The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-01
building with elevators big enough
carry all the people up at once"
Fire and Police Departments.

carry all the people up at once"
Fire and Police Departments.
Richard Sylvester, Chief Of Police: 20
sincerely hope that Congress will provide
once and for all an adequate police system
and force for the District of Columbia
Capt. NJ. A. Austin. OF the metropolitan
police: u wish that all OF my wishes ma!
be fulfilled
DR.. George T. Vaughn, surgeon at the
| Emergency Hospital: Peace and prosper
ity for everybody and a speedy settlement
of our difficulties in the Philippines"
Joseph Paris Chief District Fire De-
partment: My wish is that the New
Year will see an increase in the Fire De-
| partment. l wish that Congress would
make a sufficient appropriation for the
building Of several new stations to re-
place some of the dilapidated old build
! iLgs which are not FIX for the firemen tC
live in. \ number of new trucks are needed
| badly. as well as several new engines The
increase in the department should keep
| pace with the rapid growth Of the Ma
tional Capital. At present the department
has an area of seventy-one square miles
to cover, and but fourteen engines to do il
with.
One thing that is needed most of all,
however, is an increase of the salaries
now paid to the fremen. At present the
salaries are so low that ii is difficult to
/ get good men 10 enter the department, and
| as fast as they are able to secure good
/ positions elsewhere they leave. Many of
| the men have families to support and by
/ the time they have paid their running eX-
| penses they have little LETT to lay aside
| fer rainy day. This is not condition of
affairs that will induce many capable men
/ to enter the department
/ Il think that Washington should follow
] the lead made by other large cities the
country over and make some provision for
: the retirement of firemen and policemen
! who have served a certain number of years
I IN creditable manner. For instance, in
New York. after fireman or policeman
has served cor fifteen years, he is retired
! on half pay. In Washington they are not
! retired until physically unfit to continue
service in the department and then they
I are allowed pension which in no case
: can exceed the sum of $50 per month Con-
! sequently after a man is retired he is fit
( for little else, and the pension that he is
allowed is seldom sufficient for him to live
! upon unless he has something already laid
away.
The relief fund is supplied from the
police fines and by contributions of 81 a
month by each man In the service. Should
there be sudden depletion in this fund
The retired freman's and policeman's pen
sion would be reduced considerably.
think that this is matter that should re-
ceive thorough attention before another
New Year Day
The District Courts.
John r. Young, Clerk of the District
Supreme Court: Il hope before many
years % see erected in a suitable loca-
tion judicial building as the home Of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
the Court of Appeals for the District. and
the Supreme Court of the District. Such
b Hiding is absolutely necessary for the
xIedition of legal business of the Dis
triet and of the Government generally, and
have no doubt that steps will be aiken
at an early date to secure its erection"
Louis a. Dent Register of wills for
the District: Il think the most desirable
thing to be wished for. and the sooner
II comes the better is the partition of TIE
Chinese Empire among the Powers OF the
world. Under the present conditions China
is menace to the Advancement ard
spread Of civilization. She APPARENTLY can
not reform herself, so her reformation
must come through the Powers after par
tition.'
NJ. a. Clancy Assistant Clerk Of the SUI
preme Court Of the District: THE most
desirable result TO be accomplished during
the coming century is general enlighten-
ment. The ways and means for effecting
this are greater than ever before: first,
because OF the improved means of spread
ing intelligence by means of books and
papers. and secondly, because there is a
wider spread interest on the part of eiu-
Gators generally in improving the methods
of education
The Police Court.
Judge / G. Kimball. OF the Police Court:
Il hope that the United States will fulfill
its manifest destiny in carrying to the ut
termost parts Of the earth the truths of
religious freedom and personal liberty"
Judge Charles F Scott. of the Police
Court: The happiness of the people and
the abolition Of the necessity for police
courts
James L. Fugh, prosecuting attorney in
the District branch Of the Police Court:
My wish for the coming year and cen
fury is that everybody may be happy and
have everything they want"
Alexander R. Mullowny. the prosecut-
ing attorney in the United States branch
of the Police Court: q hope that the war
in the Philippines will end that the coun-
try will continue prosperous. and that the
business Of the Police Court may not be
as heavy as ii has beer in the past"
Joseph Potts. the clerk of the Police
y
for everybody"
Progress in Medical Science.
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, Chief Chemist Of
the Agricultural Department, President of
the Longevity Club: The new century
will see great strides made in the study
of medicine and before very long the spe-
cific and individual cause of every disease
will become known, which will, in turn,
lead to the discovery of a positive cure
for each Sanitary science will advance
as filth diseases Will become extinct.
Our great grandchildren will look back
upon epidemics OF cholera grip, yellow
fever typhoid and consumption as we
now look back upon the great smallpox
epidemics of a century ago. The average
duration OF human life will advance from
thirty-fve to over fifty years"
r. c. Gill Superintendent of the Patent
Office Museum: This year will see a
wonderful change in the field of trans
portation. The horse VIII rapidly be sup
planted by electricity in commerce, in
the army, and almost completely in do
nestle life, so that they will become as
rare at the close of the coming century
as the buffalo is today"
A Closer Religious Union.
Rabbi Louis Stern, of the Eighth Street !
Temple: For all practical purposes the
Jews have adopted the Christian calendar
But for the celebration of the religious |
feasts and occasions we use cur own