The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-06
NEW TENDERLON STATION
OPENED FOR BUSINESS ar 1901
O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. III.
M Nineteenth Split Into Halves and Thst
Numbe Now Goes to the New Precinct
There Was Entirely Too Much Territory
for One Police captain 20 Handle.

Otu Nluttct0tu sUut hntO UNINtb MUu HUMN
Number Now docs TO the New Precinct
There Was Entirely Too Much Territory
for One Police captain 10 Handle.
The birth Of the new Tenderloin station
> occurred At one minute past midnight this
morning, when Capt. thomas Murphy. the
former inspector who was reduced by
Commissioned Bingham. took command
~ the lower section Of the White Light
district and turned out four l~ieutenants,
five ~sereeants and sixty-one patrolmen.
Ever since Gen. Bingham assumed charge
of the Police Department he believed that
the territory covered by the Nineteenth
precinct was too much for one captain to
look after, and several months ago he de-
cided to split the command and make two
precincts Of II.
The new precinct ia AZ 100 West Twentieth
street and takes in from the south side Of
Twenty-eeventh street to Fourteenth street
end from Fourth TO Seventh avenue.
The temporary station Ia an old dwelling
that has been lea sed by the department
until a permanent site is secured for the
erection Of suitable quarters. While pro-
Vision he's been made for the officers and
rnen to sleep in tho house. there is no ac-
NoI1IUo1AtlDH IoV ITlNpUtTb. an NJ tCtIS
have been installed, and all captives taken
will he incarcerated in the West Twentieth
street station tthe Seventeenth PRECINCT
nd the old Tenderloin in West Thirtieth
ttreet.
Commissioner Bingham has assigned
the number Of the old Tenderloin-the
Nineteenth precinct to tie new command.
and the famous old building in West Thir-
tieth street will hereafter be known as
the T~wenty-third precinct. As. the old
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icing the skiddoo sign. for there is no
precinct in the greater city where not only
inspectors and captains can find trouble
hut where the men In the ranks find them
selves in hot water continually.
Capt. Murphy, who has been in command
e the Adams street station. the Tenderloin
4 Brooklyn, relieves Capt. Weigand, also a
repoSed inspector, of a great burden. Never
theless II is pointed put that Weigand's days
ere numbered in the department despite
IT age and not onto the ways OF the White
Light district. and while the precinct Ia
pitt up there is still a lot doing north OF
Twenty-seventh street.
All the patrolmen sent TO the Nine
teenth were drafted from the old precinct,
and by a strange coincidence all the police
men who had Ois and Mes before their
names were among thosa transferred.
The heutenants sent TO the new station
we're John Howard of the Lee avenue
ttatlon, brooklYn, ftenry EDDeft OF view
Dorp, John sexton Of the Madison street
station and John Roth of the East Thirty
fifth street station. The sergeants are
Louis Wagner OF the Church street station,
Michael Downes and Edward McAnif OF
the West Thirtieth street. Edward +. Howe
OF the Bergen street, Brooklyn. and Benja-
min Austin of Grand avenue, Brooklyn.
Inspector Joseph Burns opened the
blotter and turned it over TO Capt. Thomas
tfurphy Lieut.. John Howard tool the
first turn at the desk. The first squad OF
men was turned out at ? o'clock