Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

corder's Office from other
sources, including fees,
rent and miscellaneous. 1,liS.h
Total amount collected In
recorders Office -. ....,.,...,s2S,'oo'os
The record thus far in 1893 follows,
showing q progressive comparison:
No. Amount.
Business licenses collected
by the recorder outside
OF the regular municipal
business license .,...,,.l 6S S,soS'VV
Liquor licenses collected
by the recorder, includ-
ing retail. wholesale and
brewers -. .......... LOG 22l75.oo
Municipal or regular mer-
chants licenses collected 63g 4zsz.W
DOG license collected by
Collector ]. A. Lampert .,-
during 1899 .... .....'.,.lo of''W
Total ... ....... 1901 3Ose7 90
Received through the re-
corder's Office from other
sources, including fees, 80. -
rent and miscellaneous. l'lso'A
Total amount collected In -
recorders office .,.,.,.,. S5Zvf''f'
The city was incorporated In 1891, on
the 9Th Of February; In 1893 II mad
population Of 15.s2S, which, 1t Is esti-
mated has since then Increased 10 ~
Goa. Ii has a bonded Indebtedness oil
$500 900. II has an assessed valuation
OF S75ls.076, and this year. levied tax
OF eight mills on Its valuation from
which was derived an income OF stV'-
1901.
The officers Of the city, all OF whom
retire on January ist, except Treasurer
Moves who was reelected, are named
below: q
John A. Boyle. mayor; Harriet 5.
Emerson. city auditor; Edward II. An
derson. city recorder, Edward Nj. ALL
son. Jr.. city attorney; Robert A. Moves.
city treasurer Edmund 7. Hulaniski'
city justice Of the peace
CoUNCILMEN.
Thomas E. Browning, president OF the
city council; First ward, JOB fihgree'
John, jenkins; Second ward, j. y. WIZ
llams, Martin Cullen; Third ward Myr-
tlllo Shaw, NJ. l.. Jones; Fourth ware,
/, Brewer. f. T. Woolley; Fifth
ward. John Watson, T. Il. Browning.
APPoINTIvE OFFICERS.
Chief OF police, ], E. Davenport chief
Of fire department, Orson Riser; city
engineer. A. F. Parker; Sanitary inspec-
Tor. William Moves, Sexton, w. L.: Por-
ter: coal oil inspector, II. Nj. Bond'
night taller. w. +. Critchlow; day lalier
and pollce court clerk, Ben Ternes;
Mound keeper, A. Peterson.
The city has never had more latin
mi Get OF servants, and they all retire
with the Good will OF the people. The
re,irlng city recorder, Edward II. An
derson. who was net q candidate for re-
electIon has served three terms, ana
has succeeded In getting his office IN
better shape than ever before. In fact,
nreyious 10 his incumbency there had
heen no system OF fling and lndexing
which made II difficult TO find papers
and subject matter on the records. Inc
napers and records under his direction
have been numbered, filed and indexed
FOR the past forty-nlne years. so that
any paper or subject may be found IN
a moment.
OF course, many OF the appointive
officers viii be candidates for reap
poIntment. The engineers Office under
Mr. Parker has been greatly improved,
and the facilities for getting az usetpl
data, greatly enlarged.
In the city cemetery. for eleven
months ending with November, there
were l2l burials, as against $50 Tor the
whole Of last year.
oGDEN's FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Ogden City fire department Is one
OF the finest An the West. II consists
OF eleven regular salary paid men ana
tweniy-four call men. The department
il under the management OF CHIEF Or