. History of the Chicago police from the settlement of the community to the present time, under authority of the mayor and superintendent of the force . coats, and the chances aie that within twominutes tlie four bold bankrobbers would be on the wayto the station or the is the result of the in-troduction of the Police Pa-trol and Signal Service whichhad its origin in this cityabout 1880. This valuable branch ofthe Chicago Police Depart-ment has been in existencefor about six years, and toit is entirely due the factthat Chicago to-day is ableto get along with a smallerpolice force i
. History of the Chicago police from the settlement of the community to the present time, under authority of the mayor and superintendent of the force . coats, and the chances aie that within twominutes tlie four bold bankrobbers would be on the wayto the station or the is the result of the in-troduction of the Police Pa-trol and Signal Service whichhad its origin in this cityabout 1880. This valuable branch ofthe Chicago Police Depart-ment has been in existencefor about six years, and toit is entirely due the factthat Chicago to-day is ableto get along with a smallerpolice force in proportion toits size than any other cityin the world. The systemwas practically the creationof a single night. One dayin the summer of 1880, whileattending a society picnic,Mr. Harrison, at that timeMayor, and Austin J. Doyle,then Secretary of the PoliceDepartment, dropped into achat, in the course of which_ it was suggested that it PATROL BOX-OPEN. wouldbe a great thing for the department if there could be some means devised where-by the men on beat could communicate with the stationat any time they desired to do so. It struck both parties to. THE PATROL SERVICE. 3<)9 the conversation that this should be a simple matter, at leastin the hands of an electrician. Upon returning to the city thatevening Secretary Doyle saw Prof. Barrett, superintendent ofttieFire Alarm Telegraph, and detailed to him the talk he hadhad with the Mayor. It was then suggested that a systemsomewhat similar to the Fire Alarm Telegraph might workin the Police Department, wagons could be located at cen-
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