, 1866-04-14

'esr wrTs: 916 11o:0o; yalne Of s'olsn propz1y
Fet oven g. xt9 s6oH 6; 71lue OF property rporei
:;n5s9. 9l51es1. =; The tosal number oS aTre.1.,
%,s1,; a. ss15 females s7o' na'frsd el2,sa
The ases Of those arrested wese: under TIN ,xr,,,
ninety three; b<tueen ten and tweuty, a0l3: aer
tNeea tvepty Ind thirty, 6u56, between thirty mi
forty, 46si; betwecn ferry and my, 1886; bstween
my spa .,4t! De.xs1 ,issr I'D seventy
The natonalftles Of ttoee arceted are 1. follows.
A0e1.cans. a1l7: Afiltsn.. 3as; Dohenlan+, Is.
nszal.n. r. i HsEs1ns, !; caaedltns. 19a, D4n.s,
!:altmt. ss5' Jtws, ID; Merian., nj; PoI.nders,
1c; Sseteh - r; sxedes 70 Spa1issd., s sWnE.
are nati,et .f Ireland.
Of he chars ur.on y heh The .sre4t. were a.de
burglary Is; dlsotderty and drunk end dnotder1y.
3.EG; forgery, II; nuide1, II; larceny, 11G3. "
Er5ncy l,ee1; keeping gaming houses, ID tuuatea,
I'ne total amount Of stolen property recovered
for the mcr,h ending Marcn $1st, 1858, va SD.
IiGS; amount OF properly reported stolen $9s,-
s,6SS ffnale<, 909 married. s32 spse. 9.3GS !:
number ol lost children returned to their pa-cuts'
1od number OF PERSONS furnished win lodginge.
The .noont Of property belonging to the police
Y the fu5t Precinct lt & S53 20 aud in the second
A4c&Au@14 sAo-1V lie AulEu 11tEtu21DQt reported.
JIRE ALANx TELEoRAFH.
The following report Q! ihs dolngs Of the Fire
Alarm ana Police telegraph, via submitted By the
r. ssoR;fttPP'e%Rss1: !; %sf 6 t1s Ss1%a Gnsaa1e Esq
S1R-ln c"up lance with an ordinance Of the
common founcil. present you hetewi'h report
Of the opesatlous Of the Fire Alarm Telegraph from
ihe Ii atea ,esr, md :,ateneEt oi lis wants tor
The Flre Alalm Telegraph went into operation at
krn-S1 <xR 5.unA
such a r1a.c1t CHANGE Of the old manner Of giving
the alarm Of re had Its upponeois Il well az ls ad-
roeates. but ten months ot eoasisn: use have
demons ttated the N1sdom Of It's adoption. iou
are. think, f1l1y satisfied with Tic workings, and
Ill tn any waJ connected with the Fin Dep utment
would NOT. for considesat on return to the dia
carded eysteu. Not 4 few alarms bave heen given
Of res IN dstant parta Of the city, and much valua
BILE property eaVed thereby, at duaes ~ben the fog
las been 70 dente that has been Impossible - SEQ
from the Conrt House 10 the t1rer.
Our uty har. in common with the whole couo.
Try. been visited dnrtpg The past seat ny many de-
..Ine,ss 1le. but s9ee ne @ tuodae.;on X r. 81 tns
either not be.n tceu al III from Ihe Court House
eupola, OF BOT nn,l tone mtnutez after The alarm
wsru,n. has enabled the department to e1linsunh
with buf ,ligbt lose. would under the old sslght"
sy.tem, have proved exceedingly da:truc.ise-
ae i ey TIE 0p:rs
,ll IS in toe nj times. had character Of the signal
box 1nlninfs. In some Gases the tuEninss have
Teen uItIl3 uDlolelHE1b1cs Al%aDH9u Ind b03e&
lave 1nyarabsy bern found TO De In perfect order.
Ibis difficulty must cont1nue uu'i! tho pollen fasce
/. 70 iDc1ea.ed I. to make Il possible los them to
rive lie arra.e1 p.1t Of the alarms Although gu
IN a,n1m II hardly he expected that all will do
IL correctly, and nxpetence has shown that many
have aUly cnntused idea how to proceed when
called upon to signal Gre.
TIE crank IN the signal boxes should be turned at
tic rate Of about sixty revolutions per minute and
rot lcss than furty or dry times the came repeated
il within hulf minute no ticking In the box or an
alarm on the 1arye bells be neard.
Much trouble has been cxused By m occasional
breaking ofa wire t,y house mosers. 0u- oftHelfy
or more breaks during The Jeas. not more thao bali
af,1ztue can be traced to other eau.es. The ordl.
atce imposing tine Of f1y holiar for tht. oI-
fcpre has not AZ yet. been enforseq but, ~ 2mple
time has been given 10 ali engaged In houte mos-
tpg, to-hcccme fsm,faat ~ith the law upou this
point. 1t vii hereafter b enforced In every In
,lauce.
Fortunately no one has eves attempted TO send an
plarm ostr line whilst broken. A. strict watch
as IL possible. with the attention due other une
AlxaSe kept upon that part Of the cl'y trAsersed by
broken ulFe-
The lore employed on the Fire Alarm Telegraph
contlttr Of one Superintendent three operators