Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-25
SUING NeKIBBIN.
4 $500, 900 Reason for Uniou Paei'
&c Retrenehment.

Omaha, Neb., June 23.-An I'M
mense sensation was created in rail
road circles here today when it he
came known that suit had been be-
I gun by the Union Pacific against
c. II. MeKibbin, late general puf-
chasing agent Of the road for the
recovery OF SgO, 600, OF which he Is
said to have deffauded the COM
uany. The petition vas filed las;
Saturday night but the sdair was
not made public until toIay.
In January, lsss, NIckibbin be'
came purchasing agent OF the COM
paBy. The Petition alleges that as
such agent McEi55in wiifuliy and
/ coTuptly contracted for material n,
prices So per cent gosater than its
market value.
The suit il brought on a contract
with G. II. Barns * Co.. lumber
dealers Of St. Louisiana Tire petition
contains an itemized statement Of
AIcklbhiu's dealings with this firm
ia which II IS shown that from
January. lsS9, 10 June !. 1899,
Barns d Co. sold the Union
! Pacific lumber and presented
bills in thesum Of S2Go, l34 %, which
il IS alleged 3 S53lS3 II more than
lumber Of this quality could have
been purchased :oT 10y the company.
( The petition further alleges - q re-
suit Of this corrupt agreement In,
excess in price was divided between
the contractor aud purchasing agent.
Other suits, Il is stated on good
authority, viii follow ON similar
contracts, hy which the Union
Pacific has lost over two hundred
Thousand dollars.
McEibbfh arrived in Omaha
about six years ago, O graduate
1 from We, Point, where he WAS
Z charged with being implicated in
I the eating otT0f Cadet Whitakcr's
ears. He went 10 work as clerk IN
tie store house ami engineer OF
lests, where me displayed 50 much
! cler, rness that he was soon pro
NOTED 10 tine position Of sipreSccpeT.
{ In the interval between the retire
of General purchasing agent
/ Byruu- and the appointment Of {.
:. Mullen. MclNibbiu filed the 20
siil1u aud gave such satisfaction that
I NItl'en retained him as assistant.
When tipliun became general
-rallic manager IN March, lssa, Nc
/ KiUu!u was made Purchasing agent
/ He rad lived m0destiy and muaer'
/ afgIv. lat now ne hcguu % affect
fue horsgs and b. gan building him
| self a house at FOdieth and Elruam
streets C. . cost O! between thirty
and forty Thousand dollars, although
/ ne already has 81 EHc nome in CoUn'
ell Bluffs gcrl-s the river.
The first trip he t-uk over the
road as purchasing agent lie stocked
his special car with wiuts beiorJ
! leaving Ouahl, Tut became 80 COLI
vivill eu route Jhat az North Hiati,
he ordered a new supply. y com
plBy uf genial companions Went
along, anu IN Passing thECuEN W 20
min. their conduct was 20 bolster
Gus the conductor threatened to side
track She Cargul leave &c.
Vice-TrssiGcut Hrlg1mh asked
IcKibbin for his resignation but
Mckibbiu went % b stDu, saw
President Adams and mad himsel!
rglustatsd. His couLuc. became -
iagraul, however, that when Frysi-
dent Adams was here ON his recent
visit the question was raiscI and
1iriIihuiu was again forced to r.
sign.
is, Anderson. assistant 20 rrgsi-
dent Adams, was brought from
Boston and Installed in the Office
with instructions % investigate
matters. and these startling CiscOr-
cries axe the rc-IlE.-SiUHdgTG.