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Show THE CITY ADMINISTRATION. . , Doings of the Municipal Departments fof the Past Week. Galeazzi impounded43 dogs the past week, registered 17 and slaughtered 30. - Justice Gee disposed of forty-five cases in the police court during the week. Contractor R. p. G. Showell has completed the excavation for the Highland reservoir. It is stated the mayor will veto the new-franchise new-franchise granted by the city council to the Great Salt Lake & Hot Springs railway last Tuesday night. Three saloons have closed during the past week. One was attached, another surrendered surren-dered to dull business and the third was compelled to close up on account of the demolition of the building it was iu. There are still a hundred or so left. The license collector reaped in shekels galore this week. A great tnany new licenses li-censes were issued, and delinquents nobly responded to the call for funds. Many of Zion's pawnbrokers renewed their licenses this week. They pay $53.50 every quarter and give a bond in the sum of $1000. Deputy Recorder Elmer Ellsworth report an extraordinary issue of new licenses of late, which is a straw showing that healthy additions are being made to ion's mercantile mercan-tile population. Treasurer Duke today disbursed tha following fol-lowing sums among the various departments ! of the municipality: Water, $1015; eewer, ! $705.05; street, $2765.95; health, $308.75; total, $5,455.35. There will be a meeting of the Lakeside Gun club at Browninjr'a store this evening at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose of making arrangements ar-rangements for the improving of its preserves pre-serves at the mouth of the Jordan river. The fire department responded to three alarms during tha week. Total loss, $310. An army of applicants for position in the fire department have been registered by Secretary Connor. For the quarter ending September 30 the fire department was called out forty-seven times, of which forty-five were for fire and two for false alarms. The apparatus traveled trav-eled 50 miles, were on service for 13X hours aud 10,150 feet of hose were stretched. The total expense for the maintenance of the lire department for the last quaner was $14,841.08. Assistant Chief Donovan of the fire department de-partment has been presented with a baud-some baud-some buggy by the insurance firm of Rogers, Searles k Co. The sewer department force is in the throes of a boom in work and is doing good service. At present titty men are employed and work on sewer extensions Nos, 4 ancK; on First South street from Second to the eastward is being pushed. . The sewer pipe recently ordered by the mayor is expected to arrive here within the next ten days, when probably an additional force of men will be put to work. Superintendent Shelton of the sewer department de-partment reports his department to be in excellent working condition and that repairs and improvements are constantly being luVde. He has adopted a system by which he can record the flow of sewago and has made other innovations which show that-t i progressive and on the alert. Twenty-seven men are now employed in the irrigation department, and the system has been put in excellent coudition for the winter season. City hall authoriti: are of the opinion that W-atermaster H.rjaT aj S.pltrj.JnJ ,pctor ..baowaU wil Q aUo 'Chri8. to the end of the p uthii; 'coroner, Vtn. The ticket is a c All la life and bust.ught a complete vie- j partment. During tiw the Democrats in feet of treuching and A. were accomplished, "Ake City has been , pipe laid on Eighth W est, Republicanism i Besides the special wontV,, have been routiLe work was also "erougbout the men now employed at a wee? - is bei oIibii.Bo. V J. Cannon .1 TT" A road to the new cemetery, six oUn"orth i of tha Warm springs, is being co A'tructed. t 4 The work of grading Center street will be If finished next week. rl Sixth South street, from State to Eighth j East, is now ready for the owners of car- si riages and homes who appreciate a good H road. R R i The street department is placing South Temple street, between Sixth and Eiirhth h West, in condition for traffic. The Saltuir r railroad wiil foot the bill. P I' Third East street is being opened up and graded from Ninth to Roper. f i The street department now has 130 men on its payroll. I I' Seven cases of contagious disease (five of V scarlet fever and two of diphtceria) were re- ported to the health department this week. No deaths. 1 f & Mortuary Clerk Brown issued twenty-even g burial permits for the week ending today. Sanitary Inspector Showell auperinteudend I the removal and deposition of over 500 load I of garbage tha past week and shipped four dead animals to Bingham. ' r Acting Chairman Doolcy of the sanitary committee of the board of education has filed a complaint with the health depart- ment anent noxious gases and odors which 1 are wont to invade the rooms of the high school in the Clayton building on South Temple street, opDosite the Tabernacle ground. The nuisance will be abated forthwith. forth-with. While engaged in excavating for a hydrant hy-drant box on Main street, in front of the Romney block, workmen this morning uncovered un-covered a cesspool, which has been there so long that even the oldest inhabitant fail to remember It. The mayor has until next Tuesday to either approve or reject' the award of the paving contract to tha Culmer-Jennings raving company. i e Auditor Bert Raybould departed for Chi. cago last night. . . Sanitary Inspector Showell is confident that he will be able to successfully meeV all the charges preferred by Dr. Beatty's quad of detective. The council will again handle the ordi- nance tonight. The statement is made that the expense of the city are at the present time three time larger than the receipts. Such i not the cau. for although such a showing i mRde most of the money now paid out is from special assessment funds. |