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Show f TRUTH SHOULD RESIGN. had better hand chief HILTON keep his mouth calling for the resignation to take ef-- f chief of Police Hilton, was no surprise. t on December 31st, several weeks Truth having announced that with the next administration f5ere would be a new Chief, probably sheets. In this matter, ac usual custom, Hilton is ting toas hismany kinds of an ass of S mself as possible. Hilton's heart may 51 head needs fix-right, but his he is utterly Police of As Chief more idea of no has He competent. men than a of a body handle to as for ferrand L boy, he has and criminals, crime eting out In more aptitude for it than a baby. Jle looks very nice dressed up in his uniform and on dress parade evidently fancies himself an object of general admiration. but when it comes down to business, oh, my! While he has not been a success in directing his men in detecting criminals and checking crime he has shown considerable ability in and other keeping quiet burglaries been have which reported to crimes failed he has which in utterly but him to apprehend the criminals. Few such cases ever gel into the newspapers and the public hears nothing of them, but there is no scarcity of them. The police force is utterly demoralized for want of a head. Detective Sheets acted as guardian for the Chief in as far as the Chief would permit and Sheets saved him from making many more blunders than he otherwise would. Since, however, the Chief has seen fit to throw the guardianship of off altogether Sheets the department is drifting along like a ship without a rudder. The work which the department is maintained for doing and which it draws pay for not doing is too important for the well being of the inhabitants of the city to be so utterly neglected. The Mayor L ven-year-o- ld There is no politics in the action the Mayor in asking for the Chiefs resignation. Hilton is a Republican and so is the Mayor and the of administration. of The incompetence the Chief is the direct and only cause for the Mayors move: The Mayor treated the Chief with consideration. Privately he asked Mr. Hilton to tender his resignation, to take effect December The Chief wanted time to think 31st. he was thinking about it, and it was agreed that in the meantime neither the nor the Chief would say anything about the matter, the Mayor desiring to save the Chief from humiliation and in giving him a chance to quietly drop out when the change in the administration would occur. The Chief, however, hadnt left the Mayors office Mayor twenty minutes before were a dozen people informed of what had taken place. Hilton's usual want of discretion was right to the front. He imagined he had not been treated squarely' and he had to go and unburden himself to a lot of fool friends (fool friends are very' him the very' not having and sense enough himself he took it. He has invited an and refused to resign. investigation He may get the investigation and he may' not, but its about the last thing in the world he should desire, as it cannot help but dangerous), who gave worst advice possible, ay bare a record of gross Incompetence. The present City Council will proba- bly not be the If does not change his mind and anl the Mayor removes him it majority of the Council tftquhy.thea action. The talk of drag-hnT"eion the matter is all ltnino. Tluth thinks there will be no tie members of the of Coun-Wtl..orino- ,ls w-a-y Tf the pu ber and Gentiles. The ob-t- o the Chief is not that he is a ? any thing else In a religious ever comes before uncil the Republican mfet w,th the Mayor and and ma-tte- r P Rensibly arrive at an It would augur badly for the new administration to st.CfeKS lt, wth the Mayor and the Counoii T aL l.Sfferheads. Its a tion which would , ?,rs probably years onnff the entire term of two derated v ,nfir- - un-th- condi-enduro- ! i .? i duciveat,"hlch would not be Mr. Th Mayor will probably submit to the Republican members of the new Council in caucus the names of half a dozen men who would be satisfactorily to him for Chief of Police, from which the selection will be made. It may be Sheets or it may be some one else. The Chief of Police or the head of any department may be removed by the Mayor, the majority of the Council concurring, without any' City charges being made against him or without him being given an opportunity to be heard. For the good of the service is the only explanation that the Mayor is obliged to give, and an officer so removed has no redress in the courts. The statute is very specific in its terms regarding removals of the heads of departments. STREET CAR CUSSEDNESS. Residents on the Third street car line complain that only old, worn out cars are now used on that line. They are dirty, uncomfortable and of obse-let- e make. The wheels are of a pattern which has been superceded years and years ago, and go lumbering along in such a fashion that the ground trembles like an earthquake. The houses are shaken to such an extent that glassware and china articles fall from cheffoniers and sideboards with disastrous results. The residents of Fourth South