Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-21
MAYOR DELIVERS
: ANNUAL ADDRESS.
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,rerease over the previous
ws "; 9o and the ! toea so lo 20 in The
EIi-s as against SS''''V''''
~ 1905 cSSns.ructIon of ouildinss ,s e e4-
me N fire alarm systems new *
itnslUsns improvements, etc2 o eu, nnSS thc
pra'us, united TO $S5496' anu VIC
year yyeeceiyed from the SAFE ol h"5'
revenue N horses, etc, was S555.4o'
coidspn,vi%, value Of buildings ana
me es' W. which the department Was
tontenw onnted to 3,71I667SO. me
called nGipyolyed amounted TO N,bbo,-
lnnranSs insurance paid was $SO,f'4'tt,
No. lHe,,oi loss on buildings ana
end he ros Slll1O The losses on uIl-
tonleh,S ,,operty amounted to SV,b9o
Insured p,Vs of water pressure for the
me IT, asad on an hourly reading
yesf Nv" a,o alarm office, giving the
Of the Ia Lowest average Tor eacn
hgne" ,ayss the grand average az V0'do'
nol'u, saneidered By the insurance eN-
This ls V W. Xiv a most excellent show
Ing .,.s of the department makes
Ihe 0,' denominations the most I'M
severn, ~ which Is the placing OF the
porlans Saeral truck In commission at
~ West Side station, IKE w ~ men
ln ,,s ,he placing Of six addltiohal me"
" iae said station
NEW FIRE STATION NEEDED
r,o chief deplores the fact that there
lIe sr'tslv no fire protection for the
a g'g noriion Of the city and rec
"uul,oS hat station be immediate
oiHlu''l',aa an land in that section owned
eSC'' c,,y 10000 for building and
W mani one extra first size Metro
e a.om ars engine and 5000 feet of new
O'' teoh hose Is also recommended 10 De
.flsossj for the better protection or
,6s business district. .,.e
lnI 4, ,be department be Increased, so
Sst each member be allowed one uay
M IN every seven. such an arrahse-
want am satisfied would hure 10 'lle
Ssnerment Of the service. .
No recommendation are submitted
4, your honorable body for most seri-
ous consideration
STREET LIGHTING
Tho CHIEF Of The fire department re-
rs tbe cost Of street lighting for the
rssr i9Ol 10 be S3l,02O,6O. After de-
S,,tlne S29I2l FOR outage, leaves the
Sst cost OF lighting S3l,695.S9.
the same number Of additional arc
Nome I92C were placed during the year,
making the total 10 date 5O7 now IN use.
IN regard to this outage | would
grongly recommend that some arrange
nent be made with the Utah Light d
Railway company that man IN the
smnloy Of the city be made patrolman
m street lighting the expense to be
bone. as a present, by the said Utah
Ilebt & Railway company, This /
srmly believe, would give to the city
vastly superior lighting service than
has been received heretofore,
Tho Are department Of this city has
NADIA a most excellent showing for the
year lust passed, and certainly has
ssce5 itself second to none In the
country In It's management, discipline
and effective service.
CITY RECORDERS REPORT.
The report Of the city recorder shows;
LIQUOR licenses issued ..n.,.,, 40t
Druggists liquor licenses issued. "a
Restaurant liquor licenses issued. 30
Merchants licenses Issuedun,...3,6l9
Miscellaneous licenses lssued.,.,,2, 1855
The department during the year dis
pstd Of
Petitions and communications 49,. 912
Reports Of city officers .,,.,,,,. 1923
Reports Of committees u,..,u,"1,210
Resolutions .,.,......... ....... 219
Bls for ordinances, l60 Of which 115
became laws.
The fees collected from various
sources amounted to S6,lS302,
CITY COURT.
The report Of the recorder acting as
ex'oflclo clerk Of the city court,
shows.
Civil DvIslon-Cases nled sos; re-
celpls for the year, S2034.S0.
Crmina Division Complains filed,
tsa state cases filed 2S3; receipts from
STATE cases. ll955S; receipts for the
year sSS535l5
Included IN the latter Item are the
receipts reported under the head OF the
police department)
Inc Increase Of business IN this de-
pIlment shows a marked Improvement
over previous years,
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The report OF the health commission
lGr me year 1904 shows the total
nuhpef OF deaths TO be SsS, represent
,ns rate OF llA per thousand. based
WON population Of $4,000 The total
g gumoer o. births was I,746, rate OF
S@ per thousand.
EFFICACY OF VACCINATION
The number Of cases OF contagious
diseases for the year was 921, de-
lease over the previous year OF nearly
y er cent The city is reported as en-
.Wv,y free from smallpox from Aug. 10
NOV !, or the $40 cases OF small
EA reported. but # had ever been vac
,I"a'ed This Il would seem 10 me
~. conclusive proof Of the efficacy OF
,oaaSS me ISOLATION hospital there were
,vullel during the year 1909 cases Of
il1l5 '' average COST per case OF
,naina chemical and bacterlologlcal ex.
M ,'a a'.uons amounted to FOG. Of which
,s,n were OF mllk-79 OF which were
''uaa to be below the standard.
CITY WATER ANALYSES.
, Snsn samples Of city water were an.
i tg@d and tested for pothegenic bac.
81 aaa We're found pure. one sam
aug found pure. wac ''''eu
a {r we crematory there was DESTROY
W during the year, WIS 'e'''''
svlH So, pounds o.,,,....,,,..3,32O. 900
Condo,,Ng .'"',,,,,.,,,,.. 906 900
porso eD''eo rood pounds ..... 3llAt
Cow, '''"'''',,,,,,...,.. $50
6b,og' ".. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." %, 81
''' small animals commune "a
for II M expense ys,. Of the health department