The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02


confine his attention to the open ac-
counts dating from September last
the beginning of The current year-Safd
accounts being of necessity kept open
until the close of the present academic
year The statement that the labora-
tory accounts for 1894 presumably this
! nlJans for the year 1S94-95) were kept
on slips of paper, since destroyed. and
that the janbtor roughly estimated the
amount received as equal to that OF
/ 1895 as incorrect. Janitor Forsberg in
deed declares that he made no such
/ statement The accounts in the chem
zeal department for 1994-95-the year
during which Janitor Forsberg was re-
qufred to act as custodian of the de-
partmsnt-were as already stated fully
reported and pronounced in order by
the board; no comparison could be
made between that complete year and
the current year, which is not com
pleted.
The statement of the auditors that
no record is made of the absence OF
teachers through illness or other cause
is incorrect. No inquiry was made OF
me on this subject, and the facts are
that all such absences are properly re-
! corded as reported by myself to une
secretary of the faculty.
| The most injurious statement con-
tanned in rhe auditors report is thai
there is an inclina ton to be rather Law
! ish in expenditures Such a charge
should be stated in specific terms; then
| it could be met. If the auditors were
empowered to act as an Investigating
committee to pass on the purposes of
! the expenditures, 1 cannot resist the
/ conviction THAT their work has been
very imperfectly done, and l think the
university has a right to dsmand, as 1t
! certainly would welcome a searching
I investigation regarding the use of its
I limited revenue. If any Importance is
/ to be attached to this unsupported
/ statement by the auditors. who seem
/ to have assumed also the duty of cen
sors, ask in the interests of the in
stitution that a proper investigation be
made of the acts of the regents in ex-
pending the funds. 1 send herewith
copies of letters of protest received
/ from Professor J. T. Kingsbury, the
| head of the department of chemistry
and physics, and Professor D. K. Al
/ len, who officiates as the representa-
/ tive of Secretary Frank Pierce in re-
/ ceiving registration fees, each of whom
/ feels aggrleved ait what he considers
/ the unfair spirit and the covert In
situations of the auditors report.
trust you will give the subject proper
J
j. E. TALMAGE,
President University of Utah.
The copies of the letters referred to
were attached One is from D. r. AL
! len, secretary, and the other from Pro-
| fessor Kingsbury. The former resents
| the imputation that he collected the
| fees and peid them over at his con-
venience, and declares that he holds
same until the amounts reach $40 or
| $50. at the request of the treasurer. He
| further declares the auditor of the in
stitution has always found ms &C
counts correct to a cent. The special
auditors report that no record OF alb
sence of teachers is kept. Mr.. Allen
calls attention to the fact that had
they looked in the faculty record they
would have found the information.
Professor Kingsbury says the report
as concerns the laboratory fees is
| entirely incorrect. The plan is to re
ouire a deposit from the students to
cover the cost of chemicals and gas,
and a portion of this is returned. A
| good portion of the money on hand
must be returned. The statement tnat
accounts were kept by the janitor on
| sims of paper is not true. The state
merit that the janitor dcIss not know
| who buys chemicals is also untrue
Professor Kingsbury suggests the au-
! ditors call on him again for facts ana
PROMISES to endeavor to tell him them
| once more how matters are conducted;
The correspondence was all referred
to the press.
FOR SPORTSMEN.
Senator Warner introduced senate
! hill No. 1873. an act to assist ana enapie
needy persons TO obtain food supply
| toao U1POr
! of The suffering sportsman
THE BILL READS.
Section i. Within thirty days after
the approval of this act the governor
of the state shall appoint three per
sons to serve as members OF the Otah
! lake commission. The consent and adj
vice of the senate shall not be re-
nuirad. but all appointments shall be
| subject to the approval of the SAT-
lake Fish and Game Protective as
sociation.
Sec. 2. No person shall be appointed
a. member of said commission unless
he shall have resided in Salt Lake city
for period of not less than ten DAYS
and shall have been member OF the
Fish and Game Protective association
aforesaid for at least fifteen minutes.
Said members shall be men OF ca
pacfty" and size and shall be divided
among the three parties now existing
so that Milt Barrett, Populist, General
Cannon, Democrat, and Jack May, Re
publican. may have an equal chance
for promotion.
Each member of said Utah lake COM
mission shall rank as commodore and
shall perform the duties hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 8. The said Utah Lake COM
mission shall have absolute control of
the waters of Utah lake, both during
the winter and summer seasons. and
while the latter provision apparently
.scuts no ice,' for the purposes of this
act it goes. They shall also control,
manage and direct the growth, pro-
pagation and distribution of all fish
of said lake; shall permit no ducks,
geese. mudhens or brants to set out
of season and for the purposes of this
section are made ex-officio a Matching
committee" with all the incubating
powers usually bestowed upon such
persons in other states.
Sec. A. For the purposes of aiding
and assisting said commission to
easily perform its duties, there is
hereby appropriated from the funds Of
this state s926041 for the con-
struction and launching of steamer
which shall be under joint command
of the three commodores aforesaid.
Said steamer shall be built in Salt
Lake city, by Salt Lake ship carpen-
tiers, out of Salt Lake material and
Shall cost not to exceed s260.41. The
sum of $4,000 shall be used in fitting up
the boat with the necessary appliances.
Eight thousand dollars shall be in
vested in what is known as 'Hogle's