The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-04
Glimbses Through Gotham
Goggles
BY Glen Gruensey
Gotham
By Glen GruenSeu.


ure was first conceived during the adj
ministration of Commissioner Greene.
Commissioner McAdoo laid the cor
ner stone and everything went we'll
until just after Commissioner Bing-
ham came into office, when one of the
contractors died and his firm went into
bankruptcy. After that the delays were
numerous, but under Commissioner
Baker the work has been pushed for
ward with remarkable speed.
1t is understood that Mayor Nc
Clellan gave orders that everything
be done to enable the department to
move to the new building before he
went out of office. The structure oc-
cupies an irregular plot of ground,
bounded by Grand, Center and
Broome streets and Center Market
place. The exterior walls are of
granite, with marble trimmings.
The main entrance opens upon Cen
ter street. To the right on the main
floor is a large reception room, a pri-
and other officers, the rooms of the
italian bureau, of which Lieutenant
Petrosino was the first head; Inspec-
tor McCafferty's office, and the rooms
of the Homocide bureau. To the left is
the chief inspectors office, the rooms
of the boiler squad, and the bureau Of
information.
The second, third and fourth floors
are occupied by various offices and
store rooms, training quarters, drill
rooms and waiting rooms.
The top floor contains the photo
graph gallery, the measuring room,
the Rogues' gallery, and the switch
board. This last is one of the most
complete of its kind in the world. 1t
has running into it thirty trunk lines
to the regular exchanges, thirty lines
to the various borough headquarters,
seventy lines to the various parts of
the building, 120 lines to precincts,
courts, hospitals, and city departments,
and 100 lines for general alarm service
The board is so arranged that
it's size and equimpent can be
added to at a moments notice, anG the
number of operators that can work at
it is almost unlimited. So large is
the board that it will take four three
horsepower motors to keep it's batter
les in operation. There is also an
emergency arrangement by which the
power can be instantly switched on
from the regular telephone service
should anything happen.
The telephone switchboard is operat
ed by policemen regularly trained and
detailed for that duty and people who
call up headquarters are sur
prised to hear, instead of the gentle
voices of girls, the hoarse queries of
men, Number please"
Col H. o. S. Heistand, U. S. A, who
has been on duty continuously in New
York for almost six years, will sail
tomorrow for the Philippines as adj
jutant general there. The colonel will
be sadly missed in New York society
circles, as during his stay here ne
represented the army at nearly all of
the most important social functions.
Col Heistand graduated from West
Point in 1878, and for the next four |
teen years served in the far west
participating in many campaigns
against Indians. He became an
authority on the subject of redskins,
and coul always be depended upon to
know where they were likely to break !
out next His wife was with him, and
gained the material for many stories
Of Indian life which have made her
famous.
In the summer of 1892 Col. Heistand
received the commission that resulted