The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-02-04
Our CITY Fathers.
P Grist Of Business
Ground Out.
The City Marshal Reports
S34 Meals Fed to the
TraEnpS i'm January.
Judge Noon Reports io5
Cases Tried by Him for the
Quarter Ending Jan. 81.
a Pound Keeper Wanted by
tbs City-No Reduction on
Pool Table License.

the Peace, a. A. Noon, asking an APP
preparation Of $500, for rent of office,
was referred to the committee on
claims on motion of Councillor Dixon.
The Justice represented that there was
no Office in the Court House, and that
he had had to rent place in which TO
perform his judicial work.
Application Of Pyne & Naiben for
licenre as wholesale liquor dealers,
was granted on motion Of Councillor
HenTichSen.
Application of 81. L. Rawlings, for
license as retail liquor dealer, was
granted on motion Of Councillor
Thomas.
The report of \. A. Noon, Justice of
the Peace. for quarter ending January
81, 1891. showing 40 cases tried by him
in November, 30 cases in December,
and SO cases in January, making
total of Jos cases during the quarter.
with total of 1887 .65 imposed as fines.
was read and, on motion of Councillor
| Dixon, accepted and placed on file.
The report of the city recorder for
January, 1891, showing total OF
S2,243l5 collected as license, was, on
motion of Councillor Maiben, accepted
and placed on file.
The report of the city marshal, for
January, showing 40 arrests and $685. 90
| imposed as fines, was, on motion of
Councillor Maiben, accepted and placed
on file
The report of G. o. Haws, road
supervisor, showed $347 .16 of 1890 taxes
as having been expended on the streets
| during the month of December. Ac-
copied.
The report of the city treasurer was
called for, and the recorder stated that
that officer had represented that he
! THE treaSureT) had laid it on one of the
| tables in the room, but no one seemed
to know anything about it.
| CounciloI-Ian riclsen. from the
committee on finaace, recommended
! the adoption Of the assessment roll as
prepared and submitted by Assessor
Samuelson, and also that that officer be
authorized to procure the list Of mort
| cages recorded on the terms embodied
in the assessors communication to the
Council on January 26. The report
was accepted.
The Board of Health recommended
the allowance of Sundry claims, and
the appointment of w. o. Nelson as
city nurse, to attend cases Of conta-
gious disease, at a salary of $50 per
month.
Councillor Maiben moved to accept
the report. He considered however,
| that it should be the understanding
that the city have exclusive control of
Mr.. Nelson's time, in consideration
Of him being paid monthly salary.
Councillor HeDrichsen thought it
would be well to thoroughly under
stand this matter, and pending such
an understanding he moved that the
report be laid on the table.
This motion was lost. Much discus
sion ensued, however, on the subject.
Councillors Liddiard and Dunn, mem
bers of the Board of Health, stated
that Mr.. Nelson had been made to
thoroughly understand when he was
consulted on the matter. that his time
would be at the option of the city.
| Councillor Dixon said if this was the
understanding, that Mr.. Nelson's time
was optional, he would oppose paying
him $50 a month. He would rather
vote a salary of $50 per month, provid-
ing the gentleman give his full time to
the city.
Councillor Maiben would De opposed
/ to Mr.. Nelson running around attend
ing to every little case, and neglecting
the city's interests, He thought, how
ever, the city marshal could regulate
! the matter satisfactory, if the gentle
man was engaged at the salary recon-
mended by the board of health.
Councillor Dixon moved to amend by
adding the words "his entire time. y
The motion was lost, Councillors
Dixon and Glazler voting for it.
The motion to adopt the report OF
the board Of health was then put and
carried.
The report of the committee on
waterWorks, recommending the allow
ance of the N. Y. Sturges estate of
s3915, was adopted.
The committee on streets and alleys
to whom was referred the petition of
j. B. Love, asking the city to exchange
some lands with him in the southeast
part of the city, near First and Second
streets, reported that they considered
the preferred land not advantageous
to the city's interests, and therefore
recommended that the petition be not
granted. Report adopted.
Speaking upon the report Councillor
Maiben very truly remarked: Throw
ing open a street and receiving no
benefit from it was not good policy,
but was an expense"
Councillor Maiben presented the
majority report of the committe on
license on the subject Of reducing the
license On pool tables. This majority
report recommended that the petition
be not granted. Mr.. Maiben stated
he dissented from the report and
would probably be heard from in
minority report.
The document then went up to the
table.
The Mayor - The report is not
signedY'
Councillor Maiben-'No, sir"
Councillor Bring it over
here, III sign it,
Councillors Liddiard and Glazier then
attached their autographs to the docu-
ment, and the report went up to the
Mayors table.
Councillor Maiben then gave his
reasons for opposing the proposed re-
dueti0a of the license from SO to $40
on pool tables. 1t twas his firm opinion
that if the license was reduced to the
minimum. it would be great inducc-
ment to decent people to take out a
license and run respectable business.
If this was done, it would have the
effect of taking our young men from
the saloon.
Councillor Dixon was opposed to re-
ducing the license. 1t was the saloon |
keepers who were petitionipg for this |
reduction, and not respectable people,
and it was these saloon keepers who /
were breaking the law in not keeping
their billiard tables separate and apars
from their liquor business. They also /