New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-05
The evil is great and is Increasing The existing Law

The evil is great and is Increasing The existing law
is defective and inadequate.
provide instruction and discipline for these unfortunate
children, Los the Police department clearly defined
powers in the premises. The Act Of April l2. ieti
provide for TIE and instruction OF idle ana ru
ant en- authorizes the creation Of such an asti'u
lion by municipal authority bat II Las not been carried
inio effect. An amendment 10 render II Irect.cally
eectige would be tie means Of comforting great b"Le
Its upon these unfOrt aies al the rising generation
nd upon society. The streets Of our cry are hilcd
with tfuan ard vacrant children offspring IT misery
and misfortune they IN training " recruit the Tear
ful armies OF vice and crime which al eddy 50 In
mcrous as TO threaten the welfare OF society and the
very existence Of Government Tie Rev. DR.. siirnsn
Ives, in public eouIess WIZ Hgsft !Vce uhu u Is De-
lieved truth sara,
Afer al the Efforts ,5o by the benevolent shs n
city " 'ect destitute children lend lew cites can eos.i
ore tie vast ti;ude Of little ou,s whose wants ,l cry
pro ecton is enough Of . will not say 20 Justify this
effort but to exact OF ns stern and .sr'ed DUTY
he Organized Asyms nearly all said TO b. fgi. At lees,
the Asyuus trr. aid si the Lanes ami by Of
city Nev,r in the history Of our ely ba. idan
W. hedncss ,ad iorh in such multiplied and such humi
aiins orms. spat not from besr.sy bit Of what my own
eye Ia. ana my heart fri For the s't ten year
b-eu close observer - what has passed among The
rising Grafton In TN. great metropolis and cannot 'up
press the huns Ing conviction hai even pagan Rome IN The
corrupt Of Augustus. never witnessed morr faid sd
igh,iu deceson in morals nor witnessed aaotg cersin
ea;'e. Of e.. young or Ter e,Iesad 81 h9n9 Of uD
MILITARY DR. GADE
No city or mum cpoilty il scclre against tie occnr
Of circumstances requiring resort to the mill
recogn and provides for such elgencies even the
rural disrics Il the State In the Metropolitan District
there likely 70 be frequent occasions for resort TO he
military force The process Of notifying and mastering
the ms;ts !: dnie is dow for such eIiscncies and Is
calculated 10 Increase the excitement and panic incl
dent such occasions and 70 aggrhvae the danger
collisions calling tho militia Is ended with great
expense It's q serious interruption OF the business
syocations Of the members of the corps. The citizen
soldier ought TO be relieved rs TAR 40 Is consistent VITA
upoo a citizen mob. These and other consider atoms
combine in support Il the suggestion that brigade OF
the police force say five hundred IN number Col me ef
sing force) be organized In military form and In
structed in the manual If arms and Ia evoiati0ns
adapted to service cities This brigade TO be gsd as
military force only under suon grave creumstances
now authorize the Board OF Police to call ont the mill
tary OF the district IN aid of the civil authority Such
force well drilled, accustomed 10 act together at all
lines ready for duty, capable OF being called cut With
out adding to the public excitement snd without the
know ledge Of the osfie parties would 1t is believed
be able defeat arrest In their inception violent al
t.mpts TO disturb the pence 81 the city.
PIRE DEPAETBES1.
One Of the most important duties devolved upon
municipal government Is to provide adequate means 70
protect the properly Of the citizen from des ucton by
lire. In execution ~ this duty. the most eheotiye
known measures for that purpose ought 70 be adopted
AS a principal element toward such efficiency. the
services OF bremen which arduous and dangerous
should be compensated like those OF other ublic
seryabta No sOuud reason can DO adduced why the
protection Of the public peace the administration of
criminal and civil Justice the sanitary welfare Of the
the cleanliness Of the streets ana Tue
Of tue public places should be maintained 1t the public
charge while the protection Of all the property Of tho
city sn devastation by FIRE should DO left TO the care
of unrewarded and voluntary labor No public servant
more deserving OF compensation than the honest and
devoted fireman. The Fire Department OF the CITY OF
New orb is strung its number Of men and machines
and in its outfit OF apparatus All that vast nxpend'
iture Of money merely do has been done 10 render
10 equal to the greatest erigeDces IL II were properly
organsed-h il acted under inducements OF oonIsensa
ton and was subjected to the discipline that would
attend paid Departmental would IN the most power
ful Organixatiou Of is Kind In existence.
There is howeyer. growing and now very genera
belief that II is not effective rs our eIigencies de.
mand. because IL Is volunteer organization and the
servicps Of lite members arc Incorporated. The
present Department consists OF 1890 members they
have III charge and operate with - steam and ID hand
6re-engif.as "a hose companies with 3acO feet OF
bose and the vehicles end implements OF ~ hook and
ladder companies. With IL, permanent style OF build
ngs and atnirHbe supply Of water aud fts apparently
powerful Fire Department New York ought 10 be better
guarded against free than any other city bot It not
The rstes VI insurance the sure test OF the relsve
safety Of property In different ci:ies. Measured BY this
standard the city Of EewYork ranks low In tho scale
| II safety.
In ie5e comparison of rates showed that New York
rates Of higher than Cihcinnat-neariy
double those of Boston, and -four much those
Of London The superiority u steam over hand engines
is no Longer question. las been demonstrated by the
experience Of other cities completely that even the
present organization in New York NO longer contest It,
Indeed the present Department operates with - steam
steam engues and Others are In the coarse OF consuc
ton plaee the hand machines still In use. That
horse power Is superior 70 man Isywer for the rapid
movement OF en- gnes cannot be serously contested.
IL believed that the pGd system has ts edy antafe
Of the volunteer system esen an the element OF expense
II easy 90 obti information Of the annual cost
Of the present Fire Department We IRE assured how
ever by parties supposed 10 be well informed that the
total an paI reaches the fgur OF 500 0
II IL probable that Department composcd VI the re-