Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-16
IBRIDV|ELL|! NOW
HAS HIS turn.
Evidence Presented at Last
Nights Hearing Clears Up
Many Points.
MORE WITNESSES 10 CALL
Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds Has Twenty Persons Who
VIII Testify in His Behalf

h With tla testimony Of Mathonihah9
Thomas and oscar w. aIoyle. two rnen-
hers Of the board OF education and l.
sP. Judd, clerk OF the board, it was
shown last night at the investigation
of the buildings and grounds depart
.lrlent that George M. Bridwell, superin-
atendent, was not responsible for some
OF the charges OF incompe made
against him. For the last four years.
/ it was stated by both Mr.. Moyle and
Mrs. TnonasY the schools closed a3num-
Der OF times each year on account of.
gthc lack of heat in the rooms. In every
instance that they could recall the mat
ter had been Investigated and it was
found that the coal was rocky or most
Nv dust or that the electric power which
forced the heat through the buildings
was off. Then in OF her cases the heat
ing plants We're defective. In all the,
mass of evidence that IL. c. Edwards,
counsel for Mfr. BridWell, brought out,a
nothing could be found that reflected on
the work Of any of the janitors of tha
buildings or Mr.. Bridwell.
When l.. p. Judd, clerk was called 1t
was learned that he and his office force.
made out the pay roll vouchers from
the time sheets which We're turned In
by MI. Bridwell. Mr.. Edwards called
Mr.. judd attention in particular to a
T time chart in which L. j. Bridwell,
brother of Supt. Biidwell, had worked
five days as a janitor at the Lincoln
school; several days as n carpenter and
three or four days doing repairs about
the building. In the voucher which,
was made out by Judd. it showed that
the work was all classcd as carpenter
work. Mr.. Edwards called attention.
to the fact that when MI. Bridwcll
was on the stand. he was accused OF
chasing all of his brothers work rs
carpenter work in this Item Mr.. judd
admitted that he was the ono who made
out the work as carpenter work be-
cause he could not give the various
items in the time sheet on the voucher.
For this reason he said j was classi-.
fled under the one head. This was tho
manner in which the vouchers We're
made out every month, and Mr.. Ed
wards showed that Mr. Bridwell was
not responsible for the vouchers which
did not show all the classes of work
done by the employs OF the board.
RESIGNATION OF GIAUQUE.
Evidence was introduced to show
that Clarence p. Giauque, against whom
charges of incompetency We're made,
had handed in his resignation, and that
the board refused to accept It, His
resignation was withdrawn at the re-;
quest of the members of the commit
tee of buildings and grounds who want
ed him to remain in, the employ of the
board until the close of the school year.
His resignation WAS handed in on
March Is. last.
This was introduced to show that Mr..
sBridwell was not responsible for the.
employment of Giauque as janitor after,
the charges of inconipetencyh had been
made against the ianitor. A little later.
it, came out as q side issue that
Giauque, the jaritor, had been sick five
days, and that T. ]. Bridwell took his
place. From the vouchers, it was shown
that Giauque had been paid for his
time when sick and that Bridwclls had
been paid for the same work. After