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Show ri mm court Is in Tavor of Erecting the City-County Building on the Eighth Ward Square. ALL VOTE FOS IT EXCEPT ONE. A Blind Man to Be Sent to Denver-Ee-port of Varioui Business Transacted Tran-sacted Yesterday. The county court met yesterday afternoon and transacted the following business; Mrs. Kiriti Johnson, who died at the Deseret hospital will be burid at the expense of the county. Wind Patrick Finuell will be furnished furn-ished transportation to Denver and also bo given $ 15 for expenses. The court did this as it would be cheaper than sending him to the poorhouso, he Cot being a citizen of Utah. Richard Howe and J. P. Cahoon will Investigate and report ou the petition of II. L. liowden et al who request tho county road bo extended. Edward Morgan's claim will receive consideration from O. P. Millor and It. Jlowe. Gustavo Kroeger was appointed jus- alarm. It comes in squalls, in fits and starts, and the daily linding of tho grand jury demonstrate that it has been very cleverly handled. An unprecedented un-precedented percentage of the arrests have pleaded guilty to tho crimes with w hich they wore charged, and urn rapidly rap-idly tilling the walls of the penitentiary. 'The signs are good, and the police committee com-mittee will doubtless afford whatever relief may lie within their jurisdiction as soon as they cau get around to it. Recent inquiries by the grand jury reveal that during the past few months the city has been swept by a fearful gale of lawlessness and nn epidemic of crime such ns has been rarely experienced exper-ienced on tho frontier. Tho cause is plain as was the ever blooming nose ou 'Foodies' face. There, were thirty four men with star and club to keep 200 miles of streets under survillance. The result was to have been expected it was inevitable as irresistable as the rioting wiuds. And yet this daily mess from the grand jury room is ladenod with inenntestiblo proof of the vigilance of these messengers of peace each of whom has studied the cause and effect for himself. When called upon for his solution Marshal John M. Young who has carefully weighed and digested the situation stated thit it was in a large measure duo to .lfl stringency of the money market. "It may," continued the leader of these local satellites, "appear as a somewhat unique cause to which to ascribe an epidemic of this kind but nevertheless it is a fact. It is well known that in the smaller cities there has been a lack of rash necessary to make trade and living easy. The ef-, feet has not been confined to one class. On the contrary it has spread itself around all. Alms and charities to which the tramp and nondescript have had access, have been reduced and cut down to a figure that drove them to other moorings. They sought tho center cen-ter of gravity and landed with job-lotlike emphasis in Zion. They had no work; they sought none. Rendered desperate des-perate by denials of every type the only appeal in their inherent protligacy was the highway the sandbag, the blade and the bullet. Again, the building boom that attracted many abated. There is generally an abatement during winter's reign. This put a largo mini-1 ber adrift. Without resources they were left to beg, borrow, rob or steal. These are the legitimate children of famished waut. The patrolmen were confronted by their grinning faces on every side. 'There were dark thoroughfares thorough-fares to cover and there were thiriy- lice ol the peace for tho First precinct. F. J. Smith was awarded tho county printing, he being the lowest bidder. John 11. Watson was authorized to attend at-tend to tho funeral and expenses of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson. Richard-son. The committee on road running west from While bridge reported that an angle should be' uiado iu the road to avoid the buildings owned by Mr. Gos. Report of committee accepted and order issued with instructions to locate road accordingly. The clerk reported J2.Tf.50 received from tnerehauts' licenses and paid over to the county treasurer. The report of the committee on the city-county building was as follows: St,T T,KK. U. T.. Keh, 8, IKM.-To the Honorable Probate Court. Jude and Selectmen Select-men of Ha, t Lake County, V. T. : (ientlemen - At a Joint meetlui? of the city and county Inn Ul inir committee, held nt the mayor's oilice, at City hall at p. m. Kcbrurrv US, 1M)1, the IcllowiiiK motion was duly carried; That the joint city and county commute recommend to the citv and countv court that they consider the advisability of chaimiiiK the file of th- joint, city and enmity bulldlni to the Eighth Ward square, and of erecting the bald liulldlni! in the renter of said n piare i.t'iie.K. M. Hi 'ott. Chairman. Jamks AvtiEitsoN, Ai tuiK Secretary. To bring the adoption or rejectiono f tho report before the court, Judge liartch made the following motion: That it Is the cense of the county court that the joint city and county liuiltliiiK he changed to the j-.luhih U ard souiire, provultmr a umid and euftlcjeiit title can lie iriveu. and providing provid-ing that satisfactory orramrein-nis can ha made with the cltv lii the exchange, and that the matter of till!) be referred to the city attorney. at-torney. Remarks on the report wero made by Selectmen Miller, Howe, Cahoon aud Judge liartch. All present voted in favor of the motion except Selectman Miller. The county nttorney recommended that the resolution presented to the county court by the Utah Central railway rail-way lor a franchise be referrod back to tho attorneys of said company with a request that an nceurate description of tho right of way desired be set out, and that the county shall give only what they own. Tho coroner's reports for February were received and tiled. . A Fourth Diatrlrt. The bill providing for a Fourth judicial district in L'tah wa9 reported in the. house on February 19 as follows: The committee on judiciary, to whom was referred the bill to provide for the creation of a Fourth judicial district in tho territory of Utah would respectfully report: The rapid incrcaso of population in four men with which to cover them. The result was that the lawdess characters charac-ters have had an easy swing. They have not had to suffer a martyrdom with every blow they dealt. Recollect that these thirty-four