The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
an POST IN LONELYVILLE.
~rv roRK PoLIoEMBN TRY QUEENS
NOV COUNTY WALKING.

-. fallen in UNPLEASANT places. from their
Lint Of view. the places being Jamaica, Rich
md Hill, Flushing, Whitestone. Newtown.
Collage Point. Rockaway Beach. and Far Rock
.v.v To take a man accustomed to city patrol
~ and send him of to the Long Island wild
Goods is regarded by the victims. after one day
y, o,nerIencc, as distinctly hardhearted. They
sor,t know the country, and the country doesn't
sOor them; but they arc doing their level best
:. All the places OF the local constsbulary whom
.Ssy have oustcd. and II the results shall not be,
A.. time. all that might be desired, the inten-
,,ons. nj least, arc good.
From the way in which the new police took
,o,,sssion, the Long Islanders werc led to
h.llcve that war had been declared by Man.
t,,tan Island upon that region, and tho police
vsre tho vanguard. Their very appearance
hrcsthed slaughter when they landed In Long
I,Iond City, and their methods OF entering their
nav quarters was to charge In through the
aoor. hand on pistol or club, in a solid pha-
I.nx. and in most Of the cases find then,.
,elyes confronted by empty silence. The
iocal forces had abdicatcd quietly. In two places
they made a purely perfunctory protest before
d.nartinC. 1t was a bloodless and not particu.
iarly glorious victory, though the new arrivals
would have been glad OF n little "scrapping to
keep them warm. But there was plenty to do.
The sereeants who didn't even know the names
NJ the principal streets in their precincts sent
the men out on post with the general order:
go out and patrol somewhere"
The policemen did 20 out and patrol some
where. md. from their comments Upon their
new destiny. heard by a reporter who made the
rounds Of tho stations yesterday. they did not
,cem to be favorably impressed. Flushing is
supposed to bo ono Of tho most desirable pre-.
clpcts in tho new arrangement; but this opinion
IA probably held by the men who are not de-
tailed there rather than by those who are.
The reporter found tho Sergeant in
deep,y interested in the study of o town map,
supplemented by a directory.
I'm trying to study out n system OF PATROLS
he said. There arc ten men detailed here, and
rs near as l can figure out from this map there's
about 700 miles of highway to cover, not to
mention a few thousand acres Of woodland"
Tho police station there is the old Town Hall.
which in former days, while not in use as o town
hall. was put to a variety of other uses. The
Flushing Charity Ball has been held there an.
nually; churches have hired 1t for fairs; patent
medicine lecturers here held forth upon rene.
dies warranted to give instant relief to lifelong
sufferers, whether from chilblaius, consump.
ton, or curvature of the spine. at ST. per bottle;
social ~coteries have waxcd its floors for their
dances, anu ! has tNch pCou tuo VI
weddings and funerals. Anybody in possession
Of the price could hire the Town Hall for any
legitimate purpose; but the townspeople are
now realizing that there is to be a change. A
young man with n businesslike air came into
the station house while the Sergeant was at
luncheon. and told the roundsman in charge
that he would like to have the place on Monday
might: . ,,,a .,o
Hnunds pna n &. - thiQ IA Tho nnliNa atAflOn.'
81 know that said the visitor. We're 60
ing to get up q little entertainment for the
YOU can't give an entertainment here" said
the representative of the force.
I'VE expect to pay for it."
this place now"
But We only want it for one evening. You
bring EN- in again afterward. Maybe we could
let you in for half price,"
1t was some time before the young man could
DO convinced that his GRAND was useless. He
left declaring that such a disregard OF approved
usage was a scandal to the town. and he'd write
At Whflestonc, where tho new police found
the old ones in uniform. waiting to enter q
formal protest, there is evidence OF q disposi'
When the patrolmen compared notes they came
to a common agreement that the inhabitants
were very much afflicted with inquisitiveness.
Every one of them had been kept busy trying to
answer questions. chiefly about the locality, AS
there was but one man OF the entire lot who had
ever been In the place before. and that ono but
once, on u German picnic. their combined local
Information was not extensive. One of them
persons had desired to be directed. There
were thirty.seven streets In his list, and, as they
In Jude such thorouGhfnres as West Hencoop
he Is inclined to tho belief that he has been
made a subject for Jokes. All his fellows arc
s a1iriss to WIN Whis shh'p they Se saHs sa %bjhay q were see In IN
the nature OF an examination md a test. One
p'trolman was insulted by an offer from the
The ~ around the place for a ive-spot."
College Point has q brewery not far from the
Station house. which is reg rded as cQmpensa-
ton IN part or other shortcomings OF The iocali-
". i also has numbered streets. which greatly
facilitate the acquiring of local information.
But College Point is full Of persons who have
lived there forever, more or less. and therefore
claim al the PRIVILEGES Of the old inhabitant."
Particularly in the matter OF criticism. Not less
than our octogcnarlan citizens visited the police
et I on YESTERDAY and expressed their opinions on
II and its occup lnts. One objected to the uni
which, under the old regime. always stood near
The w"rm stove, was RELOCATED to the cold back
YARD under the new; the condition Of the side
slipped up and broke my neck" was the
s sTnrnssSs Of borG q third and the fourth
Of the place directly. because the Sergeant
at the desk declined to give him the weather
forecast, which he insisted, was entered upon
encient specimens ont OF the station by force.
for fcar the Old gentlemen might smash or
~ " PIE up 20 tney nAu 10 Dear IL.
ms annoyance, however. is less than that
suffered by the Jamaica force. JPmaica appears
10 be infested with lost live stock. The losers
got up bright and early and came to tho police
station. One wished n general alarm sent out
Tor a lost pig. Another's COW had wandered
away, A third inquired anxiously after
q yellow dog. These three all came he
lore daylight. By noon there were re-
uorted enough lost animals to have stocked
several barnyards. That this was tho local
method OF having fun with the police dawned
upon them when there appeared 4 at the desk n
lantern-jawed product OF the sol, who. after
Kicking the snow from his boots with great care.
tones:
Lost. last night. from the farm of Jeb Haw-
kihs ono stray hen. medium size, plump, good
disposition. dark complicated; last seen"
UT! shouted the Sergeant, rising from his
chhlr, and the product OF the soil chuckled his
km ufy ont OF tho door. leaving the slip of paper
AT Richmond Hill the snow has been n source
OF Griei 10 the patrolmen. When they went out
Sh thelr preliminary tours they encountered
uril,s on all sides. The first to return showed
neck.
,..s"y, Sergeant" he observed as he shook
t nbnmisSil, don't you give n snow shovel with
Another arrived with one trousers leg frozen
tstIl and reported that he had patrolled his en-
.re beat crcept in n few places where the Ice
was 100 thin. still another didn't como back at
all. II tRl Fln that la s-I I..v- - I'LL.