ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PRODUCTION NOTE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Brittle Books Project, 2015.COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION In Public Domain. Published prior to 1923. This digital copy was made from the printed version held by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was made in compliance with copyright law. Prepared for the Brittle Books Project, Main Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by Northern Micrographics Brookhaven Bindery La Crosse, Wisconsin 2015ij nW> of, UiSftW# SmeUbrsaySehoel, Drbana, iiSHHfi?, MARCH 22, 1913 DENVER, COLO ISSU2D SEMI-MONTHOfficial Roster of the City and County of Denver EXECUTIVE. All located at City Hall, Fourteenth and Larimer Sts. MAYOR.......................HENRY J. ARNOLD Secretary to Mayor...............Robert E. Smith (Chief of Inspection.) AUDITOR.....................JAMES F. MARKEY Chief Deputy Auditor.............Alvin H. Pickens Deputy Auditor................William B. Pfouts Chief Clerk.........................M. F. Flynn Accountants—Jno. M. Kearney, Jno. L. Fraser. Abstract Clerk....................Charles Simon Warrant Clerk and Stenographer.. Mrs. T. L. Masters Auditor's Lioense Department. CHIEF INSPECTOR...............THOMAS CASEY Clerk ............................James Soran Inspectors—Carl De Locte, Ralph Bradburry, Lewis M. French, Lawrence H. Fitzgerald, David Mos- coni, J. H. Gillespie. Auditor's Looal Improvement Assessment Department. CHIEF CLERK................THOMAS R. ELKINS Assistant Clerk..................James P. Mullins COMMISSIONER OF SUPPLIES. COMMISSIONER.................THOMAS ANNEAR Deputy......................Charles J. Robinson Clerks—George E. Van Heynigen, Eugene Kennedy, Louis Blumenthal. Under Commissioner of Supplies—All Public Buildings. Auditorium—Fourteenth and Curtis streets. Public Bath House—20th and Curtis streets. R. E. Montgomery...................Superintendent City Shops and Garage—Market street and Cherry Creek. William Wiborg.....;...................Foreman City Chemist....................... .Paul S. Nice TREASURER. TREASURER..................ALLISON STOCKER Deputy........................F. D. Stackhouse Bookkeeper..........................J. H. Lewis Cashier..................William T. Chamberlain CITY CLERK. OLERK...........................OTTO F. THUtf- Deputy Clerk....................C. J. Moorhouse Chief Clerk..........................W. S. Peck LEGAL DEPARTMENT. . E. & C. Bu" ki !3 ll___ 4l"ST ST. ""| -------~..j ;*> !l? 8 is ALAMEDA AVE. YALE " "AVE*......^ Map Showing How the City Is Divided into Districts by the Highway Department greater direct returns than almost any other public appropriation. In a recent public wel- fare study in Kansas City, it was shown that commercial amusements of various kinds were costing more than $20 per capita annually for its 248,000 inhabitants; and the board of investigation declared that 25 per cent, of the commercial amusements were attended with corrupting influences. If com- mercial amusements—theaters, dance halls, pool rooms, resorts, etc.—are costing the people of a city about the size of Denver $5,000,000 a year, and even only one-half of that amount be saved through munici- pally conducted recreation, then that city could annually appropriate $2,500,000 for recreation purposes, and be none the loser. A note of striking interest is that the peo- ple of every large city pay more in the sup- port of commercial amusements than in taxes to defray the expenses of conducting the city, county and state governments, the schools included. The man who strives for the betterment of civic conditions deserves the commenda- tion of his fellow-citizens. Municipal Lodging House Report In the month of February, the Municipal Lodging House furnished 3,095 meals at an average cost of four cents each, and 1,568 beds at a cost of 18 cents each. Nearly every industrial city in the United States has adopted the practice of labeling its products with a distinctive mark indi- cating the place of their origin. The state- ment that a box or a bale contains goods "Made in Denver" calls attention to the industrial activity of the city, just as the legend "Made in Germany" has emphasized throughout the world the fact that Germany is a pushing industrial country.14 THE CITY OF DENVER F"1 I! ii :! Lnr-1 HH :—if—1 r where intersection cost is included, and $1,473 where intersection cost is not in- cluded. This amount does not include cost of collection nor interest on bonds. Method of assessing cost will he the same as Alley Paving District No. 30, published in this issue. -♦- Public School Expenditures There was expended for all school pur- poses in the City and County of Denver dur- ing the month of December, 1912, the sum of $117,689.33. These expenditures are di- vided as follows: December, 1912 For new buildings, di- vided as follows: New Barnum .......