The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-25
COMMITTEE ON JOB:
REFUSE TO PROBE
investigation of FernStrOm'S
Graft Charges Subsidies Into
Quiet Farce.
M'KINNEY 10 MINUTES LATE
OTHER COUNCILMEN BEAT IT
BEFORE HE ARRIVES.

No investigation of the charges Of
graft made by Councilman 7. 5 Fern
sIrom was held last night and, further
mora, no investigation is likely 10 De
made by the committee appointed last
week In the meantime the members
of the council who were SO anxious Tor
the Investigation are praying that the
public viii forget that they were so
hasty as to ask the councilman from
the Third ward TO prove his statements
when he said that the whole matter OF
the contract for the notorious MoOuen
StaVe sew er outlet was SFaAI rum
start to finish
The meeting of the committee last
night was called of by Councilman
II. T. Mulvey ana =. b A1oIel0n on - " ~
went TO the city and county building
grounds at o'clock, and then, aIler
telling F. S. Fernstrom ana a camp
.,ell that there would be no meeting
Intercepted l.. e Hall and Walter g
I,vne the other members OF the com
mittee, and told them the meeting had
been called off In the meantime
Councilman J w. Mckinney, chair
man of HE committee, was waiting in
the mayors office for the other mem
beers. Councilman Fernstrom took
car home as quick as he could Calcn
one, while COuDcllmen hall ana ~ ne
returned to their homes, ana COuncil-
men MuIvey and 1IOretOn remained
down town Tor the evening
All On the Job.
Watches carried by members Of the
council have differences OF opinion re
garding the time Of night, but accord
ing TO the big clock on the city ana
county building. IL was a:5O When me
city recorders office was opened II
lacked three minutes Of eight o'clock
when Councilman NJ T. MGlVey ar
rived with Councilman c. H Reed IN
tow, and they stopped at the steps OF
the west entrance TO the building A
Campbell Of the Campbell Building
company, and F. s. Ternstrom appeared
on the stroke Of eight, and the tan
cerned through the shrubbery.
Then there was few minutes talk
between Nulvey and Moreton, members
Of the committee, and Mr. camp beli
and Mr.. FernstrOm, while the commit
reeraen kept tab on their watches MI
FernStrCm remarked that he had no
charges to make against Mr.. Campbell
personally, and the talk drifted to other
channels. while C H Reed was sent
I'D stairs to the mayors office to in
form those who had gathered for the
meeting that there would be no IN
vestigatiOn-
Councilmen MuIvey and Moreton told
Councilman FernstrOm and Mr. Camp
bell that there would be no meeting,
and they all left the steps Of the build
ing Mr.. FernStrOm taking the first car
that came along, and MOretOn and Null
vey going TO the KnUtSfOTd corner 10
intercept the other members OF the
committee, while Mr. Campbell walked
through Cactus street to Main
FareveIIs Said Early
These fareWeIls were said between
five minutes past eight. and ten minutes
past eight all were out OF sight when
Councilman Mckinney came at $40.
N the meantime, MUlvey and Moreton
met COUNCILMAN Han near the Knuts-
ford hotel, and while they were telling
aim that there would be no meeting,
Councilman ". c. Lyme, the other
member of the committee, came along.
Mr. Hall and Mr.. Lyme wanted Mulvey
and MOreton TO return, but they re
fused
In the meantime, a party consisting
Of J w Mckinney, Mayor J. S Brans-
ford. P J. Moran City Attorney H j.
Dininny, A J Weber. engaged as coun-
sci for the committee, a stenoSTaphers
and others, waited in the mayors o.
flee until $3.50 and then adjourned sub
iect to the call of the chairman"
a Campbell viii leave for Idaho to-
day to be gone until Saturday
The committee or municipal laws
viii meet tonight to consider the pro-
posed electric wiring and inspection
ordinance. Representatives Of the fire
Insurance companies and the electrical
contractors and workers viii be pres
ent TO urge the adoption Of some or
dinance providing for proper inspection
and safe materials, while the ordinance
will he opposed by representatives of
the Utah Light & Railway company.