The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-07
GREENVILLE'S PRIDE.
The New Police Station House Is a
Model MISUNDERSTANDING
Completion.

On the northeast corner of Gator and
Ocean avenues, Greenville, there is a
building in course of erection which at
tracts the attention of the passer by.
The structure is the new Fifth Precinct
Station House, and will, when completed,
be without exception, the handsomest
building in the Greenviile section.
The station house will be ready for &C.
cupancy about March 1. The walls are
now up to the second story. The build
ing will be in Romanesque style and will
look very much like Police Headquarters.
1t will cover a plot of ground fifty-seven
feet. nine inches. by forty-nine feet,
three inches.
At the rear of the station house there
will be an extension, which will be fitted
up as a stable.
AN ATTRACTIVE BUILDI Nc.
This building Will be two stories in
t~wenty-six feet six inches long by fifty
niue feet. On the first floor OF the stable
there will be ten single stalls and one box
stall. There will also be q place for a
patrol wagon. At present there are but
two mounted policemen at the precinct,
but when the new County Road is COM
pleted, the Police Commissioner rs intend
to mount every man in the precinct, and
ample provision has been made for
boarding the horses which will
then be needed. The second
floor Of the stable will bs used as q hay
loft. The entrance to the building will
be on Gator avenue, aud the exit on the
north end. A driveway will be con-
structed On the north side of the build
InD- Al nrnomQDtnd irnn rata will no
erected near the sidewalk on Ocean ave-
nue.. The station house will be all that q
policeman could desire and will contain
every modern convenience.
EXTERIOR APPEARANCE.
The building will be Of brick,
inla1d with terra Gotta panels,
and with brown stone trimmings. An
arched doorway will be in the centre and
a circular tower, exactly like the one on
Police Headquarters, will be at the south
end. To the left of the entrance on the
first floor there will be the captains
office, private Office and bath room. At
the rear of these will be the lookup. Six
teen iron cells will be erected there.
On h right side are the main Office,
telephone room, serg.ants' room, toilet
room and patrolmeu'S sitting room,
The captains office will be the
cos1est room on this floor. 1t
will be fitted up handsomely
ana Will nave n huge Terra GOTTA fireplace
II E1antel. On the second hoor three of
the large rooms will be used rs a dorini-
tory. Twenty-four beds can be placed In
these rooms. There will also be a toilet
room and a private room for the ~Sergeants
on this floor.
In the basement there will be the steam
heating apparatus and the janitor's apart
meGts. The ba~sementwin be eight feet
in height and the first and second stories
twelve feet.
INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS.
In the entire of the building on the
Ocean avenue side, a large flagstaff Will
add to the attractiveness of the structure.
The mansard root will be covered with
Spanish tiles. The interior will be I'M
ished with highly polished white pine
wood. Electric bells and speaking tubes
will be placed wherever needed.
Captain John Smith and the policeman
are watching the progress of the work
with no little interest aud the building
cannot be completed too soon for them.
Captain Smith will inaugurate a
new feature at the station
house that will be much
appreciated by reporters. AS soon as a
report of any accident or any arrest is
made, the sergeant on duty will make a
copy of it and post it on a bullet. n to
which reporters oDly will have access.
Ii he can spare the room, the Captain in
tends to petition off a special room for re-
porters.