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Regular meeting of the Board Of Police
| Commissioners held in First Crimina
Court ROOM Friday. January %. 1898
| PreSent-Au the members.
Minutes of last meeting approved As
TONS AND PETITIONS.
and disposed Of as follows
Communication from Chief of Police IN
forming Board Of the, escape Of the
prisoner Straight. Ordered spread on
Chiefs once, Police Department..
Jersey City, January Is, 1888.
Hon. Board Of Police CemnissionersL
Gentlemen would respectfnliy INFORM
Straight. a prisoner charged with being a
fugitive from the State OF New York, es-
HEADQUARTERS at about $50 o'clock on the
18th inst. l have caused the inspector 70
make an Investigation as to the respon-
sibility for this escape. and from ms re.
port to me / am of the impression that
this escape was not due to any careless
ness of any officer concerned, ~ as Is
structure of the window guards through
1 which the escape was effected. This de-
feet has been removed, n it Is hoped
| twenty years more will elapse before We
Your obedient servant,
BENZ. MURPHY,
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
lain were presented and referred TO
l llG proper &OtlfufAltCCS % SAtt
Pay rolls of department for January,
| $29, 207. 50; payroll of Police Justices ana
court clerks, 1866; payroll Of sick and
Alex. Watson, meals to prisoners, City
Prison and First precinct, January, sll4;
Peter Began, meals to prisoners, Third
precinct. January. $3.50; Charles O'Neill.
meals to prisoners, Fourth precinct
S a1;s5; s. ! y. J 5spsen sl5 h +soc ge0f. Mur r5fan
incidentals, December, 1897, and January,
$685.; Wood & Menagh. supplies, Janu-
airy, S2os4; J: Il i, R IS aars nh9fos Of p rsns,nS
to harness, Fifth precinct, January, $15.S5:
w. W. Farrier, repairs, Headquarters and
Elrs ST. precinct, Ja aq = t slvS:ss; James Ianesr E
$500; referred to on General
| Claims.
Fred schober, meat to Hospital. Janu-
to Hospital, January. s19S.27; Samuel ].
Blakey. green groceries TO Hospital, Jan
Hospital, January, SIS: n. Y. Condensed
MIX Co.. milk to Hospital, January.
SITS; M. A~bernethy, medicine to Hospital.
part Of January, 1 s. 4; 4; Post fish to
Van Anglen Co. dry goods to Hospital.
December and January, s186.56s Wood &
as Ms g.. n. V Wl Psrris to reoaETs al a 5aaunTS,
| January, $500; G. o. Osborne. incidentals,
December. 1897. and January. 1898, S25.4 40.
Referred to on Hospital and
AUDITING CLAIMS.
The following claims having been re-
they were referred. and resolutions pre-
/ scented ordering warrants drawn on City
Treasurer, by the following vote, the
yeas and nays having been ordered and
Yeas&Al the
Committee on Salaries:-Payrolls of de-
ices and Court clerks. ssis.6s; payroll
of sick and pensioned. I,Ss1.S9.
committee on General Glaims-Hobo-
Company, sfo.s5' $3.50 and sse.sS; j.. +.
Clark, s4 and $500; Alex Watson, Si14;
2 Pet ter Began Began 81 +; So q. Rha5. N o,NeIl,: 81 saES g
Wood & Menagh, S20.34 and $11.51:J. II.
Keim. SS1. so; Fred Unger, s15.s5; w. w.
Farrier, S103.03
Committee on Hospital and Dispense
ries:-Fred Schober. s2S5. "a; NJ. Abernethy
$15S.74; A. A. Smyth & Sons, s1sS.27; 5. r.
Condensed MIX Co. s77.75; A. Post. s24.sS:
T. c. Brown & Van Anglin Co., $lS6.56,
Wood & Menagh, $3.50; w. W. .Farrier.
sls:ss' E 9. Osborne s4'.4'' !. AsAas'aa''
BY President Abernethy and adopted
Resolved, That in order to carry. out
more fully the orders of this Board for
the suppression of crime and place the
| responsibility, the Chief of this depart
| bv authorized to make such transfers of
officers and men as he may deem neces-
sary, to more thoroughly prosecute the
WORK.. luiS lSSOtutAoA ~ edAS iASS o@
Motion by Commissioner West n
adopted, That when. we adjourn 1t be
subject to the call of the chair.
-Superintndent of Patrol Signal System
submitted annual report, which was or
dered spread in full on minutes.
Police Department.
Jersey City, Jan, II. 1885,
Hon. Board of Police Commissioners
GentlemenI have the honor to respect
fully submit my report for the year end
ing December 81, 1897, showing the condf-
ton and workings of Police Patrol pignai
| system, in my charge.
Following you will find the number of
calls sent in from signal boxes by men on
| post
First Precinct-Hourly report from men
| on post. 139, 872; wagon calls, 1.126. ambu-
lance calls, 60; telephone calls, 1900; total,
145. 1853.
Second Precinct-Hourly reports from
| men on post. 1S4.664; wagon calls. 1911,
| ambulance calls, 81; telephone calls. $500;
| total. 140, 1872.
Third Precinct-Hourly reports from
men on post. 72.9l2;; wagon calls, 223; am
bulance calls, %: telephone calls, ZOO.
Fourth Precinct-Hourly reports from
men on post. 90.064; wagon calls, $751; ann
bulance calls. IL telephone calls, 1900; to-
tai. 93.St9.
Fifth Precinct-Hourly reports from
men on post, 1921; wagon calls, 116; ann
bulance calls. 10 telephone calls. 1900;
total, 6l,013.
Sixth preeinctAHourly reports from men
| on post, 72g910; wagon calls. $50; ambu-
la11cn calls 10. Telephone calls. q TOO To