The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-02

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| instead OF six. as heretofore. has been
ordered By tho board. The superin-
! tcndcnt throws out the important sus-
.cstion of all-thc- year round schools
/ Tor Richmond. with n plan for terms
/ and teachers.
! enlarged and broadened. The total
! enrolment for the season was LEO
| an increase over the previous session
| Of "lG. That these schools are Killing
an actual need is evidenced by the re
| marIlablc fact that the enrolment for
I tho session 1924 was ".SOe. an In
/ .ro1sc OF more than 100 per cent over
| the year covered by the current report,
| SCHOOL BUILDINGS
/ heartily commend the action OF the
/ school Board In throwing open the
/ school buildings for wider use by the
| public. / advocate. as | have repeat
inEs by tho people of the neighbor-
| hoods for any purpose deemed legiu-
/ maze By them, and l think that such
| use should be encouraged In every
The work OF the special classes for
| retarded children and OF the open,air
J The number OF children In need of ape
/ ciaI mental or physical attention Is
/ sufficient. and the results In both en-
! deavors are such as fully TO justify
J the departure. Lunches. cots. blank
| cts and wool caps were furnished the
! open-air pupils by private donations
! from interested organizations ana IN
dividuals.
/ arafn submit to your consideration
I the wisdom OF extending the work m
/ vocational training Tho schools could
/ immensely serve the community BY
! learning its industrial and commercial
J needs and by training the boy and girl
( in the way they are most hdapt@oic 20
! supply those needs.
I The report shows that contracts were
/ authorized anu let during the year
/ for lots and buildings amounting TO
/ s35T. 900. The need for additional lots
I and buildings Is set Out In detail. W nue.
/ our needs are large. your hberahty OF
/ treatment Of the schools In late years
! out 81 the funds at your disposal JUST
! 6rs the opinion that they VIII be sup
/ uiic,i in reasonable time.
/ REVIEWS REPORT OF
POLICE DEPARTMENT
] The report OF the Chief OF Poiice
I shows total arrests l2,42s, ordnance
I ia,,cous reports. 1856. OF the total
arrcsts l,2S5 were for misdemeanors
and l.l43 for felonies. Ten thousand
+ ~. hundred and cighty-two males ana
/ ! SAD females: 1905 whites and 1923
I negroes were arrested. The statistical
Il tables which accompany the report at
,sS' M bee fn eue's' There were thirteen
Y changes in the personnel OF the depart
ment caused ny lour IcsiS "a s .o.i ; -
! tics. FIVE dismissals and one death;
+ The vacancies thus caused We're niied
by elections from me Wa wni'. snsce ..s.
/ fuily passed the required mental ana
( phvsical examinations
The discipline OF the department was
I good. and few serious charges We're
I preferred against its members IN all
! nfty- three charges We're preierrea.
4 tanned" and runishments were IN
! nicted in forty-fivc, IN which were In :,
ciuded three retirements Tor physica'
! The new headquarters established at
llo4 East Broad street has given great
satisfaction 10 the board ana the heau :
quarters force. and Tor the hrst tune
in many years We have an Ollie that Is
no,h prtsentable and commodious.
URGENT NEED EXISrS ac,,p roucE
Attention is again respectfully called
to the actual need Of at least twenty :
! ave more men. The shor,hnndcdnes 5
Of the force causes much criticism OF
/ the service and considerable irritating
annoyance TO citizens. urgently
/ recommend the passage OF the pending
I ordinance increasing the loFee os
twenty-five members
The value Of property reported . iost
, or stolen was s61,oo2o'. OF whicn a.,
I 3oS.o7 was recovered and restored 20
its owners There was q total of 3.4Ot
/ days lost by the force-on account OF
sickness, $40: furloughs, 1856, and
other causes. los This Is gain of
- ibousand DAYS over the loss of last
I year. nearly 300 Of which evidence the
better health of the force.
/ There were 9,524 calls answered by
! patrol wagons. 12,42S prisoners con
J vcycd and 24S.Sel inward calls from
+, men on duty, the latter OF which means
i that the signal operator was in touch
I with an officer at intervals or every
two minutes.
by an exhaustive report of the proba
ton officers and OF the work OF the
I Juvenile Court especial attention being
called TO the successful work OF Miss
sarah l.. Roller. female probation Of
\ hcer.
wish here to record the grateful
thanks OF this community to Rev. ~.
1 u. &. Maclachlan. Farther Charles Han
/ nigan, Dr. Douglas 5. Freeman and Rev.
Il. H. Melton. who have since the or
eanization of the Jouvenile Court given
so generously of their time, experience
and wisdom to the important work
within its jurisdiction.
loss IN the death OF Sergeant Frank
NJ. Craft. who was for sixteen years
faithf1i and ,S S,iislSn d,s officer
ANY YEAR SINCE 1904
The report Of the Board OF Fire Com
mssioncrs. accompanied by the reports
mcnt. of the Superintendent of the Fire
Alarm and Police Telegraph and tabu.
lated reports showing expenditures anu
under the control of the board shows
the department., both In personnel and
equipment. to be in good condition.
with certain noted exceptions.
During the year the department re-
spontcd to 6Si alarms of fire, eighteen
less than in 1912. The fire loss for the
year was $907A979, as against S345,
a56.17 for 1912. and was the lowest,
the report shows. by many thousands
of any year since 1899.
| sixteen of the remaining call men
were changed to station men during
the year. and at tho date Of this re-
port the balance have been changed
under the provisions of the 1914 budget.
The report records the establishment
OF q fully manned and equipped hook
and ladder truck company on the South
side. and the installation at Truck
Company No. of q motor tractor
drawn aerial hook and ladder truck
with an eighty-tive-foot extension lad
der. and every modern firc-tightins and
life-saving appliance. A motor tractor
was also Installed on Truck No. 2,
which largely increased It's efficiency.
1t is tho wise intention OF the board
ultimately to motorize the entire de-
partment. as the increased efficiency
and lower maintenance cost OF motor
drawn apparatus have been fully de-