Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-04
Fon ruosE NEW PRECINCfTs., l E ,

| Quarters Will Be Located at Dix well Avenue and Eaton Street and
 at 412 Howard Avenue - Ladies
 Wait Upon she Comm1ssio ners to Ask For a MatrOn-Organizatio of
 the New Board.
 Commissioners F. s. Andrew and Car los Smith of the police board, who had been appointed committee to secure locations for the two new precincts in the Ninth and Fourth wards, reported to the board at last nights meeting that suitable quarters had been secured. The location selected for the Ninth ward pre- cinct is the store at Dixwell avenue and Eaton street, now used as tobacco store, but for many years occupied by a drug store. The property is owned by G. w. Chatfeld. The Fourth ward quarters have been located at 412 Howard avenue, in dwelling house owned by George Peckham, near Washington street. The work of preparing these quarters for | reporting stations will be begun shortly. l The newly elected commissioners, F. s. Andrew and John H. Platt, were given the oath of office by mayor Sargent and l president of the board Commissioner Benton alone was not present at the meet ing:
 l The committees appointed for the ensu- Ting year were: Efficiency of the force, Commissioners Benton and Clancy; fin ance, Commissioners Dillon and Platt; supplies, Commissioners Andrew and Smith.
 Rev. MT. Miller, Rev. MT. Bacon and Captain Wilkins appeared to ask for the | re-appointment of ex-Patrolman Hooper to the force They said that he would be a valuable man for the Ninth ward pres cinct. No action was taken.
 Officer Bisseu asked for three days pa for the time lost by his injuries received from runaway horse at Church and Chapel streets 8 few weeks ago and his re quest was granted.
 Supernumeraries Curran and Williams were raised from grade E to grade D, the first to take effect from February and tht second from February 10. ,.
 The semi-month1y pay roll of $6, ,674. 7; was approved.
 The application of James Gillian was re ceived and ordered on file.
 About three months ago new rule wa proposed requiring officers to wear full uniform while off duty, if they wore an, part of the uniform, and to make tn rules against frequenting saloons or othe questionable places apply to officers whil off duty as well as while on duty. Thi new rule was tabled at the time, but i l was taken from the table last night ant
 adopted. Superintendent Bollman vii
 instruct the officers regarding this ne1
 rule today
 !. The printing of 500 copies of the rule
 of the department was left to the superin tendent with power.
 A delegation of ten or fifteen ladie waited upon the board to urge some actio in regard to police matron. Mrs. Wi liam D. Whitney acted as spokesman fo
 the delegation, and the board withdrew 7 one corner of the room to allow the ladie
 to occupy the chairs in the forward part
 They brought with them a petition whic
 was passed by the common council abou month ago, appropriating $500 for l police matron, and with it the following: We, the undersigned, respectfully call your g court of common council and approved on D
 eember cen s1 1s9o and in order M that the P1eRGs v to effect, we most earnestly request your homo z able board to adopt the following resolutions
 m ResolEed tS;s , That police nstron nat .. be appente
 March, 1891, to assist in the care and manag
 ment of female prisoners while in the charge the a b po,ee department, in such manner as ma
 Resolved, That the following ladies who ha, I l long been interested in having such an appon l ment made, viz: - - be and they are heret - requested to serve committee of five to a
 sist this board in selecting suitable person fill the position of matron and in defining the d e 1 ties, and that all applications for appointme as matron be submitted to said committee. . l [Signed. Mrs. William D. Whitney, Mrs. J.
 Dana, Mrs. Luzon B. Morris, Mrs. D. E. Gambl
 Alice " Byrnes, Adelaide H. Brown, Mrs .Birdst
 Q. Lake, Mrs. Talcott H. Russell, Mrs. George
 Watrous, Mrs J. B. Sargent. Mrs. Edward M
 Carthy, Mrs. J. E. McGann, Mrs. Alexand
 Troup Mrs. T. G. Bennett, Mrs. o. F. Winche
 ter, Mrs. William Grant, Mrs James H. Leed
 Mrs. H. H. Benedict, Mrs. G. A. Butler, Mrs P. | Cronan, Mrs. J. J. Kennedy, Miss Helen R. W
 cox Mrs. B. R. English Mrs. Richard Sherida
 Mrs. Whitney stated that what u l. ladies wanted was net a matron to l. called in occasionally but one to take ca f of female prisoners just as Doorms " Moore cares for the male prisoners. The ladies unfolded their ideas befo @ the board for half an hour and Superi IF tendent Bollmann read the statistics of f !, male prisoners during the past year. u the 372 arrests made 54 had been sent T jail, 26 for the first time and one sev, U times. They had served sentences rangil Il from 10 to 90 days. In nationality | 5, were Irish, IA Americans and 21 Italian U U with others of various nationalities. F. The ladies' petition was accepted and c !, dered on file.