New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-15
POLICE PRISONS VILE"
DISGRACE, SAYS WADOO.
Writes Se0ere Letter to National
CfTic Federation.

Ex-Police Commissioner .AIcAdoo last rigb, .a,.
20 the dinner of the National Civic Federation. at
the Park Avenue Hotel letter severely criticisms
the condition of the police stations in this city He
was to speak on The Necessity Of Providing Better
Accommodations for Policemen" but was detained
by Illness. The letter says in part:
=. The station houses and the prisons connected
greater New-York a positive disgrace to The
city As a rule, the prisons unsanltary, poorly
cells in the present Police Headquarters have Of
hcially been adjudcated rs the worst in this city
1t is shocking TO reflect that great city like this
has allowed such place to exist for so long.
great many of these houses in an elaborate report
the health authorities have inveighed against them
the Flre Department has protested against The
danger TO life humanitarians OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES state
pored the city 10 do something Nv exner,e I,
with the city authorities in this respect is moi en-
couraging. Last year they cut down the apnronTia
ton for keeping these wretched and tumbiednrn
barracks IN somewhat decent order. That the no
main well conditioned body of men is owing IL, ' ne
the air and compelled to take EXERCISE ss I'm
10y authoIiues nave either got to face the ques-
worse. ''0 anu
The Mayor should appoint a commission at one.
should be one to consider this very Important sIb
tor architect OF the highest character and p ppo-
fesslonal standing. and practical builder should
Whatever that men affected in their work
oraIizIpS n inc and il is degrading and de-
be1 81 ne d city takes far better Of its horses
Welfare Work. was the toni, =, .ho ,44 A,
dresses were made by employers emnIovas ana
representatives Of the public" Stereonticon
views illustrated what had been done by business
men In providing or the comfort Of employees in
the worlSrooms. for recreation educational onnor-
tunities and homes.
Charles A Moore, president of the New-Yorlv
local branch Of the Civic Federation presided and
made the first address on DUTY of FmnIo,yer 70
Provide for the Welfare Of Employees" He also
GEal
the federation works.
II h Nreeland. president Of the New-Yorl, Civ
Railway Company, spoke on What New-Yorl1
Employers May Do to Meet the Needs of Their
employees" After discussing welfare work in
general, he took up the things that had been done
by the railway company. and said:
Our relief association provides for a man in case
oI Illness or accident, pension in old age and at
that the Wife Of the 1e l9T euTf h9gs s found
always land on her feet If she is tided over for
All OF our investigations of failures in this line
just and fair policy of deaiing With sbor {ft be
The foundation for all welfare work With that
foundation il may be emphatically stated that EN-
their welfare.
Timothy Healy international president of the
Brotherhood Of Stationary Ffremen, bitterly at
tackled large employers for not living up to the
law in having the stationary engineers licensed
John S. Huyler, president of Huyler's and a
member of the executive committee of the welfare
department. IN nldOrSlng welfare work told of his
establishment and the things done for the work
men and women there.
Homer Folks. former Commissioner of Charities
said:
As an employer, the city of New-York, through
IFS Department OF Public Charities. ranges from
fair TO indescTbably bad. Probably in no other
branch of the city government are such wretchediy
inadequate salaries paid as fl the ctys hospitals
and other institutions.
In most or these Institutions the CITY provides
board and lodging for its employees, and pays them
very low salaries. The munihcent salaries of sl2
SO ana SIS a month are not at all uncommon. The
city provides board and lodgings such as thew are
exception, just about bad they could possibly
be Herded together in unventilated dilapidated
none OF the creature comforts Of life, it was little
wonder that these employees soon entered once more
The ranks OF either prisoners patients. Progress
has been made in some directions During the ad
mltOry was erected for the male EMPLOYEES Of the
city Hospital, in place OF n wooden rookery which
progress. however, during the last years. be
yond the consideration of plans. the MetropOli-
tan Hospital on BlackweIs Island the quarters
for employees are so bad that I can hardly describe
them before this audience
Others who spoke were: EmpoyeTs-Orrin s.
Goan, National Biscuit Company, How We Have
=. l4armer. International Association OF Bridge
md Structural Iron Workers What Nav Re Done
for the Men in the First Trades in the Building
Industry; Thomas 8. LaVey. Iron NIoulders' Con-
ference Board, Consideration for the PHYSICAL
Comfort of the Mouldsrs"; John J. FLYNN Metal
Polishers and Architectural Bronze Workers
What Should Be Done to Provide Ventilation'
Herman Robinson. general organizer American
Federation Of Labor. Dressing Rooms of Theatri-
cal Employee; Edward Gould. president the
TeaInsrers. Joint Council, New-York City, "a
Nel United States Commissioned of Labor ."Fhv
the Public is Interested in Sanitary Work Rooms