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, ' , 62 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1907. f
II WHAT THE JUVENILE COURT IS DOING
h A . .
s k There, is not an institution or organ--.ization
in Salt Luke or in tbo State,
' ; Cfor that matter, that has done inoro
jjgood in the way of correcting tho ca-
tP-xoor of misguided and viciously inclined
boys and girls than the Juvenile court.
,-p1 The court was first established by an
it iact of tlio legislature of 1905 as a city
.Ifc (institution, but the legislature of 1907
vb tmado it a State institution, and the
'1 ' State was then districted. Reports from
'A tho various judgos and probntion oftl-
.vl" core throughout the State go to show
fjj I that tho conrt has been a success.
i. i ; The chief aim of tho Juvenilo court
w ! ' 'is to prevent boys and girls, who aro
liT" charged with wrongdoing, from being
Jtt thrown into tho association of crim-
JP j ,inalfl, as had been the rule prior to the
p creation of this court. Tt also is the
t aim of the court to give boys and
jfj I girls good advice, to talk to them as a
IB j father should talk to his child, and, in
fc fact, to do everything possible to work
; rf a reformation without resorting to sc-
I jt vore measures, euch as committing tho
. iy offenders to the State Industrial school,
i far Judgo Gowans, who is at the head of
382. i the Juvenile court of Salt Lake county,
iJT , is a new man in the position, but he
$i ; has appeared to possess the necessary
Qljfc requisites, and under his guidance, with
;tho assistance of a corps of efficient
IS ' .probation officers, he has given splendid
jjjtt ' satisfaction. The same can be said of
, other juvenile judges throughout the
ijjkfc'i State, and their reports to Iho Juvenile
Court commission in this city show
that the object for which tho Juvculc
court law "was enacted is being at
tained. Tho annual report of Judgo Gowans
in this county, which, however, only
covers the period from April 1 to No
vember 30, shows the following condi
tion of affairs:
Bovs arrested during the year were !
as follows: Truancy, 83j stealing, 1-10;
incorrigibility, 69; growing up in idle- I
ness and crime, 5; smoking, 32; violat- !
ing State ordinances, 7; violating city
ordinances, S3; dependency, 4; fighting,
2S; disturbing peaec, 39; malicious mis
chicf, 196; cruelty to animals. 1; pro
funo language and obscene literature.
30; drunkenness, 10: visiting poolrooms
and saloons, 9; neglected children, 10;
immoral conduct, 112; exposure of per
son, G; assault and battcrv, 2. Total,
771.
Of the total number of boys before
the court, 205 cases wero disposed of
in court and 50(5 out of court. Those
disposed of in court were hh follows:
Dismissed. -IS; on probation, 151; Statu
Industrial school, 27; Canyon Crest
ranch, suspended 'sentence,' 35. Total,
205.
Arrests of girls during the year were
as follows: Neglect cd children, 8; us
ing intoxicants, 3 dependency. 1; tru
ancy, 15; immoral conduct , 20; incor
rigibility, 31; violating city ordinance,
1; malicious mischief, .13; petit larceny,
10. Total, 102.
Of the 102 cases, 32 wero disposed of
in court and 70 outside of court, i Ac
tion was taken in the 32 cases as) fol
lows: Dismissed, 2; on probation, 17;
State Industrial school, S; sontencc sus
pended, 5.
Although not connected with the .lu
venilo court in any way, Canyon Crest
ranch, in Davis county, and "the New
house Betterment home, in this city,
also aro deserving of mention, us they
arc doing a groat and good work in the
way of affording Iioiiicb for misguided
juveniles. Occasionally defendants in
the Juvenile court are sent to one or
the other of thosn pianos, although it is
by no means a general rule.
Tho one thing most needed in Knit.
Lake nt tho prenent timo, according to
tho view of the Juvenile Conrt eom
mission is a dotontion home, and ef
forts will bo put forth al. once to pro
vido for such an institution. This will
obviate tho necessity, except in cases of
extromo character, "of sending boys or
girls to jail.
Great Fortuno-Makcra.
Burton J, Hcndrlck, whoso limurnnco
artlclcs attracted so much attention, Is
now writing a ucrleE of articles on
"Groat American Fortunes." Tho first ar
ticle on 'Street Hallway Financiers" np
pears In tho November Mediae's. 3dr.
Hcndrlck states that:
"In the last twenty-flvo years larRO
fortunes have been made In the United
States by tho exploitation of great pub
lic utilities. In that brief period tho
developments of modern scli-uco have
completely revolutionized urbnn and ru
ral life. Discoveries) In nas and electric
Illumination have transformed the faintly
flickering cities of a generation tlKO '"to
nightly blar.es of light: tho all-pc.notrnt-Ing
trolley car has linked city with city
and knit wholn States Into social and
economic entitles.