street, from State street to the depots, complain that since the bathing season closed the cars have been taken off that line altogether, and they' are left without car accommodation at all. They want to know how the company can cease running cars on that portion of the road without risking the loss of its franchise. Residents of that part of Fourth South street might not feel so badly if there was a good service on Third South street, but there the cars are scheduled to run only' half hourly, and they dont often make it even that often. If there was a ten or fifteen-minut- e service on Third South the people living on Fourth Soutli would have some accommodation by walking a block. As it is now they' have practically' no car facilities at all. The Lake Breeze line has been abandoned altogether and the tracks torn up because it did not pay as well as some other lines In the city, and the company' can use all the cars it has more profitably elsewhere. Why is it that recently the First street and East Fourth South cars stop nearly opposite the Commercial block, instead of at the terminus of the lines at the intersection of Main and Second South streets? The only apparent reason that can be assigned is the desire of the company to inconvenience the public as much as possible. The Warm springs and "W atenoo line has good cars, but they run so intermittently that no one knows when he can catch a car either way. A few nights ago the electric power was so scant that parties going from Main and Second South streetsan south hour of had to wait most is of lack power The car. for a evenfelt in the mornings and in the busito are coming ings, when people demands The ness and returning. are greater at those periods than at any other time during the the delays day or night, andthethen inconvenmost and most felt are has ience experienced. The companyhours those at on cars not enough of The to accommodate the passengers. v are cars ery consequence is that the and front The much overcrowded. have to be utilized to their utmost capacity, and in the evenings, the pasfrom 5 to 7 oclock, not half First and East Third, on Sixth, sengers can obtain East Second South lines seats. Oh; its a lovely street car system we have in Salt Lake. three-quarte- rs required to deal with the fhatter. it will likely go over for incoming administration to handle. in his resignation and closed. If he doesnt he will have no end of trouble and annoyance and the end will be his removal. con-nit- y Interests of the commu- Iiuton, for his own good. with all the cars that leave the central part of the city at 11:30. It would jusl be as easy for the car to leave at 10:55, which would enable it toMurray reacn town in time to connect with the 11:30 cars. This would save the people coming from Murray a wait of nearly half an hour for the last cars to take them to their homes from town. The general inefficiency of the car service and the cussedness of the company will be taken up in the City Council, and unless a very decided improvement is made, and that right quickly, the company will stand a good chance of losing some of the very valuable grants it holds from the city, and when it comes In with requests for other franchises it will be against the will and over the protests of the people if it gets them. The fact that so many of the experienced motormen and conductors have turned In their badges and quit the companys employ makes the service worse than ever, for the reason that green men who have the trade to learn have taken the places of those who have left. The new motormen know little about the work, and their presence is not conducive either to the safety or easy riding of the passengers. The new conductors are unacquainted with the city and the location of the streets in detail, and passengers are frequently either put off when they dont want to be or are carried beyond their destination. Others get left altogether, owing to the ignorance of the conductors as to lccalities and streets. The old and competent hands have quit their jobs because they cant support their families on the miserable pittance paid them in the shape of wages, to make which they have to be on their feet fourteen or fifteen hours a day, Sundays and week days, every day in the year. For the first year in the service motormen and conductors are paid only 18 cents an hour; for the next two years they get 19 cents an hour, and after three years service or more they receive 20 cents an hour, which is the maximum. Men who have been with the company or its predecessors fifteen years get no more. The very reasonable demand of the men that they be paid 22 cents an hour and that the time occupied by them in eating their scanty meal be not deducted, was peremptorily turned down. A number of the employes quit, but the great majority couldnt afford to do that and had to submit to any terms the company might impose. The plan broached by some of the more of daring spirits to organize a unionwas the conductors and motormen nipped in the bud by the company. Men discovered agitating the matter were threatened with dismissal, and those seen