TRINIDAD : THEN AND NOW. 



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It will be remembered that I mentioned, amongst 

 the tasks entrusted to me on my arrival was 

 that of forming the town into a series of beats for 

 the purpose of proper police patrols. The town lent 

 itself to this being easily done, it being built in regu- 

 lar blocks.- I consequently adopted it and dt was 

 found to be successful for over 30 years. As this 

 is an age of progress the system was, about seven 

 years ago, changed into another, but whether for 

 better or worse I am not now going to express an 

 opinion. 



A great drawback to an accurate estimate of the 

 size and importance of Port-of-Spain was and is the 

 want of a map giving the correct measurement of 

 each street so as to show their entire mileage. One is 

 at present in course of preparation ; it is not yet com- 

 plete, but from it I have been able to roughly ascer- 

 tain that the streets now measure about 58 miles, 54 of 

 which are under the control of the Town Board and 

 the other four under the aegis of the Public Works. 

 When I came to Trinidad I saw this defect and tried 

 to have it remedied. There was, however, a good 

 plan, or map drawn to scale. In order to allow me 

 to mark out and apportion the police beats, I had re- 

 course to this scale and, by rough measurements of 

 it, I was able to duly apportion the beats. My 

 calculation made the measurement of the streets to 

 be about 32 miles. This will show the wonderful 

 growth of the town in the time named, which, of 

 course, is because it now includes Belmont, St. Clair, 

 Tranquillity, Shine's Pasture and Woodbrook within 



