The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-16
REPORT OF CLERK.

REPORT OF CLERK.
New Haven, Conn.,, January /, 1899
James Wrinn, Superintendent of Police:
Dear Sir-I herewith submit my an
nual report of the department of police
service covering the fiscal year from
January /, 1885, to and including De-
cember 81, 1898. AS heretofore the re-
port includes a statement Of the
finances Of the department for the fiscal
year ending this date, the condition of
the Policemens Relief fund, and the
general statistics of the work accom-
plished by the department during the
year in tabuated form.
During the year just closed the total
running expenses of the department
have been $195, 776.43, Of which amount
$1S6, 0S302 was expended for the pay of
members of the department, $2639.30 for
the maintenance, repair and enlarge
ment of the police alarm system, $500. 40
for the purchase of new and repair of
old harnesses and wagons, $500 for the
purchase of new horses, $134S.42 for for
age, $231.41 for special detective service,
S99244 for the purchase of sundries,
$99S06 for purposes of heating, $1,790 03
for purposes of lighting, $999.55 for the
purpose of maintaining and repairing
the buildings connected with the de-
partment.
/ For the first time In the history of the
department Of police service as result
of rigid economy the department has
succeeded in not spending the entire
amount appropriated to it and has had
the satisfaction of reporting as unex-
pended during the year sum consider
ably in excess of that unexpended dur
ing any previous year.
| The expenditures noted above are for
the thirteen months from December l,
1897, to December 81, 1898. This was
caused by the adoption of a new char
ter for the city of New Haven, which
changed the date of the fiscal year from
December /, as under the former char
ter, to January /. This of course left
the several departments of the city gov
eminent unprovided for as to finances
during the months of December, 1897,
and in order to provide for just this
emergency the honorable board of
finance made the appropriation in De-
| cember 1897, for thirteen months, or
from December l. 1897, to and including
December 81, 1898.
Under the provisions of the new city
charter the care and Yepair of the build
ings connected with the department, to-
gether with the heating and lighting of
same, was placed under the direct con-
troll of the department instead of as
heretofore under the charge of the city
auditor and the committee on lamps of
the court of common council. This
change has been in many respects
very satisfactory one and despite the
fact that the amounts appropriated
during the year were altogether too
meagre for these purposes, still consid-
cradle advancement has been made
along these lines. The entire police
building on Court street is badly in
need of repairs and several thousand
dollars could well be expended on it
and to great advantage. During the
year the most notable advancement
along these lines was the erection of a
private office for the captain of Station
No 1 and located Immediately in the
rear of the present general office at a
cost oil about $3.50.
There is at the present time under the
control of the board of police commits
sioners, by the provisions Of the new city
charter, property valued at $1S6,125, in
Guiding the real estate, buildings there
on and contents of the police buildings
on Court street, Grand avenue station,
Howard avenue station and Dxwell
avenue station. During the year the
police alarm system has been improved
and enlarged by the addition of four
new signal boxes, which adds consider
ably to the value of the system, and at
the same time so much Increases the ac-
tual worth of the city property.
The Policemens Relief fund has at
the present time on it's rolls nine former
members of the department. This fund,
made up, as it is, of per cent of the
amount of license fees received by the
county from liquor dealers, together
with such donations as may from time
to time be made to it, is at the present |
time in healthy condition and amounts |
at this date to $39,S5734. of which |
amount $50, 900 is invested in nrst class |
interest bearing securities and the bal
ance of $3,S57.34 is on deposit with the
treasurer of the city in the Merchants |
National bank of this city. The total |
amount added to the fund during the |
year from January 1, 1898, to January |
l, 1899, is $12,796.26. of which S11 .42072 |
was received from license fees from the |
county commissioners, S4554 from seiz-
ure of illegal liquors, and s1,270 from
interest on securities, bonds, rewards,
etc. The total amount paid to the men
on the retired list during the year
amounts to $5,64S61.
The members of the department have
made 6,723 arrests during the year, in
Guiding all grades of crime and INSIDE
Some of the more important
of these are: Murder /, manslaughter