New-York tribune., 1905-12-12
POLICE STATIONS UNSAFE
EIGHT SHOULD BE RAZED.
Er-Magistrote Ommen Reads Scoth-
iug Report on Present Conditions.

There are eight 1olicS seeGazzz@ - - -
rotten azE - pzzsg=. ezr they should De destios
{rnYaeFs7ssp+s declared ex-Magistrate A4Ireo L. O
men before the New-York Society of Medical Juris
,r,5ence last night. Nearly every station mouse
was reported to be in unsanitary eondltton' anu
.,,a committee of the society recommended thdI
7Tayor Mcclellan and Commissioner Darlington OF
the Health Department, act at once on the ques
+iop Various methods for bettering me present
conditions were offered The meeting was held at
No Il West 43d-st
E-x-ITapistrate Ommen was chairman of the COM
ynfrtee which consisted of DR.. r w Wilcox. Dr.
c A. Won Radohm. S. B. Livingston and h. v
\ FIeernarce. The cfairmanS report was IN part
as follows:
The station houses are in horrible condition 5,tt
prisoner cannot have a eeGHn( I cto fo eet a fever
placed now where they are likely 10 get ~
The members Of the committee visited every 3 SS T
Bronx DR.. Wilcox in his reDoT5 stated b aie eilin fI
Yorkvle court is in @ thY ~ c0nqG} as } 'e bad con
dition The closets are in bad way. ana 1op ,
eeUes sa csnnor keen the station houses in condition
and reference to the use or ] ]G9sGis ~ noIiceman T
becomes a man of ordinary Intelligence Piunhoihg
should be simple
Many associations including the Civic Cluo' as
sisted in the investigation. Concerning the "oiS'
stations, the report continues:
The Oak-st. station should be destroyed imeea hlo
ately There are blinds or shades on the 43ue I;
Tho women's cells are in a fairly Soou cOhuIlioi
h11t tha mems cells are bad.
At the Elizabeth-st station the cells are in a hGr
rible condition not fit to keep aiIIlStis ll
They should be rebuilt Immediately ana ceiis III -Oi
human beings installed III. :. 1890 md
The Madson-st station was built IN I6oZ. ana
should be destroyed 1t is dirty and unsanltaTyyi
The Leonard-st- station house IS aIiotuS' lAilt a.
should be taken down at once: 1t is erected Oh II In
old swamp. and when there is a severe ram ;t Ltie
sewer backs UP and the floors are covered win
filthy water. Ill. :, 7eno
The Delancey-st. station house was butt IN LeO-
1t has long outlived its userulnesS' ana nst5 %
many defects that nothing could De done WIN H.
and the only remedy IS TO erect q new DLiiill9-
Tho FTiftI-sr station house should De destroyed
at once and a one erected that coulo dccoiH
modate it's business. ,..,,,5 =, .o,r, down
The Mercer-st. station also should ne 10TH uo""
as II is no longer fit for a Station mouse. ..o,.
rho West 29th-st station Is an ola Ieilelllel.!t
boI1se remodeIIed and the officers ana poIcellie'
rooms are in bad way ,r.or1oi, gor
The West @9th,st mouse s .ii Una, babitation
and should closed Immediately ne 49, ~
ties have been promising to relnedE ts tio"'9 10
a long time but they slow IN doiIs II. 1,.
The East 35th-st- house should pe uesti"SNU' '"'
MOI until another is rebuilt IN. :; 1907 ,pd
Srbe East 67th-st. house was built IN 1881 anu
there is lack of care, ana II mas - IL e.
awful condition. 1t is in marked cotf " INC i'40
house next door. which is neat ana clesh
Few of the other station houses in Manhattan
and. The Bronx were found TO be in a fair way
apd many improvements We're needed in nearly all
of them The report continued:
The connitte also recommends that the Commits
efoner of Health should institute thorough nTest-
gation and all station houses found TO be unsanl-
Iieves that district prisons should be built, where
7orisoners could taken when arrested. II should
be in a central location and have a physician in
charge and a sergeant in charge