men were divided into three squads. I'ach squad had 200 miles of streets to protect that is, if such a thing as protecting the business and residence portion of the city were possible. This made the average shift-beat of the patrolman at least twenty miles, while with the entire en-tire force in service it made the beat of each over i miles. In this city there are 55,000 people to protect and thirty-four thirty-four men aro called upon to furnish the 'protective tariff.' You know, and the authorities on police matters of the country know this cannot be accomplished. accom-plished. Take the police departments of the leading cities as examples. In tho larger there is one patrolman to every 448 inhabitants, in St. Louis there is one to every 500, and to those of less magnitude there is ono to every 000. Here the department is allowed one policeman to every 1000. This is tho cause of the grim effect that your artist has depicted. In the magisterial allotment for cities of this class we aro entitled to one officer to every 1000 inhabitants. This would give us a roster of fifty-five none too many for a year that seems to have stamped itself as prolific in lawlessness. No one in this department will urge the council to transgress the laws of consistency con-sistency in the matter. They will not ask that the welfare of one department ba distressed or made to suffer that the welfare of another may be strengthened. strength-ened. . They do ask it in a spirit of fairness, fair-ness, however, that tho cause for this recent reign of crime may be submitted to tho inhabitant that he may understand under-stand just bow much security he enjoys." en-joys." It is well known by those who have made any sort of a pilgrimage through the streets and alleys of Zion that an efficient ef-ficient patrolment of them implies double the leg work and pedestriauism of those of any city of corresponding population within their knowledge. The result is that the thug and ruffian always has the advantage and leaves his pursuer with a tremendous gap to close at tho start. The causes for the acts by which the denizens of Salt Lake have been recently terrorized, and by which the unwary shopmen have been victimized have been plainly presented. No ono will question the integrity of the staff artist who has drawn the effect. ef-fect. In the faco of tho "cause" the "effect" can reflect no yawning discreiiit upon the force, its ranting enemies to the contrary. The idea of 84 men comprehending tho police requirements re-quirements of a city of 55,000, with its thoroughfaresextcuding over a distance of 200 miles is ridiculous bevoud even the speed of imagination. It may be impossible to correct the condition of affairs at this time. It may not bo consistent con-sistent with the financial resources of the city. It is certaiuly, however, not a departure from consistency to show the fundamental canso for the blood curdling effect anil to present the custodian cus-todian of a thankless job in the light to which bis numerical limit entitles him. The recent work of tho sleuths has about put a check on the epidemic and there ia not much cause far further tho northern portion of that territory makes tho creation of another judicial district highly desirable. The bill does not add to the number of judges, but simply creates another district, and confers power upon the supremo court that territory to assign judges to the several districts. The bill as it passed tho senate provides pro-vides that tho governor and legislative assembly of the territory shall establish tho new district. It appears, however, that the legislative assembly will no convene until the year 1!2. This will . delay the matter for nearly ono year. For this reason your committee recommend that the bill be amended by Btriking out in tho first section the words "legislative assembly," and in lieu thereof insert "supremo court," aud that when so amended the bill do puss. The text of the measure as it passed the senate is as follows: An act to provide for the creation of a fourth judicial district ia the territory of Utah. Be il enactod by the senate and house of representatives of tho United States of America in congress assembled. That the governor and supreme court of the territory of Utah be, and they aro hereby authorized to establish a fourth judicial district in said territory, and to readjust the districts in said territory ter-ritory in such manner as to best promote pro-mote the convenient administration of justice therein. Sec. 2. That as soon as may be after the execution of the power conferred by section ono of this act, the supreme court of said territory shall assign one judge to each of said districts, and shall have power from time to time to chang such assignment and to provide for occasions of disability or absence in such cases according to the practice now authorized by law. Wane a Mnndamm. Tha controversy between the board j of education and Collector Hardy which has been occupying the attention of tho courts for somo timo has been reopened. re-opened. Mayor Scott in behalf of the board having appeared before Judgo Zano and filed application for a writ of mandamus compelling Collector Hardy to turn over to the petitioners M5, 000 derived from a special tax levy in the various districts, and which amount was paiil to him by freeholders living thereon. 'The affidavit on which tho fato of the application rests sets forth that prior to July 1, 1H00, there existed twenty school districts in Salt Lake City, each with a board of trustees, that prior to the enactment of the present school law, the districts levied taxes for school purposes, amounting in tho aggregate ag-gregate to about $148,000. all of w hich was due aud pavablo to Treasurer Wal-den Wal-den on Scntemlier 1. 1WKI; that as such collector Mr. Hardy has received about $120,000, of which sum he now holds nbotu $;!5,000; l hat the board is entitled to receive all the school taxes now hold by him. but he tuti.ts and refuses to pay tiie same over, tlaitningthat it. was paid to him under protest, and that ho is. tneret'ore, in doubt as to his authority to pay it over to Treasurer Walden. 'The petitioners therefore pray that a mandamus ifsuo compelling the collector col-lector to turn over such funds as are due the credit of the school board to the treasurer. |