The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-08

New York, July S.-The city govern
ment has at last taken a step in the
right direction toward making the
school facilities Of New York more ad-
equate. Owing to the niggardly and
altogether insufficient appropriations
the Board OF Education for many years
has been unable to build enough new
schools to accommodate the constant
ly increasing number of children in
the various sections of the city. Two
years ago only $1,59O000 was appropri-
ated for new school buildings a sum
altogether insufficient considering the
tremendous increase in school popula-
ton. Last year more than $4,000, 900
was appropriated for that purpose, but
even that sum was inadequate. This
year the appropriation will be more
than $10,0O0,0O0 and it is hoped that
by a judicious distribution of that sum
the overcrowding Of the schools two
years hence will be greatly mitigated,
although perhaps not entirely prevent
ed
Police Commissioner Waldo has
learned a sad and discouraging lesson.
In former years it was the custom to
send out inspectors in plain clothes to
make the rounds of the various pre-.
cincts for the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not the police officers were
doing their duty. Commissioner Waldo
did not like this system of espionage,
which, in his opinion, was degrading.
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police department he promptly abol-
ished the so-called "Shoo-Fly" squad
and placed the roundsmen and other
police officers upon their honor. The
other night the Commissioner made a
tour of the city to find out how the
honor plan" worked out His disap-
pointment was great and, as the result
Of that single trip. sixty complaints
against as many policemen and higher
police officers were filed by him. The
outcome will probably be shake-up
in the police force and the restoration
of the "Shoo-Fly" squad.
The New York police force may not
be as efficient as it might be. but it
would be unjust to place all the blame
upou luc ihSll lie ~ Sltul, ulCu SIld-
bles too many cooks to NEEDLE with
the broth, is to a great extent respon-
sible for existing conditions. The men
are expected to fulfill many duties, tri-
vial in nature. but taking so much
time. that other, far more important
duties, for instance the ferreting out
and arrest of criminals, are neglected
other serious hanIinan or in,
the fact that in many cases the police
magistrates are unwilling to uphold
the policy of the police department
For all round meanness the mem
bers of the Italian criminals colony in
this city take the blue ribbon In the
Kings County Hospital are two wom-
en- who were driven into hopeless in
sanity by the persecution of their fam
lilies by the Black Hand. The misdeeds
of the Black Hand are outrageous and
it Is a disgrace to the city that the
blackmailers, murderers, thieves and
robbers carrying on their nefarious
business under the name of the Black
Hand, are allowed to continue their
work. II is true, few of these crimi-
udlS nave pSSh SduSul u,
but there are hundreds more. as dan
gerous as the others, still committing
crimes of every kind without fear of
detection by the police.
With large, an overwhelming ma
jority. the stalwart burghers of Hobo
ken have declared themselves against
the Commission form of government.
They do not believe in this newfangled
system and put down their ponderous
feet upon the proposition of the re
formers.
A young man, elegantly dressed, at
tracted considerable attention the 9TH
er evening by stopping in front of one
of the big stores in the shopping dis
trict and beating with his cane upon
one Of the big plate glass windows IN