The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-17
Matter Favorably Considered
By COuneilmen.
PLANS ARE OFFERED
IMMEDIATE EFFORTS WILL BE
MADE
Proposition to Sell Vacant City Prop
erty For Enough TO Build the
Badly Needed New Structure-of-
ficer HempeI Before Police Com
mites and Evidence Heard.

The prospect Of building a new city jail
is regarded by members Of :ae council
as most encouraging. Nearly cry coun-
Gilman favOrs the proposition 10 sell AZ
auction enough residence lots on Capitoi
Hill and on the northeast bench or the
pieces of land which may be exchanged
with the board Of education for the water
works shop corner to meet the cost OF
buying a new jail site in more suitable
locality and to pay for erecting new
prison at a cost Of about So eco.
The question was Informally discussed
at the council committees meeting last
evening with the result thai the commit
tee on prison was directed 10 make II the
special topic of consideration next Friday
night.
All agreed that the old ramshackle
bull pen, which is by courtesy dubbed
a jail, IS a disgrace TO the city. II was the
consensus OF opinion last evening that Il
would be unWise business pclley 10 erect
the proposed prison on the old site, since
If such We're done the municipality could
never realize a good price on ITS valuable
Adjoining property The plan most favored
Is 10 buy site for the new jail next 10
or at the rear of the boiler house opposite
the city and county building on second
East street. and make the structure as
cheerful TO the eye as possible.
While the COunciimen were discussing
l4tt QGbSllOu last lISul N-lNe -ANLVa AAOS
Stephens announced that in all probable
ity Mayor Thompson would present TO
the council next Tuesday evening Tor
passage an ordinance to require prisoners
TO work on the streets. Such a measure,
it is believed. viii help TO relieve the IN
sanitary conditions in the Jail during the
day tins until the new prison is built on
plans that were prepared few years
ago
Hempel Case Up.
The committee on police had up for con-
slderation last night the question OF dis
cipiining Patrolman Hempe., according TO
the complaint of Proprietor HEN OF the
Lincoln House barber shop. for having, II
was alleged. siandered the house and
threatened TO arrest the whole scraplng
outfit because a stranger complained Of
an excessive barb6ring bill
The big policeman admitted the sort
impeachment, but pleaded Justincatlon Tor
talking roughly TO the shop on the ground
that numerous complaints of extOrUionate
charges for shaves, hair cuts and sham-
poos had been made to him by unsophlsti-
Gated victims.
Proprietor Helm and his two helpers
made statements TO the committee which
differed materially from the written com
plant against the policeman, Med with
the council Tuesday night The document
set up that the kicking customer in ques-
ton was charged only % cents for ton
serial work done at his request, but the
evidence last night showed that a SWede
who seemed to f'SaVey' was induced 10
have a hair cut, shave, shampoo, a
SINCE. a hair tonic and his mustache dyed,
and that when $l.J0 was demanded for the
service he rOared to the policeman that
he had never been worked so we'll since
leaving Buffalo.
mine the nature of its report to the coun-
Gil but it is believed that the findings win
not ScOrch PatrOiman Hempel TO an I'M
comfortable extent.
Beatty Urges an Ordinance.
Councilman Beatty, the medical men,
Der, explained TO the committee on NUM-
cipal laws the efficacy. from health
standpoint of his proposed ordinance 10
require dry earth closets to take the place
of eXcrement pits outside OF the sewer
districts and to compel sewer connections
wherever possible. The dOctOrs pointed
tinued pollution of the soil, as shown by
the prevalence of typhoid and other dan
gerouS feVeTS, and made IL clear that the
passage of the ordinance would do much
toward effecting the extension of the sew
erage connected area
The committee viewed the proposition
faVOrably, but took another week 10 for
mulate a report OF the council.
The committee concluded to recommend
for passage Canning's proposed ordinance
requiring property owners 10 keep the
sidewalks clear of weeds, dead trees and
tree stumps.
favorably upon petitions for stone block
crossings at the west intersections of
Third South and Fourth East and Sec
ond South and Seventh East streets, and
adversely on Councilman c. R. Howe S
resolution for the graveling of all cross
walks, on the grading of Cane street, be-
cause the grade has not been established,
and on the proposition TO replace the
canal fiume from Eagle Gate TO Second
East street with brick conduit, on &C
count of the great cost, 5000.
The committee decided TO recommend 20
the council that the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company be notified 10 proceed
TO gravel Third West street, from South
Temple 10 Ninth South
The mayor and the finance COMMITTEES,
accompanied by all the councilmen, En-
gineer Kelsey. Land and Water Commits
sioner Westerfield and Health Commits
Sioner King. agreed to make a trip of in
spection up Parley's canyon Sunday,
leaving on the $50 a. m. train and return
ing in carriages.