WANTS A STOCKADE FOR FALIENWOMEM Unique Recommendation Made .by Chief .Pitt in His Annual An-nual Report. INSISTS THAT GAMBLING IS ALMOST ELIMINATED Suggestions About Saloons.'Mos-scngov Saloons.'Mos-scngov Service and Other Matters. .;..;..'..;...tr.,;..;;4t..;..;M;..t...T..T. ? SUMMARY OF CHIEF .j. PITT'S ANNUAL REPORT. I There are onough saloons in -h 'V Salt Lake. I Restaurants with enclosed ir booths and saloon connection ! v are nothing more or les; than ! 4 places in which to debauch girls n J and women. v 4- Prostitutes Bhould be kept in 4 cottages rented by the city and r s enclosed with high fences. r h Gambling has practically !- b boon eliminated from the citj' r 4 a few poker games continue, '5 which will be stopped as soou as' ! I possible. 4 4 Pawn shops should have their 4 4 licenses increased to $1200 pcr 4 year. 4 4" Messenger service license 4 4 should bo increased, and children 4 4 be prevented from acting as 4 4 messengers in red-light district 4 4 A detention home is urged. 4 Chief of Police Pitt submitted to the Mayor and Council Monday night the annual report, of the police department for tho year ending December 31, 1907, iu which he asked that new ordinances, relative to restaurants, prostitution and messenger service, be passed at once. Regarding prostitution. Chief Pitt says t bat the only way iu which this evil cau be controlled is to set aside a tract of ground, build houses ou it and erect a stockade inside of which the prostitutes shall be compelled to live; the city deriving a revenue both from tho rent of the houses and from the license. li-cense. Concerning the restaurants in which closed booths arc erected and intoxicating intoxicat-ing liquors sold, he says they "are nothing noth-ing more nor less than a place to debauch de-bauch girls and women,'' and urges that an ordinance be passed giving his department de-partment power to handle such places. A new ordinance is urged increasing the license of messenger service and pro-venting pro-venting the employment of any persons under ngo, so as to drive out many of the messenger Iiousca so boys can no longer be employed in the red-light district. dis-trict. He Is Glad. Chief t5itt also states that he is glad to inform the Council that machine gambling in tho city has. been wiped, out and that while he "knows theru arc a few poker games'' boing conducted, he is going to make every effort to stop them, and recommends that it would be n good policy to arrest the property-owners property-owners who rent the resorts where the gambling is conducted. The report states that there arc 17 saloons in the city, or three saloons to every regular patrolman, and that be believes this number is enough for a city of the size of Salt Lake. Tie announced an-nounced his intention of wiping out such saloons as proved harboring places for criminals. Special emphasis is given lo the need of a detention homo for boys and girls I and it is urged that the city and county come to somo understanding and purchase pur-chase a detention home. Suggestions and Recommendations. Chief Pitt's report, practically in full, follows: I lake pleasure in submitting to you a-report a-report of tbe Police Department ending the 31st day of December, 1907. Although Al-though my connection with this office haa been but a few months, I feel ' that the department has been handled by my pre-decossois pre-decossois to a good advantage In handling hand-ling the criminal eh'ment In a city of this size with the small force at their command and, although I feel that the department bos never boon systematically organized to pet the bent results, I fdiall endeavor to no reorganize It that all complications com-plications and conditions will be reduceil to a minimum and put it on a plane with any department In the whole country, I am proud lo say that the men have responded re-sponded most nobly, making no murmur at dissatisfaction at the overtime I have called on them to perform, and have gone as high as tblrty-slx hours without food or sleep. T have boon compelled to do this owing to my small force and the extra amount of crime end criminals during dur-ing the past two months. However, at ! thin writing we have tho town pretty well cleared of tho worpt class of crlm-inalfi crlm-inalfi and propose lo keep It this way. I desire al this time to mnkc sonic reoornmendatioiiB on different matters pertaining to thin department and the ordinances or-dinances of Salt l,3ko City. Saloons and wmcrooms. I believo that there are enough saloons In Salt Take City at tho preesnt lime one hundred and thirty-seven is the number num-ber This figures three saloons to every regular patrolman. T have endeavored to handle this proposition carefully, and my Intentions art to weed out those who disobey dis-obey the ordinances and harbor criminals, crim-inals, Crime in almost every instance Is plotted In some saloon. I would further advise that closing1 of saloons at 1" p. m. or 1 a. m. would Improve our city very much. One of the greatest evils In a city of Ihls size Is restaurants whore intoxicating intoxicat-ing liquors arc 50ld and enclosed booths aro erected in same. This oIohh of restaurants res-taurants la nothing more or less than a place to debauch girls and women. Our laws aro somewhat defective on this point and I question as to the ability of this department to handle those cases successfully, suc-cessfully, but I certainly advise that an ordinance be passed covering these particular par-ticular cases, and that It bo done quickly Thlt department can handle and will handle the casos where nny restaurant .owner and saloon owner are Interested In loth restaurant and saloon, and cause them to open tho booths, either by taking the doors off or by tearing out one sldo of the partition. I urge that the Council pats an ordinance ro.la.Uve to rcntaurants covering all points necessary to protoct the young glrl.s and women of this city from their debauching Influence Stockado for Women Recommended. Prostitution Js certainly a quostiou hard to dispone of, and being