Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10

railroad VfaQuct, cheap gas, Tree library
and street railroad matters.
of all plans PROPOSED and since the intro
duction of the Mcmillan bill he said the
editorials in The-S.ax would make interest
ing reading. and large volume of it. But
the sa rsia hs We had n nsaa ap0o of
chapters in a book written by Mr.. Theo.
trade, who, he says. is one of the stanch-
est advocates ofthe>viaduct system
The Baltimore and Ohio viaduct bill was
Wt R The OF s
ticn agreed to rebate the bill and extend
the time to January, 1899. and have it again
introduced.
Major Burke sskgbaed that the company
might be permitted to stop outside the city
and d, build rapid s9ns' line. instead of
Mr.. Sowerbutts said that passengers
usually want te-trsYel on the line that
lar DIS them in the heart of the CITY,
Chairman SoWsrbutts of the. committee
ON police and fire departments submitted
his report ON the resolution offered at the
last meeting to indorse the recommended
ton of Major Moore. The resolution was
as follows: .,-, =
Resolved, That this association take
some action toward securing an increase in
the number of police officers by indorsing
the recommendations of the chief of police
ip his annual report, and using its influence.
to help in procuring the much needed ad-
dition to the force" --
Chairman Sowerbutts said that the mat
ter had.ioeen carefully considered, and su6
mitted the following report:
Favor Increase in the Force.
Your committee has given the matter
its earnest attention, and we find that the
situation, as set forth by the chief of police,
is not overdrawn, and we also believe that
unless something is done, and that soon, in
the line of his recommendations our fair
city will become notorious as a resort of
thugs. thieves and criminals from all
parts of the country. Our daily papers are
filled with reports of burgiaries, highway
robberies and assaults of all kinds, and we
find that only q very small proportion of
the criminals are brought to justice, re-
suit that can only be expected when we
find that officers beat includes, on an
average, about twenty squares
1--WE find upon making inquiries from the
lieutenant of this the NINTH precinct that
one officer has actually, at times. fifty
squares to patrol. and that the average is
twenty squares in the day, and sixteen at
night for each officer. This precinct ex-
tends from East Capitol street to the
Boundary. and from lst street east to the
District line. The number of officers in
! this precinct Is forty-four, all told, thirty
six of whom are supposed to be available
for street duty. including five mounted men
for the county. This number includes day
and night men.
I'm the early part of the day, when many
officers have necessarily to appear as wit
nesses in the Police Court, there are sell
dom more than seven men on duty on the
street. and on one day during the past
week, we found there were only four men
available for street duty.
This We found to be the state of affairs
In the ninth precinct, which covers nearly
all Northeast Washington, and we were as
sured by the lieutenant that the other pre-
cincts were in about the same helpless con-
dition. We believe cur police force will
compare favorably with that of any other
city in the country, in point OF efficiency,
but the officers are often subject to grave
and unjust imputations from citizens when
rpon the scene of crime: they (the citizens)
forgetting that the officer may be faithful
~ peri performing s1an hss duty. though many
I'VE therefore respectfully urge this as
ISOLATION to take prompt action in urging
granting such Increased appropriation as
will enable the Commissioners to insure
that security which should be given to life
and property in the city,
A committee was appointed to draft reso-
lutions concerning the death Of DR.. J. F.
McAllister. who was one of the associa-
tons most active workers.
Major Burke took issue with certain
statements concerning the typhoid fever
report of the health office. and said he
genuine case of the disease in 100 cases re-
ported ~"
Mr. Frizzell offered a resolution concern
ing the driving Of horses belonging to the
lexington and Soldiers Home railroad over
the line of Florida avenue and 18th street.
from the stable tofNew York avenue The
resolution was received and referred to the
proper committee
After the transaction of other routine
business the association adjourned.