New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-17

-. nrvs,nt time. and respectfully urge that each
ssico house be forn,hei with copy IS soon as il s
ss.ed The necessity Of this is apparent as the Law
requires The Board OF Ponce TO enforce the CITY ofi-
The following statistics CLEANED from the reports of
the plains, mace in compliance with general
<xdcr iesued from this office calling upon the TO
make ee careful and accur ate census of the classes
alluded 70 "a ,ssble may be Interesting TO the pub
&c and ssefu TO the Comm ssionels. II shows s)mo
Of the of crime, and the necessity for strong
ard vigIa1t police force.
There in this city 40 places where intoxicating
liquors sold a. retail.
From the reports OF Captsins of nineteen Precincts
ooh, 18th and 22d, making no report upon the sno-
ct 1t appears there ale 496 known houses OF Pr9'u-
tuition and 81 houses Of sssignston. These inclufe
li0 lager beer and drinking saloons combined VITO
prosttation The whole number OF prostitutes occ1-
pyirg theee known houses, as reporfu IL i'o'o. De
Sides there 4s known prostitutes VINO n.'e apal.
rnents in tenant houses. Total number oil knowa
nro1t;,utas as repor,ed $50. This IL much less
number of this degraded claes OF our popuauon than
is gereray supposed, end nave no do9o. tnat tnere
80 sSve,sI bu,dred more, but 1t is difcut TO get
nroof of the fact, their mode Of living beiog
yery priv Ste The Captains OF Police have the power
and the means in their respective Precincts to ascer
tain how many public prostitutes reside within them
and believe their reports from which this aggrega ate
is made up, are reliable.
There are 1856 lov groggcries where known thieves
and prostitutes daily AID nightly resort, bu. strict
poce surve lance ia kept over them, thereby pre-
ven ting them from committing many depfedations that
they 0tberwise would.
The recelt action of the Board OF Supervisors in
creasng the patrol force to 80 men will enable as,
think III the posts in each Precinct divided and
covered in conformity to the plan subnittet in my
quarterly report ending Jsn 81 1885, to efectualy
prese<ve the peace Of the city, and afford ample pro-
tciou, for the present at least to property. The
high crime of bDrglary will be bat seldom attempted
and escape viii be almost impossible.
The necessity OF merchants and others employing
private wstchnen TO guard their premses at night
car and ought to DO done away with by this Depart
nent. In this connection, would recommend msr-
chants banking houses apd storekeepers generally
TO keep light burning at night in their places of bus
nees and sufficient bole cut in the door for the pa
tronnen to zee that all is safe inside. very great
mary merchants have already adopted this plan,
and do not know tf single instance Of burglary
being uitted upon store with light burning in
It, and the police appiized OF the fact.
/ cannot conclude this report without speaking in
terms Of high commendaton of the zeal aud general
good department anfesod by both officers and pa
Gomea belonging TO to the metropolitan Police DID
trict assigned for duty in this city.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL CARPENTER, Deputy SuPt.
The Board adjourned till next Wednesday.