The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-15
POINT IS SCORED
BY MATT TH0MAS|
Board Member From the Fourth
Ward Jars Superintendent
of Buildings.
ILLNESS OF RRIDWELIi
CAUSES P0STP0NEMENI|
More Interesting Facts Are,
Brought Out in the In
yestigatiOn.

=
board OF education for the Fourth ward
who has acted as intcrrogator of GcorRf.I
NJ. Brdwell, superintendent of building}62
and grounds. in the investigation by
that body into alleged glariDg irregu<
laritics in this department. scored q
strong point against Mr.. Brldwell III.
the third session OF the investigatiolt
Friday evening. -
Mr.. Brdwcll. Wednesday evening =
charged that MIR. Thomas. prior TO III
school board election in November, lasfi
ycar. had instructed him 10 place hi. X
relatives and the Ncwmans on the pay !.
rolls under fictitious names for Tea
their employment might become gencIt.
ally known and impcril Mr.. Thomas ~
chances of re.clection. =
Mr. Thomas Friday evening presentc[ (,
payroll No 5ll0. for October of 1907
Just prior to the school board clectioil
which shows the employment of Thcf -
dorc and Arthur Newman under tn i
right right names. Then he asked:
''How it is, Mr. Bridwcll, that thc<f
men don t appear on the payroll undttI
fictitious names' | ask this having a. r,
mind your charge of Wednesday ever
ing against me ] also call Your alter
tiun TO the fact hat this WAS Just prits<,
TO the sbool board election: also tht ii
these men and others before this tin
and after the election. appeared on YOU
payrolls under assumed names. ~
After some hesitation, Mr.. Bridwetn
said that the time sheets of the tv.,.,
Ncwmans had been made out by the1-.
selves md under their right names. ar =
in this condition handed TO his forcnafki
l.. II. Evans. who accepted them ans
turned them over 90 him. He, III tur1n
approved the time sheets as correct afrri
made no changes in them. The explan4 4
ton carried with it the plain intim
tiou that other time sheets turned IN
by these men had been doctorcd; th'
is. their real names had not becn f-..
lowed 10 remain but had been rcplatf ~
bv aliases At least. this was the l11
ference many gathered from the expf<.
nation ~
Bridwell Pleads Illness. ~,
When Mr.. Bailey started to inter- y, :.
gate Mr. Bridwell as TO why he had u =
taiucd this payroll until March witho Z.
warrant when il should have be A.
turned into the clerk within few d3i 4;
or inside of a month. at least. Mr.. Br 81
we'll suddenly announced that he N N
i'll aud would like to have the invcfie n
cation discontinued for the eve1i1 N.
Mr.. Brdwell expressed avcrseness N "a,
dropping the investigation for the evf
ing. but said be was suffering from n
severe headache and could not comp
hcnd the questions as readily as dcf
able. and that his indisposition bo
cred him in giving replies. tH
Mr.. Martin. who has constituted ~ u
Brldwell protcgc of his, h3stcued ~
say that Mr. Bridwell had told ht.E'
carly in the evening that he was Il
and the board readily decided 10 ztNr
iourn on account of Mr.. BridweIEr
physical condition The investigate 1'1
adjourned without date. but subject ) =
the president 5 call ~
Mr. Thomas rst took up the payl+ = I
showing the apparent double payne II
of II W. Nichols for the same wo1ml.
preparing plans and specifications ne Il
buildings. Mr.. Bridwell was not p&r..
pared 30 satisfactorily explain this, =
Will look tho matter up. Mi
In this connection Mr.. Martin mac'h
what was construed to he an atteuE :,
TO run down the system of thc late NJ n
liam E, PiDnev. Mr. Martin objeei~
TO Mr. Thomas s statement that 1htt .,
appeared TO be no system in the bui. ~
lngs and grounds department as to r>{A
rolls. time sheets and vouchers to WIN II
Mr.. Thomas rctorted that at least A., II
records OF Mr.. Pinney could always !, !.
found al the clerk s Office. =
Very Busy Man. - d,
Payroll No 475o. for July of 19,rm NJ
showed that T, j. Bridwell from J11 Ia
20 to July 10 inclusive put in 116 ho ~ {
full time-at the Grant and Hirx N,
side schools. while he also kept the tiI<l 4
according to Mr.. Bridwcll s testimo ~ y
OF several other men employed at of| ~
buildings considerably removed a. 1.
either the Grant or the Riverside. ~
Bridwcll said that the time was chocIihf,Is l, |,
after hours aud that his brother ~.
celNcd no pay from him or the 'bo< ~
Tor doing tns extra work - vi
Mr.. Brldwell testified that his hr6f - - =
dld not belong 10 the union last SeptcE y !;
ber, W hen he received double time 4 y,
eight hours work on Labor day, Il sNs
that he recently has Joined the Caruk =
tcrs union. Mr: Bailey raised the po. I, g q
that for this holiday it might have bc|;,.Hp ~
better to EMPLOY two non-union n \ ~ ~,
to save double time. Mr.. Bridwell
piled that. regardless of whef her a n
- union or non-union man the boz 1rso
usually PAWS union wages. For IlU
holiday his brother also put in fourt< SRl
hours, lacking only two hours of rca WA
working double time. he explained n -
day evening, although the matter rs ~
came up Wednesday night >r
Payroll No, 2S9S. which was lost 10
replaced by duplicate made up frslI[ Ai|
the paid checks previously issued tot 'rt
men, was LOST b., his foreman, +.
Evans, Mr.. Brldwell explained. and N ~ IA
Evans readily stood for tho blame. y u q
Evans at first thought however,. N 'l1I,'
Bridwcll SAID, that he had either hau< = Nv
the payroll to him or else given it-ff
Clerk Judd. <ls,.
Payroll No AIS has been found | q
was among some insurance papers ~ !.
the BrIdwcll home and when n fire |.<r'
Cured in that nciehborhOod q few dt -,
ago. Mrs. Brdwcl looked uinoIc |tr
insurance papers TO see if their iu|[ q |.
ancc had lapsed, Mr.. Bridwcll said. *>\i
found tho missing payroll there. z I'M,
payroll is for December 1907 AHi N
Judge Henderson. president Of X{/h n,
board is seriously i'll, being threat ~ IN
with pneumonia it is feared. and Ms -
President Cummings presided. Mc#> a 3.
Giauque and Moylc were absent /M[
I K L Fire Adjusters' Sale. :
We will sell 800 go-carts SatuU n ~,