Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-05
Respectfully
FRANCIS ARMSTRONG,
Mayo- Of Salt Lake CITY.

The report ofvork done on sewer
10y Engineer Brooks was laid owe
till next meeting.
The report % the city poun,
keeper showed fourteen sales o
eStrays, from which was realize,
$3.50, hut the expense was $3.50
The difference was Appropriated.
The report Of The Mayor that h,
had executed REIMBURSEMENT deet
to the Hydraulic Canal Company
unsupported.
The city tressurer's report re
ierred to the committee ON finance
Four reports from the committe,
on water works were received and
adopted. piles
The report ofthe committee on fir
department. and the report OF the
chief Of the fire department recon-,
mending the adoption Of the report,
was received aud adopted.
The report Of the committee on
claims on the bills Of the gas com.
pany and Salt Lake Power, Light
& Heating Company, recommended
that the bills he allowed. Also on
the bill of the supervisor of streets,
recommending allowance Of same.
Adopted.
The committee ON claims reco-
mended the appropriation OF the
amount claimed by J. w. Fox.
Adopted and the mountappropriat.
ed.
The bin Of Engineer Brooks fol-
January. for SIF22, so, $3.50 and $50
%, for his services and those of hi.
assistants was allowed and the
amounts appropriated.
The report OF the superintendent
OF sewer construction was referred
10 the proper committee.
Alderman Ritter introduced bill
TO fix the treasurer's bonds at such
sum as will comply with the
statute, by increasing the amount
from $50, 900 to S2og, 600. Passed.
The Council then took up the in
vestigation OF. the charges against
the Mayor and Marshal, made by
the defunct grand Jury.
Mr.. Houtz testified that he had
been assistant city attorney for one
and a half years; Was .cognizant of
the fact that detectives were en-
ployed. Either Mr.. Salmon or the
marshal informed me that there
were detectives at work to ferret
out Sunday liquor selling and
houses Of prostitution. My under
standing was that they were not the
regular police force; didn't know
but what they were paid at first; /
understood II had been usual 10 detect
these crimes in that way. deemed
it to be an incidental power Of the
marshal. 1 first learned that the
party employed received n
contingency about the time
the first case came UP; j
then understood they were to
be paid an amount propoTtionate
to the amounts received. / protes-
ted against the paying Of the
witnesses according TO the fines
collected. | understood that kind
Of testimony TO be competent, but
not entitled TO much weight. ]
didn't find il TO be Illegal l DEEM
ed ii an iInpudent thing TO DO.
The accused raised that question.
Ii was then found that all the de-
tectives were paid a salary and none
Of them had any contingent. Coltrin
was on the stand in two or three
cases. l think there were convic-
tons on his testimoney.
Mr.. Young asked Mr.. Richards
whether there is an ordinance
authorizing the employment OF de-
tectives.
Mr.. Richards said he knew of no
such ordinance, but.he considered
there was an implied power.
Mr.. Houtz, continuing, said twas
the rule not 20 put Coltrin on the
stand in these cases. He was only
on the stand in one or tws cases.
Justice Pyper said he had been
employed in the,poiice court Office
for about fifteen. years. During this
time detectives were employed in
this class Of cases.
Mayor Armstrong said he had
been in office four years. This detect
i've work had been done ever since
he had anything to do with II; never
knew Coffin OF spoke to him tillthe