St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-24

for this year will be slightly more.
The equipment of the department
comprises five patrol wagons, a patrol
sleigh, six sets harness and eleven
horses The cost per horse, per year,
for forage, was $112.57; and for shoe
ing, S23 so; total, s13617. The same items
cost the fire department $SO.46 per
horse.
Mounts for the mounted members of
the force are furnished by themselves,
for which htey receive an extra COM
pensation of $3.50 per year each. A
sound horse will last ten years in this
service, which is not severe.
The statistics of the operations of
the department for the year 1894 show
that for orderliness and freedom from
crime our community is surpassed by
none and equalled by few. The high
efficiency of the police department has
contributed much to this gratifying
condition. The figures are as follows:
Property stolen during the year, S14,-
24G25; stolen property recovered,
1872; total arrests during the year,
5,147.
The arrests were at the rate of 43 1-3
for each patrolman available for street
service or one arrest each eight days,
per man.
The number of men in the force
available for street work is sufficient,
and not excessive, the great space to
be patrolled being considered.
Thepolice patrol telegraph comprises
157 poles, "a signal boxes and 7212 miles
of wire, most of which is strung on the
poles of private companies.
A. noIioa naDciop fund alSo haor
established, made up of 10 per cent of
the fines collected by the municipal
court, and the entire amount of the
fines collected from members Of the po-
lice force for breaches of the regula-
tions.
The persons entitled to the benefit
of this fund are the widows and chill
dren under the age of eighteen years
of members of the force who have
lost their lives from injuries received
while in the actual performance of du-
ty, and members of the force upwards
of fifty years of age, who have served
twenty years Or more, and have be-
come disabled while III the actual per-
formance of duty Widows and chill
dren are limited to S4OO per year, and
members of the force to half the pay
responding grade.
Should the fund be insufficient in any
year to meet in full all demands upon
it, rateable distribution is to be made
among all entitled.
For the year 1894 the fund was in
the following condition:
Balance on Jan. 1.............. $S,091.1
Fines paid by members. .. $500
Percentage mIniPin91
nhes ..................., 2,l0I -
Total .:....,...........~ $40, ,49S SS
Pensions paid ................... 4,776.A
At the present rates of income and
outgo the accumulations of the
f9 fund and vii tSe soon sd}e be exhaust 1a1;n ndo
will be upon the annual contributions,
now amounting to about so per cent,
of the pensions in force.
RECoMMENDATIO
1. No good reason is perceived for
employing two separate corps of tele-
graph maintenance men for the fire
and police departments. One should
be abolished, and the care of both sets
of signal apparatus placed in charge
of one set of men. Both systems are
relatively small, and the expense of
keeping up both should be very moder-
ate As the fire system is much the
larger of the two, the discontinuance
of the police corps would seem prefer
able, and is, therefore, recommended
by the committee. This would make a
saving of at least the amount of the
pay roll for this branch of the service
1920 per year.
2. The service of the following do
not appear necessary for the efficient
handling of the department, and it is
therefore recommended they be dis
penSed with:
q Municipal court bailiffs, conduc-
tor of the prison van, 4 jailers at the
substations, 8 drivers of patrol wagons,
at Margaret, Rondo and Ducas street
stations. Total, 10. These are on the
rolls at 5000 per year each, and the
total saving from the discontinuance
of their places would be $4,000 per year.
bailiff regularly on duty at the munic-
ipal court, one jailer at each of the
four subStatiCns and one driver at each
of the three substations having patrol
wagons. Should eXigencies arise for
more assistance of the kind in either
place, temporary details will suffice
without increasing the pay roll.
3. The suggestions offered in connec-
ton with scales of pay in the fire de-
partment seem to the committee
equally pertinent to those in the police
department.
While the nature of the service re-
quires good men, and duty hours are
daily and long, the service is attract
i've, far beyond private employments
demanding equal intelligence and quail
ifications. But one reason exists why
10000 of our worthy citizens are not
now on the police force, viz, the force
is limited to $50 men or less A super
abundance of men were available at
the present scale of salaries, when the
money received would not buy three
fourths what it. will buy now of the
necessities of life or of the services of
other men.
In the opinion of the committee the
following scale of pay would be fair
and liberal under the conditions of to-
day, viz:
Per Year.
Shel ..-..... ..-... .....-...-..... .9Z,oOV
CdptdlnS. ........... ............. l,lVU
LfeutenantS ............ .........-... 1000
SeTgedntS .......... ................. 9OO
Chief Of detectives ................. 1S00
Detectives .............. ............. / 100
Clerk to chief ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 900
Driver of van with team). ........ 900
Patr0lmen ........ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $40
All mounted men, for mounts ex-
These reductions would aggregate
$1S,S00 per year.
4. The abolition of the liquor license
inspectorship has already been recon-
mended under another head. This
would save 81, 200 per year.
5. All inspection duty, not demand
ing special skill, should be concentrat-
ed in the police force. All parts of the