"As a result of these Improvements
every city has had its tract Ion speculat
ors; noarly every one can point to Its
traction millionaires. As usual, however,
the richest opportunities have fallen to
the lot of a few energetic, men. Far out
distancing nil their rivals, In the nuig
nlludo of their operations and tho for
tunes realized, are the live men popu
larly and loosely known as the Wldener-Elklns-Dolrin-Whltnoy-ltynn
nynrilcnto.
If we wero to assess under a few
names the wealth and Influcnco rep
resented by the public utility corpora
tions In the United Slates, these live
men would have a larger share, than any
other .group. In the Inst thirty years,
working separately .or working together,
they have entered city after city. State
after Slate, acquiring street railways,
gas and electric lighting companies, and
developed them on an enormous scale.
They have built up the street railway
systems of New York, Chicago. Philadel
phia, Pittsburg and at least one hundred
cities and towns In Pennsylvania, Con
necticut, Rhode Islnnd Massachusetts,
Ohio, Indiana, New Hampshire, Vermont
and Maine.
"I'pon them at least 10.000.000 people,
or one-eighth of the nation's population,
are dependent for such dally needs ns
electric transit, and gas and electric
lighting."
How to Curo Insomnia.
Sleeplessness or insomnia may rough
ly be divided inlo two kinds.' Jn one
variety, after several hours' wakeful
ness from the time the sufferer goes
to bed ho sleeps soundly for tho rest
of the night. In the other, after some
hours' ordinary sloop he wakes up sud
denly and lies awake Iho rest of the
night.
The first condition is much more c:isy
to improve than the second. Careful
study of such a case of insomnia will
usually show that there i.s lacking ei
ther montal renoae. comfortable body
warmth, requisite amount of fatigue, or
a sufficiently quiet sleeping room. Tie
sides remedying liny deficiencies along
these linos, all brain work, should bo
prohibited for some hours before bed
time. An evening walk, followed by a
warm bath, sometimes aids in wooing
sleep. A cup of warm beef tea taken
just before retiring ofton helps tho
patient to fall asleep. With some peo
ple who are afflicted with very lively
imaginations, which refuse to quiet
down at bedtime, a dim light in the
room is useful.
The faintly revealed familiar objects
in the bed room hold the mind down lo
commonplace ideas and aid in soothing
a loo alert imagination. A gentle
rhythmical sound will also quiet, the
mind. 1 havo known cases of this sort
of insomnia cured simply by having a
soft, slow ticking clock in the bed room.
New York American.
WATER SYSTEM OF SALT LAKE CITY t
Thoro is no city on tho globo today
that hats a purer water supply, than
Salt Lake, and thoro io not a city of
the same size in tho entiro country that
has a larger supply of puro wator
per capita. Tho wator works Byfltcrn
of Salt Lake began with Iho flow from
City Crook canyon, the supply 01K
conserved and augmented until in 1S90
it was giving a minimum summer
supply of about 3,800,000 gallons a
day. In 1889-90 tho Emigration
canyon pipe lino was built, and this
added about 1.000,000 gallons a day to
the flow. In 1S91 the Parley's canyon
conduit was completed, and about
ono-half of tho water owned by tho
city from tho stream was turned
through this conduit to tho relief tank
on the Fort Douglas military reser
vation. The remaining half was de
livered through Pleasant View canal.
Prior to this time S2 per cent of the
flow was secured by giving the
farmers water from Utah lake by way
of tho Jordan and Salt Lake City.
When all of tho city's share of the
water was turned into the conduit in
1S98, tho minimum supply from thm
source was about -1,000.000 gallous per
twontv-four hours, and tho minimum
snpplv from all sources was approxi
mately 9,000,000 gallons per twenty
' four hours.
Eig Cottonwood Conduit.
, The city was growing rapidly, how
ever, and it was realized that the water
supply was fast growing iandoqnate
lo tho needs of the citizens.. So it
was that in 1899 tho' first survoys
wero made looking to the construction
of a conduit m Big Cottonwood
canyon. It was not until 1905, how
over, that tho proposition took definite
form. At this time a water bond issne
of $850,000 was voted, and the contract
was lot for the construction of tho liig
Cottonwood conduit, after arrange
ments had been made with I he owners
of water in the canyon to sell or ex
change their interests. The contract
for the construction of the conduit.. 1
seven miles in length, was then let to
P. J. Monin. and the work was finally
completed during tho present year.
The conduit is said to be one of the
best in the entire country, and will
last hundreds of vears. Its cost was
more than $400,000. With the addition
of- this conduit tho water supply of the
citv has been increased to about 19,
000,000 gallons per twenty-four hours.
Four Districts in System.
