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Portland's Police Under Present Rule
BORTXAND'S police department con
sists of 85 men of the following:
rank: . Superintendent. 1: cap
tains. 3; sergeants, 3; detective.
S; special officer, 1; patrolmen,' 71.
,In his annual report to the police com
mittee of the Kxecutive board, which Bu
perintendent" Hunt will submit to ; the
(ty auditor December,. IB,, a number of
pertinent recommendations will be made.
Superintendent Hunt pointedly- refers to
the Inadequacy of the present force.
More men will be asked for, more money
with which to run- the department and
above allftnappropriatlon will b re-
' quested for the rebuilding of the city,
Jail, which is In deplorable condition.
' The appropriation "for 190S amounted
to only 375,000, and while Superlntend-
i. cut Hunt does not know what his esti
mate for next year will be it is probable
' that considerably more than . 3100,000
will be asked for, . "
will rcoommend more men." said
the head, of the department 'With the
; approach of the 1905 fair there will be
a great deal of police work. We must
Ret ready for (lt. This cannot be done
in an Instant. ' The demands upon 'tills
department will greatly increase In the
next two years."
The report also points out that in the
not distant future more police stations
and equipment will be needed. ' There is
at present but .one Jail and one patrol
wagon. More patrol wagons and other
stations will soon be demanded by the
growth of the city,
. During the present year the depart
ment has been increased by the addition
-of a number of officers. ; The Inaugura
tion of the civil service in the depart
ment resulted in many changes and the
infusion of soma new blood. last year
there were but 49 patrolmen. Now there
, are 71 but there are not yet enough to
properly protect the large area which
- Tortland covers.
: In the number of arrests the present
year far exceeds the past few years.
" Figures in the report show that In 1901
there were 3.667 arrests, in 1902, 3,409.
Iiurlng the first 11 months of this year
the number: was - approximately 6,600,
while for the entire year the total will
Ae nearly 8,000.
,. The large increase In the number of
V ,arreftts is accounted for by Superintend
cut Hunt by the greater vigilance of his
men. the cleaning out Of the rift-raft
class and the more strict enforcement
of many of the city ordinances. The
head, .of the department points with
pride to the -fact that for the first 11
months of the year approximately $40,
000 was turned into the city treasury
through the police.
The amount required to remodel the
city Jail in a substantial and durable
manner, according to the report, will be
not less than $16,000. ; The awful condi
tions existing at. present In this bastile
are well known to Superintendent Hunt
who is very anxious 'to have the neces-
sary repairs made. He is of the opinion
that the entire structure- should be prac
tically rebuilt It the improvement is to
be for any length of time,
- Portland's policemen ' are paid $76 a
month, captains $90, while the sergeants
get the same pay as the rank and file.
Detectives draw the same wages as cap
tains. The superintendent gets an an
nual salary of $2,400. For November
the pay roll amounted to but $6,530.
Compared with other cities with metro
politan aspirations the salaries in Port
land are very low, - The officers have
been talking for some time of asking for
higher pay but nothing definite has yet
been done. During tha coming year it
is possible that steps will be taken look
ing towards this end. - - . '
Superintendent Hunt took Ms office
January 24, last. Since then he has de
voted much of his time toward alleviat
ting to some extent the disgusting con
ditions existing in the tenderloin. One
change for the better upon which he has
insisted Is the moving of the women in
the cribs from the ground floor to the
Second stories. This rule has been
strictly enforced by the departments By
this regulation the north end -has lost
much of the braaen aspect which it 'as
sumed not a few months aoro.
Another change of the past year has
been the re-establishing or the mounted
patrol. , Years ago Portland had mounted
officers but the service was discontinued,
At present there are but six men on
horseback patrolling the suburban dis
tricts but Superintendent Hupt hopes to
increase this force in the near future.
These officers have been able to render
good service to the outlying districts
and they have made many arrests of
persons who have violated the city or
dinances.
At the present time many new pa
trol boxes are being installed for the de
partment. Most of these have heen
placed in East Portland, where at pres
ent the officers have r.o direct communi
cation with headquarters. The new sys
tem will bo ready shortly after the first
of the year and It will be found a great
help. ,1 i
While Portland's- police force is far
from what it should be the coming year
gives promise of better things to come in
the way .of more men, better quarters
and better equipment.
.During the past 12 months the present
system of permitting gambling houses to
run under a system of monthly fines has
been started and it has . resulted in a
great deal of money reverting to the
city treasury through forfeited bail.' An
other innovation in the way of police
uniform has been the adoption of the
military cape for the winter season with
which all the officers are now provided.
In a criminal way Portland has had Its
share of thieving, robbery and tragedies;
Several murders have been committed
but not more than is usual in a city of
this size. ' Several epidemics of holdups
huve startled the city and kept the offl
eers, on the qui vive, Possibly the most
sensational crimes were committed by
a gang of street car highwaymen who
operated here last summer.-. During the
past few months only the usual routine
of crimes has occupied' the attention of
the force. .
The fact that Portland is a seaport
town accounts in some measure for the
large number of arrests. With' a large
floating population the number of tran
sients taken into custody for drunken
ness, vagrancy and petty crimes is very
great. " ' - '
' ' POKTXJLBTD'S V0ST0T7ZCB.
