El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-01
STREET CAR LINE
Is Managed Progressively,
and Ell Paso Has Other
Things to learn
There.

Special to The Herald.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 2s.-The
mayor has settled public curiosity by
making appointments for all the big
Jobs within his gift, but the hungry
politicians have not yet stopped their
fight for places and his honor is
swamped with applications, thus ex-
periencing some of the troubles atten-
dant on victory There are two hum
dred applications on file for positions
in the police department alone and on
ly about fifty places to fill, perhaps six
ty-five or seventy if the force is in
creased, which it certainly will be. AS
intimated in The Herald Monday, this
department is to be thoroughly reor-
ganixed and the city for once will have
an efficient lot of peacemakers- An
ordinance has been drawn making
mans age less than fifty years. weight
between $50 and $50, in proportion to
his height, and height no less than 5:s
as prerequisites for appointment on the
force. Applicant must also stand a
physical and mental examination and
must be able to ride well on horseback.
as the patrolmen and mounted men
NAV b ealternated, and ne must be able
to ran without being "winded.' The
force will consist of a chief, captain,
a lieutenant, two sergeants, /one Tor
night and one for day clerical duty.
and such a force of mounted men, pa
troIupen, and detectives as the council
shall ater determine. 1t is certain,
however. that the foot force will be re-
duced and more mounted men put on
The business portion of the city only
will be patroled by men on foot. Inc
uniforms are to be metropOlitan-long
coats. belts and billies, felt helmets
with the mans number or officia! rank
on The front, white gloves, etc. the
men will be required to be neat in their
personal appearance, keep nicely sha-
ven and present an appearance tnat
would be an attraction for any alder
mans female chef The salary of the
patrolmen will be $50 per month,
mounted men $50, and detectives $50,
the city to supply every member OF the
force with complete uniform, made
to order, twice year, from the cnle1
down. The chief is authorized to with
draw any two men he may choose from
the force for use as detectives, their
salary to be increased while they are
on duty in this capacity. The old de-
teetive buerau is thus abolished; also
the cowboy hats, Pullman porter uni
forms. etc. Captain James M Van
Riper. for the past ten years chief dep
utv sheriff and previous to that well
known Texas ranger, has been selected
as chief of police. He is the only new
apoointee so far made by the mayor, all
the other appointees having been re-
norainated for their same positions
Captain Van Ripper succeeds captain
w d Druse. who was recently sus-
pended when the grand jury returned
half a hundred indictments against
him. The new rules regulating the po-
lice department will be the cause OF al
most all the present encumbents losing
their official heads and then will end
one of the poorest police administra-
tions in the history of the city. Under
its regime burglaries, holdups and rob-
berries have been so frequent that they
have ceased to excite attention and po-
Iicemen almost unable to get off
street car unaided were the rule instead
of the exception. almost all being old
enough for a grandpapa or decrepit
enough for a life retirement.
Legislators to Visit San Antonio.
Hon Chris Callan, one of San An
tonio's representatives in the legisla-
ture, has invited the members of the
house to visit this city on the 9th and
10th and they are coming. The Busi-
ness Mems club is preparing to receive
them.
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