The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-04
TASK A POLICEMAN y
Those who Have SO Watches ordered
To Get e-pieces WIN bee
Regulated.
+ you want " know The time,

IF you want to know the Time
ASK a p'iCeman.
The proper Cambridge time,
Ask pliceman.
Every man upon the force
Has a watch and chain, of course,
So If you want TO know the time,
Ask p'Hceman,'
This is the song that every man up
on the force will soon be singing. Every
offer does not as yet, possess a time
piece but an order has been issued
by High Sheriff Brown requiring every
one of his men to provide themselves
with a watch. 1t was not for giving in
formation merely of the time of day
or night, however, that led the High
Sheriff to issue this order. The innO-
walton was made imperative by the in
stallatiOn of the new Gamewell Police
and Fire Alarm system Every officer
is required TO send i'm reports through
the new system to the central station
at certain periods during the day In
addition, he is also required to keep
records of the time he sends in an or
der for the patrol wagon or turns i'm an
alarm for the fire department so it
was necessary that every officer should
have a watch.
High Sheriff Brown started an in
yesugation and learned that all of his
force did not possess watches. He did
quire the men to get expensive time
keepers, so he make a careful investi-
cation of the situation. After round
| ing up the force, it was found that all
but twenty of them had watches. Some
OF the time-peCes shown We're marvels;
some had gold watches. others, silver
watches, other "turnips" some, Water
bury, while one or two had nothing but
the tickets, with several months inter-
est due.
After observing the mongrel assort-
ment the High Sheriff announced that
/ wherever a watch was good enough to
| keep time and there was a chance Of
| its being made to keep correct time aC-
/ Cording to the standard system which
| is to be maintained on the force, the
owner would not have to get any other
watch. Those whose watches were
Tusted from continual soaking" or
| whose tickets were outlawed, would
have to get new watches. An arrange
ment has been made however by
which the men will not be required to
get any expensive watches. They can
secure simply some watch which will
keep proper time and run according to
/ the regulation Gamewell standard.
| 1t will be several days however be-
fore all of the men will have secured
watches, but when they do the public
can accept the police time as it For
/ instance, II you ask pOllCemdn on a
dark night, the time, and he replies
that it is 1 o'clock in the morning be-
! lieve him. He carries a police regulat-
ed watch.
The watches of police standard size
seem to have been constructed on the
principal of a folding bed, which is a
] bed at night, and then shuts up and
looks like a china filled cabinet in the
day time, for while the watches keep
time, they can easily be used for slung
shots or serve as. a ball and chain.
Another good feature about them, is
the fact that they tick so loud that the
men on the night duty cannot help but
keep awake. Meanwhile, the police
station, where they are on exhibit,
sounds like the abode of million sand
crabs, nibblng away. The clerks de-
clare that if the noise continues, they
will get up a petition to be provided
with ear muffs.