The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
Police HOARD MorEs sERo
lirooklyn Riueeonts TO ESQ Tried Thore-Chier
No I.orEer Appoints Ioundsmcn.

brooklyn httueeonts 70 bN Nrieu Enere-N mel
No LenEer Appointn Roundsmcn.
The Police Board rested on Its oars yesterday.
Beyond directing that the annexed Queens
county villages DC connected with Mulberry
street by wire without delay, It took no official
action. McCullagh is still acting Chief, in
spite OF COL iident predictions that he would
speedily drop tho dlsagrccable prefix and be-
come full Chief. That he has tho inside track
In the race. IL. indeed. there Is n race, fcw
doubt, but fewer still feel called upon 10 pre-.
dict when he will be appointed. Tho new
board has ITS own way Of doing business, that
is as far rs possible from the way OF the old.
The Commissioner gather in President Works
room on the third floor and smoke together for
half or three-quarters Of an hour-thcy are all
great smokers and then word comes out that
the chief clerk and the stenographer nre want.
cd. BY and by they come out with a very brief
tale Of what was done, leaving q very general
impression that tho half was not told. And
that is all there is Of 1t. The board has not yet
appointed even its standing committees, with.
out which business could mover before 60 on.
1t sits, as 1t were. in committee of the whole
every day, considering yet only the large us.
poets Of its case. without bothering itself with
routine. of which. happily, there Is very little.
the old board having cleared the deck cffectual-
ly. But 1t is all the while accumulating.
Yesterday n temporary co mmittee on licenses
matcrialized. 1t consists Of Commissioner
Hamilton and Sexton. The board is charged
with the duty Of granting licenses to theatres,
concert halls, and entertainments Of every
kind. The committee is to ascertain Just what
the board has to do. 1t is simple enough. Tho
application, say. OF n concert hall at Ridge.
wood, is made at Headquarters, is referred to
tho Captain Of the precinct, passed back by tho
INSPECTOR, and granted or refused by the board
on the facts shown. y clerk can manage II all
outside the board room. Probably in the end
there will be a.burcau and rumor already men.
tons Sergeant Frank Mangin as the man to
have charge OF II.
There was some uncasincss in Mulberry street
rs to the result when the Brooklyn policemen
who need disciplining came over to be tried at
Headquarters. Tho trial room on the top floor
cops: moro would crowd it to the point Of me-
cessitating two trial days. President York set
stopping at the Brooklyn Headquarters on the
way over and there trying a policeman charged
With clubbing. The matter proved too much
day. When he reached Mulberry street no an.
nounced that Brooklyn trials would be held in
there. The policemen OF Richmond and Queens
and OF the bronx will be- disciplined in Mui:
sit In Mulberry street to see President York,
who alone has some experience In these things,
The Chief sent Inspector Brooks to Staten
Island. yesterday to report on the condition of
the police and police property there under the
TcSolutlOn VI INC DOuTu. III SenU FOanC snlan
Iins sefseaat; Tbs Wss the asss transfer
faom the one cid SaF9 eit1 to tic a sSifteG the w fol,oM thS li ssT.
geants about: Cotton from Eldridgo street TO
West Forty.,seventh street. Hulse from West
from Delaney street to kingsbridge, Norris
from Kingsbridge to Mulberry street, Kelly from
street. shs sen Eosell T from the eG Esse * Market MARI eh, Court to
y, we ,5e1 d9eta sts MsEt FSod sn fso Ma west tooth roth street Net
horny sfrant IN Easpx Narkpt patrnl~ap Dat
rick McGirr was taken from the West iooth.
street station and brought back to the Central
welt board. He was James j. Martins personal
attendant when Martin was President of the
sioner Sections.
The sisnifca n Of some Of these transfers
Foody was bounced by. 1t from the very court to
which he is scnt back for letting g prisoner
roundsman when he was bounced. He will
probably get his rank back now.
The question OF the ro4ndsmen presents ono
the new charter. Under the old plan the Chief
made and unmaae roundsmen at will. The
iuty the officers and members Of the police force
and shall, have power to change such assign
ever. that permanent assignments of patrolmen
to duty as roundsmen shall be made by tho
Police Board on the recommendation Of the
Chief OF Police. and In case OF the rejection of
any such assignment recommended by the Chief
he shall within three days submit another name
nna eq Is made. p Z T6 Se GRiei 4 i pf thas shorn Ss Of an
important function. He has tho initiative, but
first step to put a man in limo of promotion; for
Sergcants. under section 2s2. must be still ''se-
lected from among pRtrolmen assigned to duty as
roundsmen, as provided in section 294," quoted
above.
The word permanent first put the idea into the
on the same basis as all above It, SO that a
roundsman could no more be reduced than a
sSSi spsI1ea or an 3 Captain n t nInns IT TIT II illusion ~. tom has mns been
ness lest the effect of the provision may be just
the opposite. The timid fear that the language
by the Police Board ON the recommendation Of
cause the reduction Of the whole 200 and their
and that the board will not be slow to take ad.
no ronndsman not selected for that duty las pro.
vided in section s9i" can DO promoted to the
there arc many Of that kind.
One. WHICH has received mere passing atten-
the uniform OF the park policemen. That body
solidation. been made an integral part Of the
position which the SANITARY Corps does un.
der the orders Of the Health Hoard: Upon
the charter, the Police Board shall. from time
to time,sdetail to service in the Park Depart.
mfni %s %'a9 3SSd mGn n' a an t NEEDED th TO f ksap o S9%,
AS long ms they are SO detailed they fhail con.
stitute the park police. The Police Board has
the power of disciplining.them: At any time the
board can recall them: and II they do not suit
them. they may be changed. The Police Hoard
has all the say concerning them. except In the
missioners cannot prescribe their uniform,
even IL they would. The chance of tho de.
different uniforms inconyenicnt, and of itself
suggests O. change from the gray to the univer.
sal police blue, Besides. the gray Is not liked.
does not wear we'll. 1t is believed that some.
thing of the spirit that made the Brooklyn
Captains strip themselves OF their shoulder
straps to be like tho finest" will prompt the
suggestion even In the old corps itself that there