The times., 1899-03-21
NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
The District mmissioners Select n
Desirable building.

In view of the crowded condition of
Police Headquarters and the local Detective
Bureau. efforts are being made by the
Commissioners to secure accommodations
for those branches of the District govern
ment in property other than the District
building. The new. fiscal year will be-
gin July l, and if any change is
made 1t must be completed on or before
that date The new appropriation for the
rental of Police. Fire Department, and De-
tectire headquarters will begin with the
fiscal year. =41-.
The Commissioners have been seeking a
new home for these departments for some
time, but until yesterday nothing definite
had been accomplished. Most of the build
ings which were viewed by the Commis-
sioners were found unsatisfactory and
many We're too antiquated to be available.
conference was held yesterday at the
District Building, which, may be attended
with better results.5I District Commits
sioners Wight and Ross, Chief Paris, of
the Fire Department, Major Sylvester Chief
of Police, and a prominent real estate
owner were present. The name of the
latter is being withheld for the present.
The proposition discussed included the re-
modelling and practical rebuilding of a
structure near the District building. The
work of altering the building, it is pro-
perEe, and he is to turn the building over
to the Commissioners in good order by
July / next.
The Commissioners looked with favor
upon the proposition, but no final decision
was reached. The owner will give the mat
ter more consideration after a conference
with Major Sylvester relative to the ac-
commodations that will have to be pro-
vided and the changes that will have to be
do te r,Dth hAlsa hat
there will be any hitch in the negotiations.
Should the property owner agree to the
proposition he will have to alter the build
ing so that it will accommodate the De-
tective Bureau, Police Headquarters the
offices Of the Chief of the Police and Fire
Departments, the rooms of the Property
Clerk, and the offices Of the District Sani-
tary Officer. whose work is closely allied
to that Of the Police and Detective Bureaus.
The scheme Of arrangement has already
been roughly drafted. The building is fifty
feet wide in front and has long hall ex-
tending from front TO rear, fully ten feet
wide. On the left of the entrance on the
lower floor will be four rooms, twenty feet
wide, to be devoted entirely to the use OF
Police Headquarters. On the opposite side
of the hallway will be four more rooms of
equal size, and symmetrically located,
which will be remodeled so as to accommo-
GATE the detective bureau. III tniS way IL
is expected to separate Police Headquarters
and the Detective Bureau, which at pres
ent occupy several rooms jointly on the
basement floor of the District Building.
Just back of Police Headquarters will be
four rooms twenty feet wide. They will be
used for the accommodation of Chief Par
ris and his assistants. who conduct the
business of the Fire Department. On the
opposite side of the hallway and in the
rear of the quarters of the detectives will
be four large rooms, to be used by the Dis
trict Sanitary Officer. The entire second
floor will be devoted to the use Of Major
Sylvester, Chief of Police, his assistants
and clerical force The Property Clerk will
also be installed in quarters on the second
floor. Both Police Headquarters and the
Detective Bureau will have public and pri-
vate consultation rooms. where police mat
ters may be discussed and compliments
received. Separate rooms will also be pro-
vided for the examination Of prisoners.
There will likewise be detention room,
where female prisoners and persons held
on various charges may be detained at Po-
lice Headquarters overnight without being
compelled to sleep in police station cell.
1t is the intention to make the new head
quarters complete in every respect, and
inst aS rnOruy as DOssihlP