The evening world., 1911-10-20
POL|CE
NEEDED At ONCE,
WALDO DECLARES
Tells Board of Estimate
Present Force of 1920 Is
Wholly Inadequate.

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application for an appropriation TO pay
i0 additional policemen to tho Board
Of Estimate n Apportionment, and Is
now working with the special committee
Of the board for q favorable report on
his request.
'Commissioner Waldo urges that. With
. moro diverse population. New York
has about half as many policemen as
London. Outlying districts to-day lack
the protection 10 which their recent
raptd growth would properly enit,e
then. According to the estimate of the
Bureau Of Records OF the Department Of
Health the population Of the city of
New York on AUG. s. 1919 reached a
total Of 5000 u. Their safety is guarded
By io.Ss uniformed policemen.
LONDON HAS 10000 POLICE FOR
100000 PERSONS.
The only city in the world which in
magnitude and the cosmopolitan nat
tuPs Of ~ population may be compared
With New York 10 London. The Eng
usA oAptaal. with approximately 100000
population, - carved by about 5000 30
hesmsn.
TAo Police Commissions has insisted
- ~ special Committee Of tho Board
- Estimate and Apportionlnent. COM
possd Of Comptroller Prendergast.
President Mitchell Of the Board Of AL
dasmAn and Borough President Me-
Ansny. . that the residents OF Queens,
eta1sa Island, Washington Heights, the
Bronx and other sections are sorely in
need Of additional police protection.
Hundreds Of miles Of additional streets
hAvs been opened within the past Ave
years IN the various sections of the city
and police posts have been extended to
Include these th~orouEhfares. This par.
tiAli$ accounts for extra large posts In
certain sections OF the city At the pres
ent time.
NO PROVISION OF POLICE 70
MEET GROWTH.
Tue increase insthe police force dur
tnOS t,s past ten years has not been
eeukmensurate with the Increase In pop
ulatoa and the opening of new streets.
In Manhattan h growth Of certain
sections. such as Washington Heights
aad East Harlem. are We known to
ssAl estate men and residents.
In She Bronx the Increase Is due TO
sew transit facilities In outlying por-
t!ohs Of tbs borough. The Bronx now
has . population Of approximately
ts7.tof. Oh wng = tremendous increase
6urtag ttse last ten years.
DroOkyn has q population of 1,7l&,s5s
persons. A great portion OF rhs outlying
Serltory of this CROUCH has developed
% that ssotons which were sparsely
populated five years ago to-day have
many thousand inhabitants. Browns
vile and Flatbuah sections ere to-day
thiok1y populated. Building operations
have been extensive. Factories have
sprung up and railroads have extended
shsiy routes.
This Also applies 10 me borough OF
Queens, whore the outlying sections
have developed unusually; for instance,
Corona. Flushing. Elmhurst. Glendale.
Newtown, College Point. &c,
NEW YORK FAR BEHIND BIG
FOREIGN CITIES.
A forcible part of Commissioner Wal
dos argument 10 In the following table:
Proportion Of policemen to inhab-
itsnt-
Police. Citizens.
LQh0oh 's'''''''''s'' l a'
Paris ......'.'s'...'.'.. 3A
New York ......,.,.,... $50
The additional posts are as follows.
Manhattan OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "
Washington Heights .",...,.-..." II.
Thu Bronx ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lsi
Brooklyn' ."....'.'..............,..,... an
Cuaons' l6
Riehpond ".,.",.''...,....,.,,",,... De
$500 ..sHr ,Mu