On an average 65,000 letters dally pass
through the Portland postofflce for out
side points. To accommodate the mails
that arrive and leave . the office, ITS
pouches are required dally, Something
like 80,000,000 pieces of mail were han
dled by the mall clerks this year, or an
average of 2.GQ0.00O a month,
A postage stamp, such as is required to
pay for the transportation of a letter is
an insignificant thing, but some Idea of
the magnitude of Portland malls can be
had from the fact that the average
monthly receipts of the stamp, window
have been over T27,O0O, , ,i .
' The computed and ; estimated stamp
sales for the years 1902 and 190$ show
an increase of over $50,000 for the pres
ent year, or about 18 per cent.
Fife Service of Portland
yr "jr r-HILB Portland's Are depart-1
A i . ment la far from being met
t.f .. ropolitan the coming -year
, will see great advance made
In this "important branch of the public
service...
Portland Is unique, for a city of Its
shsey in having only, a partly paid de
partment a, majority of the members be
ing extra or. call met;. . But steps are
now .being taken looking towafda the
establishing of full paid companies, and
there is every prospect that thin will
be done within' a, short time.
Although seriously ' handicapped m
many ways the local firemen have made
a good record for themselves. While
the figures have not yet been icompiled
for 1903, it will show the highest Are
loss of any year since the records have
been kept. ; This has resulted from a
series of disastrous conflagrations, many
of them due to the work of an incen
diary. - - - - .
In making his report to the fire com
mittee of the executive board Chief En
gineer; David Campbell has" submitted
estimates of the cost of placing the de
partment 'on a full paid basis and of
running it Under present methods. While
the figures have, not been made public
it la .well known that the change is iq
favor and there is -every reason to be
lieve that this - city" will have a met
ropolitan system within a few months.
The growth of the city and, the de
mand for better protection has resulted
in one new engine company being pro
vided for and during the coming year
other new stations will- undoubtedly be
placed. : Should the call system continue
for another ' year additional members
will be required as the present forca Is
Inadequate. -
At the present time the various sta
tions, which' had lapsed Into a state of
absolute decay, 'are being repaired. - The
deplorable condition of the houses where
the men and stock are quartered was
first exposed by The Journal. The show'
lng was so disgraceful that it was not
long before the authorities appropriated
$12,000 for repairs and this is now be
ing spent to good advantage. ' - -j ,
The "coming yearwill see another no
table Improvement . in Portland's fire
service, when the new' flreboat goes
into commission. It is now in the '
yards -undergoing construction. The
craft will be completed in about three
months and it will fill a long-felt want.
Portland's Waterfront Is -extremely has-
ardous and past experience has shown
the need of protection along the river.
A company of regular men will man the
flreboat.' 4 -, , .
Tor 1904 Chief Campbell would like
to have, among other things, for - his
department: Installation of all full paid
companies," new apparatus, a new en
gine company near the Union depot, an
other truck company In East Portland,
repairs to some of the houses, repaint
ing and repairing of apparatus, new
stock.
' Other new stations wilt be needed in
the near future and a general increase
of wages before long is hoped for, but
if the department is placed ' upon a'
permanent basis for 1904 the other im
provements and additions are expected
to follow. ; For its size Portland . has
been more parsimonious with its fire
laddies than any other. clty in the coun
try, .From the chief engineer .to the
rank andf file the scale of wages is
disgracefully low, but the men hope
for-recognition soon; - .'. .
At the present time there are 63 paid
men, Including the chief, his assistants
and the headquarter's -staff,-and 89 extra
men in the local service. Should the
department be made permanent It- will
require as great a total as there is now.
If the call system is not abolished) the
number of, firefighters must be materi
ally Increased. - The appropriation for
190$ was but $106,000, while for the
coming year it will take about $160,000
for a paid service and nearly aa much
if present conditions continue.
Portland's department consists of
seven engine companies, five hose com
panies, four chemicals, four truck com
panies, besides the chief, one assistant,
two battalion chiefs, chief of alarm
service - am) hydrantmen. . The addition
of the flreboat and other new companies
will enlarge : the . force . considerably
within a short time.
The year 1903 goes , out with the
heaviest fire tloss on record in Portland.
The figures are far from complete, but
estimates place the year's lpsa at close
to $1,000,000. In 1902 It was $591,870.90.
The largest previpus loss was in 1894,
when the figures footed up to $888,628.94.
The lowest loss for any year since 1883,
when the Official records began, was In
1889, when the total was but $37,730.23.
In 1902 there, were 439 alarms. The
number for his year will be about 425,
there having been 403 -up to and includ
ing December 12," .While the number is
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greater losses thus accounting for the
Increased total loss. '
The year which Is rapidly drawing to
a close has .seen some expensive con-'
narrations In this city. The Eastern
and 'Western Lumber company's sawmill
was totally destroyed last May. Fire
In the top floors, of the Dekum building
resulted in a heavy loss which footed
up in the thousands. The Victoria dock
Ore was expensive while the destruction
of the plant of the Standard Box factory
in November helped to swell the total.
There were other big biases in this city,
many of them the work of an Incendiary
who. worked assiduously especially dur
ing March, when there were 64 alarm's
and . many big blast. June was the ,
banner month, there being but 24 alarm
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there are many more of suspicious origin ,
during the past 12 months. " .
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