Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-12

Because Wilson & Mcdonald, con-
tractors Of the Living Flag platform,
failed to carry out the plans of the
structure, the children Of that beautiful
spectacle We're compelled to suffer in
I, the sweltering sun and 60 of them faint
ed yesterday during the parade. The
contractors We're too busy finishing
the grandstands, near the flag plat-
form, for which they secured 81 a seat,
10 put up the canvas covering which
+ had been furnished for the protection Of
the children. sTheir love for. the mighty
dollar,' Prof. W. A. yvetzells says, was
the cause OF the sad ending Of the per-
Torrance.
The plans and specifications which
#redge, an architect, call for a can
vas covering. Prof. Wetzell fought for
for a week before he secured satisfac-
Z tory plans for IT, The cover was to serve
in a double capacity. N OF only was it to
he used to protect the children from
the sun but also as a sounding board
in order that the voices might be heard
several blocks up Main street. The.
canvas was purchased and this morning
was lying under the Living Flag plat
form ready to be put up.
& TOO BUSY no CARE,
From early yesterday morning until
( The time of the parade, Wilson & Nc
4 Donald had a gang of men Ss orking8 on
{ their grandstand. In that time they
erected an additional section to 1t, for.
which they received 81 a seat for every
ticket sold. There was no extra effort
made, however, by these contractors to
4 finish up the Living Flag platform ac-
cording to the plans. Mcdonald, who
had charge of the construction, sent
the canvas about z o'clock yesterday
morning. They pulled out the canvas,
nnwrapped 1t, but We're unable to put 1t
up alone. While the two men We're
3 pulling it up one of the eyelets gave
& way. This was sufficient cause, the
contractors evidently thought, to alban-
don the covering. The men were called
off and put to work with the remainder
+ of the gang on the grand stand. The
contractors evidently never thought
Of putting the entire gang of men to
work on the flag platform for Il half
= an hour to erect the canvas covering,
FINANCIAL. END.
The contract under which the con-
struction Of the Living Flag platform
the II grand stands was carried
q out was d money making scheme
Tor the builders. They were
70 erect the structures and charge what
they pleased for seats. The executive
committee was to receive $1,000 for the
concession. The contractor received the
q balance z Z
Mr.. Eldredge went down to the Liv-
ing Flag platform about Is o'clock
Wednesday morning. When he found
! ina ina the covering was not up he called
& INC contractors attention to it. They
said they would put it up. In about
4 Two hours he returned and the canvas
i covering was not UP. 1t was then that
4. o 6ntn Wilson and Mcdonald told him
y mat 1t was impossible to raise the
4 cover over the stand.
W hen Prof, Wetzell was on his way
y % the platform yesterday morning, he
& discovered that the cover was not UP.
4 +, complained about it and declared
i tia the children would suffer and that
.heir voices could not be heard more.
4 than a block away. .3s
MALE A DOZEN MEN ONLY
Professor Wetzell said that when he
got to the platform it was about 9:t5
(. 2 clock and too late to do anything
Z then. He saw the canvas there, bur