The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-06
POLICE HAVE MOVED IN.
The New Building Formally Taken
Possession of.


The police serseants moved into the new
building at the barracks yesterday, where
everything was arranged in perfect work
ing order TO receive The reports from the
divisions. The abandoned office, which has
been used over twenty-five years, was
stripped of its furniture and win hence
forth be used as an armory,
After brief meeting, Commissioners
Vetsburg and Gleason went through the
new building to SEQ what was needed in
the way of furnishings. The intention IS
to fit out the building neatly especially
'the sergeauts' Office in the south side, fac
ing Eabersham street From present APP
pearances there viii be few things TO pro-
vide for it. as the furniture from the old
office win take up all the available space.
The practice Of a prisoner being accom-
panied 10 the barracks with aH his kin,
together with lawyers and bondsmen, VIII
apparently be a thing of the past, for en-
forced reasons, Besides the officer and
prisoner, there viii be little room for any
one else.
The convenience of the new arrange
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place, an public business will be trans
acted from the Police Court building, ex-
cept in cases where il IS desired to see
Chief McDermOtt personally. The old
sally-port, after witnessing the ingress and
egress OF multitudes Of transgressors a
quarter of century, viii be closed, and
the man who passed him OUT Will be
at the Habersham street patrol wagon
entrance alongside the sorgeants office.
lie will there be in such close communica-
ton With the stables that he will always
be able 70 reach his post before the driv-
ers are ready TO start. Quicker time in
responding 60 calls win likely be made,
though the service in this regard II now
up TO a high standard
Recorder Ravenel will hold forth in the
new court room this morning, where ev-
erything has been scrubbed and cleaned
under the direction of Quartermaster Ar
mold. The Recorders bench is in the west
end Of the room, and about the center is
a railing TO separate officers, attorneys
and prisoners on trial, from the few per-
mitted TO witness the proceedings. But
as in the sergeants office. even standing
room viii be at a premium, and when a
fat man with a big market basket on each
arm spreads himself in the place intended
for spectators, all available space will
have been occupied. There is no disap-
pointment in the smallness Of the room
however, since 1t is the intention Of the
police commissioners, as far as> possible,
TO keep the rabble cleared out while court
Is in progress. Whether the enforcement
of this will keep a crowd on Habersham
street mornings TO the annoyance of resi-
dents in that vicinity remains to be seen,
though some means will be devised to
avoid this in the event it occurs.
Chief McDermott will remain in his
present office in the front building. where
he has telephone connection with the
sergeants office. The vacated office
across the hallway will be used as an
arsenal, thingv2hat has been needed bv
the department a long time. THE guns
Will be removed from their hitherto dusty
and secluded place to the clean racks
that Will be built for them in the ser
eeants office. There they can be given
more attention, and in the event they
should be needed hurriedly, the men will
not have to scramble up a labyrinth of
stairs to get them.
In making the shift much credit Is due
Electrician Claiborne, who connected the
network of wires without faltering i'm any
way For several days the poles have
been up and wires strung to the new
building, SO that the only thing was to
remove the Gamewell desk and make
connections. When this was done the calls
began rolling in with cIock-like regularity.
and the lack of friction last night would
not indicate that everything had been up-
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