The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-25
Very respectfully

this Department, for the quarter ending
March 81. 1885,.
Very respectfully.
BENZ. MURPHY.
Chief Of Police.
Crimes and offenses for which persons
We're arrested
Abandonment, 341: adultery, /; aiding
prisoner 10 escape, /; assault, 1; assault,
~felnnious. 2; assault. indecent, 2; assault
and battery, 213; atrocious assault n
battery, q; bastardy, s; bigamy, /; break
ing and entering, A; breaking, entering
and larceny, 81; burglary, 8; burglary, at
orderly conduct, 81; disorderly persons.
S61; drunk and disorderly, 20; entering n
larceny, 10; entering and attempt al lar
ceny, /; embezzlement, 8. false pretenses
S; forgery, 2: fugitives from justice. 81;
f~ornication, 8; gambling. Is; gambling,
maintaining a place of, 2; Keeping a DIS
orderly house, 20; larceny, grand, u; lar
ceny, petit, 126; larceny from the person,
8; larceny attempt at. i; lunatic, danger
Gus. s: lewdneSS. open, /; manSlaughter,
2: murder, 2. malicious mischief, Il; may
hem, 2; rape, 2: receiving stolen gooas 8
robbery. 10: robbery, attempt at. s: sun
day. selling liquor on, /; sending threat
ening letters, 8; uttering counterfeit
money, /: uttering worthless checks, o;
violation health rules, 9: violation city
ordinance, 123: violation of bottle law, 3;
violation county rules, 4.
Disposition of persons arrested failed
for trial, s; bailed to support family. z;
1A4ienAIO Keen tHC2 DCECCT "
for that. 147; committed as a witness, b;
committed for one day, 4; committed for
2 days, I; committed for 3 days, u; CON-
mitted for 5 days 8; committed for ~
mitted for 80 days. 1902; committed for 40
days, 1; committed for 60 days, 81; COM
mitted for 80 days, So; committed Tor D
months. 10; escaped for 80 days. SO: COM
,nitted for 6 months. IS; escaped prisoner,
i. delivered to other authorities, 40. ex-
changed. 7S5; fined s.. S.; 81, u. 81 I; e.
i. s5. 1876: Sc. 2; SO, 101; SIS, 10, so, 70; 20:
IS; $50, S: 81 and costs, /; fined cost OF
Nationality of persons arrested-Austria,
9; Armenia l. Canada. s; Cuba. 81 Den
mark, 8; England. IS; France, IL; Greeee,
i; Germany. 11S; Hungary. 3; Ireland, "a;
Italy. 1e2: Norway. 2: Poland. 26; Russia,
90: Spain. ]: Scotland. Is: Switzerland, J.;
Sweden. 5; United States. LIZA; Wales, z
Number of persons arrested during eaeh
tour of duty-Morning tour. 4S3; afternoon
tour, ass; evening tour. So: night tour,
a21. Total. 1854. Amount of money coli
lected as fines, So. $3.50. so. Sex. color, trade
females. 1875: white LES; colored. So; hav-
ing a trade. 1853; no trade. 1,4R. Ages
Under 10. 8; from 10 to 20, 413; 20 to %, go
20. 48; 10 to so, T.. Number of lost children.
males. So; females 81: total, 90. Stores
and premises found open, 81. Amount OF
property stolen. $6,12S.25; amount of prop
erty recovered. $2106.5S: missing persons
reported. 1G5: number of accidents report
ed -l02. nUmDeF OIL PERSONS lUulld SlCh 0l
street. "A; number of persons sent to City
Hospital. los; number of persons sent 10
their homes. 70; NIB of dead bodies
found. 90: number sent to the morgue, "a:
number of dead bodies delivered to friends
~: number of suicides. 8; number OF at
tempted suicides, 2; number of sudden
deaths rs; number of fires attended, q;
number Of patrol wagon calls, 1,G3S;
Number of dead animals removed, 400;
permits granted. 81; telephone messages
sent, Z 6S2; telephone messages received,
1859. Total sent and received, 1921 To-
tai number of arrests. l S54,
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Motion by Commissioner Feeney and
adopted
That when we adjourn it be to meet on
Friday 22d inst. at four O'clock:
Statistical of the Warden of the City
Hospital for the month of March, 1898
Ordered spread on minutes.
