New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
POLICE CHANGES RUM0RED
A. J. 0'Keeffe May Get Place Now
Held by Clement J. DriSColl.
HE MAY BE FIRE DEPUTY
Two Inspectors, IL Lieutenants
To Be Named by WALDORF
turn to 3 Platoons Probable.

The rearrangement OF jobs made neces-
sary by the transfer Of Police Commits
sloner Waldo from the Fire Department
scheduled 10 he completed on Monday, was
outlined yesterday after this fashion by
man who is known TO be close to the Mayor.
Joseph Johnson, now the Deputy Fire
Commissioner is to be promoted to the
head Of that department. and the Brook
Ign Deputy Fire Commissioner Arthur j.
O'Keeffe. is to move into the seat now oc-
cupied by Clement J. Driscoll, First Depu-
t. Police Commissioner
Driscolls hold on his Job has been known
to be a very shaky one of late. and par
ticularly since Mr.. Cropsey went out OF
the department. Further along the same
line Mr.. O'Keeffe has been working with
Mr.. Waldo on his previous assignment TO
the Fire Department, and there would be
no question that they would work together
just as well at Police Headquarters.
The same slate forecaster declared that
the Mayor intended 10 take care Of Driscoll
by giving him deputy commissionership
in the Fire Department. probably at the
Manhattan headquart where he would
be directly under Joseph johnson. who has
gathered experience there since January.
1910.
Another slate for the appointments had
81 that Patrick Whitney. Tammany's candi-
da re for the Fire Commissionership. was
10 receive that plum. keeping johnson in
his present place as deputy Driscoll TO 90
10 Whitneys present job Of Commissioner
Of Correction. and OKeefe to take Dris-
coils Job.
Commissioner Waldo is going right ahead
with his work however, in spite of all the
uncertainty about the men who shall be
chosen 70 assist him or to take UP his old
work. and on Monday he will with the
Mayors aid and participation. promotg at
least two captains TO lnspectorships twelve
leutenants TO captaincies and make host
Of minor promotions
Besides that. he will have handed 70 him
this morning list of certified names from
the Municipal Civil Service Commission
from which he will make close 10 2 half
hundred appointments TO the force These
appointments will take the place Of those
which Cropsey made and on which James
Creelman based his charges To the Mavor.
which creased the slide for Cropseys exit
Al special meeting Yesterday afternoon
Mr. Creelnan and his associates went over
sll the evidence on which Cropsey elected
70 pass over certain names on the lists
furnished him by the Civil Service Com
mission. and al the end Of the- long task
on that they ere ready 70 report. n wes
said. that al the names thus passed over
should he restored 70 the list There we're
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their chance. along with the fortv-eight
whom Cropsey appointed. and who were
dismissed by Waldo. 10 get on the force
Mr. Waldo met the representative ~ the
patromen's serseants' and lieutenants' or
ganizations in the department YESTERDAY.
and after talk with them the rumor vent
around headquarters that the new com
missioner vas strongly in favor NJ the old
three platoon system Briefly the details
OF tina, system are that the pstrormsn is
on be3. Eght hours on reserve duty eight
hours and off eight hours out of each
twentv-tour hours with one dav Of IN Eve
4 bill 70 restore the three platoon svs-
tenn Is nov IN the Committee on cities IN
the Senate, having been passed by the As
semblv. and although coincident with the
above run1ors came story that thcr> was
big isckpot" raised 10 put tire bill
through. that talk was not taken seriously
in Albany nor in police circles here
Commissioner Waldo happened ~ remain
IN the Police Headquarters Building on
Thursday night until about s o'clock ana
by that chance he discovered that Mr.
Cropsey had made rule that all the
Headquarters staff was 10 remain on duty
until the Commissioner and his deputies
had all left the building Mr Waldo i'm
mediately issued an order that the regular
hours for the working staff Of Headquar-
ters should be from o'clock in the morn
ng 10 O'Clock in the afternoon. with
half holiday on Saturdays. and made il ef
fectiye to-day.
Incidentally the new Commissioner told
the lieutenants' association representatives
that their long standing request that ott
Gers of that rank should be given smaller
badges would probably be acted upon favor
ably i'm the near future. That Is small
matter. but the heutenants have worried
over II for long while. and II cheered
item up To know that their new boss
didn'; mean TO he unreasonable with them.