The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-19
DIR. C. F WILCOX
PURGES HIMSELF
f-
Charges Made Against Him Had
Little Foundation.
IS PROMISED AN ASSISTANT
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND
AMBULANCE NEEDED.
IS PROMISED AN ASSISTANT


city council committees last night and
defended himself against various at
tacks which had been made against
him relative to the performance of his
duties. he served notice upon the
sanitary. committee that as long as he
was the head of the board of health
he would not permit w. @. Margetts.
FORMER chief sanitary Inspector to
have a position iu bis office. Dr. VIII
COX said he had discharged him for
incompetency.
Referring to the accusations that he
had been deTelict I'm his duties upon
several occasions iu not attending
emergency city cases, DR.. Wilcox made
explanations which were satisfactory
20 the members of the police and prison
committee.
The discussion brought out the fact
that the city needs an assistant city
physician, or emergency doctor. and
one has been promised the commission
er. The matter of am emergency hos
4iial and ambulance was discussed and
tHe doctor was given To understand
that a. would receive immediate con-
Flderation from the council The as
sistant city physician is TO receive $500
per year. and he and DIT Wilcox are
20 attend TO every legitimate cftv. case.
should the occasion arise when neither
OF them could respond 20 a caE. they
are 60 pay the bin that the attending
physician may present
Was Notified Too Late.
DR.. Wilcox said he knew nothing
eoout the William FOTdiug accident
opposite the city and county BUILDING
few days ago until several hours
after the man had been taken care Of
hy Dr. Benedict. He was not I'm blP
1luce when the case was rep0rted
when his brother was reached he made
an effort 10 attend the lineman who
uad received a shock and fallen from
a pole, but found that two physicians
VINO had been located previously had
Responded
me commissioner denied the state
ment That he had visited the isolation
hospital but once since he was appoint
Su- lie added that his services are nor
required there as much as many people
think, owing to the efficiency of the
nurse ne has employed. Speaking of
the hospital, he said that during the
past three months he has had eighty
elk cases OF that disease. and that other
physicians had made bis work doubIy-
-aid oy refusing to diagnose smafIpox /
eases buL reporting them as suspicious
TO Htlns and making him visit the scene
anu order the patient TO the hospital. +
Instead of taking the responsibility
upon their own shoulders and acting /
lie said other doctors even 20 So far I.
as 70 force him TO run down the source +
oi the disease and place other affected I
families i'm quarantine
Attacked by a Bull Dog.
When asked TO explain why he did
ilut attend the man at the police sta
tion saturday night who was s71r-
H-nEHrf ra
cut en- the back of the neck Dr. VIII
eoN said that was the night he had the
lsaJ with bulldog, when he almost
lost his life, that he was I'm no phvs-
teal condition TO do SO. and that ne
could not get his brother TO go because
Lle was out on case and could not be
found
Dr. Wilcox then explained to the
committee the absolute necessity of am
emergency hospital being fixed IN af
the police station. the need of an ann
buidhce and an assistant to take cases /
WheH he could not personally resDond !
lie said that with am assistant. at se00
"a year. he would guarantee 10 attend
70 every reasonable city case. or nav
ior the attendance of another physician
on occasions when it would be imDos-
si5le for either he or his assistant +,
respond elcE incidents he said.
you'd be very few.
Bribery Charge Disproveu.
Answering the charse that one OF his
inspectors had accepted bride of SOS
T.. 10 keep q man from going TO the isols-
t-oH hospital who was suffering with
sHalipoN Dr. Wilcox said the man
iiio employed "a private physician who
a6reed to treat him for So When
4f- WILCOX S attention was called 10 .
! me case he ordered the man sent to
the hospital When the man got ouf
ne demanded his SO back from his
own physician. The latter charged for
Two visits. S.. and returned the man
~, refusing TO give back So on the
man s claim that he had received but
one visit.
After being discharged from the hos
kI-al the man called at the board of
health Office and became SO profano I
ih abusing Inspector Fowler that it
was necessary 10 have him arrested.
= 1e next day the man apOlOgized and
the case was dropped. a
Il During the adjourned session of the Z
-cuucu the municipal laws committee G
port on the petition of President Jo- S
seph T. smith. et al. was adopted. tt G
provides for a refundiug 90 South
Temple street property owners some
thing over $4,000 paid into the city I
treasury over and Ghove the actual f.
iget OF paving that Et1aet less the
amount deducted from the City Street il
Improvement company s contract price Z
for failure 10 complete their work q
within schedule time
The claims committee reported adj o.
,ersely Oh the bin of Christopher Lit C.
De for $3.50 for his dog The dos III
catcher got his fine animal and kiliel %
e. installing III for another dog be- "a
ongiug next door which had been q
.ampiained against. a
An ordinance was passed defining 3,
a stock broker and fixing the license at G
- per year. Under the old ordinance r
3 man VINO gave am order TO a regular s.
broker 60 buy stock was subject ~ Fl
he license. Y
To the sprinkliug committee was re-
errcd a resolution by President Hev- n
en- giving spriukliug cart drivers who y
I'VE a long distance from the citys
yard permission 20 take lheir carts IL
nome az night with them. 20 obViate
DE necessity on their part Of riding
Wo or three miles 90 the yard 70 ger
helr cart when they begin work DOB 20
De morning and riding home again ~ y.
at after turning their carts into 81
r. yard at O'Clock Ia