The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
RALEIGH TR|UMPHS
OVER HIS ENEMIES
His Reappointment at an Adj
yanced Salary Confirmed by
the Council.
CERTAIN CHARGES MADE
BY COUNCILMAN WOOD
Street Supervisor Is ExOnerated
by Committee Named to In
yestigate Him.

The protest Of west side citizens
against Street Supervisor Jake Raleigh
failed to materialize at Monday nights
session Of the city council, and Ra-
leigh was reapponted and at the in
creased salary Of $500 Il year, and at
the same time the special committee,
appointed at his own request, to iuvesti-
gate alleged insinuations on the part
Of Mr.. Black as TO the disposition of
timbers from the old White bridge,
came in with a report generating
him.
When the ordinance increasing Ra- !
leigh s salary from $500 year to
$500 came up, Mr.. Black declined to
move to reconsider, as he gave notice
Of intention TO do after its passage
last Monday night, but when the may
or s rcappointmcnt of Raleigh at the
increased salary was called up Mr..
Wood, true 10 his notice of intention
of last Monday night. moved to recon
slider. The motion failed. however, by
the following votes, Hodgson and Rec
dali being absent:
Ycas-Black and Wood.
Nays-Cowburn. Fcrnstrom, Ferry.
Hall, Hollcy, Martin, Murdoch. O'Don-
nell, RaybouId, Stewart and Davis-l1.
Mr. Wood Explains.
When Mr.. Wood g name was called
he explained his reason for moving
70 reconsider. in looking over the city's
expenditures for 1908 be had found,
he said, Bee Young name on the list
for approximately Sll00 for gravel fur
nished the city - Bee Young is Ra-
leigh IS hired man. declared Mr.. Wood.
''ne is employed by Raleigh Is Har
mon. of which firm MIR. Raleigh IS
member. and 1t Is not certain but what
Mr Raleigh profted by the transac-
ton. This is against the law. Cnder
the law no city olhcer snail be inter
estcd financially, beyond his salary. as
such officer in any transaction III which
the city is involved, and this thing
should he investigated.
After the vote was finished. Mr.. Ray
bouid, chairman of the street commit
tees, which primarily has charge OF the
purchase of gravel for the city, offered
an explanation of this to the effect that
frequently the city has 20 have gravel,
and when il can get 1t it purchases 1T
from almost any one who happens TO
have gravel for sale.
Mr.. Wood declared in response, how
ever, that the matter was illegal and
should be referred to the city attor-
ney for his opinion as to the legal status
not acted on.
Mr. Raleigh said Monday night that
he Will send a statement to the city
council Monday night showing from
whom every dollar s worth of gravel
used by the city, III 1905, was pur-
chased.
What became of the protest being
city against Raleigh did not develop.
II is understood that 1T has been
dropped.
Special Committee Report.
The report from the special commit
tee demanded by Raleigh to invcsti-
gate the disposition of the timber taken
from the White bridge over the Jor-
dan river, which was torn down and
replaced by new structure, showed
the following distribution by feet of
the timbers:
Salt Lake 6 Jordan canal, Eleventh
South and Twelfth East, 1924 feet.
Bridge over canal Fourth North ana
Seventh West, 1916 feet.
Rcd Butte bridge. Ninth East, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth South, 1883
feet.
Rctopped bridge, State and Tenth
South, 1913 feet.
Repairs fume Ninth South, between
Ninth and Tenth East. l6s feet.
Shed. city yards, 20l6 feet.
Repairs bridge Fourth West and
Tenth South, go feet.
Repairs Tenth South and Sixth West,
20 feet,
Jordan foot bridge North Temple,
1920 feet
Third East, between Tenth and Elcv-
cnth South, $500 feet,
On hand city yards, 24,600 feet
Total, 37,i07 feet.
''Tho old bridge was held together
by wooden pins, and by the p'nholes
u,e ,vnro able ia trace every foot or
the lumber said Fcrnstrom. We ac-
counted for everything except the
pins
The report was signed by Messrs.
Fcrnstrom. Ferry and Raybould.