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years previous. The increase was due almost entirely to 

 the employment of additional men. Moreover, the number 

 employed at the beginning of 1911 was increased 18 per 

 cent, just prior to July 1, 1911, the date the Civil Service 

 Law went into effect. 



3. Approximately 40 per cent, of the total present 

 force of the three Park Boards are assigned to boulevard 

 duty. In so far as they are used on boulevards for any 

 purpose other than traffic duty, they only duplicate the 

 work of the city police, as the latter patrol all boulevards 

 in the city, both day and night. Most of the traffic regula- 

 tion necessary by park police consists in regulating the 

 speed of motor vehicles. For this purpose one man on a 

 motorcycle is worth several afoot, and yet comparatively 

 little use has thus far been made of motorcycles. For 

 example, while the South Park Board has approximately 

 80 men on the boulevards, only two are equipped with 

 motorcycles. The West Park Board has purchased 10 of 

 these machines but has made no reduction in the pay-roll, 

 as might have been done. 



4. The Bureau believes that the boulevard force of 

 each park system might be decreased by approximately 

 one-half if most of those remaining were equipped with 

 motorcycles. This would enable a net saving to be made 

 of at least $60,000 per year. It is believed that this saving 

 might be materially increased by reducing the number of 

 police in parks and using more motorcycles, also for park 

 policing. The Bureau finds nothing to show the necessity 

 for increasing the park police force 18 per cent., as was 

 done just prior to July 1, 1911. 



5. The South and West Parks have no police telephone 

 systems. In the former there are not even roll calls nor 

 are patrolmen required to arrive at or leave their beats 

 at any particular places. Morever, no rule books have 

 been available for over a year to new members of the 

 South Park force. 



6. These conditions are costly and are not conducive 



