, 1925-01-06
OF MESSAGE GIVEN
NEW COUNCIL BY THE MAYOR

the we'll from which It is pumped
TO the storage reservoir, The new
reservoir was completed about oc.
tober first and is now in service. 1t
will be necessary from time to time
10 repair email cracks in the con-
crete which develop from the con.
traction of the concrete. On the
whole this reservoir appears to be
an excellent piece OF work.
/ will only mention briefly the
question of a permanent gravity
supply OF water for Casper. II will
be remembered that the firm OF
Black and Veatch. of KANSAS City
made an exhaustive report on the
possibility OF using Deer Creek to
supply Casper by a gravity line. 1t
is true hat this supply would be
desirable from a number of differ.
n angles but the cost OF getting
the water TO Casper would amount
10 at least four million dollars. / do
not believe the people OF Casper wish
TO assume this added burden at this
time.
Legal Department.
Heretofore the city OF Casper em,
ployed an attorney to perform tho
legal work and thon left him TO the
mercy OF a multitude of legal re
quirement wholly out OF proportion
to the time and salary he was able
to give TO the work. As u result the
city attorney had to be paid add.
tional compensation for hand ing the
aFpa prtn1har ~ IaguI 1Ar,.Nsanfo Ia
connection with special improve.
ment districts. Then too It was i'm.
possible for him to attend police
court every night and have appealed
cases properly transcribed into dis
trlct court AS a result cases were
never actually appealed but died OF
hamilton. This condition seemed in.
tolerable to me and the council who
authorized the attorney to employ
such hep as would enable the city
to carry appeal cases to the district
court and prosecute TO final judg-
ment. As a result there have been
SO cases Transcribed and Of these
40 have been disposed of. In several
OF these cases the appeal bonds
were forfeited for non appearance
and these forfeits together with the
cases decided In favor of tho city
Casper will make available fines |
and incident monies sufficient to pay |
tho apparently large expense of the |
city attorneys office. Moreover II
has served to impress those who arc
in the habit OF appealing cases from
police court that the city means
business when prosecuting misde-
meanors.
1t is my hope that the legal dc
shall function for the city
Of Casper as efficiently as any client
has a right to expect OF HE private
attorney, Casper might be likened
unto a thirty million dollar corpora.
tion and II seems proposterous 10
receive diIatory and inadequate sor.
vice Just because We arc not willing
70 pay even the aemblance Of the
which a private Individual is
willing 10 pay for services rendered
I assure you however that we do
not wish TO continue THE present ex.
penditure in this department II tho
business OF the city does not war.
rant Il.
Law Enforcement.
Taken as a whole and upon the
Of averages this department has
rendered satisfactory service to the
Unforeseen legal complication
made It very difficult during tho
last four months OF 1924 TO carry
the crusade against vice and all
OF the other forms Of ~lawlessness
which still abide In the city. This
together with the lowered man
power Of the police department since
August made II a real problem FOR
this department 10 give 10 tho pao
pie of Casper that measure OF pro.
lection they deserve. But this IL
history. want 10 take this Dppor.
20 impress upon You that Il
Is not possible n compromise with
any form sof crime. Either you
I'm or else you suppress it.
there is no middle ground and /
propose that during this coming
year we use every means ut our
disposal to fight to a nnlsh all forms
Of lawlessness Incompatible with
good citizenship. To this end
would suggest for your future con.
sideration the following safeguards
by ordinance or whatever
means feasible:
l. l recommend that a sufficient
number OF police patrol boxes be
IN the residence districts al
VIII enable and afford police pro.
lection for the outlying districts so
badly in needle Of II.
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