$ 1.20 Bromwell........... 22.98 Gove............... 126.23 North Side High Shops ............ 56.20 Park ............... 8.30 Steele.............. 2,599.00 - $ 2,813.91 Furniture, equipment and appa- ratus ..................................................4,167.88 Improvements ....................................1,932.30 Pay roll ................................................93,907.59 School supplies..................................3,096.64 Library and reference books..........21.18 Printing, binding and stationery.. 117.44 Engineers and janitors....................6,462.00 Fuel ......................................................31.00 Light ....................................................1,487.90 Rent ......................................................53.75 General supplies................................347.27 Transportation and express............365.35 Telephone and postage....................381.71 Ge eral expense .....................117.27 General repairs..................1,078.05 Repairs, heating plant and plumb- ing ....................................................505.77 Repairs, furniture, equipment and apparatus.........................80.97 Insurance ....................,. 432.00 Interest ................................................289.35 January, 1913 During the month of January, 1913, the sum of $148,577.62 was expended, divided as follows: For new buildings, di- vided as follows: Bromwell...........$ 32.00 Gove ............ 66.25 North Side Shops.... 1,653.27 Park ............... 132.94 Steele.............. 7,804.52 - $ 9,688.98 Heal estate and taxes........................4,600.73 Furniture, equipment and appa- ratus ..................................................2,953.36 Improvements ....................................2,129.50 Pay roll ................................................94,580.98 School supplies..................................608.06 Library and reference books..........704.83 Printing, binding and stationery.. 469.53 Engineers and janitors......................6,524.50 Fuel ......................................................16,640.81 Water....................................................4,371.10 Light ....................................................645.45 Rent ......................................................53.00 General supplies................................422.49 Transportation and express............555.60 Telephone and postage....................344.57 General expense................................124.11 General repairs..................................964.71 Repairs, heating plant and plumb- ing ......................................................688.20 Repairs, furniture, equipment and apparatus..........................................44.53 Insurance ............................................459.00 Shoes ...............................250.65 Interest ............................752.93 May Pole Dance of Denver School Children in Auditorium, March 15th. Alley Paving District No. 30 Improvement consists of paving the alleys with concrete. Notice of proposition to establish district published January 27, 1913, and expires ! •! : M ___1 lL _ 1 L Ik — T f t .1 JL \U7W—" « nn ii 5LIS ^MJU^UL AV£. nlr \\! HilTf] •PAVING- i: ff I rcT-Nfian "J •ALLEY- ■ DIS TRTCT-N030 " I rin nn r" II u i I H I I March 29, 1913. All protests and complaints must be filed with the Board of Public Works before the date of expiration of no- tice. Engineer's estimate shows a total prob- able cost of $18,672.28 and a maximum amount of $1,583 per linear foot of alley frontage where intersection cost is included, and $1,475 where intersection cost is not in- cluded. This amount does not include cost of collection nor interest on bonds. Method of assessing cost will be by five zones paralleling the improved alley. Each zone to equal one-fifth the depth of the lots or lands lying between the improved alley and the adjoining parallel street. The first zone to pay thirteen thirty-fifths of cost per front foot upon the zone abutting on the im- proved alley; the second zone, nine thirty- fifths; the third zone, six thirty-fifths; the fourth zone, four thirty-fifths; and