, 1880-12-22

lar o,,c hcinnged. and II TIN person to wton!
II was given enntlnt satisfactorily nctnlI'it
70, i,s rrSseMce n t!le t|ox ~ M"t D. s
"ltAY THERE BEEN no M:DDL1SG
with the wires or the bOxcs-no attempts to
kntrk tlowl, .Or IInttllntG tho fnttcr?"
mo, nothing Of the kIn,l. The ro'irtis up
there |inytt n iIntfUn-in fact, have etlcO!ir-
VIII VIII eites tle 3 Wires % or the boxes, wago.,
ii a a lsw 'nn''tss. " "Everybody sai,i bciora Wo
began tue syslyn,. 'OIl, your wir.s l, VII !Ie
s s" 'a t Viii y' tafs SaSS yr % q enr" iorcs " T.
Keep iho lincs III ORDER hit. strange to say,
no ina llas yeMturHl 10 nolGst tIlenl. y pen.
knifn scratch on thu box Is tlic extent Of tie
HWl,at ,io tic citizens think ,of tl,crn?,,
"Ihey prefer bux 10 n pollcemau: Snid
one old German 10 inc, alter lse Init Ind
b0x put IN near bis lInitac, Il would rather
p"iice,,!fii nj tere thoy viii kock hln tlow,i,
hut n box ssnnts there still, ant! don't sny
nnything, but they know tlat 1t al'ylody
!fs to i r ',n,,!s snl Est Two or three policemen
"Jiow naaily men travel beat in the
r%slt,strest %It,!,; ;II4 nis,r'ct at ntsh'''
!" Arc tl!ey eqllvalent to. more than tvem, n;
ty-four will tlle ntitlun OF the telci'tlo''e z"
"YEs; EACH MAN Is AZ Gu0D As TWO
wEnE FOisMEIst.f,
because they nre always around. Yost can't
~ through the district NOW without seeing
several policemen, atld the best proof Gi t!'at
Is thnt there fr1 NO 1,lorc complaints. before
RtAnlty coming ~ the station alnl reporting
disturbances, ind that they could never tiIl
i,ulfee,na1l,--tha they hadn't seen one for
=, n mouth. 'rhu complaints have ccasHl, be'
cnllsu policemen aru always vi thu streets,
nilu consequently: nvatlablo when wa1tet!.
| People who llnye keys do .l,,t hnHt for OH.
cers NOW. hut send itl stEnnl fOr nlin. u
| there Il row III tan's nGiEs!hhfllt,0tt, anu
| nf his bent, 4 sgnal will l>rlt,E tlle wagon
IL the spot III three or four minutes"
,,". "caM INIT It pcae any part Of tic district Ill
,f ;;o rhe 'So 'sost 5eaoto box is "o and
"Jias It i!appenc,l tilat tho men arrived too
late 10 be Of a,y, ssrytea9"
"Dnce nj wlii!e but ~ no 2 SERIOUS c9se, e..
man. alnt beforu tho wagon gets to the box
lie las gUtle OFF, but tn nil other cases tho
wagon. has bccn iii ttnle anu the arrests
lnnte:"
officers from getting beatel."
"Very 0fteil, hec,,,sse there Is force enough
to overcome twi Ur. three prisoners a
strGtcler Is carried for wolnutt l.lelt, ailti
prisoners. AMI III ease there Is II gang, ailsl
one. Mt a time Is captured, rs tito nrrt,sts arc
matle the prisul,ulS cur he hNudcli1leA tn thu
wag1ti, md the officers 70 III ylirstllt OF thu
others, tic wngO1l following. Several EA!Ks
l'aye been taken III III TINT way after q long
"Tj,e system is n succcss?''
u grfnt SUCCESS. never Knew anytnlhs
to do s0 we'll from tho very start. !"
AS II coMrLErE?"
"No. It Is the intention, Of tho projectors
ultimately to put Il bell t!n each station
house, n,iti l,nyc signals 80 thai NIL the men
cnll be notified to 10 to the hoX OIL tli9ir hrni
for tnstrc.ons Tat wo.,ld cs 5e eXcGle,t ~ ~
inals escaped. Untlcr: the oil! System t!le
u,c,1 were out pn their bents ntl could not bt
given descriptions Of parties or told to lool
out for any ono until they reactlGtl the sta
initicd. Now they Gun be infarn,e.l within
an h0llr. Will. Il big alarm bell they coult
ta notified within ten lnlu,ites; anu, We1'
tho system general III tho city tho wliolt
huIf nh lui,r and 1t would he very tsltllcul
indeed for Il thief Or Il murderer to escnle
because 200 mel, scattered ~! over tho city
would bc Looking out for him. Anu ltiei
could @ be EMILY concentrated ut one point u
"Do you know when tho bells arc to b.
! "Well, Ms soon rs the I.nkc.strcet, DistrIc
ssupplle, win boSesIstXty are g bsIns tnso fo |;
: ",rhe system Is to be put in operation dow
town nlso?"
ayes, In tl.o business IIstrlct OF tic SOut
Sttlu lM,rtl, Of VnM l}uren street, but III
!, boxes will be located Ill tho stores. and nu
, OIL tho streets,
50 THAT POLICEMEN CAN DE CALLED
: rs the ttre,ncn nre."
, "l,ut that Will apply only to tile daytime?
, force M haye access to. the buildings ca
give alnrn.s Mt night, mud ttlere Will b. q III
5 tuil Of 1len always rGntly to rcSpntltl." :,
} II this system makes twenty-t1ur men II
, Tho Twc!ttli-Street District equivalent to f0
| ty-cight without telephones, there Will DO II
: necessity, for increasing the pollco force
t thing TINT would hnyo brci, necessity le'
!, yenr, owing Ia tho rapid growth If tlie POI
,,lntion,-for putting ,ip tllo boxes NIL oyt
; thu city Is tic salne lis doubling lilo nutnbs
of men. Aud the boxes aro sU much cElenpt
r tt1nn mon TINT the Council will d0ubtles
/ stnl!d by the telepnne when making the o.
l DrQpYtAtfQliS for 1881.