The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-05
staten Isl and Discomfort ed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-.Tr! Although Mr.
Staten Island OF Richmond Borough. New York
pays into the treasury OF the great city OF which he
Is part few dollars or SO Of taxes each year II
has been the experience OF Mr.. s. l. that he usually
has to work very hard TO make the great city spend
some oft In improving his property, He succeeded
in getting THE SUN Interested In his plea for new
ferry and--.hc is going TO gcti 1t, He now has new
source OF worry-he Is not getting police service In
proportion TO the taxes he pays
Long before his big sisters took him In hand Mr..
s. l. had nnc police force OF his own great, rap
ping fellows not afraid OF anything In shoe leather.
These men knew every inch OF tho island which
fact caused the few crooks who happened to be- In
Mr.. s. J. s back yard to keep mighty shady and the
crooks who swan over his brook usually went
back via tho Sing Sing and Crow HIN route,
had command OF The police Tor many years there
have been numerous changes During the reign
OF the best chief captains were sent down on
vacations Of a couple OF months apiece with re-
form came Capt. James Naly. who had served
as sergeant on Staten Island and knew so much
began to rub his hands together and congratulate
himself on getting getting such ,%a, "a ans cop and Capt
not al all deserving Of the reputation Manhattan
gave him OF being q farmer, However, after
about six months When Mr. $, / and the captain
were beginning to call each other by their FIRST
names and Mr., S. !. commenced to leave his latch
on the outside. Nallg was transfsTred
newly promoted and with large sense Of his own
Importance. When he landed from Mr. S. lis now
famous ferry II marked the first time in his lfc
that they had visited" together Tho newcomer
verbally instructed Mr. s. : cops that they were
to do "po lace dooty." thereby creating the impress
sion that their time previous TO his arrival had been
devoted TO Agricultural pursuits, They arr; now
obeynq his Instructions with vengeance, Where
In former times q cop would watch more closely
the dangerous part OF his two mile heat he now as
stcadfastly watches the uninhabIcd portion. and
the result Is hold ups rObbcrcS and within the last
fortnight couple Of przefghts. all Of which. Ng %
urativcly speaking, go! away With lhc goods "
All this is not very pleasing to Mr., 8 l.. VINO Is br
ginning to wonder when his cops viii quit "po lac"
dooty" and make some arrests Ordinarily the
most hospItahlc OF morals he Is beginning To think
that the present captain has worn out his welcome
as II Is said that he does not approve Of S. lis people
or OF hls prcervers OF The peace The summer.
with It's thrush Of people TO = rs country seat, Is
coming an he looks forward TO It with dread
He wants a captain who approves Of his good PEG
pe and knows his little back yard and II he doesn :
re. him he viii be very likely TO forget his hampers
and slap Miss Reform" very hard at a later date.
Meanwhile he has double bolted his door and has
taken out his gun and CLUB from under the he'd,
where he threw them during the reign Of Capts.
dan" Blake and Jim" Naly.
FRIEND or .. l.
ToMPKIygyILLE N. r.. June 2T.