Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-01
lru,ei Of Wearing Clothes at Another
Mans Expense.
EVIDENCE IN rnE CASE


Stanton oil the fire department. IL IA
800 that Frank Il. McIlfOy has been
rupelpally responsible for them. Luz
,,,s, snlmus between Messrs. MciirOy
and Stanton has existed for weeks.
rh,,,ts of exposure have boep wins
,sf.d about secretly. Finally they
were reduced to writing and last night
Councilman Lawson placed them ON
tho tecorder's table at the meeting Of
fine civ Council. The reading Of them
caused sensation. The paper Is az
iollovG
Gentlemen-You will please pardon
The liberty take In addressing you In
condemnation OF the actions Of the
chief Of your fire department. But to
ttot,o,the intorestso fmy company am
eompelled 70 take this method u bring
lug to your notice the double dealings
Of your chief. | represent a company
Of chemical engine builders nnd visit
cities anu towns at an expense In their
interest. Tho chief OF your fire de.
patlmont also visits cities In the iu-
lefe,ts Of the Holloway Chemical
Engine, but presumably IA a disln-
hrtsied party, outside Of the interests
he takes In seeing corporations pur-
chase The apparatus that is best adapt.
ed to their use. He has recently de.
lyefed aud tested personally To Park
City and Logan Holloway engines.
lie not only visited these cities once
on thu AbOve business but several
times. IL It likely no does that NJ his
own e1pensr2 sRy no. | am not
Anid " competition, for / am willing
10 let my engine against any engine
intle United States or elsewhere, but
Chief Stanton's position as chief OF
he largest Ire department IN THIS
Iufl.Ofy makes his recommendation
uHya
GREAT DEAL OF WEIGHT,
SJou eau readily appreciate that fact
aud zee how | would be handicapped.
AtOsdcn, when tat city purchased
llelr chemical engine Stanton was
here lu the interest Of the Holloway,
and that city realizing That stanton
sas acting M an agent, did not
consider his recommendation, and
fought u better make " engine than
The one Stanton tried 20 sell, such com
petition In not just or right, hence my
plolest. There IL not another city
on THIS CONTINENT
that has paid chief Of FIRE department
that will allow him 10 traYei In the
Interest OF "A IRE apparatus company.
Now, why was the Holloway puT.
chased by this city? Stanton after the
contract WAS sigYed just "A ehoTt time
wevi1us 10 his going east, Ia attend the
National Convention OF Chief Engi.
neen received an order from one
II race Moore, the agvnt OF tue Hal
osay chemical engine, Tor slOO on the
Holloway people at Baltimore, Mary.
land, Stanton visited Baltimore on his
TIP uast anu received the amount OF
lhtl order. Mr.. Moore afterwards
Nne my partner in business in
Portland, OWgon, and the SlOO WAS
CHARGED against the firm OF McJefoy
Moon. Only yesterday In Justice
hhlPs court a Judgment was sustained
sgaiust me for suitof clothes received
" Stanton and charged to nut. Am
supposed TO
rAY FOR TIE CLOTHES
ihe chief OF your fire department
yeats simply because 1 am q city con.
,nctoIp have sold this city many
thousand dolIars' worth OF goods and
All my contracts have Ueen faithfully
cililed 1ul.
last spring when your city pur.
gaAseI a1,ODO feet OF ,uragOn Brand
nose, which was the brand | repre-
eh'ei, my company In New York r..
eslNel n letter from this city to the
,lecl That II Mclifoy had anything
Whatever ~ do Ia any manner, shape
l9tn with tbs sale or iire hose, TO
,ue SAT- Lake fire department. The
o,Ief would go elsewhere. The object
'hsl letter was quite obvious to me.
STATIONS REPUTATION
sas Travelled far as extracts from the
ae titlnguishing company OF Chicago
M prove, and | beg your cDnsidcTg-
w OF same to confirm my statements.
t'Altacls from letter under date Of
eeugast !, 1892, Frank IL. Mcllroy,
NNi pItbOn.
DEAR SlR;--About "A wook or ten DIVA
TuNn wrote yOu regarding salt Lake
N.Y. Logan and several o her places, aud
We " INFORM you thar when Stanton
mere at tho Democratic convention,
uelhg one of the GENTLE delegation
'h was not admitted, we showed him
o, 49, uehl NJ attention, aud Bob Young,
h,NN9 heent, wasnskod hy Stanton To send
tba N umbrella some patent advice, and
er writer lnsruc ed Mr. Young TO got II
N.Y. aehl 1t To him. II cost us 5000.
by'h promised To do tho square thing
w ana we hone he viii.
Per 4. j. Murnili, ''''' w.
Now, regarding THE letter I mich,
AZ l leit Portland, Oregon, ut once
In" went 10 Logan, this Territory.
ny" ny arrival there was Informed
Hail VIC council had purchased a
EsntNay engine, and that Chief
lna u'oh OF sat Lake would deliver n
"''eW weeks, That
BLOWS MS APPRECIATION
me hospitality shown him and whai
p'oulae IL worth.
Sen'act from letter under dat, n,
N"emhef aud, 1892: "'V VI
"sak T.. NcIlroy, ogden,
D''0 had several letters from Stan.