The sun., 1897-04-25

Mr. stuyvesnnt Finds Many Eager 20 Atd Hin
In ProtcctinE the Pnbiic ana the Peiice..

! Hr. stuyvesant Finds Many Eager 20 Aid Hiu'
| In Protecting the Pnbiic ana the Peiice..
Robert Stuyvesant described the other day In
| THE Sun the work and dangers OF the police
| men who do duty at the Broadway crossings.
1Io thinks thnt the Broad way policeman has
entirely too much work TO do. that mentally
and physically he Is strained by his labors.
and that the city, by overworkinG him In the
! way II does. is wasting some of the best ma
tcrial 10 lie found In the whole land. The re-
Its of giving q man moro work than he can
do. he savs, are to be found In the list OF acci-
! dents. which increases every week. The
| broadway policeman does his work. according
to Mr.. Stuyvesant. with great conscientious
ness. n fact which is shown by the way these
big fellows are constantly being injured by
cable cars. BY relieving the policemen of too
much work. Mr.. Stuyvesant thinks. not only
! will they be benefited. but the public. princi-
pally women and children. who dep,nd for
safety on the viRilaLce OF these men, will also
| be better served.
Mr.. stuyvesant called on Theodore Roose-
| welt twice. the week before the President OF
| the Police Board resigned, and succeeded In
| getting him greatly interested in his work. To
Sun reporter Mr.. Stuyvesant said yesterday:
since THE Sun published a story about the
work am undertaking. have had an oppor-
| tuuitS VI Oub no" ihohf pSopaO niV ~
tcrcsted in this matter. l have been very much
surprised. because. although the cause is such
good one. 1 did not imagine that many people
bothered their heads abont the matter. The
| police have been abused go much that was
AFRAID that most OF the people found IL hard TO
sympathiae with any OF them. am delighted
| OF the big fellows along Broadway is q matter
OF interest TO many or our citizt ns. and that
m in anv measures that I may take to bring
about the remedies have suggested. have
received many letters on the subject. some @ OF
| general tone of them all is that q reform. and
big reform at that. is necessary. These sable
Snss sas nt notnins of s '
should be brought to sense Of responsibility.
| punishment should be metcd out to them every
| time there is AN accident that they Will be
rods saeS Of - the ae pSSe demands
I'm matters of this kind there is absolutely
no use in mere % talking No one p vii follow Ph
something some M decisive. once this much Is &C.
which is a good one beyond question. a bit Id.
vanced they will iock to its Banners in
ES realize u Ills is now now more than ever did in my
life before. / have had this reform IN my
did nohns Snt discuss It With 1Gr mg
| In all that time never made II step forward.
Then wet to Mr.. Roosevelt, and laid my
teresred man. l Immediately realized that
| had advanced my cause by doing something.
MI Roo'evelts words 20 me were singularly
MIR. Stuyvesant,' he said, I agree with
nna T d9 T6a S6 In
but II you would nelp yourtelf and n me In this
mater rn eSnrve to get others Interested
Well. The Sun printed interview with
me. and Immediately | nnd many who
often thought OF the very things spoke
about; That is why I am so encouraged and
why think see better condition Of things
in the very near future
For years now there has been no end Of
lions ton = or "" rsiorm OF % one kind or another
hays sprung r IN, up 1,o,n on every r,o side: Most
cialty. How many OF these organizations have
accomplished ANYTHING: Very fow. believe.
Now. they Rally want to do something for
the city. here is n grand chance for them. They
needn't waste their thunder any longer. Hero
IS chance to put II 20 good use. i sincerely
| hope that can enlist some of these reform or
My most enthusiastic lieutensnts in the
s .ys arg p are BTos
way, policemen than men. Some Of them
in the course of day II there were police
men to escort them across. l want to say a
word about the gripmen. too These men do
they have to be to keep their places. The
| strain they under is something terrible.
front Of each car. No one man can do the
work necessary for the public safety on the
'front.' or q cable car.
The fact is that there should be two men on
the front OF every one of the Broadway cable
cars instead OF one. AS il is now suppose any
thing happens 10 the single man at the grip; sup
pose he should fall dead at his p"st what would
be the result Probably before the conductor
could reach the front of the fatalities would
have occurred. This is really most serious
matter. The law recognizes the possibilities of
such accidents on water and the danger OF them.
and il requires that on every boat there shall be
two men III the pilot house so that In case any
thing happens to the one the other may take his
place This law was brough about by an acc-
dent: pilot alone in the pilot house fell dead.
4 collision and much damage resulted. II IL is
needed on boats how much more is 1t needed in
"A crowded thoroughfare like Broadway where
every instant in the day the slightest happening
out OF the ordinary in the traffic Of the swiftly
moving cars might result in the loss OF life
"District Attorney Olcott told me himself
last week that he was very much In favor OF
curbinG the privileges of the Broadway road.
He is with my movement. aud a man in his
position IL a valuable ally. At present the
road is under indictment for maintaining n
nuisance ut Broadway and Fourteenth street.
and until this specific comes up in the
courts tho District Attorney can do nothing.
| He has done an in sstimable service In bring
| ing about the indictment. When tho time
comes can depend on Mr.. Olcott TO do all
in his power for us. Public sentiment Is be-
| i2R aroused more and more every day. and II is
| the demand of the people that our magnificent.
unequnlled force OF police men on Broadway.
as well our women and childrea. shall be
better protected against this road"