| Show Mulcahy Denies I Ste Pool Vehicles Unsafe A flat denial was issued Monday by P P. H H. Mulcahy Utah finance commission chairman to charges by the superintendent of public in instruction instruction instruction in- in that state pool cars are mechanically unsafe and that the system is unfair to Dr E. E Allen Bateman public instruction superintendent made the charges last week in a letter asking that the education department department department depart depart- ment be exempted from the pool and be permitted to reimburse em em- at the rate of per mile for use of their own vehicles Reminds of Theory In replying to the letter Mr Mulcahy reminded the education official that the theory of the car carpool carpool carpool pool is to restrict the use of automobiles driven by at atthe atthe atthe the expense of the time ta taxpayer payer to essential and necessary state business busi busi- ness Quoting from records of the education education education edu edu- cation department itself Mr Mulcahy Mulcahy Mulcahy Mul Mul- pointed out that automobile travel expenditures were reduced approximately 1500 1500 under a year of the car pool system ended June Jun 30 1950 compared to the previous year under the private car carr system This is a saving to the taxpayer of 25 0 he said adding that tot I 1 feel confident that you ou have not l lessened evened your service to the pub- pub lie he Points to Record Turning to the list of car pool mechanical defects which Dr Bateman Bateman Bateman Bate Bate- man included in his letter Mr Mulcahy Mulcahy Mul Mul- said that from the records of the education department only five mechanical imperfections had been reported by education em em- since July 1 1919 This covered covered covered cov cov- ered an aggregate mileage of S 82 he pointed out J i This is certainly a record which does no in time the least indicate inadequate I quate maintenance in a fleet of 12 42 cars over a period in excess of ot otone one year car |
