Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-02

city Attorney Doremus reported
mat ny authority Of the council lie had
purchased aud placed Ia position safe
At cost Of $40. and asked that the
amount he Appropriated. Adopted.
on cROsswALWs.
The committee on street. reported
that II had received n communication
from the board VI public works relative
10 the construction u cfosswalks, and
asking for Instructions NJ to how they
should I've constructed. " answer the
committee stated that los cfosswnlks
were 70 be constituted. rhey recon.
tutnded the use Of stone only instead
Of Tagging, aud for the CONDUCTING Of
Irrigation water that iron pipe he used
wherever practicable. The committee
recommended that M Asphalt crossings
be used except In cases Of the paving
Of the street with that material, aud
that all crosswalks lie eight feet wide.
Adopted.
OK SEWERAGE.
The committee ON sewers, 10 whom
was referred the communication Of the
Denver a Rio Grande Western Rail.
way Company relative 10 waste water,
etc., la connection with engines and
rOundh0use-, reported that the city
attorney stated that the City Council
could not legally grant the company
the right 10 connect with the city
sewers. Adopted.
The matter OF allowing ~. Mafy'a
academy 10 connect with the sewer
main, was referred to the sewerage
committee.
10 PAVE STATE STREET.
The petition Of number Of residents
Of Flrst East, between South Temple
anu Fourth South, asking that n
pavement be- laid there, was granted,
aud en ordinance 10 that effect was
passed.
4 CLAIM sErrLED.
City Attorney Hall reported that In
the matter Of the condemnation Of
right Of way for parlay'a canyon con.
duit over certain property belonging
To IL. Crawford smith, that after an
examination of the facts he would
recommend that the owner be indemni-
fed by being paid 500 for damages
sustained 10 his property. Adopted.
OWES To TuE ruHLiC Al LAST.
Guy Recorder Jack read the follow.
ing majority report In the long dc.
lhyed police Investigation!
We, your committee, q whom wa. 70.
forrci the petition ~ twenty-five officers
Of the policoforco OF this city, asking that
certain charges preferred by them against
Captain Parker aud Sergeant Glenn be-
investigated, bog leave TO report us fol-
lows!
Tue investigation by your committee
was begun July TO-, lspi. At pm, and
have had almost daily sessions since TINT
time up 20 date.
The examination NJ witnesses was con.
Quoted by -. e. Elchnor, assistant city
attorney Ia an ahio manner; twenty-five
officers NJ tho force wcro examined NJ
witnesses, also nineteen citizens, male
aud female. The evidence on tho part ~
thu petitioners was not a. strong or 70
liable ns your committee were led 10 sup
pose would be- offered, from the tono aud
language used Ia tho petition. The owl
douco for the defense was strong and
distinctly Ia opposition to that of the
petitioner. Amer due elaboration aud
consideration We do not tui that tho
charge. have been sustained. but we
do iind that pruiino language Is used
TO q great extent by all ct tho force,
with very few exceptions. Also that
there appears 10 DO a disposition On tho
part 81 the force 20 talk back aul
forth one 10 another anything that has
boon said or overhead by some brother
otncer. THIS has created ~ feeling aud
jealousy that should not exist In - we'll
disciplined force. Lack ~ promotion
aud strife for newspaper notoroty and ~
feeling because u hoing reported To tho
city marshal Tor violation Of the rulcs ~
VOL ~ influence Of persons outside Of
tho force Who have takon sldos GA ac-
count Of arrest or threatened, has also
had ltz bearing on tho slguer- Of tai. pe-
tition.
Captain Parker, wo consider, has done
his duty faithfully, but la his earnest on
dOaNur 10 bring the force up to u degree
Of military discipline, whore IL properly
belongs, may hayo spoken cross anl
sharply q, times. hut we do not consider
that u would warrant your committee to
recommend that he Too fuprlmhhdcd or
rumoyod from the iorcc.
. Sergeant Glenn has at limos allowed bis
tongue to get the best 81 al. better judg-
mont. A. We have said before, tho use Of
pfoiane language seems 10 have become
almost general, and We think he should
DO roprimaudod Tor using said language.
In rotation 20 that part of the potl-
ton that speaks " his former ASSOC
Citations, but one officer testified 10
having known or soen him before they
became mombers Of the force, aud tho
petitioners should be roprimanded for
making such broad and sweeping
charges without any evidence 10 substan'
tiato the same.
In relation % that part Of tho petition
that refers TO Marshal Young, most ofthe
officers testify that they had not reported
their grievance 10 him, and therefore he
could not be- blamed, ~ Marshal Young
testified that no WAS not aware Of the dis
satisfaction that was supposed To exist.
OF the twenty-five officers who signed
the petition. only seventeen appeared boz
fore tho committee. While no direct
testimony was introduced to bear the
committee out In their conclusions, We
feel that personal motives on the part "
certain persons had q great Influence on
certain members " the force who were
being used by them 10 crafty personal
spite aud 10 injuro tho present admins
tfution In the minds u the public.
All Of which Is respectfully submitted.
JAMES ANDERSON,
A. j. pENnLEros,
NJ. X. rAnsoN-,
Committee.
August II, 1891.
MiSoRlTY REPORT.
The following was offered by Coun-
Gilman Eolland Ia rebuttal Of the
nuinritv rpuOfis