The present system, as now in work
ing condition, consists of four districts.
District 1. The lower district, which
includes all that part of the city below
elevation of -1400 feat above sea level.
District 2. The district between an
elevation of 4400 and 4550. supplied
by what is known as the middle system.
District 3. The district between ele
vation of 4550 and 4700.
District 4. All that part of city
above 4700.
Districts 3 and 4 arc supplied from
what is known as the City crook high
line, which is situated about three
miles above Eagle Gate. District No. 3
was originally supplied by the old
wooden pipe lino from what is known
as tho Twentieth ward tank house, but
in 1S92 was changed to the present
sourco of supply and the wooden pipo
abandoned. The elevation of the high
line intake is 5070 feet, which jnves tho
' lowest line of 1 lie upper district a
static head of 370 feet, or a pressure
of approximately 1(50 pounds per square
inch.
The supply for district No. 3 passes
through four pressure regulatorss, ono
at Tenth avenue and B street, one at
Tenth nvcnuo and E utroot, ono at
Eighth nvcnuo and J Btroct, ono at
Eighth avonue and L street, which re-,
duces pressure to a point of safety for
tho house connection and plumbing.
District No. 2 is now supplied by tho
Thirteenth East street reservoir and
the new water supply main on Fifth
South street.
District No. 1 ia Biipphod by tho
wator from tho lower system in City
creek, a line from tho Thirteenth East
street reservoir and the now wator
supply main on Fifth South.
The presont reservoirs aro tho City
crook high lino tank house, about
throo miles above the Eaglo Gate,
capacity 51,000 gnllonB.
Twentieth ward tank house in City
creek, about one and a half miles
above Eagle Gato, capacity 46,000 gal
lons. , .,
Brick tank houso in City creek,
about ono mile above Eagle Gate, ca
pacity 225,000 gallons.
Capitol hill reservoir, capacity 2,000,
000 gallons.
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Thirloonth East street reservoir T
pacity 5,000,000 gallons rC8erV01r' ca'
nfPpSiy,3 can'on rosorvoir, at head -
sfcoSo'ouor.7011 conduu'
In addition to this tho now water &
mipply main on Fifth South 55ce ha A
a storago capacity above Tenth P-iit
street of. 201 000 gallons, ami uoT
twoon Main and Tenth East of 293 000 f
gallons, or a total of 554,900 gallons'.
;hh RlnJMa affoct tho fight- '
ng condition of tho firo department
to a grea or extent than any of tSj
would bo always maintained and tho
any time. Tho pressure gauges at
Tenth East can bo instantly thrown
out, and a prcssuro of 1S8 rounds To"
Capacity of Mains.
nfJapaclt7 of .the Present system
of water supply ,nnill3 ;s' na r0ilow3; m
2 3 w O
2 Oi bp y-p
District eg- g- 2.
Present Une and Sourco. - &" ,u OCT
Mains. : M : 31
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3-1 High Lino, City Creole 95 to 1601 66 to lSdl 151 f9fiA nfln
2 Twentieth ward. City Creok.. 70 to 1H GS to 80 u lsonnno '
1 City Creek. City Creok 78 to 142 65 to 129 24 10 600 onft J
1 City Creek (old). City Creole. 78 to 142 65 to 123 16 awo'Soo I
1 Klrst South, Farley's Creek... 78 to 142 65 to 129 16 Soooooo I
2 Fifth 8outh, Parley'H Creek... 66 to 114 55 to 80 ig '.soo'.QQfl I
Total, City Crock I 1S400665 fl
Total, Parley'a Crook MOoIqqq
Grand Total 27feoo'.oob f
PROPOSED MAIN. "
1-2 Fifth South, Parley's and 66 to 1141 55 to 99 1
Cottonwood 78 to 142 65 to 129 gel 38,900,000
Tho proscnt distributing system con
sists ot tho following main and lateral
cast iron pipes:
Feet.
15-lnch pipe S00
2- Inch plpo 8.120
3- Inch pipe 57.S60
i-lnch pipe H3.900
6- lnch plpo B0S.9GB
7- Inch pipe 550
8- Inch plpo 58.171
10-Inch plpo 3.060
12-Inch pipe 41.926
IG-lneh pipe 10,362
15- lnch pipe 4.285
20J-lnch plpo 2,130
24-Inch pipe S.10C
30-lnch pipe S.103
36-Inch plpo fl.622
36-lnch plpo (concrcto conduit).... 334
Total 867,363
Or 161.25 inllen of plpo.
Improvements in System.
