Telegram-herald., 1889-05-17
ANNUAL REPORTS
By S1psrlnEendenfs Ct the Pollce
and Pare Departments
lRE lIllLLY ClyEy 70 TIE PUBLIC
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aal fire Commissioners 81 a1.ea vas
referred the annual reports of the sa-
peElteEdenls OK shose department..
reported them back ~ the boaFd yes
teFday, aad they were gwen 70 TIE
pahlc. The reports are Tor the yeareud-
ing april 80, and are f.ch y II interest
mg matter.
acting superintendent John johnson,
OF the Police Departments, commenced
bis report VITA = yolumiuOus statement
of tic excellence oI the force IN AL its
branches, and eompAmented the men
highly, and commented on the needs OF
the service, and suggested the necessity
of the employment OF two more de-
tecLyes, aud suggested also that the
various state reformatory and penal
institutions be required 70 furnish a
daily report OF al the PRISONERS dis
charged, with description and brief
history. He also suggested the adylsa-
bllIy 0f a law increasing the maximum
age of girls TO Is FOR admission INTO the
State Industrial school.
There are n patr0imen on the force,
aud he declares that it should be- IN
creased az once, a 10 ls not near large
enough 10 meet the demandsof regular
work and the lnnumerablc special
calls. There were during the year 1865
special details, AMI each of these inter-
tered with the regular routine work OF
the men. lie also says that more patrol
boxes are needed. During the year
Sergeant John johnson was promoted
20 a captaincy, Sergeant William
j. Hurley 10 Eoutcnancy, and
Patroiman Ralph :. Webb 10 be SER
geaut. The nativity Of the seyenty-twO
men now on the force are: Americans,
81; Canadians, 9; Irishmen, 1; English
men, >; German, /; Holland, !. Of
these - were born in Michigan, IS IN
New York, > in Ohio, in Pennsylva-
MIA, III Indiana and IN Illinois.
There Is l captain, / lieutenant,
sergeant, detectives, court officer, l
assistant court officer, truant officer,
, detail officers, 81 patrolmen, , office
clerks, 3 signal operators, 3 patrol
wagon drivers, lanitOr and | matron.
There were L appointments during the
year, of whom >, Fremont ;. Lyons
and Bernard Mccarthy, resigned and l,
John Won SlOten, was dismissed.
OF the officers disciplined there were
24 suspended, reprimanded, 3 dis
missed, 9 resigned, dropped from the
force and cancelled.
The salaries are a follows:
superintendent, g 800; captain, ST.
095; lieutenant, 81 ,05S; sergeant, $500;
detectives, so2l.25; patrOlmen, first
year, S657; patrOlmen, second year,
s697.15; patrOlmen, third year, S74S.25;
drivers, s697; janitOrs, s63S.75; clerks,
s5l7.50; operators, $500; matrOn, 100.
The entire time lost by the men from
sickness, disability, absence with leave
and suspensions was 100 days. There
are thirty patrol boxes with telephones
and nine without them. The total
value OF property stolen during the
year was 8 ,474.37. The total value of
stolen property recovered and returned
tOits owners was -, ,937. .07. The total
value of property found, consisting of
every imaginable description of port
able pOrperty, and returned TO Its
owners was 81 1926.
During the year lodgings were fur
nished To $50 persons, as follows: May,
40; June, %: July, ~; August, Il; Sep
tember, 81; October, So; November, y;
December, Us; January, 80; February,
s.; March, l57; April, Il.
The patrol telephone and signal ser
vice consists of detailed men, 3
drivers, 8 operators, horses and =
wagons. During the year there were
500 sentry box calls, 355 telephone calls,
II reported at headquarters, 81 local
calls, III fires responded TO; 1871 runs
IN all. Nine hundred and twenty-eight
persons were taken 10 headquarters,
and two dead bOdIesto the undertakers.
The report specifies what each call was
for.
There were $40 persons arrested by
the police and taken into court for
trial; - OF the cases were tried by
lures; ,355 of the Oifeuses were against
the city ordinances and 4S7 against
state statutes. OF the numbers there
were l,7l0males and l39 females; !, ,772
whites and - COlOrCd; 5g9 mar
So could read and write,
and L could do neither; l3l were be-
tween the ages of 80 and 81; 93 between
- and go; 80 between 90 and -; 43 he
tween 65 and 20; 10 between 30 and -,
and > between - and so. Nine of them
were between , and 10 years OF age,
while the remainder were of almost all
ages up % 80, most of them, however,
being IN the ueighhorhoOd of 40. OF
Their nativity, the United states
leads with 30, Ireland following with
1-s. Holland with 152 and Germany
l5o. The total amount Of fines col
lcctod was =, ,756l6; the total amount
of costs collected was S2,65l12; grand
total, s., ,417.sS.
The various occupations Of those ar
rested and tired is a singular and IN
toresGng study. reaching into every de-
partmcut of science and industry. For
instance, there was I artist, J architect.
II doctors, I dentist, lawyers, %
merchants. reporters. 53 school bows
and school girl. OF tho entire lot 5s7
went % jail. The inventory OF the
property If the department. shows is
value t0 DC $3,772.60.
The report Of the secretary Of the
Police Relief and Benefit Association
shows sixfY-Oue members. Cash n the
treasury April 80. lsss, S1.2ll. with the
added lncs, dues, initiation fees and
donations made on April 81, l>s4.
81 ,A0.95. DcduCtng ell benefits end
expenses there is now Oh hand
S!.Uf.45.
A supplemental report Of the s1por.n-
tenaeudent If tae signal service shows
talrtv-n'1e sentry boxes. thirty wta
telephones 8ud nine w thout. Three
srntry hoXes were added during the
year, one mlle Of vlrc, and several
boxes were changed n location.
The report Of Fire Marshal Lemon
shows the total loss by fire during the
YEAR 70 30 81 ,ot1 insurance on tre
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