Show A WELCOME STORM Increased the Water Pressure From 75 to 115 Pounds INSPECTORS ARE LET OUT HEALTII DEPART3IENT REPORTS PLENTY OF TYPHOID FEVER Bntlding Inspector Has n Light Week Poll Tax Collections The Finances of the City Clerks Assessed As-sessed For Campaign Purposes Anderson Measnrliig the 3IarIile Stops Miscellaneous Items of the City and County Bruce Johnson Joe Y Smith and the balance of those employed by the committee com-mittee on waterworks to see to it that property owners did not sprinkle lawns outside the hours when the ordinance says they may were yesterday discharged dis-charged the snowfall of Friday night and > yesterday morning having relieved I tihe department of any worry on that point Although the casual eastern visitor looked horrified at getting up in < the morning to be confronted by a heavy fall of snow still the results are not as dire as appeared on first sight Friday Fri-day the water pressure was low being 75 pounds ItO the square inch Tihis was better thaw it has been at times during the summer and the early part of this month but what was the satisfaction sat-isfaction of those in authority upon looloing at the guage to find that 115 was the figure There will be no lack of water from this time on The storm did not come too late to be of service either as relates re-lates l to trees The irrigation department depart-ment rejoiced with I tihe waterworks people because this fall of moisture will be very acceptable when the warm days which are to follow + are considered I consid-ered By this enhancement of the water wa-ter supply the foliage will be enlivened enliven-ed and will continue to remain with us a while longer The health department was pleased too because there is an epidemic of I typhoid fever prevailing and this cold weather will materially assist in dissipating dis-sipating the germs of the disease while the water fall will tend to cleanse the places of their filtsh So it wall be seen that while the + storm may inconvenience inconven-ience some as a general result it cannot can-not fail of being beneficial City Finances Slowly but surely the finances of the city approach the 0 mark As will be seen from the statement of + the city treasurer whioh is herewith given the cash balance in the treasury is near the 50000 mark The collections from all I sources last week were a little shore of 3000 but heavy disbursements disburse-ments brought tote figures away down If the gravity sewer men get in their work soon there will be a deficit ere Collector Spencer has time to pay over anything Balance on hand September 1466581 Collected from licenses water main extensions paving and other sources 24S4 87 Total 569055 Sl Disbursements Catch basin 9300 Liberty Park 143 G3 Street department 625 75 Waterworks department 1613 80 Cemetery 339 40 Health 487 t0 Crematory 11250 Water Motor i 1012 S5 Miscellaneous 10109 52 Total 11537 97 Balance on hand 54528 8l Health Report According to the report of the health department typhoid fever is on the rampage in this city no less tJhan thirteen cases being reported the office during the week The recent notice no-tice to the physicians of the city by the commissioner to the effect that they must report all such oases at once seems to have had the desired effect ef-fect The figures given in the report areas are-as follows Births reported males 2 females 2 fatal 4 deaths from all causes males 6 females 2 total 8 Of I these 7 were white and 1 colored Nobodies No-bodies were received fnam other places I for interment The contagious diseases dis-eases reported are as follows Scarlet fever 6 diphtheria 1 typhoid fever 33 total 20 Buildinff Permits Business in the department of the inspector of buildings was very quiet during the week and from all indications indica-tions the season is nearly ended The permits issued were George Busby 817 East Seventh South house SlGOO J G Anderson jr First and J streets house 1500 I R D Winters 335 Second street 1500 Two minor permits 500 Total 55000 lihccllnneouq The poll tax collections for the week were 309 in cash and laibor This fund Is being collected as fast as the processes pro-cesses of the law will admit Suits are being entered every day and since the recent action of the supreme court in relation to this matter seems to have given the street department a cinch in relation to the collection There is outstanding now some 3000 or 4000 and this will be collected Inside the next sixty days It was a cold day on the county side of the joint building yesterday the county offices lacking in fire The city officials who have a coal bin to attack had fires in the grates andtheir apartments apart-ments were quite comfortable I wish you would say in The Herald said one clerk In the county recorders office of-fice that we wish the selectmen would take a little mileage and apply it to getting us some coal Selectman Geddes was besieged yesterday yes-terday by numerous poor women who came after coal orders There must have been twenty or thirty after coal duriiig the course of the afternoon The selectman came in late and found a number waiting for him Whether they succeeded in getting relief in time to secure the fuel needed is a question County Superintendent Allen reports the various county schools which he has visited during the week as being filled to overflowing and notes a marked mark-ed increase although he has received no figures Several of the schools do not Ibegin until tomorrow when reports re-ports may come in Twentyfive teachers of the county schools held a meeting in the office of the superintendent yesterday at which matters pertinent to government of I schools were discussed Another meeting I meet-ing will be held two weeks from yesterday yes-terday and as by that time the schools will all be running a larger attendance may be anticipated Expert Anderson and an assistant < ik j 1 1iM were engaged in auditing the marble i used in the steps of the county building build-ing yesterday afternoon They measured measur-ed and remeasured all of which it is expected will be used as evidence before be-fore the grand jury at the session this week The onyx has been measured before and a tabulation made of the number of feet in the structure Republican clerks in the office of the joint building were yesterday called upon to donate to the corruption fund which is being collected by the campaign committee Some of the boys were grumbling because of their having to put up such heavy amounts but as a rule all of them took their medicine and came down with the coin The county court meets again on Monday at which time it is expected the county attorney will file with the clerk his bill for expenses incurred for obvious reasons In this connection it may be said that there will be a 1500 account filed for collection soon the same being a sum raised by the three selectmen themselves on a note the cash being required by the county attorney in prosecuting the search after frauds in the acts of the old court At least so one of the selectmen select-men informs the public If the assertions made are correct there has been about 9500 spent on this investigation thus far Whitte more having paid 4000 of his own funds the salary he has Jrawn has gone for the same purpose so his friends say which amounts to 3000 Weary and Swiney drew 1000 between them on this other trip while this 1500 of the selectmen brings the total up to the figures stated not counting the sundries Judge McNally yesterday decided the application of Ella Dyer Searles by her husband J W Searles for a family fam-ily alpwance of 150 per month for the purpose of educating the children of her former husband against the petitioner pe-titioner The application was contested con-tested by the guardians of the children chil-dren Hon Parley L Williams and Hon H H Henderson Judge McNally decides that the estate is being managed man-aged right by the guardians mentioned and thinks the children will be well taken care for under the present arrangements ar-rangements The contestants of the will of Emma Em-ma Standish received a knockout yesterday yes-terday afternoon when the court admitted ad-mitted the will to probate The protest pro-test was made on the grounds of fraud and undue influence In the estate of Emma P Roberts deceased a petition for distribution of the 16500 worth of realty to the three heirs was filed yesterday and will be heard October 11 The second annual account of the estate of Bolivar Roberts was filed and will be heard on the same date |