The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
INSPECTION GRAFT
At FEVER HEAT
City'S Depleted Treasury Plum
dered to Make Political
= SIneCureS.

the board of public works the inspectors
employed by that body are the nardeSt
worked men in Salt Lake. Many OF lLem
work overtime and others work sundays
as well. At least they are given CT colt for
working Sundays and are pald by the peo-
pie for labOring on that day.
The inspectors are employed TO see that
contractors doing public work 40 no.
employed twenty-eight men in this ca
pacity including the chief inspector. The
principal job of most OF the inspectors Is
to be awake when the CHIEF inspector
makes his tour of the city each morning
and hand that official report blank tell
ing the state of the work. After this ne
is at liberty to resume his nap. An IN
spector does not need to nave 10 know
anything about the kind of work he IS
looking after. All he needs is pull ana
q certificate from Chairman Darmer that
he is a good American The 1op, IN
fact is a political Sinecure and as the
campaign progresses more men are being
appointed There are now about thirty
two men drawing pay from the CITY IN
this capac.Ey Those acquainted with the
WAYS of inspectors say that the majority
of them are no good and that Chief IN
spector Fitzgerald with four or five good
men under him could do all the work
nicely. ,
A Study Of the September pay rolls il
Illustrates how good the graft is. a..
One ]. D. Beasley seems to carry OFF the
palm as the prize hard worker. he was
most of the time during the month in
specting'' sewer extension No. 1Io. On the
18th and 10th he worked twelve hours;
and from the sd to the Goth he worked
sixteen hours. On Sunday the 18th how
ever. he rested. The strain Of working SIX
teen hours fOc five days in rapid success
sion was probably too much for him or
he would not nave overlooked Sunday.
Richard Byrnes worked from the LIST to
the 10Th on the new water supply mains.
For Sunday the Sth and Sunday the 18th
he drew full pay. Pat Moran, who is lay
ing the mains, does not work his men on
Sunday or pay them for that day, but
Inspector Byrnes is working for the city
and not for Pat
Paul Dockendorf is another man who
did not spend many Sundays at home. He
worked on Sunday the Sth, Sunday the
18th and Sunday the 22d. The I'd and 18th
also fell on Sunday, but he did not work
on these days. He was inspecting cross
walks.
B. Dougherty was assigned to sewer ex-
tension No $50. He worked the first
two Sundays in the month, laid off the
18th, but thought better of ii on the 22d
and drew full pay for that date. He laid
off again the 18th. The city paid him $SI
for his labors, including three Sundays.
J. y. Daily inspected sidewalk extern
sion Nos. 109 and 115 He only worked
Sunday the Sth, and obeyed the Biblical
Somebody's Darling.
r. Darling was an inspector on sewers
and sewer repairs. His work does not
seem to be definitely located. There is
no record of any sewer repairs being
made. He worked the I'd, Sth and 22d, bur
not on the other two Sundays. His serV-
ices cost the city $3.50.
H c. English was assigned to care for
paving extension No. %. He made a rec
ord for himself and basked in the sunlight
on the first four Sundays of the month,
for which he drew pay from the city for
full time. His arduous duties netted him
1850 for the month He only received
& 50 a day, however, while most of the
other inspectors receive from 50 to $3.50
per day. All receive pay for overtime lii
addition to various Sundays.
John Ford worked on paving extern
sion Nos. 16. 10 and 81. He also worked
the city good and plenty, and his case Is
particularly fragrant in one respect On
September Z. Sunday and 8 he is cred
tied with working on paving extension No
TO be First South street, from Second to
Thirteenth East streets. The contract for
this work has not even been let as yet, and
absolutely no work has been done as a
matter of course. But nevertheless Ford
drew dawn s. of the citys money on Sat
urday the 9TH. Sunday the Sth and Mon
Gay the 9th, looking after this work. In
addition he worked two other Sun
days, the 18th and 22d.
Worse and More Of 1t.
]. Z. Griffith was employed on paving
extension No. 20. While Pat Moran's men
were laid off on Sunday. Sept. 2, he drew
full pay from the city. He refrained from
working the other Sundays of the month
and the inference is that he must have
been sick.
G. ID. Gardiner was employed on various
paving extensions. He worked the second
and third Sundays of the month and drew
down SSS.S7.
w. F. Hills has a record for continuous
labor. He worked every day of the month
and made $7.N.
]. J. Knox only missed one day, Sunday
the 18th. He was presented with SS7
Tom l.. Lamph worked on street inter-
sections and several paving extensions. He
only missed drawing pay two Sundays,
the I'd and 22d.
NJ. Learned did n stunt on the inter-
cepting sewer. He, like Hills, worked ev-
cry day and with the exception of six
days charged from one to three hours
overtime. He drew down the big prize of
Sl2730.
George Ross also worked every day on
the intercepting sewer. but did not have
as much overtime as his companion, and
as a result his check was $3.50 less.
ii. A. Turnkey on paving extension No.
Is only missed work on two Sundays, the
I'd and 18th. He made $S4.
George Wilson on paving extension No.
20 only missed Sunday the 18th. working
every other day. He drew down T2.50
at 50 50 day.