The herald., 1896-08-12
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
Action on Saloon 1atters Postponed Genera
Routine Business

Routine Business
! The preliminary seance of the police
commissioners yesterday morning was
| enlivened by a visit from DR.. kurtZ,
who called to register his protest against
1 the granting of a saloon license for No.
| 1873 East First street, the application for
which Is being urged by Councilman Tom
Savage. Mr.. Kurtz, after delivering him
self of his grievance in very vigorous
language, took his departure. The door
was then closed, and after short ex-
ecutive session behind closed doors. the
| public Office. with Mayor RAIDER presid-
| ing and Commissioners Long and Cook
present. Chief Glass was also In attend
| ance as usual
The chief presented the name of ]. o.
| Simons for appointment as dog catcher
| The chief stated that Simons had held
the position last year, and had caused
| him less trouble than any other man who
| had ever held the position. He was
unanimously elected, and sworn in as
| special officer without pay from the
| city.
| In the matter of the charges preferred
| against officer David Craig by his wife
| the chief reported that he had been re-
quested by Mrs. Craig to withdraw the
charges as she and her husband had
adjusted their differences. Mrs. Craig
had charged that her husband had driven
her from her home, and had refused TO
contribute to her support.
AS there was not d fun board present.
action on all saloon business was post
poned for one week, on motion of Com
missioner Long. The applil auons m
which action was deferred were as fol
lows:
f. J. Niles, at o1s New High street;
James a. Walsh al 54S South Main street;
]. Nordstrom at lis East First street:
ID. Curcie. al G62 Buena Vista street;
Gibbon & McInnis, on West Washington
street, opposite New Hampshire street:
Joseph Melezer, at 237 and 239 South Main
street.
The application of Chris Reinlan for
transfer of the license of the saloon at
the northwest corner of Temple and
Main streets from c. Richardson to him
self. was referred to the chief.
Applications were referred TO the chief
as follows Eugene Lapp for a license
for saloon a the northeast corner OF
Pico and L streets; Joseph .. Grecman
FOR license for saloon at $50 South
Spring street: Edward K. Wescott. for
transfer of the license for the saloon
at il6 North Main street from John L.
Hamilton to himself
The chief called attention to the need
of telephone for his private office in
the new central police station. The
chief office is far removed from the
general office of the station, where the
telephone will be located The chief
called attention to the fact that il is
often necessary u have strict secrecy
for himself and detectives in using the
telephones and that this secrecy could
not be had if a telephone was not locat-
ed in his private office. 1t was ordered
recommended to the council that the re-
quest be granted.
The chief asked for and was granted
one weeks further lHne in which to re-
port on the charges of w. II. Chamber
lain that he had been drugged and
robbed in the saloon at the northeast
corner of Fifth and Spring streets.
number of applications for permits
to stand vehicles on the streets, accom-
panied by the consent of the property
owners, was presented, and when the
requirements of the ordinance are COM
piled with the clerk was instructed to
issue the same.
Applications for positions as police
men We're received from r. w. Kelly
and J. K. Toup and placed on file
D. Folk. a French baker, presented
! bill for $12 against Officer Alfredo Ar
! guello for bread furGshed him. On mo-
! ton of Commissioner Long the chief
was instructed to notify Arguello that
! the bill must be paid at once or he would
| be dismissed from the force.
| p. F.. Gibbons. who holds saloon IL
| cense for No. SCI Macy street, notified
| the board that the building in which he
was located burned about the 1st of
August. He therefore asked that the
license for the month Of August be re-
mtted. So. recommended.
Commissioner Cook asked for another
weeks time to report on the adoption of
the Bertillon system for the identifica-
ton of criminals, and the same was
granted.
Adjourned.