New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1915, Page 6

Places of 45 Cops Keep Order in ncle Sam’s 204 Big Cities fii’ Census Reports on Commission Government, Police, Liquor Traffic and Water Supplies in Over 30,000. gton, D. C., Dec. 22.—The pn form of government is in 81 of the 204 cities of over abitants in the United States ice regulations are applied ppointment ©f policemen in cities, including all: those of n 300,000 inhabitants. Po- n are employed in 26 cities. 1 prohibition prevails in 15 te prohibition in 17, and nd parish prohibition in 3. jies certain saloons are 1i- sell malt liquors only. These of the significant and inter- ts which will be brought out prt under the title of “‘General of Cities, 1915”, to be issued ar future by Director Sam. L. of the bureau of the census, pnt of commerce and com- fler the direction of Starke M. chief statistician for statistics sion Form of Government. lommission form of govern- v prevails in no rewer than 81 04 cities estimated to have hhabitants or more in 1915. ties are scattered throughout , in addition to the District of ranging from Massachu- ‘Washington and from South to California, Five of them w England 27 in other north- east of the Mississippi, 16 rn ‘states between the Miss- nd the Pagifipidont states, 9 in htc coast states, ana 24 in the argest city at present operat- ler the commission form of hent is New Orleans, whose on is estimated at about 365,- Buffalo, with a population of 60,000, has recently voted to ate this system on January 1, fext in order are Washington, fith nearly 350,000 inhabitants @ Oregon, with about 260,000 hver, with about 250.000. ese cities the commissions n. size from three to seven Those in St. Paul and Oma- e seven members each; those Diego, Cal.;" and Fort Worth, each; and that in Hunting- Va., four. All the other com- s are composed of either three members, the great majority five. The salaries paid muni- lommissioners range from $500 in Jackson, Mich., and Spring- Phio, to $7,000 a year in Bir- m, Ala., and their terms of of- from one to four years. on, Ohio, has a commission of lembers, which decides matters eral policy, and a ‘‘city man- lappointed by the commission, poks after the administrative The presiding officer of the ssion receives $1,800 per' an- he other members $1,200 and y manager $12,500. larger cities still cling to the prm of government by mayor neil, - Inoall, 123 cities of over Including all having more than 0 inhabitants, aregoverned in anner. The mayors’ salaries from $100 per annum in Flint, to $15,000 in New York city, eir terms of office from one to rears. , Police Departments. otal of 51,045 police men, detectives, and civilian ees of maintaining peace and iin the 204 cities. Of this total, are officers exclusive of detec- 34,320 are patrolmen, 3,308 etectives and 8,015 are ci- s employees. Of the pa- en, 31,294 are unmounted and are mounted on horses, 708 on reycles and 514 on bicycles. Park men number 248, and policemen led at municipal -buildings and s, 390. York hds: 52§ iiounted police- Philadelphia 435, and Chicago No other, city has as many as In New York city 135 of the nted police ride bicycles, but Chi- and Philadelphia rely entirely the horse and the motorcycle. hington, D. C., has 61 bicycle po- en—far more than any other city jpt New York; and its total num- of mounted policemen, 101, is ter than that of any other city ex« New York, Chicago and Phila- hia. e highest paid patrolmen are e ofSan Frangisco, who are un- fled and receive $1,464 per annum, the lowest pald—disregarding e in the lower grades in a few are in ‘Williamsport, Pa., "'\'II |||‘I i ] T el " ,,, p ,n ll" /4 IM Pl (‘ u\‘ S/ e officials, i WIW muu\m w(\‘« T esinol a house- . 'hold cintment Thé same soothing, healing, anti- septic properties that make Resinol Qintment so effective for skin-erup- tions, also make it the ideal house- Jold remedy for Burns Sores Cuts Boils Blackheads Pimples where patrolmen are ungraded and receive $756 per annum. The longest term of service neces- sary to attain the highest grade is found in Savannah, Ga. In this city the patrolman serves five years at $900, five at $960, and five more at $1,020, and thereafter receives $1,080. In Terre Haute, Ind.,, and Charleston, 8. C., the maximum rates of pay—=$1,080 and $1,020, respective- ly—are reached after 10 years of ser- vice. Among citles of 100,000 or more, the longest term of service necessary to attain the highest grade is found in Washington, D. C., where, after three vears of service at $900 and five more at $1,080, the patrolman finally receives $1,200 per annum. The most common length of daily shift or “tour” is eight hours, but in some cities it is considerably greater. In 12 citles there are two daily tours of 12 hours each. In all but 9 of the cities the night force is equal to or greater than the day force. In 19 cities there are short periods during the day in which n6 patrolmen are on duty. In several cases these gaps between tours are two hours in length, and in one case—Quincy, Mass.—there are no patrolmen on their beats or posts between 4 a. m. and 8:45 a. m. In the 204 cities to which the re- port relates, the equipment of the po- lice departments includes 685 station houses; 14,671 signal box 293 vehi- cles for use of officials, nearly three- fourths of which (217) are motor driven; 559 patrol wagons, two-thirds of which (373, are motor driven; 74 ambulances, two-thirds of which (49) are motor driven; 2,596 horses; 895 motorcycles, 1,007 bicycles; and 64 boats. In 134 cities no bicycles are in use, in 88 cities no horses, in 74 cities neither horses nor bicycles, and and in 10 cities neither bicycles, hor- nor motoreycles. Appointment and Retirement. Public interest in the efficiency of police departments is doubtless re- sponsible for the fact that no fewer than 122 of the 204 cities of 30,000 and over, including all those of more than 300,000, apply civil-service reg- ulations to the appointment