| Show c RANSFORD DEFIES LAW BY SELLING COAL TO CITY THE tAYS BillS OF HIS OWN CONCERN e.- e. federal deral Coal Company of He Is Secretary and Treasurer Gets Lions Lion's Share of City's Business IS S S MAYOR HE ORDERS ISSUING OF VOUCHERS i a j I Bills Bills- Rendered Rendered- Bear Bear- His His Name as Official of the Com Corn pant pany Then as City Executive Executive Executive tive He Approves Them l tive i. i IE Er E IGNORES A WARNING FB rHE E discovery that the mayor of 1 Salt Lake under bond and oatho oath o i r conduct the administration of thesty the ity sty affairs according to law has been the purchase of coal fortie for h tie hie city engineering and other depart- depart tents from himself as stockholder nd ud officer in the company selling he lie ie coal and then again in his capac- capac lyas ys as mayor approving the bills ren- ren ered ed by himself as secretary and andi i of the coal company is cal- cal to fall like a bombshell into Ji lie he ranks of those wh who at vat John S S. S rd's dictation are seeking vindication for him from the peole peole peo- peo l le at the polls October 24 21 and No- No ember 7 Nowhere else in the history of the j ipa g government of or Salt Lake o Qs Q's s there stand out such an instance f flagrant violation of the laws 0 of l he e estate state Is secretary treasurer director and one of or the sunders of oC the Federal Coal company compan In n file In tJ the e city auditors auditor's of office rIce are are arrants ants showing the payment b by the It its Ity over o the mayors mayor's approval al as to mount and correctness ss of the tho bills of ot for coal purchased bv by the tty ity during the year cal 1911 1511 alone from he Federal ral Coal Ceal company Tho The separ- separ te tc amounts of at the these c vouchers range rom rem to the the latter sum ein icing icing- the highest amount paid at any nv rte lie LC time b by the te city to an any coal com corn corn- Ian any As if JC in derisive challenge to he ta taxpayers pa els voters and the city nd md count county attorneys the name of or J. J lr treasurer secretary alears ap- ap rears ears in bold type hpe on the Federal Coal company bills rendered the city cily which ere approved by J J. J S. S Bransford and paid upon his authority What tb the Law Provides Provide The laws of ot the tiro state of Utah and of or vcr very other state in the union provide heavy hea penalty under the heading of gh misdemeanor for COl an any elt city officer ho no shall either directly or indirectly interested even e as 31 a stockholder In ny ay firm or corporation entering into hy by contract ct with tho the city of or which Le leis eIs ls an officer for the sale or pur- pur hase of an any article whatsoever In lio ho law laws of ot Utah a special statute with nother prescribing proscribing the penalty deals this offense upon the part o of any am Ity officer In the thc state The Thc laws that no officer of or any city trait hall be interested In any contract d tho the city as member of a 11 private ate rm m lit or or orl corporation or bo be interested any va way In any private firm or cor- cor ration doing an any 1 business with the Jy y of ot which he lie Is an officer which to to do with selling any property of y kind to the city or the collection tg tany amounts outside hl ails salary or re res es s from the tho city treasury This state stat stat- re e Is In Chapter Chapler 1 5 Laws of ot Utah section cUon 1 article In the following section the statute Describes a fino of oC 1000 for Cor tho the ofT of- of T elt city oU officer upon his lon n of ot violation of ot the law an and 1 char- char the offense as a misdemeanor evious statutes In tho laws of or Utah ovido that no person Berson guilty of oC a mis- mis meanor shall hold a a. city and at lat no person thus convicted con shall shan be bo I to election to an any office n 1 Haut IOU Warrant Oh on Record Warrants drawn upon the city treas- treas Creaser er eI for amounts pa payable able to the Fedal Ie Fedal Fed Fed- a al Coal company compan of or which J. J S. S ransford Is treasurer secretary bem ben be- be m n to appear this thin year as far tir back as The Tho 11 first 18 t warrant of the ar sar was dated February 15 and called r the payment to the Federal ral Coal of Tho number of ot Is ls voucher in the thc auditors auditor's files tiles is Ls 1093 Accompanying the voucher Is e bill from the l Federal Coal comity com- com iny n ity for tot pounds of or coaL Despite ils is wholesale quantity the cit city was by the Federal Feder al Coal company ilS 15 Bransford treasurer secretary r s full