Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13

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name it the Plaza Hotel. Owing to the
size of the surrounding ground. IL is not
believed there will be as great induce
ment for business houses about the new
station as is presented by the present de-
pots, which are located directly on busy
thoroughfares.
Plans of Police Chief.
Maj. Sylvester. chief of police. is giving
some thought to the question OF what h
will do in the matter of giving police pro-
lection about the new union station. He
realizes that it will be but few days be-
fore the railroad trains will be landing
passengers at the new station. and that
the conditions there will require more
men than either Of the present stations
now requires.
The arrangements at the new building
Will be much better for the police than
any they have heretofore enjoyed, those
in charge of the old stations giving no
thought to the police, except when their
services were needed. In the new build
ing Maj. Sylvester will have two large
communicating rooms at his disposal, and
in these rooms he will be able to make
his officers comfortable. There are
numerous occasions upon which a num-
Der of uniformed men are held about
such places to await the arrival or de-
parture of the President or ether officials,
and, Maj. Sylvester says. they can be
accommodated in the rooms referred to.
instead of having to remain out in all
kinds of weather, or to congeSt the depot
building.
If often occurs, the superintendent says,
that the men have to be about the rail-
road depot in wet, and otherwise In
clement weather, and with the two rooms
at his disposal he will hereafter be able
to provide suitable accommodations for
them inside the building.
Police Force insufficient.
Owing to his lack of policemen, Maj
Sylvester says, he will be unable to pro-
vide as many men for duty about the
new station as he would desire. So fal
as he now can see, as he stated las
night, he will simply transfer those mer
who are already doing duty at the sta.
! lions to the new one. There are two de
| tectives doing duty at the depots at pres
| ent-one at each station. Detective Ed
ward Horne is assigned to the Pennsyl-
vania station, and Detective J. E. Sears
| is doing duty at the Baltimore and Ohio
depot. 1t is the intention of MAJ. Syives-
| ter to transfer these men to the new
| sta tion and have them do eight hours
each, and cover the time from o'clock
In the morning until midnight. There
will be no detective on duty there between
midnight and o'clock in the morning
unless other arrangements are mace
later
1t is also his intention to have the four
uniformed men who are doing duty at the
two stations transferred to the new union
depot to do duty from s am. until mid
night two of them to be on together.
During the remaining eight hours the
poljcemen on the beats in the vicinity
of the station will be depended upon, as
is being done at the two depots now.
Care of Sick and Insane.
Arrangements are to be made for the
temporary accommodation of sick and in
sane persons who may reach the station
on trains or who are taken to the station
to be sent away. The arrangement will be
the means of having the sick better cared
for and will give the police or other at
tendants an opportunity to care for insane
| subjects where they will not be sub
| iect to the gaze of the curious public.
In connection with the part Of the sta
ton which is to be under the supervision
of the chief of police. il is stated, there
will be direct telephone communication
with police headquarters and a public
comfort station. Several police signal
boxes are to be constructed In and about
! the big building, from which the police
will be required to turn in their regular
| hourly calls the same as Is done from the
boxes about the streets.
Mai. Sylvester Dilemma.
Il have given the question Of policing
the new building some thought" Maj. Syl-
vester told Star reporter last night, land
! l realize that l will be unable to do al
that ought to be done there. / realize
| that there ought to be a detail on duty
there the entire twenty-four hours, but
| in order to have such detail 1 would
have to take men from other important
| places There really ought to be more mer
available for post duty in the county, bu
| have not sufficient men to use fo- thai
purpose and the duty performed at the
new station will be similar to that per
| formed upon the possible beats will be
covered until midnight, and after that the
residents have TO depend upon the mer
who are on the beats.
Without Demonstration.
When the residents in the vicinity Of
the new station read in The Evening Sta,
vest erday that the Board OF Trade hat
abandoned the proposition to hold public
| demonstration on the date of the opening
| of the depot to travel. at the request OF
the railroad companies, general disap'
| pointment was expressed. In view of thu
! statement of the railroad officials that
the proposed ceremonies would embarrass
| them. as the opening up of the station
! is to be gradual. the Pennsylvania com
pany following the Baltimore and Ohio
| and the southern lines entering later
still, they decided to abandon severa
projects for celebrating the event which
| had been under cOnsid 2ration
! 1t is probable that the present greetings
vii. be confined to the decorating of sons
or occupants, but that date will doubt
! less be selected for a general demonstra
ton in the early future.
!