Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-08
III is A NUISANCE
Property Owners Near the Ar
oade Object 10
ITS BEING A l0AFIaG PLACE
For Dissspuf2bl1 Citazsns-They Petition
the Police Commissioners TO Abolish
the Eysl-Rouune Business.

The board of police and IRE commits
sonsrs did not meet AZ O'Clock as
usual Yesterday, bat instead held al
evening session. There were present
Commissioners Loetsgert, Hatch and
Bender. Superintendent Eastman rec
Commended the confirmation OF Mark
W. Wood a. signal operator IA head
quarters Referred 10 tho committee
on men and discipline.
The report Of the supply agent
showed the cost of feeding each horse
per day was 10 $40 cents.
The COMMITTEES on claims and ac-
counts reported bills amounting TO 3d.
III IS from the ponce department. and
so,5S0-5I from the fire department
Fireman Promoted.
The committee on men and discipline
recommended that the following men lie
promoted To the POSITIONS designated
;. J. Tanner from stOker TO engineer
OF No. ? steamer; Joseph Brown from
pipeman 20 lieutenant OF No. 5; John
Kemenan from part pay to full pay
plpeman No. ;; William Spencer from
~ C4NrAl1AN "a w. -AO'o
company; T. III. Bellsre from pipeman
10 Lieutenant No. D. superintendent
Bettlnghoase was ordered 10 make the
necessary changes in patrol boxes TO
conform TO the changes IN the beats.
Marshal LEMON recommended the
following men for confirmation:
MIenaei N!rln to full pay lAdderman
OF No. 3; William +. Aptel 10 part pay
Of NJ : a. ma mo.
X. L.. Sweerman part pay plpemAn OF
No. hose company.
The following communication was
read from residents and property
owners IN the vicinity OF the Arcade:
''Your petitioners Eeg respectfully 10
CAL your attention ID the inordlnate
amount of loating INDUCED N the Ar
csde and It's vicinity. Some of the
most useless characters are In the habit
of lOunging A. various points about the
Arcade, tue nuisance being greater
than IN any other portion of the city.
The nuisance has grown TO such pro-
portions that 4. drives respectable per-
sons from passing through the Arcade.
From morning until late at night a
gang of coloret bootblscks are loiter-
ing, indulging IN horse play. or swing;
ing their boxes which are attached "a
straps. using bad language much to
the annoyance Of the public and the
dlsrepute of the city, the locality beng
very near the center Of the business
portion Of the city.
Ordered to Abats It
Police headquarters has been re-
pestedly telephoned, elieiting nothing
but the stereotyped reply that 10 would
be attended to. Your petitioners re-
spectfully request That more effectual
patrol be gwen, that officers be directed
TO disperse loungers anu that a salutary
example 90 made of those persistently
loafing and making of themselves pub
lie nuisances- The paper was signed
by William L. Powers and all the per
sons doing business IN the vicinity.
Commissioner Bender moved tha,
the maiter be referred to the superin-
tendert of police, with instruction "a
abste the nuisance ~ once. Commls-
noner Loettgert thought 1t should 70
referred To the committee on men and
discipline TO investigate the charges
made against the superintendent, and
md out II ne had been telephoned
about the nuisance and had neglected
20 do hls duty. Commissioner Bender
moved that 10 be referred 10 the super
Intendens with instruction TO do hiI
duty at once. Commissioner Hatch
seconded the motion, and 1t was car.
red