New-York tribune., 1922-01-18
El'right Shifts
4 More; Asks
100 Motor Cars
Lifts Capt. Bailey's Suspen-
sion and Gives Him Pop
lar Precinct; Appoints
kuhne Deputy Inspector
Plans IL New Stations
Most Of Structures Will Be
i'll Outlying Districts; One
on Land Now Occupied

Police Commissioner Enright made
FOUR moro changes In police commands
Yesterday in continuation of the pig
Eest shake-Gp in the history Of the de
'artment. The changes went into inn
mediate effect rs Of o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
After the announcement of she
changes MIR. Enright said that as Il re
suit Of intensive patrol work crime In
-ne city had shown a decrease in She
last quarter Of 1921, as compared with
the same quarter of the previous year.
He also announced the inaugural ion
Of new system Of patrol by means
of motor cars, and said he had applied
for funds to purchase 100 cars for that
purpose In addition he revealed that
he Is planning to construct several new
station houses despite the fact that
some have been abandoned within the
last few days in carrying out changes
announced earlier.
The changes put into effect yester-
day were as follows: Captain John j..
Hughes. in command of the Bath
Beach station. was transferred to the
Concy Island station; Captain Angus
tus kuhne, in command of the latter
station. WAS made deputy Inspector
and assigned to duty as assistant to
Inspector Byron K. Sackett. Of the sth
Inspection district; Captain Walter
Rouse, IN command of the Poplar
street station. Brooklyn. was trans
forred to the Bath Beach station. and
Captain William A. Bailey. who has
been under suspension for SIX months.
was restored TO duty and placed in
command Of the Popar Street station
Nh Enrght said that only one of the
present locations would be used for
new station houses
"The only house that ] can think
Of now that Will be replaced by a
rev structure on the same location" 5"
he added, SIS the Bergen Street station
IN Brook yn. We are going to replace
the old Snyder Avenue station in Flat
bush. Just where the new Flatbush
station viii be built has not been de
cided. but viii say that property not
nearly as valuable as the Snyder Ave
hue plot VIII be selected
Our plans also call for two new sta
tions ON Staten Island. One will be at
Tottenvi.lc and the other at st. George
They are badly needed. We will build
a new station to cover the territory
low controlled by the Oak Street sta
ton, but in different location. The
Mercer Street station also Will he re
placed on new site.
There Is an urgent need for a new
Tendcrloin station to replace the old
West Forty-soventh Street house. which
will be more modern and central. On
The East Side we plan to build one
station that viii take in territory now
covered by the Twcnty-second and
Ihirty-hfth Street stations.
'ln addition to these we viii build
new houses for the Alexander Avenue
precinct in the Bronx. for Glendale,
Rockawav and jamaica"
In connection with the abolition of
the West Twentieth Street station
Commissioner Enright said:
at was useless to Il modern depart
men,. It covered loft district, and
for some time | have realized that for
effective control of crime in such an area
system OF concentrated control was
needed Under the present plan the
entire loft district will be under the
control and supervision of one pre-
cinct, as it should be-