Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-22
COM. ENR|GHT
i OPENS STATION
Elaborate Ceremonies Marks
Opening of New $4,000
Police Station

TOTTENVILLE, June 22:-Police
Commissioner Richard E. Enright
; ~oficially opened the new police sta
tion for the Sixtieth precinct at Tot
tenville yesterday afternoon with
Elaborate ceremonies that included
an exhibition by two companies of
fecruits from the police school of
instruction, a concert by the police
band and glee club and an address
by Deputy Commissioner john M.
Shaw for the borough of Richmond,
who acted as master of ceremonies,
and Commissioner of Public Works
David Rendt, acting for Borough
President John A. Lynch, who was
Unable to be present for the event.
The ceremonies began about 3:45
o'clock following a short parade
which was held from the Atlantic
Station Fisher avenue to Amboy
road and down Main street to the
new house.
The procession was led by two
mounted police and they were fol-
lowed by Commissioner Enright,
& Deputy Commissioner Shaw, Com
missioner Rendt and Park Commits
sioner Thomas McGilley, the police
band and glee club and the two COM
panies of recruits. Drawn up be-
fore the station house the entire as
semblage stood attention while the
Stars and Stripes were being hoisted
to the flagstaff and the band played
the Star Spangled Banner" Com
missioner Shaw in a brief address in
troduced Commissioner Enright as
~the speaker of the day. Commits
sioner Enright after giving a brief
outline of the work of the police de-
partment of the city of New York
complimented the residents of the
Borough of Richmond as la~w-abidIng
citizens who gave him little trouble.
I Most people residing here have al
ways lived here and own their own
4 homes and aid the police in enforce
ing the law.
He complimented the people of
Tottenville and the city of New York
on having such a fine station house
which he said was one of the best in
. the five boroughs. H e spoke of the
new police headquarters being erect
ed at st. George which is expected to
be opened the first of September,
and that soon a new station house
would be erected at New Dorp for
the men of the Sixty-third precinct.
Commissioner Rendt accepted the
station house for the borough of
Richmond in place of Borough Pres
ident Lynch who was in Albany on
business and was unable to attend.
Commissioner Enright read a tele-
gram to that effect. After the cere-
monies the men of the precinct
marched from the old station into
the new place where the first roll
call was held. Commissioner Enright
had the honor of turning out the
men on patrol for the first time from
the new station house.
In the march from the old station
house into the new place Inspector
William Bailey, Acting Captain John
Conroy, Lieutenants james w. Law
son., Frank White and Henry C.
Elfers, S%ergeants George P. Conboy,
Wimund Winant and John j.. Scan
lon led with the patrolmen following
Patrolman Patrick Noonan, attend
ant, carried the records.
After the men had turned out the
house was thrown open for inspec-
ton and many availed themselves of
the opportunity of visiting the new
quarters which are thoroughly up
to-date. Many men of the depart
ment from all parts of the city were
at the ceremonies. Among some Of
them were Deputy Chief Inspector
O'Brien, Deputy inspector Falconer,
Inspector Zanes, Inspector Liebers,
formerly in charge Of Richmond,
Lieutenant Thomas O'Brien, super
intendent of buildings in the police
department, the chief architect of
the department who drew the plans
for the new building.
Captain James McTvor, a former
lieutenant here; Captain Ernest Van
Wagner, of the Eighth Branch Bu-
reau; Captain Lonergan, Lieutenant
Dennis J. Glavin, Detective Sergeant
Schley and many others from the
various precincts on the island and
other of the four boroughs. Chief
Henry Harrington of the Roosevelt
police department, Chief Murphy of
the Woodbridge department, and
Detective John Murray, representing
the Perth Amboy police department,
were present at the ceremonies.
John Copeland of Tottenville and
Edward Townsend of Pleasant
Plains were among the recruits do
ing stunts which consisted of rifle
practice, jiu-jitsu, wrestling, boxing,
and various forms of calisthenics.
The entire force Of the Sixtieth
precinct includes forty-six men. This
Is made up of one captain, three
l~ieutenants. five %sergeants, clerical
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