Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-25
POLICE STATISTICS.

POLICE STATISTICS.
Interesting Facts, Figures and Compare
sons Relative to the Forces of st. Paul and
Other Cities.
The payment of the police force having
been the principal bone of contention at
a recent meeting of the chamber of COM
merce, and several widely differing state
ments thereto and comparisons Herewith
having been made. a GLOBE reporter deemed
the matter of sufficient importance to wait
on Chief King to learn his facts and views
in the premises.
The chief received THE GLOBE plenipo-
tertiary with his customary suavity, and,
in reply to direct interrogatory said:
There has, at no time during the year
1877, been more than twenty-seven patrol
men on the pay roll of the city. Mr.. Rogers,
in his statement this morning before the
Chamber of Commerce, must have included
the health officer, pound master, jailor and
bailiffs of the municipal court. all of whom
cannot be justly connected with the number
of patrolmen. I will also state that the
mayor, during last year, ran the force, by
three men, short of the number to which
the city is legally entitled, thereby volun-
tarily saving to the city an expenditure of
$4,000.
Rep.-Have you any information respect
ing the payment and numbers of the police
of other cities?
Chief King-"Oh, yes And with that he
submitted pile of letters from various chiefs
of police throughout the country with whom
he had been i'll correspondence, and laid the
servation.
porter is as follows:
of special mention by Mr.. Cochran, was re-
ported by its chief of police as having an es-
timated population of 10000. The police
force therein consisted of one chief, two
captains, two sergeants, and twenty-four pa
trolmen, whose salaries were respectively
81 500. 81 200, the same for sergeants, and
the last 5000 per annnn.
| Columbus, o.: Population $4,000, with a
force of one captain, three sergeants and
twenty-seve patrolmen, the latter having
been increased in April last to thirty three,
two sergeants and one secretary. The chief
receives yearly salary of 1900; the cap
tain, 81 400: first sergeant, $1,000; the two
others, $3.50 each; patrolmen $65 per month;
and the secretary, 81 900. The fees are ap-
propriated to the police contingent fund.
The force is provided with maces, belts, caps,
nippers, whistles and buttons; and is allowed
eighty per cent. of the awards for capture,
the balance going to the health insurance
fund of the police.
| Memphis, Tenn: Population, $4,000.
The force consists of one chief, two cap
tains, four sergeants, two other subordinates,
and sixty patrolmen. The chief receives
yearly So 900; the captain, 81, 800; sergeants,
$1,000; and the patrolmen So per day.
| Dayton, O., an inland town: Population.
10000. The police is made up of one cap
tain, two sergeants, three roundsmen, and %
| patrolmen, making total of 33. The an
nual salaries paid are captain, who, at the
| time of the report, was acting superintend-
ent. $500: sergeants, 81 600; roundsmen,
$3.50; patrolmen, 5000. The force is sup
piled by the city with caps, clubs, wreaths
and numbers.
| Elizabeth City, N. j.: Population, 10000.
The force here is reported as consisting of
one chief, one captain, one lieutenant and
| forty patrolmen, with yearly salaries respec-
lively of $4,000, 81, 200, ST. 600, and 1915
per day.
The GLOBE reporter, thinking the fore
going statistics of interest just at the present
| juncture, dotted them down and, thanking
the efficient chief for his courtesy, retired
with the budget for the public
st. Paul Produce Market, February 23.
Observation-Disclosures to-day have been fair and
prices advanced two cents. No. is quoted at
| $1.OO.
| FLouR-No change; market remains dull. Pat
ent Process $6.OO@7.OO; straight xxx $500
@5.25; clear $3.25@4.5O; xxx $3.5O@4.O0; Xxx
| $2.00@2.25. Buckwheat -four $5.50(06.00.
Rye flour $4.75@5.OO
| CoRN-Good healthy demand for sound new
corn at 34@35c in bulk from the track; on out
going trains &c more; old corn is nominal at
| 38@39c from incoming trains; to consumers in
bulk 40@41c.
| OATs-23@25c to the dealer; on outgoing
trains 27@27114c.
| BARLEY-No. l. $4,000; No. q 45@5Oc; No. 3,
38@4Oc.
BEANs-Dull, at old quotations.; common
$1.25; hand picked medium $2.OO@2.25; navy
$225@2.75.
GROUND FEEp-Market firm; from old corn
S17.OO@1S.0o; new, s16OO@16.5O. Shorts,
$10.0O@1l.00. Bran, in good demand at 900
| @9.75.
Corn MEA1-Bolted per 100 lbs, 1925.
BUTrER-Dealers will touch nothing but the
higher grades Of store packed, and these but
cautiously. Choice dairy 16@2Oc.
EGGs-Are plentiful; dull sales at 9@10c.
! PoULTRY-Good heavy, we'll handled poultry
is becoming scarce and prices are higher; tur-
keys 915@101ac; chickens, 5000; ducks go
10c; geese 9@10c.
DRESSED MEATs-Heavy hogs fresh killed. 4c;
light, 3@319c. Well handled fat beef in de-
mand at 4@5c.
MESS PoRK-Iittle doing, at $11.OO@11.5O.
HAY-Supply equal to demand and prices still
low; wild $6.5O@9.0O per ton.
DIED.
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