Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-02
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Sensational and Damaging AndaYit
Aade by an EI.Clty EmplOyo.
HOW HE FIGURED IS THE CASE.
lie Swears lie was Paid by tho City
For Working In Mine Owned
by Municipal officials.

The names Of certain municipal
officials ato again associated with Q
peculiar piece Of business. This time
the Transaction IL Of such character
that the public will demand and insist
upon n full and complete explanation.
Grave charges are made by ono w.
d. Drucc, formerly an employee In the
city waterworks department. The cir.
cumslaucci connected herewith nro
highly sensational, aud would nfIori
sunlcicnt material for almost any
uumncf OF facy newspaper articlra.
IL h a matter OF iucord that on
July II Of last year Superintendent
Of Wnterwotks Ryan, J. a Shafor, a
whlcfWOfkH cmploye, Councilman l.,
j. Moran, ana John l.. Hoke, assistant
superintendent Of CITY whtrfworks,
located mining claim In tho Hot
SptingH mining district, about ak
miles from tho mouth u City Creek
canyon. they Christcnei their noT
prospect the Mogul anu 10 II known by
that cuphJuious title today and u
looked upon ~ q bonanza by liz own.
ttH. Considerable development work
las been done under the supervision Oi
Mr. Ryan aud shaft sunk to depth
ui about one hundred anu twenty.iOuf
.oeL Startling statements are made a. 10
now nud by whom, tue work was done.
Ihc ulalm 10 set up that men In the
service VI the city, paid AZ the City
Hall out OF this municipal treasury at
Tue end Of tue week have been work.
Ing la the mine. Accord.
ing 10 sworn statements the
scheme was worked on this wise: A
camp was maintained within three
hundred or four hundred feet of tho
mine. Sometimes the men would rake
loose rocks OF the road, trim brush
ana remove rubbish from the creek for
"a few hours In the forenoon and work
In the mine the remainder Of the day.
Then again Il IL stated that they would
work day about for the city aud mine
ownore. Concerning this W.D. bruce
today made the following atildavii
SALT LAKE CITY, Unh,
August 9, 1893.
/. W. u. Druco, testify that / am
resident and citizen OF Salt Lake
Cityi that ON juno y, 1898, / was en-
gagged by James \. Shafor, u foreman in
the employ Of W. II. Ryan, supcriutond.
ent OF the salt Lake city witorwork.;
the Aforesaid Shaiur part " the time Ia
| clearing the roadbod and crock. Tho re-
maindcr Of tho time We were engaged iu
| sinking "a shaft In the Mogul mine, oight
miles from salt Lake CITY, located aud
owned by W. II. Ryan, J.. A. Shnfur.
lConncilmanl r. j. Moran aud J. l..
lloko.
1 further testify that I worked
thus Tor twonty-two Gays and
that received $500 and board per day,
and was paid by the city upon signing
tho regular municipal pay roll; that /
was mover oildrol nor did / ever receive
a single cent OF money from either Of tho
owners Of such mino, aud was paid In no
other way than by signing tho sworn
pay rolls OF the city az "a regular employo
Of tho wHIOrworks department.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo
this -nd day OF August, AID. 1888.
JAMES NJ. SMITH,
Notary Public.
My commlssioneNplros April ~ lslj.
Al inspection OF the pay rolls today
disclosed the fact that bruce had
signed them on June esd and 3Oth
and on July 9Th ami 18th. On the pay
rolls bruce IL Designated as "City
Creek tunnelD workman.
Ia addition TO making the above
affidavit Mr. bruce suggests that Mr..
Ryan tell the public where the lum.
bef came from to timber the mine.
The answer In part Ia given to this
by another man who knows whereof
he talks. He says that It was hauled
there by tcamster named J. T..
Stevens, In the employ Of tho water.
works department and adds that In
case an Investigation Is held, that the
latter would make an interesting wit
noss, especially Ia relation 10 where
the lumber came from. He says that
probably he could also tell who hauled
the groceries and provisions TO the
camp aud give good many details on
the mysteries Of mining work IN CITY
Creek cauyOn by municipal officials.