The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-12
REPORTS AND GENERAL ORDERS


ing-Bids for improvements
at the City Hospital.
At the meeting of the Board of Police
Commissioners yesterday afternoon the
following communication was received
from Chief Murphy
Honorable Board of Police Commission
.Gentleuen-The Evening Journal of
this city, in IT'S issue of Saturday last pub
ltshed q list of names of indiv1duais VINO
they allege are engaged IN seanng poJis
on races, and others who they say are sell
Ing policy. The article also gives the 10
cation where the gambling referred TO Is
carried on in this city. So
IT nave communicated with the Sity
Editor, and asked him to send me what IN
formation his paper has on the suoJeclso
] might procure warrants for the arrest
of the alleged law breakers. and was told
h a they were not ready TO give me me
Information as yet, but would do SO II IL
was decided to proceed that way.
II would respectfully call your atten-
ton to the general order on the subject
issued to the precinct ommander today
BENJAMIN MURPHY"
The following is the order issued to the
precinct commanders. but q copy did not
the Chiefs letter.
-.Headauarters, Jersey City Police
Dept, Jersey City. Got. II, 1877.
Orders No. SO.
'sThe Evening Journal of this city, OF
s sisr, q ii the sa ssn i and Of fe tae existence Iaan sne Of
pool selling on horse racing ana polc[
playing in this city, and gives names OF
where the alleged gambling was carried
on. The following is a list of the locatlon
of the places where this violation OF the
law is alleged TO nave been committed:-
In the First precinct, pool selling at
2ss Henderson street and policy selling at
No. "a Gregory street; r H kllnkeP;
York street, No. 2s4 Grand street, No. 1913
Brunswick street, and No. 1874 First street.
'In the Second precinct, pool selling at
No. 1&s Pavonia avenue, and policy selilng
1t No. III Tenth street.
Captains of the First and Second pre-
cincts will make an investigation OF the
places mentioned and report as soon as
possible whether the gambling stu exists
there, and why, if gambling was carried
on at those places, was not
procured and arrests made for this yio-
lation OF law. The report called for BY
this order will show whether or not the
names mentioned in the newspaper in
connection with the alleged gambling are
at the places mentioned or were there re-
Gently All precinct commanders will re-
port giving the names of all persons ar,
rested for pool selling, policy selling, and
all forms of gambling during the past
three years, and the final disposition of
llG GdS&s dSGl4SA cAG1l pCkSOn 6A&CSiCOs
sBENJAMN MURPHY,
"Chief of Police"
Commissioner West offered the follow
ing resolution
Resolved, That the communication be
ordered spread in full upon the minutes,
and the clerk be director to communicate
Journal" requesting them to furnish all
the evidence they have against the part
les mentioned by than for gambling, that
the Chief Of Police may proceed against
The following resolution offered by Presi-
dent AberRethy was adopted by unani-
nous Vote
Resolved, That in order to suppress
gambling in Jersey City the Chief of
Police Will at once issue an order holding
responsible The man onpost, the detective
ana the captain of the precinct, and here
after If upon investigation 1t is found
gambling Is carried on, charges will be
preferred against the man on post, where
1t is proved, the detective and the cap
tain of the precinct and said charges
referred to this Board for a hearing"
There was no discussion whatever upon
the subject.
Andrew Miller, patrolman, Fifth Pre-
cinct, made application for retirement on
account Of growing physical disability.
A<S A6@ RC(4A 9&4 L1S 1OASS
Referred for consideration.
Proposals were received for painting
the exterior of the male and female ward
buildings of the City Hospital; from A. I.
Witter, $450s James A. Murry, $647; JOS
eph Whitley. $50. The contract was
awarded to witter. the lowest bidder.
Proposals for paving the drive way on
the City Hospital grounds with brick with
etone curbing, were received from John
II. Shannon, NJ. J.. Harrington and Edward
W. Conlin. H~arrington's bid was for
earth excavation, 40c. per yard; earth
Filing, 10c.; sand or gravel filling 500;
brick paving, s198; curb, Csc. per lineal
foot.
shannon's bid was earth excavation, zoe;
filling. 1c.; sand or gravel, roc; brick paw
ing, I.35; curb stone, Zoe. per lineal foot;
catch basin. SIS. Conlin's bid, earth ex-
cavation ,1oc.; filling, 10c; sand or gravel,
$L2 curb stone. Csc. per lineal foot; mack
wire cut brick per square yard, $1.S4;
mack repressed long brick, S1.93; mack re-
pressed patent block, sec; catch basin, So
The bids we're referred to the
Of the Whole.
ed the dismissal of the certiorari by
Judge Dixon in the Consolidated Traction
Company vestibule case. He said that he
had interposed a demurrer in the Chan
Gerry case and confidently expects its dis
mtsEal.
The report Of Warden Osborne for the
month Of September showed:-Nnmber of
patients remaining in the Hospital, Sep
TENDER l, 10; admitted during the month,
dss; number treated. zos; S1cnargea a cured an,g
ty institutions. s; died, u; total 1873; re-
cases treated. AS; medical dispensary
eases, ESQ; eye and ear casesl ZS9; anbu-