Evening star., 1933-11-28
New Building and Realign-
ment ofjFour Districts In
cIuded in Plan. n
ONE STATION SERVING
100000 AT PRESENT
White House to Come Under First
Instead of Third, According to
Proposed Set'Up,

Supt of Police Brown announced
today he is planning to recommend to
the Commissioners establishment of two
additional police precincts and a re-
alignment Of the existing territorial
boundaries Of the first, second, third
and fourth precincts
The major projects include erection
OF new station house in the vicinity
Of Thirteenth and K streets and
restoration of the old fourth precinct
in Southwest Washington.
The new station would serve the ter
ritory now covered by the first precinct,
In addition to a portion of the third
precinct area from Fifteenth to Sew
enteenth streets. This would put the
White House in the first instead of
the third precinct and relieve the latter
Of considerable work handling traffic
at official receptions.
Third Heavily Burdened.
Maj. Brown feels the third precinct
is overburdened because of the location
within its limits of a number of en-
bassles, the Washington Auditorium and
public buildings which require special
traffic details for various functions.
new station house near Thirteenth
and X streets, Maj. Brown said. would
be more central to the business in
terests, which the first precinct chiefly
serves. The old first precinct station,
before beginning of the public buildings
program on the Mall. he pointed out,
was located on Twelfth street lust below
Pennsylvania avenue, where 1t was con-
venlent to business men, Now, however.
1t Is located on New Jersey avenue be-
tween d and E streets, almost at the
eastern extremity of the first precinct
boundary.
Maj. Brown is especially anxious to
restore the old fourth precinct station
on street southwest between Four
ana a Half and Sixth streets. The
building now Is being used as a police
storehouse and, according to the super
intendent. can easily be transformed
into a precinct station.
The need for re-establishing the old
fourth precinct, Maj. Brown said. has
been impressed on him BY a group of
Southwest business men. who COM
planned that the existing station at
Fifth and E streets southeast is too far
removed for proper service.
Would Change Designations.
The reopening Of the old fourth pre-
cinct station would result in the exist
ing fourth precinct station returning
10 ltS IOTmer designation as NO. D. 1hlS
number at present is assigned to the
former No. IL. at Twenty-second street
and Rhode Island avenue northeast.
The erection of a new station house
for No. l also would involve a change
in station numbering The present No.
station would become No. 6. its former
designation, and the present No. 6. on
Thirteenth street between Nicholson
street and Colorado avenue. would re-
turn to its former designation as No. l3.
Aside from relieving the third pre-
cinct Of some of its territory with the
erection of a new station for No. /,
Maj. Browns plans also contemplate
a reduction in the size Of the territory
served by the second pre- inct. The
present dividing line between No l and
No. is K street With restoration of
the old sixth precinct, Maj. Brown pro-
poses to extend the territory it would
cover from X to N streets.
Mai. Brown said the existing second
precinct covers too large a territory
and is called on to protect too many
residents The population Of the area
covered by No. ?, he said, exceeds
100000.