The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-17
WANT MORE POLICEMEN.
Delegation of Citizens of Western Part of
City Before Police Commissioners.

Delegation of Citizens of Western Part of
City Before Police Commissioners.
A delegation of citizens from the
western part Of the city attended the
meeting of the police commissioners last
night and asked that the urgent need
of an appropriation to put on additional
patrolmen be impressed upon the board
of finance. The gentlemen who appear
ed were A, Preston Strong, Wilson HI.
Lee, F. c. Bushnell, Philip Pond, Sim
con J. Fox, w. J. Donnelly, Frederick
A. Pickering, ]. A. Lewis, G. G. Pown-
ing and F. A. Corbin.
These gentlemen spoke of a number
of burglaries which have taken place in
the western part of the city during the
past few years, and also called atten-
tion to the fact that the patrolmen S
beats are so long that at times it is
impossible for citizens to secure the
services of an officer if one is needed.
1t was finally decided by the commits
sioners, on the suggestion of Commits
the board of finance, then in session.
with request that some member of
the board appear at the police commits
sioners' meeting and hear the request
of citizens that q special hearing be
given on the need of an appropriation
for additional police officers.
Mayor Farnsworth responded to the
request and appeared at the meeting
of the police commissioners. The re-
Guest of the citizens was communicat-
ed to him, but ne did not give much
announcement that a special hearing
would be given or that the board of
finance would include in the estimates
an amount to pay for extra patroImen.
The mayor thought that the citizens
should have appeared at the public
hearing on the estimates given by the
board OF finance Monday evening. He
said that the board was very busy just
now considering estimates, and that
the public hearing was given in order
that all such requests might be heard.
Wilson H. Lee, Philip Pond and Pres
fdent Ullman of the board of police
commissioners were appointed a COM
mittee to appear before the board OF
finance in case that board Should decide
to give a special hearing.
At the meeting of the police commits
sioners which followed the hearing OF
the citizens delegation the applications
of w. H. Thompson, Edward Hosmer
and W. H. Munson fer appointment as
special constables were reported and
referred.
The committee appointed to select
polling places in the various wards re-
ported the following locations: First
ward, 161 Crown street; Second ward
city supply house; Third ward, SO Con-
gress avenue;. Fourth ward, 81 Cedar
street; Fifth ward, 35 Olive street; Sixth
ward, 176 Chestnut street; Seventh
ward, 219 Wallace street; Eighth ward
the bicycle hall at the corner of state
and Eld streets; Ninth ward, 6S Front
street; Tenth ward, 29S Elm street;
Eleventh ward, 169 Chapel street;
Twelfth ward, Quinnipiac rink; Thir-
teenth ward, Masonic hall, Westville;
Fourteenth ward, engine house, East
Grand avenue; Fifteenth ward, 24i
Forbes avenue.
In executive session the board voted
TO reinstate on the regular force Charles
Shannahan. who for nearly two years
has been on the veteran reserve list.