Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-19
Paw of New London'S Policemen
Claimed That They Get Lowest of Any Force in State and Deserve More-Nuisance of Which City Ought to Be Rid-Is Major Hull Democrat Republican?
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Especial to The Bulletin.)
 1 New London, August 18.--New Lon | don has a police force whose efficiency ! is the equal of any force in the state l of Connecticut. at least and whose 1 duties are perhaps more eXacting than i in any other city, by reason of New London being the main seaport, with 1 its attendant temporary population, l from the fact of it being a railroad ] centre of importance, and the chief ] visiting place for the soldiers from l the island forts. The city has also i it's full quota of saloons, is the termi- nal for many excursions and, in fact, has all the details that require a police force of the highest efficiency. No force in the state has so many multi tudlOnOuS duties to perform and no body of policemen do that duty more cheerfully, and there is not a shirker among them. They have labor trOub- les and other troubles of magnitude in | the city and the policemen have dem onsuated time and again that they are able to meet any emergency. The men of the force have performed duty on special occasions, and they are not i flow, without a murmur, and a. g, mat ter of course, without extra pay. They work seven days in the week, ten hours a day fiat, with extra time thrown in, and for all this they are the lowest paid police force in the whole state,
 1t is not believed that the people of New London want their guardians to receive less pay than is given the po- Iicemen of Norwich, Wiuimantic, Mid dletown, AnSOnia and like places and many have so informed the mem bers of the force, and have urged that they ask for more pay. This they
 have done. They do not intend 10
 strike or anything like it; they do not intimate that they will neglect duty # they do not get more pay, nor do the faithful men threaten to quit if the pay is not raised. They now re- ceive $50 a month, the same as the policemen in the village of Westerly, and they have asked the police com mittee of the court Of common council,
 and the finance committee. too to ar range for an increase to $95 month to
 begin next year. The request is reasonable and is justified, for there is no reason under the sun why the policemen of New London should be the lowest paid in the whole state An increase of $15 a month to the captain, the lieutenant, the sergeant and the patrOlmen would be justifiable and receive the endorsement of Q great majority of the people. The present pay per month in New Lon
 don is: Captain, $10O; lieutenant, SEQ; sergeant, $85; patrolmen, $SO.
 Here are special lists Of the police
 departments Of the cities of Connecti-
 cut: NOrwich--Chicf 5136S7, captain $106.45, sergcants 5102.65. patrolmen S9L25. Willimantic-Chicf S112. 50,
 Ansonia - Chief $I21.66. sergeant
 $1O6.45, patroImcn $9125 Middle tOWn-Chief St2OS3, captain $1O0, pa trolmen $8364 and allowed $50 a year tor uniforms. Danbury - Captain $12083 sergeant Sq5S3 DatrOIr0eO $S7.5O. Greenwich-Chief S115. captain $110, patrolmen $90. Norwalk-Chief $12166, sergeant $10S.54, patrolmen $91.25, eight hours days work West Haven-Chief $129.27, captain $114C6, sergeant SIC6.45, patTohnen $9125. BristoI-Chief $116.66, captain $1OO, patrolmen $9125. Stamford - Chief $166.66, sergeant $105, patrolmen $90, ] all uniforms furnished. Meriden-l Chief $166.66, captain $125, lieutenant $98.85. Waterbury - Superintendent $166.66, captain $129.27, lieutenant
 $l2166, sergeant $l06.i5, patrolmen $9S.85. New Britain-Chief $146.66 captain $12S.33, sergeant $105, patrol men $100.337 (four years, $91.85 two years). New Haven-Chief $25O cap tain S16G.6G. sergeants $108.33, patrol men S9S.S5 and $91.25. Bridgeport-I Superintendent S208 33, captain S125, lieutenant $116.66, sergeants S1O8.33, patrolmen $9885 and S91.25 Hart ford-Chief $225, captain $166.66, lieu tenant $133.33, SCrgeanJs $116.66, pa trollnen $98.85 and S9135. The ques- tiOn suggests itself: Is there any
 valid reason why the New London policemen should be the lowest paid in the state of Connecticut?
 There have been dumped into NewI Londcn within the past few months
 many very undesirable negroes, direct from the water front of Norfolk and Newport News They are of the very lowest type and they are extremely filthy and some are full of the most lOathsOnne of diseases, that make those fellows unfit 70 mingIe with the re- Spectable people of the city in the pub lie streets. Their very appearance is ! disgusting by day and they are con sidered a menace to safety at night ! The longer they hang around town the bOlder they get and have become | really insulting. Most of these fellows were brought from the south, ragged and dirty some Scantilv attired in l rags and using feed sacks for coats. to l work for the New York, New Haven i and Hartford railroad in, the big coal piles at Midway.
 The majority of them are too lazy or l are Tot able tC work and the employer 1 has no use for them. They have no means to pay their fares back to the south, so they come to New London | and hang around waiting for some thing to turn up and in the meantime