The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-21
In AFFECT Apology Councilman
Says Charges of Collision
Against Bransford Were
False and Unintentional.
SENDS BOUQUET WHERE
BRICK HAD BEEN THROWN
Menu of Grow Forced Upon
Third Precinct Scion at SeS-
sion at Which Executive
Gets Full Retraction.
PROBE GRAFT TUESDAY

- OUNCILMAN z. 8. FERNSTROM
was officially padded and put to
bed by the members of the city
council yesterday afternoon at a special
meeting called to investigate the
charges of graft and cOIIusiOn made
against Mayor J. =. BransfOrd in con-
BectiOn with the Campbell Building
company The chastisement was about
as severe as the friends of the mayor
could devise and put through at that
time, and Mr. FernstrOm, saying he
had NO desire to @shrink1 responsibility,
took his medicine.
The chastisement consisted of the
passing of a resolution by the council
demanding a complete retraction and
apology in writing from Mr.. Fern
strom, to be signed and given to the
mayor and TO be spread on the records
of the council The apology was
drafted TO comply with the wishes of
the members of the council who have
been most vigorous in calling Mr..
Fernstrcm to time, and within a few
minutes 1t had been signed by Mr.
Ferpstrom and presented to the mayor.
The apology and retraction follows:
MY Dear Mayor:-On Wednesday
evening. May IS, 1910. at a special or
adjourned meeting of the city council,
made certain statements which
directly charged you with being guilty
OF collision with the Campbell Build
ing company, and that you changed
or caused to be changed the terms of
certain written contract between the
city of Salt Lake and the said Camp
bell Building company after the ap-
prevail of said contract by the city
council I have since learned that
was absolutely mistaken and that no
foundation existed for the statements
made by me.
81 here and now offer you an apology
for making such remarks, and desire
to say that / have the utmost respect
for you. and in your position as mayor
of this city I have always found you
to be working consistently in the in
terest of all. I make this apology in
all sincerity. Tt was not my intention
to make the remarks attributed to me.
Sincerely, F. s. FERNSTROM."
Investigate Other Charges.
J. W. Mckinney, chairman of the
special committee of the city council
appointed to investigate the charges
of graft in connection with the Camp
bell Building company contract for the
wooden stave sewer outlet, has called
a meeting OF the committee for next
Tuesday night in the mayors office
At that time Mr. Fernstrom will have
an opportunity for telling the COM
mittee about the bribe he said had
been offered him by a representative
of the Campbell company, and the
question of whether any work was
done between April Is and April 90 of
last year will be entered into. Inas-
much as Mr.. Fernstrom has publicly
withdrawn his charge of collision and
Notwithstanding against the mayor,
the committee Will not investigate this,
but II will simply include Mr.. Fern
strom's retraction IN its report.
Regarding the charge that he was of
fered bribe by a representative of The
Campbell company. ii is believed that
Mr. Fernstrom will tell the committee
that some proposition was made to him
to work at a salary of $40 a day, and
there is a decided difference of opinion
as to whether Mr.. Fernstrom will be
able to Substantiate his charges
Members of the special investigating
committee said last night that the ses-
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