The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-15
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.

Annual Report Ofthe Board Of Comul issioners.
The annual report Of the Police Commissioners which
has just been forwarded 10 the Governor and will soon
DO laid before the Legislature contains some very In.
terestng facts concerning the working Of the force
during the past year. According to stastician OF
tho department. during the year 2iS persons committed
from New York detained Witnesses aggregate
34l2 days. IL persons from Brooklyn aggregate Of
727 days
appears by the report Of the Property Clerk that for
the year ending October 81. 1887, the vaIue OF tho
property delivered to claimants at the precincts
and by the detective and court squads, csLi-
was sl,05o,oo2. The valuo or the properly, valued
In like manner, dei,erd from the Property Clerks
Office, was s5ss. s-5 portion q tho property. not
cesds OF which was $5,70a Total, s., 100, SOL rne
expenses attending the management OF TINS amount
OF prop ry was 81 l0 Tho balance OF the proceeds of
sales 81 Col, was. la pursuance Of the statute paid
over TO the Police lLfo Insurance Fund It thus ap-
Guiding I'LL expense, was less than 3.77 per cent
upon The value Of the property. Il appears by the
table Of sick tmo tho report Of the chief clerk marked
No 49, that the Total time lost by sickness for tho
vas Zo ~ days 81 when days .srs pa,a and
1866. The amour, paid Tor sick time $40 220
being $l74S2 Tess than the amount paid in 1850 fhs
number Of deaths during tho year was twentylour OF
this number Rpoert 8. NcChesncy, q the Eighth pre-
oinct the l9tn Of cober, killed by violence
while IN the discharge Of police duy $50 long as the
policy OF paying for time lost by sickness 10
rsued, the pecuniary aspect Of the question viii be
worthy Of attenion- The timo los. by sickness during
the year sixty eght years OF one man, fraC-
ton over sixty eieht men Tor onc year"
the LIST Of November last the AVERAGE age Of the
officers OF the several ranks OF the force wasCaptans
forty sx years and six months; seigoants forty years
and ten months; pasrolmen, ,hrtynvs years ana six
months; average OF ali ranks thrtysx years and
month; OF doormen, forsy-s years.
Ino station houses have connectea with them rooms
for lodging vagfant persons VINO are charged with
any offence During no ,ncement season these rooms
often entirety Insufficient 70 lodge the numbers
They OF necessity, occasions from
atom house 10 another, ana taMe are times
hen no room IS TO b. found for Thorn. Tnos,
who apply for this recommendation ara tho most
wreicLed Of our population rhey cannot be
mit,ed 10 PRISON. IL would not DO crediaDle 70
ths government to allow tnem to freeze to death
In thu streets. Tho accommodation Afforded is
insufficient and cannot be arged station
In years from 1861 1867 inclusive The number
tho ledger. has 603 500 which is an avora OF
SS2i4 per year During tho thirteen mos tbs under tho
operation OF tue EAcsc law the arrests Tuesdays
offences actually resulting from tho ndll
genes in Intoxicating drnks number 0o2i, whie tine
arrests on Sundays Tor tn Ike Offences was Ola Ex-
enactment Of the Excise law the arrests Tor
the aDoye Causes on Sunday uniformly
cesded IN number like arrests on Tuesday. Thus
IN 1860 IN egnt months, non May 10 December
Inclusive the a rests Sunday were bi5; OF Tuesday,
$3.50. kxces OF Sunday over tuesday, ls5. DuIiag
me nrst car, commencing with May J. 1906 the date
when The Board Of Excise osganzed TO the 1st VI
Arr, 1861, Tho received by treasurer OF tue
Board " EGcse Tor licenses and lines 81. 295 40
Durag the second year iron Apri l. 1867 to Docsm-
oar o, 1867, the received Tor licenses fines was
81 Jos. Tviai a., 5Sj 5i7 In nineteen months The
expense OF the collection oil this revenue
has not exceeded three per cont upon nc.
ceived.
ia reference to the polling OF in this city, the
Conmissio ners recommend tnat tue ought b. SO
amended ~ 10 require tue Common Council to CONSOLE
ate and reduce the d,sncts in cases where
tne vote poed "a. general election does not equal ray
90 by proper reduction In the number II dis
trcts, aud dispensing With OF days now
necessarily devoted 10 correcting the register, there
could be saved from $2 600 TO $4,000 annually in tho
expopses of c.o- lions Ia tue city vi ses XorA.
Concerning the boilers that exploded in tho Netro-
poltan district during tno pssl year. tho Commissioners
tate that appears that thesa boilers
Ia form CALCULATED to produce the resuIs which
actually happened; and tnat tests by hydroslac pres
do aLord In such sufficient assurance
that explosions wi not IL probable thai the
numerous exp osons of steam boilers which have
RED various sections OF The country been,
nany instances. due 10 the inJucicous hesr
us;ion. lnasmuch tho evil conn ed 10 the
Asuopui an Pvics district u Is question worthy Of
c,us dsalon whether some legiaa.ion should not he
adopted for tho whole sta cacuated 10 protect the
lives and property OF tho citizen against she requenl ro
OF these shocking explosions Tue attention
OF tie Lssa 10 called TO the large number Of homi
cidos that occurred IN the Metropolitan district
durin2 past year, which would be very rare Ii the
habit OF carrying deadly weapons intended TO be used.
u ~ all, IN attacks upon human lie, were suppressed.
The number ~ buildings founc open and secured By
The pole FOR TIE years ie6i 70 1897 both inclusive