New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-26
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY NOVEMBER 26 1860

charges are introduced In advance, much has been
done 10 induce activity ard usefulness; mneb how
remeins to be done 10 bring u branch up TO the
desired standard Of utility. The material OF which tins
PORTION Of the force is formed could not have been bet
Ter selected but il CAPABLE of receiving higher state
Of personal discipline than it has yet attained.
CONDITION or THE FORCE.
As a general thing the physical condition OF the
members Of the force in the City OF NewYork remains
unchanged. The Au,umnal season has had no percept
bic effect upon them. But the same cannot be sad OF
those in the City Of Brooklyn. On reference TO Tables
A and 2 it will be seen that while, on an average
each man bus been sick 5I2-l0D0 days in New-York,
those in Brooklyn have been sick at the rate OF
Jl-l(00 days. The only rational way OF accounting for
this immense difference IL by attributing II TO the
deficiency in accommodations provided for the force
doing duty in the latter city.
CHANGE or MEMBERS.
The change Of membership in the force during the
term embraced the following:
missed captdn,l sergeant 10 paolmen 3doopen deeeassd
3Paolmsp docmsn promoted J sergeant r Sd"na
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS.
The whole number of outstanding commissions for
special appointment is 2l7
Ofwhch there have been Issued the requstion Of the
Commissioners the Central Park lO' to persons who were
under The Departme.t Of the Cry Inspector Ner fSk o.. "
cation Of Justice Browueh on application Of Pebble school
No So New York To- sundry individuals m City Of Bo9syn
49, sundy individuals In Kings Co. to sund indsi11a
in w,sheer Co. 81 to sundy individuals In Richmond Co.
OF this number after excepting those held under the
reOn,on Of Public Officers there does not appear 10
be any which should remain unreyoked. IL does not
appear TO that there could have existed any
GOOD policy for the issue Of the miscellaneous class
But II at any time j, did exist the occasion for the
continuance has parsed away.
TIE utility of the Metropolitan Police Is t'bshed,
and whenever Special Commission remains servcei-
be it is time il was recalled aud the regular force
properly employed in iis place j design making
Special Report on this subject eoon as am ab e to
apply 10 there special appontees suitable test for
atcertaining their utility.
INSPECTORS.
The lahors of the District Inspectors have been
greatly eeryiceable in bringing forward the improved
efficiency, everywhere noticeable in the force. The
approach TO uniformity in the manner OF keeping the
Station ouse books which has been attained il the
resuIto of their labors and the improved condition III
Which the Staon-iouse generally appear Is due to
their attention and watchfuness.
Their monthly report, for the three months of the
quarter il herewith submitted, in which is shown the
actual condition Of each StationHouse in the District
sTATIoS-HOUsEs.
Ii il important no lees for the general health OF the
members of the force than for the efficiency OF the
vice they required 10 perform, that the station
houses in which they are obliged to rendezvous should
be elgbly located convenient Of accers aud sufficient
Nv ample in dimensions 10 furnish every facility for
conducting therein the official business Of the precinct
with such sleeping apartments and accommodations for
The nae of the men Oft patrol duty ~ would enable
lockuus for those under arrest and lodglngroOms for
The hoseess ought 10 be 50 constructed az - be IN
sepafate building from that III winch the members OF
the force are lodged, and eyeryinducement should be
held TO encourage the men IN maintaining habits Of
cleanliness. Although 10 some extent Just such edit
gCes have been furnished reuet to be Obliged TO say
that many more are deficient IN some OF hese desirable
qualities and others in all of them.
OF those i'm Ntwlork that may be regarded OF tins,
the first cass are the Station-iouses in the Fourth
Niutt, Thirteenth Fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth,
Eighteenth Nineteenth and Twentieth Precncts-the
Seventeenth being defective IN having cell. and odg
ingroOms in the basement--a total oil nine station
Houses. In Brooklyn there are two that may be re-
parced OF the sane cllrs viz: in the First and Third
precncts; but they are not equal in every convenience
90 The same Glars in New-YOrk.
The second class comprises description OF building
deficient in many Of the c0nyenlences that station
House ought to possess; where they have been built
for the purpose they have been erected on too con-
traced scale 10 afford the conyeniences needed bnt
in MANY cases they old dwellings, &c. which have
been converted 10 this use. In New-1ork there are
seven such, viz: those in the First Second, Fifth,
Sixth Eighth Fourteenth, and Twepty-third Pre-
cncs. And in Brooklyn there are two such, viz
thO-e in tie Second and Eighth Precincts The latter
one is sufficiently large for the force now quarered IN
il but will be found be too contracted for force Of
any efficiency.
1be third class in New-York has tOlerably fair
comrnodatons but are most ineonyenlently located
There are bu, two of this class IN New-fork IN u
Tenth and Eleventh Precincts and are situated 10 the
m or stories of markets; which, beside the unpleasant
ne- Of such location present great difficulties OF ac
GERS In one of these the prisoners cells are IN the
third story and drunken prisoners have to be lifted to
TINT hight in order 10 put them in place of safety
The two OF this class in Brooklyn those in the Fourth
and Seventh Precincts possers nothing TO recommend
them. One Ii in building where nre englne-house
takes up "a portion of the first story; Civil Court
nearly or quite all Of the second story leaving the attic
and basement for domitories and cells. If the Court
and Fire Company were both TO yacate the premises,
there would not be sufficient accommodation for such
forceas il required in that Precinct. The other Is very
badly located in the upper part OF stoIe-cells,
lodgers Office and the dornitories Of the officers in
charge all on one floor.
OF the fourth class / scarcely know how to speak.
In New York they located in the Third, Seventh,
Twelfth and Twenty-second Precincts and present 20
little Of what ought to be provided for the accomoda
ton Of the faithful servant Of the public, As well ~ for
The unfortunate stranger and the arrested criminal
that the COmmi-siOners should not hesitate, IN the
carer where buings of suitable character not in
proei err, TO eXercse the authority the law clothes
them with and at once provide such suitable places for
StationI0user in these several Precincts as the ser
vice requires.
Tie fifth. Sixth and Ninth Precincts Of Brooklyn
arr IN almost every respect similarly situated in regard
to station-lousef and recommend the Commissioners
10 adopt hike course IA order to supply the needed ac-
cOuimojSiiOns III that clty.
Ii IL proper 1 should .iy that the Corporation of
Ncw-YOik by slow process erecting new house
Tor the Twenty Second Precinct, and are rebuilding
one for the Twelfth, and that the Corporation OF
brooklyn aIe erecting new building for the Sixth.
Bu, little progress has been made BY either in
providing for the remaining five houses
The building erecting for the Sixth, IN Brook
lyn however, the wrong principle OF being con-
sructed for Court-House, with the apartnents for
the police force incidental II II 20 be hoped that
this will be the last effort of this particular style OF
false economy.
ARRESTS
The number Of arrests made by the force during the
quarter "a $40. OF the persons arrested, 10 NO
Mere malo., and $50 feInlles; OF the whole