s. neco?3ary evil there Ih only one way lu which It "could be successfully handled, which Jo aa follows; fol-lows; Lt-t the city set aside a pleco of ground of uufflcient slz! to accommodate several hundred erf these Droatttutea. Enclosa same carefully with high fences; build cot tn gets or houses to accommodate theso Inmates; chnrgo them ront; license them and place tln-tn under control of the Police Po-lice Department as to their safety and confinement, and to the Board of Health as to their cleanliness and nanltary conditions. con-ditions. In this way every pornon caught soliciting and working on the. streets could he handled by tho Police Department Depart-ment nnd run out of town or sent to tho place where she belongod. In this way this department would bo In complete com-plete control of this element, and also control tbe drug element and men who make a practice of living with this clans of women. However, nt this writing, wo are confining them as closely as possible to Commercial street and Victoria alley One great drawback to this department la the fact that the street walkers and women wom-en who make It a business of soliciting on the street are so hard to convict, and can only be apprehended after a thorough watch put on their movements for nt loast a week, and all this must bo done hy deteetives or plain clothes men. After conviction and lino they walk on the street again at the same buslnoss. Our ordinance should provldo for handling those women, and a greater flue placed upon them or else a Jail sentence. Regarding vagrancy, Chief Pitt complains com-plains that the ordinance is lame and that it would keep tho entire forco busy in running "vags' out of town under the present conditions. Concerning Concern-ing gambling, be says: Poker Gaines Running. Am glad to report that machine gambling, gam-bling, such as faro, roulette, keno, policy, craps, etc., have practically been eliminated elim-inated from this oity. We will say for your Information that there are several poker games running here which are being be-ing carefully watched. This department Is aware of these facts, but have been unable to get evidence enough tcu convict anv one a? yet. ' We are compelled, under our ordinance to see the money pasa between tho players, play-ers, and for your Information will say that thcFe rooms have boon visited time and tlmo again. I feel that the only way to eliminate this evil Is to arrest the pro'perty owners who rent rooms to these poople. For this purpose I am notifying the property owners of thcao conditions. A number "of the places have a charter granted tliom by tho Governor nnd havo a regular membership. This, of course, docs not give thorn tho right to play poker, but It docs give thorn the right to have a club and prevent any one from entering except those who nre members. Consequently wo aro forccdln tbeso cases to use search wnrrants, ancl by the tlmo entrance Is effected there Is nothing doing. do-ing. VIgllnnco will continue In this lino and every means employed to convict any one connected with theso gameH, and I hope in tbe near future to be able to report that they havo ceased altogether. Chief Pitl recommends that the license li-cense of pawnshops be increased to $1200 per year, so as to exclude tho small shops, whero stolen property is received and never reported from doing business. Concerning liquor selling on Sunday, he sa3-s: This matter ha been gone Into thor-I thor-I oughly hy this department, and we hope In the near future to stamp It out altogether. Messenger Service. Messenger service the Chief alludes lo as. follows: 1 , would advise strongly an ordinance raising the license of messenger service to a high figure. By this moans we can eventually stamp out the employment of children In the red-light district or this city, A new ordinance, making a high license and preventing the employment of persons under 21 years of iLgo, will cut down tho mcHHongor bouses to one or two and In this way you can save' hundreds hun-dreds of boys. r would especially urge the need of a detention home for boys and girls In this city, and 11 seems to me that on arrangement ar-rangement could bo. made hy consolidating consolidat-ing the city and the county" interc5ts In this matter and a home- be purchased. At Ihls writing there Is no place for a boy or girl pxcopt In the Jail, whether they come committed or whether thev aro homelcs." or destitute. o provision of any kind Ik made for the care of these unfortunate children, und I would advise that at an early date an arrangement bo made whrpby we will not be compelled to plnce thcpo children In jail. Chiof Pitt declares tho department, is in need of a regular police surgeon, who would be able to give all his timo to the cases brought in The necessity of increasing the salaries sal-aries of the patrolmen is u'rjjod, and hope expressed that, action will bo taken at tin early date. ' It is suggented that a book of rules be printed setting forth tbo special examination and requirements of patrolmen pa-trolmen in the police department. Chief Pitt announces that through the labor of the "chain gang," ho will be almost able to complcto the boulcvnrd from tho cast, side of the City Cr;ck canyon to the City cemetery'. ceme-tery'. Jn one of the final clauses of his report, re-port, Chief Pitt urges Ihnt the slreets be better lighted throughout the city,' a? it would help the department in the suppression of crime-Statistical crime-Statistical Report. The report further shows 3. total of Go pcrsons'employed on the police force; that tho salaries for J907 amounted to $1)4,3.03 .7.1; that there wero 1543 arrests ar-rests for drunkenness; J arrest for refusing re-fusing to pay back faro; 3 arrests for maintaining an opium den, and 3 were arrested on the charge of murdor. Tborc wore 512S arrests during tho year. Out of this number, 2020 wore convicted, sentence wns suspended in S cases, there wore 19') aTrosU mado in state cases and for other jurisdictions, .1026 were dismissed nnd discharged and 7'J cases aro now oeudinc