The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd,
Apsusf IN. 1903. Montreal.
PATROLLING HAS IMPROVED.
GEN. BINGHAM STILL STUDYING
THREE PLATOON SYSTEM.

InterborouEh Demands That the City Police
All Its stations Beginning May L
Order TO Put Special Cops I'm Gray
Uniform stirs Up Vice-President Bryan.
A general talk about the patrol situation
by Commissioner Bingham yesterday
brought to light the fact that the railroad
corporations are not pleased with the Com
m~issioner's treatment of them. A reporter
asked the Commissioner il he was any
nearer to a solution of the patrol system.
I'm about three months nearer a solu-
ton of the problem" said the Commits
sioner. The patrolling of our streets, is,
| believe. much improved, l have been
quoted as saying that | was going to return
to the two platoon system. l never said
30. [ am still merely studying the prob
lem"
Are the shoo-fy roundsmen going to be
brought back?"
No, the shoo-fy system is a bad one,
and | am not even considering its return
The Commissioner abolished the police
station in the Grand Central Station on
February %. Some time previous to that
he notified the railroad authorities that
this police station cost the city a. large
sum and that they must supply their "
of6oers. The Commissioner has also re-
moved all special details and regular police
men who rave been guarding the property
of corporations. This included men who
had special posts on piers and ferries and at
railroad stations.
The various corporations affected have
had TO employ special officers of their own.
The Long Island Railroad and the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company clothed
! their special officers in blue uniforms,
I similar to those worn by the police. The
Commissioners has now notlted the Two
| companies tina they will have to change
I the color of the uniforms. Vice-president
Z. p. Bryan of the lnterborough evidently
isn't pleased at the Commissioners order
| Gen. Bingham made public yesterday the
following statement, including Mr. Bryan
letter about the matter;
Special officers employed by the Long
Island Railroad and the 1nterborouRh RAPID
Transit Company have been wearing n blue
uniCorm somewhat similar to the regular
nolice uniform, This has caused a great
deal of con fusion, and regular policemen have
been blamed for the actions OF special patrol
men clothed in blue employed by corpora
tons.
Some time ago Police Commissioner Bing-
ham notified the two above companies that
after May /, 1900, they would have to clothe
their SDPClHl OlllNtlF III -"
Permission TO wear the blue was given tn
| these two corporations by former Police Com
missioner McAdoo, =,
The Long Island Railroad said they would
change the uniform OF their special otncers.
as they had been requested to, but MIR. E' ,
Bryan. the vice-prcsident of the lnterborough
| Rapid Transi: Company. takes an entirely
different stand. lie asks that a sufficient
detail of patrolmen be assigned to all the
Interborough stations TO protect private
property. His letter reads in part:
While the policing Of these stations IL PR
marily. we con slider. the duty OF the depart
! ment, we have, as shown by the inauguration
| of the present special patrol service two Year,
ago. manifested our willin gn ess TO cooperate
with the city at n large expense 10 ourselves
for the maintenance Of law and order AZ these
points, The personnel of the special Officers
ia subject TO your control; and hat contro
has been so exercised as to secure excellent
results so far: but IL the cooperation OF the
department Is TO he withdrawn by mpairinl
the authority Of these officers. as deprivation
Of the uniform would, In our jud gment. cause
we cannot undertake to continue relieving
the department Of its obligation to police
these stations after May /.
We therefore request that sufficient detail
of regular patro linen be assigned to stations
where travel becomes dan g%erously con gested
particularly at certain hours OF each day, tc
take effect after May I. 1906.
The Commissions refused to say lusI
what he would do about the matter, but
Ell it be inferred that he would not give
any corporation or carrying company an<
special detail Of men.