The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-28
BRIDWELL IS AGAIN
ON ANXIOUS SEA
Board of Education VIII 0n(
More Investigate His
Department.
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
WITH THIS END in YIE1
This Time, it Is Proposed 4
Make the Investigation Full
and Complete. 4

George NJ. Bridwcll, superintendc.
of buildings and grounds Of the bcaitl
of educaiion and his irregular payrol
are to be investigated some moro, und
4 resolution introduced by Mathcaihs
Thomas at the meeting of the boalS
Tuesday evening. The disappearance
bathtubs and the like from properi
purchased by the board will also I
looked into.
Whether this investigation like pris
Investigations. will amount to anythir,
or VIII be merely Il pertunctory matte.
like the other Investigations, remallD
10 be seen. The other investigation
were by the committee on teachers an
school work, under a resolution adoptc
by the board authorizing and empov1
crip9 this committee to investigate. anz
and everything and anybody and ever,s
body connected with the board. bis,
William j. Newman, member of TIL
beard from the Third ward, whose sof
had leen employed in the building d.
partment under fictitious names, an,
whose pay Mr.. Newman had receiptc'
for under the fictitious names, am
drawn down himself. knowing such PEI
sons to be fictitious and to have no ret
existence, feared that the committee o.
teachers and school work might exceei
IFS authority and tramp on some othe
committee s toes if it pursued the iIl
vestigatlon further, and headed it o.,
with set of rules defining the Jurif
dictiun of each committee.
In this connection 1t is Significant
that Mr.. Newman made the demand fos
his pet set of rules Just before the il
reguiaritcs in the payrolls, chief o
which was his reeeipting for the pa
Of his sens under assumed names, wer,
discovered.
The resolution calling for the inves'
tigatIon was adopted bv an aye and na:'
vote. amid an otherwise profound 81
lcrcc, two or three members not choos'
ing to vote, but it could not be tai,'
with certainty who the members wer.
that refused TO vote.
Apparent Discrepancies.
The resolution sets out the we'll
known irregularities IN the payrolls
terming them apparent discrepan
cics,' alludes to the incomplete vouch
crs as not seeming TO conform to thu
facts on which they arc based. touchci
upon the disappearance of the bathtub'
and other property as materials "A
having been sold without full report be
ing made thereon, and, after alleging
that these reports reflect upon the com
potency of the buildings and ground
DEPARTMENT. and tend to lessen its eff
cioncy calls for renewal of the Inves
which has lain dormant so long
at the hands of the board as a coInmit
tee of the whole, presumably in view
of the fate of the other invcs1gatio
that Mr.. Newman may not defeat thlf
investigation with pet set OF rules os
10 keep one committee IRON
trsmping on another committee S toes
but in reality to head of an investiga:
tion that may bring out undesirabie
facts about his own connection VIII
the matter The resolution is as fol;
lows:
Whereas. There are apparent discrepan-
pcrintendent of buildings and grounds,
and seeming inaccuracies; and.
Whereas. The vouchers at'1cned 10 the,
pay rolls do not seem TO conform TO tne'
facts upon which the vouchers arc baSed,'
Whereas. There have been certain ina;
tcrials' reported as having hecn sold,
full and complete report havfnfi
been made thereon and, II
Whereas. These reports have becoms,
current and reflect upon the competency
Of the superintendent Of buildings ans
the efficiency Of the department; nown
therefore, be it IA
Resolved That the board resolve ITSELF
uto a committee OF the whole and al
such committee OF the whole investigat9
the above matters, and an.
,ther matter which pertains or may PERI
tain to the department pertaining -
and grounds, which, in the .judg
nent of the committee, need TO be inyes
tigated, corrected or commended, ansla
make speedy report to the board. d
The investigation will be taken up an
all early date. it was said Tuesda,h
evening, but when specifically was mon,
set out. th