The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
NEW POLICE SCHEDULE
Chief Murphy Says It Does MOI
Prevent Arrests = City
Hospital Report

The Board of Police Commissioner
held only a brief session yesterday after
noon. The following communication was
received from Chief of Police urphy:-
Jersey City, Jan. IA, 1898.
Honorable Board of Police Commits
sioners.
Gentlemen-In accordance with a
resolution adopted by your Board all
men doing patrol duty shoul dothe
men who did day duty, only no re-
serve or other extra duty except on
special occasions. These men have
every night home. We. put all these
and assigned them to day and night
posts, as the other men are, and as
a result the service gains one night
post and seven day posts. We still
his partner covering the same night
post, and the day posts are also regu-
larly covered by the same men, n
by this means all of the patrolmen
become acquainted with the habits of
citizens on their posts both day and
night and consequently must give good
satisfaction, and the present system is
such that the men are given as much
time off as at any other tour ever
worked here.
If later on it is found that the men
look out for their interests. The as
sertion to the effect that the men have
not proper time for rest is all non
sense, as is also the allegation that
some of the men refrain from making
arrests. etc. Police officers who would
neglect to make an arrest when crime
is committed is unworthy to wear the
uniform of a Jersey City policeman
men.
Your obedient servant,
BENJAMIN MURPHY,
Chief of Police.
Another communication from the chief
%nounc the death of Patrolman John
Dalton, of the sanitary squad, on De-
cember 90. and of Patrolman Ellis Dod-
son. of the Second precinct, found dead
on post at II o'clock, NJ, January Il,
through accident or suicide. The com
munications were ordered entered in full
on the minutes.
Applications to have special : police
power conferred on private watchmen
William C. Reen, Frank Mccullough and
John irvine for duty respectively at the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Burt Il Mitcheus
shipyard, foo of Morris. street, and the
of Music, were referred TO the
chief with power.
Warden Osborne of the City Hospital
the following eport for the
month of December
Number of patients remaining Decem-
Der /, Is; admitted during the month, lo0;
treated during the month, 22S; discharged
cured, rs; discharged improved, AZ. sent
to county institutions, IL; died, II; re-
naming January /, 70; number of Surgi-
cal dispensary cases, 312; medical dis
pensary cases, 223; eye and ear cases, 34;
ambulance calls; Sc; number of prescrip-
lions filed, 1885.
Warden Osborne also submitted a re-
port for the year 1897, Of which the fol-
lowing are most important details:-
Number of patients remaining in the
Hospital, january /, 1897. 20; admitted
during the year, 1856; births during the
same period, 81; making a total Of 1896
treated during the year, being an Increase
of III over any previous year. OF this
number LILO were discharged cured; 276
discharged improved; 81 sent to county
institutions; z discharged unimproved;
IA died, leaving u under treatment, De-
cember 81. 1897
IN addition, there were treated during
the year 1897 surgical d~ispensary cases;
ISL medical dispensary cases; 1915 eye,