The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12

aker- The explanation made nv AR Whit
aheF as 20 what was done with the bal
StIlce' $I44-lS is not satisfactory To the
committee Mr. Whitaker is unable To
tell TO whom he paid this money: when
ne PAID II; how he paid it, whether bv
check or cash. and he took no rerosyts
Whatever for it.
Takes Up Sinister Affair.
Voucher No. 11S for $4,000 purports to be
for money paid TO r: G.. Shisler for labor
and material On the voucher is stated
Includes also labor, eXcayatfne urenar-
ing cyclorama and work by C. s. Allen -
This voucher shows exactly what the
money was paid to Afr. Whitaker for
Mr.. Whitaker admitted under oath on the
stand that Mr. Shisler had nothing 10 do
with the labor, eXcavating, preparing cy-
clorana and work done by G. s. Allen
and was not entitled to any portion Of the
$500 which was charged for those items
( This voucher is O. X. by Mr.. Whitaker
in his own hand writing. Check No. 4
Tor S5S0.5o was used to pay the amount
mentioned in the voucher. Mr.. Whitaker
/ aQmlLted under oath that he had given
Mr.. Shisler this check and asked him to
endorse II, which Mr.. Shisler did and the
check was returned to Mr.. Whitaker. Out
OF the total sum of S5SO.50. Mr.. Whitaker
paid Mr.. ShiSler in cash $3.50 and took
no receipt for II except the voucher No.
ll3 including the full amount Mr.. Whit
aker also admitted on the stand that he
received, at least, 500 I'm cash out of this
S599.50. He claims to have paid the money
out and could not tell to whom he paid il.
er by check or cash and he took no re-
cepitS for any part of il and reports il
IN no other way, except as having been
paid to r c. Shisler.
Voucher No Is d shows money drawn
from the commission TO pay r. Ct. Shisler
*272-s6- Check No. signed by S. T. Whit
aker was drawn to pay. this amount The
check bears the endorsement r. @. Shis-
Ter, 5. I. Whitaker. The special commit
tee that went to St. louis interviewed
Mr.. Sinister and his bookkeeper relative
TO this item and both contend that no
such item was due by the commission TO
Mr.. Shisler; that no such item was ever
paid in cash. check or otherwise The
bookkeeper for Mr.. Shisler made an afff-
davit to these facts and the committee
examined the books Of Mr.. Shisler rela-
tive 70 all transactions had with the COM
mission and the accounts show that no
such amount was ever paid. 1t further
appears that there was paid for brass
rails used III connection with the building
the sum of -33; that Mr.. Whitaker sold
the whole of them for $500. In as much
as the same rails could. doubtless. have
been used by the Lewis and Clark Cen
tennial exposition and Oriental fair at
Portland, it would appear to the commit
tee that they should have been returned
Tor that purpose.
Accounts Loosely Kept.
The evidence shows that at the time
Mr.. S T. Whitaker returned to Salt Lake
City from the exposition, he had in his
possession 81, $4,000; 81, 10000 of which he
has paid to the treasurer of the commits
sion. The remaining $4,000 he has re
tanned and he said that his CWhitaker'S)
accounts show that IL belongs to him.
In the event that il can be shown that
it belongs to the state, he is willing to
pay the money over. This same $4,000
was withdrawn from the Third National
bank of st. Louis and had been deposited
in the name of S. 7. Whitaker director
general From all the evidence, the COM
mittee is of the opinion that the accounts
were so loosely kept that il is impossible
to arrive at the correct conclusion with
n these he atrida
further shows that the bank account for
all money deposited by Mr.. Whitaker
was kept in the name of S. r Whitaker.
director general. and that his own pri-
vate money, if he had any, was deposited
in the bank in the same account Mr.. E.
S LOvesey presents a claim against the
commission for 5000. balance due him
the honey contract After an eXamina-
tiOn of such evidence as the committee
had at hand We believe that this sum is
still due Mr.. Lovesey and recommend that
it be paid.
ON oct. >. 1908. the commission passed
a resolution that the plans and designs
for the state building submitted by Di-
rector General Whitaker, were approved
and accepted and the cost of such work
was not TO exceed the sum of s., 10000.
Lumber and material in connection with
the building was contracted for and paid
for by the director general in the sum OF
81. 1S9. 90 in excess of the amount contained
unable to say from the information at
hand whether or not this sum was prop
erly expended.
Minutes in Bad Shape.
1t further appears that the minutes of
the meetings of the board were written
up a considerable time after the meetings
were held and that none OF the minutes
are signed, with two exceptions. 1t is
therefore, quite impossible TO tell just
what action the committee has, in fact,
taken-relatiye to the affairs of the COM
mission.
Exhibit d. hereto attached and made
part of this report Is the financial re-
Stookey. Gundry and Joseph, upon The
financial affairs, as near. as they could