The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-19

amended by the court of common coun- cil increasing the appropriation $5,S00, thus making available for the use of the department during the year the sum of S199037 Of this amount $197,-
 S30.02 was expended for the necessary
 uses of the department and the sum of 1 $1, ,206 9S is herewith reported as unex- pended, thus reverting to the city treas ury,
 1 In consequence of the unusually large number of deaths and vast amount of | sickness among the members of the de- partment Ga record never heretofore equalled in the history of the depart ment) the amount appropriated for the
 pay roll of the department for the year
 amounted to $5,7S1. S3 more than was re-
 quired to pay the members of the de-
 partment during the year Through | the courtesy of the members of the
 honorable board of finance a large por- | tion of this amount was, at the request
 of the board of police commissioners, 1 transferred to other items in the appro- | priations and as a result many needed and permanent improvements have | been made. During the year new and up o-date patrol wagon has been add ed to the equipments of the service; all the ambulances and patrol wagons have been equipped with rubber tires and other modern appliances; new floors have been laid in the halls and patrolmens quarters in the police
 building on Court street; a new sky light and ventilator has been placed in
 the general offices of police; a covered stairway has been erected from the lookup to the city court room, thus in- surfing the safe conduct of prisoners to the court room; @ new and modern ven tilating plant has been installed in the city court room, number of other nec- essary improvements has been made, in the buildings and appliances of the de- partment, the entire interior of the po- lice building on Court street has been reprinted and decorated, and an arch way has been constructed at station 3, thus enabling a full view of the prison to be had at all times from the business office of the station.
 There is at the present time under the control of the board of police com missioners, by the provisions of the city charter, property valued at about $195,- 900, including the real estate buildings thereon. and contents of the police building on Court street Grand avenue station. Howard avenue station, and Dixwell avenue station. During the | year the police alarm system has been | improved and enlarged by the addition of two new signal boxes which adds | considerably 10 the value of the system, | and at the same time so much increases the actual worth of the city property. |
 The policemen's relief fund has at the present time on it's rolls thirteen for mer members of the department This fund made up as it is of per cent. of | the amount of license fees received by the county from liquor dealers, togeth- CT with such donations as may from time to time be made to it, is at the present time in a healthy condition and at this date to $47, ,20012, of which amount $41, 81676 is invested in first class interest bearing securities, and the balance, $5,3S3.36 is on deposit with the treasurer of the city in the National bank of this city. The total amount added to the fund during the year from January 1, 1901, to December 31, 1901, is $10,87246, of | which SS.135.46 was received from l- cense fees from the county commission CTS, and $2736.99 from interest, rewards and assessments on pay of members of the department as required by the charter of the city of New Haven etc. The total amount paid to the men on the retired list during the year amounts to $4,S3906
 During the year there was paid out of this fund the sum of 5000 to Mrs. Annie McKeon, widow of Patroman Hugh McKeon, who was murdered while on duty July 31 1901, by one An lrea Laudano, and also $1,0O0 to Mrs. Ann McGovern, widow of Patrolman Patrick McGovern, who was killed while on duty July ?, 1901, by an electric ar During the year the amount of he fund reached s5OO0O, the limit pre- cribed by the charter of the city of
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