the fifth zone, three thirty-fifths. Firemen at Theatres Members of the Denver Fire Department are now stationed at every theater through- out each performance. The men assigned to this duty make a thorough inspection of the place and see that everything is in _order._They become familiar with the _fire- fighting apparatus, the exits, lights, stand- pipes, curtains, alarm box, etc., and remain on duty until the entire attendance has de- parted. -♦- Alley Paving District No. 31 Improvement consists of paving the alleys with concrete. Notice of proposition to establish district published January 31, 1913, and expires April 3, 1913. All protests or complaints Alley Paying District —- No.3l -- must be filed with the Board of Public Works before the expiration of notice. Engineer's estimate shows a total probable cost of $13,607.04 and a maximum amount of $1,641 per linear foot of alley frontageTHE CITY OF DENVER 15 Weekly Statement of City Auditor Balances in City General Fund Accounts, Week Ending March 15, 1913 ACCOUNT. Credit. Auditor, Salary............$ 27,100.00 ! Expense................................£,900.00 Art Commission......... ... 100.00 Board Pub. Works, Salary. . . . 9,460.00 Expense................................1,440.00 Special..................................50,000.00 Boiler, Elev. and Smoke Dept., Salary .......................6,420.00 Expense .......................425.00 Building Insp. Dept., Salary... 7,000.00 Expense................................400.00 Bu. Eng. and Survey, Salary.. 30,196.62 Expense ..............................3,000.00 Gherry Creek Flood Repair. . . 63,304.89 City Attorney, Salary................15,200.00 Expense.....................7,120.00 City Clerk, Salary....................7,320.00 Expense................................1,015.00* City Hall, Salary......... . 7,960.00 Expense ................................5,240.00 City Shop and Garage, Salary 20,500.00 Expense ................................3,040.33 Tool Shop..............................6,000.00 Civil Service Comm., Salary.. 1,800.00 Expense .............. .. 450.00 Com. of Supplies, Salary.... 9,600.00 Expense ................................900.00 Colorado Museum. . . . ;..........24,000.00 Condemnation Fund..............16,065.00 Contingent Emergency Fund. 40,591.00 Dog License Dept., Salary... 4,440.00 Expense ................................1,560.00 Election Commission, Salary. 4,500.00 Expense ______________Vnnnn^Q- - Electrical Insp. Dept., Salary 77600.00 Expense ................................1,000.00 Exam. Engineers, Salary..........400.00 Excise Dept., Salary...............8,400.00 Expense ................................1,000.00 Fire Dept., General...............307,000.00 Forestry Insp. Dept., Salary. . 1,200.00 Expense ................................500.00 General Salary..........................41,280.00 Expense ................................490.00 Council ................................490.00 Highway Dept...................100,988.00 Health Dept., Salary................56,200.00 Expense ................................6,600.00 Steele and Sand Creek Hos- pital, Salary......................13,000.00 Expense ................................19,000.00 County Hospital, Salary..........35,200.00 Expense .............. ... 70,000.00 Insurance Fund...............10,000.00 Judgment Fund........................40,125.00 Library Fund...............72,000.00 Light Fund. . . . .......................175,000.00 Market Master, Salary..............2,280.00 Expense ................................500.00 Memorial Day Fund..................500.00 Miscellaneous Fund, General. . 25,014.50 Morals Commission. ...............1,200.00 Municipal Court, Salary..........4,900.00 Expensfe ................................100.00 Warrants Issued. 3,476.66 495.87 1,516.66 218".82 1,070.00 64.10 1,166.68 73.00 18,976.38 4,663.27 35,629.27 2,508.32 780.00 1,220.00 63.15 1,440.00 919.76 3,381.43 2,278.97 300.00 225.39 1,600.00 64.Sfl 5,000.00 15,388.51 704.32 188.15 749.78 .aOfrl 1,26^.66 82.92 1,400.00 36.80 46,358.71 200.00 14.00 7.692.12 24.69 6.25 7,269.63 11,233.40 1,651.95 2,393.48 2,055.36 6,806.78 13,697.26 35,250.76 10,000.00 15,384.76 ' 380.00 8.30 1.624.13 816.66 Balance. Overdrawn. $ 23,423.34 $........ 2,404.13 ........ 100.00 ........ 7,943.34 ........ 1,221.18 ........ 50,000.00 ........ 5,350.00 ........ 360.90 ........ 5,833.32 _________ 327.00 ........ 11,220.24 ........ ........ 1,663.27 27,675.62 ........ 12,691.68 ........ 6,340.00 ........ 6,100.00 ........ 951.85 ........ 