Jersey CITY Hospital. April l, 1898.
Hon. Board of Police Commissioners.
Gentlemen most respectfully submit
my report for the month OF March, 1888.
q. OSBORNE, Warden.
Number of patients remaining March 1,
n: number admitted during the month,
Number discharged cured, SO; number
DISCHARGED improved, 81; number sent to
county Institutions. 16; number died, II;
total 1857. Number Remaining in Hospi-
tai April l, 10. number of surgical dispen-
Sary cases, 800; number of medical dlspen-
sary cases. 210; number Of eye ana ear
dispensary cases. 4l9; number Of ambul-
ance cases, IS; number of prescriptions
Report Of superintendent of Signal sys-
tern for quarter ending March 81, 1898.
Ordered spread on minutes.
Police Department,
Jersey City, April 10, 1888.
Hon. Board of Police Commissioners.
Gentlemen-I hay the honor to respect
fully submit my quarterly report, nan
March 81. 1895. Showing the condition and
workings of police signal system in my
charge. Following is 9 list of calls sent
in from Signal boxe by the of1lcers on
post in their respective p~recincts;-
First Preefnct-fiourly reports from
men on uost. 81. 96S; wagon calls, 2s9; am
bulance calls. 80; telephone calls, 800; total
37,c97.
men on post. 81, 0S5; wagon calls, S19; am
bulance calls, %; telephone calls, zoo
total, Sc, 1919.
Third Precinct-Hourl reports from
men on post. q, 40: wagon calls, 70; am
bulance calls. 500, telephone calls. 800;
Fourth Precinct-Hourly reports from
men on post, "a, 4S0; wagon calls. 205; am
balance calls, IA; telephone calls, 500. To-
Fifth PrecinctLHouriy reports from
main post, 1856; wagon calls, z telephone
calls, 200; ambulance calls, =; total, 1853,
Sixth Precinet-Hourly reports from
men on post, q $50; wagon calls. .; ann
bulance calls, 10; telephone calls, 400 To-
Seventh Precinct-Hourly reports from
men on post. 14,2S0; a calls, g; am
bulance calls. s: telephone calls, 800. Ic-
tai. Ia, $40. Grand total. 1915.
/ have made the following changes OF To-
cation of signal boxes in Third precines,
and in connection with this have run two
miles of No. p b.. S. guage hardrawn III
sulated copper wire
Box 33.fron Summit n Beacon to sum-
nit and Manhattan; Box %, from Central
and Iaidlaw to st. PduIs, between Oak
land and Central; Box IA, from Palisade
and Beacon to Jefferson and Bonner ave-
nueS; Box q. from Prospect ard Oakland
to Reservoir, between Seeman place aEd
Al from Palisade and Ferry. Sixth pre-
clnct. and located same on dividing line
Of Third n Sixth precinct. Roorsem
place and Palisade avenue This brings
the Third Precinct officer to the extreme.
end Of his post on Palisade avenue. Sig.
nal boxes Il ind 122, Second Precinct, and
bnx IL, Sixth Precinct, full magnets.
burned out, sent to factory OF maker. and
had three new ones sent to me, and put
them in at our signal boxes.
apparatus in First Precinct, also Second
Precinct. and show a good effect from
this change. I AVE repaired fifteen sig
nal boxes in the different precincts and
forty sets of telephones.
I again call the attention OF your hon-
orabfe body TO the recommendation made
In my yearly report as follows
must respectfully recommend to yous
honorable body the running Of one more
wire in Fourth and Seventh Precinct
complete third wire system throughout
the entire city and will add materially 10
the telephone service in street boxes IN
above named stations. The expense OF
amount of good ii will do for transmits
sian If messages through signal boxes.