of police- men, 135 provide some form of retire- ment and pension system, and a still larger number prescribe age, height, and weight limits. In 93 cities retired employees receive half the salary they were drawing at the time of retire- ment. A number of other cities pay a fixed compensation amounting to as much or more than this, while still others employ a sliding scale based on length of service. Police Women. Police women are now employed in 26 cities. Chicago Xas 21; Baltimore, Los Angeles, and Seattle 5 each; Pittz- burgh, 4; San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and St. Paul, 3 each; and Day- ton, Ohio, Topeka, Kans., and Minn- eapolis, Minn., 2 each. Fifteen other cities have 1 each. Their pay ranges from $625 per annum in Jayton to $1,200 in San Francisco. Methods of Regulating Liquor Traffic Prohibition by State law prevails in 17 cities of 30,000 and over 4 each in Georgia and Tennessee, 3 in Kan- sas, 2 each in Oklahoma and West Virginia, Municipal prohibition is in effect in 15 citles—8 in Massedl:husetts 2 each in Illinois and California, and 1 each.in Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Washington. County prohibifion has closed the saloons in 2 Michigan cities and parish prohibition has clos- ed them in 1 Louisiana city. There are thus 35 cities in which total pro- hibition prevails. In addition, there are 8—4 in Ohio, 2 in Colorado and 1 each in Pennsylvania, and Illinois-— in which partial prohibition is in ef- fect through the operation of what is known as the ‘‘district” system, un- der which certain districts or sections of the city may, by popular vote, abolish their saloons, while other The largest city which has adopt- ed prohibition and independently of state or county action in the matter is Cambridge, Mass., whose popula- tion is estimated at between 110.- 000 and 111,000. The largest city in which the saloons have been closecd by state enactment is Atlanta, Ga., with approximately 180,000 inhabi- tants. In 124 of the 169 cities in which saloons are licensed, they are limited as to number, and in 91 as to loca- tion; and in 28 cities, 16 of which are in Pennsylvania, there are no restric- tions as to either number or location. In some cities the limitation as to number is definitely stated; in others it takes the form of a provision to the effect that the number - of saloons shall not exceed 1 to every 250, 500, 750, 1,000, 3,000, or 5,000 inhabitants. The 250-inhabitant limit is employed in the 5 Wisconsin cities of Milwan kee, Racine, Superior, Oshkosh, and | La Cross and the 5,000-inhabitant limit prevails in Chicago and Danville, 1. The limitation as to location takes a variety of forms, among which the | most common is the provision tha< no saloon shall be allowed within n certain distance, usually 200, 300, or 400 feet, of a church or school. Hours of opening range from 4.20 to 8 a. m. and of closing from 10 a. m., in Manchester, N. H., to 2 a. m., in Atlantic City, San Francisco, and Sacramento. In Mpnches'sr the sa- loons are open only 4 hours each day, from 6 a. m. to 10 a. m. On the other hand, there are 10 cities—Ho- boken. Newark, Passaic, and Pater~ son,. N. J., Philadelphia, Wilkes. Barre, Allentown and York, Pa., New ses, Wounds _Chafings Irritations and a séore of otheg troubles which constantly arise, in’ every home, espécially where thefe are children. That is why you should keepRes- inol Ointment ready for instant use. Sold by all druggists, prescribed by doctors. Orleans, and Milwaukee—in which the bar rooms are open during thn ! entire 24 hours of the day. The licensing of certain saloons ta qu malt liquors only is practiced in > New Orleans, I itics in Connecticut, and 8 in Texas i lake T —in which the aggregate number ol saloons thus licensed is 875. Municipal Water-Supply Systems. Of the 204 cities of over 30,00¢ 155 have municipally owned water- supply systems, the total estimated value of which is §1,071,000,000. Mu nicipal ownership in this field he been in force in Philadelphia, whicl built its plant in 1801 and has oper- ated it continuously since that time, for a longer period than in any other city. i 3 | The bulk of the water supply fo fron: most cities comes, of course, and streams, but there ar 634 wells in operation in 47 citie: these, 1,367 are in New York alone. i Five processes of purification are employed, namely, sedimentation, co- agulation slow sand filteration me- chanical filtration, and chemical ster- ilization. Tn the 165 cities of ova: 30,000 which have municipal owner ship of water-supply systems, there are in operation 87 sedimentation reservoirs, in which are treated 953, | 600,000 gallons a day; 54 coagula | tion plants, handling 492,100,000 gal- lons daily; 527 sand filters, whick treat 598,700,000 gaMons a day; and 427 mechanical filters with an output of 468,200,000 gallons daily. The amount of water chemically sterlized averages 1,972,900,000 gallons daily. A part of this water is also treated by other processes. The cost of treatment per 1,000,000 gallons covers a wide range, from 4 cents in Chicago to $17.46 in Col- umbus, Ohio. In the former city the chemical sterilization process is used exclusively, while in the latter both mechanical filteration and chemical sterilization are employed. In 15 cities the cost of treatment is less than $1 per 1,000,000 gallons and in 16 it is more than $5. In these 155 cities with municipally owned water systems there are 36,- 936 miles of water malns, 330,593 fire hydrants, and 1,787.448 meters. During the year a total of 1,326,028,- 000,000 gallons of water—enough to cover the state of Connecticut to = depth of nearly 16 inches—was sup- plied to a total population of 26,- 200,000, the average daily per capita City | consumption being 139 gallons. Tha greatest daily consumption of water per inhabitant, 430 gallons, is re- | ported for Tacoma, Wash., and the smallest, 34 gallons, for Woonsocket, R. 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