Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-16
WANT BETTER PROTECTION.


 Residents of the Ninth ward Petition the Police Commissioner for More Police Protection-Their PlteOus Tale Of Woe- Property Owners Afraid to Leave Their Homes at Night-A Number of Petty Thefts Oommitted-Omcers Promsted-Oth- or Business.
 The necessity for better police protection in the Ninth ward, or particularly that section of the ward lying between Shelton and Dlxwell avenues, was graphically de- picted to the board of police commission CTS by Hans Earnest and William Butler, residents of that section of the city. These gentlemen, with 8 number of others, pre- sented petition to the board asking that better police protection be afforded them. In presenting their case Messrs. Earnest and Butler stated that they had no com plaint to make of the service rendered by the patrolmen on that beat, but that the beat was much too large for one man to cover, and requested that the force be tn- creased so as to enable them to have at least one moro patrolman covering that beat. It was also stated that @ number of petty thefts had been committed in that locality, and nearly every night some such depreda- | tion was committed there, the perpetrators | of which were never arrested. They also ! stated that the wives, children and sisters | of the residents of that locality were afraid | to leave their homes after dark, and in sev- | ersl instances they had been molested. In the event of the board not being able to put an extra man they asked that the beat ! of the present patroiman be divided up SC | that the residents there could be afforded better protection.
 President Hum explained that in con- sequence of the action of the board o1 finance last December the commissioner were absolutely unable to place 8 single ! man on the force at present. He stated that at the present time the payroll of ths department was overdrawn to the amount of nearly $500 and it was . question ir the minds of the department whether il would not be necessary to lay off some o1 tho members of the present force tenn porsrily in order to enable the departmen to keep its payroll within the limits of thu appropriation.
 Finally on motion of Commissioner Gil | huly the matter was referred to Captain Brewer of Station 4, with instructions t. see whether or not the present beat could | n0G D6 ulViu0O, eO As tO SuOfu UottcI pEO tecsion to the residents of that section O the city.
 | Pat1olmen Colwell, Cooney, Ward, Klsi Der and Keenan were on recommendation of Superintendent Smith promoted t grade B from grade o, the promotion t date from June 1.
 An informal discussion was held on th question of doing away with the carryip | of the long, cumbersome clubs by patrol men when on duty, but as only Commis sioners Hum, Prince, Gilhuly, Poront and Doolittls were present, it was decide to postpone action on the matter un'il | fuil board was present.
 The application of Stanley O. Gilbert fo appointment on the force was received an placed on file, after which the meeting ad journed. having been in session lesa tha | hal an hour.
 The board voted to alloy Sergeant Refill | to receive $20 sent him as bis part of tn reward for the capture of the two hors
 thieves at Curry & Wilcox's stables in thl ! citv