. Historical sketch of the police service of Hartford, from 1636 to 1901, from authoritative sources. Illustrating and describing the economy, equipment and effectiveness of the police force of to-day. With reminiscences of the past, including some notes of important cases . lumber rafts from Vermont and New Hampshireforests, bringing down timber which was not only used in thislocality but rafted to New York and to other points along thecoast. The sailors on the West India fleet and the raftsmenfrom the upper states were of a hardy but rough sort, and it wasoften difficult to keep them within
. Historical sketch of the police service of Hartford, from 1636 to 1901, from authoritative sources. Illustrating and describing the economy, equipment and effectiveness of the police force of to-day. With reminiscences of the past, including some notes of important cases . lumber rafts from Vermont and New Hampshireforests, bringing down timber which was not only used in thislocality but rafted to New York and to other points along thecoast. The sailors on the West India fleet and the raftsmenfrom the upper states were of a hardy but rough sort, and it wasoften difficult to keep them within bounds. They were givento liquor, and the rum on the fleet was often tapped in the in-terest of a nights carousal, and between these two classes ofrivermen the watch was often busy all night long bringing meninto the lockup for misdemeanors. The east side was particularly lively, as it was in that sec-tion that the public houses were located, and it was in themand about the river front where the greater part of the disturb-ances occurred. It became manifest in the later fifties that thesystem of watch was wholly inadequate to care for the publicpeace of the city, matters were going from bad to worse, andalthough the watch performed its duties as well as possible, the. PHOTO BY STUAST GEO. N. Police Commissioners. History of Police Department, Hartford, Connecticut. 39 lack of a strongly organized force, with a sufficient number ofmen to preserve order, led to the final abandonment of the sys-tem and the substitution of the present police department,which is to-day very much upon the original lines laid down inthe first ordinance providing for its organization.
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