Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
BOARD POSTPONES
| OPENING OF NEW
| POLICE PRECINCT
Defer Action Until Site for For
eat Hill Station Is De-
oIded Upon.

"a The Board of Police Commissioners,
ht their next meeting, will authoIIze
the opening of the new Eighth pre-
cinct, to be located in the Forest I'LL
settion of the city, and will then
announce a number of promotions. At
The regular semi-montnly meeting of
The board held yesterday afternoon,
action in this matter was deferred
Until a definite site Cor the location
% the new station house could be de-
1eided upon. Several buildings have
been submitted to the board, but no
Selection has been made.
With the opening CT the now pre-
cinct speculation is rife as to trahs-
fers to be made, but the commis-
fipners are non-commital on this
tpoint. However, 1t Is positively stated
that a new captain will be appointed
and, according to precedent, Lieuten-
ant John J. CAREY, Of the First pre-
cinct. will be elevated to that posi-
ton, as he heads the civil service
list
with three lieutenants to be as
signed to the Eighth precinct and ore
to fill the vacancy caused by Lieu
tenant Caffrey's promotion, four iieu-
tenants will be named. The first four
sergeants ON the civil service list are
Edward E. Heller, John N. Sites,
John r. Huebner and James d.
Fitch
The patrolmen eligible to become
sergeants stand on, the civil service
list as follows: Adolph Linderman,
John ]. Keene, Michael j. McGrath.
Theodore s. McNaliy, Charles l.. Ea-
Gibney.
y With the promotion of seven pa
linen to the rank of sergeant and
n the vacancies already in the
ranks of the force and patrolmen to
man the new precinct, number of
new men will have to be appointed,
In ali about forty new patrolmen.
Following his arraignment on the
arge of being late in sending in a
ldity call, Patrolman Frank A. Car
roll, of the Fifth precinct, was trans
ferred to the Fourth precinct. The
charge preferred against him by Act
ing Lieutenant Sebold was dismissed.
Upon the recommendation to Chief
of Police Michael T. Long by Captain
Thomas Cordially the following names
we're placed on the meritorious list
for efficient work in arresting seven
youths for assaulting a seventeen
year-old girl in Grove street recently:
Lieutenant Joseph Pagan, Detective
Frank Donnelly, of the detective bu-
'reau: Sergeant John ]. McCabe, Pa
trolmen Albert Schmidt, Edward NJ.
Thornton. Thomas #. Kinney, Arthur
J. Reed and Jacob Alexander, of the
Seventh precinct.
New Traffic Regulations.
The following traffic ordinance was
drafted by the Police Commissioners
and the Board of Works will be asked
TO approve IT.
No vehicle shall be allowed to stand
or park on Broad or Market streets
within seventy-f1ye feet of the corners
OF Broad and Market streets, nor on
the south side of Washington street
within seventy five. feet of the corner
OF Market and Washington streets.
aVehicles will be allowed to park on
the east side ST Broad street seventy
five feet south of Market street, at
cerfair1 places to be designated by
sIgns |as far south as Franklin street,
Id on the east side of Broad street,
Twenty-Five feet north of Market
et, at certain places to be desig-
by signs; as far north as Conn
street, and on Park place, on
asst side of the park from the
to within 100 feet of the car
on the northerly end of the
Vehicles will also be allowed
rk on any other street or ave-
hich may from time to time be
hated by the Board Of Police
hissioners.
vehicle shall be allowed to park
IN twenty-five feet on either side
fire hydrant on any street or
ue in this city.
automobile, motorcycle or
vehicle, while being operated
the public streets or highways
n, this otfu Sba1l nnf n4A any
hit headlight, which has ten
~ to blind, dazzle or confuse
users of the streets or high
). and make it difficult or unsafe
hem to ride, drive or walk there
unless such headlight is properly
81 Jed so as to prevent such con-
fu1 pm.