New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-08
GIANTS AT THE CROSSINGS.
THE NEW BROADWAY SQUAD GOES TO
WORK.

NOT A MAN UNDER SIX FEET ONE INCH TALL.
AND SEVERAL ARE SIX FEET sIX-wHAr
IS EXPECTED or THE sQUAD.
The reiuvenated and remodelled Broadway squad
went on duty yesterday morning at $50 o'clock
There are seventy-six policemen in tho squad and
not q man Jack Of them stands under six feet one
inch in his socks while several CT them stand six
feet six inches. The Broadway police squad. sta
toned at various Of the most busy points along
Broadway from the Battery to the northern limits
Of the Tenderloin. long the most noted body OF
policemen in the country II had long and an
honorable history until. for reasons OF his own
Chief Conlin NJ 10 break II and transfer its
members TO regular patrol duty. The reason given
for this was that the existence OF the squad was
monaco TO discipline. as the members OF the select
hand had shown q disposition TO regard themselves
more highly than they ought Wherefore. Chief
Conlin demonstrated the truth Of the old proverb
about pride and fall
Chief McCullagh. however does not wholly agree
with his predecessor as TO the utility OF the Broad
way squad. and ne has therefore restored II 10 its
pristine glory and functions The squad. however.
IS not by any means the old Broadway squad.
Hardly a dozen Of tho old men are in the squad
that stationed along Broadway for the first
time yesterday morning. The men were chosen
from 44o policemen who assembled al the 18th Regi-
ment Armory on Saturday and they are a fine
looking lot Of men Some OF them are too fat for
speed or endurance but that is fault common TO
many policemen and that It is difficult to rem
edy But they are Bis enough 70 overawe even the
festive brewery wagon and produce ZONE slight
impression upon the mind of the iconocastic grip
man. At any rate. that is what they are designed
for. They are expected not only TO pilot pedesri-
ans safely through the whirling maze OF cars ana
trucks and delivery wagons. but 10 be able to tell
anybody anything he wants 70 know. They must
know the location Of the Society Tor the prevention
a.: Cruelty TO Animals. The Office of the Board or
Health the nearest way 30 Hrnter's Point to say at
where ali the theatres, hotels the principal
churches the railroad stations ana ferries-ln fact,
all the nisCe laneOus items Of informal ton desired
by the stranger within our gates.
pected TO know Immediately hut each man must
learn them soon or give way y man who will.
The policemen selected for the squad SIRE furnished
with little books containing most az the things
they expected TO Know, and y they are stuck
they can consult their books. but such conduct Is
considered highly unprofesslonal
The Broadway squad is divided INTO TWO
platoons. One has headQu arteTs al the MacdouEal-
50. station. and its stationed along Broad-
other REPORTS 10 the West 1'hrueth-St station ana
It's members be found from FCurtecnth-St. to
Forty-ffth Rouudsman Graham. who stands six
platoon in their duties. while Roundsman TagSart,
who Is only quarter Of an inch shorter. vii! act
instructor for the upper platoon. They Will he
drilled in regulating trafic and their instructors
are acknowledged to be experts IN that sort or
thing. Then. too the squad must all the while be
man that fails pass goes back TO the ranks.
Meanwhile hts lot is envied by all the other police
30 in the evening. and he has no night Work at
Four Of the biggest men Of the lot are stationed
at Twenty-third-st Their names are OConnor:
Day. Barry and Harrington. and not a man or
them Is under SIX feet four inches. AT Fourteenth
81. there are a German and an Irish giant; named
Carr Is the big fellow at Wall-st., and all the
buster streets are similarly guarded.