New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-17
POLICE AND CIVIL SERVICE.
HAS THE LAW BEEN vIoLATEDi
"A nUREAu OF INFORMATION ESTABLISHED AZ ""'
MuRRAY's SUGGESTION.


III. po,;ce Commissioners had long discussion
yesterday over the resolutions which MI. vocII ILL
offered on Friday 70 subject all the captains " INV
are S nj %oCsIs to eso
Sions on the table, but the two Democratic Comuis
soners voted MOI motion to pass tne said
he did not believe that captains, were obie ea
To mass snch examinations under the law anu no
was not willing to surrender his right as as. 6tted
missioner to decide what captain was pes, no.JJa
fnr Sromotion. He thought the Board could decide
abont such an appointment as that Of Inspector
NJ Voorhis and General Porter thought the law
demanded competitive examination, ana argueeu
that where there were several can9'aa'es ,or eo
from the three who stood highest therein. Messrs.
French and McClave declared their BELIEF ihat QUO
Of the Republican CAPTAINS WAS Sys;calv than any
other captain of the force. They were supposcu !"
mean Captain Williams. So, A.. % .ho
President French at length declared that II the
law compeiled a competitive examination for every
1ro,ootion above the rank of sergeant, the Board
had been disregarding the law for some time d
Captains Smith and Meakim, he said, had not been
appointed after such examinations before we
declare that competitive EXAM eonsued I'VE
had better undo what we have already done con- nia
trary to such an Interpretation Of the Jaw His
remarks had much force with the Democr ,aast
CommissoDers that they readily Joined in request
that Corporation Counsel Lacombe snoule au'iSe
the Board about the law ana the legahty VI 'no "p
pSnnarntcndent Murray sent to the Board letter
recommending the establishment OF new bureau
at Police Headquarters ana MS Tecomnie!,1ia"
we're adopted. In his letter Mr.. Murray SAID:
would respectfully recommend that there be estab-
lished at the Office bureau; to be nnder the I'D
noWn as the Bureau Of where
Formation relative to Loaf children and iors res
tiyes and friends and whore parents or otner
or friends could be made to feel tnat an
OF this department.; also for the purpose OF ahorung
proper Information to strangers ana others VINO ma
Seamb0at and steamship landings car routes depots
etc. and any other information that an nQuiring t'cr
ling public would be likely to ask In my opn,o, te U
fnnousiv OPEN would great benefit to the general
public and would greatly add to the comfort Of little
Wanderers and would be the means OF prinslng
and stray children In carrier COMMUNICATIVE WV" o"S
10 establish bureau of this kind above set forth
sign or transfer Central Office any officer Tor TINS
purpose with the exception OF an aaaoha m
"a with the officers doing duty at the Ccnta Dc
nartment would have ample material for the establish
inent Of a bureau OF this KIND.
Sergeants Warts, Cass and Brooks will have
charge of the new bureau, under superintendent
Murray and persons desiring information VIII DC
of the day or night The following sergeants were
transferred from district squads to precincts kel-
Iaber to the Eighth. Carpenter TO the Thirty
ond, Grant to the Nineteenth, and SuttlT 10 the
Twelfth Sergeant Tuck was sent from the Iwel1th
to the Thirty fourth PRECINCT.
With the approval of the Board the SuperlDtend-
ent sent out this general order to the captains:
For the better protection of travelling public
will hereafter station an ocer so as 20 cover tne $40
to p Captains OF precincts south OF f0urteenth-s
will direct the officer station himself ON the platform
form of the down station Officers stationed to be in
charge of both stations.