The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-23
Police Court Report and Other
Interesting Items.

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Interesting Items.
The City Council convened last
evening at the usual time and place
and the following business was
transacted:
Communication were received
from the Council and House OF the
Legisla i've Assembly, stating that
the fteed0m of the respective houses
had been extended to the Mayor
and City Council during the present
session. Accepted, and Recorder
instructed to acknowledge c0urte-
sizes.
Mrs. Martha Ed wards, by petition,
represented that she was a widow
with large family eli dependent
upon her for support and mainten-
ance; that she had opened small
store at her residence on Fourth
South, between Fifth and sixth
East streets, and she asked that she
be relieved from paying the license
required therefor by the city Ordi-
nance for the term Of one year, as
the means derived from said bust
ness was barely enough to cover the
expense of keeping herself and her
small children. Granted.
Mary George, by petition, repre-
sented that she was a widow, in
oor health and unable to pay hef
license for raining S twohO.se job
wagon, No. 55. She asked, in CON-
sideration of the circumstances,
that her license be RENTED for one
J ear from January s, 1884.
Referred to the cJm mittee On
license.
James I. Cia:bay asked that the
unexpired portion Of his license to
trapsa business as retail liquor
dealer be transferred TO w. n. Coal
ter, who would Continue said busi-
ness at the same stand-NO. II
Second South street, East. Granted.
E. hamburger asked that per-
mission be granted him to use part
of the street and sidewalk on the
north side of First South, between
Fifth and Sixth East strets, for the
purpose of piling thereon material,
for period of ninety days.
Granted under the usual restrie-
tions.
Alderman Spiers submitted a re-
port of cases tried and disposed of,
and fines assessed and collected in
che Police Court for the month end
ing December 3lst. 1883, showing:
Number Of cases tried, 159; number
of cases dismissed, rs; sentences
suspended during the good behavior
OF defendants, 6; defendants no:
found, 8. Fines assessed during
the month, 81 4OO.2O; collected in
cash, S515.65; collected in cash on old
fines, $50 %; tO'al cash paid tea
surer, 5000 81; labor faes for tee
month, $40 05; total cash and Ia
Dor, 81 44095; appealed to District
Court.S10; RENTED by Mayors so;
notp id, $50.
Received and filed.
The City Marshal, pursuant to in
strUctions to ascertain the cause of
increased charges in gas furnished
to City Hall, Fireman's Hall and
jail, reported that on investigation
he found that for the months of o.
t1ber, November and December,
1851, the city paid gas bills for halls
and pri on, 1921; for the same
months IN 1882, 1927. 95 (tbis during
the time that Dwight &. Dow used
the large room in City Hall for
book keeping classes for which
he pad the city $50; for the same
months in 1883, 1868 60; showing an
increase for 1888 over 1881 of $780,
60, and over 1892 of SIS So. Upon
careful inquiry he found that less
gas had been consumed in the Fire
mans Hall and no more in the City
Hall the past three months than for
the same psriod in the year previ-
Gus. Mr.. II. w. Ellerbeck in answer
to gus stions concerning increased
charges had stated that he was
now manufacturing gas from coal
which he received over the D. s. r.
g. railway which cost him much
more than formerly, land although 1t
mate as good q quality CT gas
as the Other coal did,
consumers burned a great deal more
of it in the same length of time
The increase in consumption was
general all over the city.
Received and accepted.
The committee on irrigation, to
whom was referred the quarterly