Show THE POLICE FORCE IN T HIS ANN ANNUAL JAL REPORT to the I Mayor 1 Chief oC o Police Lynch asks for a liberal Increase in the number of oC patrolmen To be exact he w tints additional men men total or of That is at the rate of about brie pol policeman em n to 1000 of population The number seem seeni not unreasonable nor ed to the needs ot at a growing ci cIty The question Is as to the ability of the city to neet the expense that would be entailed by bythe bythe the proposed As at present administered the Pt po department costs IlOt Iet a little more th than 8 year The differ rne nce en sum a cost ost about a bor is made up by the fines and forfeitures Ill Iu the crIminal division of the city court The new men could not of o i courso be put on for anything like a 3 I increase in the expense i U ic they cost the city only to to 12 Ill a year we do not think there 1 le any hesItation Lynchs est t But the new men would L cost far from 2000 ann annually nl Can the city afford the There is l doubt that tile the additional men are badly needed At this time there are arc enough men to make any pretence at patrolling the residence districts All that can be done Is to guard the I business section And oven even this sec section tIn tion Is 1 so 50 loosely guarded owing Lo fo the small number or men that on many bok privAte watchmen are arc employed the cost ost being beins apportioned among th the men watchmen are arc also employed in some fome or of the rc residence i ence districts at expense of pr oWners Th S Satt latter att r would of oC course be done th Hh it if the force could be Increased JiT for fOI th O districts are r reely l b desired Th question US n been en is i the ti of oC expense If the council I over the estimates for lor othes othe l 13 Y df departments finds that it can can cut down and apply the money to th the thep l p lee he department without te t C efficiency of the others The Herald favor the Th show b by the ny that t rolIce is doing first firsth h t work We Vc con congratulate tulu e Chief L 1 uh and his m upon It to |