The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-24
\ Chief DOLAK'S REPORT. J.,
An Elaborate Statement Full OF Details
Of the Police Departments Work.

An Elaborate Statement Full OF Details
of the Police Departments Work.
Chief OF Police Dolan has finished his
report for the fiscal year ending May 80
last. and 1t has been printed. The report
lis more elaborate and contains more de-
tails than any report yet printed for the
Police Department. ...-. =".- ...-.
The expenses of the department by
months were: June, s6952.47; July,
81, 6S32O October, s7,47S75; November,
5.7SOS2; December, s5,5O725; January,
ST. 732.45 February, S5,266.23; March,
IS, 42l67; April. $7.299.29; May. s5,43O.69.
The contingent fund was $500 and the
total expenses charged to appropriation for
1s93-94 was s73,365.2i. ...
The expenses were divided as follows:
Salaries. sGo,6OO.76; clothing. sS,2OOs4; po-
lice and fire alarm telegraph. s3,0S5,34: pa
troll station, including rent and board of
horses. s1,9i6S7; general supplies, S2,24779;
rents, s3363S printing and advertising,
Is206,7S; cleaning and washing, $50; con-
Itingent fund, $500; stationery. s6G.50; tele-
graph and telephone, $349.33; improvements
TO the police station, S746,62.
! The property of the Police Commission
lis valued as follows Police and fire alarm
telegraph, s22,9S5.37; patrol station, si3s6;
office furniture, etc. 1868; officers equip
ments, $60965; total s25, 96002.
| The police force consists Of seventy-nine
persons. as follows; Chief OF police. police
surgeon, two captains. superintendent OF
police and fire alarm telegraph. llneman,
ten serseants, two operators, nfty-two pa
'trolmen, two wagonmen, two turkeys, two
drivers. two matrons and janitor. This
is an Increase Of three sergeants and one
matron over the force of 1892. new pa
trol wagon has been added and a pair OF
horses exchanged.
The birthplace of the officers on the
force are as follows: Pennsylvania. II:
Delaware, Al; Canada /; Maryland, 8,
Italy. l.; Ireland, g. Germany A; Virginia,
1; New Jersey, /: England. l.
The patrol wagon responded to 2GlG calls.
carried 26l7 prisoners and 2G6 patients
The police surgeon attended to lis pa
TENTS and II jnicers. The police matrons
attended 1914 prisoners, II patients. 102
dodgers, II lost children, visited 1j4 per-
sons and secured assistance for 9S persons.
The department furnished $500 meals at a
total cost Of SCOOPS The chief of police
received 90 complaints In addition the
department sent PSI complaints to the
Street and Sewer Department, 9S to the
Board VI Health and IA to the Water De
partment, The value of property reported
stolen was Si0,9i6.i7. The value
OF property recovered was $3.50.
The number of persons arrested
was Glib, Of whom 62l7 were white and
Aa6 cOlOrcd, The amount received for dog
jtaX was S2,37G,90.
! The police reported $50 accidents to per
sons; 2O3 miscellaneous accidents, seven
persons drowned. 3 persons overcome by
tho heat, a supposed mad dogs killed and
- runaway teams stopped. The charges
against officers numbered forty; three pa
trolmen were appointed two resigned and
two were dismissed. GG1 warrants were
served and SG,333.ll collected in fines and
costs.
/ The report also contains the nationality
OF the prisoners, their occupation and the
cause Of arrest and what became of them
The nationality of prisoners arrested Is
given as follows: Austria, .; Australia, ..
Canada 4; cOlured, 1854; China, 1; Eng
land. 81; France. Il; Germany, 10l; Greece,
3; Hungary. /; Ireland $685. Italy, &C;
Norway, ?; United States 2459; Poland 81 4;
Russia 9; Spain, /; Sweden. 10; Scotland.
II: switzerland. G; Turkey. 1; Wales, l.
;. The occupations Of persons arrested
were Agents. 60; auctionecr. /; artist. /;
brushmakers. .; bOukDindrrs. q black
smiths, IS; BARRIERS. ~; butchers %; brick
layers, Al; bakers, IA; blilermakers, 1G;
beampr, /; brakemen. IA; brckmakors c;
, boltmsker, l. bartenders, 6; beltmaker, /;
carpenters, %; carriage makers. II; c1bi-
nctnakers. II; car builders. 4: cooks. 8:
Icu0pers. TO-, contractors. 2; cigar makers,
u; clerks, AZ; candy makers, I; clerEymen.
>; druggists, 2: dentist l. doctor. /: en-
IEneors 10; electricians, ?; foremen. A;
farmers, -; tiremen, III file cutter, /;
florists. 2; gunsmiths. 2; glass blowers A;
. gardeners. z; hostlers. Z; hotel keeper, /:
hnehsters, 1G; harness makers, A.. house
wires, 9uT; heaters 3; hatters, 2: house
keepers, 30. iron workers III: ice cream
, rIakcrs, 2; i5wtlers ,; laundrymun. j; la
borers, 1892; la,harH. 4; lawyers, 13. lock
> smiths, 3; millwrights, s; machinists, 81.
morocco finshers, l5o morocco dressers,
rs; mer, hauts. 30; mpulders. GO; musicians,
r., no occupation, 800; pump maker /;
Ipuper hangers. 2, paper makers, 3; paint
Iers. so; polters. 7; plasterers. -; puidlers.
y; plumbers, 20; printers. IS; physicians.
r.; p"dd!ers, -; police officer. j. rOofers, I
Triggers >; stGre keepers, s, steam filter.
4; spring makers, O.; ship carpenters, .;
ishonmakers Al; stone cutters, 1G; servants,
70; saloon keepers, Is; sailors. 80; stone
.mas0ns, u . tnslniths, II, telegraph ope-
'ratprs >; tallOrs, ~, undertakers, .; up
Ih"lstsrors 9; vendors, A. weavers, Il;
waters II; wooiworkrrs. Al.
1 The ages of persons arrested were as fol