Show fUND MAY GO TO VAIL Odd Petion Petition is Circulating Among Members of the Fire Department ent MAJORITY OF MEMBERS SIGN Cal HI Sen tuc of Is N pw iw Cims of oC About What Is iii to b be do mione no with the 10 so called lol relict fund 7 Thil Thlu Is thu tho queston question that Is 19 now con coil fronting orth of iIi SelL Salt Lake tro fire department and It cor lt at nile mm lie time II iii vIew or of tIme tho shakeup incident ent to th removal It Chief Vil Viland Vail and hIs assistant Byron Crosby and the tho uncertainty of of th the futUre Time fhe queston question Is brought blought tip 1 by u a pe e etton being circulated the trl tIn t by Charles She lr and amid which petton hl lies been HIT d signed h by 48 out or of 59 und there are aro yet some to bo be II In th mater The Tho petton petition Is Iii that tIme the rund be In time the custody custod of eJ cx Chief P Vail So that there thoro con can be no l mum to to time desires ot of tho those e who tholet time ton lion I it I is siren given In full ul Snit Salt Ialo Lake City Juno June 22 1908 To 0 Whom hom i it Mn May Concern Vc c the tho undersigned members ot of the tho Sni Salt 11 Lake City tre Ire are aro arout areat ut at present timid for Cor time endeavorIng tp to organize legally a assocIation an ant show our belet belief In time the honesty am integrIty of at Charles T Vail chief of the Ir tIre department to leave ni till PropertIes or 01 moneys h to the relief In the hands or of the said auld Charles A VaIl chIef of at thu tho said fir lire department and amid such time as wo we have 11 amid elected officers or of time tho said tremens And he to hlo have und and hold the tue moneys monos or properties until time as 05 he may ho bo called upon b by proper authorities of at aall said cia sedation for tor an As stated above abole sofia of time the lr hire mel refused to sign the LImo petton petItion the fact that It Is signed b by thu Ihu ma jorl of oC the members somo ot of are among the oldest anti and most reliable Whether al all those who refused to sign did so because ot of personal or other rca rea could not bo be ascertained Ono One of oC the tho fremen firemen who to attach lila his signature to thu document sall said I understand that Vil Vail I it goIng Into busl bual and tIme money for tor that Another ot of the department who sIgned time the potton petition said saidI sIgned I the tho petItIon wih wIth the Iho idea that It would benefit Chief Val Vail Ot Of II Kly a bOld l so 80 that time the tumid wi lie ho protected I 1 ul that Is i going Into kind of at bu business As time the thud now I it dOI dOes us n 1001 good There ar are on only two tO moon men ilmo ever eer receIved out ot of I it They ere Chief Wood and Asat ChIef ri n fund belong to the tho bo boys s collectively but not individually I and I presume that the Iho majority pro pre alIn l fund amounts to over Unless something Is done wih with It to Insure that It II Is u used ed for Cor Corthe time the purpose for tor whIch It warm waR intended we 0 do not know that time tho council councH mu may mint at al Iome sommie appropriate It and use It for tor other purposes 1 la say we do not know but this might be don The Tho fund fond wa was started In and according to James DomIno former chief It was the that It should be used lS mis I it nucleus toJ for the tho es ca or of it a permanent fund pro providing viding for tor sick amid mul disabled firemen In Inthe time the wa wily or of a pension it under understood stood also according to Mr Ir DevIne Derine that this should be brought abolt about at some timmie by legislative enactment and that time the fund was not to he be touched or used for tor any other purpose until the tho thola la lacy wn enacted It WIS was alN alco tinder chief ot of the thc stood that the tho chie should ha bo time tho custodian wih with time tho COUI lIre cl on In Iii 1901 i when Chief Domino retired lie he tunic dover to V II H hIl lila sue suc cessor tc between tween 2100 and 2700 In bli and cash One tins ns Invested In street cam ca bond bonds Ild and abut about 1500 60 II Iii sugar stock ad and there thero WM was maid c pt f corse course since that timmie the tho fund ll imas grol its 1 his has hecl by ns arid mon amen and ld the tho s smile lo of COl hoac Chief DevIno r no tired he be turned time the fund over 11 ip Chief Chlof bon time Iho latter stepped down to room for Chief Val Vail the his latter beame became Illo ot of ot at thom Iho lre are of at the tho opinion that thal this yule ule should prevail and that time tho 1 to Vail ho the tho Cl cus or of time tho bonds ald amid Ch dish I It I It that Ihre Is abolt about 0 II lii cosit In the tho tumid Cund I It iii 18 explained II by Hmo some who me amo Ira Ir favor or of the tho that thal It would him bo ni all right to 10 tinn li time Cd fund over tt to Val Vail or rather have It In hil hal i a Provided ho he Je gate a bond but object because II Is no jim In time Iho petition Cor mC luch bond flie volition was at I a time mory m ot it tho klew knew that Vail was to bl be tram from tIme 1 or of duet Ind and tho times nl so know Assistant CroSby wa to go wih with hIm Mr Crsby rosby wan IUt one OM of oC Iho ho ot of time Iho petition Tholo who are aro interested do elmira that alI has over oer showed lila his for tor time the Ind wl trill do doa 1 a great demil to the thu Ichona nOW hOW to 10 e n a State lire mens that It if tim Iho tumid ero mO II I ii hil I It wo I hI ie he Isell for It In for tOl timm I WIS was JuI hut Ir mel look at I it itIn In I ii 11 Thoy Time asic now tiomi wil trIll tl thu next regard le leton cc ton firemen hop to Induce time the lext to 10 them II lii the Iho tor tie maton l of time the to They hl Sll that r ono nile mind per remit roni al oil iii lImo ditto have Inco written II hlo this lila Pcr wi will hl hm turned over to 10 time tUII tumid flint In lake CI Ilono tue would about hem Chief ull could lot mint lie he II In limit for Cor aim 10 it nhi iii not nol hl be lea hll Ii I mci uly oily ii h r II h w time tho 1111 limit it If fin 0 for or what s slut et e sonic or of the thA len th they were Wom to In tur Cr cier o or Ibm or 11 ih Vt ot I It It II I it hIm h VIII Vail ff iu far ON aim I 1 am on one It show how m road I wi 11 co II iii him nIl amid lY amy II Iii time tho silly or of graft limit WI was 11 le him iut Ovel even It a or of the tue IS IJ to glo giVe limo tho fl 1111 into Mr dr Vils mills until I the tho association Is IN cun It 11 his lel to 10 not That 11 nil are In favor o it or time I cHute I have havea a W by law there Is 10 imo doubt whatever but those op puss pue tue ollon Sa Iho Un nn nh benefit would accrue to IY by tile multi vor to 10 ni aimy lun In Imp IIII leave I C nil II in r custodian tnt let the not be lime |