Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-03
vANDALS WRECK
PLUMBING WORK
Unknown Persons Tear Out
Costly Work in Vermont
Building.
OTHER JOBS ARE DESTROYED
Matter says While strike seems Quiet
Prom Outside Matters Arc
Really Lively.

with a watohman on me iob. a num-
Der OF men entered the Vermont build
ine In course OF erection at the corner
of South Temple and Richards streets.
about midnight last night, and de-
stroyed plumbing work and material 20
sho value Of about $3.50 The damage
will be much more than that amount
n it should be- found later that any
DISTRACTIONS have been placed In any
OF the pipes This win probably not
ha determined until sewer connections
are made, az 10 Is not easy to determine
IL with water only. The contractors.
the Green Heating A. Plumbing com
pany. are not going TO tear out the
$500 worth OF work already put in
the building. but viii carry the work to
completion in the hope that the vandals
have not attempted 90 plug the pipes.
The most OF the dsinage has been
done on the third and fourth floors,
where the work was most advanced on
both these floors the connections for
tho toilets were just about ready for
Inspection, and "a scene Of havoc was
presented this morning when the men
went % work such az has never been
seen In Salt Lake before Four-mch
lead bends. the smaller bends, and lead
pipes ~ other sizes were found sawn
through. twisted and bent mp beyond
recognition, Not content with destroy
ine the httings already IN place. the
marauders seized or "a lot Of lead pipe,
turns. etc. prepared for use on other
floors and treated them In the same way.
Some OF the had pipe was found twisted
around tho galvanized pipes Of the
building and the Castiron solid pipes
were broken.
OTHER JOBS VISITED
when approached on the matter
this morning VIII Green said the
damage would run about Ss00 or $3.50
altogether. I'VE had just completed
some of he work for Inspection on the
third and fourth floors. and this. as
well as some joints and bends lying
around have been destroyed N they
have not put anything In the pipes
We will be lucky
Regarding their employees Mr..
Green said. I'VE are employing IL
non-union mon. an of whom are good
men We have stood out against the
raise TO $500 day ana the other
demands Of the union. and We are
going 10 continue 20 do So"
This Is not the only job that has
been injured said Mr. Green only
the night before last the residence OF
l.. n. Farnsworth. on Twelfth East
between South Temple and First
South streets was entered ana the
lead work torn out. Carthey and
Dumbeck have the contract for this
job
ION "Wednesday night Howells and
Grant. doing the work at 32O Douglas
avenue. had the lead work torn out,
In addition. the men. whoever they
we're. drove a pick through the plum
ber's furnace, and cmpticd five gallons
Of gasoline besides filling the 4-inCh
vent pipe 20 the roof fun OF bricks and
lath. the removal Of which took two
men a day, as the pipes had to be
torn out.
Then VI. h. Davis. who has the
job at the Nelson apartments, At 347
south Third East, had his lead work
injured and AT the cottage OF Patrick
II O'Nein at Eighth West and North
Temple streets. the plumbing on which
Is being done by Mr.. parfitt.
the vent pipes We're filed with bricks,
lath. etc. when nocessiiated their re-
moNal also.