South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-03
WANT To KNOW #
ALL SALOONS HAVE
PROPER LICENSES
Board of Safety Grows Anxious
Big Factories Must Sub
nit to Electrical RuIeS-Who
Pays Jurors Reed Bill?

Directions to Clerk Josephson TO as
certain whether all the saloons re-
ported by the police 10 exist in the city.
have licenses still in existence; orders
to CITY Electrician r. y. Dickey, to
require the large factories like Stude-
bakers, divers, BirdsellS and singers,
to come under the same rules of cleo
trical inspection as applies TO lesser
business places and TO residences; the
turning down of s19.36 feed bill pre-
sented by City Attorney Seebirt, con-
tracted TO prevent starvation OF the
recent Walter Sapp jury, during its SO
hours deliberation; and, approval of
the monthly reports of the various de-
partments, under its jurisdiction. were
the principal matters To come before
the board Of public safety at its meet
ing Friday.
The report Of City Sealer b. B. Mil
Ter was only for the last half of March
he having taken office on March 10.
1t shows IA places. Is scales. 80 scale
beams and five weights inspected for
the period, with eight scales con-
demned. 1t also shows 344 loads
weighed on the city scales, $3.50 of
the $34.40 charged for the weighing
collected. From fees on Scales. weights.
and measures. inspected, the sealer
collected $12.70.
Watching the Theaters.
The city electrician reported 169
inspections for March( and 2 con-
dennations. Hir ~oDOrt would l. di-
cate that he IS hos after the theaters,
but inspections for lighting are far in
the lead
The various companies of the city
fire department made a total of 119
runs during March, travelling 204 1-2
miles laying $50 feet of hose, using
S36 gallons Of chemical and raising
1,03S feet of ladder The property
endangered by fire, building and con-
tents combined. is valued at $50, 500,
the loss sustained being $3.50 on build
ings and $2,235. The cost of main
tanning the department for the month
was $2,063.66
The cost of maintaining the police
department was S2,402.34. The num-
ber of arrests were 201. with hoboes
accommodated at the lodging house.
955. Males arrested were 1S6. females
10. There were 20 suspended SEN
tences; % Jail sentences. Is being paid
or stayed, the other cases being still
pending, transferred or dismissed. The
patrol wagon made a total of 151 runs
and travelled 322 miles.
Big Factories Not Exempt.
President Augustine raised the ques-
tiOn of looking out whether all the
saloons have licenses paid up to date,
and the matter is to be gone into.
Electrician Dickey raised the question
OF electrical inspection of the city's
big factories, stating that the larger
ones have their own electricians. and
though operating them without a Ii
cense, apparently presume themselves
exempt from regulation under the city
ordinances. 1T seems to me that we
are interested as a city said Com
missioner Hibberd, 'since we equip the
fire department" and on his motion
the electrician was told not TO admit
of any such exemptions.
About which time City Attorney See
birt came slipping into the room with
a bill from some restaurant keeper
for three meals for the Jurors who
served at the recent trial Of Walter
Sapp, for blind pigging' amounted to
S19.36. and suggested that the board
pay IL out OF its miscellaneous fund.
I'VE finance the police department but
not the city court" was the quick re-
tort of the board which brought out
the legal opinion that without a spe-
cial appropriation from the council.
there seemed 10 be no other fund upon
which 10 draw
The jury was out SO hours deliber-
ating upon the Sapp case. That long
without eating was held impossible
with the court officials. yet there is no
provision made by law for furnishing
the meals. The city attorney suggest
ed that il would be just as legitimate
for them To pay this bill as To pay for
detective service outside the official
detectives, but the issue was sidestep-
ped. 1t is probable that an ordinance
Will be prepared and submitted TO the
council, or IL there is "A miscellaneous
police court fund. an effort may be
made To draw the amount from that.