The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-15
.MARGETTS WILL
SUCCEED BRIDGE
Sanitary Inspector Would Not
Vote For Frank Knox.
STEWART ASKED HIM TO
OFFICIAL CAREER HAS BEEN
EXTREMELY SATISFACTORY.

u OBERT BRIDGE is to be succeeded
II as sanitary inspector Monday 10y
W. G.. Margetts. brother of A. B
Margetts. who conducts the saloon at
Warm Springs. according TO the rumor
circulated around the city and county
building yesterday afternoon. tt was
stated that Health Commissioner Stew
art viii remove Bridge because he re-
fused to work for Frank Knox for
mayor prior to the city convention. and
refused. al the request of DIT. Stewart.
to vote a portion or whole of his
delegation for the banker.
When seen yesterday afternoon In
spector Bridge had the following to say
concerning the rumor:
Attributes It to Politics.
"OmciaIly, ] have not been notified
Of my dismissal but ] am given to un-
/ derstaEd that I viii receive it Mon
day. Several persons have come to me
during the last couple of days and told
me that DR.. Stewart was going to re-
move me The only reason why he
should do SO. as far as ] krow. is be
cause 1 would not vote for Frank Knox
/ for mayor i'm the convention. The day
! OF the convention DR.. Stewart came 90
me and told me that ne wanted a vote
I for Knox from my delegation. 7 told
/ him he could not have it. And I was
/ as good as my word. I guess that made
I him mad.
"I have the satisfaction Of knowing
/ that I am rot the only ore In this de-
! partmeDt who has had mis- head cut of
| for not supporting Knox for mayor.
/ have in my possession an order from
DR.. Stewart instructing me to remove q
( certain man. No reasons were Eiver
/ The man who succeeded him is a KnoS
man.
The only fault 7 have 90 find witt
/ DIR. Stewart is that he was not mar
enough to come 20 me and tell me thai
he was going to fire me. instead OF
/ spreading the news around. and lettire
my friends come to me and tell me
what they had heard. The least Id
could have done, I think. was 20 have
given me a little notice"
Margetts Makes Boast.
From another reliable source it wa.
learned Yesterday afternoon that Mar
gets had visited the crematory and haC
made the boast to the men WOrkiu,
there that he would succeed InspectlI
Bridge or Monday. Either Friday 81
Saturday he permitted friend 10 i'm
troduce him to "a stranger as the maj
who was going 10 succeed Inspecto
Bridge as sanitary Inspector
Inspector Bridge has been. counecte,
whistle health Department since April
1900. He was appointed by Dr. J. g.
r. King. who was succeeded by Dr
Stewart by appointment at the hard
Iof Mayor Thompson, when the fOrmc
health commissioner went to Europe
For several years. while the department
was short handed. Inspector Bridge dil
double duty. That ne performed hi
work with fidelity and conscientious
ness is attested To- by the following eN
cerpt from the last biennial report o
the city officials. The commentator
was writteE by Or. King. and reads:
ct desire Also to call your attention
to the faithful and efficient services q
Robert Bridge. who has been doin
the work Of sanitary inspector He ha
made moro than 1000 visits. ordere
l.500 nuisances abatcd, kept track O
the garbage collection and had "a
vaults and CeSSUOOls cleaned. He ha
inspected forty-twO diaries and ten iC
pOrds. When it is known that TN
ground in most cases has to be GOV
cred twice 20 see that orders are car
ried out. the activity necessary to q
all this can be appreciated"