Daily Republican., 1880-01-22
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4,sOo POUNDS or POLICE
the weighing Of the Police Fo,.
st James Al Bros Hardws..

the weighing Of the Police Po,
nc James Al Bros Hardws,.
store.
With the exception Of officers sp,D,
er and Gotsohmer on the east aid. J,
Market street, and officer Gibson on u
west side. all the members Of the no,ia w.
force have been weighed and % ,r"
weights recorded at the hardware s,o, ra
Of James & Bro, 204 Market street 'I, y
must be remembered, however, tba, ,n
the policemen in the Ninth Ward Hs'
on the east side Of Market street, viii"
gives preponderanoe OF two msmb.,
Of the force on that side over ,hoss ~
on the west side.
Az we find the names recorded O..
geaut Whe)an OF the west side Issds "a
with 1914 pounds, but officer Cannon n
the east side wipes him out with IN
pounds leaving q credit to the s,v
side Of ls4 pounds. The next counl,
were officer Brickle OF the west and Il.
Cormick of the east, the first drawn,
1863, and the latter 100, leaving Z
pounds In favor Of the wsst, but ain Nj
leaving 81 pounds standing against Ii,
west. Officers Carey OF the west and
Thomas Of the east composed the pe,t
couple, the first drawing l43 and III.
latter It's. This added 80 pounds n
balance against the west, making Al
in all.
Officer Chambers Of the west And
Richards of the east were the next "a
corded, the first drawing 1853 and ,bs
latter 2o6, adding AZ pounds more n
the balance against the west--S9i in
all.
A streak Of luck came TO TO the west
as officer Pardes raised ths beam at lqq
and officer McIlhaney Of the east offset,
him with $50 pounds. This reduced
the score against the west to 4OI
pounds.
Two Of the heaviest men on the foroe
now appear on the record, officer Bern.
hard Of the west raising the beam At
2l9 and officer Boster OF the east al 2l9I
Bernhard leads by 81 pounds, aud the
score against the west is reduced 10
34a pounds. Officer Dowlin of the west
and officer Kane Of the east compri,s
the next couple, the first pulling
through at 1859 and the latter At l6i
giving the west another black eve and
Increasing the score agsinst it to 80,
pounds
Officer Farady Of the west tipped The
beam at l78, and officer Cloud Of ths
east at LAG, leaving 80 pounds to The
credit OF the west, and reducing the
score against it to u pounds.
The west got a black eye, as officer
Bidwell came on the scales and only
drew 1919 to 2OS for officer Dinsmor.
of the east. This added 4GJ pounds to
the score against the west, and total
80 far of 54!.
The next couple were both solid men
Sergeant Dolan Of the West proving to
be the heaviest man OH the force and
drawing 222 pounds while officer shsr
ry of the east side drew 1875. This gave
the west side 81 pounds credit and re-
duced the score against IL to III.
Officer McClane next represented the
west side drawing 1884 but Sergeant
Lsgg Of the east wiped lin ont with
lss pounds, leaving 244 pounds to be
added to the score against the west 10
tai 4la.
Chief Maxwell did well by placing
1T pounds to the credit of the west,
while Sergeant Jones OF the east could
only muster up l49 pounds against him.
This reduced the score agains. the
west to l3a pounds.
30 far the weighing OF these officers
IN each side left the yic'ory on the
side of the east by 1872 pounds, but
'fticsr Robinson who also lives on the
'ast side threw l43 pounds more to the
'ide Of the east, making in all 1861
pounds.
The estimated weight of the three re-
naming officers is as follows: Gotsch.
ner, l40; Springer, l60 and Gibson,
-55.
The total weight Of the thirteen off.
'ers weighed on the east side, is 2256s
pounds, while the twelve on the west
8 2lOo4-Total 43574.
The average weight west side officers
Mr.. Gibson is ITS ll-24 pounds.
The average weight OF the east side
Ulcers without Messrs. Gotschmer and
springer is l73 3l-52.
Sergeant Dolan Of the west side, Is
he heaviest man on the force, draw.
ng 222 pounds. The next heaviest on
he force is officer Bernhard of the west,
10 pounds; the third was officer Boster
+ the east pulling 2l34 pounds and tho
onrth man overreaching 200 is officer
)insmore who weighs 2OS. Officer
'ardee lacks one pound of 200.
The lightest men on the force 80 far
s weighed are officers Carey and Rob.
nson each drawing l43 pounds, though
ir. Robinson says If he had his over.
oat on and his belt and locust buck
ID around him he would have beat
fficer Carey having given officers Jones