Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-08
SHOULD INVESTIGATE


polls
SHOULD INVESTIGATE.
BY all means the city council shouiu
Investigate Raleigh, street supervisor
He declared last night that the
charges printed in the News We're
false These charges were not made
nv the News" but were printed as
aota in the hands Of certain council
men of Raleigh's own party which
might be used against him. The SUD-
stance of them was that Raleigh was
using his public position for private
ends in that the Raleigh home was
naved with stone blocks, exactly OF the
kind used in the street intersections
and the further charge was made that
in the rear of the premises there was
more paving material, properly subject
ia Investigation. Raleigh says he IN
tends to take the city councilmen who
accuse him OF graft down and show
them his barn Last night he tooh
n News" reporter down, and the
harm floors We're found to be OF ordin-
arv boards we'll worn by age, ana Sug-
costing that they had been in exactiy
the present condition for many years.
AS far as the barn floors are con-
cerned they make good case TOT
paieicb hut II would be we'll for the
councilmen to go down.
LONG STONE WALK.
When they get there they should
enter by the front walk. and they VIII
find that they have to walk over about
200 feet of street paving stones to
get to the Raleigh house, provided he
takes them into the west house on mis-
premises. The other Is innocent OF
paving.
FLAGGING THE VOGUE.
In the old days of the Morris ad-
ministration paving for intersections
was composed of small stone blocks.
Lately intersections have contained
strip of tagging Is inches wide in the
center. hanked on either side with
block stones. The Raleigh pathway
looks exactly like new style street
intersection except that the tiers OF
nankine stone blocks are not so many
as in an ordinary street crossing. TWO
widths of stone run along the east SIDE
OF the central Tagging. One width
Of stone runs along the west.
GoWAN FURNISHED THEM.
Several councilmen knew about
these blocks at the time they were CIV
en- to me-" says Raleigh, Frank Cow
an, superintendent for p. j. Moran,
gave me four loads Of paving blocks,
and | used them for sidewalks on my
PREMISES"
THE STONE QUARRY.
BY all means the council should accept
Mr. Raleigh's invitation and go down.
After they look at the innocent board
floors In the barn, and take In tho IN
jured expression on the face OF Mr..
Raleigh they should go around behind
the barn Here they will find the Ra-
leigh private stone quarry,
The stones found In such natural
quantity are the finest quality of largo
oobble rock, stone much In demand for
the new style Of bungalow houses, and
for facing IN cssspools and cellars.
Neighbors OF Mr.. Raleigh answered
questions from News" reporter to-
day by explaining that Raleigh has
rock for sale from this pile for cess
pools and other purposes, and that the
rock was hauled In there by city teams.
also that II was secured from roads
where the city is engaged In grading
rk The city council committee might
bring before 1t anyone who can be
found TO have bought rock from MIR.
Raleighs private quarry. located be-
hind the barn
WHO DELIVERS SALES.
Such people then might be asked 10
testify whether It was hauled in teams
that We're on the city pay roll. or teams
that Mr.. Raleigh hired personally, The
evidence seems TO be ample and avail
able that the teams which hauled II In
We're driven by men drawing a daily
wage from the city Mr. Raleigh wants
the coancilmen 10 come down at the
earliest date he can secure them. Now
that they have no Sheets problem to
Worry them, and no Detective" Rs-