Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-04
Cellar Dirt of Plain Jake, Private
Contractor, Besmears the
Street Supervisor.
FOUR PAID CITY WARRANTS
They Went to Raleigh Employc, and
VIII Form Basis for New
Set of Charges.

Upon the placid features OF the Hon,
Jake Raleigh. american" party stall
wart worker, thick coat of white
wash was applied by Mayor John S,
Bransford, just one year ago.
The whitewash has proved to be
mixed without sufficient glue. for in
spite of the city council retouchlng
given it this spring, Jake now stands
in serious need of another coat.
Jake Raleigh now and then has brok.
en- through with surface color enough
to cause someone to nale up with
charges. someone else to deny them
and offer the ever ready PLAUSIBLE ex-
PLANTATION. and then for someone else to
lay on with brotherly hand, the wait
ing whitewash brush,
THE CELLAR DIRT
And now comes the dirt of the RAJ
leigh and Harmon cellars again be-
daubing the spotless front OF the Hon.
Jake The Hon. Jake. as buying agent
FOR the city. is now accused of buying
from himself in the Raleigh and Har-
mon partnership, through tho person
ality of Bryant Young. a Raleigh and
Harmon foreman. sometimes known as
"Raleigh's man" in distinction to Har-
mons man, If one happens to be an
enquirer concerning firm affairs
FOUR WARRANTS.
Upon the records that the city keeps,
1t is shown that during the period In
which the cellars FOR Main street build
ings were being dug this spring by
Raleigh and Harmon Raleigh was
buying from this firm 2,73S loads of dirt
az 20 and % cents load. the total price
running up to S7S325. The first war
rant Is dated April 30, and was at the
time the Raleigh Harmon people We're
digging upper Main street excavation
The second is dated May l, about the
time the Raleigh Harmon firm, Bryant
Young, foreman, was working on a
West Temple excavation. The third
is only two weeks old and IL coincident
with the Raleigh and Harmon work on
a Third South street cellar.
CITY RECORDS.
A fourth warrant is in existence, dat
ing back a year when Sixth East
street was receiving a dirt coating.
The record of the four warrants fol-
lows:
June /. lgO7-To SOS cubic yards Of
dirt for parking Sixth East street, at 20
cents per yard, sl79.60 Warrant No.
3252s. Paid TO and receipted by Bryant
Young.
April 30. lsOs-To, l.4SO loads of dirt
at 25 cents per load 1870. Warrant No.
37O1S. Paid to and receipted by Bryant
Young.
MAY 1. l9Os-To $40 loads OF dirt at IS
cents per load, S79.75 Warrant No.
3717b. Paid to and receipted by Bryant
Young.
June "a, 1905 TO 9a4 loads of dirt at
% cents per load s2SS5O. Warrant No.
sesO6. Paid to and receipted by Bryant
Young.
GETTING THE DIRT
II Is possible that the last does not
cover the Third South street dirt and
that this comes on warrant yet 10
be drawn. for before the work was COM
menced there, after the last West Tenn
pie cellar was dug. Raleigh, street SUI
pervisor WAS at work as private con-
tractor, for T. j. Moran. removing
dirt preparatory to paving a block OF
north Main street This dirt may he
| that represented In the warrant OF
| June a. for It was hauled to positions
on the city's streets and dumped
The question naturally arises. as to
| who keeps the count Of the loads which
| Jake Raleigh, street supervisor, buys
| from Plain Jake, dirt hauler; and,
with Harmon, eXcayating contractor.
| Bryant Young, warrant signer, acting
the meanwhile as foreman?
WILL HE BE WHITENED
The matter of Jake's whitewash IL
| becoming a serious one. and he is soon
due to reappcar before the whitcwash-
| ing committee FOR the third time A
| law Is violated whenever city official
benefits directly or indirectly In the
sale OF material 10 the city, Charges
win soon go to Mayor Bransford con-
corning Jake, and then the public
will know what course II il decided
to pursue, II was commonly under
stood that year ago Jake was saved
because the resignation Of Sheets and
Mayor Thompson and Defective Lal-
| ley" gave the Americans" as long a
string Of designations as they dare take
on with election time due. What forces
win gave him this time II " too early
tn predict He rs one of the hardest
| American" ward workers on the list,