The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-04-20
MUNICIPAL '''''''
OFFICIALS
PRESENT
REPORTS
CITY COUNCILS REGULAR SEMI
MONTHLY SESSION LARGELY
TAKEN UP BY READING OF
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SEVERAL LICENSES GRANTED

The regular semi-monthly meeting
OF the city council was held Monday
night with all members present. ex-
cepting Alderman comts and Oren-
dorn. The session was given over
largely to the reading Of the annual
reports OF the various city officers:
all or which were adopted and order
ed placed ON Gle.
Previous To she presentation OF the
reports. however. several matters per
taini-g to the current administration
OF municipal anar were taken up
for consideration. A scavenger's
Gorton on his execution of a salts
factory tond In the sum OF five hun
dreI dollars. Plumbers licenses we're
granted to Ellis 4 Hood and 10 the
Harding Hardware company. A reso-
luton xas adopted under the provi-
kions OF which the sum OF nfty-four
dollars and twenty-seven cents. rep
resenting . balance in the sewer fund
OF sewer district number one. was or.
dcred transferred TO the general
fand OF the city. This action was
taken In consideration OF the fact
that the Indebtedness on the sewer
account In that district has been paid
on.
The annual reports OF the city clerk.
city treasurer. city marshai. street
supervisor. police maFistrate. captain
of the Gre department. cemetery ssv-
ton and public librarian: all of them
Of detailed character. were read. The
reports Of the city clerk and city treas
urer are required BY lsv to be pub
lished In full aud are not alluded to
In this connection.
The report OF the city marshal shows
that sixty-one arrests were made
by the police department during the
year. One hundred and forty sanitary
inspections we're made: seventy-ninc
Qnarantines were established: nine
ty-two nnisances we're abaied; six
hundred and eighty Inspections OF cat
tie on the hoof were made. eighty
nine similar Inspections OF calves and
six hundred and Hfty-seven Inspec.
tions OF hogs. Seven hundred and two
inspections of cattle killed in local
sssiaughter houses were made. one hun
dred and hfty-four calves and eight
hundred and thirty OF hogs.
The street supervisors report
shows that four thou and. six hundred
and twenty-five loads OF dirt. sand,
einders. rock. leaves and brush were
harIcd urd his di. e-tion during the
year. Poll taxes to the amount OF five
hundred and thirty-three dollars were
worked out ON the public streets
Three thous, nj. six hundred and four
teen feet OF lumber were used by the
street depar,meM dur.ng the twelve
months covered by the report Four
hundred and thirty-six square feet OF
sidewalk; two hundred and thirty-six
square feet of curbing and one hun.
dred and fifty-nve square feet OF gut.
ter were constructed.
The report OF the police MAGISTRATE
shows that sixty-three warrants for
, to arrest OF violators of the city or
dinances were issued out Of his court
during the year. The report of the
captain OF the fre department shows
that thirty fire alarms were turned in
during the year. OF which three were
false. The property loss from ire
during the twelve months was $50. .0ss.
OF which s27soo was in connection
with the destruction of the Peerless
Mills. The upkeep or the motor
truck in use by the fire department
since It's installation last July hiss
been little less than six cents
day.
The report OF tho cemetery sexton
shows that total Of one hundred and
twenty-eight burials took place in the
two cemeteries here during the year
Of which eighteen were Infants and
children. II may be stated In this con-
neetion. however. that the interments
! during that period we're largely In
excess OF the number Of deaths in
Canon City during the corresponding
year. The bur!Als there Represented
the deaths In the entire Canon CITY
district, including all or the clustered
commuuitiea on both siden q he river
~ we'll 80 dozen or moge of ho1tou