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Show MUNICIPAL MELANGE. Qpaiii rttmtiou i f iiirf t.min . st nil of O It Uteri FIjib I.uyhii; uit tlui Avbuum ClixllBg far sidt Hilt. 'llio l'l-oaiiiatiou of tlu; police force is ROiUff ou g raJually, and it U llioti';hl thai tho Uif tdlkcra tt Chief Junjiy wffi oe doi-inutfd doi-inutfd und rotiL'iiued tomorrow uibt. It looUa i$ Dili nnth: M if Donovitu to bfl iiuidi' i aptiiin, 14 that Tom Mtt.lhuwH, who lias look for bo long I time, after tl.e wt-lfiiri: of Main strei t, would he culled to the pOftlttoa of nereuut. Any other elitiu.ifes in tlio ItaiBediatlS household will depend upon the recommendations of the niainliul himself. There is likely to be au increase in-crease in the rank aud ilie as was originally recommended by the old administruttuu uud if this is doue the death knell of tin independent detective service will be Hounded. An iucrease in the regular roster will be expected to cover all immediate immedi-ate requirements and "fly" work will be doue between shifts. The Oampalgn in the water department with Superintendent Ryan at its head continues con-tinues on au active scale, the pay roll for the past week showing a force of 1411 men aud twelve teams, among whom were distributed dis-tributed I10M.8O. Sixteen hundred foet of six inch pipe was laid on Indiana avenue, the same amount on Tenth West, between Second and Fourth South anil 860 feet of twelve inch in City (. reek and in connection with the high Hue. To this was added considerable other work, and as the weather improves the campaign will become more active. The report of the board of health discloses dis-closes a very gratif viug condition of atfairs, aud shows that coutaeion has disappeared : altogether. The record for the week was as foil ows : Number of loads of garbage iliapoHud of. .. Tlill N matter of animals received at i ars 7 Number, of complaints received unit attended at-tended to !U Number of contagions diseases repmted (diphtherial, icarlel fever 1) 1 Number of death from contagious diseases reported idiplitheri.t 0, scarlet fever 0.. . 0 Burial permits issued.. Ml Tranaportatioo permits issued u llirths reported (JBalea 11, female T) 18 Payroll $SB6.00 a There, were but tweuty-tivc eases iu police court during the week, twelve of which were for drunkenness. The blotter forthat period shows the following offenses: llousobri aking 1 Prostitution 2 fighting a Drunaeanaai 1:1 ISallcioua mischief 1 Assault to murder 1 Forgery 1 Vagrancy 1 Petit larceny 'J Assault Is bodily harm 1 AbmiuH I Total - Supervisor Paul is out early and late these days and is doing some excellent work in his department. At present a large amount of grading is being done for walks on the north bench and improvements will follow rapidly. The pay roll for last week shows au expenditure of 1817.41). |