6;520.00 4,320.24 ...... 17,118.57 ........ 761.36 ........ 6,000.00 ........ 1,500.00 ........ 224.61 ........ 8,000.00 835.19 ....____ 19,000.00 ........ 676.49 ........ 40,591.00 ........ 8,735.68 ........ 1,371.85 ........ 3,750.22 ........ 6,333.34 ........ 917.08 ........ 366.68 ........ 7,000.00 ........ 963.20 ...... 260,641.29 . . . ."____ 1,000.00 ........ 486.00 ........ 33,587.88 ........ 465.31 ........ 483.75 ........ 93,718.37 ........ 44,966.60 ........ 4,948.05 ....____ 10,606.52 ........ 16,944.64 28,393.22 ........ 56,302.74 ........ 10,000.00 ........ 4,874.24 ........ 62,000.00 ........ 159,615.24 ........ 1,900.00 ........ 491.70 ........ 500.00 ........ 23,390.37 . ..... 1,200.00 ...... 4,083.34 ........ 100.00 ........ Warrants ACCOUNT. Credit. Issued. Balance. Paving Fund............... 75,525.58 2,207.15 73,318.43 Permanent Improvement Fund 50,000.00 50,000.00 Permit and Inspection...... 3,900.00 1,672.50 2,227.50 Police Dept. Relief Fund.... 1,000.00 1,000.00 Police Dept............... 294,078.10 47,259.82 246,818.28 Publication Fund.......... 2,000.00 989.36 1,010.64 Publicity Fund............. 13,340.00 2,131.28 11,208.72 Public Ground and Buildings 64,521.50 8,562.00 55,959.50 Public Utilities Com., Salary.. 13,800.00 1,728.56 12,071.44 Expense ................. 2,700.00 3.00 2,697.00 Sealer Weights and Measures, Salary .".............. 1,200.00 200.00 1,000.00 Expense ................ 340.00 11.00 329.00 Sewer Flushing Fund....... 28,418.54 3,906.62 24,511.92 Speer Boulevard Bridge Fund 23,860.12 15,023.20 8,836.92 Street Cleaning Fund....... 125,357.78 37,607.03 87,750.75 Street Inspection Fund...... 2,040.00 340.00 1,700.00 Street and Boulevard Fund. . . 65,402.21 1,605.30 63,797.11 Street Sprinkling Fund, Salary 4,080.00 680.00 3,400.00 Expense ................ 65,965.90 5,833.59 60,132.31 Surfaced Street Fund..... 50,000.00 797.92 49,202.08 Special Fund.............. 1,503.25 1,807.80 4,517.00 51.55 4,465.45 Water Fund............... 115,000.00 124.37 114,875.63 Assessor, Salary............ 55,000.00 7,616.71 47,383.29 Expense ................ 4,000.00 109.87 3,890.13 Coroner, Salary............. 900.00 150.00 750.00 Expense ................ 2,700.00 166.00 2,534.00 County Court.............. 17,000.00 1,811.36 15,188.64 Court House and West Side Court, Salary.......... 14,520.00 2,279.50 12,240.50 Expense ................ 8,880.00 222.45 8,657.55 Detention School, Salary.... 1,980.00 330.00 1,650.00 District Attorney, Salary..... 24,300.00 4,041.47 20,258.53 Expense ................ 662.16 District Court.............. 80,000.00 14,922.31 65,077.69 Horticultural Inspector....... 1,200.00 200.00 1,000.00 Jail, Salary................ 18,960.00 3,160.00 15,800.00 Expense ".............. 41,040.00 3,525.87 37,514.13 Jury Commissioner, Salary. . . 4,800.00 800.00 4,000.00 Expense ................ 200.00 8.95 191.05 Justice Ct., Div. No. 1, Salary 2,900.85 1,058.32 1,842.53 Expense ................ 450.00 35.75 414.25 Justice Ct., Div. No. 2, Salary 2,613.00 1,058.32 1,554.68 Expense ................ 450.00 84.00 366.00 Jutsice Ct., Div. No. 3, Salary 2,993.50 1,058.32 1,935.18 Expense ................ 450.00 77.50 372.50 Juvenile Court............. 17,000.00 3,416.08 13,583.92 Municipal Coal Yard........ 2,000.00 370.04 1,629.96 Poor Farm, Salary.......... 5,160.00 1,458.50 3,701.50 Expense ................ 39,840.00 1,400.37 38,439.63 Recorder, Salary............ 30,000.00 4,898.58 25,101.42 Expense ......... ....... 3,400.00 45.75 3,354.25 Sheriff, Salary.............. 28,220.00 4,703.32 23,516.68 Expense . ............... 1,780.00 72.99 1,707.01 Mother's Compensation....... 4,800.00 4,800.00 . Supt. of Schools, Salary...... 1,250.00 150.00 1,100.00 750.00 750.00 Support of Poor, Salary..... 4,600.0.0 771.98 3,828.02 Expense ................ 40,900.00 7,468.49 33,431.51 7,500.00 7,500.00 Treasurer, Salary........... 52,000.00 9,475.26 42,524.74 4,000.00 274.20 • 3,725.80 Overdrawn. Overdrawn. 