Evening journal., 1911-08-16
ALL REPORTS
LOOK ALIKE
Police Heads Think it Strange
Law Violations are Not
Reported
MAY CALL STREET
SERGEANTS FOR LECTURE

Tired Of receiving stereotyped ro-
ports from street sergeants week after
week, the Police Commission yesfcr-
day afternoon showed their disploas-
ure. and il Is probable that the men
in question win be called before the
commission TO explain.
- The -con1nliFaioncrs stuffed tliaf wee K
after week the same reports have been
coming % them, practically without
change 80 that the first report of the
year could be used the year around.
These reports are blanks containing
questions which the sergeants answer.
relative 10 the illegal sale Of liquor,
if any, in their districts, gambling or
information about disreputable
houses. and similar statements.
Reports filled out by the sergeants
set forth that they have no knowledge
or information concerning any Of the
violations in question.
The commissioners stated that they
knew themselves that baseball pools
are being operated in the city, yet
mona Of the sergeants have taken the
trouble to report them Chief Black
informed the board that he had order
ed the police 10 have these pools
stopped. Chief Black said that in
forty-eight hours he had collected q
mass of evidence against one operator
of a baseball pool and caused his ar
rest, yet none of the. street sergeants
had made a report to him of the case.
The commissioners thought the
street sergeants should know what is
going on in their districts and do
something more than walk around
and draw their salaries. The COM
missioners are much perturbed over
the matter and a big shake-up in the
department is looked for.
Just what action will be taken has
not been decided. IL is likely that
the matter will come up at the next
meeting of the board and it may be
that the erring street sergeants will
be ordered up for a lecture on what
their duties are.
The board ordered that the new
police patrol be insured against FIRE,
theft, accident. damage to property
or personal injury to the crew.
The commissioners could not under
stand how the impression got abroad
that the cost to prisoners for ride
I'm the new auto would be 81. They
said the costs are fixed by law and
will remain the same as in the past.
The board received a communica-
ton from the Street and Sewer De-
partment setting forth that it owed
the Delaware and Atlantic Telephone
and Telegraph Company $50, repre-
senting the cost of fifty-nine poles at
81 each
The telephone company makes the
claim that when it abandoned the
poles the superintendent Of the police
telegraph system agreed to pay 81 for
each pole If allowed to stand for use
for fire and police reporting wires.
The police commissioners were sur
prised to receive the bill having no
record of any such agreement with
the telephone company and they felt
sure Superintendent Gray of the sys-
TEN. made no such agreement for the
reason that he had no authority in
the matter.
Il was pointed out that the COM
pany by allowing the city the use OF
poles was exempted from taxes ON the
poles.
The commissioners concluded that
the matter did not rightfully come
under their jurisdiction and that 1t
was up to City Council and the Street
and Sewer Department to settle the
matter.