Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-09
Desires Authorization From
County Commissioners to
Bring Either Criminal or
CivilSuit- Suggests Employ
ment of Additional Police.

quest and ask that this request be
spread upon your minutes, together
with my official advice, that the po-
lice department of Tonopah be fur
nished with additional officers; that
the officers be required to have sep
arate and distinct beats, and to bel
upon their beat upon all hours dur
ing their shift The officers now on
duty in Tonopah are diligent, COM
petent and trustworthy in every re-
spect, but they are too few in num-
bers. 1t would be impossible for the
present police force in Tonopah toI
successfully handle a sudden flood or
burst of crime, such as often occurs
in towns of a similar condition of
affairs. AS an example of this,
would draw your attention to the
city of Reno, which for the last two
weeks has been undergoing a series
of vicious and bloodthirsty crimes of
every nature and description, to such
an extent that the adequate police
force of that city seemed unable to
cope with the situation. This con-
dition may strike us at any time, and
we should be prepared to protect the
lives and property of our citizens.
| advise that money be devoted
along these lines in preference to
some other lines to which it is now
being devoted.
4.-The town of Manhattan | find
decidedly in need of your immediate
action along lines of general better
ment. That town pays it's fair and
equal pro rata of taxes, and should
receive the benefits that it is entitled
/ to. The main street of the town is
at present flooded from time to time
with a stream of water which comes
from the mines above the town. This
water during the winter months will
form sheet of ice upon the main
street, dangerous to the travelling
public. If diverted from the main
J street it flows under the buildings on
, either side, becoming an injury to
;, property.
i | advise and recommend that you
take immediate steps to provide !
suitable means of carrying the water
through the main street and beyond
| the town. This can be done in {
: practical and inexpensive manner by
! the construction of wooden box ol
fume running along the curbings OF
e one side of the street, carrying thu
water to a point at which it ma!
!, be turned loose with safety.
t There have been a number of com
n plants coming in from Manhattan
. with reference to mills just belov
e Manhattan, known as the Lemon mil
d and the Wolf mill They have in tn,
| past, and | believe they are now
e permitting their water to flow oil
Y the public road and some of tha
n water carries cyanide of potassium
J. which is deadly in its effect, an
G stock ranging at large about tn
i town of Manhattan is liable to b
lost by drinking the water. Thi
: has already happened in one or tw
p instances. II is not only dangerou
I to stoDk running at large. but II
Q dangerous to human life. An unsus
d pecting traveller coming across IN
y desert striking water running dow
e the valley below the town of CentrJ
y might. to queneh his thirst. take
drink Of the water. which would.
~ my estimation. prove fatal
+ ! beg leave to submit herewith th
Ie report OF the Grand Jury of the Cou'
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u in It's session prior to the last cal
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