304.55 662.16 City Clean-up Day Mayor Arnold has designated Thursday, April 10th, as "Clean-up Day" for Denver. The Highway and Health departments will co-operate with the people in this work. Every street and alley will be affected by the treatment. The people are requested to observe the day by cleaning the back yards of their own premises, and in doin-g what- ever they can to improve the surroundings. Two Denver Conventions Between £5,000,000 and $6,000,000, it is estimated, will be the value to Denver of two conventions to be held here this sum- mer. The full returns from all conventions held in this city during the coming year, on this basis, will be considerably in excess of $8,000,0007" The estimates are made on figures showing returns to Chicago mer- chants and hotels from conventions held in that city during 1912 announced by Presi- dent Howard Elting of the Chicago Associ- ation of Commerce. The triennial of Knights Templar is expected to bring 100,- 000 visitors and the German turnfest 75,000 more, making a total of 175,000. At an aver- age expenditure of $22 for each visitor, these two conventions alone will leave in Denver $5,600,000.H am . g? Vaccination for Typhoid Commencing the firste of next week the Health Department will inaugurate free vaccination for prevention of typhoid fever. While typhoid vaccination has been in gen- eral use as a preventative against that dis- ease in this country for a number of years, comparatively few cities have instituted the free administration of the treatment, and in taking up this important work the City of Denver has again exhibited its progressive- ness. Mayor Arnold will be the first person to whom the serum will be administered by Health Commissioner J. M. Perkins, and Dr. Perkins will be the second person. These two officials have offered themselves as the first to be vaccinated, not only to receive its direct benefits, but to demonstrate their confidence in the treatment. Dr. Perkins has been arranging the de- tails of the work for the past couple of weeks, and has announced that everything will be in readiness by March 24. Drs. William Mitchell and J. H. W. Meyer, the city bacteriologists, will have charge of the vaccination and have fixed hnnro t.he of- An Example of Civic Beauty in Rio de Janeiro fices of the Health Department at the city hall. The hours will be announced later. Any person making application for vacci- nation will be required to submit to the Health Department a certificate from his or her family physician, stating that the appli- cant is free from acute tuberculosis, nephritis or Bright's disease, or any acute disease or condition that would contraindicate the use of the serum. Those having had typhoid fever probably would derive no benefit from the vaccination, as the immunization from the fever is equal to the immunization from the serum. A minor making application for vaccination should have a permit from his or her parents in addition to a physician's certificate of health. The army and navy departments of the United States government have been experi- menting with the typhoid serum for a num- ber of years, and it is largely to those de- partments that we are indebted for positive knowledge of the benefits from the vacci- nation. For the last three or four years, the United States government has made it compulsory for enlisted men in the army, navy and marine corps to be vaccinated. The last report of the surgeon general of the army states that practically the entire army is now immunized against typhoid fever. It shows further that since 1911 ap- proximately 11,000 men have be°T>. riven the treatment, which consists of three hypo- dermic injections. The report shows that during the last year there were but 70 cases, of typhoid in the entire army, and of these only 11 were found among those who had been given the first or second treatments, showing that a person is not entirely im- munized until the three injections have been administered. Not one case was found among the sol- diers who had received the three injections. In the navy, there were only six cases of the fever during last year. The efficiency of the serum is shown in the fact that the number of typhoid cases in the army and navy have been reduced from 700 or 800 a . year to the number above mentioned. All members of the Colorado National Guard have been vaccinated, as have the students of the medical colleges located within the State of Colorado. The immuniz- ing of the nurses at the County Hospital is now being undertaken. --+- Preserving Historical Monuments The municipal budget of Paris, Prance, contains a clause providing for the estab- lishment of a special fund for the preserva- tion of historical monuments. Though the fun.i will be a government institution, pri- vate donations and subscriptions will be re- ceived. Printed by The Williamson Haffner Co.. Printers. Denver 16 THE CITY OF DENVERThis book is a preservation facsimile produced for the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper). Preservation facsimile printing and binding by Northern Micrographics Brookhaven Bindery La Crosse, Wisconsin 2015