The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-04
VACATIONS FOR PATR0LMEN
COMMISSIONERS TO COMPEL EACH
MAN no Loaf FOUR WEEKS.


The police commissioners at last
nights meeting faced the dilemma
which now confronts the department,
and since there is slight probability of
obtaining from the board of finance a
of the additional ap-
preparation of $500 asked for the COM
missioners voted to give each patrolman
in the department four weeks inyolun-
tary vacation without pay. The board
voted, on motion of President ullman,
seconded by Commissioners Smith, to
give the 1928 men. 126 patroimen and two
signal officers, each four weeks vaca-
ton, not necessarily consecutive weeks.
Thirty-two men will be laid off each
week, beginning tonight.
According to this arrangement 1t will
take sixteen weeks for the vacations
voted to be given. 1t was also voted
that If any Of the men desired to lay
off two weeks at time they might do
so.
Previous to this action being taken
President Ullman inquired of Superin-
tendent Wrinn of the number of patrol
men employed in the department. Mr..
Ullman told Of his annearance before
the board of finance 70 request the nd
ditional annronr,ation ana said that
from what he had learned since he
thought that there was no nroba bil,ty
Of getting the annrnnriation desired
$40, 500 must be saved in The denart-
ment during the remainder Of the cur-
rent wear. and n is thonpbt that NV
the laying Off of man for vacations az
votad an5 h,, o+ho,, o,,,,,rs 49,. thin
amount can he saved
President IJIlman stated that tbe did
board of finance as hodv and nc In
dividuals promised that monev wo,,la
be appropriated TO nav tha e,phtean ev-
ira men nut on He said that tha
eighteen men were nut on thraa months
before the end Of the avar 1900 and that
at the end of that wear tho annronria-
tion had NOT baen ayoeaded hut tho+
there had been a saving In regard "a.
the mayor's suggestion that tha .men
in the police department ha raoradad
he believed that It should ba done mi
said that was work for the eff1ciencv
committee and would take from three
to six months for its completion
Commissioner Smith thought that the
city could i'll afford to bid for ehean
labor. He thought that IL a man in any
grade proved incompetent to do the
work of that grade he should be dis
charged and a competent man be al
lowed to take his place instead of be-
ing dropped back into another grade.
The vote to give vacations will af-
feet only patrolmen and sergeants and
captains will be on duty full time as
usual.
President Jyllman said that he
thought that the seraeants ought to AZ.
more street work and see that better
patrol service is given than at present
He said that for a time about two
months ago the patrolmen attended To
their duties well but that lately thew
had grown lax and needed to ba disct.
plined by tho sereean+s
Commissioner O,Rr,en did not agrea
with what President ITl1men ea,d ard
said that all the patrolrnan he secs ar.
tend to business. He asked what as
surances the hoard had that tho naw
hoard Of finance would make annronrla
tions to meet the reouiremen+s of tho
police department next vear Ha won
dered If the board of finance uro,,Id
hagele then as # does now
President IJllman said that he he
lieyed that tbe board of finance would
do all possible next wear to sunn1v the
needs Of the police department
On motion of Commissioner O,Rrien
II was voted to notify tho natroln,en
no+ to +aka +be;r ona dav a month ofe
dnrne +ha rest of tbis ,year what
ever davs ara now IA the credit of each
man vii, rayer+ to bin, and he nl.ced
70 b,s credit vt tbe hae;nnine Of nayt
year
n uas voted +o allow Officer Jobp
poeba +brea davs, nav and Ofncar
pohnr tvantv-ona days, nav for +i,,,a
1ost a,,,;no ~ i,I,,r,os r.cai,,aa a. 40
dtso,or,a os 4taIr d,,t,,
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