The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-03
WANT The SYSTEM
POLICE COMMISSIONERS TO ASK
COUNCIL FOR SIGNAL BOXES
Department EXPENDITURES
Asked of the Board of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Block As
sessment-City Hall Notes

Yesterdays meeting of the police COM
mission was short and to the point, no
time being wasted in preliminaries, and
what business there was to do was dis
posed of in short order. All the members
were present except Commissioner wy
man.
A communication was presented by Chief
Glass, in which he makes plea for the
tenn, the allowance for which was
cut from the department estimate
by the city auditor. 1t is requested
that a committee be appointed for the pur-
pose of interviewing the council to ascer-
tain whether 1t is not possible to secure an
appropriation to put In the system, as 1t
is actually necessary "for the advancement
of the department to a basis equal to that
Of other cities of it's size throughout the
United States"
A tabuated statement IS appended, by
which 1t is shown that, while the total eX-
penditure for the department for the past
year has been 1854, the sum of s50,5O9.SS
is credited with having been saved to the
taxpayers by the work of the chain gang
recovery of stolen property by detectives.
fines and penalties imposed in the police
courts, amount saved by having cooking
done in the jail and interpreting by bailiff,
thus making the total cash outlay for the
force ss2,744.12. In conclusion he says:
ut is needless for me to explain the many
benefits which this department would de-
rive from a system of this kind, as you are
all familiar with the same. 1t is just as
essential in a city with the population we
have as is fire alarm system, and Will
not only greatly improve the department,
but will also place US on basis with other
cities of this size throughout the universe.
Upon motion of Commissioner Gibbor.
the chair appointed a committee of three,
consisting of Messrs. Gibbon, McLain and
Preuss, to go before the council and urge
the necessity Of an appropriation FOR the
signal system, and at the same time ask
that a sum be set aside to provide for the
furnishing of a uniform revolver for the
force.
Patrolman Joe Miller was to have been
heard on his reasons for not arresting the
bartender and a couple of men whom ne
found fighting in the Dewey saloon, Broad
wav and sixth street, one Sunday morn
ing about o'clock several weeks ago.
that, owing to the absence, on matrimonial
matters, of Clerk Todd, he had not been
officially notified, the matter went over q
week for hearing. Lee Morris, proprietor
of the Dewey, who appeared to save his
license If possible, was not heard.
Demands of Officers G. H. Williams, John
Stephenson and A. B. Bates for $41.66 each
on the treasury, half-pay while on the sick
list, were approved.
-Four applications for appointment as spe-
cial policemen were considered. Three
were appointed and one filed. Isaac s,
Smith, manager of the free labor bureau.
was given star. Captain A. D. Wood.
who resides In the outskirts of the city AMI
who has been the victim of chicken-coop
depredators. asked and was given power to
make arrests. The application of Matt
Rosenthal was filed. In spite Of the fact
that the application of Harry ]. Hirst was
signed by only one person, instead Of five,
as the rules of the commission require, he
was ordered given a star. The one indorser
of Hirst's application was Herman Silver,
president of the council. Hirst Is employed
on the Los Angeles Electric railway as
foreman of the shops at the power house,
where small boys and other depredators
need minion of the law to suppress thenl