New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-06
THE POLICE PRECINCT CHANCES.
vIYws OY TIE MERCHANTS Op T

vIYws or TIE MERCHANTS op TIP OLD SECOND PRE-
CIScT-ASswERs Op THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS
On Wednesday, April %, Sinclair TOusey sub
mitte ~ President Mssel Of the Police Board pet
ton signed by many Of the iesding merchants ana
bankers of SocOn Police Precinct asking for the re
turn " tho police station Beeknan-st The grounds
upon which the petition urged were that the new
Station appointed by the Police Board for that
part Of the city formerly included In the SECOND Precinct
wcro from the principal portions Of the new pre-
cinct that the officers la taking prisonnrr to The station
would necessarily leave their posts exposed for consid
cradle time Tie petitioners add tlii thh dirtilct ior
merly the Second Precinct is infested by par
teunrly desperate gnug OF burglars. VINO may haVo
plenty OF opportunities for plying their trade 10 tho
necessary abscncsof tho ooors THO ncgcbnns any thn
thor district contains very largo am Jnt OF wealth. all
within % small compass, and that this fact Should DC
taken into consideration by the police authorities Thy
think IN the center OF the district absO
iut.,ly necessary tor its safety
In return the Police Commissioners sny Tint the
change h now made and will not be revoked Comms-
-ioner voorhis has told THiDUNE reporter THAT
the complaining persons did not understand their
position they would not have presented any such pcti-
ton He said: There arr ut the present moment moro
pltromon on duty In tho old Second Precinct than there
when II in existence ~ precinct Tie ch1nSe
Ia purely an economical inrusuro Tho advantage OF the
Change viii he perceived when 1t IL remembered that
under the old rule each side OF the dividing line bttWt on
the precincts necessarily guarded by policeman.
whe OF her thorou shfars took cIargo OF
bO.h Sides OF oourse the necessity OF Keeping two
men 10 do the work oi one will DO dis
pcnsed with, and the ono taken OIL Will b.
removed 20 a place whore can do good. There
wcfo formerly ~ ronn smen In the precinct Four Of
trm have been a5sguod 10 patrol duy. and Win tho
who wcro removed from the dividing streets they
increase tac nnmbnr actually patrol lnty In the dis
rict tins shortening the posts tina, policeman can
havo for leaving ony part Of his chnree for
iongil Of tmN. Another mist. axe II made bv the
rcb WHOM taoy assert that tue Ill dants from The
s.iOD-V3,n tho central part 81 tc district II ~ great
tat when oil makes rest lie w.ll necessarily
leave uncovered for time sufficient to allow burg
arics 10 occur, when 2 policeman m 'kes nm arrest
riftcr, hr will lct i' prisoner tho rn ~ his
post, AMI VIII there him OTcr 10 tho n'A Ohrcr.
who will 10 through n similar prurred NJ. and this vii
90 II the station house Ia Reached This Will prove
advantage the old systOm, AMI hope II viii con
tho sststed gentlenrn Ghat thcy are hilly as
as they were before the cLaDGo was made
President Nitscll said The or Ter hns been i>s"d and
cannot be rclrd Toe cnangc was made In the Interest
sary When city - like New York. almost the verge
%. bankruptcy. 1t bvuinoa the duij OF tho innnc,ph
movemrnt Will hrinS about an hnnna SAVING 81 hbont
$4,000. The basin 49, rrn OF tn od ScbD Prem
wli lin that the nov order will brnchG trin i"fr than
cto IL IN open t thr assaults % hn glars, ~ tci cdI
VI, military cXp'tcn - To show that Large hplcs OF
easily disciplined tmn smaller bodice. The
rrhic Orors or iJc con- aud TJrd Pre1.n TO- com
piirl I, 0 che other city pncn T., were aboury
snE,I Tn.se llftlc Family partl'S" of officers will
b. found have been comparatively Ineffective,
tho gnnilem who signed thr petition has writ
l. TO IN saying that he sig,r 1t while lAbnrins under
Il mis- apprehension. Uo w sos bis mistake. ana
wish - Withdraw his niuis. hU0ihc has applied tn
withdr che Position. in order 70 aid to IT, TIry may
snd al lhf roiilOns they nave min to. hut ms
will alter lIo con luton OF ahis In tnr old Zines
eIch maui I'd day to himself Now. instead ~ Irving
Tho ~ rntniny about on knows wicre, they VIII
always I've either ny in tie rye Platoon or Will
br ynst whore tioy ram bc reached al my time