holding conversations with friends of organized labor came in for the displeasure of the company. It is now a settled thing that there will be no union among the car men. The daily life of a conductor on the swing shift who quit the company was as follows: Rose at 4 a. m., took a hurried and scanty breakfast, rushed to the carhouse, started out on the car at 6 a. m., and remain at his post until noon. Off duty from noon till 5 p. m.; on duty again from 5 p. m. till about midnight; home and in bed by about 1 oclock in the morning, and after three hours sleep up Any company again at 4 oclock. or individual which would require such services from its employes escondemnation, is worthy of so is remuneration when the pecially1 on men go beggarly. The night shift 11 a. m., and work till 12:1a at duty the next morning. They have to leave home at 10:30. and dont get home again until after 1 oclock the next morning. Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Hill and child have gone to England on a trip for the benefit of Mr. Hills health. They expect to be gone some time. Their two boys, Milroy and Martin, are attending school in London. Fred L. Wood, after a years absence, is again at the Kenyon hotel as day clerk, and Arthur N. Paint, who was night clerk for several months, is, after being absent since August, back at his post. Hon. A. H. Tarbet and Attorney H. S. Smith made an inspection of mining properties in Neal district, Idaho, the early part of this week. E. W. Griffiths has returned from a coasts trip to the Pacific Attorney S. A. King, who has been ill with typhoid fever for five or six weeks, is improving, and his friends hope to see him around again soon. Hon. William M. Roylance was up from Provo on Monday. Norman C. Hall, formerly proprietor of the White house, now a resident of Montana, was in the city on business the first days of this week, accompanied by his wife and son. R. W. Crockett, editor of the Price Advocate, was in Salt Lake Tuesday. Peter Sanger, Chief of the Fire department of Butte, is in Salt Lake to be near his wife, who is undergoing treatment at the Holy Cross hospital. Judge W. H. King returned Monday from a business trip to Nevada. Jesse M. Smith, president of the Utah association, was in the city from Layton several days this conweek, attending the Idaho-Uta- h ference of sheepmen. S. M. Coleman of Leadville, who was first sergeant of troop A, Torreys rough riders, is in Salt Lake with a view of taking up his permanent residence. Charles E. Hanover of the Omaha k house of Clay, Robinson & Co., has gone to New Tork to spend the holidays and will return with Mrs. Hanover, who has been east for some time. W. M. Elliott, who for years has been in the employ of Morrison, Merrill & Co., as collector and salesman, has severed his connection with the firm and will probably engage in the lumber business on hi own account. Mrs. Bartling has returned from a to California. trip L. L. Mills has gone to Independence, Kan., called thither by a telegram announcing the death of his father. Sheriff Layne of Weber county was in the city Tuesday on official business. Mrs. John Allen of 48 Jeremy street is sick at St. Marks hospital. Judge Jacob Johnson was up from Spring City Wednesday. George S. Nlckum received a telegram on Tuesday announcing the death of his father, Daniel Nickum, at Day-toO. The old gentleman was 85 years of age. A. F. Kendall has been removed from the hospital to his home, 912 Second street. F. J. Westcott and James Murdock have gone to Bear river for a few days shooting. O. K. Lewis, the merchant and banker of Butte, spent Thanksgiving in Salt Lake. W. S. Martin is recovering from his recent illness. Lieut. Dillingham, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at St. Marks hospital, is almost fully recovered. C. A. Smurthwaite was down from Ogden Wednesday. Mrs. H. T. Durant and baby have gone to Tonopah. Capt. and Mrs. Dobson attended' a family reunion at Centerville on Thanksgiving da.y C. J. Riley, business agent of the Frawley Stock company, was in the city Wednesday arranging for the coming of Wool-Growe- rs live-stoc- n, that attraction. Samuel H. Auerbach returned on Tuesday from a visit of several months to his old home in Germany. He was called there under sad circumstances, the illness and death of his wifes mother. He says Germany is prosperous. Both the internal and foreign trade of the country is increasing, and FURELT PERSONAL. business generally is very good. On the return journey Mr. Auerbach stopped several weeks in New York purchasing goods and attending to formerly T. A. Schroeder, Attorney 31 West other business connected with the big at located now is Lake, of Salt firm of F. Auerbach & Brother of Salt The schedule to Murray is one of the Thirty-thir- d street, New York. Lake. He is looking well and was which ill car at is The L. MOnroe seriously S. the in city. Miss worst 31o by the trip, but Is pleased to be Mrs. James Campbell, reaches Murrav at 10:45 p. m. waits the home ofWest home street. again. First there till 11:05 and misses connection South real-platfor- ben-efitt- ed |
