The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-09

COMPLETION or THE SECOND Police STA
mo-. E>SyrKr LAST NIGHT.-The work Of
,ulir-in. and improving the Second police
station was completed few days ago. and
Yesterday afternoon between D and o'clock
IN. officers and men moved from Fifth and
Marshall streets 10 their new quarters. The
huiding Is now nearly three times its former
>,n.. i ten times more comfortable, and is
III ~ be occupied by tho guardians Of the
,;Il in The middle district.
The main police room, whcre'the chief BIZ
e.n>> of the station will bc transacted, Is
out eighteen 10y torty-tour feet. II Is COM
oIlah!l fitted up, portion being divided OIL
:s r neat railing. inside of which the floor is
.-'l,rad with cocoa mntling. Neat and sub
.'luiiti a. Well IL cushioned chairs, Seryicea-
~, d".kS. and tables constitute some of the
'ugnl;urr. \ stand has also been erected
'g the tirc-al:trm signal a. well as the police
,,l-rauh box. The station-holl>e is now
provided with tive good cells. at the door of
,IyA oi which i a gas jet which will afford
the officers ample light to see any point in
m, m.i ~ turning the bracket in front of
IT, '"'I door. in the centre of each of which
ID >qlGIc hole has been cut, by means of
"!u'h communication may he had with the
PRISONERS without opening the door.
worthy Of mention. The cells. it may he
'luUked. can only be communicated with
- moan, Of the main office, and those who
t>lrc - I" Il" will have to pass in full view
- ~" officer in charge and his men. A we'll
u11n--d bathroom and watcr-Stand in the
ha.i outside. Il courtroom for the use OF
iJ' m'U. closets in which to keep the
matches used hy the police in lighting the
>'Ir,t-iam'S. a., and preserving tue station
h"lI>e records. wel-arlanged lockers for fuel
ior lIr' winter. and Il private office fitted up
'or III" use ct the officer in charge, are some
II III" rUnycnienccS. The mode of reaching
~ hrItry has also heen very much improved:
md. IN word. the >tation-hou>c is now we'll
urfang"d. and at last suitable for the middle
ward ot the city.
About 10 O'Clock the completion If the
hilldng was celebrated by Captain Disney
and his men by a handsome banquet--a BAN
Iu''t second to none which has ever been
-lv'n in this city. The committee who had
riHr-" OF the affair and managed it was
r,nP">cd Of Captain John Disney, Ser
-,aut George W. Eolkcs. and Priyatcs
=. 7. lIuce, 4. T. Walton, Henry
charters, and c. DePriest. The great
~ crcdi, is due to these gentlemen
Tor the taste which they displayed in
citing UP this splendid repast, which was
>irrad al the Monticello Hall. Four well
arTr,ns;cd tables were placed lcngthwise in
Ia" hall, which fairly groancd beneath the
W'T-hl OF everything which the palate could
&''irc. The wines and liquors were also
Elected with care. and were of the first
"Ii"f. The committee had invited about
I'ur hundred guests, aud the tables were
accordingly welI-tlrd.
They were presided over by Mayor Kelley !:
Major Poe. chief OF police, Mr.. Thomas II.
NlnrI". president OF the City Council; and
I'"ilrr-.lu>ticc j. j. White. Toasts were
Iropo>cd and responded TO, and the COM
I't"y did not di>lcr,e until Il late hour of the
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