rull retail price per ton without ton without a trifling reduction for COi quan- quan fm n the same date late another voucher tuber for tor H 40 40 was paid the Federal Coal company upon the s approval al During the tho rest rant of or e e. e year tho the following bills from the tho deral Coal company wore recel received receive CI pro proved d by the mayor maor and arid paid b by p city treasurer Voucher number 1077 for tor n. n February 21 21 I. I 1911 HIll ucher number Humber ll lO for Cor 1 21 21 91 voucher number GG for tor 01 17 I October r 1 l 1911 and 13 I for 3 July Tuly 26 6 G 11 Total amount paid thus far dur- dur o. o it 1 ll 11 1810 1810 9 F All Approved d h by ly Mayor This hiM coal nil all was ens delivered to lo th the e d department over O which L 10 g V l' l McGonagle a a. Bransford campaign n is II supervisor All 11 the he FedI Fed Fell I 1 Coal company bills wore WOle approve c d at h by McGona McGonagle lc and then submitted l f Bransford rot us S secretary mul 1 of the company but hilt as' as may ma tot ot the city for fOl hl hitS his official approval each JJ-each each instance tho the approval al wa was s forthcoming an and Im payment is s 8 made Many tany Ian other coal companies furnish urnis h k on ou l lue Two 1 ii 1 BRANSFORD DEFIES LAW SELLS TO CITY GIH As Mayor Approves Bills for Coal Furnished by Concern of Which He Is Treasurer CONCERN GETS BIG SHARE C Federal Coal Company Favored CI by t i. i Administration When Purchasing Purchasing Pur- Pur chasing Its Fuel j v Irom Inge One coal to lo tho the ell city The other companies however do business almost entirely with tho the other departments which ue use 1 t. t hut but a comparatively small quantity of or offu fu fuel t i. V Vouchers rs paid to other companies on oil file with the city auditor show that tho tho- bills Wils from Irom the time other companies call for tor amounts ran ranging ln from 4 45 15 to 90 90 rho Tho Coal company compau bills in no instance drop under and run as ashl hl high h as ts S 54 35 02 Of or the time 2500 worth o of coal which I tho the city Is authorized to purchase during dur dur- ing the year ral 1911 1011 by the mayors mayor's budget approved ed b by the tho city council time the Federal Coal company compan of or which the te mayor Is secretary treasurer Stockholder and director already ha has hassold sol sold time the city more than two And Anden oven even in tho largest est bill bUl of oC tho tim lot there thereas was as as no discount made to tho the city as there thero would woul be IC In case of oC a private on account of oC the extraordinary quantity sold That fiat Mayor has acted In InthIs InthIs Inthis this coal selling to tho city in no Ig- Ig of or the law making makin the tran transaction ac- ac lion tion an offense punish punishable hie b by fine and upon proper prosecution ejectment from the po position he holds at the tho head of tho cit city government gO Is attested b by bythe the time fact that his attention was called to tho fact that his name appeared on the th bills rendered the city b by the Federal led Fed eral eral eral Co Coat Coal l company compan i i to tu u nm Tho The cSt city attorney Harper J J. J DIninny was requested recently in open council council coun coun- cil cli meeting by Mark Maik member of lr the council to call the mayors mayor's at- at tendon to what appeared to bo be o an oversight In allowing his name so boldly boldly bold- bold ly to adorn the Federal Coal compan company's s bills The mayor maor made light o of the thc attempt to warn him freel freely a admitting his connection with tho the company compan and the tho amount of or his money he had in invested in- in vested rested In It It his official capacity and ml drawing dividend I vi d end end-d raw in g pea position I t I on II He e refused ro ro- ro fused to take Ute tile trouble to cover er up his connection with the transactions No 10 coal has been delivered to any city I department except that one for Cor which E E. W. W McGonagle Bransford lieu lieuten- lieuten ten ten- can Indorse the correctness of or the theAny dell deliveries An Any resident of or Salt alt Lake whether voter oter or not ma may hale the mayor of or Salt Lake Lale before the district courts whore where he will have ha opportunity to de defend tie tie- fetid fend himself from the evidence against him b by merely making formal complaint the county attorney of the guilt of or the mayor or of or a misdemeanor Upon his conviction the tho mayor mayor- mo may be bo fined not more moro than 1000 half of ot which accrue to the person making the complaint |
