New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-05
THE PASSING THRONG.

John J. Hartnett one Of the four Inspectors %
Police in Chicago is at the Park Avenue Hotel Hs
is on pleasure trip through the East and IL Incl
dentally looking into the police sys-
POLICE tens Of tho larger Eastern clties
STUDY FOR FOR points" as he gays. Mr. Hart.
CHICAGO nett gives It his opinion that
none OF the great cities OF tho
Union that he has visited has a sufficiently larso
force Of to police its territory properly.
Take, for instance. New-York" he said. You
have only 1000 police here for population Of about
3ooo.Cc The New-York police force should have at
least 5000 Then consider Chicago. with
population Of over 10000. and territory which
| is twenty-seven miles long and eight miles wide
| We have 1900 policemen, and should have 200
| more. Boston has fore. OF only 1000 men,
whereas II should have three times that number.
| The may be said Of Philadelphia, where 29e
men are supposed TO protect the entire city. In
here, consists Of two blocks Thus one man IL held
| responsible for everything that occurs within his
where there is nothing to be guarded except COWS
and hay fields, the posts are more extensive, cover
Years ago We tried the system which is now IN
vogue in New-York, Of having each man patrol a
unsatisfactory. however. because nobody looked az
ter what happened between the streets II was
during this period that the notorious pair ~ crooks
| known as the Long Man and the Short Man
perpetrated their daring robbeties Aftsrwsrd.
man responsible for two whole blocks, these depre-
dations ceased. and the long and short men wers
NJ Harnett would no, cr Jets. the recent ia
here nor me the aeay nsT' SroT wa
other day with regard 10 the latter howeyer no
cautions agairst such riots by sending along
sufficient force of special men 10 preserve order
a ton of cure" he said. AN incident occurs 70 my
mind which illustrates this point well Abou;;
was assigned TO a post adjoining one which was
covered by green man. who was very anxious 10
S bis n6s sa% him .asdns IL an ay en
watching an open window In the house on the
sneaked up to him in the shadow OF nigh board
said that burglar had just crawIed into the win
ibid you see him.? I asked.
"'Then why didn't YOU nab him.
out with WSnt the f pu m 3' he G responded
while were talking we heard shot N the
lar, and received bullet wound which. as after
ward turned out. came very near being tatai we
& Would e have a been much better for everybody
concerned II the green patrolman had been content
the burglar red-kanded."
William Shakespeare is in the city Although hs
is not the original william he that he is In
directly descended" from the great bard This
William Shakespeare is not a lit
SHAKESPEARE erary man He is an agent for
ON two lines Of steamships which
CEYION TEA haul tea from Ceylon 10 foreign
markets He came to this coun-
try on business for his employers and VIII san
this week for Europe on the White Star liner Bill
fannie.
When seen Yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Mr. Shakespeare did not care to talk about his IA
nous ancestor but he gave the r2Ro9er seme saa
spent 100000 in introducing and advertising us
tea at the Worlds Fair in Chicago That II was
its trade with the United States was increased
from four million pounds 70 twenty million pounds
to s', Americans When came away they were max:
ing extensive preparations toi the Iecepuloh OK
miral arrived but have no doubt that his vel
come was as sincere as It demonstratiye."
Guy Duvsl recently returned from Paris. tells
the following story as an illustration Of the ire
sponsibility Of the average Frenchman: Il was
riding one afternoon in the Bois
HOW PARIS de Boulogne.' he said. when
CABMEN noticed tremendous disturbance
FIGHT Just ahead OF my carriage. Two
thoroughly angry tourists were
standing in the street. rubbing their heads and
swearing with an ease and force which convinced
me at once that they were Americans Two empty
cabs which had evidently been occupied BIZ the
tourists, were standing near by, ana the driyets
hurting indstingushs6s argon at eaen otngr
ment With some difficulty persuaded him 70
proceed. and when we were out OF SOUND or the
uproar [ asked him what the trouble was.
Why. Monsieur he said. Jaspard ran into
Plerre's cab and scraped of the paint from the
at Jaspard whereupon Jaspard said: IL you don !
shut up I'll hit your customer on me neaH "8 y
cmystomer ri hit your customer Then Jaspard
struck Pierres customer and Pierre resented The
insult by hitting Jaspards customer That man
Jaspard is always getting into lights