The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-09-16
Transfer Of Headquarters and
the First Precinct Station
Took Place This Morning.
HEADQUARTERS TO Be REBUILT
CONFERENCE OF POLICE AND
FINANCE BOARDS YESTERDAY
RESULTS IN THIS DECISION
PATRoLMAN FAHERTY's DIG
NIFED EXIT.

The old Police Headquarters building,
at Gregory street and Cooper Place, de-
clared by expert builders to be unsafe,
was abandoned at 10 O'clock this morning
and the Headquarters staff and men of
the First Precinct Station were all fully
esconsed in the temporary headquarters
in the City Hall few minutes later
Headquarters is located on the top floor
and the First Precinct Station in the
lsaseuent Both are On he Henderson
ST .ss side OF the building.
Ihsse wss but little fosnalty ID the
lessve taking. An the personal effects
cs the easasrs and mes has l.een gradual
!, removed during tn past few days.
Necessary furniture had already been re-
no7esi TO this new quarters the building
had been wired. and the electrical appli-
anees removed and put in place in the
City Hall There was little left to do
but for the men left in charge up to the
last minute, to turn off the electric cur
tents. gas meter, ETC., and walk up to
the CITY Hall. Not for minute was
Headquarters or the Gregory street sta
tion out of communication with the yari-
Gus police stations and signal boxes.
Among the last to leave the building
were Chief Murphy, Inspector Archibold,
Headquarters Telephone Operator John
Murphy. Sergeant Howell. of the First
Precinct Station and Captain Cody.
They left the building at 9.45. Inspector
Archibold locked the front door and the
group vaaded its way to the City Hall,
where everything was in readiness for
the transaction of police business. The
work Of Abel p Brown, Superintendent
of Signal System, in wiring the building
and transferring the electrical apparatus
was pronounced perfect.
Almost every man who found it neces-
sary TO transfer his personal effects from
the building during the past few days
took them to the new quarters under
his. arms. The lone exception was
Patrolman Michael Faherty. The genial
'Nike'' decided to leave in state and
uphold the dignity of the department
Last night coach in charge of Denny
Ryan, the oldest coachman in the city,
pulled up in front of the Headquarters
building. Pedestrians stopped to see who
could be the distinguished visitor. Po-
liceman Faherty soon made his appear
ance with a pile of bundles and band
boxes and deposited the goods and chat
tels7 in the coach, got inside and he was
driven to the City Hall.
The Sergeant's desk in the temporary
headquarters is located In Room No. AZ.
5'as Chiefs Office Is IN Room No. Al.
The Inspector and Telephone Operator
oecisps Room No. a. DetectIve-Ser-
geant Robinson, as Chief of the Bertillon
bureau, and the other detectiye-sergeants,
are in Room No. 45. Room No. A has
been converted into a dormitory for
First Precinct reserve men. Clerk Van
Winkie's office is in the law library,
Dne of a suite of rooms occupied by the
city's law department.
a conference was yesterday held be-
tween the Police Commissioners, the FL
nance Commissioners and the Mayor to
discuss the future of the abandoned
building. It was decided that the old
building should be torn down and plans
and specifications drawn for a new sta
ton house mot Headquarters to be built
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