St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-15
Chief of Police CLARK Submits His Annual
Report Containing Important Rec
concentrations.
The Commission Locates the Third Insane
Hospital at Fergus Falls-Other
Cities Kick.
Judre f, III. Wood Decides to Quit in
His legislative Contest With
w. r. Merriam.
A Land Officers Troubles In HIS OWN
FamiIy--The Patriarch's CIub--
Brief Notes.
THEY PROTECT CITIZENS.
Efficient Work of the POiIce-.Eh
Chiefs Annual kepOrt--A wen
Guarded City.

Chiefs Annual RepOrt-.A Well
Guarded City.
The annual report of Chief Of Police Clark
for the wear ended Oct. 81, was submitted to
Mayor Rice yesterday and gave very salts
factory showing of the police work, although
the force is much smaller than in ether cities
of the same population. From an Inspection
of this report it appears that for city OF its
size St Paul has been unusually fortunate IN
so far as the commission of serious crimes is
concerned The territory to be covered is
exceedingly large, and the numerical
strength of the force considerably smaller
than that of any other city IN the
United States of equal population. since
the last report ten patrolmen have been
added to the force. This department is con-
stantly importuned by the residents OF
various portions of the city, particularly Oh
ST. Anthony hill and DaytOn's bluff, for addl-
tional police protection, which with the
present force il is impossible to FURNISH
Many of the present BEATS particularly those
outside of the business portion OF the city,
are at least three times as long as they should
be. and that a patrolman should give IL as
much attention as citizens think they have a
right to expect him, is a physical lmpossl-
bility.
NEW STATIONS.
During the past ear four sub-Stations have
been erected, which are now about completed
and ready for occupancy. To properly ana
effectively run these sub-statiOns. it will be
absolutely necessary to increase the number
of patrolmen at least thirty, also to secure
legislation at the coming session, authorizing
the appointment of the following additional
commissioned officers: Three captains, four
Heutenants and six sergeants. The chief also
urges the Importance OF charging the de-
tectiVe force, which is at present entirely 100
small TO properly carry on the business OF the
department which is assigned to them. The
III. haU n 1ptQptiVa force III
creased by five. During the year it.became
necessary. in the opinion of his honor, the
mayor, to appoint a number of special
policemen to assist the regular force,
and as has been the case before
on similar occasions, the inadequacy
of the equipments of this department
was demonstrated. The chief asks for 100
extra belts and clubs, to be used should any
emergency arise when the appointment of a
number of specials should become necessary.
AS some of the additional officers are ap-
pointed, it is recommended that the four SUD-
stations should be Immediately put in active
operation, as the headquarters are entirely
too small to accommodate the business of the
entire department. From statistics furnished
from the departments of other cities, the
chief believes that in this city there has been
less crime OF a serious character committed
than in any other of equal population in the
United States. Licenses collected by the police
during the year amounted to Sl09, 1888 and
the total expense of the department was
S1IS,260.39. The number of arrests made
were 4, 692, of which 465 were females.
THE POLICE PATROL.
Accompanying the chiefs report is a report
of E. B. BRYCE, superintendent Of the police
patrol system. The system at the present
time embraces 3215 miles of wire, 81 patrol
boxes and stations, 80 cells Watson's gravity
battery, IA cells LIE Blanch battery, central
office instruments, and the necessary keys
hon from hp
superintendent recommends that % more
telephones be purchased and put into the
circuits; also that 30 I'd iitiOnal boxes be pur-
chased and placed in the lines. Below is a
summary of the work performed by the pa
troll telegraph and patrol wagon for the year:
Total number of calls ...................3.3 3I
Received from patrol boxes. ,9S2
Received by special call. ................1,11 III
Number of III les Travelled by wagon. ....5 1850
Fire alarms answered. $500. ........... PA
Number of persons brought to station ,Sl5
Called to accidents Observation-Disclosures. 9S
Trips to hospital NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IS