In 18S9, Dccomber 31, the water
works distributing system consisted of:
Feet.
li-Ineh pip 1,090
2- Inch pipe 13.337
3- Inch pipe 38,990
4- Inch plpo 43.47S
6-lnch pipe 4S.02U
8-lnch pipo 13,084
10-inch plpo 3,036
12-inch pipe 2.520
16- Inch pipo 3,002
20-lnch plpa 2.444
24-lnch pipe 2,587
30-inch pipe 112
This makes a total of 171,715 feo
or a total of 32.52 miles, with a
supply of approximately 3.S00.000 gal
lons in tho mains, allowing 200 gal
lons per capita, a supply for a popula
tion of 10,000 water consumers. Tho
present supply, 19,000,000, at the I
samo rate, would approximate-a sup-
ply tor a population of 95,000. The
present water population is approxi
mately 00,000, and tho supply i3
thereioro ample, but at tho presont Tato I
of increase in population this supplv a
will bo ontiroly consumed at tho end w
of five years. sNi' I
Important Addition Made.
An important addition to the wator w
supply system of the city this year Is
tho thirty-sbc-inch main ;just com-
pleted by P. J. Moran, running from I
tho Fort Douglas military reservation !
to Third West street, on Fifth South
street. Tho completion of this main I
not only largely increases tho flow of
water in tho business district, but fi
makes tho pressure uniform in tho dis-
trict which it affects. Tt is claimed j
that tho completion of this main will 1
do much toward forcing a reduction I
offlro insuraace rates, as it will givo J
suincicnt pressuro at all times to throw
water much higher than any building
in tho city, and, in addition, insures
a "bountiful supply- with which to com- 2
bat ilamos, if needed. J
' There is nothing better offered the
public today for stomach troubles, dys- '
pepsia, indigestion, etc.. that Kodol. i
This is a scientific propartion of nat
ural digestants combined with vege
table acids and it contains tho same
juices found in every healthy stomach. C
Kodol is guaranteed to givo relief. It 1
is pleasant to take; it will make you !
feel fine by digesting what you eat.
Sold by Anstee-Brico Drug company, 44 '
South ifain. j
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A USEFUL AND POPULAR INSTITUTION - !
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The Utah Savings J
FORGING AHEAD AT l
A RAPID RATE.
' From a standpoint of prosperity and
thrift and usefulness to the professional
j man. the merchant, the mining man, tho
real estate man, tho lawyer, the common
people and tho children of the State,
tho Utah Saviugs and Trust compuuy
slands out prominently as one of the j
leading institutions in Salt Lake City.
Tt is also one. of Iho best known and
strongest financial concerns in tho West
. and its management ono of tho most
conservative. It; has built up in recent
years a remarkable business, both in its'
banking department, which tondors lo
tho business community ovory courtesy
and accommodation any metropolitan
bank can givo nud in its capacity as a
trust corporation, which- affords excel
lent servico as administrator, guardian,
assignee, receiver and in all other func
tions of kindred nature and authority.
Tho Utah Savings aud Trust company
also maintains a surety bond depart
ment, whoro bonds aro furnished
promptly without having to got authori
ty from the home office, located a dis
i tanco of two or turco thousand miles
away: an abstract department, where
from its own records accurate and com
, pleto abstracts of real estate aro mado
and where titles may bo insured, backed
by tho assets of the institution.
Tho rapid increase in tho volume of
business handled by this institution ron-
dcred it necessary to havo more com
modious quarters, and it has therefore
', erected a seven-story fireproof building
of reinforced concrete at No. 235 Main
street. This building, which is now one
of tho prides and joys of Salt Lake,
and constituting ono of the landmnrks
for tho year 1907, is jointly owned by
the Utah Savings and Trust company. j
M'r. John J. Daly, and tho estato of
E. P. Ferry. All the offices above tho
ground floor aro rented -and tho insti
tution itself occupies the entire ground j
floor.
The safety deposit vault, money vault
and book vault of this company are j
tho best protocted of any in the West t
against fire and burglars, as an in- t
spoctiou of thorn will abundantly
prove. Sinco tho opening, which oc-
curred on December 2, 1907. many thou- ft
sands of visitors have expressed their J
astonishment and delight over the fix-
tures, tho furniture, tho furnishings,
tho vault work, the time locks, (
tho safety dovices, tho huge doors 1.
and tho thousand and one orrv
bcllishments which go .to make up .tho U
most modern and progressive banking
house in tho city.
Tho officers and directors of tho com- lgf
pany arc thoroughly representative, W
composed of prominent financiers, capi-
talists and buifiness men, and a glanco jft
at. the official porsonncl will lorcibly j
account for its success. . fi
W. S. McCornick, president; John J.. K
Daly, vice president; Hobor H. AVclls, 'A
manager. W. S. McCornick, W . Moil- g
taguo Ferry, V. X H'alloran, E. A. . g
Wall, E. O. Howard, J. X Daly and B
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