The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
Inspector Bresett Brings Out
Fillmore Bridge Trouble.
Charges That Tandy and Fulton
Misrepresent Facts.
ONE MORE FORFULTON
Took Out Assistants to Look at
His New House.
Mud-Slinging Starts Over "Box
Car" Bridge.

Have you noticed any smoke issue
from the city hall lately? Have YOU
heard any cracking sounds-sounds
that represent the crashing of teeth
and possibly the tearing of hair?
This Fillmore street bridge trouble Is
raising thunder in the city building"
as one of the officials expressed it to-
day. The rapid cross fire between
City Commissioner Tandy, City En-
gineer Fulton and the bridge inspector,
]. E. Bresett, who condemned the Fill
more street structure, is entering the
personal stage and number of start
ling revelations are due in a few days
In a statement to the State Journal
today Inspector Bresett takes a shot at
Commissioner Tandy who is at the
head of the engineering department.
He claims that certain statements
made by Mr.. Tandy are false. Bresett
also takes advantage of the opening
and gives City Engineer Fulton a
broadside.
In a statement to the State Journal
last evening City Engineer Fulton
said that he had found it necessary at
from the work at the Fillmore street
bridge because the latter was lying in
the shade of tree and not working.
Mr.. Bresett comes back with the
claim that after he had been relieved
from this work he followed Fulton up
his assistants to his new home at
and Buchanan streets AMI
had given them an exhibition of his
place.
Inspector Bresett says that by lay
ing him off the city engineer had saved
the city IS cents-but there was no re-
bate coming when the engineer and his
assistants visited the home on Blu
chanan street.
1t is plain that the trouble over the
"box-car'' bridge has reached the
mud singing stage and the political
question will enter sooner or later.
The Bresett Statement.
Here is the statement given to the
State Journal by Inspector Bresett:
IT am surprised that Mr.. Tandy
should make the statement in last
evenings state Journal that the In
spection work on this bridge has been
at fault. He we'll knows that chalked
every defective rivet in the bridge. A
few days afterwards the painters came
along and painted the bridge over my
chalk marks Tandy and Fulton saw
those defective rivets two weeks before
the great weight was put on the
structure. I had done my duty when
l reported that the bridge was finished
with the exception of the defective
rfvets, 'hich the contractors promised
to make good.
IT don't know when Mr.. Gibson con-
demned the bridge, hut my understand
ing Is that he condemned 1t before the
blue prints we're handed to me. I arm
not guided by his actions. thought
from reading Saturday nights paper
that Tandy blamed Mr.. Porter but now
he wants to shift the blame OF the
rivets on to me.
80 City Engineer Fulton says that
everything was running smoothly TIL
ne sent me back to town for lying in
tn, shade of a tree? The statement Is
false. 1 was watching the men ripping
out boards for forms for the sidewalks
at this particular time when he told
me that there was no use OF my stay
ing there and he laid me off for the
balance of the afternoon to save the
city of Topeka 70 cents. At the same
time he called his assistant of the
work and took him over to the new
house which Fulton is building at the
corner of Nineteenth and Buchanan
streets.
This is a fact because I was right
behind them and saw them 60 there
on my way home. I remained on the
corner of Nineteenth and Clay for
some time and when 1 left they were
still at his new house. I do not like
Mr.. Fultons petty plan of mud sling
ing but I deem it necessary to de-
fend myself before the public. He ana
his assistant drew their pay for that
afternoon. 1 did not. Is it crime for
an inspector to condemn work that IS
finished after the city engineers
pIans?"