New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-04
Port Collector
Alone Viii! Issue
Passes to Piers
Control Of City's Barred
Zones Centralized I'm
der Newton
Employers Responsible
Police Will Not Assist IN
Patrolling the Waterfront
of Manhattan
Employers Responsible

All passes 70 piers in the local
"barred zone" of Manhattan, FrooklVn
and New Jersey waterfronts VIII here
after be issued by Byron K. Newton
Collector Of the Port Of New York.
This important step in concentrating
the administration and supervision Of
The waterfronts was decided on at q
conference yesterday between Marshal
Mccarthy, Of New YORK; Marshal
Power. Of Brooklyn; Collector Newton
and Major Nars.on, Of Governor s
Island.
BY this Capitalization, it is believed
the danger arising from enemy aliens
passing the dead line" and going on
docks and ships carrying war forces
and supplies will be materially les
sened
Uniform pier permits for tie use O.
all laborers working on them will be
issued. probably by the end OF the
week. and card indexes will be made
for rapid reference in all cases. lden-
tifcation will probably be made by
photographs. TO be kept on file IN the
Collectors Office, and registration OF All
those who use the piers will devolve
as responsibility on the shoulders cf
employers.
A conference will be held this morn
ing in Marshal McCarthy's Office %
perfect details OF the standardized per
nit. With the wise Of Washington, the
permits will then be rushed TO the
printer. New permits will be issued 20
applicants, through the employers, am
the old ones exchanged.
Reason for Change
"The change has been made because
the Office of the Collector of The Port
has better facilities for handling the
issuance Of the passes said Marshal
Mccarthy last night. "All the zones
barred TO enemy aliens on New YORK
Harbor-Manhattan, Brooklyn and New
Jersey--will come under Collector
Newton's jurisdiction.
what will be done is to send 70 each
employer registration cards and per
mits equal to the number Of workers
under him. The employers will fiji
these out. thereby vouching fer the
men, and return them 70 the collector ;
office. where the official seal viii b.
affixed"
Police Commissioner Arthur Woods
made it known yesterday that several
hundred members of the force and pri-
yate policemen we're assisting the Gov
errors Island troops in patrolling and
guarding piers, waterfront zones and
other vital points throughout the city.
More OF the uniformed force were
not being used in the enemy alien
vigil. he explained, because the force
was spread pretty thin" already. He
said that all Of the men OF the force
we're required for their regular duties,
but that he was ready to undertake any
war service at the request of the Fed
eral authorities, when the emergency
arose.
Other Duties for Police
First DEPUTY Commissioner Case de-
clared the question of whether police
or troops should guard the waterfront
had come UP recently al conference
held in Washington. 1t was decided
then the police should leave the patrol
duty TO the soldiers, and cooperate with
the Federal authorities in other ways.
Marshal Mccarthy made public last
night the procedure TO be followed by
him and every other United States
marshal throughout the country in the
treatment Of the enemy aliens ousted
from the District of Columbia.
"The order BARRING them from Wash
ington goes into effect midnight Of De-
cember a." he said. "The enemy alien
before that time has 20 notify the mar
shall of the district TO which he is go
ing. In this way, he will be registered
so that we can keep an eye on him,
will be required to get the necessary
permits. and in addition will receive
all the help we can give in finding q
lob and settling in a strange locality.
/ We have been instructed TO treat these
people with the utmost consideration"