The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-02

IKE HERALD. TUESDAY
stupidity of Captain Sullivan?
Evidently So
( Treatment of Men.
How have you treated the men
/ Since you came in?''
dictatorial. The mistake that L have
made has been that 1 was too gentle.
j. }. Sullivan once said that
! Did he speak about Stanton coming
1 down and cursing themc-'
Il won't speak about that"
What was the cause of lack of har-
mony?"
Donovan and Sullivan.
Il first found there was feeling be-
! tween the assistant chief and Captain
sullivan. There were TWO factions in
! the department, taking the sides of
these two officers. There were also re-
1g1ous differences. I tried TO harmon
lie the two officers and talked TO the
men about the necessity of harmony.
Inc frSt trouble l had with Donovan
was when Gilbert claimed he had been
given doctored cigar by Donovan. 1
demonstrated with Donovan That
was the first little jar. Some trouble
mad come later over some flowers be-
tween sullivan and Donovan, and fol-
lowing that came a regular smashup
Prior to this. during his absence in
Montreal, WEIGH was suspended by
donovan, who said first no leave had
oeen given and later said it had. This
added to the feeling There had been
no open rupture between myself and
the assistant chief
Trouble Over Flowers.
In May, when we were about to
make the change on days off, 1 called
the assistant to my office and told him
would like TO have harmony, and if
he had any grievance L would like to
have him tell me like man. thought
since then there had been better feel
ing"
Witness had ordered men to keep
on their coats. because there were
complaints that they were half dressed
partment
Mccarthy is one of the most capable
men IN the department. He was al
ioWed 10 go to Coalville because he
had not been off for seven weeks.
JORDAN was refused a day off when
ne was kicked by a horse. because the
The Case of Burt
Burt was never engineer at No. 3
He was simply assistant engineer and
was supposed to take charge of the
engine at times. While he was in
charge the engine was not called out.
Bywater was made assistant engineer.
on that pay. Afterwards he was made
engineer because witness believed he
was the best man. Payrolls were put
IN evidence on these points)
Witness explained that Manning was
put IN charge of the truck on proba-
tfon. While he was sick le was kent
on the payroll as an officer. He is not
able yet to take charge of the truck
ana seemed perfectly satisfied. Mo
Carthy was appointed because he was
the best man. Go
When the Bates accident happened
Bates was intoxicated Charges had
never been filed by him against any
man because of accident, although al
most every man had had an accident
cidents az
His Private Work
Regarding the allegations that the
hremen had done his private work he
saiu ne mad a nurse girl most of the
Time There is hardly a man in thu
department who has not picked IN tbe
boy and carried him and amused him
pa not know Mccarthy had done anv
work for Mrs. DeVine The chest Of
drawers and wardrobe were made in
order TO save the cost of buiIdine
closets. He believed his was the onIY
department. that did not get any of the
a = rui eWs Lurnltule: LaughterD A re-
'oll Vi the council furniture commit
-ee' approving of this action. was sub !
nitted. This was made to the connciI
after the charges We're filed.
A counter affidavit from Lrcas
Nopertson of Park City saying that I
lie ala not do housework or rock the /
:radle or do any other work for Mrs /
levine without compensation was
out in evidence
The Mnginnis Conversation,
Mrs. Maginnis stated you had
urid conversation about getting rid
If ten men,
The only conversation / had was
With Judge Powers about the bill and
when it went into effect. That CON
'ersation was rather animated"
ITO go back" said the witness
Robertson was in my rooms so much
because he was coming to see the
ervant girl"
Did you say if any man talked
bout private work you would make
t uncomfortable for him ?''
Not exactly. I said if any man
id any work for me and talked about
t, ! would pay him.
why did you pay Paul s250?"
Because he helped move my pri-
ate furniture
Did you transfer him on that &C
ount?'
No
did men scrub the fioors?"
Yes, just as they scrubbed other
arts OF the building. ] did not con-
ider that private
How about the Conner incident?''
II simply said [ would not deal
18th him. l have dealt with the
tore ever since"
The O>Connor Letter.
How about the Mrs. O'Connor
.tter?'
Il did not consider 1t offensive and
'ent up and explained it to her. She
ppeared to be satisfied
How about the statement that you
sked WEIGH to swear that the horses
ould be easily managed?''
"It is false, made out of whole
10Th"
Did you use city hard coal in your
rivate apartments
Yes, and believed I had 4 right to
D So"
Did you have any Lighthouses
uilt?'