The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-21
Full Charter Limit Will Be De-
manded by Mayor Humes.
DETERMINED TO STOP CRIME.
One O6icer TO Every Thousand Pop
uIntfon to he Appointed as soon
ms Census Is Tnken-Comparison
With Eastern cities. shows Seat
Coping With the Criminals.

Greater safety for the Hives and property
of the people OF Seattle is the keynote Of
Mayor Hurnes' plan for the present. He
has not yet finished HIS preparation OF his
recommendations TO the new council As
soon az the census Is taken and II Is known
how many people there are In Seattle he is
thinking seriously Of raising the permanent
force 10 the limit fixed by the charter, Of
one for every 1000 Of population. This
will make n working force OF ninety to
100 men. II the estimates Of the present pop
ulation Of the city are verified.
In discussing this phase OF the city's de-
vcIopment yesterday Mayor Humes said;
III we can have one regular officer 10
every 1890 people here II will make the city
as far as safety is concerned in better con-
dition than IL has been In years. though
! favor even more policemen than that,
According to Official reports OF different
cities this H. below the average, witch is
one officer to less than 100 population, and
our vast corporate area requires even more
than the average elsewhere. II we mad the
same number Of officers as the average
city--one to every forty-one acres OF the
city llmits-there would be 40 officers in
Seattle. OF course such a force IS not re-
quired. but we may well have lW regular
policemen. and In case Of emergencies
more
Protection OF Worcester.
The mayor has been studying the con-
ditions OF the police departments In other
cities. The last annual report of the city
officials OF Worcester, Mass, a city OF
about tho size OF Seattle. shows In the
police force one chief. one deputy chief.
two captains. two lieutenants. two In
spectors. one clerk. five sergeants, four
doormen, one matron, two drivers, one
janitcr, and t2 patrolmen.
Here IL Worcester with liz patrolmen."
resumed the mayor, and yet that Is an
inland city, without special cause for the
commission Of crime, and with nothing w
usual In this line to combat. But the chief
Of the Worcester police wants more. Lbs
ten TO this" The mayor read from the
annual report OF the officer: - would
respectfully reqiicst that the city council
consider the expediency OF adding more
members 10 the police force every year,
IN order 70 keep up protection with the
loud calls for police protection In the outer
districts. but we can send them officers
only IN emergency cases
$50 rare IN the occurrence OF serious
crime In Worcester hat special mention
Is made of n little act Of bravery that Is
by no means In Seattle con
tinued the mayor. and he read the follow
ing extract from the Worcester chicfs Te-
port;
Omcers' "Hobson Courage"
".A number OF officers are entitled to
honorable mention for meritorious and
courageous acts during the year. Men
who can enter n building in the night time
ana capture a. bufkiif Hilklt hhiiito NV
what may be termed Hohsun courage, and
have well established Themselves In the 60
timation OF their officers and comrades as
brave men. We were visited by n gang
of burglars for n short time in midsum-
nitr. and after doing us some damage and
while the officers were closing In on them
they visited North Grafton to rob the ! ost-
office, and while there, thanks TO the
brave officers of that town the gang met
It's Waterloo. one was killed outright and
two others arrested, and one other OF the
gang was Arrested by tho officers OF this
department, and since they were broken
up we have had no further trouble.
Mayer Hume said. There are dozens OF
lie every year, that the people never hear
Of, even though we have such a small
force: but IN Worcester crime Is 10 rare
that this incident oxcites special mention,
even with a force more than twice as
great "a ours, In n place OF the same size.
Should Have More Here.
"worcester ~ much better situated than
Seattle from the standpoint OF protection.
II IL an interior city. is moving along in
It's steady way without remarkable devel-
epment and there Is nothing 10 especially
attract criminals. Here, aoWeYer, every
thing Il different. We are a SEAPORT city,
growing more rapidly than any place ON
earth. with thousands of ktaudikers com
ing aud going oVery year, making this
the Mecca for all kinds OF criminals, The
result Ia that tho city Is bound 90 he
oVerrun with outlaws and expert crlmipal
operators and we should have more pro-
lection than other cities OF the same size.
$50. ! am thinking strongly o. reccm-
mcndfnw that we have the fun number of
officers the charter permits, and as soon
AS the census ts taken and we ana out
hon many people We have shall probably
crime in this city u We have To- have a
force 81 ipA men,