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Show JOB CITYJMIIERS. usiness Ground 0uL The City Marshal Reports 834 Meals Fed to the Tramps in January. Judge Noon Reports (05 Cases Tried by Kim for tha Quarter Ending Jan. 31 . A Pound Keeper Wanted by ths City Mo Reduction on Pool Table License. The .City Council met" in regul'ar ses-sion ses-sion Monday night, witli Mayor John E. Booth in the chair. A communication from Justice of the Peace, A. A. Noon, asking an appropriation ap-propriation of &2CJ.O0. for rent of office, was relVned to the committee on claims on raoiion of Councilor Dixon. The justice represented that there was no ofiice in the Court House, and that he had had to rent a place in which to perform his judicial work. Application of Pyne & liaiben for lieeure as wholesale liquor dealers, was granted on motion of Councilor Ilenrichsen. Application of H. E. Bawlings, for license as retail liquor dealer, was granted on motion of Councilor Thomas. The report of S. A. Noon, Justice of the Peace, for quarter ending January 31, 1H01, showing 40 casws tried by him in November, 32 cases in December, and oli cases in January, making a total of 105 cases during the quarter, with a total of S3S7.05 imposed as tines, was read and, on motion of Councilor Dixon, act-epted and placed on file. The report of the city recorder for January, 1801, showing a total of $2,243.15 collected as license, was, on motion of Councilor Maiben, accepted and placed on file. The report of the city marshal, for January, showing 43 arrests and $2j:.95 imposed as fines, was, on motion of Councilor Maiben, accepted and placed on file. The report of G. O. Haws, road supervisor, showed $347.10 of 1800 taxes as having been expended on the streets during the month of December. Accepted. Ac-cepted. The report of the city treasurer was called for, and the recorder stated that that officer had represented that he (the treasurer) had laid it on one of the tables in the room, but no one seemed to know anything about it. f 'nnnnjlm- nril, frOU! . the committee on finance, rec.ommeiTdtni-the rec.ommeiTdtni-the adoption of the assessment roll as prepared and submitted by Assessor Samuelson, and also that that oliicerbe authorized to procure the list of mortgages mort-gages recorded on the terms embodied in the assessor's communication to the Council on January 20. The report was accepted. The Board of Health recommended the allowance of sundry claims, and the appointment of "W. O. Nielson as city nurse, to attend cases of contagious conta-gious disease, at a salary of S50 per month. Councilor Maiben moved to accept the report. He considered, however, that it should be the understanding that the city have exclusive control of Mr. Nielsen's time, in consideration of him being paid a monthly salary. Councilor Ilenrichsen " thought it would be well to thoroughly understand under-stand this matter, and pending such an understanding he moved that the report be laid on the table. This motion was lost. Much discussion discus-sion ensued, however, on the subject. Councilors Liddiard and Dunn, members mem-bers of the Board of Health, stated that Mr. Nielson had been made to thoroughly understand when lie was consulted on the matter, that his time would be at the option of the city. Councilor Dixon said if this was the understanding, that Mr. Nielson's time was optional, he would oppose paying him sjoO a month. He would rather vote a salary of $60 per month, providing provid-ing the gentleman give his full time to the city. Councilor Maiben would oe opposed to Mr. Nielson running around attending attend-ing to every little case, and neglecting the city's interests. He thought, however, how-ever, the city marshal could regulate the matter satisfactory, if the gentleman gentle-man was engaged at the salary recommended recom-mended by the board of health. Councilor Dix3n moved to amend by adding the words "his entire time. " Tha motion was lost, Councilors Dixon and (ilr.zier voting for it. The motion to adopt the report of the board of health was then put and carried. Tha report of the committee on waterworks, recommending the allowance allow-ance of the M. Y. Sturges estate of $39.15, was adopted. The committee on streets and alleys to whom was referred the petition of J. B. Love, asking the city to exchange some lands with him in the southeast part of the city, near First and Second streets, reported that they considered the proferred land not advantageous to the city's interests, and therefore recommended that the petition not granted. Report adopted. Speaking upon the report Councilor Maiben very truly remarked: "Throwing "Throw-ing open a street and receiving no benefit from it wa3 not good policy, but wa3 an expense," Councilor Maiben presented the majority report of the comroitte on license on the subject of reducing the license cn pool tables. This majority report recommended that the petition be not granted. Mr. Maiben stated ha dissented from the report and would probably be heard from in a minarity report. The document then went up to the iiauie. The Mayor "The report is not signed?" Councilor Maiben "No, sir." Councilor Liddiard "Bring it over here, I'll sign it." Councilors Liddiard and Glazier then attached their autographs to the document, docu-ment, and Ike report went up to the Mayor's table. Councilor Maiben then gave his reasons for opposing the proposed reduction re-duction of the license from $15 to $10 on pool tables. It was his firm opinion that if the license was reduced to the minimum, it would be a great jnducs-ment jnducs-ment to decent people to tr-ke out a license and run a respectable business. If tin's was done, it would have the effect of taking our young men from the saloon. Councilor Dison was oppo.sed to reducing re-ducing th license. It waa the saloonkeepers saloon-keepers wjio were petitioning for this reduction, and not respectable people, nd it was these Haloon-kepers who wert breaking the law in not keeping their billiard tables separate and a pari, j from their liquor business. They also i fciroke the ordinance by allowing minors I to congregate around the tables, and ! even play pool. If respectable people could be induced to start in the billiard bil-liard bjsiness exclusively, he would be only too glad to vote for