The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

pdlFOlH1dn.
Chanceman ]. w. Pangborn to be patrol
man.
Chanceman J. W. scheffmeyer to be
patrolman.
Chanceman James J. ConnorS to be
patrolman.
All to be subject to the usual examina-
tions.
Adopted by the following vote:-
Yeas-President Abernethy and Commits
sioner West.
Yea-Commissioner Walter on Captain
Archibald, Sergeant Cummings and
Roundsman Miller; nay on all other pro-
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Motion by Commissioner West and
adopted
That when we adjourn it be subject to
the call of the chair.
Report of Warden of City Hospital for
the month of December.
Ordered spread On minutes.
Warden's Office, City Hospital.
Jersey City, Jan. /, 1899.
Hon. Board of Police Commissioners.
Gentlemen-I herewith respectfully sub
nit my report for the month of Decem-
her. 1898,
q. o. OSBORNE.
Warden.
Number of patients remaining Decem-
Der /, IS; number admitted during the
month, 141; total, 226. Number discharged
cured, 80; number discharged improved,
number died, 8; total, lbs. Number re-
naming January l, 1899, 80; number of
surgical dispensary cases, 253; number OF
medical dispensary cases., 1923; number of
eye and ear dispensary cases, S74: number
of ambulance calls, night time, IA; num-
Der of ambulance calls, day time, 81;
number representations filed, 2,422.
Annual report of Superintendent of
Patrol System.
Ordered spread on minutes.
Police Department.
Jersey City, Jan. IA, 1899.
Hon BOARD Of Police
G~entlemen-I lave the honor to re-
spectfuily submit my annual report. end
and working of police patrol signal sys-
tenn in my charge.
Following you will find the number of
calls sent in from hourly reports from
men on post
First Precinct-Hourly report from men
on post, 141, 878; wagon calls, 1852; ambu-
lance calls, 10; telephone calls, $500.
Total, 14S, 800.
Second Precinct-Hourly reports from
men on post, 1856, 1856; wagon calls, 1,490;
ambulance calls, 65; telephone calls, 5000.
Total, 43, $40.
Third Precinct-Hourly reports from
men on post. 74,1S7; wagon calls, 256;
ambulance calls, 40; telephone calls, $500;
Total, 1888.
Fourth Precinct-Hourly reports from
men on post, 92,176; wager calls, S9l;
ambulance calls, 35; telephone calls, 300.
Total, &c, POP.
Fifth Precinct-Hourly report from
men on post, 81, S97; wagon calls, 1872;
Ambulance calls, 20; telephone calls,
1900; total, SO, 1893.
men on post, 74,27S; wagon calls, 2O9; am
bulance calls, 80; telephone calls, 300; to-
tai, 77,717.
Seventh Precinct-Hourly reports from
men on post, 53,2S7; wagon calls, 1872; am
bulance calls, 20; telephone calls, 2,l0o;
total, SIS, $50. Grand total, 653,0SO.
We have, in this Department, connect,
ed with Telegraph Bureau, one hundred
ond ton rni1QC of Insulated COPPER WIRE,
sixty miles of No. 10 b. and S. Guage
and fifty miles of No. u B. and S. Guage.
Three hundred and twelve cells of grav-
ity battery, one hundred and s1xty-seven
cells of low battery. We have but eight
open wires for past year, caused by pins
pulling out of cross arms ana breaking
off where we make a sharp round on
corners. There were eleven signal
burned out; three of them had to be
sent to factory of manufacturers, they
were so badly burned; the other eight
were not damaged so severely and were
repaired by me and put in service with
out any delay.
1 nave repaired sixty-eight signal boxes
caused by various other troubles, such as
off, caused by the severe change
l;!f I,.U fla acknowledgements m inf
weather from mild temperature to eX-
IRENE cold. have removed switch
burned out, caused by electric light wire
cross. / have put into the Fourth and
Seventh precincts metallic circuit. This
makes the entire police patrol signal sys-
tenn and telephone metallic, and gives
general satisfaction to all precincts. rms
service was introduced by me and has
been a success. A ground for return is
a thing of the past in the electric field.
We lave one hundred sets of telephones
in addition to. signals of which | keep IN
order, rented from New York and New
Jersey Telephone Company.
Location and Number OF Signal Boxes
r:-.4 D~oa;,a+ Dow 10 HondhrGnn near
Bav streets; Box Is, Railroad avenue and
varick street; Box IA, Warren, between
Montgomery and York street; Box 10,
Hudson street and exchange pace; BOX
Wayne street: Box 22, Monmouth ana
Second street; Box rs, colgate ana
Wayne streets; Box %. Colgate and
Third streets; Box %, Grand street and
Jersey avenue; Box, 43, Monmouth, be-
tween Montgomery and York streets; Box
Al. Washington and First street; Box III,
Morris and Greene streets; BOX lza, Grand
and Washington; Box 123, Newark ave-
nue. and Barrow street; Box l24. Ire
mont and Wayne street; Box 125, Warren
between Essex and Dudley streets; Box
2l2, Jersey avenue avenue 9e9wes s1s. M Groge apg
Bright streets. Total, IL.
Second Precinct-Box u, Grove and
18th streets: Box 10, Pavonia Ferryi
Box is. Sixth street, near Jersey avenue
Box q, Jersey avenue and Twelfth street,
Box %. Jersey avenue and Tenth street;
BOX %. Cole and Second streets; Box "a,
! and Sixth streets; Box p,
Brunswick and Fourth streets; Box III
Ninth street, between Monmouth and
Coles street; Box 122, Grove and Fourth
streets; Box 1913. Grove and Pavonia ave-
nue.; Box 124, Grove and Morgan ~streetsi
Box 212. Jersey avenue and First street:
Box 213, Grove and Thirteenth streets. To-
tai, Is.
Third Precinct-Box IL, Newark aad
Chestnut avenues; Box IS, Baldwin and
Pavonia avenues; Box u, JEFFERSON ana
| Bonner avenues: Box Is, st. PauFs, be-
tween Oakland and Central avenues; Box
81, Reservoir. between Central and Mes
bit; Box %, Summit and Pavonia avenues.
Box %. Boulevard and Van Wrinkle; Box
"a. Newark and Tonnele avenues; Box 20,
| Hoboken. between Palisade and Concord;
Box 81, Carlton and Montrose avenues;
| Box go. Summit and Hoboken avenues
fFlve Corners); Box 80, Summit and man
haitian venues Box "a. st. Paurs and
S~usquehanna Railroad. Total. Is.
Fourth Precinct-Box II, Jewett ana
| Summit avenue; Box -, Johnson and
! Grand street; Box IA. Johnson avenue,
/ between.W Wilton and Pine streets; Boy IS,
| C~ommunipaw avenue and Central Rail-
| road: Box FL, Crescent and Aston place.;
BOX 70. jackson and Virginia venues;
BOX 24Bergen and C~ommunipaw avenues;
BOX al. C-ommanipaw and Pacific Venues;
BOX Az. Bergen and Virginia venues; Box
121 Bramhall and Van Horn street; Box
1872, Randolph, near gommuntDaW avenue.
Total II.