Of taxes and
oper OF deeds; Of Eagle Hazard for lease of Pier
No H. E. river Of Wn PeIris to be allowed to survey
apart Of the islsnd Of Manhattan his rsspons
bility; OF j. Brioe Smith and Others to have Sixth
avenue to the centre of the Bleomingdsle road
graded, and half the of the officers OF the
Congregational church In Sixteenth street Tor lamp
posts and lamps In Of their church, OF Ebensxer
Evans TO have salary increased Of mum ber OF citi.
until the 10Th Of February 1851 Of samuel O.sOod for
relief nom personal tax: Of X judah ana others,
for sewer In Spring street; OF James Heekman ana
others, tor bulkhesd ut fost OF 49th street.
REPORTS ACCEPTED
OF Committee on Police, recommending Q concur
renee with the Board of Assistants in favor of paying
the bill OF DR.. Budd for medical services at Seven
teenth Police District OF Committee on Salaries and
froiier to ss coo; book keeper, 200 stock clerk
$1,000; auditor, 1,5oO redemption clerk, $1,000: as
sstaBt auditor 81 0U0; clerk to comptroller 900
the Offices Of deputy comptroller and second auditor
being abolished by which saving of 5000 is effected
POLICE.
message received from the Mayor, transmitting
the report Of the Chief OF Police for the quarter ending
the SOth September 1850 and recommending the adop
tioniof several suggestions in said report The docu
MAroR's OFFICE, Nov. Is, 1850.
To rHH HONORABLE THE COMMON COUNCIL
GEsrLEnEs:-In In compliance with section 5th, Art
B. OF the act Of 1874 Tor the establishment r-gus
tion Of the police herewith submit to you report
the poes and smhns;ng ,tsti,t;c. sooonnt Of the
operations OF the department. This information Is
contained in q report made to me by the Chisf OF
Police which here by submit for your examination.
/ would call your attention to the improvement In
discipline and efficiency which has been made in this
department. From a report to the Common Council,
made imme edstely preceding my entrance the du.
ties of this Office, 1t appears that the number Of
absent from duty by reason Of sickness amounted to
an average Of sixty three men per day.
This number, by careful discrimination in the
lection of candidates for appointment and the OBJ
svance strict accountability in cases Of absence or
neglect Of duty, has been constantly undergoing Q
dimnuton until for the last quarter the average num-
harn ahsRn nf sic md all thav
causes, has been reduced to seventeen per day,
Of whom some are permanently dnabled.
would also suggest the propriety Of adopting the
suggestion Of the accompanying report in relation to
the liz hitting of piers and wharves, especially such
ness not only aids in the commission Sf thsfts aud
renders 1t more difficult for the police to detect
spprehend the offender, but often leads to serious
accidents, and not untrequently the loss OF human
life. C.S. W00DHULL.
Hos. Calm 8. Woodruff, Mayer
sh;-l herewith transmit to you report showing
the condition of the Police Department for the quarter
ending the 30th of SEP ptember, 1885, from which
appears that there have been ten thousand aud ten
for offences against the laws of the State showing
increase over the number OF arrests during the pre-
vious quarter, of one thousand seven hundred and
eghty.six This large increase arrests was anly
for such offences assault and battery disorderly
been proper tonats increase in the number of ar.
rests for the higher grades OF crime The captains
the several districts have reported to eight hun
dred and eightyhve burglaries grand larcenies and
petit larcenies having been committed In the city
during the quarter and one thousand and thirty per-
sons as having been arrested for the commission of
eimar offences IL does not however, follow that all
the parties who have committed such offences have
been arrested although the number of arrests exceed
the number Of offences committed 1t frequently oc-
that two three and sometimes four persons are
engaged In the commission OF single offence; hence
the seeming disparity between the number Of offences
committed and the number OF persons arrested for the
comms zion OF these offences While therefore, Is
not claimed that every offender is overtaken In his
msdeeds yet IL is evident that but small proportion
Of them escape detection.
addition al tabes-one showing property
lost and the vered; the other showing
number OF offences against property in the several pa
Prom the table In regard to property lost it appears
that the amount of property stolen by burglars
amounts to three thousand hundred and ave dol
lars and seventy three cents Of which Ave hundred
and ffty.eght dollars and twenty cents have been
recovered grand larcenies fourteen thousand seven
hundred and twelve dollars and thirtyfv cents Of
which nine thousand and fourteen dollars aud two
cents have been recovered petit srcenies two thou
sand six hundred and eight dollars and twenty
eight cens, Of which fifteen hundred and eighty
dollars and sixty cents have been recovered
king total lors OF nine Thousand three hundred and
ortythres dollars and fifty three cents; while there
has been property TO the amount Of twenty one
thousand ave hundred and nine dollars recovered by
The mbs OF this de partment, which had been
len In other counties or states.
hare deemed IL proper to lay this table before your
Honor, that you may the more perfectly understand
the workings Of the department, although / cannot
sona csreersness Of persons upon whose property de-
precautions have been committed, In not reporting
their loss at the district station house OF at this oe
arising from impression that but small
proportion Of property stolen Is ever recovered
Thieves are requsnty arrested with stolen property
IN their possession but which Is necessarily returned
TO them from the simple fact that the persons
whom IL stolen neglected to leave description of
their property at the proper place the notices In
the newspapers not seen by them.
In connection With this subject, It may not be i'm
proper to add that large part Of the grand and petit
lRrcenies have been committed under such circum-
stances render utterly impossible for the police
men TO prevent their commission such as thetts
mitted In boarding houses, hotels and other places
which cannot be under close Surveillance OF the po.
lice.
against property appears there have been thou
rand and fortyeight offences Of that description oom
mitted during the quarter.
Three hundred and eighty-three violations Of the
corporation ordinances were reported to the corpora
tioR attorney
During the quarter there were seven thousand Eve
hundred and eighty nine persons accom- modated with
lodgings wleve hundred an tour lost restor
four sick or injured person. AIDED ,hty
rescued from drowning fortyour fires ex.ing guished
three hundred and seysnty-six stores and dwelling
and seventyhve horses found astrsy aud restored to
their owners by members Of the department and ten
thousand Eve hundred and thirty six dollars and
twenty-one cents taken from drunken persons and
ledgers, and restored 10 them again.
Fifteen hundred and ninety seven days were lost By
members Of the department. in consequences Of sick.
ether disability, making average Of seven.
deer.s" Shsp compared With the prcvious aSsrsey Of
eight men per day.
In the report made to your honor for the quarter
ending with the Both Of June omitted TO direct your
special attention to the urEtpt necessity Of lighting
the persof THE city consider this measure Of the
highest Importance te enable the members Of the
department 70 discharge faithfully, the trust conhded
tothem and one dem anded alike BY every consideration
Of humanity, and Just regard for the property Of
citizens.
II the piers properly lighted, u would greatly
facilitate the operations OF poiosmen In detecting
river thieves and In preventing the latter from depre
dating on the property necessarily for short time
posed on the piers.
As they at present u is time lost BY policeman
60 patrol the piers he cannot detect Illustrate
the operations OF these river eepredators, who
screened from his view BY the darkness Of the night
In the reports made 20 me, IL stated that thirty
Eve persons were rescued from drowning, but these
have mostly occurred during the day y-tms; whereas
the Coroners inqussts better tell how many
might have ben saved had the piers Of city been
properly lighted.
They traversed at night by sailors and emigrants
also by boatmen and by the hands board OF coast
and foreign vessels whose crews live ON board