the-' induction induc-tion ot the license. ' As ic was the j saloon-keepers themselves- who were J asking for the reduction-, he therefore i opposed it. ' 1 Councilor Liddiard was in "favor of the majority report. He wanted to throw a hedge around our young raeu, and aid in keeping them from spending spend-ing nearly everything they earned in the saloon. Councilor Dunn knew that the majority ma-jority of the men who played pool did so " for the drinks." If the' pool tabic was taken away from the saloon, tha saloon-keepers would lose the bulk of their trade. lie would vote for the report. Councilor Glazier said that until some of the respectable people referred to started up private billiard rooms tie would oppose any reduction of the license. Councilor Maiben, did not wish to be misunderstood in this .matter. He-could He-could not sea wherein the reduction of the iicensu increased the evil. On the other hand he believed. tUat ly the reduction there would ha ryore people ! 1 taking out a lici-nsa. He--wanted our ordinance in this natter io be uniform j with those of other cities, which had' tested the matter. . . j When the .Wt-e on the nvdmn for ; adopting li e report was ea!)ed for, Councilor M ut'cn vote 1 "no." The commute,. on streets :uv-! alleys, to whom vas ivj erred the i la.iii of. the Provo L. :.:'. Yl. Co.. for stakes, etc.. reeniaimyi .! that the udi of $22.71 he allowed. AunpU'd. The claim 01 the City Marshal tor January, Ur boarding prisoners. showing show-ing Jsi!4 ui.-v.ls furnished at 20 -cents-each meal, making a total -of SloO.st;, was read nu allowed. The Mayor thought that wlfon there were so many meais they ouirht to b- furnished at a less figure. ," . Councilor Dixon "The tramps mist' think Proyo's a fat. pasture." The Mayor "If we only had such a crop in July, eh?" .... The claim of Marswral Brown, fur police services for January, for $S04, was allowed, arid the amount appropriated. appro-priated. The claim of the Fr.ivo Woolen Mills for eighteen electric 1 iliLs for the city, at $15 each, amounting to $270. w-ix' allowed; as also t he following: T. .E. Tluirman, watermaster and deputy, S0.o0; G. O. Haws, road supervisor, -self, team, etc, 132.00; Chas. 1. Gray, teamster, 640; Taylor Bros. &C., desk for recorder's ofiice, $88; provo Commercial Com-mercial and 'Savings Buuk, ;yt-.:r?42 days on $1000, J-20; Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co., $15: S. Jensen, ringing curfew bell for January, 54; Ben R. Eldredye'spikes, pulleys etc.. for fire department, $4. The claim of Mis. Sophia Hyde, of. 50. for pulling down her old house, by the instructions of llw qaaraythic, physician, was referred tothe commit-1 JjrnJainis. , the Peace, for $343.05, " was reteired back to be itemized. The Mayor stated that when he was justice of the peace he never made out a complaint for each prisoner, providing provid-ing they could be impleaded in the oire instrument. Lf Mr. Noon did other--wise, then, of -course, the fees would run up. Police Officer Hill stated- tliat in two cases the officers had prevailed ..oh Judge Noon to make out one complaint to cover several defendants',1, but' in every other case each person arrested had an individual complaint. It -.was the custom, probably, . for economy,, with other justices, that if a perso was fined, he would-be allowed, say tilC the afternoon, to rustle up 'money with" which to pay his fine. But now if the money was not forthcoming, say in three minutes, a 'commitment -"was made out. . Councilor Dunn A- "And.tlvs'upposft' that costs money?"' . . i The yat ermastervwas allowed, on his petition, one week's extension of time, in which to prepare his schedule. Councilor Maiben, i;j befuflf of the committee on lire department, saidHhe city attorney had riUiG'amVndmeiits to the oiviiuauee on lire liitofts'r&tdyV but would have then by next sossiotu Tin's gentleman also called the -attention 01 the Council to the fact that sri;e.. steps should be taken to secure a room, for the city police. As it was, -the ..city did not have a room in the'-bnildinj. " The city marshal" aid the police-could police-could get along with a room in the. Gates-Snow building or in the old Tit'h-' iiigoilic". They should, howeyer,'1iave a room right away. V T ' The matter was referred toHhe committee com-mittee on 'public grounds and .city property. prop-erty. . Councilor Dunn, of the committee on elections,, reported that the matter referred to 'them of -engaging a city pound-keeper, w;s yet unsettled,. No man could be found who uld1tecep't' the job. He would like the Council to authorize him-, to advertise for one. Councilor Mtfiben thought one of the police officers could do the work. Officer Strong was well versed in, the taking care of stock, and he would recommend re-commend that the committee confers with the marshal in the premises1. . ', 1 ; Councilor ilenrichsen moved that the committee on public grounds and city property be authorized to purchase pur-chase 800 trees and secure the services of a landscape gardener to plant them in the west square and the Garden City park, and also that the services of the gardener be retained to look' after the square and park for the year 1801. Councilor Mt!bea was opposed to the motion. He objected to experimenting experi-menting any more ia this mattiiv -' Councilor Glazier was in favor of planting trees in the wesfe-aquar Jd the cemetery, but he didnot think there was soil enough in the Xiardetr City park to go to the root. Councilor Dixon thought it was too late in the day now to find out that the city had located a park in the wrong place A whole pile of money had been expended in this direction, and the man who sot out the roun'ds' there ought to ho. e known at the time if the location was not suitable for a public park. Councilor Ilenrichsen said the location loca-tion of the park was the work of the last Council, but considerable wink had been done last year, in improving the park, and he thought the ground was all right, or wosld be with a little more work. lie considered it would be very unwise for the Council to re-., fuse to purchase any more trees because be-cause a few of those already planted had died. . . ... The motion to purchase the trees was lost. t The Council ' then adjourned : till Tuesday evening,' F( binary 10, 1S91. - |