New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-30

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CHANGES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OPPOSITION OF MERCHANTS 10 THE ABOLITION OBJ
THE CHAMBERS STREET nrArON-TGAN sFERS ~
THE FORCE.
A meeting OF merchants OF the third ana
Fifth Wards was held yesterday at the Butter ana
Choese Exchange at No 800 Gfccnwic-'t' 10 protest
ny inst the removal Of the Chambers Street Police s
ton John Castroe Of tho living National Bunk was
called to the chair j. VI. Peterso Of thc Exchange acS
as Secretary In taking the chair. Mr Clstreo mt ie
some rsnlrs stain tbs object OF the ma'thS am the
great apprehensun felt by merchants in regard 10 the
,eton OF thu Police Comm, siODers W H. e. Pflce tIeh
offered tho following resolutions. which wcro ador'"i'
Rsorred That the removal Of tho Police station IN Cham
proyai by is eltre vicinity thai tho Re ants 9a%
err. rshlcns ani pro ty noefs o' "s ,Yis and dan
nrairmrnt % tn soc riiy o. interest," S TIL civ
ana flnt pavrrs renolS'rte anu- any 'l
sp1cy urge The Police Comm ssoar 10 IesGiI
lnnni the action taken yestar lay WIN reer'hoo " ~
Rorc Cornee Of TWO be apponted by the Cnar
AMI Boar Of Poles Commission r. and VA copr5 ~
resolutions BE- sour 10 the leading newspapers lot P'"
Ir Price said tle step taken by the Police C"mnASon
crs was of the utmost importance to those present. ana
any one acquainted with the commercial interests Vi th7
must look with apprehension upon thlE step III"
Cham ers-st precinct Includes ten banks and me EsN'
warehouses In the city. Chamheisst was the le'IhS
handled in 1t than IN any Otbor in the city ana such
change AS proposed would inpotG and unwise II j.
time the polcn sentiment Of this interest should
be heard. The merchants recognize ~ crescent 10 s.
vigilance g; the pol GO, and the Bccf sar at,hton ,
their part and beiieye tnat with vi non ueoe Woi
sscnod u greatly i'm air ID security lhl" ~
D. b iis.fc ID Of the Ncw-York National Echangc Tank
Alex. stuart Of r. L. & A uart. AMI Henry d. Price
representing number OF large Il oadway nims' a. OPP
siiion 10 the dnis3m OF e PfeInfto wait % the P5
Price. d. Is. ilastca and ". e. Stim0ri oI nrlsas ~
sanior tO TINS al Tod t1c !ine vi t.ic CIau man,
Several prominent merchants callel vest, rdiy np'n
the Mayor and asked him b. procure recosH"r.nn o.
iIc action the Board OF Police IN onsolittihS lns
TIrd Police Precinct wifh the Fifth and en,h
Precincts ana in abolshng to Chan !,rs oter. ly.n
saiion TIE NayOr assured them tnat the same hnn''
Of police Officers w0ad b, retained for ddty IA tn' '",l
tory form ry comosns 1ie nrd frSc cnrc "'' '''
T Auspices OF sERGEANrS ,N0 R1UND,HrN.
At tn, moeiing Of lie Board of POLES Commissioners
yesterday. resolutions as-r transferring number
Of scrgoant-, rounsmcn and pltrolmcn to different pre-
cincts few roundsmen were remanded To post duty IN
addition to being transferred. The transfers were "a
follows:
s.rgeants--G. W Agolin from First Precinct TO rhir
tccntn: " BAR Soc nj 10 First; Myron Ven s'rond 70
Fife nth; 8. W. sullivan, second 90 lhr fourth Lew
Grove, bird to Eleventh john inln, Iufd 10 IIry-
l!n' JVsrpm , .i vim :" s,fh 70 wenfv
aa 10 5 11s%'p c SG cvCnGs to Foncnh " il
iiets prierg,n TO Hnnltry squad Ana'sw sitrr
Tyrniy.ri .nt t., wcnty->ixh: Tbomls Reilly Twenty
eighth to Eighth; T. H. b. Carpenter, rweny-oshth to
Ninth.
R0und,meu-James F. Brophy. from Second Precinct to
Fifth: Pltrick Nelly second 10 Fourteenth hugh Mar
tin S.ejnl to Tweny-fhird; james \ VI ad second ="
sixth; sills MeArtnul second to Scyent4 nth Nicla
Fiana qan. Third 10 seventh; David r. B0s en- Thru 10
Fifteenth: John Wassn T, Third b. Fth; Henry Htlnn
Ihrl Ia Fto nth; Henry Forbush, Fifth to twelfth
James Stewar sixth u Eighteenth: Patrick ByTn".
Oiltcenth Twelfth Michael Farley, Eighteenth 10
Nineteenth: tlbrft d. smith, Twenty nj 10 Fourth;
Henry Hayes TycHv- s,th Ia rwprty-trst: John Fiz-
ycraiG, Twenty eighth 10 Twenty zee, nd samuel SOule
Twenty eighth to Twcnty-se 'Ond; john NJ Oh'cie
Tw'nty-cichh to Eighth; Thomas Bradley, Twenty
eighth tn Sixth.
IlJundsmen remanded 10 post duty aud trans'erred-
JOAN Ryan Fourth 70 Eighth; I. T. Bymc, Fifth to
Eighth; August Wather. seventh to Thrtc, nth Samuel
H. seaman, Eighth tO Fifteenth; Jamrs Smith. Eleventh
to Eighth; TIomls Cdihafe. Twelfth 10 T"cntybird;
Edward BrcunIn, Twelfth Ia II centh AinnzO Howell
Thirteenth 10 Tcutu; Vim. Mpakn, Fourteenth to FOURTH
John Rnap., Fifteenth la Eighth; DAVID Harvey. En
teanth b. Eighth; Thomas BVrncs, Slxtcenth 10 FIJI,
tCenth; Hugh Watts, seventeenth la Fifteenth; NrIRD
Cmrin Nineteenth 10 Twenty irst JOHN R-a'e, twenty
first Eighth; James Mahe", TwcnCy-src"nl 10 Iwen
ticth; Georgs :. Covert. Twcny-srcont 10 E:gnin;
Cornelius Xand remains III IwentysiHh; llngn
Mcconnell, ThirCv-thrd to Nineteenth; john Clark
Thirty third to IHirty fourth
About 100 pat olmcn were Transferred. The changes
are to 20 into ct May l. After transfer, the offers
detailed 10 special duty in the cons ildUrd precincts
will hold the positions that they now nave.