The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-29

December
services from December LII Inclusive. at
Sc per day. S2s
In February, 1908, warrant No. 36-
O44. payable to Asel Curtis for $21 40
for salary. but warrant 36,055 to nay
mond Spencer for personal expense IN,
cludes an item for So paid to asel
Curtis for board of team. II Curtis
could get ore warrant why not another,
and at the same time relieve tho en-
ployee Spencer, who only received sal
ary of 500 per month, from advancing
out of his personal funds an amount
almost half of his salary to one per
son; in fact h1s expense account IN
that month totallcd $3.50 against his
$50 salary
Caleb Tanners Expense.
In Caleb Tanners expense account
appear three items:
For board and lodging one week for
two men and two weeks for one man,
(SigncO w. d. wOODARD,
For board and lodging for two men one
(Signed) W. ]. wOoDARD.
For board and lodging two weeks for
two men and one week Tor one man, S2e
tSignedD ID. w. WOODARD.
From subsequent receipts it would ap-
pear that d. w Woodland is the cor
TccJ signature ana WHO cNcl slSHC'
the other receipts either with or with
out authority, and there is no authority
shown from Woodland, should at least
have sufficiently informed himself what
to write when he wrote.
Another Item in the personal expense
account of this Caleb Tanner, state en-
gineer, appears in MAY, 1908. when he
appears to have advanced of his per
sonal funds the sum of S393.S0 for the
pure hasc of n transit, Why this amount
was not paid by regularly approved
voucher does not appear and why such
an expensive instrument was purchased
when the character of the work IS con-
sidered indicates a waste of public
moneys, Hereafter should it be neces
sary to look up the purchase Of this
instrument il would he a sorry Job for
the individual who sought the informa-
tion. There are legitimate items for
such personal expense accounts but II
$393.S0 transit is not one of them,
Hero Is Queer Voucher.
In the February, 1908, vouchers ap.
pears an item presented by one Horace
w. Shelley, as follows:
Paid TO secretary OF state for certif
cation of amendment to articles of in
corporation OF otter Creek Reservoir
quired for irrigation company incorpora-
tions In Utah. $3.50
This Shelley, 1T appears, was drafts
man in the Office Of the state engineer
and why he should pay out TO the sec
rotary of state from his own funds for
certification by a state officer of
an amendment to the Otter creek reser-
voirs is not stated. Why was this item
not paid by voucher to the state de-
partment2 Is 1T that the credit of the
stutp hoard of llnJ r1,p,ni nunrr ,yn.
not good with the secretary of state !
Why. if the expenditure was necessary,
did it become either the duty or the
privilege of Shelley TO advance the state
the sum of $5.S07 The voucher shows
that it was assigned TO T. c. Callistcr,
the then secretary of the board-why
again?
Candland Family Appears.
In May. 1908, r. w. Candland first
appears upon the payroll in an unstatcd
capacity, but with Il salary of 500 per
month and expenses. and his vouchers
generally bear the receipt of r. w.
Candiand per d. w. Candlaud, who is
the chairman of the board-a clear case
paternal enthusiasm for SON s ad-
vancement. In October of the same
year young Candland s salary was
raised to 500 per month and his hotel
bill at Richlicld was $47.5O. In May,
1909, this salary was again sweetencd
to the tune of another $40 making $40,
and his hotel bill the same month was
$3.50. In July, 1909. however, his
services seem TO have been dispensed
with.
Up TO and including the month OF
July, 1909, the monthly expense ac-
counts Of Caleb Tanner. Joseph Jensen
VI. S. kIeinschmidt and Freeman
Tanner all contained items of wages
and board of supposedly subordinate
employees engaged on the work This
became so pronounced in July, 1909
that while Joseph Jensen, superlDtend.
ing engineer on both the Piute and
| 1Iatchtowu projects, drew as his proper
tionate share Of salary from the Piute
project the sum of $ll3.53, his expense
account due him from the, fund was
Sl196.36. Among the receipts turned
in against this expenditure are:
Munson Handy Man.
Stlas Munson. hauling g,....,...,,..s 45,OC
! Fifteen days. teams al Si.50...... 6T.JC
] Thirty-two days as miner in May
! and June, at $3.50. IL. .0C
Total 49,. .................... .s224 80
This is duly signed by Silas Munson
who appears as person of many ant
various abilities miner, Il teamster
foreman later, who not only bosset
the workers but who himself drove tw,
teams at the same timc-at all event,
he drew the pay-but as general all
around utilit~ man he was best at sign
ing receipts, for among the receipts il
the July voucher Of Joseph Jensen il
found signed in undoubtedly the han,
of Silas Munson the following. The
spelling is his:
Mark Parker pur s. M....,.,.....S SIS "a
Tom Burt pur s. M......,.,...-, 2S 0
Earl Pottenson. pur :. M.......,.. JG 0
! John Barnson. pur 5, M.....,.., 50 OF
| Guy Price, pur :. NJ M.-,..,..t.,,,.., % 0
| u. Harris. pur s. M....,......s,.,, NJ lG .0
! G.. Scayy, pur :. NJ M,..........,s.... 0
! Anr."w Barnson, pur s, M........ % o.
Joe Bcttenscn. pur S. M...,..,... 30 .0
In addition to this. signed cvidontl,
by s. NJ, as Judged by the handwriting
the "!pcrH was forgotten.
That this form Of payment must hay
become offensive. to some of the stat
authorities becomes evident from tn
fact that on August o the following wa
spread upon the records:
salt Lake City. Utah. Aug. 9.sl909~,
Hon. jesse ID, Jewkcs, state auditef
Salt Lake City. Utah,
Dear Sir: AZ q duly authorized meet
Ing Of the board OF state land Commis