Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

Of the entire county, made for the use
Of the assessor, and one complete SET
Of ownership plats revised for the use
Of the recorder. The employees OF the
office are ID. w. Ellis, recorders Davld
Mattson, deputy, Mrs, u, ~ west
FLORENCE Shields and Aunis Brown
clerks.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The police department Of ogden City
has been conducted during the past
year In most commendable manner
under the direction OF Chief Of Police
John Conlisk, The depredatlons com
mitted throughout the city have been
few considering the great amount OF
railroad and other grade work that
has been done IN the neighborhood OF
ogden, ana the many hundreds Of men
that have come 20 Ogden during me
year and have been shipped TO ana
from this point 20 the various work
Ing camps. II IL true that such grad.
Ink has furnished great amount or
work for the rowing class OF men VINO
generally do such work. but when these
men were In the city sometimes Tor
days without work or money, they have
committed crimes In order to obtain tho
neoessafles OF life
Chief Conlisk has made o very ei1-
Client officer, and no little credit Is due
him and his able corps Of men VINO
have kept Ogden no free as Il has been
from the crimes Of men during the past
year During the past year there nave
been approximately LOO arrests made
by the police department ON the various
charges as follows; Assault and BAT
terry 80; assault with intent 20 COM
NIT murder, 8, violation OF the BIKE
ordinance, SO; burglary, Si for selling
without q license, 30; concealed Wea~
pons. 10; cruelty 90 animals l6' de-
mented. l2 disorderly conduct, 3lDi as
turbing the peace, l07, drunkenness 3iOi
cmbez2lement, s: obtaining money or
goods under false preonses, l5 taN
driving, 10; forgery, ~ housepreaking'
a; for visiting houses OF III fame, ~
incorrglbility, Il petit larceny ~ sell
Ing liquor TO Indians, i mendlcNncy,
i5O malicious mischief, g. molesting OF
fcers, etc, 81 rape, resisting arrest,
3; runaway 49, trespass, 10; yagrahcy'
29G
During the year the followingamounts
have been received for fines and forfeit
ures and turned over to the city treas
urer: January S1lS, February SS32,
March $l.055,GO, April, SlOOl.21, May
s915,5O, June S4S, July, Oalo, august
s755,t5, September l,SOV2t, Ooloper
$1,000, November $500 Decemuer
iestlmated) 1880 Making a grand
total Of moneys received py
the police department for nnes
and forfeitures of SllS5OH' me
direct expense for salaries to the police
officers and sundry expenses amounts
to about $4,000 for the year. not incluo-
ing the expense for prison board
The building occupied by the police
department Offices and jail IS con-
structed OF pressed brick with sand
stone trimmings. The interior OF the
building Is very conveniently arranged.
The front part of the down stairs IS
used for offices and court room. The
second floor OF the front part OK the
building Is used for residence lot
Might Tailor Chitchlow and family ana
a ladies' ward. The two stories OF the
building at the rear are used Tor ths
| iall which is one OF the most Solo ana
beat built In the state. The basement
Is used for a kitchen, dungeon, furnocs
room, etc.
THE prisoners who are sentenced 70
serve time are made to work on the
stoekade where they break rocks LOT
having purposes The personnel OF the
notice department consists OF Chiet OF
police John ConlIsk, Captain THOMAS
n browning, Detective James Pender'
! patrolnen c. c. Bown John HUI
aStns E1ra Farr. Fred Tout George
purton Charles Pincock, Joseph mar
hertson and Robert Burk, Another pro-
faction 10 the merchants and business
Mart of the city Is the Merchants pa
raj maintained by subscription ny the
d,Terent firms Without cost to Ogdeh
| civ This patrol Is also great as
! sisiance 10 the police and Is under the
control OF Special OflCer Thomas Burk'
OGDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
one of the departments Of city gov
eminent of which the citizens OIL Ogueh
are proud is the fire department,
While the membership of the paid de-
| nortment is small It's effectiveness III
| protecting property Is great Inc
headouarters or central station Is on
| Grant avenue between Twenty-hIth
| and Twenty-sixth streets, fine SOLO,
! tboroughly modern, two story IRE sta.
lion. with a hose drying tower Dell
| tower ana is equipped with q champion
| chemical engine, an Arrow aerial truck,
a Grand Rapids hose wagon, carrying
| / 96O feet of hose; reserve hose eXer-
| o,se wagon. carrying 1900 feet La
| France steamer In reserve and ohiefs
| huvpy, seven horses In active service,
and one trained horse In reserve me
fire alarm system is the dameWell'
Twenty boxes so distributed as 10
cover the business district and most OF
the residence quarter has made II pos
slble for the department TO promptly
arrive at the scene of many a fre IN
time TO do effective service, cutting OH
fires that, with little delay In turn.
Inc In the alarm would have developed
into very destructive contagrations,
The equipment OF the Five Points sta
ton consists - one Stlllman village
truck, one hand pump, one hose reel,
all in charge OF Capt Harrop and ~
| call men,
The personnel OF the paid department
ls Chief Orson Riser; assistant chief,
NJ. j. Hewitt captain, Alon5o Rogers,
electrician, N. Il. Moore; drivers and
horsemen. ID. l.. Lee II, j. Chapple, A.,
r. Waldram. Y. A. Lowe e c. West,
Il. Il. Barton and G. h, Wardaw.
The records from January list to De-
cember show a busy year, Total
number OF alarms lOS given as follows;
BY box, IS; by telephone, %; by mes
aengers. %. OF these, "a were for fires
IN brick stone or adobe buildings, 81 for
fires in frame structures; Al for brush,
grass or rubbish fires, and II false
alarms,
In answering these alarms the horses
have drawn the apparatus total dis
lance OF $40 miles and four blocks, The
department has laid 23,550 feet OF hose
has raised Az feet Of ladders, and used
i1i gallons of chemical, besides the reg
ular water streams,
In the fires Of the year. tl9,143 Of In
surance has been involved; SiS 692 AZ has
been paid 10 property owners by the
insurance companies on account OF fire
losses. The net loss 10 property own
ers In ogden on underlnsured and un-
insured property has been only s., 719 90,
a good showing when Il Is known that
tho estimated value Of all property In
yolved OF endangered by FIRE In the year
past has been s73i250.
BESIDES this work the department
makes many OF It's own repairs. Incl
dent 10 keeping up large building that
must, from the use 10 which Il Is put,
receive pretty rough treatment at n
I 40 al 81 - n.